Show Faulty Attention Blamed For Some Grid Fatalities NEW YORK Nov 13 AP The AP-The The consensus of the nations nation's football coaches is that most gridiron deaths result from inadequate superVISIon and medical care Faulty equipment the so called slow whistle and other factors were vere cited by coaches In comment by the Associated Press t but jut the almost unanimous belief va was vas s t that hat the 5 L S mounting toll taU was due uc to failure to i id safeguard d h high I g h i t school chool and sand- sand sandlot ti Y J lot ot players 1 Twenty nine of s 54 the he 35 fatalities i P reported to date f. f ha have lave vc occurred in high ligh school or t sandlot g games a m e s 1 Only three have Frank Thomas been in the college ranks As Leonard Stub Allison coach L Lof of f the undefeated California Bears I put ut it The fact that increased serious I injuries are in high school and corner cor cor- ncr ner cr lot football games convinces me im met it t is almost entirely the case of in inadequate inadequate in- in adequate physical supervision In any game of physical exertion 1 serious erious injuries are arc likely if players play play- ers rs are arc not in proper shape physic physic- aUy ally lly Hundreds of youngsters playIng play play- Ing ng football are not physically fied I dont don't think any change in inthe the thc lie rules would remedy the situa- situa tion lon But strict physical examinations examina- examina examinations ions and supervision would eliminate elim- elim mate nate most of the injuries Coach Frank Thomas coach of t I 1 Alabama last years ears Rose bowl champions said i The increase in d deaths it seems to o me rue is due to the fa fad fact t that sandlot sandlot sand sand- lot and club players are not coached I In the proper way Then too the they haven't practiced every day and ar arnot are not in condition to play football This view was shared by coaches coache I in all sections of the country Including in including In- In eluding Elmer Laden Layden of Notre Dame Clark of Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Ducky Pond of ot Yale Harry Harrl Kipke of Michigan Harvey Harman Harmar I of at Penn Andy Kerr of Colgate Bernard Bernard Ber nard Oakes Cakes of Colorado university and Lon Stiner of Oregon State Hunk Anderson of North Carolina Carolina Caro Caro- lina State Jimmy Kitts of ot Rice Tiny Thornhill of Stanford Dack Dad C CHaggerty Haggerty of oC Georgetown and others other S criticised the slow whistle adopted adopt adopt- ed last year to allow the runner tt to gain every inch of ground possible Others believed that the latera lateral I pass was responsible for tor many in injurIes injuries injuries in- in juries as the p passer leaves himself himsel f unprotected Poor officiating also alsi D was criticized Some however expressed the belief belief be be- lief nothing was wrong with th the e game that a certain number o of I deaths were bound to occur and tha that t the increase resulted from the additional additional ad ad- number playing the game |