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...next play Ulcickas cancelled a Whelchel pass, throwing the quarterback for a seven yard loss. Then, on fourth down, Grana risked serious injury to prevent a Mass score, breaking through the line to throw himself at the foot of field goal kicker Milt Morin. Morin's toe dug deep into Grana's unprotected thigh, but the ball squirted off harmlessly. While badly bruised, Grana escaped serious damage and should be able to play next week...
...Jerry Whelchel has been widely applauded as one of the best quarterbacks east of the Mississippi, an accolade that ranks him with Roger Staubach and Gary Wood, to name a couple. Yovicsin, who has studied Welchel closely through films and at Maine last week, is as impressed with his running skill as with his more highly publicized passing potential...
...type offense employed by UMass gives Whelchel many opportunities to display his talents. Yovicsin reports that he can pass efficiently from a drop-back, roll-out, or partial roll-out play, and always present the problem of a run option when he rolls out to his strong side...
...formation that could cause trouble today is the tight slot, a ploy which spreads the end a few yards and puts a half- back in the slot. With this set up Whelchel can either pass to the end or the back, hand-off to the other half or the fullback for a slash off-tackle, or keep the ball himself and test his luck...
...Whelchel, Lewis, halfback Phil DeRose, and fullback Mike Ross work behind a two-unit line with both bulk and speed. Last week at Maine Fusia used both lines interchangeably, and seemed equally satisfied with both...