Evening star., 1948-10-19
Tar Heel Shoots Self
Accidentally. After
Games Take Big Toll
BY the Assoeioted Press

~ iHe RsSoSiuIoo FfeSS
College football players had an
exceptionally rough time of 1t last
Saturday. The ambulances. were
busy on widely separated gridirons
hauling scores of manned gladiators
off to the infirmary.
Ted Hazelwood was lucky-or was
he? The regular tackle on North
Carolina's undefeated powerhouse,
emerged unscathed as the Tar Heels
beat North Carolina State, 14-0. -,
The Tar Heels skipped practice
yesterday and Ted went to the
target practice range. In pulling a
pistol from his hip pocket, it &C
cidentally discharged, and Ted got q
bullet in his thigh.
He'll be out two or more weeks,
not a happy thought for Coach
Carl Snavely, whose club is third In
the weekly Associated Press poll of
the Nations top college teams-and
with tough games ahead.
Fullbacks Take Beating.
Other coaches trotted the healthy
members of their squads out for
Monday practice after checking of
assorted casualties with a sigh.
Halfback Cliff Van Meter, Tulane,
broke an arm against Mississippi
and probably Is lost for the season.
Ditto Russ Strait, 220-pound
Muhlenberg fullback, only his was
a leg broken in the Lafayette game.
Ditto Halfback Shirley Hamel,
Bates, shoulder separation in the
Northeastern fray.
Fullbacks. apparently, were the
particular targets of the day.
Princeton, Fullback Jack Dawson
will watch the Tigers play Columbia
from the bench next Saturday. Jack
got badly wrenched ankle in the
Rutgers tussle.
Bob (Whitey) Campbell, star
Miami F1aD fullback, will have to
miss the Georgia affair Saturday.
In the Miami -Villanova game,
Campbell's right leg muscle was
torn from the bone.
CornelIs Top Scorer Hurt.
Fullback Jess Fleischmann, Cor
nelrs top scorer, hurt a leg as the
Big Red whipped Syracuse.
Walt Bolen, Richmond University
fullback, hurt knee in the v. M. I.
game, but expects to see some action
Saturday against Hampden-S Sydney
John Panelli, Notre Dame full
back, bruised his back, but Iowa
probably will see him Saturday.
Harvard Fullback Paul Shafer is
lost for the Dartmouth game. The
Crimson medic wouldn't disclose the
nature Of the injury.
"Fatso" Day, Northwestern guard,
suffered a shoulder separation
against Michigan, and won't play
in the Syracuse game this week.
Down in the Southwest, Left End
Wray Whitaker of Texas A. g. M.
was hospitalized with a conclusion
in the game with T. c. U. He may
not play against Baylor Saturday.
Halfback Frank Guess of Texas
had, his left elbow dislocated by
Arkansas and is out two weeks.
Arkansas Scott Battered.
Clyde slSmackover) Scott. Arkan-
sas ace back. picked up q bruised
foot"in the game, but the Razor
backs have an open date this week.
Barney Poole, Mississippi end, lost
two teeth in the Tulane fracas. He
expects to play against Boston COL
lese this week just the same. Half
back Charley Nelson, Brown, suf-
fered broken nose in the Holy
Cross game.
Dozens Of other injuries, minor
and serious, dot the collegiate grid
map. Bum knees, hips, backs and
shoulders were the reward for six
Colorado Buffalos who were tram
pied by Iowa State.
Nobody's complaining too much,
though, unless it's the coaches, and
the really have a right to yelp after
last week.
But nothing has been said about
calling off any games this Saturday.