Word: halfback
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...last week the toughest athlete on the Texas A.&M. campus felt terrible. His team had frittered away two football games in a row; instead of finishing the season No. 1 in the country, the Aggies had fallen to tenth, and third in their own Southwest Conference. And Halfback John David Crow figured that it was all his fault. "When we got beat," said Crow, "I felt like I'd let everybody down...
...hustling stride sheds tacklers; he is a vicious blocker and a shrewd, swift safety man. On offense or defense, his specialty is hitting opponents with skill, purpose and power. Last year, when Tackle Bobby Lockett teamed up with End John Tracey to bring down Texas Christian's great Halfback Jim Swink, Crow came up to "secure" the tackle, as the football euphemism goes. He knocked both Swink and Tracey goggle-eyed, and Tackle Lockett was belted right out of the game. Says he: "I felt like Crow had pushed my neck clean through my shoulders...
Shaunessy, a two-year starter at left tackle, is captain-elect of the 1958 Crimson team. Stahura, who started his senior year at quarterback, ended the season playing halfback for the Crimson eleven...
...first quarter, the Princeton-Dartmouth game was buried in snow. Yard-markers disappeared, officials blended with players, spectators shuddered over a dwindling supply of Scotch and began to beat a retreat from Palmer Stadium. But nothing seemed to bother a lanky Princeton halfback named Dan Sachs-neither wind nor snow nor wet ball, nor well-drilled Dartmouth line. He scored almost every way possible, passing for one touchdown, running back a kick for another, intercepting a pass for a third, schussing over from scrimmage for a fourth. Fans with antifreeze and the determination to last out the afternoon saw Princeton...
...year history of "The Game," no Yalemen ever had so satisfying an afternoon. And few Yale teams ever put on so polished a performance. Incredibly calm and casual, Eli Quarterback Dick Winterbauer stood up behind his fine line and lofted high-spin passes that led End Mike Cavallon and Halfback Herb Hallas to easy touchdowns. Harvard Tackle Bob Shaunessy raged behind the weak Crimson forwards, belting their padded sterns and begging them to fight. But it did no good. Even at angry fistfighting. Harvard came out second best...