Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27
Sustained by Union Co..
Iege Student in Football.
Was Bucking Line and Using
His Head as CatapuIt
When He Fell Unconscious. chancellor Nc.
Cracker Says abolish the Came"

New York, Nov. 26.-William Moore,
right halfback Of the Union College
football team, died, Saturday night,
from injuries received, Saturday, in
game with New York University. He
was 10 years old and lived at Ogdens-
burg, N. Y. Moore was knocked uncon-
scious by blow on the head while he
was carrying the ball and bucking the
line. He died about six hours after re-
ceiving the injury, from cerebral hem
Orrhage.
The young mans father, William G.
Moore, arrived here from Ogdensburg
just after his sons death. He was near
ly Frustrated with grief when Informed
that he had arrived too late to see his
son alive.
Moore was playing brilliant game
when he received his injuries. Union
had the ball and was slowly taking it
down the field in close tackle forma-
ton. The ball was given to Moore and
in an attempt to get through the New
York center he went at the line head
first like catapault. This play was his
last. No one saw what Moore's head
struck, but he dropped to one side of
the scrimmage and the ball fell from
his hands. Coaches and trainers tried
to revive him. thinking that he was
merely knocked out, but all their efforts
proved useless.
For six hours doctors and nurses
worked over the patient, but failed to
stop the progress of cerebral hem
orrhages and he died without regaining
consciousness.
Chancellor McCracken of New York
University was informed of the TRACE
dy, Saturday night. The chancellor i'm
mediately sent the following telegram
TO President Eliot of Harvard
MAY / not request, in view of the
tragedy on Ohio field, Saturday, that
you will invite a meeting of university
and college presidents to undertake the
reform or abolition of football.
Henry NJ. McCracken."
The chancellor said: II am inexpres-
sibly panied and shocked to hear of
Mr.. Moore's death. 1 VIII say that l
have within the last 80 days said to
members of the university faculty that
have only waited for some of the old
er and larger universities to lead. to
favor either the abolition of the COM
plete reform of football. repeated this
DIT the last IlectHlS VI liiS AdSuty.
have not felt it to be the duty of the
New York University to take the lead
in this matter. We have discouraged
any attempt to play football on any
great scale here and have never al
lowed the desire to win to affect our
requirement of moderation"
Harold P. Moore was 20 years old.
He was a sophomore and in an engi-
neering course. This was his second
year on the Varsity eleven. He was
also member of the basketball and
hockey teams of his class.
New York, Nov 26.-COrOner O'GOr-
man of the Bronx, who investigated
the death of H. R. Moore, the Union
College student, who received fatal in
juries in n football game with New
York University, Saturday. said. to-
night, that the fatality was a direct
result of the play in which he was
hurt. The young man. he said, was in
remarkable physical condition.
Coroner O'GOrman announced that
he would hold an inquest. next Friday.
and that those who had played in the
game and some spectators would be
Subpoenaed.