Bisbee daily review., 1914-02-01
FOOTBALL HELPS
 ID MAKE MEN
Many Leaders in Nation and State Furnish Proof of Ex. cellencs of Gridiron Train ing

NEW YORK Jan. 9l.--That col lege football wNh it's rigorous train ing. necessity for self control and ability to surmo unt repeated set backs on the part of it's players. is particularly fitting Tor successful political career later in life would appear to be indicated by the number Of famous players who have achieved positions Of prominence in both state and nation. There :s seldom an cleo ton of importance in which some football player is not eley ated 10 pub lie life by the voters of on or anoth- CT political party. Those former knights Of the gridiron are selected or appointed 10 all manner of poll tical positions and almost without eX- ception discharge the duties of their offices In an extremely satinactory manner.
 The recent election of Blair Lee as United States Senator from Maryland recalls to mind the long list of form CT players who have won public rec ognition of similar nature. Lee, who was a famous forward" at Princeton in the late seventies. playing the po- sltion Of "ncyt to end" now known as tackle followed the footsteps of many other Princeton. Harvard and Yale players.
 Robert Bacon. late ambassador 10 France. was an old Harvard captain and half.back James $. Harlan Of the United States Interstate Com merce Commission Is an old Prince ton forward Lee McClung, late treas urer of the United states. former captain and half back at Yale; Will liam II. Lewis. recently assistant at torney general of the United States, an old Harvard center; S. II. Tomp- son. the present first assistant at torney general of the United States. and William W. Roper. the present surveyor Of the Port of Philadelphia. both Princeton ends; eX-Congress- man Lucius x. Littauer. a linesman for the Crimson; Clifford N. Pinchot. late chief forester, once a varsity man at Yale and his successor, the present incumbent at Washington, Chief Forester Harmon $. Graves. a former back for the Blue The late Governor William p. Russell of Massachusetts was half back at Harvard: Governor Ce1r.o N Carter of Hawaii. once @ guard .t Yale; Ev' erett J. Lake, the great Harvard half back. Lieutenant Governor of Conn ecticut. and the famous w. II. Cor bin. affectionately known as "Pa' the present commissioner of taxes for Connecticut, once a center for Yale John c. Bull the great Pennsylvania half-back, is attorney general for the etate of Pennsylvania.
 In the Connecticut Senate recently sat Frank s. Butterworth, Yale's fam ous full-back of twenty years ago Down in Deleware is Justice Mar vel of the supreme court and once sec retary of state, an old Princeton cap tain and forward. and in the office o the attorney general of Maryland sit celebated Edgar Allen Poe Of Prince ton. In the office of the chief justic, of New Jersey is William s. Gun more, another old Princeton captain in Pennsylvanias 20th judicial dis trict is another Princeton player Judge J. NJ. Woods. George w. Wood ruff, an ex-judge of the United State Circuit court. was once a celebrate guard at Yale. and still more famou as a coach at Pennsylvania, invento of the quarterback kick, guards-bac and a host of other football manel vers. A recent mayor or Harrisbur was Vance Mccormick, the old Yal quarterback. A late assistant polio