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OLDEST SPECTATOR IS 97 BUT HE'S AS KEEN AS ANYONE

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Probably the oldest spectator among the 53,000 who saw the Crimson team swept away by Dartmouth, was John Wesley Titus, aged 97 years. He received the degree of Bachelor of Laws at the University in 1859 in the days when football was played without rules, and might the best man win. He saw his first game two years ago and was so delighted that he has been a constant follower of the sport ever since. The first big Stadium encounter he witnessed was the Princeton contest last year. After the game he was heard to remark that he wished he had found out about that sort of thing sooner.

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