Sport: Strength in Depth

Unbeaten Navy sailed through Pennsylvania last week 33-0. The victory itself was no surprise, but the way it was won provided a startling tip-off on the power of Navy's 1955 football squad. The star of the Midshipmen's fifth straight win was a fourth-string, third-class (sophomore) quarterback named Thomas Forrestal,* of Cleveland. Forrestal passed for two touchdowns, scored a third himself, and masterminded his defense so well that Penn made not one first down in the 30 minutes that he played.

Any team on which a player of Forrestal's caliber rates only a fourth-string...

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