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...ENDS: Bill Yearby, 21, Michigan, 6 ft. 3 in., 230 lbs., and Aaron Brown, 22, Minnesota, 6 ft. 4 in., 241 lbs. Yearby is "a vicious tackier, always on target, always gets his man-and not 5 yds. downfield, like most college kids." Brown, who played one game with his jaw broken and three more with it wired shut, is so good on both offense and defense that the pros are puzzled about where to play him. "If he gets his hands on the ball, he'll run over the other team. If he doesn...
...past Crabtree, an "agile, shifty" runner himself. Bird played some defense in 1964 at Kentucky, but none this year; he was too busy being the Southeastern Conference's second leading ground gainer (with 646 yds.). A little still went a long way with the scouts. "A sure tackier, hard to fool on fakes," goes one report. "As a matter of fact, he's even better on defense than on offense...
...game seems to be how much Princeton can roll up the score. Our guess is that two touchdown passes by Landeck and three field goals by Gogolak will give Princeton a 23-0 victory.Don Sadoski (43) is blocked by teammate (mercifully unidentifiable) and falls easy prey to a Penn tackier in last week's game...
...enemy over the backs of his crouching linemen. "Haaaay, set! Hup-ah-hup-ah-hup-ah . . ." Back snapped the ball, and the crowd sucked in its breath. What would he do? Now he was rolling right and fading back as if to pass. He slithered away from one tackier, straight-armed another. Downfield, three receivers zigged, zagged, looked back, zigged again. Back and forth he dodged, now trapped, now loose. But there was no pass. In a spurt of swivel-hipped speed, he dashed forward. Five yards, ten, past the line of scrimmage, and on to a first down...
...open mind. On outside runs, I start at full speed, shift down to three-quarter speed to see my block developing, then go back to high and try to be just one-half step behind the guard when he throws his block-so I can be past the tackier and on my way before he recovers." Jimmy rarely tries to fake a cut. "You have to fake from an upright position and you don't get power that way." He much prefers to use a clubbing forearm punch to discourage tacklers...