More On Chip Reese

The New York Times has an entertaining story about Chip Reese, the Dartmouth product who became what some people claim is the best poker player of all time. From the Times about Reese, who died this week: "He so dominated poker play at his Dartmouth fraternity that it named the card room after him."

For you sports history buffs ... I was poking around and discovered that the paper has put PDF files of old stories up on the web where they can be accessed free of charge. Here are a couple of stories I stumbled across that are kind of fun:

GLAZE TO PLAY BASEBALL.; Dartmouth's Football Star Signs to Pitch for Boston Americans.
BOSTON, Nov. 26. -- Ralph Glaze, Dartmouth's football hero, crack pitcher, and all-around athlete, has signed a contract to play with the American Leaguer baseball team of this city. Manager Collins has been after Glaze for two years, but the Western boy refused to leave the college ranks. He will go South with the team next Spring.

That one is dated Nov. 27, 1905. To view a PDF of that story, click here. ... Another story: Robertson May Play. Dated Nov. 9, 1920, the story about quarterback James Robertson's availability prior to that years' Penn game can be viewed here. (Dartmouth would go on to win it, 44-7 ;-)

Dartmouth tight end Brett Lowe gets a mention in his hometown paper in San Luis Obispo here.

The new fitness center on the top floor of Alumni Gym and the facilities in Floren Varsity House help build strong bodies, but they can also help build stronger minds. From a New York Times story this summer:

(A)n expanding body of research shows that exercise can improve the performance of the brain by boosting memory and cognitive processing speed. Exercise can, in fact, create a stronger, faster brain.