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On the recordJuly 15, 1929
I SHALL be pleased to act as an honorary referee to the field games between the visiting teams of Oxford and Cambridge and the American teams from Princeton and, Cornell, and only regret that my duties here will not permit me to be present and witness them in person.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Letter Agreeing To Act as Honorary Referee of a British-American Track and Field Meet.

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