Sport: Method & Manpower

Coach Biggie Munn of Michigan State, whose football team has not lost a game since the fall of 1950, is a methodical man. On the wall of the Spartans' dressing room at East Lansing hangs a statement on Munn fundamentals which the team rereads before every home game: "Do not cheat your team or your teammates. Know your plays. Block. Protect. Add to what we are trying to do. [Signed] Biggie." Before every game, Coach Munn also calls his squad together for silent prayer. No one is supposed to pray for victory, but last week, with Michigan State trailing Texas Christian...

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