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...close play of the first two periods turned into sloppy wide-open hockey in the last 20 minutes. It actually turned into a contest to see who could get the most penalies. St. Lawrence won easily, but Harvard's Dean Alpine, "the hatchet man," helped the Crimson cause...
...wide-open brand of hockey of the Clarkson club could be advantageous to the Crimson. Coach Cooney Weiland's team plays tight defensive hockey. In practice this week they have been checking hard and clearing the puck effectively in an effort to set up their fast-skating forwards. In the Bowdoin game, the Crimson showed an ability to capitalize on opportunities and to convert quick accurate passes into goals...
...Good. When the slaughter finally ended, outclassed Abilene Christian could take some comfort in the fact that it might have been worse. Memphis State's No. 1 quarterback, James Earl Wright, 22, key man in the Tigers' wide-open attack and the most dangerous back in the South, had been given an afternoon off. A sturdy six-footer, Wright is the ideal split-T quarterback. He runs the bread-and-butter option play with swift precision, can throw a pass accurately while on the dead run to either his left or his right. Says Coach Frank Camp, whose...
Latter-Day Crusader. Ironically, John Patterson built his political career in large part on a reputation for enforcing the law. He was raised in wide-open Phenix City, where the gamblers and the madams catered to soldiers from nearby Fort Benning. Patterson played the slot machines as a kid, drank his share of "wildcat" whisky and, with time out for Army service during World War II and in Korea, turned into just another easygoing Alabama lawyer. But in 1954 his father, Albert Patterson, was murdered by racketeers 17 days after winning the Democratic nomination for state attorney general...
...Norris, founder of hockey's richest dynasty. One son, Spectator-Sportsman James D. Norris (deposed front man for the hoodlum-hampered International Boxing Club), is co-owner of the Black Hawks, while another son, Bruce, and Daughter Marguerite are co-owners of the Red Wings. In the new, wide-open competition of professional hockey, the Norris clan has inherited a rewarding family responsibility...