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  • The thanks of the club were expressed to Mr. Berton by Robin Chetwynd, a Director of The Empire Club of Canada.

    Heritage Preservation and the Energy Crisis 1982

  • The thanks of the club were expressed to Mr. Warren by Robin Chetwynd, a Director of The Empire Club of Canada.

    The Grand Old Lady—Past, Present and Future 1981

  • The thanks of the club were expressed to Mr. Hurtig by Robin Chetwynd, a Director of The Empire Club of Canada.

    Nationalism and Continentalism 1981

  • That's the equivalent, Mr. Chetwynd points out, of using the same baseball for two straight games.

    Play Ball! John W. Miller 2011

  • In his chapter on cricket, Mr. Chetwynd addresses what is, for Americans, one of that sport's most mystifying elements: You rarely replace the ball.

    Play Ball! John W. Miller 2011

  • In the meantime, turn on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra, where Nat Coombs and Josh Chetwynd bring you Tampa Bay v Texas, who are in the bottom of the eighth of their ALDS Game Three.

    New York Yankees v Detroit Tigers - live! 2011

  • "Teams of hundreds of men in Great Britain would square off in an anything-goes fiesta of clawing, kicking, pushing, and elbowing," writes Josh Chetwynd in his little gem of a book on the history of the balls of sports and games.

    Play Ball! John W. Miller 2011

  • Mr. Chetwynd is a former reporter and semi-pro baseball player.

    Play Ball! John W. Miller 2011

  • And, amazingly, as Mr. Chetwynd illustrates, in a lot of cases, people simply made these wonderful games up.

    Play Ball! John W. Miller 2011

  • This early roundball "tended to get lumpy or deaden from the impact," Mr. Chetwynd writes.

    Play Ball! John W. Miller 2011

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