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...original Washington Park. When he was seven, little Benny began to hang around the track, was given odd jobs such as checking the horses at the drinking trough on Derby day. Five years ago, Lindheimer's persistent hobby got the better of him. Hearing that Colonel Matt Winn* wanted to sell Washington Park (gradually being overshadowed by Chicago's newer, swankier Arlington Park), Lindheimer bought controlling interest in the track, became its managing director...
Giants. Overlord of all Pennsylvania from the '80s until 1904 was Matthew Stanley Quay, a stocky strategist with miscast eyes who made greed a fine art. Matt Quay, who shared national Republican power with Ohio's Mark Hanna, had a simple philosophy: "When a politician dies he leaves only what is found on him.'' Boss Quay sold offices, gambled with public funds, looted banks, racketeered in public contracts, drove at least a dozen men to suicide, ran Pennsylvania with a precise regard for 1) personal pelf, 2) the Republican Party as the guarantor of the protective...
...Devlin's own words-from Walter Daven port's Power and Glory). Penrose also had a simple credo: "The people will stand anything from a politician who refrains from annoying them." Boss Penrose, one of whose shoes was laced with a corset-string the day he met Matt Quay, despised personal graft as cheap pocket-picking, lived mostly for the pleasures of the flesh,* and for the perpetuation of high tariffs. Mr. Penrose was a member of the U. S. Senate from 1897 through 1920, but he never achieved his heart's desire: to be mayor...
...this weekend, but the Western conference titlists rate a slight edge. They figure to pile up a long string of fourths and fifths and nose Yale out after a bitter two-day struggle. Michigan was dealt a cruel blow in the loss of Jim Welsh, distance star, but Coach Matt Mann's squad has almost unbelievable balance and strength in the sprints and backstroke...
When Art Bosworth, Al Waldron, and Lonnie Stowell slipped through the 300 yard medley relay in 3:03, a yard ahead of Bud Wilcox, Matt Soltysiak, and Jack Perritt, the Bruins had one foot in Davy Jones locker...