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...powerful running attack and excellent end play brought Yale the Ivy League championship this afternoon in the stadium as the Elis defeated Harvard for the 42nd time. Dean Loucks directed the Eli attack expertly, calling on Al Ward, Dennis McGill, and Steve Ackerman for hard rushing, while ends Vern Loucks and Paul Lopata excelled on offense and defense...
...passes so far, including one TD, but his true value is his vicious blocking and tackling. Harvard doesn't run the ends much, but if it did, it would have much trouble, not only from Lopata, but also from his partner, Mike Cavallon, 6-4 junior who has edged Vern Loucks out of the starting lineup. Besides these three ends-Lopata, Cavallon and Loucks-Olivar has a very fast receiver in John Pendexter. Pendexter, a junior, is a 10.2 man in track...
...world record. The high jump brought the Olympic trials' greatest moment. Handsome, nervous Ernie Shelton of U.S.C. fouled out at 6 ft. 9½ in. and went off in tears muttering to himself: "I'm not an athlete . . . I'm not an athlete!" Olympic Qualifiers Vern Wilson of Santa Clara (Calif.) Y.C. and little Phil Reavis of Villanova dropped out as the bar rose. Only 19-year-old Charley Dumas (rhymes with humus) of Compton Junior Collie was left...
...plan originated one day last summer when McCurdy was visiting some old friends of his: Vern Cox, cross country coach at Springfield College, and Dick Miller, the Washington and Lee mentor. Running soon became the main topic of conversation...
...could argue on the basis of "What if" until the next Yale game: what if Jim Joslin hadn't been decommissioned in the third quarter with a groin injury; what if Dean Loucks' touchdown pass to Vern Loucks had been deflected just a little bit more...