Sport: Stanford's How Boys

As a member of Stanford's winning 1941 Rose Bowl team, All-America Guard Chuck Taylor was one of the Indians' "Wow" boys.* Now, in his first year as a coach, burly (204 Ibs., 5 ft. n4r in.) Chuck Taylor has a winning Stanford team of his own: the "How" boys. The question in the minds of the sportwriters who nicknamed the team: How do they do it?

Before last week's game with Oregon State, Stanford in victory was more than a sport-page enigma. It was a statistical flop: fifth in the conference in rushing, fourth in total offensive, seventh in ground defense, second...

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