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Show FIFTEEN LIVES LOST i 1916 GRID SM Fatalities Confined to Boys Said to Have Been Physically Physi-cally Unfit. CHICAGO, Pet'. 2. Football claimed fifteeu livi'a during tho ID It) season, whk'h closeJ with Thanksgiving day games, aeioidini; to figures compiled by the Associated Pm.s today. Last year the total was sixteen and iu 1914 there were fifteen draths. College officials idcutiliod with the sport say that not a single, death occurred oc-curred iu any game iu winch the players play-ers were known to be physically as well as mentally trained lor the test. .Not a single life was lost, they say, iu u game whoro a physician s examination was demanded beloie the game. . In most cases tnuae who lust thei lives were memoeis ol nin scuuol, semi pro and '"prairie" eieells. Duly one S of the victims was a college player, 'ihe list ot dead: William A. Jones, Muiihall, Pa., 22 years old. John A. Porter, Athens, O., IS years old. Edwin Young, Tittsburg, Pa., 19 years old. Harry Wioland, Chicago, 19 years old. Hiram Cole, Fayetto, -Mo., 19 years old. Fred Wilson, Minneapolis, 26 years old. Ephriam Angel), El Coutro, Cah, 20 vears old. A. Woodring, Timbcrlake, S. D., 21 years old. Wilber Gettys, Ansley, Neb., 19 years old. Harold B. WatsoD, Meadville, Pa., 19 years old. Cyril Pritchard, Elgin, 111., 19 years old. Elmer L. Carlquist, Chicago, 17 vears old. Wallace Rowland, Weirton, W. Va., 15 years old. Boggs Campbell, Pittsburg, Pa., 22 years old. Fancis B. Moriarity, Detroit, Mich., 14 years old. In almost every case the victim did not suffer any length of time, some dy- i ing almost instantly and others a few days after the accident. Two 6f the players suffered broken necks, but a majority' ma-jority' died Irom internal injuries. Coaches assert that practically every danger in the sport have been eliminated elimi-nated by the rules committee, but that ' ' no matter what rules are adopted the game will continue to be rough and only those in the best of physical condition should be permitted to play. |