Robert Dale Cantwell

It is one of the oldest stories in sport. The father, once a good athlete, is born again in his son. He teaches the kid fundamentals, coaxes him to compete, pressures him to succeed. Usually the boy tries, fails and gives up. Both the father and son end up feeling guilty. But for every 100—or 1,000—failures there is an exception, a Kyle Rote Jr., a J. K. McKay, a Mark or Marty Howe. Ronnie Perry of Holy Cross is one of those rare cases.

TENNESSEE STATE John Merritt, the esteemed football coach of Tennessee State, will again spend his season staying as close as possible to The Lord's Prayer, since doing this has insured State's football success for the last three years. Nothing could be more logical. The Lord's Prayer, so named for his universal efficacy, and otherwise known as Eldridge Dickey, is a quarterback who has completed 68% of his passes in three seasons.

The Ute Pass fault slices down the Rockies just to the northeast of Pikes Peak and directly in to Colorado Springs, Colo. Every eon or so, the earth moves and most of the knowledgeable people at tiny Colorado College, which happens to nestle near the base of Pikes Peak, are at least intellectually prepared for a tremor or two. But something happened to them in the fall of 1960—it was so quiet at first they were not even aware of it—for which they were quite unprepared.