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...soon stirring away as the First Witch in Macbeth. That typed her, but dramatic witchcraft could not change her basic character. She not only went on to become the hag of the half-century, she also became a member of the Beverly Hills Board of Education, and a Cub Scout den mother. Now we will be able to shut off those lights...
...pros are throwing the loot around this year, Santa Claus will have to fight to keep his franchise. "There aren't 40 players in college ball worth fighting over," insisted one pro scout, but Florida State End Fred Biletnikoff pried enough ($150,000) out of the Oakland Raiders to rent his school's football stadium to get married in. Sometimes the green left grass stains. Georgia Tackle Jim Wilson signed an $8,000 contract with the A.F.L.'s Boston Patriots last August, another for $75,000 with the N.F.L.'s San Francisco 49ers last month...
Cash on the Bed. Eric Ambler might have written the script. The A.F.L. held an illegal secret draft -well before its officially scheduled draft meeting. And the N.F.L. hired "baby sitters" to hover over prize prospects and keep them out of the clutches of A.F.L. recruiters. An N.F.L. scout named Dick Pollard tagged along incognito when Indiana Fullback Tom Nowatzke flew to New York and talked contract with the A.F.L.'s New York Jets. The unwitting Jets gave Pollard a chatty tour of Shea Stadium ("Nice," said the spy) and allowed him to sit in on salary negotiations, thinking...
...Rhome's standards, that was a horrible day. Oklahoma State boasted the nation's second-best pass defense before it ran into Tulsa in October Rhome hit on 35 of 43 for 488 yds.' and moved an awestruck pro scout to exclaim: "We couldn't complete that many if we were only playing catch." Against the University of Louisville, Rhome threw seven touchdown passes; against Houston, he threw one that traveled a fantastic 60 yds. in the air. In Tulsa's ten games (eight wins, two losses) this season, Rhome has completed...
...Carroll, 21, Notre Dame, 6 ft. 1 in., 225 Ibs. The heart of the Illinois defense, Butkus is everyone's choice for Animal of the Year, may well be the No. 1 draft pick. "This kid is such a brute," says one scout fondly, "that he forces a lot of fumbles and mistakes simply by intimidating ball carriers." The line on Caveness: "Red-dogs extremely well." The pros like Notre Dame Captain Carroll for his canniness in diagnosing plays and his Irish-style hustle...