Word: cumnock
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...introduced the guests with a short address of welcome. He said that for the last fifteen years the Harvard men of New York had been compelled to keep silence whenever foot ball was mentioned in the presence of Yale or Princeton men. Now, thanks to the work of Mr. Cumnock and his associates, they had obtained a right to pass opinions on the greatest of college sports. "When the brilliant sunset at Springfield on that memorable Saturday had tinged the scene with its crimson glow, the heart of every Harvard man felt warm with the grateful radiance." Such an event...
...Cumnock then thanked the club for the welcome which they gave the team and desired Mr. Choate to represent the eleven in a speech...
...question I must ask of my friend Mr. Louis Clark, translating for his benefit, 'Where's them cups?' " He assured the guests that they had enough money collected to buy thirteen fine silver cups, one for each player, besides a great silver punch bowl, to be called the "Cumnock Cup" in honor of the first victorious captain for the foot ball association of Harvard. On this punch bowl was to be left space on which to record the deeds of victorious teams. On the first space was to be the performance of the team of 1890. He hoped that...
...Beaman said that as one of the overseers of the University he could offer Mr. Cumnock and his compeers most hearty thanks that they had won a game of foot ball through fair play and superior methods. He added most earnest thanks to those who had done what the frequenters of games between Yale and Princeton had never expected to see,-they had played against powerful opponents a game which was not disgraced by a single ungentlemanly act. As long as our athletics were conducted in this spirit we might be sure that our teams were backed by the best...
...foot ball used in the Springfield game, and hung from the center of the banqueting room of the Revere House the other evening is now in possession of Capt. Cumnock...