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H. S. FOOTBALLIS DOOMED HEREDouglassschoolsj game should not be played by high.of, school boys, “lt;$ dareditItschool footballpracticallygameseasonhigh school boy mixes in it’s ten to one that he will receive injuries whichpresent1 i in in i.nr*in all probability be wiped from th.t may diRabie him ln laterlists of high school eports throughoutthe state. At Brazil, where the chain, againstf have no personal animositypionship of three states for last sea-decidedly in favor of high schoolson was held, the game has been abol- sports, ished and basket ball and othjr sportshave been substituted. The Lafayette team disbanded in the earlier part of the season on account of non-interest on thL part of the student body. The faculty at Marion have succeeded in abolishing the game there and a number of other cities have dropped it. There are now only a very few cit| 3 in the state that still hold on, and teams find it almost impossible to get games. The local aggregation have only one more game schedu^d for theseason, and, according to Douglass, this will probably be the last.“The mate high school athletic association are centering their efforts upon abolishing the game,’* said Qoug-less, “and this, with thj- deadening interest shown by the student bodiesthroughout the state, are probably the main reasons for the downfall. ThesportsVhowever.tf-mpToyedmore ben) ficlal both intellectually and physically for the students/*Douglass spoke h-gii 1 y df employing baseball as the main sport at the local school and said that he would-boost any such move and assist as much as possible in getting the game into the local school.*McNAMARA TRIALAT A STANDSTILLI.os Angeles, Nov. 21.—The trial of J. B. McNamara passed today with-eelectionone prospectivejuror. Clashes between attorneys dui ing the day were frequent These began with resumption by the state of the examination of M. F. Mooney, a real estate man who had been a unionmember and who was passed by the defense.
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Logansport Journal
Logansport, Indiana, US
Wed, Nov 22, 1911
Page 9
Full Page
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Thelma C.
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