Show en Killed Hurt f. f on Gridiron n in 1908 1 1 j FOOTBALLS FOOTBALL'S BRUISING RECORD UP TO DATE DATZ Total deaths 10 ToW Total 27 72 CIco players 1 3 school bool booI pl player s k killed 2 monitors rs killed kille 3 College players Injured d 15 Ih I school players Injured d 73 13 Athletic members Injured d 16 1 HOW V THEY'RE HURT Broker r collar bones 40 0 legs 50 0 Broken cn armi l lI 16 I Broken j JW OW C G Kroken noses CH 20 o rJ ribs rib bJ 15 Ie Concussion o of or tho thu brain 13 Torn Tm sprains etc ete 71 il nl d 22 I 1 Insanity 1 1 II knocked out o scalp wounds cute 23 J FIGURES FOR EIGHT YEARS I Year Deaths Injured f 1901 90 7 7 71 7 J 42 12 1 15 10 H 14 63 1904 04 14 14 1 29 If ir 15 r 5 21 2 1 OO 1006 1906 14 14 ICO 10 39 1907 15 It 66 J 14 10 7 CHICAGO o. Nov o 13 For For tM tho third se season sea sei- son tho ho adoption o of ot more open play bas lias lied to produce F football tho the pic-b pic nt season oon on now near I Its close ose gridiron warfare between colleges ch and clubs ha has re rc- d In ten players bein being killed and injured Fatalities aro le less Ie I hut tho the list if t Injured Is greater than In 1503 when he G appalling record prompted coaches coach s and to tho rules rules- In In tho record breakIng year lear pr preceding prec he revision of 01 tho game garno twenty four fOur layers latr were killed d and 00 l. Al- Al h hugh ugh tho the number of or dead ead this season Is ot as s large lane aa as In t t- t two more l than were wm reported In that year tready live have he been en recorded and Md It Is coner con- con er d probable ble that before tho thu Sinai final aft ar played tb the total pf pt Injured will the record ot of 1001 I when G G play play- 1 l were on tho the bo hospital 1 M In n previous yearn yeara football fields have hl haven hlen en n the tlc scenes of ot death and hundreds f t. t boys boyes and oung young men with broken bones fractured d skulls of or tho brain bro broken fn noes s. s broken Jaws an and torn ligaments liga ilga- ments monts ha havo U. U n carried to their homes or to Insanity and Jw One Ono youth wea driven n In Insane nc and another an en other bus hns lockjaw which mu may r result uH In his dr death dath ath Scores have o beon maimed for r life and many mary always will bear the tho rears of oC do doop dop p an and onU ugly ugh wounds In the tho lint lIft of ot dead are aro three c two hl hIgh h school bo boys and o Ii vo or on teams Tho d deaths occurred chiefly In western and southern schools SChool bu but t In th cn In Inthe inthe the Ute bl bi big colleg t tho the Injured roll roU In Is the largest In 11 all U parts part of oC tho the country r gridirons I havo o been strewn with 1 out teeth here and th there ro an nil ear from the head of or some loma unfortunate athlete and lind with splintered spun spun- tet d bon hones i Since tho the season actively acU began In Sep September m r the tho avera average o number r of players Injured per day clay In the tho United States was five Deaths have havo been beon caused In la open pia playIng playIng play play- Ing In almost Instance inc with the exception o of one cue Tho The exception was the tile fatality to Charles Meeker 0 of Gi Great at Bend Ian Kan a spectator at U a. hame ho who was run rim over b by tho players and 80 so I d that ho he died tI November o r 8 S. S two I f w-eks w ks Ja later later- Two ft players died die from rom spinal Injuries ono one from Crom paralysis pu caused In an open tackle ono one from a Ii broken neck two from concussion of or tho the brain t two o from Internal Injuries caused by strains and kicks in vital pints parts end and ono one player fell dead cad of heart failure Three Collegians Killed I Fatalities an and Injuries havo o been greatest great great- est cst among college player three players dead and 13 Injured This has been tho rule every year ear since tho practIce of ot keeping record hogan began In 1001 This is chiefly accounted for tor because the players are aro heavier hea and tho th playing more marc intense c than In games mC's L between tween hl high h school scho-ol teams and athletic clubs In spite of or the tho fact that the players usually aio aro more carefully trained Tho The most mast serious injuries of ot tho the year have been concussion of oC tho brain and broken bones Fort Forty players havo have suffered suf suf- broken brokon collar bones thirty broken logs JOSE twenty broken noses sixteen broken arms twelve twel concussions of ot the brain of whom may not Ilot recover and sv- sv have received sprains and torn ligaments ligament 1 I Many Jany an others s havo o been laid up t I dislocated d shoulder blades and Internal ailments aliments I T That al t. t th th gimo may be still further d de do e after t this season and Inmany in inmany I many schools abolished altogether Is re regarded ro- ro rard as probable ble Ono One school abolished the game in the tho ml midst t of ot tim tio season Tho Thu hoard board of ot education of oC Pueblo Colo Cole ic ic- I tu cd to permit it Il to be played in tho the Cp Central tr 1 high liili school there taking laking- official action October 13 and branding the game gamo I as HS played ed too brutal and a a. menaco to tho the life lIro of ot students Roughest Game Gamo on Record cord Tho sanguinary r record sord of ot tho the n was established d at al JC X Y October 10 in tn a 3 game b between Union and colleges In Ill which seventeen men were rendered unconscious clous and bad to be carried d from the net field a a. number al almost tl- tl most equal J to two complete elevens cle Five men were so 50 t seriously hurt that the they w ro removed to ho hospitals The game gamo ended 4 with the score 0 1 to 0 O. Officials united In saying paying Ing that It Il was the tho roughest i and most brutal exhibition of ot football they ever over had wanoa witnessed cJ Howard Smith of York Yorkville ilL was se seer severely so- so er verely y Injured In a game after which te tetanus tt te- tanus Cot Mt In and his condition continues precarious Chicago and vicinity has lias thus far es escaped cs ca- cape the tise death reaper r on hOT her gridiron gr but stores of elf college aud cud high school players play plU ers havo suffered broken ribs legs au and aud arms arid and spinal Injuries La Last t season two to Chicago players rs were killed An th n outside feature turo that Is dangerous was de demonstrated d Octo October r 20 O at It Sa bava- nab Dah Ga Ca- where one ona football player was ws fC severely rely injured d and two twenty others hurt in the thO collapse of a grand brand stand aland Tho The grand stand was o and under stress of or a a. severe storm was as de dc dc- |