SUICIDAL RUGBY
Another Death in France
(Rec. January 26, 8 p.m.)
Paris, January 26.
A player named Roumezi was killed at Saint Marcel while playing football. An inquiry has opened. The death strengthens the campaign against French Rugby methods.
This is the third fatal accident in French Rugby within a short period, the other victims being Michael Pardie, who died after a fierce tackle, and Vanicot, a 19-ycar-old player, whose spine was broken.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 104, 27 January 1931, Page 9
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