The Washington times., 1902-12-01
GRIDIRON'S VICTIMS
NUMBER FOURTEEN DEAD
Hundreds Injured in Siren
uouS Play.
BIG TEAMS FURNISH QUOTA
Vulnerable Spots in Players Anatomy
Left Exposed by His Armor-
Casualty List.
BIG TEAMS FURNISH QUOTA

Since the first football team lined up
this year. about September 10. fourteen
men have been killed and hundreds in
iured more or less seriously. An average
OF about one player day dead or MAIN
ed Is the record OF the game for the
season of 1902.
The vast majority OF the dead and in
jured we're members OF minor teams
who because OF their unframed condi-
tion we're more susceptible to injury
than the men OF the big universities.
But members OF the big teams were
not exempt There were no deaths
among the players Of the great varsi-
ties, but men OF Yale. Harvard. Cornell,
Columbia, Princeton. Annapolis and
West Point suffered broken bones, and
Midshipman Aiken. OF Annapolis. cane
so near death that an operation on his
skull was all that saved him.
Vulnerable Spots Left Exposed.
The armor plate THAI the trainers put
on their players protects them to a GER
tain extent, but no padding can protect
a mans arm or neck in mass plays.
Bones crack, tendons stretch and some
times vertebrae break and all is over.
II is in the mass plays that the bones
are broken and the fatal injuries occur.
Ankles are sprained and noses broken
ia the open field work now and then for
a vicious tackler has the best oppor-
tunity for his dirty work when the run
ner is alone.
There are in this country about TO-
900 football teams. including colleges.
schools. athletic clubs and minor organi-
zations. A conservative estimate places
the members Of each team at twenty
FIVE. The result Of $50. 900 boys playing
a rough game every day for eighty days
must Of necessity be accidents and
deaths, but the record this year sur
passes those OF previous years by many
injuries.
The List of the Dead.
Following is a list OF dead.
September 25-sioux Falls, s D..
Harry jordan. Sioux Falls: internal in
juries.
October 12-Chicago. n. H. Fleischer;
depressed skull.
October 1s-Hartford. Conn. C. R.
eager; broken spine.
October ls-Sharon, Pa, ". Martin,
Sharon; concussion Of the brain
october 25-staunton, Ill, z. Schmidt;
internally injured.
October 25-Jamestovei, N. Y, C. Nc
.Clurg, jamestown High School: broken
neck.
November Knoxville. Tenn. W.
Cole, Tennessee Deaf and Dumb College;
fractured skull.
November 1-Bayonne. y. J.. Harry
Devine: injured arm: blood poisoning.
November 4-Chicago, Fred Carton;
grand stand collapsed; died three days
late
November 5-Bayonne, n. j., W. A.
Albrecht; broken spine; died three days
later.
November 9-Newarlz- n. J.. Rudolph
Rlett; internally injured.
November 22-Lyons Farms. \. j.. r.
Mckinney; concussion OF the brain
November 2S-Marshall. Mo. Bunce
Quarles. Of Bonneville. a Kemper College
student: injured two weeks before; neck
dislocated.
November 2s-CharIes Carr. colored, OF
Westchester pa team; neck broken.
Seriously Injured in Play.
Among the hundreds OF injured all
over the country were the following So
rious cases:
October 3-Des Moines, Iowa, Glenn
Hunteri probably fatally.
October 4-Martinsburg. W. Va. Ben
jamin Thompson: probably fatally.
October 1S-New Haven. Conn, J.
Howard; broken leg.
October 14-Philadelphia, J. Hedges.
L. Of P; broken arm.
October 1s-DanviIle. Ky. H. Check:
ankle broken; Hughley, collarbone
broken; Harrington, broken hand.
October 1S-Hyattsville. Nd. A b.
Dunbar; broken leg.
October 1s-Brooklyn. Clements, u. S.
s. Kearsarge; broken leg
October lS-Brooklyn Smith. L. s. s.
keRrsarge; broken coliarbone.
October l8-Easton. Pa, Waters. Man
haitian College; broken collarbone.
october 1S-Annapolis. Nd, A. Fara-
baugh. LsEigh; broken kneecap
October 1S-Philadelphia. HawIey
Pierce, Athletics; conclusion OF the
brain
October lS-Chicago, Weeks, University
OF Michigan; blood poisoning
October 25-Princeton. y. j.. Kafer.
Princetoni broken COllarbOue.
October 25-East Orange, n. J.. G. {.
Bird. r.. fractured skull.
October 29-Philadelphia. Sloane. Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania. broken nose.
October 30-Cambridge. Mass. FRYE
Harvard: broken leg
October 30-Pana, Ill. Arthur Hahn
spine injured. violently insane
November 3-David Gibbs: stabbed
may die.
November Ithaca. n. Y. J. Beachan.
Cornell; broken wrist and dislocated ell
bow.
November 6-Princeton. n. j.. O'Brien
Princeton. broken wrist
November S-FoTdham, y. Y. McLane.
Fordham; concussion OF the brain
November 10-Lancaster. Pa. L.
strohm. +. and NJ; concussion Of the
brain.
November 12-Boston. G. Richardson.
Rock Ridge Hill: fatally injured
November 14-Cumberland. Nd. Carl.
Cumberland: fractured thigh
November f5--AnnapOlis. Nd. Aiken,
Naval Academy; concussion Of the brain.
November 15-Carlisle. Pa. McLaugh-
lin. Dickinson Preparatory; broken jaw.
November 19-Meriden. Conn. F. Kel-
ley. Renilworth: fatally injured.
November 22-Camden. y. J.. J. Cum