Lacrosse

[RPI lacrosse co-captains Daymon Jordan and Marty Davis tip their hats aboard the SS Marine Falcon on the return trip from England. The pith helmets were purchased at Wembley Stadium during the Olympic Games.","Typed text attached to the back of this image reads as follows: New York: This pair are no Stanley and Livingston but the co-captains of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's lacrosse team who arrived today (Aug. 20) aboard the SS Marine Falcon from Southampton and the Olympic Games. Daymon Jordan (left) of Los Angeles, Calif., an all-American lacrosse player, and Marty Davis of West Hartford, Conn., reported that they purchased the pith helmets at Wembley, England, for "four bob" apiece, and that passengers aboard ship had mistaken them for UN delegates from Africa. Residents of Troy, Albany, and Schenectady (N.Y.) helped contribute toward sending them abroad. PHOTO GRATIS.....FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Image #1995 is duplicated in #2010-12 Lacrosse Clipping Book."]

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