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...canny Allie Sherman, that is far stronger and far fresher than the squad they trounced last time around. Giant Quarterback Y. A. ("Yat") Tittle is this year's master of the long pass, the touchdown "bomb," has thrown more scores (27) than any other pro. Giant Halfback Frank Gifford is riding the crest of a spectacular comeback after a year's retirement, and Tittle's favorite receiver, Del Shofner, is the league's best end, so surehanded and deceptive that even with an ulcer (which put him in the hospital for a rest last week...
...constantly shifting enemy defenses. "You call an automatic " says Tittle, "not so much to get into something better, as to get out of something worse." And when things go very wrong he can be a testy leader. "Yat has the enthusiasm of a high school kid " says Halfback Frank Gifford, 32. "This is great for our young players: when they see a 36-year-old man get so fired up they have to get excited, too. Heck, so do I and I'm no kid." Against Dallas last season, Rookie Halfback Bob Gaiters took a hand-off from Tittle...
...Ohiri is unable to go against the Cardinals, Al Chang will move from his inside right post to the crucial center forward position. This will leave John Thorndike, Steve Sewell, and Doug Gifford to share the inside line positions...
...went, all through the day and into the night. Groucho Marx showed up, and so did Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick, Hugh O'Brian, Hugh Downs, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Phil Silvers, Hal March, Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano. Kyle Rote. Charley Conerly. Frank Gifford, James A. Farley. Jackie Gleason could not make it, but he sent a mass of fall flowers and a pal's salutation, which began: "Dear Clam Head...
...over you or away from you," reads one glowing report. "He takes a beating every week and still comes back for more." Although he has been handicapped this season by a back injury, Bull is also regarded as a top pro prospect, a "smart player of the Frank Gifford type, who twists off tacklers for extra yardage." Also high on the scouts' list is Kansas' Curtis McClinton, 22 (6 ft. 2 in., 212 Ibs.), drafted two years ago by the Los Angeles Rams...