The Archive · 1938

Many Injuries

There were no deaths in the other sports in Italy. Gymnastics caused 84 injuries, wrestling 37, basket-ball 23, track and field 16, roller skating 13, fencing 9, tennis 4, and rowing 4.

Nine deaths and 900 accidents were brought on by pre-military training by Young Fascist Groups. These were caused by the use of firearms, by the various manceuvres, by parading and other semi-military games.

While hunting caused most deaths with 31, football led in the accident domain with 1,500 cases, ranging from a simple strained muscle to broken bones, sometimes involving months in the hospital A study of these figures reveals that there is a better chance for survival in a football casualty than in a hunting mishap.

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