Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
IL KILLED, 23 NAMED, MORE THAN
200 INJURED,
RECORD OF PAST FEW MONTHS
THE RUSH, SCRIMMAGE AND MASS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS RESULT.
What the Newspaper Reports Are ON
Some of the Games That Have
Been ~Played-The Charac-
ter Of Some of the Re-
cent Accidents.

Football as played by American college
teams is now the deadIiest national sport
known in any civilized country. Spanish
bull fighting has been called the most
bloody. dangerous and brutal national sport.
but a report from Madrid says that in the
last year there has been killed In the arena
only one matador. Yet as win be shown
by the NINA that follows there have
been thirteen players actually killed, twen-
ty-three manned or injured for life and 126
otherwise severely hurt. Besides these there
have been reported 135 minor casualties.
The record covers the first part of this soa-
Bon and the latter part of last.
Ihe rush" the "scrimmage." the mass"
playing the meeting of brute force with
weight of matter, power of tendons and
strength OF frame count for victory, and in
which science, skill and dexterity of mind
ana motion are the least potent factors,
are responsible for the result
In Georgia a state law has been passed
nois active steps have been taken bv op-
porents of the sport to secure prohibitory
LEGISLATION. In several other states the mat
kansas IN a letter TO the president of the
6tate university at Fayetteville strongly
coGcemns the sport as brutal and recon-
TO the playing Of the game by the stndenta
Of the university.
In proportion to the number of football
stS " lIOSc III IQe E1St
the casualties in the West are FAR more
numerous. says the New York World. The
men are naturally rougher players, and
the game being comparatively new there
science cuts but a spectral figure.
Some idea of the Western game is Given
by the Worlds correspondent at Denver,
ing the list Of injured in this way:
rThe number CT injuries cited below do
rot represent one-twentieth of the acct
che season of 1896.
On October s, 1896. in the game between
inc Denver Athletic team and the Kansas
er, deliberately fell on John Good with his
Knees after Good had called down Coed
was carried from the game with the lie
several days.
During the same game 'D%onnybrook
dalr tactics were used throughout. In lac
n n,psrn minute OF the play Harry. Heller
streaming from his mouth. where he had
beer BIT by a Kansas fist. Struggling was so
the Umpire had to overlook it altogetbe,
70 Keep enough men in the game, Several
umes players on top of the scrimmages
wsle seen vlciously to lunge underneath,
should be-" Aeao IL seomach
In al colleges football grit is placed upon
iSl.y PEDESTAL TO be worshiped by the
from the dispatch sent by the Worid.s
eihSinnau o.. correspondent:
- .ne most remarkable examples
or what football grit can make a boy en-
cure Is shown in the case of Samuel s.
IomIlnson. Of Price Hill. the captain of
Ms M9odTard high schools eleven. At
Aisysviile saturday, while Woodward was
pIaylng the local team, Sammy started
sIound the end with the ball. He had
= apout fifteen yards when he saw an
him; nin 10 tackle
He leaped clear over his opponent. hut
Just as ne did SO. the other fellow raised
uD ana 1OmlInCnn 1qndaIF ON LIT. =,
ELS ieet IN the air. All dazed, he kent on
Ilaylrg for two minutes longer, when the
nrst mar ended. He then fell unconscious.
and SO remained until Z O'Clock that even.
ing "' e'eh-
His nose. which had been d;sIocated
IN nractice with University of Cincinnati,
WIS again sprained. His spine was also
hurt. The doctor says he can never play
football again. P'
Recent Accidents,
The following are the accidents that have
peen reported during the past week alone:
vi Ms Nun Mheeiock, right tackle. and Da-
Indians who played in the Brown-Carlisie
game on Manhattan field, n. Y. Saturday
from an t6e r werg hsd tg h Rn,f. and were taken
ambulances during the progress of the
game Mheelock plunged headlong into a
was entangled he tried to rise but was helm
less. An examination showed that his
shoulder was dislocated and perhaps bro
49, 40, "a ana ii N I % ne hnCn1-
tai with a badly sprained ankle.
The athletic department of Delaware COL
iese longs TO have the college eleven stay
in the field and strive for football honors.
but in view of the fact that every PLAYER
on the team is suffering from a broken
leg, toe, nose. or collar bone. 1t cannot see
how IL can do so. Therefore 1t has wisely.
but reluctantly, decided to disband the foot.
baii team. and has Cancelled all games that
y h,d mas ahead. Five of the PLAYERS are SO
fGce that they will have to wear spiints
and use canes and crutcheS for several
weeks. The athletic department will have
Christmas. i'
A Girard students leg was broken dur
Ing a practice game Of football last Satur-
day. As soon as the president learned of
the accident he issued an order prohibit.
Ing any more games.
LOOMS. Minnesota's fullback and main
stay punter. received a broken ankle in the
game between the University of Michigan
and the University of Minnesota at Detroit
-Four men had to retire from the Harvard
Yale game ut Cambridge Saturday on ac-
count OF injuries. Warren dislocated his
shoulder. and thus Harvard probably loses
one of her two best ground gamers. Cap
tain Cabot's weak leg. which hindered him
into spiiuts and bandages and he resaIm reaa
his crutches. Haskell was not seriously in
2Ired; but had simply. been done up"
uation of the last years injury. which has
been giving him trouble again for the past
few weeks: Swain injured his leg. which
was already weakened. -
In n football game between Hughes high
school and Walnut Hills high school. Gin
cinnati. o., there was n riotous free fight.
One player was laid out unconscious for
several minutes from n blow on the head
by n fence board: another got n broken
nose from a ~brickbat, while n great many
came of with black eyes and bruised heads.
A Special from Stoneham, Mass, TO the
Chicago Tribune says:
This town is in a state of mind to-day