The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-29
COLLEGE ATHLETIC FAMILIES.
BROTHERS AND COUSINS WHO
NAVE FOUGHT FOR ALMA MATER.

BROTHERS AND COUSINS VINO
| NAVE FOUGHT FOR ALMA MATER.
| The Poes OF Princeton. the Grecnways OF
Yale, the TrarOrds OF Harvard. and
other Perfo OF Renown on the
Diamond, the Gridiron and the Water.
The present college year is furnishing its
| share Of students who are members OF
families that have achieved distinction
in university athletic circles. There are
names at Harvard, Yale, Princeton. Column
bia and Cornell that are no more renowned
for individual assistance in adding to the
athletic glory of their respective colleges
than for the fact that they are one OF a
family that has contributed bone and
blood and sinew in order that the reputa-
ton for prowess OF the favorite college on
diamond, gridiron, river and track may
be az great "a the greatest. Without going
back more than fifteen years one may
find at least twenty-five instances where
the same strain Of blood has given two or
more noted athletes to leading Eastern
colleges: at least twenty-five instances OF
brothers or cousins who were prominent
dIIllflfSs Nilt of''' DID
in groups ranging all the way from two
10 five. The list embraces twins, big
brothers and little brothers, brothers who
have shone in the same line OF athletics
and other brothers who won fame in lines
of athletic competition entirely different.
A strong football eleven could he made up
Of what may be called college family ath-
letes, or a strong baseball nine or a for
-GI-l1. 10 N rnrt of the trODhV
room were set aside for the sole purpose OF
showing what these family" athletes had
done in e~nlarging the trophy collection, it
would form no inconsiderable part Of the
whole.
The history Of athletics at Yale seems TO
ba richer in cases of brothcrly Drawn than
AT the other colleges, though others are not
behind the Yalensians in quality. This
family LOYALTY as it pertains to the colleges
IL very strong, with, however, a few in
! stances where brothers hav e gone to rival
colleges and become prominent athletes
and for the time keen rivals. A Yale song
tells how the future is provided for even
though the accident of birth may interfere
to some extent with the plans:
And If 10 IL a girl. sir.
I'll dress her up in blue
And send her up 20 Saltonstan
To coach the freshman crew.
The most noted family in college ath-
le,ics il the Poes Of Princeton, for five OF
them, all brothers, have at some time in
their college career accomplished a deed
tina, has caused the Orange and Black 10
wave the more proudly They ara a rare
lot. these Poes. a quintet Of pigAkin chasers
for the Poes have all gone in for football
that has struck terror to the heart Of many
a foe The Poe~ have the football instinct;
the knaCk Of pla wing the game was born
i'm them. Below medium height. but why
thev made up in speed and grit what ihey
Ia ,ked i'm weight. First was Edgar Allan
Poe. then johnny, who they say never
missed a tackle; then Nelson Poe. VINO
play,d quarter hack, then Arthur Poe
Who almost singlc-hand"d beat Two lal"
teams. and without whom Princeton would
,,, have won in 1905 and ispP and lastly,
Gresham Poe. now IN college, Who made
thing. lively for Yale lat November As
,h. name ~ Poe l. uu" 90 c"nlufe WIN az
Princeton ~ j. the name 81 i~rss-n"ay AZ
Nal. There we're thre Grcenways and a
gif,.d trio they wen" lall, TAR ahd
.tr,iebt. they were ideal athletes IN ap-
p,.uraur. aud no l,,- -p IN desd Ja'k Nhs
,rd ou the f,,-h4ll team fpr several y'afs
amt oue Of thr hs-t college oatchers hat
,,,r phy,i "a, vac receiver Tor the fam
Ola, Dutch" carter H. real hattie, TOD,
l- VA f-lalls H. wnf one - kpp~rNrltr
Rough Rldrfs iu 'uha COL HHs-uNay
wac "a Itcher and captain 1T thr nih" aud
jan DuaruaaN nae Az uafsuiaI
Harvard hl. iar Iiafurt-, her Halo
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Az Parry Lar % Uar urH - Harvard