Rutgers University - Scarlet Letter Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Roasrrs Edwin Bogert Roberts, '28 Edwin Bogert Roberts, '28, is one of the best all-round athletes ever to have been developed at Rutgers. Eddie's athletic prowess was very slight upon entering college, and his fame was hardly greater at the end of his first year, for he had failed to make any of the freshman teams. But how he made up for it later! His develo ment was extremely rapid, so that his iilnal record was very creditable. He was, without doubt, one of the best forwards any Rutgers basketball team has ever had. His cool, collected attitude on the court characterized him to perfection. In lacrosse he was absolutely nonchalant, but was a pillar of strength. In his junior year he was on the second all- American team, and in his senior year, during which he was captain, he was adjudged one of the best stick wielders in the country. In his senior year Eddie decided to make a try at football. His success may be determined by looking up the records. Here one will End him mentioned as one of the stars of the 1927 season. Elmer Gladstone Bracber, 'I 8 To the men in college now, the World War seems an abstract some- thing that they heard a lot about in their very early teens. It is hard to realize that men left college and even high school in order to enter into that great struggle. One of the men who certainly deserves a place in Rutgers' Athletic Hall of Fame left college at the end of his junior year and joined the United States Infantry. Toady Bracher did about as much for Rutgers in an athletic way during the three years that he was down here as any man possibly could. He played baseball and basketball along with the squad, and was a halfback on the foot- ball team. He played in the good old days when Rutgers was right at the top in every line of athletic activity. Bracher was also a bright light socially. He was on both the Sopho- more Hop and Junior Prom committees and was all lined up for Cap and Skull. It is unfortunate that the War cut short such a promising career.

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Donald G. Starck, '20 We point with pride to the record of our freshman football team last fall. The man who led the yearlings in their gallant efforts was Donald Storck, '20. Storck's life at Rutgers was rather short. He left here in his sophomore year to go to West Point. While he was here Don played left end on the football team and did his job with distinction. To keep himself busy in the springtime, he used to go out and pitch a few innings of baseball of fine quality. He was such a good pitcher that professional scouts were watching him, and when he finished his army training he was offered a tryout with one of the leading Big League teams. He turned down the offer, how- ever, and went into business in Newark. It was from that city that Head Coach Rockafeller brought Storck to guide the destinies of the Rutgers fresh- man football team. He has won the confidence and admiration of all the men who played under him, and has prepared some of the finest potential football material that Rutgers has had in some time. Too much emphasis can- not be placed on the point that the men who will be the backbone of the team for the next few years received their training from Storck. We look forward to his return as yearling coach next year, and wish him lots of luck. Herbert Henry Meyers, '23 Herb Meyers, '23, was the best hurdler ever developed at Rutgers. Strangely enough, he won his first medal when he competed with the East Side High School relay team at the Rut- gers Interscholastic Relays. In 1920 Meyers became the Middle Atlantic States champion and record holder in both the 220-yard low hurdles and the 120-yard high hurdles, when he ran the former in 24 515 seconds and the latter in 15 415 seconds. He repeated these victories in 1922 and 1923. He was also the Metropolitan champion in the senior outdoor 220-yard hurdles in 1921, and in the 120-yard high hurdles and 100-yard low hurdles in 1922. One of the remarkable achievements of this speedy Rutgers star was his establishing a world's record in the 100-yard indoor hurdles, by negotiating the distance in the fast time of 119110 seconds. Be- fore he left the classic halls of Old Queens Herb made two Rutgers records which still stand, by covering the 220- yard low hurdles in 24 5110 seconds and the 120-yard high hurdles in 15 415. The most remarkable feat accomplished by this young man, how- ever, and the one to which we point with the most pride, was his splendid victory in capturing the Junior National Championship in the 220-yard outdoor low hurdles in 1922.

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Holm P. Tooloey, '15 John Peter Toohey, '15, stands out among Rutgers athletes as perhaps the only man in the history of the Univer- sity who played five years on the foot- ball team as an undergraduate. He first wore the Scarlet on the gridiron in 1910, playing tackle. He was a reg- ular on the squad for the next four years and was chosen captain in his senior year. Toohey was mentioned for all-American honors, he was an ideal tackle, big, tangy and powerful. He was one of the key members in one of the greatest collections of linemen ever to represent Rutgers at one time. Among the other stars in that group were Head Coach Rockafeller and Tal- man. He is considered by students of Rutgers football as the greatest tackle ever to wear the Scarlet. In addition to his prowess as a football player, Toohey won renown in other sports. Deceased, 1916. xjolm De Witt, '86 John De Witt, '86, stands out as one of the greatest hgures in the early athletic history of Rutgers. He was one of the few men in the annals of Old Queens to captain two varsity teams. He was captain and stellar half- back on the football squad and shortstop and leader of the baseball teatn. Ac- cording to a classmate, De Witt was also a talented hockey and tennis player. He, perhaps, saw more service in a Scarlet jersey than any other man who ever represented Rutgers, for after grad- uating as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, De Witt returned as an instructor and, according to the rules of the time, was eligible to play. His team is famous for its accomplishment in piling up a larger score against the powerful Yale eleven, the champions of the era, than any other team had been able to for several years. 'V Deceased, October 8, 1927.