Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1918 — FOOTBALLS SENT TO FRANCE [ARTICLE]

FOOTBALLS SENT TO FRANCE

More Than 1,000 Balls, Purchased by ' Harvard Graduates, Sent to American Soldiers. Fred W. Moore, Harvard university’s graduate treasurer, has sent more than 1,000 footballs to American soldiers in France. They were purchased with funds supplied by Harvard graduates, and were sent to France through the Red Cross. Fully four-fifths of the consignment were soccer footballs, the chief reason for the selection being that neither the equipment nor the fields were qualified to meet the demands of the gridiron sport, while soccer, like baseball, may, be played almost anywhere and without extensive equipment. ■*