The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-01

- Military acanlcdy. late tonight, =
). after a! consultation with the =
:. athletic authorities of tho acad- =
j. emy on the death of Byrnc as n =
- result of Injuries received in the =
:. Harvard game yesterday. =
WEST POINT, n. Y, Oct. 3l.-Ca-
Diet Eugene A, Byrne, who was injured
in Yesterdays football game between
the Army team and Harvard, died early
today. His father, former Chief of Po-
lice Byrnc of Buffalo, was with him
when he died.
The tragedy has brought such poign-
ant grief to officers and cadets alike
that the end of football at West Point
and Annapolis is predicted by many.
Young Byrne expired at sunrise.
Brave as was the young soldier S fight
against death, il was hopeless from the
start. Buried beneath mass of strug-
Cling players i'll the lIargard-Arm
game yesterday, his neck was twisted
and broken by the weight of the crush
ing pile above him,
By Artificial Respiration.
Only the Immediate resort to ar
tificial respiration kept the boy from
almost instant death. for he 1ld mol
draw j natural breath after receiving
the fatal shocks Surgeons were unable
to made complete examination last
night, But x-raY photographs taken
after his death revealed II dislocation
between the first and second rcrvical
yertebrac. This caused the natural
process of breathing to cease and the
artificial means nf respiration resort
cd 10 was all that kept the injured
cadet alive until today, No autopsy
was held,
I. Funeral services VIII be held tomor-
row IN thc Catholic chapel at tho
post, where the body was taken. A
radct guard has been posted at the
chapel and details of Young soldiers
VIII watch over the body until after
INC services tomorrow The funeral
VIII he conducted with full military
honorS, Mousignor G.. G. O 'Fecfe in
charge of thc Catholic cbapels IN this
vicinity, will officiatc
Game May Be Doomed.
When the cadet corps and the off
cial family of the academy had rccov-
cred from the first shock of the an
houncemcnt that Byrncs injuries had
terminated fatally. the effect which
me accident might have upon The re.
nialodcr OF the football schedule i'm
hcdlatcly came To mind The sentiment
hardly had time TO crystalize fodav. but
more than one opinion was voiced that
nc casually would result in curtaiGnp
rue remainder of the season, If not The
'9nceuaiIon of the entire schedule. in.
''Hmnn,eg tnn Army Navy game.
,no ouIe'ai expression on the matter is
mcaSer. When Colonel Hugh Scott, the
b;S b'nniE supcrIntendcnt, was asked for
h'a'ter l cannot discuss. now. -
Is Terribly Dramatic.
nc manner of young Byrne's in jrlry.
th,'"rsSp9 ths as 1t was by the father md
str,i nIihaI'ds gathered TO witness tho
s.iugg'e between the Army and Uar
sar1' was dramatic When spectators
r"i'zed tho shock was serious tbe
Ilhg was husbed as if hv maoic
icN minutes later Byrne was carried
""TToh,scIous from the field,
sura ,aken TO The cadet hospital. skilled
iba ?uS Iaporcd over him throughout
.nr hight- Conscious at times. he rcal. |
i@Pu the seriousness of his condition
bv order of Colonel Scott cadet ac
,I.s nI,tics Tor today were directed TO he
ny ,,a Such as were necessary, Thnro
ln1oG l1s NO parade tonight. The dag was
,ra. 10 hall mast and directions |
@ m1,e gwen that all academic dutIc; Inc |
suspended tomorrow
1,s ouhG BSrne WAS only 81 wears old |
,"as me WAS "a veteran of the Army football
snd sran and popular with his classmates
"q "Pu uo'heHrs, He was a1ing as cantain |
'i'nc eleven yesterday.
Injured in Mass Play.
t,ai,h Ii5rhc was injured in mass pIa,, on
bap play common enough in foot !
s;n. gri ana which had been used several |
dar,. IN the game previous 10 tho acni
t'i tacli. Byrne, standing valiantlv as left
wv ,SboAie Tor the Army, WAS forced nuaer
faIl; u rush of Crimson players. and On |
,;,ne must have had his head twisted !
na'' eo II position where the weight Of tbr |
H. bSn ping upon him was greater than !
rnL,S1 S1ong ligaments of the vcrtebrnI
'o.tnn could stand. 81
I fo, ! ByTne dies il VIII kill football I
,ra WI onth West Point and Anrapolis );
grnn Inc frequent remark heard ON tbe |
4 f,.run fy%las last night, and tonight with |
4 frir foon's dead. tho feeling preyailcd fhat
A1oali AnN.li rs "A sport nj West Point and |
died "' p't" seriously leopar- |