Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1918 — AVOID ALL FOOTBALL HURTS [ARTICLE]

AVOID ALL FOOTBALL HURTS

Player Who Uses Elbow to Break Jar

of Fall Is Liable to Broken or Dislocated Shoulder. , i. ■—_ Football players appear suffer more from dislocated or broken shoulders this season than from any other injury. This is because they do not know how to fall on the ball or to the ground. They use their elbows to break the jar. The result is an extreme jar at the shoulder and something gives way. When falling on the ball, if the player curls his body around the ball, with his arm well under him, no injury can come to him no matter how many players may pile on him. The same principle applies to players who fall on the field.