The following people are greatly responsible in assisting the writer to compile the material in this article, and all acknowledgment is given for their help: W. D. Sullivan, managing editor, and Lucien Thayer of the Boston Globe; Burt Whitman, sporting editor of the Boston Herald; Bill Cunningham of the Boston Post; "Navy Bill" Ingram, coach of the Navy football team; Fred W. Marvel, director of the Brown Athletic Council; W. C. Banta of the Cornell Daily Sun; and John E. McFadden of the Brown Daily Herald.