The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
A WELL KNOWN YALE ATHLETE
Bluford Wilson 1901 Died of Typhoid


 Bluford Wilson 1901 Died of Typhoit
 Fever Yesterday.
 Bluford Wilson, jr., of Springfield, III.
 a senior in Yaie, died yesterday morn.
 ing at the Yale. infirmary of typhoid
 fever. The young man contracted the | disease, 1t Is said, about three weeks ago, and he grew Ill so rapidly that ne | was taken to the infirmary shortly af- ter he was taken down. Death came at 9:30 o'clock, and at his bedside were his father and mother Colonel and Mrs. 1 Bluford Wilson, who came here from their home in Illinois about week ago on account of the serious condition of the son. He was attended by pr. c. Purdy Lindsley, and despite the best of care he sank rapidly until death came yesterday.
 l Young Wilson is now the fourth Yale man who has succumbed to typhoid e. yer contracted in New Haven. The i other three men, however, died at their l homes away from New Haven. l The news of the death of Wilson | reached the campus about 10 o'clock | yesterday morning, and at the time | there was in progress campus" base ball game in which were number of l his classmates. The men immediately stopped playing and were shocked to hear of his death The news spread through the campus very rapidly, and on all sides there were expressions of deep sorrow fort the deceased, who was one of the most prominent and popular men in the senior class.
 He was the champion lightweight wrestler of the university during the first three years he was in college, and during the bouts this winter he gave in to Coffin, of the Sheffield Scientific school, after one of the longest and most exciting wrestling contests ever seen at Yale. In the last bout the men wrestled over two hours steady, and it was only after complete exhaustion that Wilson gave in. He played base ball some and was fine all-round ath- lete, and his loss to the class will be felt keenly.
 Young Wilson and Trainer Alcorn, 1t will be remembered had very inter esting wrestling match in Music hall on one of the evenings of the N. M. Q. A. bicycle and automobile show this winter. He was member of Zeta Psi, the junior society.
 There was considerable talk about the campus last night about the death of young Wilson, and a number of the men recalled an incident that took place at the gymnasium some three weeks or a month ago. At that time the mem bers of the class were stirred up when they heard that Wilson and another member of the senior class were engag- ed in boxing match in the gymnasi- -~m that was not for love. They knew Wilson was good boxer and that the other fellow was no novice with the mits, and so they came to the concl l. sion that the match would be desper- ately contested. It was later spread about that Wilson received injuries which were not thought much Of at first but that later caused him consid- erabie trouble and it was said that he was obliged to stop his college work on their account. Two or three ot the members of the class of 1901 said last night that Wilson suffered considerably with the injuries that he received in the boxing match. The members of the class do not want to connect in any way the boxing match with the end that came yesterday, but they all seem ed to be especially grleved over his death and they were sorry that the boxing match had ever taken place.
 Inquiry was made on the campus last ! night about the alleged boxing match, | but the utmost secrecy was observed. It Is said that blood poisoning set in from cut he received on the day of the alleged match.
 The class of 1901 will meet to-day to take action on the death of Wilson and a committee will be appointed to draw up suitable resolutions.
 His father Colonel Wilson. figured in the Spanish war and In the civil war, and is one of the fore most military men in Illinois.
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