Word: winners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPION SHIP GAME (NBC, 1 p.m. to conclusion). The Eastern Division Champions-the New York Jets-meet the winner from the West in New York's Shea Stadium...
...itinerary for the holiday season. He is to spend this week in Key Biscayne, Fla., where he has just bought a $128,000 house, then fly to Los Angeles for the Rose Bowl game. A fan of U.S.C. Running Back O. J. Simpson, the 1968 Heisman Trophy winner, Nixon is thought to favor the Trojans over Ohio State. But naturally he declined to commit himself in advance...
...strike breakers inside his boarded-up building. Behind other barricades just a block away, some 50 strikers still gather each day to dispense food and subsistence checks, plot strategy and pounce hopefully on every rumor of Hearst's troubles. Actually, the strike is over-and the clear winner is George Hearst...
...RUNNING BACKS: O. J. Simpson, Southern Cal, 6 ft. 2 in., 210 Ibs.; and Paul Gipson, Houston, 6 ft., 205 Ibs. The scouts are calling 1968 the Year of the Running Back. Reason No. 1 is Heisman Trophy Winner Simpson, everybody's All-Everything. The pros liken his bulling power, his marvelous moves and his explosive speed to a cross between Jim Brown and Gale Sayers. That means, as one scout says, that "he is the greatest college runner in 10-20-50 years-unbelievable!" Noting that OJ. ran the ball an average of 35 times a game this...
...usually fill the position with the fastest and most agile college tackles. In the case of Shinners, however, this need not be true. He is a stick-out at guard, with "great maneuverability, good lateral movement and the speed to pull out and lead sweeps. He's a winner-period." Mayes is a converted tight end with "excellent balance, quick feet and grand size." He is still growing, and the scouts are convinced that his best football is still ahead...