Bingham News | 1922-07-15 | Page 6 | W.-J. Gives Letter to Graduate of 1868

5 W.-J. GIVES LETTER J j TO GRADUATE OF 1868 j t The most unusual ceremony in i J the history of athletics at Wash- J 0 lngton and Jefferson college, and t unique In the annals of Amerl- J can sport, took place at the an- t f nual reunion of the General J Alumni association, when Dr. I 1 Dunlap J. McAdams, graduate ' ' of the college with the class of t ' 18C8, was awarded his varsity J letter In baseball. Doctor Mc- 0 Adams, i who is seventy-nine t years old, Is said to be the old- t est recipient of a college varsity sport letter in the history of t athletics. lie played on the W. t and J. teams of 1867 and 1808, ' t in the days when varsity letters t J were not given. J ; 4