Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1901 — Football Player Near Death. [ARTICLE]

Football Player Near Death.

Emporia, Kan., telegram: Walter Priest, a member of the Kansas State Normal team, who was seriously injured in a game of football between the State Normal and State University teams at Lawrence last Saturday, and who was brought home unconscious, is in a precarious condition. It is feared that a clot of blood has formed on the brain as the result of kicks received in a scrimmage for the ball. All the members of his family have been summoned to his bedside. Episcopal house of bishops modifies proposed canon so as to allow divorced persons who remarry to receive the sacrament on written consent of bishop. Deputies continue debate on marriage and divorce canon.