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...playing fields of Eton, but what everyone had come for was the historic "procession of boats," which lasted on into evening under the red glare of rockets. As boat after boat passed the Royal Enclosure where the Duke of Gloucester (an Old Etonian) sat with his royal nieces, the schoolboy crews stood with glistening, uplifted oars in salute. Nobody spilled, and Princess Elizabeth sent her congratulations to the Captain of the Boats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Old Schools | 6/16/1947 | See Source »

Torment. A well-told Swedish melodrama about a schoolboy, a girl and a psychoneurotic teacher (TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Jun. 9, 1947 | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

...sinkers revolve-you can't see the stitches on the seams as they come to the plate like you can with a spitter." Other pitchers-Rip Sewell, Fred Ostermueller, Claude Passeau-have been unofficially accused of using "spit-sweat" balls in pinches. They deny it, and so does Schoolboy Rowe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Sweat of His Brow | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

...There is only one way to stop it," suggested one Philadelphia pitcher. "Make the spit ball legal again." Said Schoolboy Rowe with a straight face: "Oh, that's a dirty habit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Sweat of His Brow | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

Torment. A well-told Swedish melodrama about a schoolboy, a girl and a psychoneurotic teacher (TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CURRENT & CHOICE: Current & Choice, May 26, 1947 | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

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