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Opposing him in California's June 5 primary is Los Angeles Assemblyman Joseph Shell, 43. A strapping (6 ft. 2 in., 200 lbs.) ex-U.S.C. halfback, Shell is the champion of the state's deep-dyed Republican conservatives, ranging rightward from the Barry Goldwater admirers. Shell has plenty of money, both from his own bank account (he made a fortune in oil exploration) and from wealthy followers...
...Beta Kappa-and became a Democrat. These were Depression years, and White was impressed by Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. "It seemed to me," he recalls, "that the Democrats had the more forward-looking programs." Hall of Fame. As a 6 ft. 2 in., 190-lb. halfback, White was a star passer, punter and runner for three seasons, 1935-36-37; in his senior year he led all major college backs in both scoring and rushing (16 touchdowns, 23 extra points), paced Colorado to an undefeated regular season, made All-America. As a pro with Pittsburgh and Detroit...
...remembered for his "arrow-collar head on a longshoreman's body," he was no scholar but he enjoyed the big-time competition for campus prestige, certain that his talents would be recognized. But throughout his life, there was always a Hobey Baker (Princeton's famed halfback and hockey star) or a Hemingway to overshadow him. In his own mind, life became a struggle for recognition. It was a struggle that he largely lost...
...massaged his legs with triple-distilled alcohol, triple-distilled witch hazel and imported Italian olive oil. I mixed up goose grease, mutton suet, nutmeg and camphorated oil, and rubbed it on his chest." Well-marinated by the time he got to high school, Budd captained his basketball team, played halfback in football, even then ran the 100 in 9.6 sec. When it came time for college, he had his choice of scholarships for football (Princeton, Navy, Ohio State, Syracuse), basketball (Muhlenberg) or track (Nebraska, Villanova). His choice: track and Villanova...
...Running fast just comes natural to me," says Florida A. & M. Sophomore Robert Hayes, 19. A husky 5 ft. 11 in., 182 lbs., Hayes played halfback on A. & M.'s undefeated 1961 football team, was "out of shape" when he showed up in Miami for his first outdoor track meet of the season. Running into a 4½-m.p.h. wind. Hayes streaked 100 yds. in 9.2 sec., equaling the world record held by Villanova's Frank Budd. "I was sure surprised when they told me," said Hayes...