Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1905 — Athlete Killed In Wreck. [ARTICLE]

Athlete Killed In Wreck.

Urbana, 111., Jan. 11. —Ralph O. Roberts, captain of the University of Illinois baseball team this year, was killed In a wreck at Rising, ten miles west of here, on the Peoria and Eastern branch of the nig Four railroad. Eight passengers, most of whom were university students returning from their vacations, were Injured.