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Navy Athletes in Yard Call Weld Girls Cold, Glamorous

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The sanctity of the Yard was invaded last evening when two Navy Platoons locked horns in a softball game under the sacred elms. Using a large concrete drain between Weld and Mathews as their home plate, the Navy men lustily hit long fly balls which sent their outfielders dodging the trees and tripping over the tradition-steeped walks.

Among the stars unveiled by the First and Second Platoons of Company Five, were a first baseman from the Three Eye League and a former Texas League outfielder. Scores of female denizens from Weld and Grays, whom one of the Navy men called "cold but glamorous," watched the contest from the safety of their own stone steps.

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