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NO. 23A TRUE STATEMENT OF FACTRegard to the Delptal Team WhichAgainst the Attica Beys.PlayedThe champion liar of the s idiana lives at Attica andte ofs theithor of a screed in the Atticayening News of Friday, No)out the football game of Thuiis chief plaint is professionOff of all teams in the stateould be the last one to make kick.ear-Last year they played )rf all season and paid him w s services, and when Delphi object-I to his playing here last year Attica fused to play without him and the elphi managementgave in in order secure the game. This year ought Deardorf, and paid him to ►me. They had one other outsider the team, also.Now as to the Delphi team, e first of the season the folIticaery (?) as Delphi has but five or sixgood players left who are not badly crippled, and we have no doubt thatwith their eleven they might be able to score a touchdown against sixmen, but it would be the first limo? for them to score against Delphi thisyear, although they have played twogames.The whole article is a string oflies and brands the author forever as the boss liar of Indiana.ZA SUDDEN DEATH.George Val*i, of Kokomo. In Attempting to Avoid a T rain Steps in Front of Another.A sad accident occurred at theinceayers have been lost to theilroy, captain and half back;iptain and full back; WasonL cap-Dee-in and half back; Roach, end; r, tackle; Polleys, end ; Cartwright, inter, Arnott, end, and RinAhart, uard. After the Rensselaer cameWabash depot on Wednesday evening whicli resulted in the death of George Yales, of Kokomo. Yales and his cousin and family moved here on Monday and located in a house west of the residence of Mrs. Tooleon north Wabash street. They camehere under a contra«t to get outio team was badly crippled, but, Bvertheless determined to go aheadtimber for a handle factory and on Wednesday were in the country locating timber. Returning about 4 o’clock Vales and his cousin startedeast from Franklin street through the Wabash yards to their home. Whenith the game and an eleven lied out; two days before the vo of the players selected wei )le to play and it was then, an 11 then, that the management get outsiders and on Wednot some friends in Lafayet me and fill the vacancies.le Attica management found outho Delphi had they raised a greatowl about professionalism, all me having a member of the Itheight.rtillery team with them and Delphilan agreed to play but one outsider^ lerchoff, having but nine other yailable men. Attica was sonear the Wabash elevator they met west bound freight on the side track and in avoiding that train YIstepped in front of the approaching east bound mail train, which hiirlodrable and highon-inded as tlt;| let Delphi play with ten men to her leven, but at the last moment 1 ho had been injured in the Re lergame and had stopped p ig, consented to play and this ne eleven, but in the Delphi rera three crippled players and lan who had never played before, 'hewriter of the article goes on liatas soon as the game commenced wo of the Delphi players claimed to e hurt and that this was one ofamonesaytie lowest and most dishonorable chemes ever concocted. If the bianrho wrote that had the slightest nstinct of humanity, if there wqre a article of manhood in him,if he ot below the level of a bruterould have investigated and f ut tbat it was the most infamouerebend liebat was ever penned. In the firstlace Dunbeck was the only Delphi layer hurt in the first half and heras hurt by misunderstanding a Big-• *al and running into Warwlick,runningreaking two of the lattcr’s telewasne.nd cutting his own forehead so Ir that it bad to be sewed up,and d dizzy'he could not walk al )elpki would not have dispensed rith his services if it had been plt;^ssi-le to have kept him in the gamje as e was one of the best and sukest►layers in the team and had jdis-inguished himself by tackling Dear-lorf,the Attica“profesh,’’and forcing back for a loss. Kirsh was! thefor a loss. Kirsh yj ext player injured in the Delphiearn, but it was not until the latter ►art of the second half. The musclesn his shoulder were torn and heWe didwillnottica«laid up for a month, hink that there was a man in A o low as to write the above slanlder, ►ut we have no doubt the Atticananagpiient will at once correct it. Delphi has never had a paid play-Attica has had professionalsr.oth seasons and immediately afterhe game here tried to secure, theIervices of Warwick, Lynch, the wo Kirchoffs and others for tjheirthe►ext game. They should pick orty foot log out of their eyes, re want to say that notwithstan heir howl about Kirclioff, tlmandir£heras solicited to come to Delphi byhe Attica team to play with the►ut refused, preferring to play Vithbe Delphi team.The article goes on to say that the Lttica management challenged Del-hi to play for $100 or less a side and Iay only home men. We can not Ind to whom the offer was made, butf it were it showed undoubted brav-kim against the opposite movingfreight with such force that his skull■was crushed.He never regained consciousness and died about 2o’clockThe deceasedThursday morning was an unmarried man about SO years of age, of excellent habits and reputation.The accident is a very unfortunate one, but no blame can be laid on any one except themselves and especially shouLd the Wabash train men be held innocent of anyThe remains were removedwrong.to Kokomo on Thursday for burial.sDelphi Opera House.By request of many citizens the first musical recital November 19th* by the Knights of Pythias cornet band, will be repeated Monday evening, November 30th, assisted by theVitale Musical Concert company,one night only. Prof. L. Vitale, of Naples, Italy, assisted by his daughters, Misses Louisa and Rosa. Prof. L-Vitale, violin virtuoso. Miss I^puisa Vitale, violinist, guitarist and reciter.Miss Rosa Vitale, vocalist and accompanist.The professor will perform on * violin with a single string some features which no other violinist canon four strings, for he imitates themandolin, llute, and plays two distinct parts at the same time. Upp-n four strings he will produce the effeefc of three or four performers. He can also imitate on his violin many different instruments and the voices ofvarious animals.Many duets are played by the professor and daughter. He will hold one end of the violin and hisdaughter the other. They will each use a bow on the same strings and finger on the same neck, at the same time.A Stench of the Lower Wr.bash.Foot-ball circles are wrought up to a fever heat in this Community over the disreputable conduct of a, number of the Attica eleven during their visit here. It is unfortunate for therespectable portion of the eleven and the good name of Attica that thebummier and social scavenger element has a sufficient representationin their eleven to bring discredit upon their team and city.The Delphi team is composed ©f gentlemen of excellent breeding and high standing, and the sooner they drop the discussion of the m ;tte the sooner will tlie stench caused Vycoming in contact with the bum element of the Attica eleven be removed from their garments.The stone for the new abutmentsfor the canal bridge on Franklinstreet is on the ground and the workof excavating commenced yesterday. The contractors, Pierce lt;fc Smith, expect to complete the work in thenext ten days.Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taylor entertained a large number of their lady and gentlemen friends at euchreyesterday afternoon and evening attheir residence on Front street.fc
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Delphi Carroll County Citizen
Delphi, Indiana, US
Sat, Nov 28, 1896
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