The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-14
FOOTBALL DEATH !
LIST IS sER|lD|
Many School Boys Are KIND
on GridirOn Throupbh h''''
Negligence.
REFEREE IS ASKED TT
TAKE BYRNE FROM GAM
West Point Cadet Was Va, >.
to Continue Game Befar, S,
Last Down.
Tribune Special Sporting scr.,c,

tribune Special Sporting snrac.
WEST POINT. Nov. 10
has brought on more criticism, .V''t :,
TWO weeks than ever before in n,
tory of the sport. The do,ft , W G
football players in various n,r. ae
country and the attack on =, ,,s
in another big game have o;v.' m
critics of this sport ammupitior
them for an indefinite linn
events have resulted in column -.
column of advice from edn,,,
clergymen and every brand NJ
suggesting changes in the plav;n, s
"ad infinitum -
All that has been aceon,l,., |,
though, has been the cauceli,;i,.
the annual game between Nh. Il
and Navy. which was scheduled !. az
played November y on Frankli,
of the University Of pennsyi,.,
But even this was not accomrr..s
without a serious difference AZ ~.
as TO what action the Situation de-.
ed, When Midshipman Wilson -
Navy team sustained the ipmU !, Al
Villa Nova contest, which nbv.,
say will ultimately result in hi; i,.s'
The Navy athletic authorities s,sI
quite explicitly that thev wand u
ask for the cancellation OF tha z,I
even II Wilson died before tho a-.
Call Off Games /
An entirely different attitude :,
taken by West Point immcdis,e, u
ter the tragic death Of Byyr,
tackle who was killed in the gan, 4
Harvard West Point took ths gr.lE
that il would he showing ouly scz,,I
respect to their dead comrsde 10 ~
Gel tho remaining games. The ynI
acquiesced in this request, but s,rI
of the athletic authorities frOs
napolis took occasion 10 say tt,. b
would not have acted the ssma aAI
similar circumstances. The middiH aI
sumo a Spartan attitude on this NsI
tion. To them football is menr n
part of their hardening coursa. TisI
regard il lust as thev do cunning I'll
ticc. which they would moi thiak ,isI
linquishing. nor would they be iDrlI
to do so. because IT resulted il NJ
death of midshipmau, West ri
however. took an entirely dilfH1I
view of the situation. II
The accident so saddered tie lT'I
authorities TINT they considered ri
were merely paying ordiuary tlgl
TO humanitarian instincts to dr'r
their team. This. too. is The vi
general public viewed the sltiH |
Ii the game still had been rlsyetusI
would have been many persons vi
verely criticise the two acadeEs II
hard hearted attitude and II,
valuation OF human life. IN
Cannot Explain Deaths N
A great many of the dcfent.H
college football have been aIa M
explain satisfactorily the dsall rIe
probably fatal accident to men a
the academies. IT rs geneTanl
posed that the students oil W
academies arc hardened in a SN
the members Of big college ele'sa '
not. and that they are abls 70 Ill
knocks of every kind, Tins II
onIv in y measure. Every enins ID
West Point or Annapolis Is coaE: a
pass very rigid physical eise >
from which the impression "a ~
that they are immune 20 lnluna IL
Anvone who has studied W. ~
siomcs of The Army and NayF plh
and who is acquainted with lne ~
of hard work which these yoult IL
have 10 do can understand tns F hi
Irn.c Of INJURIES in their teams r.
marilv the average. player on w ri
and Navy eleyens is younger a..
,r than the average, on tne ps
elcvcns. Probably deceiveu = 1,d 4.
lief that no amount of ha'a W. I'm
iniure them il has become w
nj both West Point aud ADGSy
tbe teams TO do more woiA w
| fhe collepians. Also they Ply g
Ter schedule than do most tollee !
nf tbn;r size I'm fact il IS . \
common for West Point to pa, N
ward, Yale and some other ns.s III.
the "Big Six on succcsIIr Ave NJ ~
| DAYS ana DelOT' NV 4 c,s<IIt>-
chance to become hardenea w H.
White Feather. 1T,
On tom Of this the mouben = !.
two teams are imbued with Y =
that they are showing the WEE Va !
er when they leave the gam pSr,. =
ing injured. II is said tns' D Ur.ds n |
Army tackle. had been E1 i
Lnnck cd out in the Harvard - y
that Donovan. the HaTyalu Nh /,
seeing his helpless CONDITION, nyTr, ~ a N
the referee TO insist that ,i',,I, NI
The field. II was imne,aa;;ssi ml,a;s, iss !,
this that the young so''' NJ
his fatal injury H. e III, e o
Trainer Mike Murphy ol ..IT ~. ~ I; !
s;,r IF pennsylvania recently i, h.
sage remark to the wIi,er ien;s ~ ~
iect of football acci:assu,s acc:sau,s ac
'NThe majority of acc,Uuno.ou,kei s ~,
insist op playing w1en y, Ia = n
iured. | always proceed w W a q e'si
tion that stale PLAYER %, ., st 4,
onn @ "a worse than no pIayeI, ~ 4, !,
one one =, Is tSat H h he be replaced o. :. ~ .
fresh man. even u y n ~ ni n
skill. 1t is the neelrs;;b II M,
caution that is responsip' 5p
football accidents. .