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...Zero. Then there are those songs which, although unconnected with the war effort, become popular anyway and are ever after associated with the period, like Lili Marlene, Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me), and Mairzy Doats. And, finally, there is the hinky-dinky-parlay-voo tradition of battlefield ballads composed by the boys themselves. Sometimes ironic, often obscene, and almost always derived from some other melody, these songs are refreshingly free of the jingoistic slush of the homeside ditties. Among their number are the pornographic They Were Only Playing Leapfrog, the hauntingly bitter...
...Hayes ("As you go through life," warns a weary Dodger official, "beware of a guy who has an initial for his front name"), a Hollywood gent who usually business-manages more professional actors. The background shows. Explaining why Sandy, with his better record, went in with Don on the parlay, J. William smoothly confides that "they figured the way to end all gossip about rivalry between them would be to go as an entry." The Dodgers know what he really means: a dual holdout means a bigger holdup...
Neither Cornell nor Yale is a pushover, and both the Indians and Tigers are obviously pointing for next week's game. Since oddsmakers have made the two Ivy powerhouses strong favorites, today's schedule offers a very promising three-team parlay: Cornell, Yale, and Harvard...
Dartmouth's John Worland, a 185-ft. javelin thrower, rates an even shot today against Tony Kilkuskie and Walt Campbell. In the sprint relay, the Indians have registered a 0:42.6, a step faster that Harvard's best of 0:44.1. "We'll see if Jim watts can parlay his superb passing technique into a victory over a quartet that's faster on paper," Coach McCurdy mused yesterday...
...Cornell-Dartmouth parlay is a pure blue chip. The only conceivable reason for not investing your life savings on the combination--aside from lack of faith in CRIMSON infallibility--is a moral deterrent: it's awful to see a bookie...