New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
nETlILS OF OSGOOUS DEATH.
.,ovx, THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER
FELL IN CUBAS CAUSE.
,,r, Dy A MAUsER BULLET WHILE TRAINING
u,s BATTERY on SPANISH FORT

,,ro By 4 MAUsER BULLET WHILE TRAINING
u,s BATTERY oN SPANISH FORT
crpAxs MOURN THEIR Loss.
.rno Evening Telegram gives the following
-,,s concerning The death Of Winchester Dana
nod the well-known football player. In
,,.,o,ch from its special correspondent In Cupa:
cra,rnaro Camaguey, oct. @-Generai Caiixto
- with 1os. men. infantry and cavalry. and
o" rieces Of artillery. laid siege to the town OF
th'' ,ro on October l.. Meanwhile General
u"" .a, with about 200 rcn. occupied all the
oo ho,voon the hesieEcd town and tie city OF
To- pr,ncipc,' u order TO intercept any possible
,orcemcnts that the Spanish mh'afE No'-
re"'o ,ha provincc General Jimenez Cnstcl-
tno. night bring 10 the rchci OF the oec"su'''u
garrison, - General Gomez's ntimaton to sur
: In reply 10 Void useless bocdshed the military
render ahG uaa;maro Major Antonio Martinez. sent
Mayor oi ,n hold out against the rebels would
Ins"d Insd 10 Get promotion or DC hiieu'
Hlnp MINI Garcia then ordered Major Ossood' IN
noord Of his battery. TO open IRE on ,ne 'p'''.
eo''.' ., Two hours later Il large fort known a.
81 vorfau located on a hill about seven MN
fo'. as FROM the town. was abandoned ny us
Or So.Sore who took refuge in the town
% ,ho second day Of the siege as M',o' Us
,a VA under heavy fire from the spani"rCs' W waS
training Of his niecfh9 thc Oh loreScaa fS a. s Uttered
bullet 81 sru..iI ..iIycT"' and bending forward on ms ms
nnron hugCcd i ana ~ ~, - oc ni- death
half OF Cunesscd president CisEeros ana the conf
ceepyH. nfricors an OF whom h'u s'V"' 'N"'
sor tho American oNio'''
,,,,.ao,o,,a Dec (Special).- -Winches'o' pa"'
"i'" ~, ,orooi;s cx-footban player OF the I'M
ossooO' - pornsvlyania was born in Boston III
Nc1S"y .,ber Is captain Henry Is. csgoou' Oh
10" -,.oa states Army. who until recently Wa
th' -, c, Louis Osgood prepared for ccllcse
s'".U', ,,.,,.ahar, Academy. Wilbraham. Mass. He
"' WI, rnrnou University IN 1891, where he dis
e,rraa himself in athletics particularly III loot-
~ hoco,nirg recognized as one OF the most JIM %
% '' r,rnipc halfhacks in the country. IN 1879 iSs9
i-i' ,n 10 the University OF feiinsNiNd ana Hu
ne rad 81 the class of 81 In ciVli enSihetfinE iV
eltofessor Edgar MaTburg. He at once oesan l'6h -
DC football ana for three years H'S p0'i''0" W. "
,asm was not disputed. ,,a,o, and
'eain 'eTn Winning and dodging Were pheno.nenai anu
iis E es,n~s against Harvard. Yale and princeton
ha particularly distinguished hlirsSI' of
,o in PENNSYLVANIA he won the chafnlioilSihH oi
,ho Amateur Athletic Union ior ooIh - -li',uv ,J
SovD w weight boxing aud wrestling. He Ieprcseu'.u
Iocrrsvlvania i'm the bicycle contests al the io..
lowered the two-mie record fe was = hi'iiip'l
n The Phi Gamma Delta fraternity! an" a.rS' "
vvrominont ~ member and worl.cr in the college J.
NJ {. a.
The untmely death of Osgood was s"d DO" 10
his many friends in this part OF the coGhH!. ne
mas one of the best all around college athe'es
seen ON the field since the time OF stage II idle
Oscood was clever sparrer and wrestler heid
records as a bic ycle rider, and he was piaceu III
the front ranks as . football player iie was oile
NJ me hest backs ever at Cornell ana feln-
svvania Osgood was prematurcly nald ana n,S
appearance in street clothes WAS ceccp'Ne' iio