The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-31
Physicians Unable to Save
West Point Cadet
Eugene Byrne.
HEROIC TREATMENT
PROLONGED LIFE
Father and Sisters With Him at
End-Gloom Overspreads
Academy.

WEST POINT, Oct. 3f-Cadet
Eugene A Byne, the cadet who was
injured in the Harvard-West Point
football game yesterday, died in the
infirnary at $50 O'Clock this morn
ing.
ByTne was unconscious all night
with the exception of few minus
when he seemed to realize his coa
dition. He was given drink OF va
ter and at once relapsed into
stupor, from which he did not again
awake.
From the time of the accident b
the afternoon the doctors of the
post, Drs. c. Handy Smith, and
Loving, used every means in Their
power TO resuscitate the injured
player. They began almost at once
the administration of oxygen, ard
this treatment was continued to the
last. Young Byrne did not take a
natural breath from the time he
went down in the rush against Fish
and Minot, of the Harvard team.
AT THE DEATHBED.
At hts side when he died we're
his father ard his sister. sss
we're at the gams yesterday aTferz
noon when Byrne was Injured. and
the game came to sudden termina-
ton. They were among the first to
rush to his side The father is for
mer police commissioner OF Buffalo.
The mother left Buffalo at $50
O'Clock this morning. when it be-
came apparent that her son was in
a critical condition. She viii arrive
late this afternoon, when it is ex-
pected that arrangements will be
made for taking the body To 2c@sio
for burial
Neither father nor sister closed
their eyes all night, and when it
became apparent toward daybreak
that the end was near, Father
O'Keefe was hastily summoned from
Highland Falls to administer the
last rites of the church TO the dying
cadet. The priest arrived at s
o'clock, at which time the boy was
unconscious. It was one of the
most Affecting death scenes ever
witnessed in West Point
The following statement was
made by DR. Handy this morning:
Doctors Statement.
Young Byrne fractured the cervieaI
which controls the nerves OF the
respiratory tract. AS a result he
was unable to take a natural breath.
and when water was administered
TO him he swallowed with the
greatest difficulty.
All that could be done was done.
but it was impossible 70 save him.
The death Of Byrne was announced
today at reveille by the officer Of the
guard, when the cadets were drawn
up in the area Of the barracks. It has
cast a deep gloom over West Point.
He was very popular among his class
mates and with the whole cadet body.
Effect on Game.
That his death viii have an effect on
the football situation there is no doubt.
Neither Superintendent Hugh Scott nor
Commandant of Cadets Sibley would
talk, except to express their regret for
Byrne's death. They believe that any
statement regarding future status Of
football at West Point should be made
by the War Department
The cadets say that when a football
death IS brought home to an academy
OF. college the question of whether there
will be more football is one that must
be seriously considered.
Telegrams have been received from
Annapolis expressing greatest sympa-
thy.
Cheering Stops.
Ten thousand persons saw Byrne
crushed under the weight of the two
teams iii a massed plunge play through
the Army line. and everybody seemed
10 realize instinctively that something
much more serious than the ordinary
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