The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-31
VAN CANNON BADLY INJURED.
A PAIL CAST OVER THE FOOT BAIL
GAME AT ATLANTA.

FulI-Back Cannon Perhaps Fatally
Injured in a PeII-MeII Rush-R en-
dered Unconscious, and Had Not
Recovered at Midnight Last Night.
Conclusion of the Brnin-A Man
Substituted and the Game FINISH
ed. the Vireinians Winning by n
Score of IL to 4-Other Games oil
the Day.
Atlanta. Ca. Oct. S0-To-day's foot ball
game between the teams of the Univer-
sity Of Georgia and the University Of Nir-
ginia was the most disastrous event of the
kind that ever took place on southern
gridiron. Two members Of the Georgia
team were injured, and the death of one
of them may result
The man whose life has been hanging
upon a thread since the middle of the bat
tie is Van Cannon of Rome. He was
the full-back of the Athens eleven, and
a magnificent specimen of young man
hood. an ambitious student, as well as
athlete, and a general favorite both in
his home town and the university. His ac-
ClQGHl Gust a pan ONNA LII S0N-'N-~--'
Tonight there was none of the shouting
and blowing that usually follows an in
tercollegiate athletic contest. Instead OF
shouts of joy from the victorious Virgin
fans, and yells of good-natured defiance
from the defeated Georgians, there was
only the buzz of suppressed discussion,
and inquiry about the condition of the in
3ured boy at the Grady hospital, about the
hotels.
Nobody seems to know just how the ac-
cident occurred, but in one of the pell-mell
rushes with the ball in the first part Of
the second half, Cannon went down
Cannon was about to make tackle for
the ball when he missed. falling on his
head. When the others picked themselves
up, he remained PROSTATE on the ground
and it was quickly seen that he was badly
hurt. Time was called, doctors and rene
dies were sent for, and everything
known to the foot ballists was done, but
their PROSTATE comrade could not be re-
covered. Harmon Cox was substituted IN
his place, and the game went on, but time
did not bring with it consciousness to
young Cannon. Then the hospital ambu-
lance was sent for, and when he was
carried there, 1t was found that he was
suffering from conclusion of the brain.
kilograms were sent to the family OF
the injured boy at Rome, and his father
hurried to his side by the first train. His
mother will come in the morning. The
telephone at the hospital was kept ringing
al night with inquiries about Cannon s
condition 1t was reported early in the
evening that he was dead, and the news,
which spread rapidly about the hotels and
the streets, created a profound sensation.
From the time he was hurt, the young
man never regained consciousness. To all
who inquired during the night little or
no hope was held out by the hospital ply
stefan, his death being feared at almost
any minute.
The other injured man was Tichenor,
the quarterback of the Athens team. He
recovered on the field, however, and con-
tinued to play. The game was an I'M
equal one from the start, though the Geor-
gians played with splendid courage in the
face of sure defeat. The Virginians We're
too big for them all around, their average
weight being II pounds greater
In the first half, the Georgians scored
and the Vrgnians II. In the second. the
Virginians added to this, but the Geor-
gia boys could not make a point, the final
score at udIk DeluS II 10 4. II dppcdItu
from the crowd at to-day's game, that At
lanta is losing interest in the
game. The crowd was not
nearly so large or so enthusiastic as on
former occasions, but this may be partly
attributable to the management, which
adopted a policy looking more to gate re-
ceipts than the success of the game. The
managers of the Athens team gave it out
that the university had determined to make
ba Of ri &c
and practically no courtesies were extend
ed For some reason also society did not
turn out as generally as heretofore, this
is probably due to the policy of the man.
agement which has been much criticised.
But for the special train from Athens
which brought the "rooters," 1t would
have been very tame sport indeed
Misses Jackson and Gray We're sponsors
for Virginia, and Misses Chisholm and
Murphy for Georgia.
The teams lined up as follows:
Georgia. Positions. Virginia