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Show M CASUALTY LIST H 1 i'' Bj -Many Dentlis and Serious Iii- H'r juries Sustained in Bj - Society Game. Hl 5 PEOPLE LIKE THE GAME j ; ' REGARDLESS OF BRUTALITY " Hj: ' High School Boys Head List in H; Number of Killed by 1 Tribunn Special Sportins Service. HlY NEW 3r0RK, Doc. 1. Purified foot- Hij' ball, although purged of tho most notor- , iously brutal features of the "old" Hi! game, aua further omaseulinntcd by Hjj shorter ami less killing schedule?, ncv- HJ' I crthcless exacted its menaure of de.nl Hi and injured during the season just end- Hl' cd. Its toll of fourteen fatalities is a J decided deerenso from the total of twentv-four deaths in 1905. Xo im- H'r " provement is indicated, however, in comparison with the two previous" .years, J' 1904 and 1903, during each of which H.J) there were fourteen deaths. - One of tho fourteen deaths during the H.i' nast season was indirect, inasmuch as B'i it was tho outcome of a riot during a i I heated contest at Davenport. Town, i, i Xov. 3. Ed Littig's foot was torn off Ht , in the wheel of a buggy on the side i I lines, death resulting several days later. Hr, " I One hundred or moro spectators wcro HkJt injured and three were serious! hurt Hht at Syracuse, N. Y.. Oer. 20, when the l; ' bleachers collapsed during the Svracuso- H' j Colgate contest, precipitating -J 00 pcr- Krj . sons to the ground. V Short schedules for the "big" B,- ;' schools and the absence of meetings bo- I twecu the foremost members of the Hf . "!'g nine" in the West, are regarded as largely responsible for the fact that ' f the hospital lists were not larger. At ; the Chicago camp only three players j were injured during the season Parn Wnlker and Kelloy but Chicago haa Hfv but onc reallv crucial conflict, on its H' ' schedule of five games, and did not Hi clash witli either Michigan or Wiscon- In the subjoined list of injuries, onlj Ht those of a serious nature arc given. ' The dead and injured: . , Killed in Games. HIV- BRAWN, LEO C. IS vears of nC, Hll' member ot Houghton (Mich.) High Hj j school team, died from kick over heart ' received in Houghton-Calumet High ; school contest two weeks previous) v. ; CRISLER. LEWIS A., right end Ohio ( v Wcsleyan team, dropper! dead of heart H. ' failure at Delaware. Ohio, Oct. 1G, af- 1 ter running down a punt. . CURTIS, .TAMES. 25 years of age, Hv fullback of Great Falls, Mont., team, died at Fort Shaw. Mont., Nov. 10, of in- V, .. tenia! injuries received in contest with BK Fort Shaw Indian team: lingered a few Blji hours; was native of Syracuse, N. Y. 'Jr' ELLIS, W. GLINN, 21 years of age, H 4 member of Toronto University team, H; died at Toronto, Ont., Oct. 12. as a re- Hi suit of kick in head received' in prne- k tice Oct. 10. Hf . PEARY HOLLAND, died from injur- Hm es rccived in practice' game at Mult- HJ nomah Athletic club grounds, Portland, HT. i Oregon, Sept. 30; died several days af- Hrr ter the accident. H(( FULWIDER, HARRY, 1-i vears of r-r age, died Oct. 26 at. Bellfontafne, Ohio, i J oi blood poisoning following injuries 1ft received in Liberty High school game, ft HAMMERLE, LEONARD. 15 years X of age, member South Side High school f, team of Pittsburg, Pa., dropped dead .' Oct. 27 as a result of overexertion dur- : ing game. 'f ' . HEDDEN, ROGER, thrown on head. : in making tackle in game at Mount , i Sterling, Ky., Oct. 3, and died of cou- H'f j cussion of the brain. , HYATT, CHARLES T.. 16 vears of age. of Roscoe, 111., died at ikimilton, Hift 01li. Nov. 20, of blood poisoning re' X Bilking from a broken shoulder; was ' . member of Ohio Military Institute team 'I ni College Hill, Ohio. i KENNED 1', JOHN C. 19 years old, .; ,of fro. 2- Y-i captain and right half- l oock ot Lawreuceville (N. J.) prepara- Ifl tory school team; kicked on head dur- i '. nff practice game Sept. 26, and died an I uour later of concussion of tho brain. Ht! f