Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-05


Standish, half-back, with a broken knee
pan and internal injuries. We should,
before going further, pay deserving
tribute to the various noble bands of
nurses and physicians present. The r. d
Cross workers were present in force.
Several Of them had gone through the
late war, and all of them were at Johns
town. The Sanitary corps was organic
ed on the spot and did excellent service.
Ambulances were present from all the
city hospitals, and the local physicians
without exception were on hand. They
organized two field hospitals. The
Society of First Aid to the Injured had
more than it could do. Besides these,
many Sisters Of Mercy moved fearlessly
about the grounds, while both Protest
ant minister and Catholic priest, despite OF
the great danger, carried consolation and
absoution to those that needed it.
We see now that we have not sufficient
entire game as we intended to do. We
may content ourselves with saying,
however, that it was typical game of
football, though, of course, it was some
the larger colleges like Harvard and
Princeton. 1t was witnessed by some
5000 people, including many graduates
and students of other leading colleges.
The eleyens were SO evenly matched
that neither side held the advantage for
any length of time. Winthrop, of the
university, had scarcely been removed
unconscious from loss of blood when
Parker, of the college, was carried
away with both eyes closed and
paralysis of the lower limbs. Several,
including Whitney, of the university,
and Prynne, of the college, were found
with both legs broken, while Carver, #
the university, was discovered with
both legs crushed, his left arm and five
ribs broken and his right shoulder dis
located; still, notwithstanding the mani
fest disadvantages under which he labor
ed, he was with great difficulty made to
relax the hold with his teeth Which he
had on the ear of Williams, of the college.
The game had gone on for an hour and
the judges were about to declare in favor
of the university when suddenly Mr.
II. r. Huntington of Norwich, a Yale
graduate of 81 and a nan noted for his
close observation and the great interest
which he takes in athletic sports, leaped
up in the amphitheatre and in loud
voice made a most astonishing statement,
namely, that the game had been played
through without a ball! An investi-
cation showed that what he said was
true-both sides had neglected to bring
football, and such thing had not
been on the ground at any time.
We started out by referring to this as
a most astonishing occurrence, but per-
haps we overrated it; if the game could
have been played almost to the finish
without any one of the 6000 spectators
noticing the absence of a ball. it may
not be so strange after all. Still, we
believe that it is customary to have a
ball. But why? we may ask, now that
it has been shown that its absence in no
way lnterferes with the game. Indeed
we must decide that the ball is positive
draw back, as a man will frequently fall
on it and sustain much smaller injuries
than if he had struck full on the ground.
The ball in game of college football is
a superfluous relic of the past, unworthy
the present enlightened state of society.
Il New York Tribune.