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The Newberry Sim, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Sept. 7, 1967—PAGE 7 Eliminate "Spearing,” Authorities Caution CHICAGO - Football “spear ing” should be eliminated, warn sports and medical authorities. Spearing is the tactic in which a blocker or tackier uses his head as a battering ram. It’s dangerous, both for himself and for the per son he hits. A group of coaches, physi cians, and sports officials have joined the American Medical As sociation in calling for coaches to emphasize correct, head-up block ing and tackling, and for strict en forcement by officials of the rules against spearing. Said Notre Dame football coach Ara Parseghian: “I can’t be gin to tell of the number of clinics where I have lectured on the (spearing) problem. We don’t teach this at Notre Dame; and over the years, I have done every thing within my power to influ ence others to coach against it.’’ The AMA’s Committee on the Medical Aspects of Sports asked for sports authorities’ comments when recent studies showed that head and neck injuries continue to constitute a very high percent age of serious injuries in football. In the correct, head up tackle, the player uses his shoulders, arms, and chest to stop the ball carrier. In a “spear” or “butt” tackle, he drives into his opponent with his head. By spearing, the tackier may prevent the ball carrier from ad vancing a few extra inches—if he tackles him. With his head down, however, he risks serious injury to his head and spinal cord, and he is more likely to miss the tackle because he has a harder time see ing where he’s going. Studies of fatalities indicate that football has a good safety rec ord, considering that virtually a million players are involved each fall. It could be even better, how ever, if head and neck injuries could be reduced. In 1966, head and neck injuries were responsible for 23 of the 24 fatalities directly attributed to injuries in college and high school football. Said Murray Warmath, foot ball coach at the University of Minnesota: "Spearing will never disappear from the game until we quit coaching it and until we ab solutely disallow its use on the part of our players. "It isn’t the first man who makes the tackle,” Warmath said. “It’s that second tackier. He puts his head down, closes his eyes, and piles into the mart who’s down with one intent, and that’s to maim and cripple.” Joining the coaches in con demning spearing and in calling for correct, head-up blocking and tackling were Richard C. Schnei der, M.D., an Ann Arbor, Mich., neurosurgeon and member of the AMA Committee on the Medical Aspects of Sports; Donald B. Slo cum, M.D.. chairman of the AMA committee and orthopedic consult ant to the University of Oregon football team; William E. Newell, executive secretary of the National Athletic Trainers Association and head athletic trainer at Purdue University; O. B. Murphy, M.D.. University of Kentucky team physi cian and AMA representative to the NCAA Rules Committee; Carl Blythe, Ph.D.. Chapel Hill, N.C., chairman of the NCAA committee on football safetv and president of the American College of Sports Medicine; L. W. Combs, M.D., di rector of the Purdue University student health center and a leader in the Athletic Medicine Section of the American College Health Association, and Clifford B. Fagan, executive secretary of the National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations. SENATOR STRO HURMOND Reports PEOPLE THE NO-WORK NIGHTMARE It is altogether fitting that we celebrate Labor Day with a day of rest, instead of a day of work. It is no contradiction to mark the holiday with rest and recreation. The working days of the year find us so busy and preoccupied with the business of earning a living that we have no time to re flect on our occupation. By setting aside a holiday in honor of work, we are better pre pared to recognize that work is the very heart of a dynamic society. Some so-called experts are saying today that work is an old-fashioned idea; they say that the age of computers an<\ automatic machinery will sc, drastically reduce the numbej of workers needed that the? government will have to sup port the majority of people without requiring them to work. These experts say that, we will have to revise our atti tudes about the dignity of la bor, and our disapproval of those who do not work. The theory even goes so far as to say that it will be the duty of the government to provide en tertainment and constructive hobbies for those who are per manently idle. THEORIES FAIL In the time since these theo ries were first voiced a number of years ago, events have not borne out predictions. Automa tion seems to increase the total job market, instead of throw ing everyone out of work—al though of course many factors enter into job availability in a given locality. The picture of life without work painty by the supposed experts seems to have vanished. Despite this setback, how ever, tfcewi is a growing tend ency to accept the no-work phfiosophy. Welfare nnmwtt- anta ara now DroooBndlsw the Men that welfare paymenta are a “right," which la is be placed along sMe the lights to ttfe. Washington, D.C. was re cently the scene of the first convention of the National Or ganization for Welfare Rights, consisting of delegates who were living on welfare and were meeting together to dis cover ways to increase their so-called welfare rights. One delegate boasted to the press that she had raised five chil dren on welfare, and that her children were raising her grandchildren on welfare. Nevertheless, she seemed to feel that she was being cheated of still more benefits which she deserved. amazing rights When welfare benefits are considered as “rights” instead of charity, then human dignity is compromised. A person de manding such is able to work, but won’t, he becomes con firmed in his idleness. In car ing for the general welfare, government, at some level, should see to it that some form of work is available to those who cannot get productive em ployment. There will always be those who are mentally or physically disabled for one rea son or another. However those who are able to work should be required to earn their own living. Nevertheless, the government should never take over the ma jor responsibility for providing work. As long as those who can't work or are unable to find work are on the fringe of society, the nation will be productive