Deaths Due to Football Total 15

Despite the general improvement in the playing of intercollegiate football, gridiron fatalities for this season approached the average casualty list for the last 15 years. The total this year is 15, as against 13 last year, 14 in 1913, 13 in 1912, and 11 in 1911.

The figures show that the game is not one for immature players. Only three college men were fatally injured and among these there was only one seasoned player, Captain Scott of the Knox College team. The other two were practically beginners and all the rest belonged to preparatory school or independent elevens. The average age is 17 1-5 years, the youngest being 11 years old. From the reports it is evident that the victims in the great majority of cases had not been examined for physical fitness.