Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1913 — BARBER CUTS OUT FOOTBALL [ARTICLE]

BARBER CUTS OUT FOOTBALL

Inhocently Tried to Throw Ball Back to Players When Twenty-One of Them’Fell on Him. Football, with or without the forward pass, will no longer be on the list of favorite sports of Herman Stoeble, of 6,950 Third avenue, Brooklyn. The Oriole and a team of aspiring Bay Ridgers were scheduled to wipe the earth with each other Sunday afternoon in a lot at 79th street and First avenue, in Brooklyn. Stoeble, being a barber, went out to sqe the long-haired athletes in action. The teams were well matched, the score was close and, as each side had its adherents, there was much excitement among the spectators.’ Suddenly from the struggling line a player darted with the ball under his arm. He got free from tacklers and started up the field for a touchdown. The crowd urged him on and the pursuers pressed him. A principle of the game is to hold on to the ball, but this runner -dropped it and it fell in front of Stoeble. Now, Stoeble was posted on the price of a face massage and knew how to strop a razdr, but the rules of football, especially when the coveted ball is lying at one’s feet, were things foreign to his daily round of reading. However, he felt that he must act quickly, so he grabbed the pigskin and started to throw it out to the runner Who had dropped it. Started to throw it, the referee says, is correct. When 21 players uncoiled and unwound themselves and uncovered Stoeble he had the ball still, but he wasn’t saying anything. Dr. Dugan, who hadn’t expected to see the gaihe, took Stoeble to the Norwegian hospital and found that the volunteer has a broken leg. He may have internal injuries, too, but it is believed he will recover.