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"Lak ity Hi h wa \Vritt n up a olumbia niv r ity t am.
"The Lak ity y. look d to av rag in \V ight 1:3:- pound. , and in
a w r from L> to 1 , with on of 21 year . .
"I aw no r pr ntativ of Lak ity am ng lin men, tim k p r. ,
umpir or r f r .
"Th . cor i · of littl con: qu nc , but thi. much . aid, that Lak ity
High play d with th am . pirit that oth r Florida boy: fought with in
th Hind nburg lin .
"Th y put up a hard, fa ·t, 'nappy, st ady gam again. t tremendotL'
dd and how d th m lve, all full of grit and pluck. Th cr dit i · all
heir .
"R :p ctfully your ,,
(" n ld Timer") ( i n d) : " . l\L Roper."

Th uban audi nc ch red our t am, th ir trick play , fin inter-
f renee and end run with ven gr at r enthu ·ia ·m than they did their
own team. Th hou ·and of Am rican al o in the great audience stood
by u with their fin ch r:, and during th entir third quart r olum-
bia' littl quad brae d up and r fu , d to allo\\ th ir oppon nL to core.
ba ketball gam al · wa play d at th Y. M:. . A. The uban
team again ou w ighed our in about the ·am proportion · a in the grid-
iron battl . W of cour u · d th am men in both conte t .
Th football gam \Va play d January 1 ·t and the ba k tball gam
January 3rd.
We w r tak n for an automobil rid , including vi it to fort , th
famou uban f deral pri on, a b autiful c met ry, the x cutiv man ion,
hor e rae ·, through th r id nc di ·trict along th wat r front, to wit-
n a Jai Alai gam , wher om of our party m t th ir gr ate t player,
Emilio Equiluz. W w r giv n a banquet aL on T ew Year' ve, at-
tend d by veral hundr d per on·, and nt rtained thereat with orne
of th fine t in trumental and vo al mu ·ic availabl on the i land. The
great audience join d h artily in variou che r, for olumbia and th good
old . . . in gen ral. Pre ident Fernand z of the lub made a fin
. p ch of w lcom , to which the writer r pli d, through the u e of an
interpr t r. All of our expen for th entir trip were paid by the
lub.
We m t a number of Am rican , mo t of whom re ided at the arne
fine hotel where we wer o comfortably quarter d, and we were the
object of con id rable attention from them. We al o had the plea ure of
meeting r. J. Fermin Figueroa, a form r cia mate of the writer, in the
public chool of Lake ity, a graduate of Tulane niver ity and now a
lieutenant command r in the uban navy, who not only placed him elf
entirely at our ervic but wa. p cially :olicitou in hi ffort to
entertain.

ur trip to uba wa · very enjoyable and we look forward with pleas-
urabl~ anticipation to futur vi it . A to our uban ho t , they have
our 1nc re thank and plea ant indebtedne for affording olumbia High
chool th opportunity of b ing th fir t and only high cho I in America
o play in a foreign country.

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