Word: pete
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson, who in an attempted comeback at 70, complete with sombrero, coonskin coat, open Cadillac but with no new tricks, polled only 62,000 votes. The rest of the Republican vote went to establish a fresher, more attractive party face, that of Lawyer Dwight Herbert ("Pete") Green...
...Attorney George E. Q. Johnson, whom he succeeded in 1932. Dwight Green's biggest income-tax case sent Al Capone to prison. He later tried (and failed) to send venerable Samuel Insull to jail for mail fraud. By the time open-faced, athletic, prematurely grey Pete Green retired to his modest private practice (mostly utilities), he had made his way among the solid Republicans who belong to the Union League Club. When they drafted him to stop Thompson, Pete Green gave jowly Big Bill as good as he took...
...greatest disappointment came in the 145 pound class as Bruce Richardson was defeated with a fall by Becker of Syracuse. In a close battle, Pete Ill-man was downed by John Bird of Yale in the 155 pound class, and Ted Schoenberg was nosed out for a decision by Norman Bond of Penn. who had defeated him earlier in the season. Another close bout was fought between Duncan Longcope and Bortz, a stellar Penn. State wrestler...
Heading the malletmen was Gay Dillingham, raised from three to four goals, closely followed by Captain Ben Forbes and Pete Rumsey both raised from two to three goals. Also raised were Burrage from one to two and Ben Dillingham from zero...
Jess Willard with Bill Dowdy and Pete Zouch, one of the stars of last year's Freshman team, has moved to midfield, the present strength of which is still uncertain...