1917 Yearbook

1917 Yearbook

GEORGE W. JONES, St. Ambrose Athletic Director, received his athletic experience at Worcester Academy and at Holy Cross college. At both these institutions, he was a member of all the athletic teams, and was captain of the baseball team at Worcester Academy in 1907 and at Holy Cross in 1910. He graduated from Holy Cross in 1911 and after playing professional baseball for a season in the Connecticut league, entered St. John's Preparatory college, Danvers, Mass., as Instructor and Athletic Director. In the Fall of 1911, his football team won the championship of New England, and was selected to represent the East at Chicago against the Oak Park High team for the National Interscholastic championship. In 1914, Mr. Jones left St. John's to take charge of athletics at the Worcester Poly technical Institute. He came to St. Ambrose in the Fall of 1915 and has been in charge of the teams and the athletic work in general since that time.

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1917

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