The Washington herald., 1909-11-14
UNIVERSITY PLAYER
CRUSHED IN GAME
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was clad in football armor, being
substitute tackle on the Virginia eleven.
The youth seemed dazed ~ the calamity
which had befallen him. and when the
wagon started away he cried:
u want TO go with Archie" jumping
on the rear step Of the wagon.
Two policemen seized the youth and
dragged him from the step.
Let me Eoi Let me Go.' ne cried.
struggling. Tn his brother. and I'm
going with him"
Let him come with US" shouted Dr.
Glazebrook from the wagon. but the
policemen did not hear and tried TO re-
strain the struggling boy between them.
With a final, mighty effort the boy
fought himself free and ran after the
wagon. catching up with II and jumping
on the rear step. he rode to the hospital
unmolested-
Ten minutes before Christian was TO
moved from the grid!ron q telephone call
was received at Georgetown Hospital, and
a woman's voice asked over the wire:
Have you a patient there by name Of
Christian?"
She was assured there was no person OF
the name at the hospital.
The woman was Mrs. Christian, mother
Of Archer and Andrew. She had feared
to go TO the football field and witness the
game. dreading 10 see one OF her boys
injured. In her suite at the Arlington Ho-
tel she grew restless as the time for the
end OF the game approached, and when
she was able TO stand the strain no longer
she went 10 a telephone and called up the
hospital
A few minutes after she had closed UP
the phone. the bell rang, and when she
answered the call voice told her that
her son Archer had been injured. With
out waiting for more. Mrs. Christian left
the hotel and went to the hospital, ar
irving a few minutes after her son was
carried in on a stTetcher.
Received I'm Hospital.
It was after 5 o'clock when the patient
was received. Physicians decided an op-
Grafton was necessary. Mrs Christian
was told her son was In serious condi-
ton. Suddenly. she seemed TO awake TO
the fact her boy might die. and she took
charge Of the situation with gentleness
OF command which was irresistible
Send for Dr. Cushing immediately
she ordered In clear. though somewhat
tremulous voice
Or. Harvey Gushing, OF Baltimore, is
considered one OF the most skillfuI brain
surgeons in the country, and a telegram
was sent to him. imploring that he hurry
TO washington with all possible speed.
He obeyed the summons, and at s
o'clock at night the patient was removed
on a roller stretcher to the operating
room.
He appeared TO suffer from a fracture
at the base Of the skull, and there also
seemed 70 be conclusion of the brain.
Anesthetics were given, ana the sur
geons began work. Almost at tho sauna
minute Virginia and Georgetown students
20 the number OF several hundred were
entering the Columbia Theater 10 see
Rose Stahl in THE Chorus Lady" There
was a rumoT among them that Christian
was in danger Of death. and the Joyous
ness Of the occasion was interrupted
The boys watched the rise OF the curtain
disinterestedly, seeming to fear the ap-
proaoh OF every messenger with Word
from the hospital
The surgeons first made an incIsion on
the left side OF the skull. Another in
cision was made on the left and a third
on the back Of tho head. 1t was learned
the patient was suffering not only from