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While on the outside, the Yardlings boast four or five strong wings that give Harvard a wide open scoring game. Russ Bell on the right is the most exciting to watch. A sleeper in the offense, he has lively finesse bringing the ball down the field and enough speed to slip behind the fullbacks for the quick score. He will be complemented on the left by either Eric Pope, Doug Watt, or Jimmy Carrow...
...DETROIT--This could be the sleeper team. Blessed with a tremendous starting rotation--Wilson, Lolich, Sparma and McLain, the Tigers need some clutch hitting. Their established stars--Kaline, Freehan, Horton, Cash--must stay healthy...
...FULLBACK: Lee White, 21, Weber State, 6 ft. 4 in., 240 Ibs. "A sleeper," says one scout, apparently figuring that White would go unnoticed by the other bird dogs because he played for the small Ogden, Utah, school. Not so. A Little All-America, White carried the ball an average of 28 times a game, ran for 276 yds. against Idaho. "Doesn't have great outside speed," says a scouting report, "but really tough inside. An excellent blocker on both runs and passes. Will be among the first four draft picks...
...Lawrence story with a lesbian theme, is soon to be released nationally, starring Sandy Dennis. Point Blank, with Lee Marvin, is in its plot an old-fashioned shoot-em-down but in its technique a catalogue of the latest razzle-dazzle cinematography. Bonnie and Clyde is not only the sleeper of the decade but also, to a growing consensus of audiences and critics, the best movie of the year...
...crowned heads of England, Spain. Belgium, Russia, Germany, Persia, Monaco and Montenegro, as well as assorted dukes and princes, not to mention such uncommon commoners as Italy's D'Annunzio, an American Vanderbilt, and French Premier Aristide Briand. But she wasn't merely a name sleeper; she democratically slept with all who could afford her huge fees. "Don't forget," she once told her friend Colette, "that there is always a moment in a man's life, even if he's a miser, when he opens his hand wide." "The moment of passion?" asked...