Show FOOTBALL PLAYERS WRECKED fifteen mangled victims taken from ruins of an excursion train fifteen persons were killed and over fifty injured some fatally la tally in a collision in the suburbs of indianapolis ind between a special passenger train on the big four railroad and a freight engine with a train of coal cars the passenger train ot of twelve coaches was carrying persons nearly all of 0 whom were students of purdue university and their friends from lafayette to indianapolis tor for the annual football game between the purdue team and the indiana university squad tor for the state championship which was to have been fought saturday afternoon in the first coach back of the engine were the football tem te m substitute players and managers three players the assistant coach the trainer and seven substitute players of the university were killed and every one ot of the fifty three other persons in tho the car were either fatally or seriously injured |