Class of 1913
The following clipping from Bob Dunbar's column in the Boston Herald of February 28, 1933, is reprinted in full, as so much information of interest to all is contained therein.
Bill Carrigan always was our idea of aregular fellow, and now we hear evidencewhich makes our belief in his sportsmanship all the greater. He has volunteeredto coach the Bates College baseball teamfor nothing, while Head Coach DaveMorey is recovering from a series of seriousoperations.
Bill and Dave live diagonally acrossfrom each other down in Lewiston, Me.,and have been warm friends. When Davecame down here to the M.G.H. in December, he thought he needed only a triflingrepair operation. Complications set in andhe had two major operations. During thesecond of these he wandered close to theValley of the Shadow. Now he's definitelyand totally on the up road. But it will begood judgment for him to go easily untillate in the summer, just about the timewhen he is to take up his duties with theBates football team.
Money itself could not hire Bill Carrigan to go back into active baseball. Heturned down many thosuands to remain inthe American league as manager. He prefers his freedom from the restricting constraints of big league life. He loves to beat home with his wife and children, andhe loves the life of a country squire.
When it seemed that Morey, however,would have to be absent from the Batesbaseball field, or, if present, take a needless chance of a breakdown, Carriganstepped blithely into the picture and toldOliver F. Cutts, the director of athletics atBates, that he, Bill, would be glad to pinchhit for Dave and do it for nothing.
Various rumors have bee7i flying aroundinner athletic circles about Morey's physical condition. We are in a position, afterour visit to him yesterday, to say that heis well on the road to complete recovery.He has his old time vivacity and charm,and the fall of this year will see him inbetter physical condition than at any timesince those days when he was carrying onfor Dartmouth on the gridiron.
It long has been our idea that Moreywas one of the best football coaches weknew. He gets maximum results from notalways magnificent material. He has aflaming personality which apparentlymakes his boys play above their normalgait. He does not overload them, either,and our contact with him on many occasions has given us a chance to see the wayhis charges, current arid of other gerierations regard and admire him.
March 6-7-8: News is as hard to find as change and bills. However we can report on some reunion replies. Parker Trowbridge was number one,"I certainly do notenvy you for your position in the arrangements for the reunion of the famous classof 1913 this year, but I'll be there withoutmy wife." . . . Jack Nelson sends check, and he and Vivian are looking forward to June. Louise will not plan on going, but our Class Baby is sure to be with us. . . . Mose and Ele Linscott hope to bring Bob and Alice More on from Denver. . . . "Andhere's another surprise, my check for Madgeand my reunion fee." No surprise, Len, for we knew Sioux City couldn't hold you in June, 1933. . . . Jack Remsen from New York forwards his check and keeps us advised as to the suggestions and wishes of the New York group. No other names of men sent in yet indicating reunion attendance, but the next account will contain many, we are assured. . . . David Adams writes from the department of history and literature of religion, Mt. Holyoke College, that he will be at the reunion and especially at the class dinner Saturday night.
. . . Art and Mai Richardson would like their old Room No. 30 in Middle Mass., if that is the dormitory we will occupy. . . . Dow Kimball was not sure of attending until reminded of the fact that June 17 is a holiday in Massachusetts, which will make a week-end trip to Hanover just the thing for him, and for all others in the Bay State when they realize this fact. . . .
Just as we are about to mail this to the editors of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, word comes that George Harold Knight's wife, Lilian, died very suddenly last night, March 8, of cerebral hemorrhage, and the deepest sympathy of the entire class goes to George and his family.
Secretary, 40 Broad St., Boston
