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Show MEDICAL GROUP URGES SAFETY IN FOOTBALL PLAY i i I With the football season in Utah high schools ready to open, the Utah State Medical Ass'n is taking action to help see that a physician will be in attendance at all games for the protection of the young grid gladiators. Many leaders in the sports field are of the opinion that it is as important im-portant to have a physician on the bench as it is to have a referee on the field when football games are being played. No game should start without a physician being present. Last year, across the nation, 1 2 deaths resulted from football injuries. in-juries. Ten of these were of high school age (seven high school, and three sandlot), one in college and one in professional football. College and professional teams always take the precaution of having hav-ing a physician in attendance, but the majority of high schools have not in the past. Although the fatality fa-tality record last year was the low-es low-es tsince 1955, the rate could still be lowered with prompt and proper attention. The number of serious injuries also will be reduced with immediate medical attention, according accor-ding to the experts. To lead the drive for proper bailers, Dr. J. Fernard Critchfield medical aid for Utah prep foot-has foot-has been named the chairman of a committee on athletic injuries for the Utah State Medical Ass'n, to offer assistance to high schools who have not arranged for medical help during the 1961 season. |