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Organizer and leader of the band is Sergeant Herbert Bernfeld, who as Herbie Fields used to play tenor saxophone and clarinet in Raymond Scott's Quintet. Among the band's 14 other members. Tin Pan Alleymen all, are Private Morton Kahn, who led and pounded the piano in Gerry Morton's Society Band; Private Don Matteson, trombonist for Jimmy Dorsey; Private James Morreale, Paul Whiteman trumpeter; Private Sidney Macey, the late Hal Kemp's arranger and trumpeter...
Generalissimo of the clangorous army of Tin Pan Alleymen is long, lean, grey Songwriter Gene Buck, president of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers). ASCAP holds performing rights to a mighty volume of sound: 1,270,000 musical compositions. Last week in San Francisco, at the word from Generalissimo Buck, ASCAP shock troops made a vigorous sortie. Their enemy was Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), formed by radio chains. Sooner than sign contracts to pay bigger fees for ASCAP tunes after next Jan. 1, the networks vow to use music from BMI, which by then will control 10,000 numbers...
Although the Crimson squad was well supported by a sizable audience, the alleymen were immediately thrown into a pandemonium of sorrow. Discouraged mutterings, expressions of disgust with the whole match, and general sadness prevailed in the Harvard ranks, for all the Yard cops had taken their turns. But George DePinto had one string left to bowl...
DePinto as captain of the Yard cop alleymen said last night after the match was over, "I am glad the results of this little fray have demonstrated to New England that the Yard Police of Harvard are well able to follow the footsteps of the different Varsity teams that have defeated Yale recently...
With the Crimson alleymen competing at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon at the Harvard Bowlaway, and the Elis starting at 7:30 o'clock at Kelsey's Bowling Resort in New Haven, the results will be settled by telegraph...