The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-29

Football is still a dangerous game, judging from the number of fatal in- juries that have occurred during the season that is now drawing to a close. Thirteen footballers have lost their lives this fall. This is, of course, low figure compared with the death lists of years before flying wedges were obliged to give way to less strenuous tactics, but the increase in injuries is startling.
 dent that, in opening up the game by the introduction of the forward pass and the onside kick, fractures and dis locations. torn fragments. and other serious n1ishaps have become more numerous. The list this fall shows 5N cases where players have been inca pacitated through the more serious forms of injury. In no other year has a published list approached that num- Der. The summary here printed does not include the more trifling hurts. such as simple sprains, muscle bruis- es and gashes: It is noted also that many football accidents never find their way into print. But the list here given is enough to show that football is sill strenuous pastime.
 Four additional deaths from football are "holdovers," having been the re- suit of injuries in 1910. This brings the total deaths up to IT. The notice able decrease this year was in the number of college players injured, only two being killed this year, compared with four in 1910 and ten in 1909. One of this years injured was girl-Miss school at Evansville, Ind. A girls team was practising and her arm was broken. ,.
 Of the colleges Michigan suffered heaviest in injuries. Three broken legs and score of minor injuries were the toll. Yale also had a long list of injured, though of less serious nature.
 The deaths of the year were as fol- lows:
 Bruce Adams, g, Fairmount, Ind, back broken while playing with the Fairmount Athletics against the Alex andria Tigers at Alexandria, Ind, in game Nov, 5: taken from field uncon- scious and died two days later.
 James Carey, 14 years old, of Mill ford. Mass; while playing in gram mar school game on an open field he lost his bearings and ran upon rail- road track and was killed by a pass ing train. Sept. 28.
 Ralph Dimmick, 2 years old, former star tackle at Notre Dame University in game between Pacific University students and alumni at Portland, Ore, on Oct. 10 HIS luLS was pieTCeQ Dy two fractured ribs; pneumonia set in and he died a week later.
 Michael J. Eckle, Rochester, N. J., Nov. 4, an 1S-year-old schoolboy, died as a result of a blow over the heart received in an athletic club contest.
 Roy Farrar, IT years old, tackle on Pierre (S. D. High School eleven, kicked on head during practice game on Oct. 22; died a week later.
 Joseph Firanski, 17 years old, Pitts burgh; injured by being tackled in a scrub game on Oct. 20; died the next day without regaining consciousness.
 Harold L. Hankins, IS years old, Lin- coin High School team of Seattle; in jured in game against Tacoma High and carried from field; blood poison ing developed, causing death on Nov. IA, ten days later.
 Thomas Higgins. 16 years old, Ocono- mowoc, Wis, skull fractured in high school game; died on Nov. 6, two days later.
 Charles Lange, 19 years old. fresh man at Montana Agricultural College; vertebrae fractured in game on Oct. g.; remained paralyzed until Oct. 2s. when he died.
 Lawrence Luthy, 15 years old, Bur- lington, Ia.; injured in hip during scrimmage as member of South Boun- dAry High team; abscess and blood