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...FIRE PATROL game grew more popular as the fire grew less dangerous. Men would goof off in small groups on the fire line until the supervisor's helicopter appeared in the distance. Then the hillside would come alive with men dramatically extinguishing blazes that happened to be their own lunch fires. The fire boss would circle overhead a few times, return to camp, write his report, and then go fishing for Arctic grayling in the nearest stream. The men would then return to their routine--putting out occasional smokes on the perimeter, but telling stories or dirty jokes for much...
...Cross Country Goof Top Scorers G A PTS Alexandridis, Cornel 9 3 12 Brewster, Brown 6 5 11 Mueller, Yale 4 5 9 Davidson, Princeton 4 4 8 Irwin, Dartmouth 4 3 7 Oyekan, Yale 6 0 6 Bogovich, Harvard...
Brian Dowling, who was named honorable All-American, was the only player from New England mentioned in the poll. Cross Country Goof Final Standings W L T PTS Brown 6 1 0 12 Pennsylvania 5 2 0 10 Yale 4 3 0 8 Cornell 3 4 0 6 Harvard 2 3 2 6 Columbia 2 4 1 5 Dartmouth 2 4 1 5 Princeton...
Certainly nobody in his right mind gives himself a higher score for a hole than he actually shot. Why should he be penalized at all for such an obviously unintentional goof? Only in the case of a golfer who signs for a lower score does the question of intent arise-and even then, a quick investigation should satisfy officials as to whether cheating was involved...
Hope laces his wit with good taste. He may sometimes play the ogling goof, but he is essentially a monologist who portrays no other character than Bob Hope. Jack Benny is a "character" comedian-stingy Jack. Such comics as Danny Kaye, Red Skelton and Jackie Gleason shine best in sketches. Many of today's young monologists, in the style of the late Lenny Bruce, specialize in acutely perceived, often bitter commentary, not to say four-letter words. Hope's comedy is broader, less original in viewpoint, but it is almost always clean, just as topical, more deftly timed...