Word: players
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Build Morale. "You don't put morale on like a coat," Hurry-Up Yost used to say. "You build it day by day." It is another Yost dictum that Oosterbaan follows by keeping players relaxed and happy. (As a sophomore, he himself was once kicked off the squad for "lassitude" by an assistant coach, but Yost got him back.) He never uses sarcasm to goad a player, never loses his temper, almost never makes dressing-room pep speeches...
...about this time that Caldwell began praising some of his little publicized linemen. He called 205-pounder Bob Aldrich his most improved player, and one of the reasons for his team's surprising record. Aldrich was a tackle who was converted to a guard this year, after two poor seasons at the former position...
Harvard came of rather better than Princeton last week as far as football casualties go. The only Crimson player on the injured list is starting tackle John Maher, but Princeton, going into the game this Saturday will be without the services of wingback Bill Agnew, and probably team captain Royce Flippen...
Another Australian victory in the 1956 Davis Cup challenge round was as good as won. The decisive volley was a pair of announcements last week by Australia's top singles players, Lewis Hoad and Kenneth Rosewall, declaring that they would stay in amateur tennis and rejecting the $45,000-a-year professional contracts offered them by U.S. Promoter Jack Kramer. Since U.S. Singles Champion Tony Trabert, the only U.S. player in the Australians' class, has already signed a pro contract (TIME, Oct. 24), a successful U.S. challenge for the Davis Cup next year looks hopeless...
Both substitute tailbacks, junior Jim Joslin and sophomore Walt Stahurs, also turned in good performances. Joslin, looking like the player he was against Yale last year, ran 29 yards for a touchdown...