The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-31
WEEKLY SPORT
LETTER FROM n. Y.

New York, Jan. 31-That college
footbau with its Rigorous training,
repeated seth cks on the part
sfIats play utsI Is particularly hitting
ior successful political career later
IN IRE would appear t. be indicated by
nave achieved positions Of prominence
IN both state and ration. There is
seldom an election Of Importance in
% etaG some football player is not elev-
ateo TO ptoilc life by the voters of one
or anothf political party. These for
mer knights of the gridiron are select
ed or apRlnted to all manner of poll
tlcai posYlons and almost without ex-
cePtlon .9scharge the duties of their
manner - 800
The rednt election Of the Blair Lee
as O~nlteo plates senator from Maryland
recalls toEnlnd the long list of former
players Mo nave won public recogni-
e1on VI s4liIar nature. Lee, who was
d famous forward" at Princeton in
me late sFenties, playing the position
u LeA!-I-end" now known as tackle,
4oIioWeo ne Footsteps of many other
and Yale players.
b Sacon, late ambassador to
france, US an old Harvard captain
ana halt-fck; James S. Harlan of the
United Sites Interstate Commerce.
commlssid Is an old Princeton for
ward; LIE McClung, late treasurer Of
the Units States, a former captain
ana half-Hck at Yale; William H. Lew
Is. Tecent4 assistant attorney general
OF n UIfed States, an old Harvard
center; sIH. Tompson, the present
nrst assislht attorney general of the
United st9es, and William w. Roper,
Inc prese1 surveyor of the Port Of
Pn1ladelpn both Princeton ends; ex-
Congressm Lucius N. Littauer. a
lnesman IF the Crimson; Clifford N.
Flncnot, re Chief Forester, once O
varsity ma at Yale; and his successor,
me prese1 incumbent at Washington,
Chief Forfter Harmon S. Graves, a
former bd1 for the Blue. The late
COY. W1ilm 70. Russell of Massachu-
setts was lhalf-back at Harvard; Gov.
George HCarter Of Hawaii, once a
guard at ale, Everett J.. Lake, the
great atard h%alf-back. lieutenant
governor Connecticut, and the fam
Gus w. 4. Corbin, affectionately.
known astPa," the present commiss-
Toner or kes for Connecticut. once a
center for ale. John G.. Bull, the great
Pennsylyaa half-back. is attorney
general ofhe state of Pennsylvania.
In the Pnnecticut senate recently
sat FRANKS, Butterworth, Yale's fam
Gus full-fk of twenty years ago.
Down in paware is Justice Marvel of
Inc supref cour and once secretary
or state, Old Princeton captain and
forward, al in the office Of the attor-
ney generiof Maryland sits celebrated
Edgar All Poe of Princeton. In the
off1ce Oft chief justice of New Jer-
sey Is Weam S. sGImmore, anotherl
old, PrinEon captain; in PennsyI.I
vania's t5ntieth judicial district is
another Ppceton player, Judge j. M.
Woods. Prge W.. Woodruff, an ex-
judge ofhe United States circuit
court, Wa9nce a celegrated guard att
1ale, III more famous as a coach
at Pennsytnia,% inventor of the quar-I
TX. guards-back and a hostI
OF 1tball Smanoeuvres. AHrec-
ent reforHmayor of Harrisburg was
vance Mcrlnfck, the old Yale quar- |
terback. late assistant police COM
missioner New York was Bert Han
son, the Yale guard, and there is
Big BilIEdwards, an old Princeton
captain, Il New York street cleaning
commissiqr, now in charge of a SIM
liar depahnent at Newark, N. 4, |
Charles Lpaly, the arIny'S successfully
coach lasall, has recently left thej
offlce of Il commissioner of Boston to
rejoin tharmy and the list might be
continuedtdefinitely.
The unbsity Of PENNSYLVANIA box
ing teaTnEcted officers last week tot
formulat9lans and take action to-
ward thetrmations of an intercolleg-l
late boxidleague. The projected orr
ganizatiots the result of five years
effort byfnnsylvania boxing enthus-
lasts to erest other universities in
the estafhment OF such a league.
One obstf Is the popular belief that
boxing islngerous and al incentive to
gamblinEt is believed, however, that
the presl effort will succeed, ana
that boxi will be taken up as an IN !
tercol1egf sport.
If a 1aie is formed the Amateur
Athletic location novice rules will
be. amerH to serve as the Ieaguel
code. z projected regulations call
for a rElation costume and eight
ounce g1is. Other rules will provide
4 for thre9unds in all competitions: an
intervaIBP ne minute between ronnds:I
second. y shall be an undergraduate
in good Erldiag;n o coaching during
the proBs OF a. bout. No studentl
under eileen years OF age will be all
lowed S9nlpete.