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...game began just as the sports scribes had predicted. Eagle fullback Brendan McCarthy, a 6 ft., 3 in., 208-pounder who reportedly received 305 college scholarship offers, had no trouble running in the wake of B.C.'s mammoth line, and the home team had seven points with the quarter still young...
Sponaugle, a 200-pounder, is regarded as primarily a runner. He uses Wilson on runs through the line; Bob Baker, the lone survivor of last year's backfield, is the speed merchant. Baker has piled up 159 yards and a 5.9 yard average; Wilson...
...absence will hurt Harvard badly--the 180-pounder is a good inside runner, a good defensive back, and a good punt returner. But Wally Grant, Bobby Leo, and John Dockery are as fine a trio of halfbacks as you'll find in the league. Fullback Pat Conway is not only a track-team sprinter, but, in Yovicsin's estimation, "about as good a blocker as Bill Grana," or about as good as they come...
...coach rotated so many backs in the scrimmage that none had a chance to excel. But one halfback with unusually good lateral moves is Ron Kram, a 6 ft., 130-pounder from Regina, Saskatchewan...
...Psychiatrists Dr. Albert Stunkard and Dr. Charles Koch made their experiments on test subjects who were grossly overweight. The women averaged 62% heavier than normal for their height and bone build, and one weighed almost three times what she should have. The men averaged 44% overweight, including one 600-pounder-a fourfold fatty. After a night without food and no breakfast, the volunteers swallowed a stomach tube with balloon attached. Every 15 minutes the doctors asked: "Are you hungry? Does your stomach feel empty? Do you want to eat?" Normal subjects, tested for comparison, felt hungry whenever the pressure...