Denver (CO) Post, November 17, 1904, p. 22. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. Consider Matthews as a spelling variant of Mathews. FOOTBALL VICTIMS THIRTEEN Record of Fatalities during Season Just Closed Nearly 300 Hurt Chicago, Nov. 26-Thirteen deaths have resulted fro football this season. The casualty list is the same as last year, but the number of serious injuries during the season just closed will exceed that of any year since the introduction of the modern college sport. The list of dead follows. Ralph Mathews, aged 17, died October 16, at Bedford, Indiana, from injuries received in game few days previous.