Word: rods
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...offensive punch, and two fine defensive plays resulted in the Yardlings only points Safety Bruce Johnson stole a Pandolfo pass with 2:07 remaining in the first half and returned it 75 yards to the B. C. five. From there it took the Crimson four plays to score. Quarterback Rod Foster swept right end with five seconds left to narrow the Eagle lead to 9-6. Terry Kasbeer converted to make the half-time score...
...quarterback is Rod Foster a lanky elusive runner from Dallas whose style is reminiscent of John McClnskey the varsity quarterback in 1963. He threw for one touchdown yesterday directed another scoring drive and scampered 48 yards with his own blocked punt for another touchdown that was subsequently called back. He simply exudes excitement...
Steve Hail ran for two touchdowns, one on a 56-yard scamper, and Rod Foster rushed for another. Quarterback Frank Guerna, a graduate of Exeter, threw a 35-yard pass to Ed Degeronimo for a tally earlier in the game. The Crimson was shut out in the fourth quarter, however...
Shamateurism. The most lamentable aspect of this year's Davis Cup challenge was that, although the Rumanians were basically a sound and well-coached team, they had no business reaching the finals in the first place. The ideal Cup match would have pitted an Australian team of Rod Laver, Tony Roche and John Newcombe against the U.S.'s finest. But in the peculiar stratification of tennis players, the Australian stars are classified as full-fledged professionals (as opposed to "players" like Ashe, who may compete for money but are not under professional contract to any organization). Last July...
...that in the championship match. Throughout the first set -which was delayed for 1 hr. 35 min. while a helicopter tried to dry out the soggy grass-Laver and Roche gingerly tested each other. They broke each other's serves an astonishing seven times. After the ninth game Rod calmly paused to switch to spiked shoes, fully aware that adjustment to the shift would probably cost him the set. It did. But in the second set Laver settled into a flawless groove. He broke Roche's spirit by consistently parrying his powerful serve, glided swiftly over the court...