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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.
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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