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Even closer to home--though "home" is now a doubtful name for the Soldiers' Field subdivision--is current freshman coach Bob Margarita. At 36, the former Brown and Chicago Bear halfback star meets the age requirement; he is also popular with his players. Margarita was head coach at Georgetown before that school dropped football and has coached at Yale. But his five years on the Jordan staff may argue against his selection. In the past, coaches have come from the outside...
Early in the second quarter. Halfback Frank Gifford took a pitchout from Quarterback Don Heinrich, sailed off around left end, stopped short and pitched a touchdown pass to End Kyle Rote. A few minutes later, Gifford faked the Eagle defense men out of their shoes and skipped across the goal line. That was all New York really needed, but the Giants scored again, ran out the game 21-7, and earned a crack at the Chicago Bears for the N.F.L. championship...
Scout, Squint, Study. Handsome Halfback Gifford was accustomed to such motion-picture heroics, being, in the first place, an occasional motion-picture bit-player and stunt man (Saturday's Hero, The All-American, etc.). He rehearsed for last week's game just as if for a movie. All week long Gifford and his teammates studied movies of the Eagles in action to learn their weaknesses and strengths...
McLaughlin, who led the team to its first score, looked very impressive at quarterback. Simourian, the team's best signal-caller, often looks like a halfback playing quarterback, but McLaughlin looks like a man who is a quarterback His hand-offs were very clean and, at the same time, deceptive. When he left the game with the score 14 to 7, the fans gave him a strong hand, and, throughout, there were cries for "number...
...kicked off to Carlisle. The ball was caught on the Indians' seven yard line by Johnson, their quarterback, but instead of making interference, the Indians grouped around Johnson as if to make a "flying wedge" formation. With this huddle of bodies as a shield, the ball was shoved inside halfback Dillon's jersey...