Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1912 — Rensselaer Lad in U. S. Navy Must Undergo Surgical Operation. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Lad in U. S. Navy Must Undergo Surgical Operation.

Emerson Coen, who next August will complete a four years’ enlistment in the U. S. navy, and who will be remembered as one of the best football players on local teams prior to his enlistment, Is now a patient in the navy hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y., where he will have to undergo an operation because of an Injury received. in a football game more than a year ago. He suffered a sprained neck, severely tearing the ligaments. Recently hfs neck began to cause him pain and to draw his head to one side. Examination by a surgeon in the navy showed that the ligaments, which had been torn, were growing together and that an operation would be necessary to restore them to their normal condition. The operation is not regarded as an especially serious one but his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Coen, of Rensselaer, are anxiously awaiting information concerning the outcome. Emerson has paid dearly for his football playing, having suffered a broken hand, a broken collarbone and this injury to his neck.