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When leadoff man Cliff Wharton went down in a traffic jam, trying to pass front running Cowle of Princeton, Crimson aspirations ebbed. But Dave Hamblett, filling in for the injured Wes Flint, and Al Ruby, pulled the Varsity into third place, and Jim Wheeler, moving up quickly over the final quarter, cut Cornell's lead. Yale was a tired last...
Behind the discreet curtains of the cafes, crowds jam the tables drinking wine or coffee and eating little plates of grilled shrimp or fried baby octopus tentacles. Silent, grey-coated policemen stand discreetly in the background with little to do. Order is so perfect that Spaniards-against all their temperament-wait for the green light before they cross the streets...
Last week 21 Zerbe paintings were on view in a Manhattan gallery, and a Boston gallery displayed the work of 31 Zerbe students and twelve of his admirers. Manhattan critics went overboard for Zerbe's crisp, quiet cityscapes, still life jam-packed with unlikely objects, sombre circus pictures, and portraits in costume such as Aging Harlequin (see cut). According to the New York Times, the show was like "a crescendo roll of drums . . . puissant, clear, resourceful, uncluttered." As technical fireworks, each painting had proper sparkle. Did any of them also "mean anything"? Said Zerbe complacently: "If you are bright...
Down with Fantasy. As in a traffic jam, the slowdown was felt all along the line. A leading Atlanta department store stopped its practice of "open ordering" (i.e., buying anything that wholesalers will sell). New York retailers began to tell manufacturers to deliver by certain dates or they would cancel the orders. They were no longer willing to take goods any time in the future-and get caught with top-heavy inventories. (This week the New Jersey Bakers Board met to consider a general shutdown to force flour prices down...
Fletcher Martin is city editor of the Louisville Defender when he's home but he also roamed widely as a war correspondent. He played end at Louisville Municipal College but he got in the middle of this jam, as editor...