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Early in the afternoon, the convention's glossy program was practically discarded. Acts were switched, Adolph Kiefer didn't show up for his "Around the World" novelty number, and all sorts of unannounced performers bounded around in the pool. A predominantly female audience cheered an all-female series of "synchronized swimming" exhibitions...
Bartok: Sonata No. I (Adolph Bailer, piano; Yehudi Menuhin, violin; Victor, 8 sides). Composed in 1921, when Bartok's own distinctive style was first beginning to take form, the sonata foreshadows the lyric power and rhythmic force of the great Concerto for Violin (1938). In this performance, Bailer's piano overshadows Menuhin's violin. Recording: fair...
There was a far smaller number of entrants than were expected, and considerably fewer than the number which competed in the House Championships two weeks ago. "It looks like the House tournament was the big one this year," commented Intramural Director Adolph W. Samborski...
...team as the most exciting thing to come along since Man o' War. But elsewhere in the U.S., there were growls and sour grapes from the basketball cult. The accusations ranged from "outright professionalism" to doctoring home-court baskets, and all of them were aimed at heavy-jowled Adolph Rupp, the Kentucky coach...
Like most successful coaches, Adolph Rupp is a painstaking worrier. Although he has recently written a book, Championship Basketball (Prentice-Hall; $3) cautioning against overworking players, he works his own hard. He feeds them vitamin pills, keeps weight charts, advocates squeezing a small rubber ball to develop arm and finger muscles. "There are no secrets in the game," he says with a straight face...