Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Joseph Dashiell
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-12-05