Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1908 — FOOTBALL SEASON NOW ON. [ARTICLE]

FOOTBALL SEASON NOW ON.

Victims of the Gridiron Sport Promise to Be as Numerous as Usual. Shelby vill?, Ind., Sept. 21. —John Forrest, a member of the Shelbyville high school, was playing football with a number of boys composing two teams Saturday when he was tripped. He suffered a broken leg, the bone just above the right ankle being broken.

Knoxville, Tenn., B e Pt- 22. —While the University of Tennessee football squad was at practice yesterday afternoon, Ramsey, a promising candidate for quarter-back, was thrown heavily to the ground and suffered concussion of the brain. The injuries will probably prove fatal. Delphi, Ind., Sept. 22.—Twoomey Clifford, son of M. Clifford, and a member of the Delphi high school football team, broke his collar bone in a football game with Oakland Hill high school eleven, of Lafayette, in a game in this city Saturday afternoon. The accident caused the game to be stopped. Lafayette players got into a dispute with Jacob Wolfe, hotel proprietor, and a free-for-all fight resulted. Princeton, Ind.. Sept. 23. —Louis Mcßoberts, 19 years old. was seriously injured while engaged in a practice game of football yesterday evening between the high school and scrub teams. He was heavily thrown while making a play, and one rib and the breastbone were fractured. He will recover.