Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-16

Robert e. Speer, of the class of 'S9, still holds
n record no other Princeton man ever made.
He was the only Princeton man to equal the
marvellous scholarship record which Aaron
Burr made at Princeton nearly a century
before him. Speer played end and tackle
on Princeton teams and since his gradua-
tion he has become one of Americas fore
most religious speakers and writers, and
now is secretary of the Board of Foreign
Missions of the Presbyterian Church. Among
the later players was big Bill" Edwards, of
the 1899 team, who later went into politics
and, under Mayor Gaynor became New
Yorks best Street Cleaning Commissioner.
And we mustn't forget Woodrow Wilson,
who, while not football star during his un-
dergraduate days at Princeton, nevertheless
absorbed enough of the game to coach the
Wesleyan eleven when he became profess
sor at Middletown in the fall of 1882
Harvards famous football stars have
made good in the business and professional
world, too. In 1880 the captain and quarter
back Of the Harvard team that held Yale to
90 score was Robert Bacon then 19-year-
old lad. He became a successful LAWYER a
member of the j. p. Morgan banking firm and
during the Administration of President Taft
was Ambassador to France
A decade later Harvard turned ont w
Cameron Forbes, not a star player. but good
enough later to be made head coach Presi-
dent Taft appointed him Governor of the
Phinpplnes. Another Harvard player who
acquired distinction after leaving his Alma
Mater and under difficult circumstances was
W. H. Lewis '95, one of the best centre
rushes the country ever saw Lewis was a
colored man and considerable pretudice ex-
listed against his use by Harvard After his
graduation he continued to help Harvard's
coaches, and is generally credited with hav
ing devised the only system that ever breaks
up Pennsylvanias guards back play. His
Iegal attalnments attracted attention. and
rresiuent roosevelt appointed him United
states District Attorney in spite of opposi-
tion because of his color.
PENIS Great Players
some or the University of Pennsylvania,s
most famous players prior to 1900 are nov,
among the leading citizens of this city and
state In the late '7Os there were e. w.
Ciark' ~ and II. II. Lee, 10 both of whom
"en' from the gridiron and college into
banking. Then there was George c. Tbavar
o. sriuiroh star and captain, now one of
the leading financiers OF the city and a trus-
tee of the University
When George Woodruff was in his glory
as a football coach he develoned . tuIa
centre men whose names are almost svnonv-
nous with guards back" They were T. r
Hare and j. c. McCracken, guards ana d
~ oVerneld' centre. This trio lowered over
theH opponents 70 such an extent that tbaD,
were almost unanimously chosen To NnIacas
on the "Ali-American" teams of those davs
mcCracken, now physician, has been a
leader In intercollegiate Christian Associa-
tlon work and established the Universitv
Medical School and Hospital In canto,
China Hare is successful LAWYER and
author In this city, and overheld was made a
United States Judge in Alaska a few vesrs
ago -" years
Some other famous gridiron stars who
could be mentioned are Paul Thomson ,sE
now vice president OF the U. G. J.; George
wharton Pepper one Of the city's leading
lawyers and a trustee Of the universit,,'
'ohn Z. Bell noted lawyer ana former
attorney General Of the State, and DR. n
Duncan spaeth. 49, professor Of Enc,,sh -
Princeton University. ~