Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1917 — As Bad as Football. [ARTICLE]

As Bad as Football.

A Harvard man tells this one: “The train had just run off the tracl and plunged down a deep embankment. Engine, baggage-car, coaches and sleepers were piled in-terrible confusion. Smith, the famous halfback, lying at the bottom of the wreck, came partly to his senses. Three passenger coaches were piled on top of him. A piece of pipe was coiled about his neck* The Fim-oi-one of- the great driving wheels of the engine rested on his face. His legs were pinned down by a heavy beam. A pillow had been forced against his mouth and nose. His arms were pressed against his sides, and he tried in vain to move. But willing hands were at work upon the wreck, and at last Smith was dragged out Looking around in a dazed sort of way “ ‘How many yards did we gain on that “down,” boys?’”—Everybody’s Magazine. ■ ■—