Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-13

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the freshmen charged the sophmores, who
stood surrounding their bowl. with the
| object OF getting as many hands on the
| goal as possible, as every hand on the
bowl" after the scrimmage meant Q
point In the score
WENT DOWN TOO SOON"
TIE 300 freshmen rushed at the $50 wait
| ing sophomores. Difson was in the first
| rank Of the charging class. The crush
| of men behind him drove him through
| the lines until he slipped on the rain
| drenchcd turf and went down; he thought
he could get his hands on the edge of the
! wooden bowl
! At the time Lifson went down there
/ we're four minutes still to go. Only those
nearest to him knew of his dangerous
position. He was being trampled under
the feet OF the fighters, and while II was
| certainly the object to get hands on the
bowl" this was not usually attempted
| by freshmen until they had beaten off
| enough sophs to make II comparatively
| safe to pile UP on the bowl. Lifson, as
1t was explained, went down too soon, !"
! and his face was buried In the mud for
three or four minutes, suffocation re-
sultng.
I'm BEING KILLED"
Before Blfson was silenced by the
smothering, sweating bodies that piled
upon him, he realized his danger. Two
of those closest to him knew he had
fallen They are ID. q. Thomas, fresh
man, from Wilkes-Barre, and John Wal
ker. of Chester, also a freshman. AS
they saw that Lifson was being trampled
under the feet of the groaning and
squirming mob. they shouted warnings,
but their voices were lost In the tumult.
Bifson himself cried, feebly. MY God,
I'm being killed.!
Those nearest to him pushed back, but
n new charge toppled them over too,
and in the Overwhelming weight Of scores
of young men It was impossible to do any
thing but walt The remaining minute
was intermlnable for the few men who
knew Blfson's position. At last the
whistle of the referee blew and the 30 men
on top of Lifson were dragged of.
PULMoToR USED IN VAIN
Lifson was Unconscious. He was purple'
In the face. A passing truck was called
and he was rushed out Spruce street two
squares to the University Hospital. Or.
John Piper, chief resident physician, said
that the student was dead when he
reached the Institution. The stethoscope
was applied, but no pulse could he de-
tected. The pulmotor was put into use as
a last resort to restore respiration, but to
no avail.
Lifson's elder brother Edward Lifson.
watched the fight from the sldellnes and
had remarked that he thought 1t was
clean battle and better than 1t had been
In former years. He went to classroom
before 1t was over and did not know his
brother had been killed until Dean Quinn
had him called from class and told him
of the tragedy.
WILL BE NO AUTOPSY.
He rushed to the hospital, watched the
physicians try to revive his brother and
then went to the Provost's office His
father, Albert Lifson, n wealthy furniture
dealer of 205 Grand street, Elizabeth. n.
j.. was called by ng-distance telephone,
and Irving Fieldman, the dead Ioy's
brother-in-law of 6lI3 Jefferson street,
also was notified.
Mr. Lifson started at once for Philadel-
phia and arrived at o'clock. He tried TO
withhold the news of the tragedy from
his wife, but 1t reached her ears and she
accompanied him to this city.
The parents of Lifson visited the hos
pital last night and today Edward Lifson
took his mother back to Elizabeth. Mr..
I.ifson went to see Provost Smith In his
office today. He said he did not want an
autopsy performed upon the body of his |
son. He was satisfied that death had |
been caused by suffocation and that no |
further investigation of the circumstances |
would make any difference in the facts |
to be faced. |
Provost Smith Immediately called up |
the Coroner and asked that no autopsy |
he performed. and the Coroner replied |
that he was willing to abandon II but |
that he had already sent DR.. Wadsworth.
Coroner's physician. to the hospital. and I
he told the Provost to get into touch |
with him.
DR.. wadsworth agreed with the physi-
clans at the hospital and with the Provost |