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...Group II and wants to be a political scientist. While Jack Fadden taped his hip, Reischel explained Machiavelli to an awed audience of junior Tom Choquette. Reischel had been looked on with awe all fall for his football playing as well as his academic status. His fellow linemen called him "the iron horse" since almost everybody else on the line had missed some kind of work because of injuries...

Author: By John Hoffman, | Title: Yale Week on the Varsity Football Team: A Player Describes Pre-Game Preparations | 2/9/1965 | See Source »

...defenses dominated the regulation 60 minutes, as Welch made 19 saves and Ferreria, 15. The Terriers' back-checking was particularly devastating, and the B.U. linemen pitched in by surrounding their net whenever Harvard managed to penetrate Terrier territory...

Author: By Joel Havemann, | Title: Sextet Misses by Inches; B.U. Wins 1-0 in Overtime | 12/10/1964 | See Source »

Fadden also proposed a rule change: outlaw the high-arm block. A blocker can ram his forearm or elbow into an opponent's face despite the protection of the mask. Cage masks which leave no opening wide enough for an elbow are fine for linemen, but backs, who need more visibility, are forced to use the conventional double or single bar variety. If high-arm blocking were illegal, Fadden believes that there would be no need for the face mask...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football's Occupational Hazard | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

...TACKLES: Jim Davidson, 21, Ohio State, 6 ft. 4 in., 231 Ibs., and Glenn Ressler, 21, Penn State, 6 ft. 2 in., 235 Ibs. Davidson has the ability to go over, under and around enemy linemen; his only problem is size, but isometric exercises and weight lifting should get his weight up to a satisfactory 255 or so. Ressler is also relatively light, but what he lacks in meat, he makes up in meanness-"has a great desire to hit someone, anyone, so long as the guy is wearing the other color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Where the Money Will Go | 11/27/1964 | See Source »

McCluskey liked the rollout so much he tried it again on the extra point, but this time Yale linemen closed in to stop him at the five. It was Harvard 12, Yale...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: HARVARD WINS 18-14 TO CLINCH 2ND SPOT | 11/21/1964 | See Source »

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