The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-11
Carlisle Has But
 300 To Pick From
Nevertheless the Indians Defeat Greatest College Elevens
 at Football

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 11-That the pres ent football rules have done much to lessen the chances of players being injured issevident from the situation at the Carlisle Indlan school. Statis- tics have been kept there of the num- Der of players injured this autumn. As the figures included the squad as @ whole, not merely the varsity, they may be taken as very comprehensive.
 1t was announced today that ai- though the Indians played forty-four men at practice all through the sea- son, and the first eleven had sched- ule containing twelve games, the re- serves eight games and the third team one, not a single bone was fractured during the fall. The injuries were only temporary sprains. Also, only two of the players had hospital rec ords, one of them being about tWen- ty-four. actual hours and the other about fifty hours. It may be said that hardly any other colleges work oughly as Carlisle. Coach Glenn Warner and Dr. Treibley Of the reg ular army have been given credit here for the low ebb of injuries.
 A few other facts concerning the Carlisle football players hirtherto un- known will naturally be of interest to athletic enthusiasts. Carlisle's to- tai enrolment of students made up of boys and girls between 14 and 21 years old, is less than 1000. This age limit governs enrolment here.
 In the few cases of students over be obtained from the Indian Office at Washington for enrolment. School statistics show about 290 boys over n years old, this being the number from which all Cf the schools athletic ma- terial is made up. Carlisle does not
 ch 1U maintenance of school, track and la crosse teams which compare with col lege organizations nearly as well as her, football elevens. Very few of the Carlisle boys have any athletic ex- perience at all before entering here It is a fact worthy of comment that less time is probably allowed students at Carlisle for athletic training than at any other institution The boys are not at liberty from school duty until 4 p. m., and practice ends al 5:30 or earlier. Giving a half hour is seldom much more than an hour for systematic work.
 Most football men have given Coach Warner credit for being one of the leading offensive coaches of the coun- try He has not been regarded SC highly as a defensive coach, but zan intimate knowledge of the. character istics of the Indians easily explains why the Carlisle teams have often been scored upon by inferior elevens The Indians are bit cratic and careless and always take desperate chances They do not execute theil plays or handle the ball with any thing like the care that college mer do. Consequently there are more fumbles and misplays than on the part of the highly developed college team. Opponents, taking advantage o1 frrnohlQS nj ten able to score upon the Indians through no fault in the conception ol execution of their defensive system.
 In all of their games this year, ant in their travels from place to place the gentlemanly bearing and clear playing of the Indians has created 2 great deal of favorable comment from hotel people, opposing players and of . ficers, and these characteristics hay, aided Carlisle greatly in securing games with the leading colleges an( universities of the country.