Word: yager
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Eileen Keliher Jeffers Yager, 61, shy, retiring adopted daughter of William M. Jeffers, onetime president (1937-1946) and prime mover of the Union Pacific Railroad, chief beneficiary of his relatively modest (about $500,000) estate on his death in 1953; three days after she was wed (for the first time) to Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Thomas C. Yager, 47, apparently of drowning after she fell overboard from their chartered 36-ft. honeymoon yacht Carefree, in the channel between Catalina Island and the California coast, while her husband was below decks...
Eliot got off to a quick start with an 85-yard pass from Elliot Topkins to Tom Bacas for a touchdown. Bob Yager and John Parker scored later in the game for the Elephants...
Meanwhile, the Elephants moved quickly for their first score. A blocked punt recovered by Eliot on the Branford 40 set up a snappy six-play touchdown drive, capped by fullback Bob Yager's seven-yard scoring dash. Eillott Topkins' attempted conversion hit the crossbar and bounced back, but the Elephants...
Coach Bill Burnham's Elephant squad was paced by quarterback Elliot Topkins, who tossed two touchdown passes to end Jelf Lambert. The other Elephant score came on a 17-yard dash by senior fullback Bob Yager. Topkins and Eliot co-captain Pete Wood buttressed the winners' defense. Eliot was threatened by the efforts of the Commuters' quarterback Brian Asher, who accounted for 130 yards through...