Word: setbacks
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Serving his fifth term as mayor of the city of Waterbury (pop.: 98,000) and his second as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, husky, ruddy Democrat T. Frank Hayes last October got a setback galling to a political boss-his hand-picked Waterbury comptroller, Daniel J. Leary, lost an election to Republican Sherwood L. Rowland by 33 votes. Republican Comptroller Rowland took a good look at the accounts of the eight-year Hayes regime, called in State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn. Attorney Alcorn took another look, called in a grand jury...
...date the Crimson has been noticeably weak in games outside the circuit. With either Healey or Ingalls on the slab this afternoon, the highly touted Rhode Islanders may receive a surprising setback by the Eastern Intercollegiate League leading Mitchellmen...
...Crimson, anxious to avenge a setback received at the hands of the Ellis in the indoor contest which was featured by a goal scored by "Be Quiet," a Harvard pony, will put a strong quartet on the field...
Both teams have won all five league matches without a single setback. Harvard trounced Dartmouth, Brown, Holy Cross, Williams, and Yale, while the Tigers were defeating Pennsylvania, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Pennstate, and Cornell...
Following the setback Friday at Cambridge, the Cornell nine dropped to fourth place Saturday as the dark-horse Dartmouth nine took an 11-2 victory at Hanover from the Big Red. Yale with four wins and two losses was idle this week, but stayed in second position, while the Indians jumped into third with three triumphs and two defeats...