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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1909
Page
1
The Franklin basketball team traveled to Columbus Wednesday evening to face the Allsters. Franklin played a fairly decent game but lost 29 to 32 as a small crowd watched. Columbus officials refused to pay the agreed sum after door receipts fell short, claiming the visitors were not the college's first team.
In a lighthearted recital the Dummy Club taunted by the German professor who praised German youth as advancing faster and finishing university earlier. The class heard a strong defense of Germany with a quiet opposing crowd.
The community is invited to a Big Athletic Carnival and show on Friday afternoon and evening March 19 in the gym. Teams and student organizations including Indiana team in their new tunics, Websters, Linconinos, Peris, YMCA, WiC- A, Pi Phis, Gams, Phi Delts and Sigs will perform. Admission is ten cents. Proceeds support the college baseball program.
The Indianapolis Star lists Bugs Brown of Indiana as center on the secondary college all state five with Thomas of Butler Crick and Grady of DePauw Hadley of Rose Poly also included. Brown proved versatile as forward and defender in a game against Chase Batery A center scoring six to two for Chase. He earns praise from Hese Clark who also named him a forward on the earlier Indiana Sportsman all state team.
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