The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-02

know whether you VIII De aoIe 10
play a year from now or not. To
tell you the truth, think. you
should never play football again.
"You are very typical of hun
dreds of young men / see. Your
muscles have developed complete
" but your bony structure is still
soft. From the outside, at a cas-
ual glance, you look fine. But actu-
ally any strain might permanent
ly cripple you.
81 ought to know what am
talking about. | am the medical
adviser to two high schools, and
year after year see the same
thing. The only mistakes / make
are when | get soft-hearted and
am persuaded to allow~some boy
to play football when | really
think he shouldn't, Every day in
my Office l see men permanently
injured as a result of playing foot
ball in high school"
Footballs a Furnishing Game
1t would be patronizing to say l
agreed with this doctor. / believe
football is too severe a game for
anyone to play during the high
school age. Last year about this
time argued to that effect in this
column and l was the recipient of
a sheaf of letters from football
coaches telling me that / was all
wet and that football had become
a perfectly safe game. 1t was
hardly two weeks later that | saw
an item in the paper TO the effect
that a young man, in a college
football team, had sustained an
injury that necessitated the ampu-
tation of ore leg. That doesn't
sound as if they had made the
game completely safe.
If football were even mildly
interesting game to watch any
more, there might be that excuse
for it. But it has now degenerat-
ed into the stupidest of outdoor
games, not even excepting water
polo. It's a referees game. saw,
a game of water polo once when
the referee lost, He blew his
whistle so much that one of the
teams swarmed out of the water
and beat him up. If there were
any prospect of that happening in
football / might be tempted to go
to 4 game this season,
When Bones Are Pliable
High school football is more
dangerous than college football in
exact proportion to the difference
in age of the players. With all the
bones Of the body still pliable at
the ages of fourteen to eighteen, it
is natural that permanent injury
to the back and other joints may
occur. No amount of protective
equipment can prevent that. But
another danger of high school
football is that the players are not
adequately protected, the athletic
associations of high schools not
being able to- afford the expendi-
ture that the more prosperous uni
versity associations can afford.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
L. NJ. P.-"Please tell me what
is the difference between Vitamin
B, b. and b.. Which is best for
general building up and quick re-
suits"
Answer-When Vitamin B was
first discovered it was supposed to
be one substance. 1t was later
found to have several different in
gradients with different proper
ties. For instance, one part Of the
Vitamin p complex is destroyed
by heat, while another one is re-
sistant to heat. Vitamin 81 pre-
vents development Of certain
forms Of neuritis, while B, pre-
vents the appearance Of the de-
ficiency disease, pellagra. b. is
destroyed by high temperatures.
Autoclaved yeast will not prevent
neuritis but will prevent pellagra.
Ordinary cooking temperatures
probably do not destroy very much
b.. Both b. and B, are necessary
for growth and probably for what
you call general building up"
Nuts, yolk Of eggs, cereals, whole
wheat bread, wheat germ and
yeast contain both Vitamin b. and
Nitamin b.. A Vitamin B salad
was given in this column last
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