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Added to this very good football team is the bitterness which has been contained at Soldiers Field since last year's Yeager incident. The first opportunity for relief appears today, and the feeling is that Yale may well regret this afternoon not scoring its final 1952 point in a more conventional manner...
Yale has a solid line but a lot of weaknesses. One of them oddly enough has been finding a successor to Yeager; the Elis have converted on only five of ten opportunities this year...
...Good attitude, Bill," he said. "You've got eight feet [off the runway]. Let her down a little more. You've still got eight feet." Slowly the speeding X-3 sank down toward the speeding ground. "Five feet," said Yeager. ". . . One. Now hold her right there. Nice job. The runway is clear for seven miles ahead...
...Yeager flew close beside it, playing seeing-eye dog to its blind pilot...
...Yeager: "Doesn't seem to, does...