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...Harvard, one of the preseason favorites, it offers a chance to fortify any claims to the championship. For Cornell, the same is an opportunity to establish itself as a contender...
...Devine was worried sick. It was the morning of a Green Bay Packer preseason game this summer, but the head coach was not concerned about the outcome of the contest. He was wondering if it would ever take place. Striking Packer veterans had ominously announced that the exhibition game would be stopped. Devine feared that physical violence or sabotage might take place at the stadium. Then he had an even more unsettling thought. For several hours, he had been getting no answer on his home phone, though he knew that two of his teen-age daughters were there. Thoughts...
...Other preseason prognosticators, Sports Illustrated among them, have written of McInally, but ignored Curtin...
...twelve teams of the gestating World Football League has even a preseason roster yet. No one knows when or if the newest experiment in pro sport expansion will seriously challenge the National Football League for fans. But there is one thing the W.F.L. owners do not lack: money with which to bargain for talent. Last week, before N.F.L. owners could unholster their pens, the W.F.L.'s Southern California franchise signed three top college stars. The upstart league has also drafted 69 other college players, though how many of them will actually sign contracts is still uncertain...
According to the preseason prognosticists, New Hampshire is not supposed be leading the division; Cornell is. But the Big Red have had a perfect season marred by a tie with hapless St. Lawrence, which stands only ahead of Brown in Division One with a 1-4-1 showing. The tie, against three victories, puts Cornell in third place behind...