The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-15
CHURCH GIVEN
 ''H'' BY HARVARD
 FOR GREAT WORK

Boston, Jan. 15.-BTeddie Church was awarded the Crimson football sH' at a special meeting of the liar ward athletic committee late last night. Although he did not take part in the Yale game last November, the flashing Harvard halfback stood out 90 brilliantly throughout the Grim son gridiron season, especially in the Oregon game, when he brought vic tory to the colors of the East with the only touchdown of the gruelling contest, sentiment at the Cambridge university forced the athletic officials to give bis case consideration.
 Head Coach Bob Fisher of the un- beaten Harvard football team of 1919 and Captain Billy Murray, who played with Church in the Crimson back field went on record in favor of awarding the coveted letter to him. And DO Captain Murray got busy and after looking up the rules at Cambridge found that he could take the ipl4ta tive in securing the gridiron S-H'' for Church.
 He recommended 1t to the athletic committee last night and after some consideration the members of the committee voted. With Murray as sstI1dent representative on the ath- Ietic board are Captain Bobby Elm mons of the baseball nine and Cap tain Norman Walker of the Harvard hockey machine.
 For four years Church had striven 30r the letter, which he missed when the Crimson coaches did not send him into battle against the Ellis dur ing that 10 to 3 victory on November 22. A Lowell boy, he went up to St. PauPs school in Concord, N. H., and ath is freshman year at Harvard he was elected captain of the football team, as well as president of his class, the Harvard class of 1920 Then he made a position on the freshman hockey team and was out for a regular berth on the yearling track combination wha.n war broke loose.
 Freddie was then only 19 years old, so he remained in college and played on the informal eleven during the EalI of 1917 until he entered the OficelTS Training School at Harvard and received an ensign's commission.
 After patro1ling the seas until the cessation of hostilities, Frederick Cameron Church, Jr., returned to top the tinbers for Coach ''Pooch'' Don ovan last year. He won many points for the Crimson track team and when the bugle sounded went out for foot ball
 All season he played a dashing game for the Fishermen. Had not Frightening Eddie Casey of NaticB been on the Harvard squad, Church would have played as a regular. Bu with Eddie starring, church was doomed to watch him perform the first half and then go out and emu, late him. And emulate him he did Many a long run through g. broker field to @ touchdown was made by z. Church last year after Casey had Gone his bit and taken 8 place on the Sabench to give Church a chance.
 In the Tufts game, Church was g wh1rIwind. He ramp1ed all over the battling Medford team and was re- sponstb1e for the Crimson scoring. IT the Princeton game, in the very 1ates seconds of play he tied the SCOT, with 8 wel1-directed goal from touch down, after the Harvard fans hat given the game up as 8 hopeless de feat. And then at Oregon, he brushed down the storning Westerners witl the only touchdown of the contest Had Church failed to come througl either tn the Princeton or the Ore gon games Coach Bob Fisher woul not now be the idol of an undefeatet football team. And the Crimson gridiron machine of 1919 would hay been marked down in the books o judgment as a losing crew. Wh knows but the Harvard graduate would be clamoring for the return o Haugl1ton at an additional $500 raise.
 But in the Yale game, Church al not get a chance. Whether tn coaches overlooked him or whsthe he did not get into the game fo some other reason, is irrelevant fls now The real thing is that he al enough for the Harvard footba, team in 1919 to earn an ''I'' and was justly his.