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...want to say right here that I decline to subscribe to the doctrine of the sacredness of the human arm or leg. What matters a few broken bones to the glories of football as an intercollegiate sport? It is all nonsense to say that football is a game that benefits only a few. Look at the youngsters on every vacant lot in Washington during the fall season playing at football! Does anybody suppose that there would be these activities if it were not for the great heroes on the big teams whom these boys read about and look...
...twenty-two participants seven were so severely injured that they had to be carried from the field in a senseless condition. The vertebral column of one was put out of joint; a second one's nose was broken; a third lost an eye and a fourth broke his leg. The rest suffered severe internal injuries...
...fill their places were playing poorly, and candidates were being injured daily. Four of last year's 'varsity players were so badly injured as to make them unfit for further service. Stevenson had his jaw hurt, Acton dislocated his elbow, Dunlop broke his collar bone, and Gray broke his leg. During October, too, the problem of the coaches changed. Early in the season there had been a dearth of rush line players, and a surplusage of backs. But with the return of Waters and Mackie, the improvement of the two Shaws, and the recovery of Emmons from a broken ankle...
...result of the Cornell game was something of a discouragement to Pennsylvania's admirers, but, nevertheless, the team took up its practice today with renewed determination to get into the best possible shape for the Thanksgiving Day game. Right guard Wharton received a bad kick in the leg on Saturday, but took his practice with the rest of the men today. The injuries of Knipe and Wagonhurst are rather more serious, but it is expected that they will come around all right...
During the first part of the game occurred a deplorable accident which drew forth the sympathy of all the spectators. While blocking off, one of the Harvard backs, George Gray, ran into a group of Andover men and broke his left leg below the knee. This misfortune will deprive the team of one of its surest and most valuable backs. Gray had the support and confidence of most of the students, who were anxious to have him play in the important games. Considering his injuries last year, this accident will come doubly hard...