| Show WARFARE ON THE GRIDIRON Why the List of Mishaps Is So Large Speaking of the casualties among foot liall players during the season just closed the Jllnstrntcd Sporting Xows says Ilcys und young men have been hurt while playing football this year and several sev-eral deaths arc laid at tho door of this most violent of pastimes The defenders of the game I do not altcinja to argue that It Is without danger to life und limb It Is true however that such danger is often exaggerated and that rumor Is substituted substi-tuted for fact to swell the list of din d-in newspaper discussion JiuL the record of tho eason now closing Is like those of past years In that grave mishaps are ro parted only among young and untrained pluytrs and that In UK great struggles of the football leaders I there have been nolan no-lan entablo casualties and no deaths It Is no longer a debatahlu question that football can be played without serious damage 1C the players arc properly pro puied for hard campaigning There has been much opposition to running run-ning twoyearold colts In bard races and for precisely the same reasons It Is folly for youths whoso bones and muscles are still In the formative stage to attempt to play roat > all accoidlng to the methods used among college teams where the sport is highly specialized No schoolboys school-boys should be allowed to play match games save under the watchful eye of a competent physical director Until recently re-cently the logical distinction due to youth and Inexperience was not clearly recognized recog-nized In football chances of mishap and nil Injuries were charged up lo the violence vio-lence of the samo < in a lump sum Mike murphy the Inlo trainer 1 man eligible to speak with highest nuthoilly In this Held has hi the t right note In a recent wainlng A boy should not he allowed to par lidpato I in Interscholastlo contests or In any football game demanding long continued con-tinued strain until he s over sixteen The greatest evil In the developing of university univer-sity football players Is 1 Unit so many promising players 1 are strained by hard 1 work before they arc strong enough to endure the t sport in other than friendly and boyish games under the Intelligent dhcctlon of their elders The danger lies In ihc j Ion spirit of rivalry inspired by competitive football |
