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Official added to intramural football crews By DUNCAN MANSFIELD Gamecock Staff Writer See Related Stories. Page Five An additional official has been added to intramural football crews in hopes of eliminating the excessive injuries players have received this year. Robert C. Dalrymple, USC's intramural director, said, "I laid it on the line" to intramural officials and team managers at a Monday afternoon meeting, called especially to discuss the recent rise in injuries. Specifics numbers, however, have not been released. THE ADDITIONAL official will work behind the defensive line specifically to watch the line play, which has been responsible for a number of the injuries, Dalrymple said. This new addition brings the number of officials working one game to four. He said that the blame for the injuries is not entirely the officials fault. "People (players and spectators) always say it is the of ficials' fault (if a player is hurt). But it is the manager's respon sibility to pull a player out of the game if he starts to get hot under the collar." He said, both officials and team managers agreed Monday to work together to eliminate the injury problems. Brent Schofield, assistant athletic chairman of the defending champions, Chi Psi fraternity, said he feels the intramural. -ims are better this year than in the past, but "more players are trying to take cheap shots at each other." Schofield said he was in favor of using the fourth referee rule, and any other measures to prevent action to abandon USC intramural football. If the injuries cannot be controlled, there is the possiblity that intramurals could be cancelled. JOHN FUHRMANwho Schofield called "one of the top referees," said officiating has not been lax recently. Furman said it is hard for referees to watch all of the action, and the use of an extra of ficial will help. Fuhrman 'xpects the rule against personal fouls to be used more than before, at least in the next few weeks. In intramural football, an official can throw a player out of a game if he commits two "flagrant" personal fouls, Fuhrman said. Many of the intramural referees are new this semester, Fuhr man noted. He feels that when these referees gain some ex oierience, over-all officiating will improve. It takes a certain amount of courage for a referee to "throw that first flag," Fuhr man added. Fuhrman is sceptical that the rule change will have a long-lasting effect. "Things will cool down for about a week (on the playing field)," he said. When the controversy subsides, Fuhrman feels the play will be as repleat with "cheap shots" as before. Schofield said intramural football is aimed at having a level of competition somewhere between high school and college status. "This size and skill of the players make intramural more like regular football than flag football," he said. "We're not that terrible, and we're not like gladiators," Schofield said. "But there are some people who probably shouldn't be playing" because they are too small, he added. Dalrymple said there has only been one case where a person was not allowed to play intramurals because of his physical condition. The Health Service banned one student from playing because he had a broken nose, according to Dalrymple. Schofield said most injuries result from the players getting "really hyped up." Most teams take the competition "very seriously," according to Schofield. He stressed, however, that this Is an attribute of the intramural program which has been hurt recently by a lack of control by a minority of players. Dalrymple said he hopes "the action taken to reduce various degrees of enthusiasm (of the players) will slow down (the rate of injuries)." Dalrymple did not want to speculate on any further actions which might be taken if the severe injuries continue. 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