enough to provide some surplus to help the needy. On the other hand, once the attitude of no-work pervades all classes of society, then the nation will become sterile and non-productive. Work means a plush of energy, physical or mental, with some challenge or task. This clash is the source of expansion and progress. When men try to avoid that clash, than all progress stops. The momentum of the nation slows down, and its power re cedes. It is no coincidence that SPORTS By Ted Besting When is a little dog a big dog? The answer might well be “When it's a -Brittany Spaniel.” Dogs of this breed give a good account of themselves not only in the grouse woods and in heavy pheasant covers but also in the wide-open quail country of Florida; and there are many that have acquitted themselves well in gun-dog field trials against larger breeds. . Though the Brittany — the only pointing Spaniel — was first imported into this country in the early 1930’s, it has been popular on the continent of Europe for centuries. Some be lieve that it is distantly related to the red-and-white setter, the original ancestor of the Irish setter of today. It is possible that early Irish warriors in vading the Brittany region of France took along their setters and these dogs played a part in the development of the Brit tany Spaniel. The firtft tailless ancestor of Great Britain, for example, finds that the disintegration of her empire power is matched by chronic problems of low productivity among both labor and management. Whatever the needs of the economy, work cannot be elimi nated from the human make up without serious conse quences for society. Work is not a hang-over from the so- called “Puritan ethic.” Man needs work to survive, to de velop his spirit, and to advance civilization. The dream of a society which would praise the no-work attitude is actually a nightmare. comi CftOUW TRUSS PMmM LUXURIOUS RUPTURE COMFORT Nmr cool, washablo 3-ply mlraclo mate- riaUI Unexcelled relief and comfort Flat foam rubber (rein pad. Paddad lag strap. No fitting. For redudWa Inguinal lwni£ NEWBERRY DRUG CO. 944 Main St,, Newberry, S. C. pointer, his range compares well with the ranges of these breeds in open country. He adapts his range to the cover, hunting close in the brush but with greater range than the spring er Spaniel. He is at his best in heavy cover, for he likes to keep in touch with his master. Interest in the Britany span iel is showing a steady and healthy growth. For the sports man who hunts on foot and is not sensitive to the absence of a merry tail, the Brittany makes an ideal gunning com panion. He has won his place in the world of American gun dogs and is here to stay. Native of Mrs. Florence G. Carpenter, 69, of Chappells, died Wednes day in Savannah, Ga., after a long illness. She was a native of Chappells where she lived most of her life and was a member of Soule Chapel Methodist church. Surviving are a son, Harri son W. Hill of Hopewell, Va.; a daughter, Mrs. R. B. Gotts- chalk of Savannah, Ga.; a bro ther, J. B. Goodwin of Raleigh, N. C.; five sisters, Mrs. M. P. Goodwin and Mrs. T. C. David- soon of Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. L. Hall of Steadman, Mrs. Myrtle G. Johnson of Chappells and Mrs. Hugh Maharge of New Orleans, La. BIBLE CLASS TO HAVE SUPPER The Lucy Epps Bible Class will have its quarterly meeting and covered dish supper in the Social Hall at 7 p.m., Friday, September 15. Newberry County Voters If you have a valid registration certificate now you may renew it in person or by mail. The registration office in the Court House will be open every day, beginning September 1, 1967, during regular Court House hours for those who wish to apply in person. If you do NOT have a valid certificate now (moved from one precinct to another or recently become of voting age) you must apply at the office in person. However, if you have a valid certificate and wish to renew by mail please be sure to: 1. Fill in ALL blanks in application form 2. Check all statements that are true in your case. 3. Have application signed by a notary public 4. Be sure to include your present (yellow) certificate 5. Mail to Newberry County Board of Regis tration, Court House, Newberry, S. C. Your new certificate will be mailed to you as soon as possible. Application forms will be available at the following places: CHAPPELLS—Parnell’s Service Station, and Scurry's Service Station KIN ARDS—Post Office LITTLE MOUNTAIN—G. Russell Shealy’s Sin clair Station, Frick’s Esso Station and J. E. Metts Company. MAYBINTON—Fork Grocery NEWBERRY—City Clerk’s Office, Post Office, Newberry Mills Office, Oakland Mill Office and Pete’s Grocery. PEAK—Peak Pharmacy POMARIA—C. E. Long’s, Kinard Bros. PROSPERITY—Post Office, Town Clerk’s Office SILVERSTREET—Havird Bros., Murray Shep pard’s WHITMIRE—Post Office, Town Hall, Whitmire Mill, Mr. Tony Ramsey’s Office the modern breed was born about a century ago in the little Breton town of Pontou — the offspring of a white-and-lemon sire brought there by his Eng lish owner for woodcock shoot ing and a white-and-mahogany dam belonging to a native hunt er. The puppy developed into an exceptionally fine hunting dog and was much in demand as a stud. All his litters con tained puppies either without tails or with short stubs. For the “one-dog” man, the Brittany makes a fine compan ion.- He has the temperament and somewhat the size of a Spaniel, possesses a natural in stinct to retrieve and, in addi tion, points his game in the manner of the setter or the pointer. This is not to say that all Brittany spaniels are nat ural pointing dogs, for this in stinct must be developed just as in the pointer and setter. But it is inherent and can be easily brought out and put to work through proper training. The Brittany, though not ex actly timid, is a rather sensi tive dog and will be spoiled by rough handling. He can take correction, but it had best be administered in small doses; in fact, that is all that is gen erally necessary. This does not mean that “the Spaniel that looks like a setter,” as he is frequently called, is super-thin- skin and must be handled with kid gloves; but kind treatment and mild, though positive, cor rection will get results where harsh treatment may spoil the prospect. The Brittany is the widest range of all the Spaniels notes Henry P. Davis,, Sporting dogs Editor of Sports Afield Maga zine. Although not, as a rule, as wide as that of the setter or