Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
Causes of Death.
Total Injured.


of fourteen dead and forty seriously in
jured was the penalty paid for foot ball
by its followers during the season just
closing, despite the use of the new rules,
fort to reform the game and make 1t
less perilous to the players.
That the new rules were successful to a
more or less extent in keeping down the
list OF victims is shown by the decline
I'm the list as compared with the pre-
Nious year. During the season OF
1909 there were twenty-three players
who suffered injuries which proved fatal
and sixty-four who were seriously but
not fatally hurt. Two years ago there
was one less death attributed TO the
..ame than this year but the list OF those
injured ran much higher, there being 134
who were so badly hurt that they re-
quired the attention of surgeons.
Of the fourteen deaths attributed to the
blamed on a previous year. Clarence
Bakuli, player on the Creighton Cniver-
sity team. 1908, died IN a hospital in To-
,eka, Kan, i'm November Of this year.
after having been a cripple since he was
kicked In the back in a game with Den
yer University.
College Players Lead in Casualties.
Us has been the case for the last two
years. the college players this year again
led the list as to the number killed and
injured. OF the dead this year five were
rom the ranks of tho college players,
and there were seventeen college men
,eriously injured. This, compared with
Jhc fact that the high schools contributed
Dot five deaths and athletic clubs only
four and both the latter contributed a
really reduced number of injured, would
make il seem that the training given the
college man does not do away with the
DANCE as claimed by some of It's sup
IOrterS.
Conclusion OF the brain was the leading
cause for the deaths this year. as has
Decn the case in the past, hut it led by
n much higher proportion than In either
of the two preceding yeods. Most of
The accidents which caused this injury
came from open field tackles. while there
was a decrease in the number Of men
hurt In mass plays when compared with
previous years. The number Of those
who received blows in the head resulting
IN conclusions which Wee not fatal also
showed a large increase. This change
In the manner Of wounds was partly be-
cause of the change In playing and the
more open game now played.
Attempt to Prosecute.
For the first time in the history of the
game an attempt was made to prosecute
one Of the opposing players as the result
of foot ball game This was at Wheel
ing. w. Va. when Thomas Mccoy, men,
ber of the Bethany College team. was
formally accused by the umpire who
ofiiciated at. the game OF having caused
the death of Ru4olph Aunk, cap ain Of
the Tn versity of West Virginia team
Munk was felled by a blow on the cad.
which the umpire asserted was struck in
tentionally by Mccoy A warrant was
issued for the 1atters arrest and he was
summoned before the coroner's jury. but
was reed late. when the jury returned
"A verdict that Munk was the victim of
an accident.
larg> ST cost to the contestants was the
one played between the Wabash Und
College team and the eleven representing
the University of st. Louis. The contest
was staged in the latter city October ~
and resulted in the death OF one player,
right tallb back on the Wabash team. and
the injury Of two other youths who had
entered into the contest.
Injured in Old Style Play.
II was reported at the time that both
teams in this struggle had reverted to
the Old style OF game and that all three
victims were injured in smashing line
plays.
At practically all of the schools where
deaths followsd the play ng of the game
further contests were forbidden and the
games scheduled for the rest of the sea-
son were called off.
This same result was attained at a
number of other schools. most of them
high schools or preparatory institutions.
following deaths In neighboring schools
Others, however. among them some OF
those who were The greatest sufferers of
the game. were not inclined to place upon
the game itself the responsib, fity for the
fatalities which accompan ed IL, but
rather to tribute them to accidents
which might occur in any athletic con-
test
List Of Injured.
following is the roll Of the injured:
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