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...McCandlish, the mainstay of last year's staff, twisted ligaments in his pitching shoulder playing catch with a medicine ball. He attempted to pitch in a practice game Saturday, but Harvard coach Norm "Swampfox" Sheperd says "he just didn't feel comfortable." Sheperd had been counting on McCandlish to win "at least a half-dozen games." It is now doubtful that the fast-balling senior will see any more action...
...could order up a quarterback," said Giants' Coach Allie Sherman, "you would order up one like Fran Tarkenton." The one sour note was sounded by Norm Van Brocklin, Fran's coach for six years on the Vikings. Said Van Brocklin, who quit his job last month, mostly because he could not get along with Tarkenton: "There are two types of quarterbacks-those who carry a team and those who have to be carried by the team. Francis will win some games he shouldn't win, but he'll lose some games he shouldn't lose...
University of Florida fans call him "Batman," "Goldflinger," and "S.O.S." A pro scouting report credits him with "the arm of Sammy Baugh, the poise of Johnny Unitas, the leadership of Norm Van Brocklin and the quickness of Joe Namath." A rival coach calls him "the greatest quarterback in the history of college football." Now wait a minute, fellows. His high school coach remembers him as being "slow and awkward." Teammates say he is forever falling asleep. And his team has lost two out of its last three games. But last week sportswriters voted to award Florida's Steve Spurrier...
...McNamara incident. Beyond these abstract considerations, there is a definite incongruity in insisting on proper decorum when the underlying question is of attitudes toward a vicious war, or of being concerned with not embarrassing a guest when the questions he raises concern the fundamental nature of our society. NORM DIAMOND Teaching Fellow in Government
...though basic research is the norm, every once in a while a professor develops something with immediate, practical, and even money-making possibilities. From that point on, he has nothing but trouble...