Word: springfields
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nevertheless, in its 133 years, the state has had some really good governors. One was John Peter Altgeld, "the eagle forgotten." One was Henry Horner, a great Depression governor. And Illinois has a good governor now: Adlai* Ewing Stevenson, a political amateur turned pro. In his three years in Springfield, Stevenson...
...Ulen's squad has already defeated M.I.T. and Springfield by lopsided scores. Jack Medica has had less good fortune with his Penn swimmers, who have been defeated, waterlogged, and drowned in that order by Lehigh, La Salle, and Yale...
Working into shape for the league-opener with Pennsylvania Saturday, the Crimson varsity took eight out of ten events, with only one close contest. The tight affair came, oddly enough, in Harvard's one sure-fire-win event, in which Springfield low board ace Pat Huddleston gave Pete Dillingham a running dive for his money. Dillingham finished a scant eight points ahead, with...
...Indian wins came in the 150-yard medley and the 200-yard breaststroke. Springfield freshman Jack Mayers turned in a good 1:39.2 time in the comparatively new medley race, and Indian Bill Yorzyt, who was second to Dave Hedberg in the 220 freestyle, finished the breaststroke ahead of Harvard's Ralph Zani and Ken Emerson...
Hedberg was the lone two-event winner of the evening, taking the 220 in a fair time and turning in a good 53.3 in the 100-yard dash. Don Mulvey finished ahead of Springfield's Mayers in the back-stroke, and combined with Emerson and Captain Bob Stroud in the medley relay win. In the 440-yard freestyle, sophomore Mary Sandler finished far ahead of his competition...