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Some 300 former athletic stars and their guests jammed the Club to hear eulogies given to the following "greats": Former coach Percy D. Haughton '99, Charles D. Daley '01, Hamilton Fish '10, Huntington D. Hardwick '15, Stanley B. Pennock '15, Edward W. Mahan '16, and Benjamin H. Ticknor...
Against Yale, the line, which had improved in the Florida game, was superb. The Elis' great Albie Booth was playing in his first Harvard game, but he never got going. Ticknor again stood out as a linebacker, despite an injured arm, and was instrumental in the 10-6 victory. He was named to the All-American team that year, as he was in 1930 also, and Coach Arnold Horween said that "Ben Ticknor is the greatest center I have ever seen play football...
...defeats. Suddenly, everything seemed to go as it should, and as the New York Times said, "on the rapier thrusts of Barry Wood's forward passes Harvard marched to victory." Both touchdowns in the 13-0 win were scored by Huguley on passes from Wood. Notable, too, was Captain Ticknor's performance: observers say he played the best game of his career in the Yale Bowl that afternoon and was instrumental in stopping the Elis' Booth for the second straight year...
...Class held its final elections that winter, naming Harding, Ticknor, and Munroe as Marshals. C. Douglas Dillon was elected Treasurer, and varsity hockey center John B. Garrison was named Secretary...
When '31 left to face the Depression on more serious terms, President Lowell sent the Class off with a plea for wisdom and a sense of personal responsibility. But it was a Baccalaureate sermon, and 1931 was probably more intent on other things.BEN TICKNOR '31, varsity football captain and All-American center...