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Niles Nelson, born in 1906, was the starting right guard for the 1926 Cape Elizabeth "Capers" basketball team.
In the winter of 1926, the "Capers" were undefeated and thought they had won the Maine Interscholastic Championship. The Maine Secondary Schools Principal's Association met, and decided the "Capers" should have a three-game playoff with Bangor, another successful team, or forfeit the championship. The Capers declined, thus ending their season.
The March 23 and March 24, 1926 Portland Evening Express sport pages detailed the forfeiture.
