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...make things more interesting, the surfers were required to follow a zigzag course, much like a slalom ski run. Judges deducted points for such infractions as "bottom turning"-cutting in front of another surfer knifing down the wave. The surprise winner: Honolulu Schoolboy Fred Hemmings Jr., 18, who became surfing's youngest world champion ever by riding three waves 600 yds. or so, tucking himself out of sight in "the pipe" (the fastest, most dangerous part of the wave, where it rolls over and down) to gain speed, sliding around the buoys without losing "the green,"-the unbroken portion...
...these in Don Chiofaro, a 5 ft., 9 in., 215-1b. guard from Belmont. Chiofaro drew a lot of attention from college scents during his schoolboy days at Belmont High and Exeter, and his alertness and crushing tackles yesterday demonstrated that the attention was well deserved. He's a linebacker on defense...
Robert Scott's incredible hardships and the death of the entire party on the return from the Pole are known by heart by every English schoolboy. If the America's Cup is ever to be relinquished by this country, we could wish for no finer successful challenger than Peter Scott. KENNETH A. LABAND Lompoc, Calif...
...Keyneses, Stracheys and most of the other young Britons who were to leave their mark on the times. As the late Christopher Hassall makes clear in this massive, kindly biography, Rupert Brooke had everything: chirm, grace, Grecian good looks, precocious brilliance. That was his tragedy. For Rupert, everything from schoolboy success to a celebrated death came too quickly, too easily...
...school teacher is Mr. Holbrook," wrote the daring student. "He is a tramp. He needs a wash and a haircut and a new shirt and he has a big head and beady eyes." The description delighted English Teacher David Holbrook. Only a few months before, the "bottom-stream" British schoolboy of 14 was barely articulate. Now, flaunting a new-found power with words, he groped toward understanding the mystery that transforms murky thoughts into vivid language...