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William J. Bingham is one of the few men who made it possible for colored college athletes, barred from Dixie trials with whites, to come to the fore by competing in the Eastern Olympic trials at Harvard Stadium in 1936. I attended those trials as a colored reporter and received the best of courtesy...
...products of this Harvard opportunity is Big John Borican who came here from Virginia State College as a hurdler. Borican got his "lift" at Harvard--and has never forgotten it. Moreover I wrote an ANP story praising Mr. Bingham not very long ago. Several colored colleges came to Cambridge in 1936. Look up the records. The facts are there...
...Bingham: could have kept Alexis home...
...Bingham: quoting news story: "at first wired to accept the forfeit, but reconsidered the matter and sent word that Alexis would not dress...
...Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports is composed of Bingham; Dean Hanford; Arlie V. Bock, Henry K. Oliver Professor of Hygiene; William L. Langer, Coolidge Professor of History; David O. Ives '41, captain of the soccer team; Sherman Gray '41, captain of the varsity crew; Lincoln Clark '41, representative of House sports; George Whitney '07; William Edmunds '00; and Charles C. Buell...