The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-27
Brown Athletes Suffered Few Injuries
From Football Contests.
EdgeWood No. z Team Lost to Brown
in Bowling Last Night.

Professor Frederick w. Marvel, physical
instructor at Brown university, has COM
pleted volume OF statistics covering the
habits regularities and athletic tenden-
cies before entering college OF all the
Brown students enrolled during the past
three years. Mr.. Marvel has also mace
n record OF all injuries. suffered by the
men in the different branches os spor.
before their entrance 90 college.
Professor Marvel secured his statistics
~ examining the members OF each Fresh
man class for the past three year7 Out
of b& men examined In three years @l
per cent used tobacco in some form. MI
Marvel stated a peculiar fact that nc
found. that the pulse rate OF those ttu-
dents who used tobacco averaged 5,a beats
more per minute than those who did not
Out OF 533 students who have entered
Brown during the last three years IL was
found that 81 per cent were not SWIM
mers
About half OF the students averaged
eight hours, "a per cent seven hours and
70 per cent nine hours. the rest being scat
tsring sleep.
The statistics show that of all the mon
who enter Brown over 80 per cent are
fionality 742 per cent OF the students arc
of American parentage, As per cent Eng
lish and 4 per cent Irish. The rest are
scattering A business life claims the at
tention OF 37e per cent of all the students
parents, us per cent gain their llValihood
out OF trades and 25.2 per cent are pro-
fessional men
OF 265 cases in two years 69.2 per cent
before entering college have participated
a. nCTgpnt-
age OF men In each follows: Football al,
baseball 1914. track 2s, basketball 1874,
hockey l06. tennis SO, gymnasium train
ing 49,
Statistics show that injuries sustained
in football by preparatory school players
who have entered Brown have not been
appreciably more numerous or dangerous
than in heavy gymnastics. According -
the figures obtained from the present
Freshman class. the same number OF
bones have been broken IN gymnastics as
IN football Two injuries were sustained
in baseball. and one each IN tennis, track
and hockey
In speaking of football. Mr.. Marvel
stated that Brown had been remarkably
free from injured players, and ne believed
that 4, would not 0e possible TO take 100
men and nut them through the same
amount OF work as the football squad ex-
perienced this fall and have them escape
with as few injuries. He said that more
men had been injured in the recent
Brown Princeton hockey game than In the
varsity football squad during the whole
season.
The statistics show that 102 undergrad
yates, or 1871 per cent OF the whole stu
dent body. played football this fall. of
these, SO we're on the varsity squad ana
the other - were on the class teams. the
varsity played ten games and the class
teams 10 During the whole season OF ac-
tual play the varsity suffered but five
INJURIES. one cut lip. one case of water
on the knee and three sprains. The ac-
cidents sustained by the class team play
ers were much more numerous. as the
teams were without proper training and
coaching, but taken as whole. football
at Brown would seem TO be In need OF no
revision.
Mr.. Marvel stated that the statistics.
with perhaps the exception Of accidents
in football, compared very favo-ably with
those obtained at other colleges.