Word: brinkley
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Gustafson form as dangerous and versatile a pair of flankmen as any coach would care to have. Both men displayed an uncanny knack for pulling down forward passes, and this ability more than anything else earns them the nod over such operatives as Howie Stanley of Princeton and Brownie Brinkley of Yale...
...plenty of material--none of it more than adequate. Joe Zilly, the only letterman, is a tall rangy Junior, especially adept at snaring passes in the old Kelley manner, and may be developed into a first-class end if he can overcome his weakness on the defense. Brownie Brinkley, another Senior, played well early last season but was forced to drop football. Al Bartholemy, a Sophomore, and Tom Lussen, another Senior, better noted for his pole-vaulting prowess, are due for plenty of active service...
...then went to Mexico and bought a radio station in Villa Acuna, across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Tex. Station XERA, called "Sunshine between the Nations," has an official wattage of 350,000 although the claim is that Brinkley recently stepped it up to 1,000,000 watts. (Since Cincinnati's station WLW lost its experimental license to use 500,000 watts, no U. S. station is permitted over 50,000.) Every night powerful XERA blares out boosts not only for Brinkley's treatments but for hair dye, life insurance, oranges, perfume and "doctor's book...
...Brinkley established another hospital in Little Rock, Ark. Every Monday in his private plane he flies to Little Rock from Del Rio, and every Thursday he flies home again. At the airport pretty Mrs. Brinkley meets him in their 16-cylinder scarlet Cadillac, which looks like a fire engine and has "Dr. Brinkley" printed on the body. She drives him to their $100,000 red, white and blue estate called "Palm Drive in Hudson Gardens," in the suburbs of Del Rio. On the estate's three iron gates, which are guarded by two huskies and three biting geese...
...summers the Brinkleys and eleven-year-old Johnnie Boy go for pleasure trips on their long, white yacht (their third), Dr. Brinkley III. At present Brinkley is consulting his astrologer, harsh-voiced, blondined Rose Dawn, who broadcasts over XERA, about his chances for the Presidency. To date, says pleasant, sociable Mrs. Brinkley, the doctor has received "500,000 unsolicited letters" urging...