Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1912 — PEACH MORGAN BADLY INJURED [ARTICLE]

PEACH MORGAN BADLY INJURED

Rensselaer I toy Unable to I’lay With Butler Football Team This Year. IndianaiK)lis Star: ..The prospects of Butler College having a winning football team received their greatest setback yesterday when the prodigal, Peie Morgan, showed up with a badly injured arm and shoulder, and announced that he would, in all probability, not be able to don the moleskins thfe season. Morgan failed to report for registration the first day of school and the report was circulated that he would not enter. Coach Thomas later received a special delivery letter in which Morgan stated that he was working and in fine fettle

/or the season, and would enter school the first of this week. He has been at work at Warsaw in the tree surgery business. A few days ago while trimming a tree, a large limb broke with him. In the fall Morgan was pinned between two limbs. He was working alone at the time and it was thirty minutes before help arrived and the limb Was removed. His left shoulder was badly mashed and the ligamentls torn, and the left arm twisted and mangled. The shoulder has been in a cast since the accident and the attending doctor has given strict orders that the member shall not be used under three weeks. The physician said also that he cou,ld not promise that the injured member would be able to stand the strain of a football

game this season. The effect of Morgan’s injury on the Butler squad can not be over estimated, as the candidates for the team have been looking forward to the coming of the star of last year's team. Morgan, while playing under the handicap of water on the knee, was awarded a place on the all-state team by many critics last season. Coach Thomas said that he was undoubtedly the best half back in the state.

Coach Thomas, when he was told of the injury, said that it meant that the men must double their efforts from this time on. He added that every effort would be made to get Morgan in shape for the games later on in the season and if possible in time for the game with Wabash. '