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...Castle in Sussex, he captained a cricket team during a charity match, let a hot liner bounce off his chest for what the Americans would call an error, saw his players fight to a draw with the Duke of Norfolk's team. At Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, he raised eyebrows by having a drink with his old friend, Lieut. Commander Michael Parker, who was ousted as Philip's private secretary after his separation from his wife six months ago. Then he shocked the nation's nannies and provoked a reproving tut from one British newspaper...
Captain Bob Gilmor, at 177, the only senior on the Crimson team, gained the decision which clinched the momentous victory. With the score 13 to 8, in favor of the varsity, Gilmor completely out classed Pete Wight, winning the decision...
...Pete Wight, at 177, will meet varsity captain Bob Gilmore still smarting from his loss to Brown's John Alexander. The match should be close, but Gilmor must be granted the edge on his greater experience and ability...
...Many Things." Born 54 years ago in Manhattan, Wight never got around to picking any one profession. In the Depression years he wrote three novels, "and just squeaked by." During World War II he rose to the Navy rank of lieutenant commander, took part in the Normandy invasion. After the war he learned museum work under the G.I. bill, has since organized major traveling shows of Orozco, John Marin, Jack Levine, Hyman Bloom, Charles Sheeler Morris Graves (and written monographs on them...
...director of the art galleries of the University of California, Wight finds time for painting, teaching and writing all at once. This fall his latest novel (a fictional account of Modigliani's life) will appear, and his latest traveling show (of Abstractionist Hans Hofmann) will open at Manhattan's Whitney Museum. Typically, Wight feels embarrassed by his varied successes. "Idon't kid myself " he says in his customary murmur, squinting as if at a disappearing bird. "This showing all over the country, or flying all over creation, is not a virtue. It's a symptom...