Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Quarterback Johnson, backed by his old coach, House Speaker Sam Rayburn, decided to play Dwight Eisenhower's game. Angering the liberals, Johnson refused to hurl their spending bills full-sized against inevitable vetoes, thus make an irresponsible "record" for next year's campaigns. He sought instead to shrink the proposals just enough to get under the veto, but failed in this tactic when Ike refused to compromise on the budget line. Johnson was blamed by labor for swinging key Texas Congressmen to a tough version of the labor reform bill. So by half time, Johnson had picked...
Charlie Ravenel showed Saturday why he is the best quarterback in the Ivy League. The 160-pound speedster led the varsity to an expected 38-12 victory in an unofficial scrimmage with Williams College Saturday, first outside encounter for the Crimson. From the six-minute mark of the first period, the varsity dominated play and completely outclassed the Williams eleven...
Against the Williams tight defensive formation, nearly an eight-man line, Ravenel exercised the quarterback option often, opening up the defense for quick slash or dive plays. He ran effectively, scoring three of the Crimson's five touchdowns on 20, 25, and 30 yard rollout runs around end. And to cap off his virtuoso performance, Ravenel showed flashes of an improved passing technique that will make him an even greater threat this fall...
...competition for the varsity, except for the opening minutes of each half. Williams took 12 plays to march 70 yards for a touchdown, with most of the gains coming on three long passes. The Crimson pass defense showed many of the weaknesses that plagued it last season, and southpaw quarterback John Whitney tossed frequently and accurately into uncovered areas...
Still, it was not all roses for Tatum, even at Maryland. The university was criticized for overemphasizing football; in one year the school handed out 93 scholarships, averaging $944 each, to Tatum's players. When Dr. Wilson Elkins, a Rhodes scholar and onetime University of Texas quarterback, was named president in 1954 and set out to raise Maryland's academic standing, Tatum got itchy feet. In 1956, taking a salary cut from $18,500 to $15,000, Jim Tatum went home to North Carolina. Said he with a rum-Wing chuckle: "I'm going back to North...