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By HAY M AST
Emerald Sports Editor
A recent Sports Illustrated sur
vey concerning 13 high school
and college football deaths, at
tributed to heat prostration dur
ing the last five years, reveals all
13 could have been prevented.
According to the iSI data, the
football uniform is to blame. Al
though the uniform is well-de
signed to protect the player from
outside “violence," the uniform
can be a disastrous heat accumu
lator.
Heat exhaustion and heatstroke.
SI said, can be brought about
when sweat is prevented from
evaporating properly. Instead of
cooling as it should, the body
temperature increases rapidly.
When the body temperature
reaches 110 degrees, death is like
ly to occur. 'SI-reports half the
cases of heatstroke are fatal. But.
even if the person's life is saved,
there may be damage to the brain.
Padded Areas to Blame
Pinpointed as the areas that
are most blameworthy for the
damages are the padded sections
and the helmet. Si's investigations
res ealed that even though the
uniform is removed and the in
dividual curtails his activity, the
individual’s temperature contin
ues to risg. Later, the tempera
ture will slowly decrease.
SI reports the hazards of heat
stress can be reduced by:
• Players removing their hel
mets during lulls in practice or
timeouts during the game;
• Players should be allowed to
drink water freely while playing,
providing they take salt tablets,
too.
• Various practice and game
sessions should be adapted to
weather conditions.
No Cases At 10
Oregon trainer. Bob Officer,
said there has never been a case
of heat prostration or a death
due to prostration at the Univer
sity during an athletic contest.
Officer said the players must be
watched very closely during
games when the temperatures are
high—games against Michigan,
Minnesota. Texas, and Rice were
cited by Officer as instances when
the temperature was high.
He said he felt it wasn’t neces
sary for the players to remove
their helmets, but did confirm
that Oregon players are encour
aged to drink water and take salt
tablets. Officer cautioned the prac
tice of drinking too much water,
though, because the individual
may develop stomach cramps.
117 Degrees at Coliseum
There may be some difficulty
in acclimating the players to the
various weather conditions they
must face each week. For in
stance, in a game played in the
Los Angeles Coliseum between
Oklahoma and Southern Cal ear
lier this year, game temperatures
were 117 degrees on the playing
field. Had not the Sooners been in
Los Angeles the week of the
game, it might have been a bit
difficult to reproduce such condi
tions in Norman, Oklahoma.
Officer also commented on the
rash of knee injuries to Oregon
players this season. He said knee
injuries occur in cycles—some
years are much worse than oth
ers.
The reason. Officer said, is
“most of the time when the in
juries occur, the player is not in
football position. He’s hit from
the blind side, such as on trap
plays.” On a trap play, the de
fensive man is allowed to pene
trate beyond the line of scrim
mage and is blocked from the side
by an offensive lineman.
Officer said as far as he knows
there is no knee brace available
that may be used as support. At
the present time the Ducks, as do
most college teams, use a foam
rubber knee pad.
Murphy Chosen
Player of Week
H. D. Murphy, University half
hack, was named Oregon college
player of the week Wednesday by
Portland Linebackers.
Murphy caught a 29-yard pass
from Bob Berry with 11 seconds
remaining in the game to give
the Webfoots a 28 22 v ictory over
Indiana. Murphy also played well
on defense, preventing an Indiana
touchdown with a diving tackle
late in the game.
Ron Jones, Dave Wilcox, and
Berry received honorable men
tion, as did Vern Burke and
Booker Washington of Oregon
State. Oregon's Lu Bain won the
award last week.
Oregon Judo Club
To Drill With T
The University Judo Club will
hold a practice with the YMCA
Judo Club this Saturday at the
YMCA on 20th and Patterson
Streets, beginning at 9 a m.
Between five and ten club mem
bers are expected to turn out for
the practice. The group boasts one
first degree black belt, Stan Ya
sumoto, club president, and one
first degree brown belt, Jim Sind
berg.
Plans are getting under way for
the Northwest Judo tournament
in Portland December 7. All
members wishing to go are asked
to notify Sindberg at 344-2388 be
fore December 4.
Jim Shanley and Jack Morris,
who played in the same back
field for three years, 1955 57,
combined to gain 3,459 yards in
three years rushing. Shanley
gained 1,828, and Morris 1,631
yards.
Buck Corey holds the Oregon
record for the longest field goal
Corey kicked a 38-yarder against
Oregon State in 1962.
Eugene Montessori School
Announces New Daytime Classes
Vi-day sessions beginning January 6
8:30 - 12:00 a.m. and 1:00 - 4:30 p.m daily.
REGISTRATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR
CHILDREN 2Vi - 5 yrs. $45 A MONTH
CALL
MRS. KERNS
MRS. WALSH
MRS. BRICK
345-6883
344-8563
746-1977
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