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Submitted by mdasilva on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:55

William Francis Logan was born in 1905, in Texas, Maryland, the second of three boys. Shortly afterwards his family moved to nearby Cockeysville. Bill graduated from Towson High School in 1923, and while there, he excelled in basketball and soccer. The following year he entered Mount Saint Mary's (Md.) College before transferring to Johns Hopkins University at the beginning of his junior year.

Submitted by mdasilva on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:52

Born in Baltimore on March 17, 1886, Gordon Armstrong first played lacrosse at Baltimore City College in 1903. While attending Johns Hopkins University, he played lacrosse for only one season, yet he was selected for the Johns Hopkins All-Time Team. He was a member of the Hopkins Intercollegiate Championship Team of 1908 and was selected for the Olympics but could not make the trip. He was secretary of the Johns Hopkins Athletic Association for three years.

Submitted by mdasilva on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:49

F. Gibbs LaMotte was born in Carroll County (Md.) in 1889. His family moved to Baltimore when he was very young. They remained in the city until 1901, when they moved to Mt. Washington.

The Mt. Washington Club at that time consisted of several tennis courts, and the grounds of the old Baltimore Cricket Club. About 1905, the families of the community formed a group that made a settlement for the property and created the Mt. Washington Club. Baseball and football teams were organized, and a few years later, lacrosse was added.

Submitted by mdasilva on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:47

Kelly was a first team All-American goalie of the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association in 1936 and 1937, his junior and senior years at the University of Maryland. The Terps lost only one collegiate game during the three years that Kelly was guarding the Maryland goal. Maryland was undefeated in collegiate competition in 1936-1937, in 1936 winning the W. Wilson Wingate Trophy, symbolic of lacrosse supremacy and sharing the trophy with Princeton in 1937.

Submitted by mdasilva on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:45

Wyatt attended Hempstead (N.Y.) High School, where lacrosse was not then played. He graduated from Union (N.Y.) College in 1932. Fred played on the Union lacrosse team for four years and in his senior year was selected as an All-American at third attack. In this same year, he was selected as a member of a team to play exhibition games en route to the Olympic Games.

Submitted by mdasilva on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:44

Philip Lee Lotz, considered one of the great defensemen of all time, played along side his equally famous brother, Ed, to form the backbone of a defense which allowed a total of seven goals over a ten-game schedule. He played on a St. John's College team that was Intercollegiate Champion in 1931 and which defeated Canada in the Lally Cup Series in that same year. He was chosen as All-American in 1931 and in 1932 and after the 1932 season was selected by sportswriter Wilson Wingate to be captain of the All-Time American Lacrosse Team.

Submitted by mdasilva on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:42

Dr. Iglehart stands out as one of the pioneers of lacrosse in Baltimore, a captain and goalie of the earliest teams for the Baltimore Athletic Club. He helped to organize the Baltimore Athletic Club team and played in its first game on November 23, 1878.

Submitted by mdasilva on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:41

Captain Gilmore was a member of the first lacrosse team ever to represent the Naval Academy in 1908. As a menacing first defenseman, Gilmore lettered four seasons in lacrosse, although he had no prior experience with the game. He quickly earned a reputation for his sound tactics.

Submitted by mdasilva on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:39

Winthrop "Pinky" Smith was a star center on the Yale lacrosse team for three years and was selected on the All-American Team in 1930 and 1931. In 1930, he played on the all-star team that represented the United States in the Canadian Lally Cup Series. He played on the Yale freshman team, which was Big Three Champion in 1928, and on the varsity teams, which were Big Three Champions in 1929 and 1931. He was captain on the Yale team.

Submitted by mdasilva on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:38

Joining Bacharach Rasin Co. as a stock boy in 1919, Auer became sole owner of the company and from that time on he worked at the promotion of the game of lacrosse and in the improvement of its equipment. Interested in keeping down the cost of the game, in 1929 he arranged a partnership with a Canadian associate and for nearly forty years they produced most of the sticks in this country.

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