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When Coach Paul Brown set about to form, his squad five years ago, big (200 lbs., 6 ft. 1 in.) Otto Graham, onetime Northwestern halfback, was the first man hired. Brown has a ready, if unconventional, explanation for his choice: "He was an All-America basketball player, a playmaker." Instead of flattening his receivers with bullet throws, Graham likes to feather the ball at them. His theory: "Hand it to 'em high, and let 'em run under it." In four years in the old All-America Conference, Graham completed more than 50% of his passes. With 114 completions...
Colgate Rutgers Kentucky 0 0 Tennessee 7 Ohio State 3 Michigan 9 Illinois 7 7 Northwestern 0 14 Pennsylvania 8 0 0 Cornell 7 6 0 Princeton 0 13 13 Dartmouth 7 0 7 North Carolina 0 Duke 7 Wake Forest 14 South Carolina...
Examples: Against Northwestern, with nine seconds left in the game, 60 yards to up, and seven points needed to tie, Minnesota got the ball. This could mean nothing at passes, you say. Don't be silly. The power-drugged quarterback called a fullback plunge into the line, and the game was over...
...keep the Golden Bears rolling toward the Rose Bowl. ¶ Unbeaten Kentucky, on its record the top team in the South, over Florida, 40-6. ¶Unbeaten Princeton over Colgate, 45-7, for the Tigers' tenth in a row. ¶ Ohio State, beaten only once this year, over Northwestern, 32-0, in a demonstration of the touchdown power (averaging 43 points a game) that has won Ohio a ranking as one of the best teams anywhere. ¶ Illinois over Michigan, 7-0, to become Big Ten favorite for the Rose Bowl (since Ohio State went last year, is thus...
...inch, 225 pound Holly Donan. The giant tackle gained All-Eastern honors in 1949 and is being boomed as an All-American this year. At the other tackle slot is Brad Glass, 202 pounds, a rugged sophomore who made his way to Old Nassau after spending a year at Northwestern...