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Show I B!C GASOALTlf LIST Game Is America's Favorite Outdoor Amusement. Al-though Al-though Dangerous. H ROOSEVELT CONGRATULATES YOUNG HARVARD PLAYER University of Denver Wins Western Championship; Utah Runner-Up. 4 Broken collarbones 42 i- : Broken logs 00 j Broken arms lis j -- Broken Jaws 6 4 Broken noses 24 ;- .1- Broken ribs (players) 1G I- v Concussions of tho brain 12 Torn ligaments 20 !- v Sprains 155 DIslocationi 2S Lockjaw 1 Insanity I 4 i Miscellaneous Teeth knocked ! r out, scalp wounds, cuts, etc.. 90 4 X Total 333 ? rU Records for Eight Years. 'U Tear. Deaths. InJ'd. 4- 1901 7 74 4 rf. 1902 15 10G 4 1003 1-1 133 v A 1004 14 29G -j. . 1905 24 200 -r v 1906 14 100 -4. 1 4 1907 15 166 4 l r. 1903 15 833 4- 'T. . . . , . .wj. i Tho football soason just closed has been a prosperous one. All records -were broken in point of attendance, which netted tho various colleges and high schools thousands of dollars for their athletic fund reserves. Yet, -while the bright side of tho same was most pleasing, it is considered too bad that all records should have been broken for killed and injured during tho cca- Football rules irere changed to lessen the dangers of tho cramo. The open play brought about by the ten-yard rule, forward passing and on-sido kick-ing, kick-ing, seems to have, been a failure as fa r as any great saving of lifo and limb Tvas concerned. "When it is taken into H consideration that fifteen dead and 333 injured as the result of tho 190S foot- Hl ball season it makes ono sit up and think. Can such a game be called humane? But like tho Spaniard who H craves for the bullfight in which dumb animals arc slaughtered and gored to furnish sport, so is the American de-sirs de-sirs for football in -which tho young man is carried dead from the field, a hero (?) in the eyes of tho grandstand. It is "not an uncommon thing to hear someone from the sidelines yell, ''Kill himl knock him outl" yet this same person yelling might probably be tho most kmdhearted person at the game. It is merely the excitement of the mo- nient in which the factions become ! frenzied with enthusiasm and the sight of blood, instead of producing awe, only (ends to the more excite the winning side. In ono eastern game seventeen people were carried from the field, one of which resulted in death, still the ex-cited ex-cited spectators were not moved to sym-pathy sym-pathy in the least and remained to boo .be finish of the bloody contest. Amer icans cannot see how it is possible that Spaniards can sit around a bullring watching a mad bull goring horses to death, but on the other hand the Span- i iards cannot understand how the Amer-ican Amer-ican people collect in such large mini- ; bers to watch a 'football gamo -where life is of no consideration, but where i the ball must be advanced or secured j regardless of the cost. Utah Boy in List. The football deaths during the past 1 season were: Balthazar, Wilfred, high school player, of Waterbury, Conn.; spinal column fractured. Cooper, John, member of University of North Carolina eleven at Charlotte, 2T. C; injury to spinal cord. Dickson, Ernest, end on University of Arkansas eleven; pneumonia follow-ing follow-ing injury in Austin, Texas. Dougherty, Albert, member of Y. M. C. A.- toam of Evansvillc, Ind. t Dyck, J. J., senior of Southeastern sormal school in Weatherford, Okla.; internal injuries, Emmer, Albert, captain of high 1 school team in -Sparta, !Mich. Evans, Thomas, member of Utah Agricultural College in Logan, Utah; dislocated neck. Elwell, William, of Upper Alton, 111.; I cangrene poisoning following injur v. Ferebec, G. Cook, half-back on "Vir- 1 pnik 3Iilitary Institute eleven, Lesiag- Hl ton, Va.; concussion of brain. Green, Albert, Mahanoy City, Pa. ferkert f'harJes. apoetntor at game ' COACH CALLAHAJST. r imininiiiiiiiii i i il i iiiMiii mi ii ii n i mi i ii u m n i in irrrr- i ill ill I Hi 1 1 in r li ii ' 11 1 Hi I II 1) ii ii I in I i ' i m ill i i iii ii i ii i i iii if UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM. in Great Bend, Kan.; run over ' by players. filler, Arthur, member of high school team in West Bend, Wis.; concussion con-cussion of brain. Murphy, Bartholomew, of Bayonnc, N. J.; internal injuries. Potts, William At., member of scholastic team of Cannbnsburg, Pa.; kicked in head. Smith, William, of Clarion, Ta.; aggravated ag-gravated heart trouble. Early in September a dispatch from Latrobo, Pa., said that tho local team opened the season there, and tho following fol-lowing list was appeuded to it: William Cadman, right arm broken; Joseph Caldwell, loft ear almost torn off; Charles Cramt'elt, llirce feoth knocked out and face contused; Wil-Ham Wil-Ham Stiffoy, several bones in left hand broken. Game Barred After Fatality. Then came tho first fatality of the year, J. J. Dyck receiving injuries from which he died in Weatherford, Okla. ' ffl L- EENEST L. VEE WTEBE, Harvard Fullback. As a result football was abolished at the Southwestern normal school there. All the fatalities occurred in open play. G. Cook Perebee, of the Virginia Military Institute eleven, was killed as the