Show A NEEDLESS WASTE OF LIFE FORTY boys according to tile the most accurate count lie haie hae seen bere in football games during the season ended we are in thorough sympathy those nho mould put an end to the of sport that takes so BO many young lives needlessly forty boys to make a ilo man a holl oyo dayl forty homes hames plunged plunge d into a grief and mourning for their able loss for nhat ahat to ghe pleasure to the crowds that pay to see a fight fighting lag game we read alth horror of the gladiatorial combats in ancient rome when nhen men fought to the death in ili the arena while the bloodthirsty blood thirsty populace cheered the fatal stroke what bould vie ve say it ne knew that one or more boys would be killed in every M linol or college football game the nation bould not tor for a moment tolerate slaughter in the name of sport it Is unfair to blame the boys youth Is always reckless and sen sensitive to any reflection upon its courage and gameness the blame must mast be placed upon school and college authorities who ito permit football under rules chich make fatalities not merely possible but as tile the grim glint record of toils past season proves probable recent revelations of the extent to it aich ling lias invaded college football make us doubt it hether it should be classed under the lead head of sport t or of business whichever it Is it Is not lot fair either to tile the bos themselves or to their parents to expose them to risk mitch they are either unable to weigh or life they face in preference to the scorn of their classmates |