Word: tailbacks
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...Harvard football.* Teddy was big enough (6 ft. 2 in., 200 Ibs.) and strong enough. But he lacked speed and agility. To improve his blocking, he persuaded a teammate to work with him for long hours after practice. To improve his tackling, he persuaded Captain Dick Clasby, a star tailback, to serve as his personal tackling dummy...
Fullback Bill Grana was the first sophomore chosen for the first team since Danny Sachs of Princeton turned the trick in 1957. The promising Tiger Tailback was hampered by injuries for the rest of his career and never made it again...
...Tiger JV's, who won by a 12-7 margin, took the lead at the end of the first quarter when Frank Remley reached the end zone on a three yard buck over center. Minutes later, tailback Remley broke loose again, this time on a reverse, for 25 yards and the second Princeton touchdown...
...they must knock off Harvard in what three weeks ago threatened to be a push-over but now has all the makings of a bone-shaking struggle. Still favored, the Tigers are expected to rely heavily on the passing talents of first-string tailback Greg Riley, whose best play is a soft ten-yarder over the middle to end Hank Large. The other tactic Princeton likes to employ is a classic singlewing reverse to wingback Dan Terpak--light, but fast and shifty. Between them, Terpak and Riley could give the Crimson a lot of trouble...
Colman's substitute for the all-important tailback position in his single wing attack could be any one of sophomores Hugh MacMillan and Pete Poreitis, and junior Dave Ibbeken. (After six games, MacMillan is second in rushing behind Riley with 188 yards; Poreitis is second in passing with 154 yards.) MacMillan will probably start...