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When big, rangy, almost coal-black Noor arrived in the U.S. two years ago, most of the cards were stacked against him. The Irish-bred three-year-old had to get used to running on dirt tracks, instead of the springy turf he raced over in England when he finished third in the Epsom Derby. Besides that, the colt had a bad ankle, which kept him on the shelf for months...
Traditionally weak on opposing courts, Princeton has been held back this season, by poor "shooting, a lacklustre defense, and the fact that several football men, notably George Sella, have not yet made a successful transition from turf to floor. Coach Cappy Capon has a short team--Bernia Adams at 6-4 is about his only tall man--which is in the habit of fouling out early, leaving Capon without five capably players...
Students at Brown and MIT were suspended last year for such pre-game playfulness such as painting Widener's granite pillars and lining the Soldiers Field turf with explosives...
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...
...Bill") Corum gratified his readers by picking the race one-two-three-four. Hereafter they will have to depend on someone else for their forecasts. Easygoing, fireplug-shaped Columnist Corum was named last week to succeed the late Colonel Matt Winn (TIME, Oct. 17) as president of the American Turf Association and Churchill Downs, i.e.) impresario of the Derby...