University Medical College - Scalpel Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Flhe Jnrepiinn sinh Chrnmih nf Eliunthall in Ihr ment I ' H. L. HELLER, M. D. Lecturer on Anesthetics. RETROSPECTIVE glance at the past fifteen years shows a most wonderful spread in the playing and knowledge of football in the West. At the beginning of that + period no one except he be a student at his state university or a chance vi-sitor to the university town, had ever witnessed a contest. I remember very distinctly how vague an idea was mine of college football. While en route to enter college I was ap- proached by older students and asked if I should try for the team. I replied in the affirmative and, having in mind the football player in high schools, announced myself as sure to make the team. Whether to properly reduce my pride, or because latent possibilities were seen in me, I was escorted to the field' on the first practice day. The captain placed me at guard on the scrubs and said my duty was to always keep in front of my opponent. My attempts to do this were certainly ludicrous. Think, I had abso- lutely not the vaguest idea of football, its rules, nor the name of the positions! My op- ponent, a 200-pounder, would calmly toss me aside, but the novice would bob up serenely, always in front, even though he stooped to tie his shoe or walked to the side lines to speak with a friend. Know, too, you armored knight, the players on that team had to supply their own uniform. Mine on the first day consisted of a flannel shirt, civilian trousers docked at the knee, and low shoes. H-owever, I do not mean this as a personal history and only tell you of my early experience that you may know the dense ignorance prevailing even amon-g athletically inclined youths concerning college football. In those days, 1892, the game wa-s played at the K. U., Washburn and Baker, they forming a triangular league and each team meeting its opponents twice during a season. Missouri University had a team, the Kansas City Y. M. C. A. played in a desultory fashion. The University of Nebraska and Doane College at Crete maintained elevens, the latter only furnishing practice for the State. In Colorado the State School of Mines and the State University had only a rudimentary knowledge of the game. Probably the Denver Athletic Club gave the highest class exhibition of football in the West, as its players were composed of Eastern gridiron warriors. The Universities of Kansas Ne- braska, Missouri and Iowa were easily disposed of by this aggregation. Of the few re- maining teams, Baker was the only one to make the annual trip to Denver and then always amply avenged her sister schools by trouncing the ex-stars. In 1891-2 the formation of plays and position of players was decidedly different' from our modern ideas. Of course, the beefwas put in the line, but the heaviest man was always center. The guards and tackles were required to be men of weight, but speed was not requisite. On the beginning of play the defending team was placed much as it is today. The offense lined up and started with a formation called the gridiron, This placed ten men shoulder t-o shoulder on the line of battle. They charged diagonally down the field with a half-back in the rear carrying the ball and watching for an open- .ing for a quick dash. After the preliminary encounter, the teams lined up opposite eachother, the de- fense with nine men on the line, the quarter backing up, and the full playing safety. The ends played in close, but properly stayed out of plays until the runner was definitely located. The line played a close formati-on, the open line of defense not being adopted for several years after it came in vogue farther East. The offense placed their backs

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that be, who have inaugurated the open style, yet from the standpoint of a has been, it is inferior to that of my time. The forward pass is sometimes a ground gainer, more often a time loser. The successful player requires the attributes and skill of a basket ball player. Never will there be anything more thrilling and soul-satisfying than a plunge into the line, a tackle back or a cross back, with a good hard protest from the opponent for every foot gained. And it wasn't brutal, in spite of a yellow press! In many years, football playing, I have seen few serious injuries, and slugging almost never. So, in summing up, enthusiastic as I am in watching today's game, give me the old-timers with their sprinting, fierce rushes, and low tackling. Had you seen Matteson, Champlain and Williamson of Kansas, Young of Missouri, Flippin of Nebraska, Taylor, Pendleton and Allen -of Baker, you would grasp what I try to convey about speed, strength and agility. However, retrospection is of no -avail-time will no-t turn back- and the writer is branded as a dreamer, living in memories of other days. ENTURIES before Coronus had given to the world a son destined to become the nucleus of the grandest fraternity of alleviators known- to civilization, this af- T fliction had invaded Pagan society and so moulded its thought as to cause its cardinal symptom Cgladitorial combatl to become the sport of kings. Therefore, in con- sidering the etio-l-ogy of so venerable, virulent and contagious a disease we must accept the germ theory, and of necessity revert to the very fly leaves of anthropology for a beginning conception of its primary incubation. Athleiiru u 'Now at the time of the consummation of those things recorded in the lst chapter in Genesis, Father Adam was too busy contemplating the beauty of the resultant meta- morphos-is of his lost rib to give any analytical or prophylactic thought to this vegetable micro-organism so fresh from the hand of its Maker, and as there was then existing no Pasteurs, Kochs, Devonce, Hertzlers -Cross' or Millers, armed with germicides and microscopes-, to parole paradise, it was quite easy for this busy little germ to inoculate our amorous an-cestor, and through him transmit itself to the entire human family. Pathologic Anatomy-As yet no autopsy has confirmed a diagnosis of athletitis, and it may be here stated that the concen-sus of opinion' substantiates the belief that it is not a fatal malady. ' Symptoms-The onset is gradual and insidious, being marked by a period of splen- did health, blood showing a high per cent of hemoglobin, appetite excessive, digestion rapid, heart strong, no- accentuated sounds, muscle tone high, accompanied by a pro- gressive increase in size of muscular apparatus, pulmonary enlargement with an in- crease of function, a -marked progressive loss of fatigue, a characteristic absence of malaise, memory and reasoning faculty improved, a greater ability to control impulse, a pronounced feeling of optimism, good fellowship and co-nsiderativeness. ln brain, cen- ters of pessimim, jealousy, vindictiven-ess and selfishness totally detroyed. Other symp- toms there a-re in abundance but lack of space precludes the possibility of their publica- tion, but upon application to the writer they will be gratuitously given. Prognosis and Treatment-Complete recovery never occurs, but palliative treat- ment such as the removal of the patient from the scene of contest may bring about a temporary cassation of some symptoms. However, like malignant growths, they will eventually return, and the last state of that man is worse than the first.