 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - DeLee aiva mwanakomana wechishanu uye wechipfumbamwe pavana gumi vaMorris naDora Tobias DeLee, vaJudha vakanga vatama vachibva kuPoland. Sekuru vababa vake vaiva chiremba wemauto eFrance uyo akagara muPoland pashure pokunge Napoleon akundikana kupinda muRussia. DeLee akaberekerwa muCold Spring, New York, asi mhuri yakatamira kuNew Haven, Connecticut, New York City, uye pakupedzisira, muna 1885, Chicago, Illinois, uko DeLee akapedza kudzidza kuSouth Division High School muna 1888. 