Word: halfback
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McCluskey had worked the play for a second-period score, keeping the ball and racing 82 yards for a touchdown. Now the UMass ends were "pinching" in, cutting off the quarter back's run but leaving themselves open on a pitchout to the halfback...
...look rusty. He let Dave Poe and Pat Conway pick up a first down on the UMass 25 and then turned to the play that had worked best for McCluskey: the option sweep, with the quarterback either carrying the ball around end himself or pitching back to a trailing halfback if the traffic is rough...
...often be up against a quarterback as good as Whelchel was Saturday, or ends as good as Morin and Meers. Poe, Bilodeau, and John Dockery are experienced safetymen and it will be a rare passer who will gain 150 yards against them again. Dockery also filled in well at halfback on offense...
...Giants have been the champions of the National Football League's Eastern Division. But now they look more like chumps-at least on TV. They lost to the Minnesota Vikings, 21-7, and Sherman insisted: "The defense looked good." Then they ran into the Green Bay Packers and Halfback Paul ("Golden Boy") Hornung, back from a year in Coventry for betting on games. Hornung passed for one touchdown, booted two field goals and four extra points, and the Packers trounced the Giants, 34-10. The Giant switchboard lit up with wailing calls from fans who had seen...
...pride tarnished in 1963 when the collegians (actually the year's crop of pro rookies) rudely upset the Green Bay Packers. But for the first 30 minutes it looked as if an other upset was in the making. With Miami Quarterback George Mira tossing bombs and Arizona State Halfback Charlie Taylor crunching through the line, the All Stars actually led 10-7 at the half. Then the Bears came out of hibernation, scored three quick touch downs, and it was back to training camp for the All Stars...