GRIM FOOTBALL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 45, 22 February 1936, Page 4

GRIM FOOTBALL

AMERICA'S PECULIAR GAME 75 900 INJURED IN THREE MONTHS. AND THIRTY KILLED. (By Air Mail.) NEW YORK, Ja-i. IS. Thirty footballers have Keen k.ilc-3, and 75,900 injured, in the 10'sl three months of the U.S. football season, writes the New York correspondent ot the London Sunday Chronicle. This is the grim story told m an official return just issued here on the toll of the playing fields. Calculations based on statistics show an alarming rise in the number of casualties i-h’s Violent Game. During the five years ending in 19u3 the total number killed on the football field was 147. In 1934 deaths numbered 2-j., The present season’s death roll works out at 90.3 per 1000 players in the hign schools and 150 per 1900 players in the colleges. A close investigation has also revealed that 60 per cent, of the fatalities on the football field are due directly to the nature of the game. A close investigation has also revealed that 60 per cent, of the fatalities uu lhe football field are due directly to the nature of the game. It is’much more violent in the U.S.A, than in this country. Official recommendations are being drawn up to try to reduce the number ot casualties.