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...discernible disagreement with Johnson's decision, largely because Mann, in the course of a long career, has built a record of arriving early at right decisions. Born and raised in Laredo, a border town with a population 85% Mexican, Mann grew up bilingual and unbigoted; as halfback on Laredo High's unbeaten 1927 football team, he called signals in both English and Spanish. Giving up practice as what he calls "a Texas country lawyer" in 1943, he joined the State Department, serving over the years mostly in Latin American posts (Venezuela, Guatemala, El Salvador) or dealing with Latin...
...decades of nightclub and record performances earned up to $150,000 a year (best-known number: What a Difference a Day Makes), and a title from her fans as "Queen of the Blues"; of unknown causes, while watching television with her seventh husband, Detroit Lions' Halfback Dick ("Night Train") Lane: in Detroit...
Middies. Delicately, deliberately, Quarterback Stichweh dismembered the Navy defense. When Navy beefed up its flanks, he sent Halfback Kenny Wai-drop cracking off tackle for big yardage. When the Middies stacked the middle, Stichweh scampered around end. From the Navy five, Stichweh rolled out to his right and launched himself into the air: six points. He rolled out again, this time to the left: a two-point conversion that made it 21-15; a touchdown would tie, an extra point would win-but first Army had to get the ball. The Cadets gambled on an onside kick: Quarterback Stichweh grabbed...
...Stop them! Stop them!" pleaded the Navy stands. With a third down on the Navy four and less than one minute on the clock, the Army team could not hear Stichweh's signals. The referee called time-out-in the meantime Army lost 20 seconds. When play resumed, Halfback Waldrop barreled to the two. Now there were 16 seconds left. Quickly, Army lined up. Once more, the din drowned Stichweh's signals. Once more, he pleaded for silence. Bang! The game was over...
...Dallas Cowboys delayed the N.F.L. proceedings for 2½ hours, awaiting a doctor's report on Oregon Halfback Mel Renfro, who had cut his wrist on a mirror-and drafted Texas Tackle Scott Appleton instead. Coaches cackled happily when they landed a prospect that the opposition had overlooked. "I like this kid," said Green Bay's Vince Lombardi of his 14th-round choice, Northwestern End Tom O'Grady. "When you talk to him, his eyes light up. Besides, he's six-four, weighs 205 and runs...