Word: torrey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Purcell lunched with Robert V. Pound, then on leave from a Harvard Junior Fellowship, and H. C. Torrey, on leave from Rutgers. During the conversation, Purcell mentioned the idea he was mulling over. Briefly it involved measuring the forces at work inside atoms, taking advantage of the fact that most nuclei act as if they are extremely small, rapidly spinning bar magnets. "The only difficulty to be solved was that no one knew whether the extremely feeble effect of these magnets in ordinary substances could actually be detected...
Just before Christmas the important day dawned--the equipment was ready. Newspapermen had a field day describing the event: "Purcell, Pound, and Torrey stayed in their workshop until four o'clock one December morning," one article read, "When they left to go home through a blinding snowstorm, they had completed their preparations...Several days passed before they had any spare time...One Saturday morning Purcell went into the shed, warmed the equipment, and waited for the others...they threw the switches. The experiment worked...
This goal seemed to resuscitate the sagging Crimson. It was unfortunate that it didn't come earlier, although the home team mobbed Torrey time and again. He showed a fine sense of anticipation, and put himself in position to stop many of the drives he couldn't see. Besides, the Tiger defense was all over its own zone, blocking many Crimson shots before they could reach the goalmouth, and covering possible shooters very well...
Then the Crimson tried a few ganging attacks. But Torrey was able to hold the fort, although at one point he was flat on the ice outside the crease, with the puck loose therein. No Crimson skater, though, could quite bat it home...
After Wood's goal, the Crimson, led by Captain Dusty Burke, a standout performer all night, tried to climb back. But Torrey and the Tiger defense would not yield further. Hank Bothfeld sealed an already decided verdict at 18:56, blasting in a backhand drive from 20 feet out.Princeton goalie BLAIR TORREY made a total of 43 saves last night, including this one on NORM WOOD. But Wood got partial revenge later, when he scored the only Crimson goal. JOHN BRYAN (2) is the Princeton defenseman...