Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-29 | Page 4 | This Year's Grid Fatalities Show Big Decrease over Season of 1925

THIS s Y YEARS YEAR'S AR S GR GRID D FATALITIES SH SHOW W BI BIG DECREASE ASE OVER SEASON 1921 I 92 1 0 Only Eight Deaths Chalked Up Op Against King football Injuries During Season Just Finished Four Times Greater Than Those of 1925 NEW YORK Nov 29 AP AP Football Football with a toll of eight deaths and major injuries proved less fatal fata during the season just dosed closed than in 1925 when twenty youths were fatally hurt The badly injured numbered only fifty in 1925 however The death list Alfred AUred B. B Jr of West Harttford Hart- Hart ord Conn died October 2 from severe spinal Injuries received while practicing as halfback on Amherst college second eleven September 29 Francis O. O Margargal 22 died of broken neck In fn Wilmington Del Del- October 11 Injured In game at Philadelphia two days before Henry Kamm 19 19 died of heart ailment after alter playing In game at Buffalo N. N Y October 27 Leo Xeo 2 22 22 former Detroit High school player died two days dars after receiving receiving- fractured skull skuli In game gamo October 27 Constantino member 0 of Quantico Marine team died October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober 30 of at Injuries practice practice practice tice October 19 Wallace OBrien O'Brien 19 member Grass Valley Ca Cal High school eleven died In hospital November 1 1 several weeks after Injured In practice Watson Rogers 16 16 Granville 0 O. High school died November ember 19 of Internal Injuries received In In- game with High Harry FInnegan 16 16 of SouthPark SouthPark South SouthPark Park High Buffalo N. N Y T. died Nov November No No- v vember 21 of ot broken back received i in game previous day with Prep Probably the most famous Injury of ot the season was the geology knee ot of Jake Slagle Princeton backfIeld ld star The Tho hurt was a nerve disorder In his hip caused by aggravation of ot an old Injury during I a geology y field trip