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...opening, and counteracts any sudden defensive shift. And since the single-wing attack depends on the precision and effectiveness of two-on-one blocking, Princeton players are taught a bewildering variety, from the simple "shoulder" block to such ramifications as the cross-body, reverse cross-body and "peelback" blocks (i.e., blocks thrown behind the runner, "peeling" them off his back so that he has room to move laterally in his downfield progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No. 42 | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

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