250:"Manager Mack, of the Athletics, usually regarded as one of the most conservative bidders for ball players, recently made a record offer for a college player, and, after striving as he has never before done, failed to gain the coveted contract. This much sought collegian, whom Mack thinks would have made one of the greatest pitchers In the history of the game, is Samuel Felton, football and baseball star at Harvard for three years. Within the past month Mack offered Felton a flat contract of $ 15,000 for three years, agreeing to permit him to make his own terms and giving him the option of an unconditional release should he tire of professional ball, but the persuasion of the Athletics' manager failed. Felton, who lives at
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reported on the game as follows: "Harvard shut out
Amherst, 5 to 0, this afternoon because of the masterful pitching of Sam Felton, the former football end rush and punter. Felton held the visitors to one single, this being made in the first inning by Kimball, Amherst's first batter to face Felton.
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Felton returned to the
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reported that, because Felton was not wearing any protective pads over his hips, the kick broke several blood vessels and formed a clot. Following the injury to Felton, the previously-undefeated
Harvard team went 1–2–1 in its final four games.
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As a junior in 1911, Felton was one of the leaders of a football team that opened the season 5–0 while outscoring opponents 72–6. However, Felton was seriously injured in the first period of the fifth game of the season—a win over
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281:"BRICKLEY IS HERO OF VICTORY FOR CRIMSON: With Captain Wendell Out of the Game With a Lame Ankle, Brunt of Work Falls on Half back—Felton's Punts the Big Feature". Anaconda Standard. November 3, 1912.
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Kimball's hit was a scratch, being nearly smothered by Capt. Wingate ..." Felton's pitching also helped lead
Harvard to win the series against Yale in 1913, and the team presented Felton.
436:"Picking "All-American" Teams a Fad: Here's Latest and It Comes from New York; And of Course, They're All Easterners, Havard, Carlisle and Dartmouth". The Lima News. December 10, 1912.
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were "credited with having won the intercollegiate championship for the
Crimson" in 1912. At the end of the 1912 season, Felton was selected as a first-team All-American in 1912 by
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for $ 15,000 per year. The offer was a record for a collegiate player and was turned down by Felton. Felton declined the offer to return to his home in
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at the end position in 1911 and 1912. He also handled punting and kicking duties for
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included Felton on his list of the finest college kickers he had ever seen. Felton and
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In 1921, he was selected to serve on the
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in 1912. After graduating from Harvard, Felton declined a record offer to play
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548:"Honor Harvard Nine: Pitcher Sam Felton Gets Loving Cup from Team Members".
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Grantland Rice (February 27, 1953). "The Sportlight".
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