LTTT1G, ED., spectator at contest at 1 Davenport, Iowa, became engaged in M -if?"1 during game Nov. 3, and his right jI ,ir,ot ',vas torn off from being caught in H'jm ouggy wheel and dragged. ' B'tli N'ICOL, LYLE, 16 vears of age, son ,I( HMh Nicol, athletic director of'Pur- HtJj ne University; was kicked in abdomen Tit - '5 practice game at Lafayette, Ind., Jl -ov. Id, and died same dav. lij PAULIN, CAMERON, 21 vears of l a6' m?.mber of Toronto Univorsitv M ?eam died at Toronto, Ont., Oct. 4 of Bf injuries received in scrimmage the pre- (i VI0U? ny; hiH skull was fractured, f ; SUYDAM,' CHARLES, 19 years of E ?ee;; gripped while making flying tackle A in "-gh school football game at Mor- I nstown, . j., Oct. 13, and fell, break- - ing his neck. fi Seriously Injured. K;M Sept. 29 William Snyder, AVest- ' ern University of Pennsylvania, i-i ' lwo nbs broken and internal iniuries; i 1 bonier, Pennsylvania, muscles ot back U. ! . Sei't. 22Brumbaugh, Lehigli full li back, hand broken. HIU SePt; JV0"15 Knecht, Central l.' Manual Training school, Philadelphia, ' shouldor dislocated; Charles Tiers, Gcr- If i mantown academy, Philadelphia, le" E' j broken. , Sept. 26 James P. Stimson, cap-Ibf cap-Ibf Kiiin oyracuBo, water on knee: Pollack Cornell, water on knee; Ga'rdner, Cor' K: nel, sprained ankloi , Sep1- 27 Bloom, Indiana end, mi sprained knee; Ketnath, Pennsylvania v.' quarter back, ankle ligaments torn and H(f bone scraped. 1 Sept. 28 McGautchie, Indian end, Hi wrenched ankle. Hl f0- 20 ,re c'rtis, Michigan cup- 7 tain, sprained thumb. ' Oct. 1 Elmer Soltzor, White Eagles H' of Shamokin, Pa,, skull fractured; H Frederick Neilhart . 'Shainokin. Pn., sov- B-' eral ribs fractured; Elmer Reitz, Tre- B vorton, at Mahnnoy City,' Pa., concus- B.' sion of brain and spine injured; Sti- m vctts, Mount Cannel, at Mahanoy City, B ?a-' compound fracture of nose; Gcorgo m 4 Sharplcss, Third Ward Athletic associ-ntion, associ-ntion, Chester, Pa., right shoulder blade t , fractured ; Paul Turk, Rose Polytechnic, K fractured shoulder blade. V Oct, 3 "Bobby"' Burch, left end, Yale, broken collar bone, !Now Haven, , Conn.; Louis Groon (colored), quarter back Hydo, Park High school, shoulder dislocatod in tackling heavy player-Reginald player-Reginald Woodalo, Baracn class, First Baptist church, Connollsvillo, Pa., arm broken; Claudo Mayor, Baracn class, First Bnptiat church, Connellsvillc, Ta., noso brokon. Oct. 4 Lowrv, full back, Pennington university, at. Pennington, N. J., ankle sprained. Oct. 5 Presley Showalter, Sharon High school, Sharon. Pa., arm brokon; Albort Everhart, Sharon High school, Sharon, Pa., nnklo broken; Nonnou Build, Sharon High school, Sharon, Pa., broken finger. Oct. 6 Charley Tor ter colored), Syracuse Syr-acuse tackle, arm sprained at New Haven Ha-ven by being tackled heavily; Horr, Svrncuse guard, back wrenched; Stein. Svracuso full back, badly wrenched bnek; Roomo, Yalo full back, badly injured in-jured leg, incapacitating him for prac-t.icallv prac-t.icallv entire season; Bigolow. Yale, leg injured; "Tad" Jones, Yale quarter back, wrenched ankle; O'Rourkc, Cornell, Cor-nell, kneo dislocatod. Oct. 7 Diedlow, Michigan City, Ind., two ribs brokon; Jorgenflon, Michigan City, Ind., collar bono fractured. Cct. 8 Paul A. Bartholomew, Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania compound fracture of left log; Bigolow. Ynle, water on elbow. Sept. '9 Knocke, Minnesota, twisted knee. Oct. 10 Forbes, Yae tackle, knocked unconscious. Oct. 11 Ira Carrithcrs. captain Illinois, Illi-nois, knee dislocated (old injury); Thomas C'arcw, Delegate to Congress from Alaska, sprained nnkle. Oct. 12 "Bob" Forbes, Yale, injured in-jured foot; Robert Dicfendorfcr, Boys' Grammar school, Bethlehem, Pa., fracture frac-ture of left arm. Oct. 13 Oscar Munson, Sterling, Til.. Ave ribs fractured and otherwise injured; in-jured; Stephen Kennedy, East Side Milwaukee Mil-waukee High