The Washington times., 1932-10-29
TEAMS
HEAVILY HIT :
INJURIES.
By COPELAND C. BURG

NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-proof
Of the pudding is in the eating
and it began to look today as
though the national football rules
committee would have to eat It's
new regulations claimed to lessen
the dangers in the game.
Football deaths and injuries
continue at the same pace as in
other years, except injuries are
probably greater and never in the
history Of the game has there
been such a large number Of
stars on the sidelines at mid.
season as in 1882.
Dartmouth, Yale, Harvard,
Columbia, Princeton, Southern
California are among the leading
teams that must take the field
tomorrow with some Of their chief
heroes watching events from the
bench.
Few Pro Injuries
In view of all this in amateur
circles the answer may be found
in what is happening in the pro.
feSSional leagues. Here accidents
are extremely few and the source
of the whole trouble in college
circles appears to be the youths
themselves.
These collegians almost go crazy
every time they get their hands
on the ball and think they must
tear up the whole earth as long
as they still have two good hands
and feet. They don't know how
to relax between plays and go
into all manner of unnecessary
roughness merely to impress the
stands with their ferocity.
"Red" eagle, the former Army
star, was almost killed when he
entered pro ranks before he was
able to understand he could
make just as good showing and
gain just as much ground without
being collegiate. He has learned
his lesson now and plays in the
professional manner.
Pitt Plays Sanely
Pitt is the only big Eastern
School playing as the pros do and
injuries at Pitt have been faw. The
Pitt gents pick up the ball and
lay it down in the nonchalant
manner of Grange, Friedman and
other stars of the pro game and
entirely eliminate the dramatics
favored by their campus rivals.
A great many Injuries have
been suffered by the collegians
in practice this year and most Of
them were due to aspiring youths,
who overdid the thing in order
to impress the coaches. The
coaches can't deny they demand
just that.
"orv" Mohler, q. S. c. star,
and Ed waterbury, crack Cali
fornia end, are out definitely
with injuries and will never play
college football again, this being
their senior year.
Stars On Sidelines
Cornell faces Columbia today
probably with Johnny Ferraro,
great broken field runner, whose
injured shoulder has kept him
idle all season. Dzamba and
Schrawtz, two firstcstring Co
lumbia men, are also Sidelined
with injuries.
Princeton plays Michigan with
out Mil Draudt, clever back
banged up in the Cornell game.
He has twisted neck.
Hugret, star-end Of New York
University, is almost bed-ridden
and won't face Purdue. jos
Johnson, Yale center, got hit
on the head and won't be in
the Dartmouth fray.
Other Casualties
Stan Sokolis, veteran Penn
tackle, has been out for two
weeks with a bad ankle and will
only be at half his fun strength
against Navy. Co-captain Morris
Weiner Of the College Of the City
Of New York team is benched
with leg injury.
Harvard is losing Roger Halo.
well, center, for the Brown tilt.
| Berrien, Wesleyan (Coun.) guard
has a broken hand. Morton,
Dartmouth star, will try to play
against Yale with a broken nose.
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