Victor P. Noyes Dies at 58; Hold Funeral Services Today, Daily Racing Form, 1955-05-13

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l 1 j j j 1 j Victor P. Noyes Dies at 58; Hold Funeral Services Today PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md.. May 12— Funeral services for Victor Park Noyes, 58-year-old Maryland horseman who died yesterday at the Veterans Hospital, Perry Point, will be held at his Bel Air home at 4 p.m. Friday. Noyes was a well-known athlete during the 20s, first attaining athletic note at the New York Military Academy, Cornwall, N. Y., where he participated in many sports and served as captain of the football, basketball, track, boxing and wrestling teams before leaving the school in 1916. He entered the Naval Academy in 1920 and starred in Navys 7-0 football victory over the Army. He also made Walter Camps second-string All American that season, as well as the Associated Press first team. He resigned from the Academy in 1922 to enter business in Baltimore and later joined the National Guard. It was later that he became interested in horses and became well-known in both flat racing and steeplechase circles. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Adelaide Vanderpool Newcomer Noyles; a sister, Mrs. Harold demons, and two daughters, Mrs. Harry G. Hopkins and Mrs. Morgan Louis Washburn.


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