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Right from the start, the Ell netmen showed that they were not going to just roll over and play dead before the undefeated Crimson powerhouse. Yale's number one man, sophomore Jack Waltz, began things by upsetting Chum Steele, 6-1, 0-6, 6-4, Waltz countered Steele's power play with his own aggressive attack and pulled through in a top-notch tennis exhibition...
...number one doubles, Stoole and Peckham dropped the first set to Waltz and Brooks, 10-8, and then bombed the Elis in a typical reversal...
...players, Jack Waltz and Brooks, are solid players, but not the calibre of Harvard's Chum Steele Dave Benjamin. In doubles, however, the Yale pair will give Steele and partner Dean Peckham more trouble. Yale's 6-3 loss to Princeton, Waltz Brooks whipped Keith Jennings and Lee Rawis...
...Playwright Jean Anouilh's scenario seldom seems funny, perhaps because the laughs are lost in the dubbed English version. Frequent close-ups make accurate lip synchronization impossible, and the flat, disembodied voices set up a sound barrier. It is a bit like watching dancers whirl through a Viennese waltz while the band plays Yankee Doodle...
...score is at war with itself. Stephen Sondheim's lyrics are brain-dry and sometimes brain-shy; Richard Rodgers' music is moon-washed, and sometimes soggier than the Grand Canal. The choreography is either a slight or an oversight. In Waltz, company loves misery. The unhappy lovers consort with tour-frazzled Babbitts and an expatriate couple whose marriage is sinking considerably faster than Venice...