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...faced, grizzled Pennsylvania Railroad Engineer Hank Brower had every reason to believe, just after 8:30 one morning last week, that he was going to glory just like Steve Broady-but with a much bigger bang. Like the pilot of Old 97, he had been logging close to 90 m.p.h. as he rocketed across the South from Baltimore to Washington. His 250-ton electric locomotive and 16 cars of the crack Federal Express were on a slight downgrade. And when he reached for his air brakes at the outskirts of the capital, he found to his horror and amazement that...
...Engineer Brower had eased off his power after flashing through outlying Bowie. But the train was doing 70 m.p.h. as it came roaring toward C Tower, which stands just three minutes from the station at slow yard speed. The locomotive's whistle was screaming, its engines were running in reverse, and clouds of steam, flame and sparks were flying from its screeching wheels...
...went back to his job of Senate majority leader to bear an increasing personal burden. Dorothy Brower Barkley, whom he had married in Tennessee when he was 25 years old, fell ill with heart trouble. As her condition worsened, she required day & night nurses and extensive medical attention. Barkley's finances were exhausted, and he made ends meet by taking on a heavy schedule of out-of-town speeches. After a day's work in the Senate he would fly out of town to deliver a lighthearted speech, pick up a fee ranging from...
...nine innings, the afterpiece was an exciting 0-0 duel between righthanders Donelan and Frank Logan. The former had a scoreless streak of 20 innings intact going into the tenth. Then a walk, a sacrice, a game-winning single by Churchill, and two doubles by John Brower and Warren Cassidy gave Dartmouth the game. Composite Harvard Box-Score ab r h po a e Krinsky, ss 7 0 0 3 7 1 Robinson, rf 9 1 3 4 0 0 Johnson, 1b 9 1 2 17 0 0 Walsh, c, cf 6 0 1 12 1 0 Akillian...
...centering pass back to Baker in front of the goal. Baker took two shots, and Beer sank the second rebound. The final Harvard goal came at 11:30 of the same period when halfback Bobby Dean made a long kick to the penalty area, where Tech fullback Win Brower deflected it past the goalie...