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The Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

... A SUCCESSOR to the famous Britannia, the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth con tinues the work of producing officers for the Royal Navy. Here, in what is one of the most modern public schools in the country, a specialised naval training is carefully blended with a first-class general education. Boys are taken from the age of 131/2, and a four years' course at Dartmouth sees the first stage ...

'Varsity Cross Country: Cambridge Spartans beat Oxford Centipedes

... 'Varsity Cross Country [Cambridge Spartans beat Oxford Centipedes THE substitute 'Varsity cross-country race run over a six-mile course at Shotover last Saturday, resulted in a win for the Cambridge Spartans, who totalled 36 points to Oxford's 42. Cambridge's captain, Still, was first man home, winning by more than 200 yards, his time being 37 min. 9 sec. Walden Jones, who took second place, ...

Motor Racing in 1940

... By Highwayman DOES it sound too good to be true that there is to be a regular programme of motor races this year? An international calendar of events has been drawn up and published-- rather later than usual, it is true, but in the usual form and covering the usual period, from April to October. The only differences are that the list is about a quarter of its usual length, and that we shan't ...

Indoor Bowling

... Personalities at the Paddington Covered Green pHE Paddington I club has the largest covered green in the country, the floor having nine inks one way, and eigh, the other. It has been opened four y ars, daily, including un- days, when not less then sixty players use it. In previous wi; ers the floor had its 'ull capacity of 72 pla :rs regularly. Once expe ts thought that indoor bowls practice ...

Graphic

... AT the Harringay Arena last week two units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force showed how ice hockey is played in Canada. The game under the English Rules is lively enough for some people they would have found this match hectic, for under Canadian rules body-checking is allowed when a man is not on the puck and players can be substituted while the game is in progress. UNLIMITED CHECKING Non ...

Lawson Little Wins the Los Angeles Open

... HOLDER OF THE OPEN: Byron Nelson who won the American Open last June after a double play-off with Densmore Shute, demonstrates his driving prowess. This was at the open house held in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, when the leading players paraded their golfing art for the general public. PITCHING INTO THE TIN Lawson Little set the Los Angeles Country Club course on fire by shooting a 65 (5 ...

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W. W. Wakefield Back in the R.A.F

... . AMONG the R.A.F. personnel to greet the King and Queen at an R.A.F. station during their tour to the West Country was W. W. Wakefield, the famous Rugby International who has captained England so many times. But this is not Wakers' first experience of life in the Air Force, for he was just old enough to serve in the last war. In 1914 Wakefield, following the family tradition, was making a ...

Bellacose

... BRED by Mr. A. Cotton, raced in the colours of Mr. P. J. Dunne, and on retire ment became the joint property of Mr. Dunne and Mr. R. J. Colling, who trained him during his racing career. After winning three small races as a two-vear-old, he won the West Derby Stakes at Liverpool, the Chesterfield Plate at Newmarket, and the Granville Stakes (^1570) at Ascot. He proceeded to win the coveted ...

Boxing for the Red Cross ses for a Full House at Earls Court

... Boxing for the Red Cross: sm, ses for a Full House at Earls Court Danahar v. Snow IRISH GUARDSMAN Arthur Danahar and Norman Snow, former Northampton bricklayer, met for the Southern Area Welterweight Championship. This shot is of the first round, and shows Danahar (left) covering up from a left jab from Snow. Midway through this round Snow caused a sensation by landing a right hook that sent ...

In the Sporting News

... HENRIETTA HAIG THOMAS, daughter of Peter Haig Thomas, the old Cambridge blue and coach, and sister of David Haig Thomas, was married at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, to Captain Sir Peter Greenwell, Surrey Yeomanry. Above she is leaving for the church with her father, who, if he has sufficiently recovered from his recent illness, is to have charge of the Cam bridge crew for the final fortnight of ...

Round the New Shows

... Othello (Kingsway 7.30) MR. DONALD WOLFIT'S Shakespeare season at the Kingsway is possibly having a certain amount of harm done to it by well-meaning folk who, in and out of print, are urging the public to support it for loyal and patriotic motives. Now, only a small section of the public, if any at all, goes to the theatre for loyal and patriotic motives. They go to enjoy themselves. X ...