BROOKLINE LEADS WEST IN NUMBER OF LETTER WEARERS

The suburb of Brookline has twice as many "H" men in the University as the whole of the United States west of the Alleghanies. Of the 51 men in College who have gained their letter in one of the five major sports, the State of Massachusetts is represented by 38, or nearly 80 percent. These are two noteworthy facts revealed through statistics compiled by the CRIMSON to discover the geographical distribution of University athletes.

The monopoly that New England has on the letter men in College is not due altogether to the predominant number of undergraduates from the Bay State; for, whereas, 1,432 of the 2,551 registered students come from Massachusetts, the number of athletes from there is proportionately larger. This may be seen in the fact that nearly three percent of the members of the University who are native sons of Massachusetts have won their "H". And in the remaining part of the undergraduate body who come from the 47 other states in the Union, not one percent have achieved their letter.

Crew, perhaps, offers the best illustration for these figures. Of the five men in College who have been awarded an emblem in this sport, everyone hails from Massachusetts. Track, on the other hand, is the most representative of the major sports, since two out of five, or 40 percent of its letter men, come from outside this state. In baseball, three out of nine "H" men, 33 percent, are not from Massachusetts. In football, the percentage is 30, and in hockey it is 28.

Among the other states that have sent star athletes to the University, Pennsylvania and New York lead. In the Yale football game last November, three Pennsylvanians won their emblem, and New York equals this number with two "H" men on the hockey team and a football captain.

Of the towns in Massachusetts, Boston, of course, is first with seven letter men. Brookline follows with six, Cambridge has four, and Arlington three. It is worthy of note that there is not a man in College coming from west of Kansas City, Mo., who has won his insignia.

Thirty-six members of the Freshman Class have gained numerals so far this year. Of this number seven are from Boston. Nine of the 23 who played in the football game with Yale are from other states. Among this number are included men from Minnesota, Tennessee, and Texas. It may thus be seen that 1920 gives promise of being, in athletics, a representative class.