Show 9 Of 9 WITH ILo 0 IS FOOTBALL ORGANIZED MURDER Just as the curtain on a colorful grid season is being rung down there emanate from every part of our great country I editorial effusions directed at t the severity of play This is isI I nothing new in the history of the game Ever since the first competitive contests were staged the sport has been the object of a barrage of criticism Some of this was beneficial and caused many modifications in football play but all the unnecessary unnecessary essary comment that has come into print would fill a big book I No doubt footballs football's ranking as a big business is the reason for forthe I the j-the the prominence accorded the current babble j j i Columbia university a school well known for its stalking stalk- stalk 1 K ing readiness to strangle the grid game grabs the spotlight anew with the statement of an obvious absurdity classifying classifying classify- classify ing g football as as organized murder This by the I d f ing editor of the daily Spectator True there have been beena a number of casualties this season but it m my y intention 3 here either to condone or condemn Footballs Football's present f j status is a natural result of the appeal football offers inthe in t the sensational There is just enough barbarity in us to A clamor for slashing line thrusts flying tackles and the i combat in returning a kick Take these away and the k i. i crowd of that will watch the Navy Army-Navy tiff tomorrow to tomorrow tot to- to t morrow could be seated in any small town tea salon Whatever the rul rules s committee decides about the wedge formation the flying tackle and a legion of other suggested reforms a large responsibility fall falls upon the directors directors directors tors at football institutions A g- g great reat number of permanent injuries are avoidable There isn't always enough attention given n to the players player's condition conditi condition condition-condition condition m-condition condition of body to stand u up P under the jolts Injuries are often aggravated because of a players player's trying to carry carryon on when he should be benched and kept out of the fray until he is in good shape again not being allowed to sacrifice his future well being to appease the rabid fans fans' desire to see dear old Elsinore's colors wave on high |