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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Paul Joseph Dashiell for sending the pouch and its contents, noting that “Billy Hofer was one of our best friends. I value him just as you did and have the same memories as you have of the Wyoming camp fires and of Billy Hofer.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-18
President Roosevelt is pleased that he was able to help Paul Joseph Dashiell’s case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-03
President Roosevelt encloses for Paul Joseph Dashiell a letter that he sent to General Albert Leopold Mills regarding a football rules committee that is being established at West Point. Roosevelt hopes that Dashiell will work to amalgamate his committee and the West Point committee, because the Naval Academy and West Point should operate under the same set of rules. He adds that he believes that field officials should be appointed in such a way that they are not responsible to the players or coaches.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-10
President Roosevelt tells Paul Joseph Dashiell that the incident in the Harvard-Yale game between James J. Quill and Francis H. Burr has made many on the Harvard team believe that “foul play” is a benefit in the game. Roosevelt believes that action needs to be taken to alter the game, not to lessen injuries, but to increase the chance of detecting and punishing foul play.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-30
President Roosevelt says that everyone who has seen the play in question during the Harvard-Yale football game, officiated by Paul Joseph Dashiell, believes the action taken by James J. Quill against Francis H. Burr was deliberate. Roosevelt believes that this brutality on behalf of Yale secured them victory, and that brutality like this must be eliminated from the game.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-21
President Roosevelt does not know enough to advise Navy football coach Paul Joseph Dashiell, but thinks that Dashiell is doing everything he can in a difficult situation. For several reasons, Roosevelt does not want to appear too involved in “the football business.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-19
President Roosevelt encloses for Paul Joseph Dashiell letters from Harvard President Charles William Eliot and Richard Henry Dana about brutality in football. Dana’s letter specifically discusses a recent game that Dashiell umpired, where Dashiell failed to properly penalize a brutal play. Roosevelt urges Dashiell to “take severe measures” against brutality in games in the future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-05
President Roosevelt believes that Paul Joseph Dashiell has made a “very strong case,” and asks him to have lunch next Tuesday at 1:30. He has sent a copy of Dashiell’s letter to Harvard President Charles William Eliot. In a postscript, Roosevelt says that referees should have the power to penalize dirty football plays.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-09
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-12-20
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Dashiell, Paul Joseph, 1867-1937
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-12-15
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Dashiell, Paul Joseph, 1867-1937
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-11-23
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Dashiell, Paul Joseph, 1867-1937
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-11-30
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Dashiell, Paul Joseph, 1867-1937
English
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt regretfully informs Paul Joseph Dashiell that Secretary of the Navy Long cannot appoint him to the position as it must go to an astronomer. However, Long will consider Dashiell for the next vacancy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-04-30