school, delirious from injuries in-juries in game at Kenosha, Wis., ro-quired ro-quired four men to hold him; Dwan. Notre Dame quarter back, injured nnkle: Robert Bo3er, Lebanon High school. Lebanxm, Pa., collar bone broken; brok-en; Harry Prank, Northern Lights eleven. Lancaster. Pa, jaw broken; John II . Craig, Beverly A. C. Beverly, N. J.. knee broken; Albert Davenport. Philadelphia, ankle broken; Edward Picho, Plainwell, Mich., kicked in back nnd probably rendered cripple for life; Mentor House!, Plainwell, Mich., right leg broken. Oct. 15 .Timniv Henneker, Strong school, New Haven. Conn., broken leg, resulting in prohibiting football in public pub-lic Fchools- of city. Oct. 16 Partridge, Pennsylvania State college, sprained ankle; Albert Yecklcv, Pennsvlvania State college, spraine'd ankle;" Zink, Pcnnsj-lvania State college, kicked in head. Oct. 14 WilliDm Brown. Yates school, Lancsslcr. Pa., collar bono broken. Groom, Drake class team. Des Moines, Iowa, knee broken. Finch, Drake 'varsity "sub," Dps Moiues, Iowa, unconscious from blow on tho head. Oct. IS Bracken, Notre Dame captain, cap-tain, knee injured. Walter Camp, Jr., Westminster school, Simsburg, Conn., collar bouo broken. Oct. 20 Ed Parry. Chicago, right tackle, finger split. Robortson, Purdue left tackel. right shoulder dislocated. Frushour, Purdue right tackle, tooth broken. Swenson. Wcstorn of Pennsvlvania. Penn-svlvania. two ribs broken and lung penetrated. Delauten, Purdue left guard. left leg twisted. Pursell, North Division High school left end. collar bone broken. Soukup, Wisconsin right half, compound fracture of right leg. Sheldon, Ohio State ccutcr, knee injured. in-jured. Lawrence, Ohio State center, left arm broken. Chaloupka, Nebraska left guard, severely injured. Spencer, Navv captain, knee ligament badly wrenched. "Bunny" Rogers, North Division Di-vision High school half back, kicked in stomach. Pureell, North Division High school, shoulder ligament strained. Embs, Michigan, wrenched knee. An-drus. An-drus. Yalo trcshniun guard, sprained ankle. Oct. 21 Pucdwa. Colonials of Chicago, Chica-go, rib broken. Greenbaum, Columbians Colum-bians of Chicago, rib broken. Oct. 23 Dnnh, Cornell, Ithaca, N. Y., elbow dislocated. Oct. 24 Garey, West Point, leg broken. Scarlett", Pennsylvania, hand sprained . Oct. 25 Jcansen, Ames, wrenched ankle. Oct. 26 Townsend, Pennsylvania, thumb broken. J. Brown, New York University, ligament of log torn. Born-stein, Born-stein, Now York University, two ribs broken. Arthur Weiss, South- Bethlehem, Bethle-hem, right arm broken. Henry McKon-zie, McKon-zie, Frostburg team, Loancouing, Md., hip dislocateu and leg broken. Oct. 27 Loell. Michigan, "knocked out" bv blow in stomach. Edward Pete, Waukcgan, Wis., High School team, blow on head and serious internal inter-nal injuries. Folwell. Pennsylvania, hand broken. Quayle, Hyde Park High school, foot injured. Bnbcock, Cornell, knee sprained. Piersol, Buckncll College, Col-lege, shoulder broken. Hansom, Beloit. shoulder dislocated. Rumney, Michigan, Michi-gan, bad cut over eye. Longwell, Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, knee wrenched. Oct. 28 Jack Mulligan. Black Bock team. Bridgeport .Conn., left leg broken in two places. James Sayles, Victors' team, Bridgeport, Conn., three ribs broken. Oct. 31 "Cody" Clark, Wisconsin half back, sprained shoulder. Rogers, Wisconsin left end, wrenched knee: Zctsler, Wisconsin half back, leg badly injured. Hosier, Wisconsin, sprained nnkle. Bleyer, Wisconsin, fainted twico from "exhaustion after practice scrimmage. Brooks. Illinois quarter back, badly wrenched leg. Hodges, Illinois, knee hurt. Nov. 1 Kcinath, Pennsylvania, rendered ren-dered unconscious by striking ground on his head when tackling: O'Flynn, Notre Dame fullback, shoulder badly injured. Nov. 3 Magoffin, Michigan, ankle wrenched; Bonner, Hydo Park high achool, gash cut in head; Morrow, Washington and