The sun., 1919-10-26
OLD ATHLETES TO
HOLD BIG REUNION
Indiana University Veterans
to Give Annual Dinner on
Eve of Big Game.
GATHER IN INDIANAPOLIS
8 Members of First Football
Team and 6 of Original Base
ball Team to Attend.
Special Despatch to The Sun.


INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 25.-They will get
together again. The men who fought
the athletic battles of Indiana University
in the days OF long ago-away back as
far as 66-will gather here for the an
nual dinner Of the "I' men October 81
And they are ready, flaming red hat
bands n everything. to support the Grim
son in the game against Notre Dame
the following day.
II will be a meeting for a reminscence
this "I' mems banquet. II will be a
night when the prowess of the old col
lege heroes again will be to the fore 4:
when the lustre of their performances
under Indiana's colors will shine un-
dimmed as it did in the days when the
football men played without the fancy
moleskins and other modern parapher-
MALTA; when the men on the baseball
mines played barehanded, without uni
forms or masks. These old veterans
with the younger athletes will assemble
here for this annual affair wearing their
gold II" buttons and their famous red
hat bands
Seven members Of Indiana's first base
ball team-the squad OF 1S66-are yet
alive Six of them will attend the an
nual feast They are: Arthur p. Twine-
ham, Princeton, Ind. John II. Boutwell,
Sedalia, Mo-. J. Shannon Nave. Attica,
Ind: Frank ]. Hall, Rushville, Ind ;
Aquilla Q. Jones and w. D. Bynum, In
dianapolis.
Twineham is the Oldest living captain
Of any Indiana athletic team. He played
on the baseball mines of SO and '67, and
was captain in 10. John Boutwell,, who
used to slam the pill through any de-
fence Of rival teams, Is a wealthy St
Louis business man.
Jones has never strayed away from
Indianapolis, but he stands high as
lawyer throughout Indiana Shannon
Nave has made good both as a banker
and as a business man. w. d. Bynum
for many years was a member OF Con-
gress from the indianapolis district and
now Is in the practice of law here. Frank
Hall served as Leutenant-Governor for
four years and now is practising law in
Rushville.
Old Football Men.
All of the members of the first foot
bail team are old men. Each has his
allotted threescore years and ten. yet
each attends the annual dinners OF the
men and feels so young that he
addresses the present day players as
fellow athletes
Nine members of the first football
team the university ever had. the husky
outfit Of 1886. will be here for the din
ner. as will the famous old coach,
Arthur B. v oodford of New Haven,
Conn, who led Indiana's grid SQUADS
through the institutions first football
years And there are scores of others,
lawyers. doctors, professors. authors,
business men, politicians, statesmen.
playwrights among the 500-odd men who
won the coveted letter as a member of
the Indiana athletic teams.
Joseph II. Shea, the Ambassador to
Chile, played tackle on the football team
OF 'Ss. Before going into the diplomatic
service lie was one OF the leading jurists
Of his State. Two members of the pres
ent Congress, ]. Everett Sanders and
Fred d. Purnell OF the Fifth and the
Ninth Indiana districts res oectively, were
famous as heroes IN their varsity days,
sanders was captain OF the basket
tossers in '07. His colleague. Purnell,
was point getter for 'T'' track teams
in '02 and '03.
William Lowe Bryan, president of
the university, was one of the players
on the baseball teams OF SO and "a
VINO broke up lot Of games by extra
base smashes.
Frank C. Daley of Indianapolis. cap
tam OF the baseball teams of 1889 and
1870, was United States District Attor-
ney for Indiana and then became AS
sistant Attorney of the United
etdtes. Besides playing good game on
the diamond Daley was one Of the best
halfbacks in his day.
Indianapolis still holds Brandt C.
DoWney. Downey was a member of the
ss baseball team. but now is president
81 the Commercial National Bank, In
danapolls.
81" Man Is L. q. CoIoueI
Indiana grads point with pride to the
Nar record OF Col. Clyde +. Dresbach
OF Fort Wayne. He carried Indiana
colors on the football teams of '02
and 03.
carl f, Endicott. Andrews. Ind.
stands out as one of the Crimsons best
tackles as result OF three years OF
Football, "a. '95 and go He now is
one OF the most successful manufactur-
eFs and business men in the State.
Preceding Endicott as a star of the
football team was Charles A. Great
house, who bowled over the flying
wedges directed at his guard position in
~ and '92. Greathouse was a tower OF
strength to the team. he was husky and
he had the punch.
Among the best jurists OF Indiana are
Judge Willard New OF Indianapolis and
Judge Willis S, Ellis OF Anderson Judge
New played baseball in 80 and 's1 and
captained the team the latter year.
Judge Ellis was member of the first
football team. '86. and played centre
Held on the baseball mines of 'S5 and 'S6.
DICK Miller perhaps holds the record
OF being the most spectacular OF any
1ulback ever at Indiana. He was a
member of the '93 team, and tradition
has It that Miller wore an outfit OF From
Ter day Jeans. an Indian wampus shirt
ana a modern day scoop shovel for a
cnest protector. At any rate, he was a
sure ground gamer. To-day he is a
banker in indianapolis and has been
emlnenuy successful in the business
world
The "l' Mems Association is unique
ana II is believed the only one of its
klhd In the country. The members come
'ogether once year. the night before
the indianapolis game. A business ses-
son Is always held, officers chosen. and
tnen follows the banquet. One OF the
e's features OF their annual meeting
mere ls the parade around the field be-
lore the game starts. The old veterans
Well as the young, wearing their
prlght crimson hat bands, attract
great deal OF attention.