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...perhaps there will be explanations forthcoming, but I do not understand why Captain Nichols had to be rushed into the game on defense when Washington was threatening to reduce by one Harvard's several touchdown lead late in the game, why Nichols had to be in on the kick-off with Harvard leading 35 to 0, why Clasby, O'Neill, and Ederer were all in the backfield with the score...
...Kick-off time is 3 p.m. on the Business School Field...
...specializes in quick-step feinting and circus catches, leads the conference in pass receiving-35 for seven touchdowns. Searching his team for a fireworks runner, Taylor found him a fortnight ago when 21-year-old Fullback Bob Mathias, Olympic decathlon champion, broke loose with a 96-yd. kick-off runback that broke the back of favored Southern California. Mathias, a junior who just turned out for football this year, "could play at any position on the team," says Taylor...
...individual performance, at the National Horse Show; in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. ¶Stanford University's football team, an inside track to the Rose Bowl by upsetting the University of Southern California with three fourth-quarter touchdowns, 27-20. The tide-turning play: a 96-yard kick-off return for a touchdown by Stanford Fullback Bob Mathias, Olympic and world's record decathlon champion. Other notable results: Michigan State over Notre Dame, 35-0, for the worst Irish defeat since its 48-0 rout by Army in 1945; unbeaten Illinois, No. 1 Big Ten team, over...
From the opening kick-off the fans sensed that this would be an exciting game. The teams lacked the speed and polish of the varsity contests, but the spirit on the field and in the stands more than made up for any deficiencies...