Jefferson college, log sprained; Zanor, Washington and Jefferson Jef-ferson college, ligiments in leg badly torn; Kohler, Lancaster high school, Lancaster, Pa., concussion of the brain; McAvoy, Lafayette, cartiloge of nose broken; Patrick, Michigan, nnkle wrenched. Nov. 4 William Daly, face lnceratod and body badly injured and rendered unconscious in game at Iladin Square, Chicago; Ernest Gardener, broken nose in game at Hadin Square, Chicago;. NicholiiH Wernert, right shoulder dislocated, dis-located, body spiked, and rendered unconscious un-conscious in game at Hadin Square, Chicago. Nov. 5 Walker, PennH3lvania, water on kneo. Nov. 7 Stewart, Illinois end, anklo sprained; Frank, Wisconsin end, bndly injured by "kidney knock-out blow." Nov. S John Shay, Holy Cross ncad-omy, ncad-omy, Worcester, Mass., breast bone fractured; Joo Curtis, Michigan captain, sprained ankle; Paul Gilroy, Lake Forest, For-est, III., collar bono brokoii while play-ing play-ing with Deorfield, Wis,, high school. Nov. 10 Arthur Oscn of Oconomo-woc. Oconomo-woc. quarterback on Stout Manual team of Menomimce, concussion of brain, maj prove fatal; Joo Curtis, Michigan captain, leg broken from tripping over 4 n "scrub" in game with scrubs; Eddie" Ed-die" Dillon. Princeton quarterback, tcmporurilv deranged; Stephen J. Byrd, quarterback Central (Mo.) college, fracture of right leg; Zuckcrmnn. University Uni-versity High, hit in head nnd delirious for several hours: Pullen. West Point, severely injured; Kellcy. Chicago, linger dislocated : ' ' Cody ' ' Clark. Wisconsin halfback, left foot hurt; Ldward Coy, captain Yale freshmen, kneo badly sprained; "Gus" Zeigler, Pennsylvania, ankle wrenched; Coleman Benson, Baltimore Bal-timore Polvtechnic. skull fractured; Cook, Ursinus college, Reading, Pa., elbow el-bow fractured; Barrett, Swart more, water wa-ter on knee; Morse, Yale captain, knee badly bruised; Hcblor, Nescopek team, Berwick, Pa., leg brokon; Tatnal, Ilav-erford Ilav-erford college. Ilnvorford, Pa., water on knee; Glaze. Dartmouth, leg wrenched so severely as to keep him out of game rest of season. . Nov. 11 Burklcy. Colonials of Chicago, Chi-cago, gash in henn; Percy Gronnan, Spaldings, teeth knocked out. Nov. 13 Hughes, Wilmingtoti high school, Philadelphia, left knee dislocated; dislo-cated; Miller, Harvard, shoulder dislocated; dislo-cated; McAvoy, Lafayette college, rib broken. . . . , Nov. 16 Tenney, Princeton, trivial injuries received iii practice develop serious se-rious aspect. Nov. 17 Wnlker, Chicaco left end, wrenched ankle; Stewart, Illinois right ' "1. kiifii-'-od unconscious: Earl Current, Minneapolis captain, ligatures in should-cr should-cr until v strained; Deniing. Oak Park high school, shouldor hurt; Bonner. Urde Park high school, blow on head; Willnrd Andrews, Rock Falls. Ill-broken Ill-broken collar bone; Smith. Ripon quarterback, quar-terback, broken shoulder blade; Brooks, Illinois, wrenched knee; Bishop, Michigan, Michi-gan, foot injured and back strained; Parker, Harvard, bad cut on head. Nov. 24 Fuller, Chicago Veterinary college, leg broken: Page, Vale, sprained hand; Morso, Vale captain, wrenched knee; Wilkic, Nebraska, severely bruised; Eddie Moll, Madison (Wis.) hiuh school, rib broken. SUMMARY OF ACCIDENTS OF 1906. Death Causes. Concussion of brain 4 Internal injuries 3 Heart failure 2 Blood poisoning 2 Other causes 3 Total 1 Classification. Preparatory students 7 College men 3 Others Seventeen years and under 4 Injuries. Knee or anklo Injured 43 Head injured 21 Lcf Iirokon 1G Sboulder broken 12 Ribs broken 12 Arm dislocated nnd broken 17 Finger broken 5 Ligaments torn 5 Nose broken I , Inlcrnal Injuries 4 Snlne injured I Miscellaneous 17 Total 1C0 Six Years of Football Casualties, In- x Deaths. Juries). 1901 .... 7 74 100 15 10C 1003 II 03 1004 14 loon 21 ;oo 1000 11 154 Hlgh-Grado Watches. Low Prices. A. S. Reiser, Jeweler, No.- 12 Enst First South street. . V' |
