| Show Grid Deaths Cut In Ha if- if I r. r College Toll foil Down D own t to 0 One 0 ne J i This Season p By ny FOSTER HAILEY HAlLEY Associated Press Sports SportsWriter Writer I. I NEW YORK YORK Dee Dec 4 Fo 4 Football 4 f fatalities fatalities fa- fa continued to show a decline this year ear from the high mark of 1931 when the tragic d death th of Cadet Dik Dick 1 Sheridan Sherida West Point end shocked the country and led to rule changes chang and 4 s closer supervision sion by colleges and j v high schools over Americas America's national fall sport Fewer Fatalities The fourth annual nual survey by the Associated Press made In J lion with Professor ir Floyd R. R Easterwood Easter Easter- r wood of New York university and the National Bureau ButeaU of Casualty and Surety Underwriters shows 26 deaths this fall attributable attributable- to to football 3 as compared to 50 in 1931 38 in 1932 and 36 last year They arc segregated segregated as follows College College College Col- Col lege 1 1 high school 16 sandlot 6 G. G and club 3 3 I. I The college e dc death th toll Is a decrease I from 8 in 1931 2 in in 1932 and 2 in 1933 High school cho fatalities increased fr jm m 14 three years ago 8 in 1932 and 11 last year sandlot deaths from 10 in 1931 8 8 in 1932 and 5 in 1933 and club from 2 in 1931 5 In 1932 1032 and 2 2 in 1933 I Classified as to the type of play r. r eight received fatal injuries in making mak ing tac tackles one In blocking and four o r in being tackled Information is lack- lack I ing on the others I For the first time since Warden Lewis E. E Lawes of Sing Sing Intro Intro- Continued on Page Paje Eighteen Fatal atal Injuries Have Decreased i Continued d from Page Pae Fifteen Fleen the game as a a part of or prison routine a prisoner in a state institution ion tion ton is listed among the fatalities John Daviduke of the Connecticut state prin at Hartford He died October 14 1 of f a skull fracture received in iii a game gamet at it t the prison with Wih a club cub team from outside He had served two years year of ofa a four to six year sentence for the theft of an in automobile Only 14 1 of the 20 26 received their injuries in in- juries uries in a actual gam games game six being hurt hurtin in n practice and the other six in un un- pickup matches matche on vacant lots lot One youngster year old John Speers Speer peers of Arlington Mass Mas was wa killed when a sharp root rot penetrated his hi throat as he was wa tackled tackle in a sandlot contest cont 1 The list lit of ded with dead with age school and type tye ype of injury follows Collocate Collegiate I Lawrence 20 Arnold Arold I New NeW ew Haven Conn Coon broken neck School Willard Davis Irh 18 18 Leeds Led Ala high school schol brain rain concussion Charles DIckerson Jr 16 16 Hugoton Kan high leh school broken spine A. A Eddins Edins 18 Pachuta Miss MIS high school chool internal injuries schol Bert Hedstrom Jr Jr 17 1 Deadwood S. S I D. D lEh school schol brain concussion concession Edward Roosevelt 17 1 high school chool school Wyandotte Mich Mleh broken neck Vita Vita La La Rocca ago Ue New Nev Haven Coon Conn onn high school infection Charles Chales Lemon 16 Hi Union high school Phoenix Ariz broken neck Paul McGee age ae Oronton Texas Texas exas high school blood blod clot on brain Woodrow or Mooney o 18 Wael Waverly Ala high sc school chool broken k neck Jack Jack Norris 16 l. l Anadarko Okla Okia junior blah bish school chool brain concussion Wilbur Rhoades 18 18 New London Ohio school schol Infection Richard Bojer Boier 11 14 1 West Vest Mansfield Ohio Uh school Infection Donald Smith S S 17 Harbor high school hoI Ohio skull fracture Frank Fank Sacks 17 Coplay Pa Pl high school internal injuries Watkins Smith 18 Pell Pel Cl City Ala hl high b schol school chool Internal Injuries Morris Walker 19 19 Rosewald negro high school Staunton Va Internal nelo injuries In- In juries urles Juies Robert Ball Bal 13 Sandlot Stratford Cones Conn Cnn Injury Injun to o spine spie Francis Ponte Poole 18 16 Topeka Kan Internal injuries InJuries William McGettigan Darlington Wis John Joh F 1 Speers Speer 12 1 Arlington Mass Mau ser ser- teed red eed arter artery Robert 16 Utica N. N Y F broken neck eck neck Wesley Stansbury 23 23 W Washington 13 D. D C. C blood bloe clot on brain buln Club William Wilam Brown Bown Bow 22 22 Salamanca N. N Y 7 A. A C. C broken neck John Daviduke 24 Hartford Conn Coon state sate prison skull skuli fracture Joseph Herder Jr 18 East East Hempstead I L. L I. I skull fracture |
