Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1919 — SCHOOLBOY HAS LEG BROKEN [ARTICLE]

SCHOOLBOY HAS LEG BROKEN

EMMETT EGER HAS LEG BROKEN IN SCUFFLING MATCH WITH COMPANION. Emmett Eger, six years of age and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Eger, sustained a broken leg in a scuffling match with his schoolboy companion, Dudley Sands, Monday evening just after school. The injury was a severe one and the little fellow was taken to the hospital where an X-ray examination of the injured member was made. It was found that the tibia bone of the left leg had beenbroken in two places. After an anaesthetic had been administered the bone was set and Emmett was removed to his home on Milroy avenue. The accident was the result of a trivial argument between the boys as to the respective merits of their dogs, or something like that—Emmett asserting that his dog could swim further under water than could. Dudley didn’t believe it so they resorted to a scuffling match to champion the cause of their respective canines whose reputations were 'being smirched. In the scuffle that ensued Emmett was thrown in such a manner that his leg was caught be- ■ neath him and the above noted accident resulted. Both youngsters are sorry for what happened because —oh, just because Emmett likes Dudley and because Dudley likes Emmett, and because Dudley is sorry Emmett had his leg broken and Emmett because he can’t get out and do like the rest of the boys now. Now, Dudley concedes that maybe after all Emmett has the. better dog. ■Master Eger rested well last night and is feeling tip-top today and asserts that it won’t be long before he is out again and in as good a shape as ever.