Others patted themselves on the
back during the trek down Broad
street in expectation that a day coach
special would leave at 12:15 a.m. and
Sven though they would have no com
fortable beds, they would soon be
homeward bound. Two hours later
this train pulled out. they reported.
A Long, Long Wait.
Then a large number had berths
on several sections due to depart at
3:44 o'clock. The cars were ready
for hoarding about 11:30. the pas
sengers were told, but they were
kept waiting only an hour —not bad
considering the luck of the others.
However, those who got aboard at
12:30 went to bed and cared not
what happened from ‘then on. This
section got out of Philadelphia about
two hours late, landing the passen
gers here during the hour beginning
*t 7:20 a.m.
Brig. Gen. James E. Keehet, as
sistant chief of the Army Air Corps
tnd a member of a party which in
cluded Hanford MacNider and F.
rrubee Davison, Assistant Secretaries
-»f War, was fortunate in being
vhlsked hy private automobile from
the stadium downtown. He, how
ever, was forced to wait for an hour
*>efore he hoarded his train. After
seeing some of the dripping humanity
who had walked the entire distance,
Ben. Fechet didn’t have much of a
kick coming. However, there was
nothing to prevent his being rained
on in the stadium during the big
bout, so he joins the ranks of the
"wets” and sports a frog-like voice
today.
