The former Saint Mary's Cadets, forerunners of NFL original team the Dayton Triangles, became the Dayton Gym-Cadets in 1915. The Gym-Cadets put themselves forward as contenders for the championship of the informal Ohio League. In the East, Nelson Talbott prepared himself for the next phase of his career. As 1916 arrived, three Dayton industrialists and their companies created Triangle Park and became major backers of local athletics. Talbott and F. B. MacNab emerge as key leaders in both areas..

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