The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-05


or the most dangerous character.
Take, for instance, the famous flying
wedge About halfa dozen big, healthy
youths in the prime of life form a Y about
twenty yards from the opposing line and
at given signal, start on dead run with
the intention of moving down one man
the one picked out to make the play
against-so that the youth with the bali
can find convenient hole IN the line to
force his way through. Think of it-half
ton OF bone and muscle coming into col
lision with man weighing 100 or I70
pounds. What is the result, The victim
IS generally sent sprawling with his nose
broken or his chest crushed, and If the
man with the ball gets through the line
for 10 or 20 yards, the critics all exclaim
What grand play!'
In the other mass plays, four or five
players keep bucking away at the center,
the guards, or the tackles, until they get
their man so fatigued that he fairly faints
from exhaustion. Then the little half
back nimbly gets through for five yards
or more and the judges again remark ::
That's great work - In the meantime
a surgeon is called upon to attend to the
wounded player He is baudaged, stitches
put in cuts, and, if he is able to stand
continues to play. If not, substitute is
called and the game continues with re
accidents brought to the attention of the
public during the past few weeks;
On Saturday, Nov. IS a team of the
Pennington Athletic Club played against
Yale eleven. Early in the game John
White, Pennington player, fell on the
ball, and two Yale men fell on White.
When the Yale giants got up, White was
writing in agony on the ground. He
was taken at once to the hospital, and. on
q " i'm l.
had been terribly twisted and his spine
badly injured. The doctors regarded his
case as hopeless one, and confined all
their skill TO making him comfortable
White became completely paralyZed He
fingered for eleven days, and died on
Nov 20
Hugh Saussy, of "a University Place,
was killed in game played at Eliza beth
on Nov. II. Saussy played left guard on
the team of the College of the City Of New
York. Their opponents were the Eliza
beth Athletic Club. During the game
Saussy fell. He lay on the field like a
corpse. When his friends went to him he
was unconscious. They removed him to ST
Mary's hospital, and he died there at 5
O'Clock that evening. Saussy's neck was
broken by the fail.
Gelhert, the famous half back of the team
of the University of Pennsylvania, had
game
played at Philadelphia against the
Princeton team on Nov. 1 that he was I'M
able to play in another game. For weeks
his ankle was very weak, and he still
limps.
In the game between Yale and the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania, played on Man
haitian Field on Nov. II. Vail, theQuarter
back Of the Pennsylvania team was badly
hurt, and had to receive medical attend
=
ternally injured. An abscess formed in
the head and Vail has been Watching the
games since then with his head swAthed
in baudages.
Frank Ranken, a son of Ex-County
Clerk Ranken of Brooklyn, PLAYED full
back for the Moutauks against the
Columbians, at Eastern Park, Brooklyn
on Nov. 20. When running with the ball
he was thrown violently to the ground
aud both bones i'll his right leg, about
midway between the knee and ankle.
were broken. Ranken had to be taken to
ST. Mary's Hospital.
In this same game J. McNallY, who
played right end for the MOntauks, was
thrown and fallen on. Several of his
lower teeth We're knocked out. and the
shock incapaCitated him for work for
several days.
Several men were badly injured in the
game pay tt at toJIlHPuelu between ! ale
and Harvard on Nov. %. Two men were
very seriously injured. Capt Waters of
the Harvard team had his head injured bv
fall and his leg badly wrenched Two
days after the game the doctors feared he
was suffering from conclusion of the brain
and battered knee cap.
Thorne. Yale's half back, was thrown
down, fallen on, and had his nose broken
His nose bled so badly that the spectacle
was most disgusting one
In the Yaic-PrincetOu game on Thanks
giving day Cant, Hinkey had his ear
badly torn, and Ballet. the centre of the
Princeton team, received Il severe SCALP
wound. Surgeons had TO dress both these
wounds before the men could 90 on play
ing Hinkey had to retire for several
minutes to be put in proper shape TO pro
coed with the game. After the contest
Hinkey went to the Fifth Avenue hotel
and was put to bed. In short time he
grew delirious and physician was called
in.
Phil King, the famous quarter back of
the Princeton team. was injured early
in the season internally. He had a steel
plate made to protect his side in the re
gion of the heart, and was unable to take
part in many of the games The Penn
sylvania men heard of this plate and
refused to allow King to wear it in the
game played against their college
Early in the season ButterwOrth Yale's
full back, had his leg badly hurt and was
unable to play for several weeks. He used
to attend the games, but could only move
about with the aid Of crutches.
Adds Herald, the athletic director of
the Richmond Und.) Young Mems Chris
tiau Association team, while engaged in a
game few weeks ago with his eleven
against the team of Franklin college, had