Word: jutland
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...case in the battle of Jutland during the first world war, it is hard to tell just who won. It will actually be impossible to tell who won until the admirals of the victorious fleet show their true colors by either effecting or obstructing sports de-emphasis. In the case of the Ivy League presidents, most of whom are more concerned with education than with winning teams--either athletic or political--chances are good that they will actually keep their institutions headed on the path of amateurism. The eight-point program they have set forth is a good...
...traditional bread, cheese and onions-washed down with beer-before turning in at night. He once got himself punished for letting off fireworks in the head. A pale, slim sublieutenant, sometimes doubled up with pains diagnosed much later as an ulcer, he saw action in the Battle of Jutland, where, as "Mr. Johnston," he was second-in-command of "A" turret aboard H.M.S. Collingwood. "The King," remembered Turret Commander W.E.C. Tait years later, "made cocoa as usual for me and the gun crew during the battle...
Born. To George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl Jellicoe, 32, First Secretary of Britain's Washington embassy, son of the admiral who commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland,* and Countess Jellicoe, 31: their third child, first son. Name: Patrick John (Viscount Brocas). Weight...
Peter's nickname, however, seemed justified beyond mere turf victories. His father was one of England's great naval heroes, the dashing admiral who fought the German fleet at Jutland in World War I. His mother, the only daughter of Chicago's fabulously rich Marshall Field I, had left him a cool $1,000,000. Peter's youth was divided between the playing fields of Eton and happy vacations in the Swiss Alps. As a young man he had his pick of Mayfair's debutantes for company, and plenty of time and money to hunt...
...lucid account of the pursuit, cornering and sinking of the pride of Hitler's navy. An author of less background might have pulled out all the stops and wallowed happily but confusingly in the story's drama. Author Grenfell,* veteran of 30 years' service, including the Jutland and Dardanelles actions in World War I, sticks sternly to facts and understatement...