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...Camp Edwards, where 2,800 reluctant soldiers facing shipment to battlefronts were imprisoned in a stockade, he discovered that, to avoid going, men threw away their false teeth, hid in coal bins, jumped off harbor boats, paid up to $1,000 to civilian doctors to tell them how to fake illness. But he also found "psychopathic personalities," and among the toughest outfits: in North Africa soldiers in a crack airborne division took pot shots at Arabs to test their marksmanship, tossed hand grenades among their own men as a practical joke...
...this set-up, of course, the quarterback is the most important operator. Odell's quarterback will fake, spin and fade directly to his rear as opposed to the more usual "T" ball-handler, who will step off to the right behind his guards and tackles...
Every detail of Dick Harlow's system--every block, spin, loop, and fake--received a thorough going-over yesterday afternoon, when the Varsity perfected its plans for stopping the Yale attack on Saturday and polished a few offensive tricks...
...read: "DARTMOUTH DAILY HANOVERIAN--'CRIMSON' PLANNING PUBLISH FAKE ISSUE HANOVERIAN' (sic) TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN STANDS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9-- THE HARVARD LAMPOON...
Like Leahy, 180-lb. Johnny Lujack is a perfectionist. Every fake has to be a magician's maneuver. He knows the blocking variations of every basic Leahy play-not only for himself but for every man on the team-and frequently refreshes a forgetful player's memory in the huddle. An expert field general, he clicks with typical Leahy strategies: calling running plays in passing situations...