Editing Talk:Moses Fleetwood Walker (section)

== Fleet in College ==
Walker initially enrolled at Oberlin in 1878, but that school did not field a varsity baseball team for competition with outside opponents until 1881 (See Zang: pages 20-22). Walker had been a frequent competitor in intramural competitions before the formation of the varsity.

Walker then transferred to the University of Michigan for the 1881-82 school year.  He played varsity baseball in 1882.  (See Zang: pages 22-23 and 29).   Technically speaking, colleges did not award varsity letters until the turn of the century, so he didn't actually win any letters, per se.

In 1883, of course, Walker turned professional for the Toledo Blue Stockings, so he only played one year on the varsity at Michigan.

Weldy Walker followed in his brother's footsteps and also transferred to Michigan - where he played varsity baseball in 1883 and 1884.  (See Zang: page 32 and "A Fleeting Ambition" http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1999/apr/04-20-99/sports/sports9.html]

:US Gov source that says Fleet Walker won two varsity letters: [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r101:E18OC0-369:] 
[[User:Econrad|Econrad]] 4 July 2005 00:26 (UTC)

The Honorable Douglas Applegate and his staff did the best that they could for this resolution, but there was not as much information readily available about Fleet Walker in 1990 as there is now, and the two varsity letters assertion is incorrect.  The time table itself rules this out.  He played for Oberlin in the spring of 1881 and Toledo in the spring of 1883.  In between he played at Michigan in the spring of 1882.