Show Grid Deaths For 39 Hit Time All Time Low CHICAGO Dec 30 UP Deaths UP-Deaths Deaths resulting directly from football hit an time all-time low during the past season season season sea sea- son Dr Floyd R. R Eastwood of Purdue Purdue Pur Pur- due university told the National Football Coaches and the National Collegiate Athletic associations to today today to to- day in his annual report The report showed that there were veto 17 such fatalities during 1938 two less than the previous year and 16 fewer than the peak year of 1931 There also were 13 deaths re resulting resulting re- re suiting indirectly from football football- heart failure pneumonia and the like Eight High Deaths Of the deaths directly attributable ble to football eight occurred in high s schools four in sandlot three in athletic club and two in college games Last year there were no college fatalities High schools which had 13 13 deaths last year showed the greatest improvement since records have been available The gridiron mortality rate in 1938 represented a drop of per percent percent percent cent from front the figure eight years ago Compared with the 1931 figure figure fig fig- ure college fatalities this year were reduced 75 per cent sand lot 60 per percent percent percent cent and high school 33 3 1 per percent cent There was no change in athletic athletic athletic ath ath- letic club deaths Equipment Is Better Eastwood attributed most of the reduction to better equipment rules changes and more competent su su- su- su i Eastwood recommended that there be A before 1 proper warm-up warm period a player enters a game frequent substitutions if necessary late in inthe the game to eliminate the accident 1 fatigue factor a team physician I present during practice and during games Barnes continued stress on skillful execution of fundamentals during October and at the beginning of the I season improvement of construction to provide better protection protection protection pro pro- 1 for that area self-requested self removal from a game by a player when he is injured stress by high highS I S oS school c h o 0 o 0 1 athletic associations on greater safety procedures procedures' for football football foot foot- ball careful treatment of foot I skin breaks and a daily check by parents of their sons son's daily condition I |