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Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 00:17

Leon "Chief" Miller was born in 1895 in Cherokee, North Carolina and attended Cherokee Indian School from 1905-09, progressing to the Carlisle Indian School, which he attended from 1910-16, receiving an M.E. degree in 1916.

While at Carlisle, Leon played lacrosse for four years, was also a member of the varsity track squad for four years, and a varsity football player for three years.

Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 00:14

Lydecker attended Nyack High School, and then went on to Syracuse University, where he graduated with a law degree in 1922.

While at Syracuse, Irv played lacrosse in 1920, 1921, and 1922, captaining the 1922 team which won the Intercollegiate Championship and he was named All-American that year.

In 1923, Irv went to Europe and played against Oxford and Cambridge and other universities. The team won the International Lacrosse Cup. Irv stayed with the Crescent Club and was an active player through 1934.

Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 00:12

Touchstone played on the Mt. Washington Club team under Coach Bill Schmeisser and conducted the Mt. Washington Summer Camp from 1920-1923.

In 1924, Touchstone moved to Yale to coach varsity lacrosse, soccer and freshman gymnastics.

In 1928, he became the head varsity lacrosse coach at the United States Military Academy. He coached there until his death in 1957. Compiling a record of 214-73-8 while at West Point, Touchstone's teams won the national championship in 1944 and shared the titles in 1945 with Navy and 1951 with Princeton.

Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 00:11

The following is an excerpt from a letter from Waldemar H. Fries concerning Sars, whom he knew well.

Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 00:08

Scott was educated through the school in Toronto and then on to Jarvis Collegiate Institute, Toronto, attending there from 1908 until 1912. Herb played for Riverdale and St. Simon's Lacrosse Club of Toronto. These teams won provincial and Eastern Canada honors in various years from 1912 to 1922.

In 1922, Herb joined the Crescent Athletic Club in Brooklyn where he was an outstanding player for ten years. During his youth in Canada, Herb played a great deal of hockey as well as lacrosse.

Submitted by mdasilva on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 00:06

Paige was born in 1908 in Ogdensburg, New York and attended Ogdensburg Free Academy, graduating in 1926. Moving on to Colgate University, John received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930. While at Colgate, he played basketball and football as well as lacrosse, but lacrosse was his main love and he played on the team from 1927-1930, making the All-American team in 1930. John was field captain of the All-American team, which played a series of games that year with the Canadian champions in Toronto.

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