Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-18
4y080 PERSONS WERE SERIOUSLY
INJURED DURING The SEASON
When II IS Recalled that 10, COO. 900 En-
gage in Three Great National Pastimes
Records Show that Injuries and FataIi-
ties Are Small Indeed.
SEASON OF 1911.
Seriously
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Chicago. Dee. 1.-THE toll ~ life and
limb cNactcd IN sport t. declining. Care
ful records kept ~ the three major sports
for the season just closed show that Am
orleans are attaining a more safe and
sane polh-N on their Fairgrounds and
~ the forests. OF the millions Of red
blood"d American men and boys who have
gone into the woods with the rifle. played
the great national game III baseball. and
put their muscles ~ the strenuous tests
Of football only 10 have met death this
wear. The injuries that the tabulatnr>
clas>cd ~ serious total Iu>O. and Of this
number fully half have entirely recovered.
When one stops ~ think ~ the MANY
who engage in these three great pa>timeS.
fully 10000. 600 al the least estimate, the
toll If deaths and injuries does not seem
80 terrible. In fact. III h. believed that
the same number uf men and hoyS. III en-
gagged during the same number of hours
~ work or IN travel. would meet with in
Jury and death in proportion fully a.
great - they did in their f%ayoriir sports.
The hunting fatalities NJ The year fell
on from Ia last wear. although the i'll
JuricS jumped from ~ H. lG2. The com
pari>on shows 4 satisfactory gain fnr
sane hunting. \ campaign NJ warning
was wagcd IN each uf The ~ states from
which the figures are drawn. Wisconsin
lost x; hunters. Michigan ~. Minnesota
l.. Michigan had T. injured huut~mcn.
Wisconsin ~. and Washington ~. From
the statistics ~ the game license bureaus,
u n estimated that lIU. uun hunted deer
during h. open season.
Baseball. la which nearly every IT,,
IN America INDUCED and fully unrffih
81 American men took part. besides the
numhcflc>> professional and semi prufr>
Slnnal PLAYERS. make a remarkably good
showing with only - deaths attributable
a. injuries received III The game. OF This
numncr ~ were mir hv pitched balls =
were struck with bats. over cxrrtrd
themselves ! was hurt sliding tn base
aud one WAS killed III 4 fight Of the Hl>
injuries recorded ~ apparently serious.
Ill were of broken limbs, n had elfru~
SION ~ The brain. 4. had their skulls
fractured. ! were nlralvZcd. ~ received
serious Sprain>. II were spiked. IL r%-,rit
81 FRACTURES. ! were put ont of tlc run
hihg ~ diSlocalinn~. AMI ~ were ,irtim.
81 torn ligamcnts. III the minor leagues
"" were injured III the American league
-. National League ~ Federal League.
ID, and on college teams. y.
Football. the most strenuous, nf Amrri
yam games. cNaci> \ remarkable light TOT
ms wear OF course. The death l.>t
II does not "unVrv the Fun ~~uriuu>u.>> WI
TIE game Among the injured. and The,
=" many and constant that the, could nnt
all H. accurately tahulaicl many are Der
manrntlN injured. Considering tn great
numbers ~ school iolm-. Y llrrr frlm-
AMI boys who took part in fhp game thi.
wear AMI thu opportunities llr ruuuh
work which are ALWAYS prr>tu I'M Nm.
game. the wonder IL that ihr death li>t
y - small. This i~ attributed I'M ntrt
u" The thorough, trained condition NJ the
school anu college teams. uud thr care
iul selection IT tlr most hard, ,nuth> w
make up the teams. Onl, two WI tL. W,
'%all'lrS were among college men. unr WI
These died from heart disease ana ih,.
"'hrr from injuries iu y class game. The
others were members VII high ". lnuI. nrr
laratorN >chuol> ur free lanes t.,m.
N"hc ~ the hn,> were over lr ,rlr. rf
~" Tackline vi> thr principal riu>..r
ne injuries that resulted in death pf
nc = thousand ul mur ra>r. nf fu
Jurn noted. fnll, lH'f w, t.uun w. have
'nilfrlN recovered anna it f~ estimated
lhl' nc r"ru'rrIc~ viii r-lrh three pu1r
icrS " the number