Word: beating
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reformer that he first caught the public eye, as an inquisitor who with extraordinary ability exposed skulduggery in the gas and insurance businesses. It was in that role, sometimes referred to as "Charles the Baptist," that he ran for Governor in 1906, and beat William Randolph Hearst...
...dumb Irish cop named O'Malley, noted for his hard-headed tactics in handing out tickets for minor traffic violations and for his strict enforcement of the out-of-date Book of Ordinances. When he refuses to case up on the minor offenders, he is transferred to a safety beat which consists of playing nursemaid to a group of schoolchildren crossing streets...
...first time Cornell and Woodland met was a year ago in this same meet in the Garden. The Eli was the winner and the raw young sophomore from Ithaca was fourth. But Cornell improved rapidly, and when they met in the Heptagonal games, Woodland barely beat him out; and he was not to be held off for long, for at Franklin Field two weeks later the Big Red ace was crowned IC4A champion, beatting off the Eli captain-elect in a furious finish. The rivalry between the two will be continued tomorrow night, and though most of the deposters...
...Wednesday afternoon, Frank Vaughan, swimming instructor at the pool, took an all-House swimming team to Andover, where they beat the Andover Varsity 37-29. Winners for Harvard were Richard W. Tregaskis '38 in the 50-yard free style, Frank D. Moorman '38 in the 100-yard back stroke, James L. Caldwell '39 in the 100-yard free style. The relay team, swimming in the order: Tregaskis, Robert C. Murphy, Jr. '38, Moorman, and Caldwell, nosed out the Andover relay to take the meet...
...both Dartmouth and Yale; Harvard, unless there is a startling upset, will trail the winner, though Jaakko Mikkola's men might pick up third place. Their principal importance will come in determining how many points they will take away from Cornell and Dartmouth in the running events; Northrop might beat Meadon and Donovan might beat Pender, two events that would toss the Big Red pretty much out of the running...