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...first place, the Crimson interior linemen will have to stop fullback Bob Blanchard and his impressive understudy, Ted Hard, who, along with a powerful line, have given Yale its reputation as a bread-and-butter "grind-it-out-up-the-middle" team. Blanchard and Hard, who get the ball at least 60 per cent of the time, usually hit to the left of center Hardy Will, over guard Ben Balme and tackle Mike Pyle, standout linemen. The play usually goes for about five yards...

Author: By James R. Ullyot, | Title: Bulldogs Show Powerful Offense | 11/15/1960 | See Source »

...forth across a wire, but when a squirrel on a charged line touches noses with a friend on a grounded tower, or swishes its tail onto another wire, the result is dramatic: flash, bang, goodbye squirrels. For humans, messing around with high-tension wires has been even more hazardous. Linemen, working on charged wires while their bodies are grounded by contact with poles or towers, have had to use "hotsticks" and other clumsy but insulated tools to protect them from the current. There was always the danger that a careless motion might draw a deadly charge. A simple job like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: In Imitation of Birds | 11/14/1960 | See Source »

This system has been field-tested on transmission lines carrying 138,000 volts, and has proved a time and labor saver. But linemen must learn new habits to use the system safely. With their bodies charged with electricity straining to reach the ground, they must avoid all grounded objects. Poles and towers, which were friendly and safe under the old system, are enemies now. Brushing against them will bring the instantaneous fate that comes to nose-touching squirrels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: In Imitation of Birds | 11/14/1960 | See Source »

When the varsity's interior linemen weren't blowing chances, Tiger goalie Mickey Michael managed to stop Crimson shots. Malin came to close on a head-in of a pass from left wing, and right inside Teddy Wendell got off a fine shot that Michel saved. During the third period, rival insides Sweeney of Harvard and Lew van Amerongen of Princeton stood out on defense and showed an equal disregard for opponents in their...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Tigers Upset Crimson, 1-0; Insure Ivy League Crown | 11/7/1960 | See Source »

...this is not necessarily the case. The Quakers have, potentially, one of the most explosive backfields in the Ivy League, and some solid linemen. with the return to health of tailback George Koval, Penn can put on an aerial show that will more than equal anything the Crimson has seen all year...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Crimson Eleven to Face Action Today Against Threatening Penn Air Attack | 10/29/1960 | See Source »

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