result of being thrown while running run-ning with the ball, and William M. Potts of Caunonsburg. Pa., was kicked in the head while tackling an opposing player. John Cooper was fatally injured in-jured by tackling a dummy in practice. Jivcn Charles Marker, who was watcli-iiiEv.li watcli-iiiEv.li came in Great Bend, Kan., was run over as the players swarmed 'to one side of the field aud trampled him to death. Wilfred Balthazar of Waterburv, Conn., was paralyzed from his Khoul-ders Khoul-ders down from tho time his spinal column col-umn was fractured until he died. The twenty-three players injured when n grand stand was blown down by a tornado in Savannah. Mo., are not included in the list. They had taken i shelter from the rain and wore crushed 1 by heavy timbers falling on them. The oft ropi'atcd defense of tho "-ame that it is the untrained bovs. who are the sufferers is not borno out bv the injuries recorded in Uie following table: Killed. Injured". College players . joj High school players S j)2 Athletic members 2 ' r0 Real Champions. Harvard and Pennsylvania are tied for football honors of tho year, hav-ing hav-ing defeated all the big colleges in the I east. The attendance at these games 1 was far in excoss of tho seating capacity j and as much as $100 was offered for ' good Beats at some of the big games. 1 An honor that, no oilier football , player has ever received has been bestowed be-stowed on Ernest L. Vcr Wicbc, tho Harvard fullback, whoso wonderful playing eunblcd Harvard to score a vie- tv iiunMniw-i1 iii i, yr.piw- . - : lory over Yale after a long string of dot cats. Prcsidout Theodore Tioosovolt has written tho athlete a personal letter commending him for his brilliant playing play-ing and also for Ihc sclf-sacrilice ho showed when taken out of the gamo by Coach Jlaughton that Kennard might go in and kick. Smashes Line. Everyone remembers how Vcr Wicbo had smashed the Yale lino l.o Hitlers, had carried I ho ball thno and again for long gains and then, when it sncmcd as if tho reward of his work was at hand, he was replaced by Kennard, who won the game by his kick. t As ho walked to the sido lino Vor Wicbc appeared ap-peared heartbroken and surprised, but no said nothing, and when the goal was made he forgot, and forgave everything in tho triumph of his team. The prcsidout realized the sacrilicc tho player had to mako and admired him for it. To express his admiration lie sent him lh following Jotter: The While Uo" Washington, D. C, Nov. '24, 1!Kl.. My Dear Mr. Vor Wiobe: Like every other Harvard man I havo tho hear'icsl. fooling of gralitudo to tho entire team who won tho great victory of Saturday last. But I feel an especial self gratitude toward you. You were our star ground gainer. It was through you more than anyone else that: the ball was put in a position to enable Konnard to do the work which ho did so admirably, and to kick Hie goal from tho lield. Great Sacrilice. Por tho good of the team your individual indi-vidual gbod was sacrificed, and through tho sacrifice and through tho admirable work 3'ou had already douc and through Kennard 's kick a victory was won. However, it was a first-rate example- of tho interest of an individual being subordinated sub-ordinated to the good of the team thero cannot be any better lesson for our national lifo than to leach that the good of tho individual must be subordinated sub-ordinated for tho good of our people. Now, I have tho heartiest admiration for Kennard 's feat. Kick the goal and he did a service that no ono else could j have done, aud too much praise cannot. bo given hint, but you arc entitled to ' ovcry whit as much, and every man I havo met here feels just tho way I do. With heartiest wishes aud congratulations, congratu-lations, believe me, siucerelv yours. THEODORE POOSEVELT. Pootball is tho first sport that has ever boen the subject of a conference at the White House. Western Leaders. In western football Uie University of Denver proved the biggest surprise of tho year by winning the western championship cham-pionship by long odds, and only suffered one defeat, which was at the hands of the Carlisle Indians. Denver outplayed i this team in the last half and lost tho I game by but four points, thus showing that Denver compared favorably with eastern colleges in strength, i The University of Utah did not do as i well as in former years, owing prin-j prin-j cipally to practically a new team, which i had to bo put in the harness, by Coach Maddock, although toward the closo of the Eeason the team surprised even itself it-self and found little trouble in d a foal ing Boulder of Colorado, which was doped to win by a big score. As far as the Utah championship is concerned this question has been left open, as the Agricultural college of Logan did not meet Utah, owing to the death of Thomas Evans, whose neck was broken in a football game. Coach D. A. Callahan, assisted by Coach Erwin McXiecc, was responsible for tho Salt Lake High school football team winning the Utah stale championship champion-ship of 1008. wresting the title from tho Ogdon High school, which team had hold tho t.iiic during llio seasons of HlOG and 1007. |
