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Submitted by mdasilva on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 12:12

Knipp was born in 1895 in Baltimore and attended Baltimore City College, graduating in 1912. He continued his education at Johns Hopkins University and graduated with a BA degree in 1917.

John played lacrosse on championship teams at Baltimore City College in 1911 and 1912, and played lacrosse at Johns Hopkins from 1913-17. He was captain of the 1917 team.

Submitted by mdasilva on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 12:10

Cyril D. "Darb" Brower was born in 1898, in Woodmere, N.Y. After being educated at Woodmere High School from 1912 to 1916, Darb matriculated to New York University. In 1919, he transferred to Hobart College and was president of his senior class at Hobart, graduating in 1921 with a BS degree.

Submitted by mdasilva on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 12:08

Barnard was born in 1897 in Westfield, N.J. and attended Manual Training High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., graduating in 1915. He went on to Swarthmore College where he graduated with an AB degree in 1919 and a mechanical engineering degree in 1923.

In high school, Barnard played football as well as lacrosse, and while at Swarthmore he lettered in lacrosse from 1916-19.

After college, Barnard moved on to the Crescent Athletic Club where he played for seven years, from 1920-26, and captained the team for its last three years in 1923, 1925, and 1926.

Submitted by mdasilva on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 12:06

Born in 1886 in Baltimore, Hudgins graduated from Boys' Latin School in 1903 after which he continued his education at Johns Hopkins University, receiving an BA degree in 1905. He took some graduate work at Hopkins in 1906 and then received his LLD degree at the University of Maryland Law School in 1908. He was admitted to practice before the United State Supreme Court in 1927. He continued to practice law as an associate with the firm of Willis and Hudgins, and at the death of Mr. Willis, became associated with the firm of Wyatt and Jones and was with them until his death in 1956.

Submitted by mdasilva on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 12:03

Wylie, known as "Cas", was educated at Baltimore City College form 1909 to 1911. He continued his education at the University of Maryland, receiving an LLD. degree in 1914 from the University of Maryland Law School.

Cas played lacrosse while at City College for three years, captaining the championship team in his senior year, 1911. Cas organized, played for and captained the Walbrook Athletic Club team in 1912, 1913, and 1914. Transferring to the Mt. Washington Club team, he played in 1915 and 1916 and again from 1920-1927, and captained the Mt. Washington Team in 1922.

Submitted by mdasilva on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 12:01

Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1904, Hawkins attended Boys High School in Brooklyn, where he was captain of the lacrosse team and was selected as center on the New York All-Scholastic Team in 1922. He attended Brown University from 1922-24 and New York University from 1924-1927.

At NYU, he played varsity basketball for three years and varsity lacrosse for two years. In 1925, he was interim lacrosse coach at NYU and in 1927 he was captain of the lacrosse team.

Submitted by mdasilva on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:58

Truitt was born in 1891 in Snow Hill, Maryland and graduated from Snow Hill High School in 1910. He attended the University of Maryland, 1910-14, receiving a BS degree. He later received a Master of Science degree in 1921 and a Ph.D. degree at the American University in Washington, D.C. in 1929.

Submitted by mdasilva on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:56

Fries was born in 1889 in Brooklyn, New York and was educated at the Adelphi Academy, graduating in 1906. He went to Cornell University where he graduated with a BS degree in agriculture in 1911. He continued his education by attending the Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University.

While at Cornell, Pat played lacrosse for four years and captained the 1911 team. He continued his lacrosse playing at the Crescent Athletic Club and ended up being captain of their team in 1919.

Submitted by mdasilva on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:53

Starzenski was born in 1886 in Clayton, Kansas and he was educated at Hoboken Academy in New Jersey before moving on to Stevens Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 1907 with a degree in mechanical engineering. While at Stevens, Vic played on the lacrosse team from 1903 to 1907, receiving letters and doing an outstanding job.

Submitted by mdasilva on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:51

The following is an excerpt from an article by Craig E. Taylor entitled "He Saw Sports Come In" about William Davis.

"Bill Davis was born in Woburn, Mass., in 1862. As a young boy, he joined the townsfolk in the pastime of running to fires, often several villages away. He built up wind and stamina in this manner, and it was a source of pride to be able to arrive first on the scene."

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