The Washington times., 1905-11-27
Appalling Fatalities
OF GridirOn Season
twenty-five Young Men in Prime of Life Sac
rIfiCed TO Sport in Three Months-Some-
thing Must Be Done

Twenty-Five players have been killed
and 13I others manned for life or other
wise severely injured during the present
football season. according to statistics
compiled by the Philadelphia Record.
This grim list. crowning evidence in
| itself of the brutality that exists in the
game as now PLAYED. is complied from
the deaths and injuries which have been
reported in the press of the country.
Undoubtedly there have been other
deaths due Indirectly to the game. while
the list Of injured merely reflects the
aggregate of miscellaneous accidents
here and there. A full list of players
who have been injured but not reported.
at some time or another during the sea-
son would. in all probabilifv. sum uo
close to 1,0O0, and then only include in
juries of really serious character
IN hundreds of cases those injured
have been patched - so as to be able
to play on with their teams. but with
internal effects that judging from the
statistics of the past, will impair seri-
ously their subsequent physical condi-
ton.
| OF these slaughtered to make touch
down. II We're high school players. and
| 10 of the killed were immature boys OF
| seventeen and under. Three hardened,
seasoned. and presumably physically fit
college men were slain. The others
were amateurs
Pounded to Death.
/ Body blows. producing Internal injur-
les. were responsible for 4 deaths; con-
cussion of the brain claimed victims
/ injuries TO the spine resulted fatally in
3 cases. blood poisoning carried of
/ gridiron warriors. and other injuries
/ caused seven deaths
Among the injuries reported that have
I not resulted fatally are.
/ Broken cOllar-bones and shoulders. 19:
: broken legs 81; broken arms. 8; frac-
| lures OF some part Of head. 10: broken
ribs. 9; spinal injuries. 8; eoncussfon OF
| brain. 3
Changes Must Come.
The death OF Harold Moore. of Union
/ College. in New York, Saturday. NAV
have far-reaching consequences. He
may be the sacTif1cial victim on the altar
! OF sport II the wishes Of Chancellor Nc
7 CTacken. Of New York University. as
expressed in telegram to President
Eliot. of Harvard. are respected. Ad-
vices received from Cambridge are that
President Eliot is just as strongly op-
posed TO the game as ever after the con-
| test between Yale and Harvard. but
that it is not his intention at this time
| to take steps which shall look toward
urday.
Chancellor McCraclen teIeoranhea
President Eliot as follows:
| MAY l not request. in view OF the
tragedy. on Ohio Field Saturday. that
and college presidents to undertake the
reform or abolition Of footbalI?''
/ When. asked at Cambridge yesterday
Eliot said:
You ask me If the Harvard-YaIe
game has changed my opinion of foot
pan. and my answer is that il has not"
| Why didn't you go TO the game p
| the president was asked.
Well, it has become a dull EsAS- for
me TO watch, l went two years ago.
! when Harvard and Yale played in Cam
! bridge. Ny leading objection is the bru-
/ tality OF the game"
Could Brutalize Socker.
Reports of the recent contest seem
TO agree that it was quite free from un-
necessary roughness, and only one man
was disqualified it was suggested.
The fact that only one man was dis
qualified does not necessarily mean that
there wasn't roughness that was not
seen by the Official" replied the presi-
dent.
Il believe, Mr.. President, you saw the
socker game recently played here. Do
you prefer that TO our football?"
Yes; ! saw the socker game. and it's
very pretty as they play it, but our
| American college boys would spoil it In
five minutes"
What do you mean by that?"
/ "Oh, there's plenty Of opportunity for
brutality in the socker gama, and our
/ college boys would soon make it as OBJ
| lectionable as the present system"
rs there any comment you are will
| game on the future Of football2"
No; ]. think there is nothing I have
not already said"
Hurt in Reformed" Football.
A game Of reformed" football was
played at Cornell University, Ithaca,
Saturday. 1t was between the under
and upper classmen of one of the Greek
letter fraternities. and resulted to 0.
in favor of the younger men. Special
rules were drawn for the game accord
ing TO suggestions made by the head
football coach, Glen 5. Warner
| The usual rules of the game prevailed
| except that ten yards had 10 be gained
instead Of five in three downs, and every
kick was free; that is, kicked ball
! went to whatever team could get 1t, and
these two changes in the rules compelled
a great deal OF open playing.
A third rule related TO tackling and
/ stopping the man with the ball. It was
| 10 the effect that whenever the progress
Of the ball was checked ii was down,