The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-01
DEAD FROM
HIS INJURIES
Cadet Was Injured in Foot
Ball Game
AT WEST POINT, SATURDAY
Young Man Expired Yesterday After Re-
gaining Consciousness But Once.
Respiratory Nerves We're
Paralyzed.

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ByrHe, who was injured in the Harvard
West Point football game on Saturday
died yesterday From the time he was
taken from the field until his death the
doctors kept the unfortunate cadet alive
10 artificial respiration. His injury has
Been diagnosed as a fracture OF the Sec
ond or third vertebrae and the respira-
tory nerves were completely paralyzed.
Cadet Byrne regained consciousness III
the early hours Of yesterday morning
and asked for drink but soon relapsed
into Inconsistencies from which he
never rallied When it was seen that all
hope was gone, hurried telegram was
sent summoning the cadets mother
from Buffalo and she started at once,
arriving at the academy last night.
The death Of their fellow student was
announced to the corps Of cadets at re.
veile and the cadet officer of the day III
a broken voice read the sad tidings. A
CULVER ran through the long line assem-
bled in the area Of the barracks and
with tears filing their eyes the stalwart
young soldiers unashamed OF their real
grief, silently broke ranks and returned
to their quarters. Al the morning ser
vice in the chapel many OF Byrne's com
rades broke down and sobhed
Late last night Col. Hugh r. Scott,
superintendent Of the Military academy,
Coach Nelly, Coach J. w Beacham and
Captain Pullen and several members OF
the team met and It was decided to
abandon the rest Of the schedule for the
season.
Haryard's football game with West
Point Saturday ended sadly and abb
ruptly in the middle Of the second half
when Cadet Eugene Andrew Byrne, the
big left tackle, had his neck broken in
a hard scrimmage. Harvard had scored
nine points to the Army's nothing in the
clean, but flercely contested play that
preceded the injury Byrne had borne
the brunt Of the crimson line attack
which developed its greatest strength
only after the second period Of play BET
gan. Then Il wore down the Cadet line
for one touchdown and was starting an,
other when the accident occurred.
No one saw how Byrne was hurt. The
play was a bit inside his position,
Harvard line plunge. The most plausi-
bic explanation would seem that Byrne
missed the tackle and that his head fell
between the rapidly moving legs Of one
81 the Harvard's backs. AT any rate,
when the play stopped and the pile If
players disentangled itself, Byrne lay
on The ground motionless.
At first it WIS thought thbt he was
only stunned The Army trained hus-
tied across the field with his water pail
and went to work in the usual manner.
Byrne was. however beyond the appli-
cation of such FIRST aid remedies A
moment later Capt Smith, one 81 the
post surgeons was called After Capt.
Smith came other surgeons in uniform
Harvard squad. and DR. A. II. Shame,
Or. E. r. Nichols. who was with the
old Yale star, who acted as referee Of
the game, knelt beside the injured man
and did what they could to help revive
him.
For fully is minutes Capt. Smith
worked Byrne's arms diagonally across
his chest hard down against the dia
phragm, in an effort to restore his
breath. Meanwhile the crowd grew
stiller and stiller until finally there was
hardly sound. Every eve was riveted
on the mechanical movement Of the
army surpeons resuscitation process
The players. huddled in twn knots
apart from the group 81 surgeons, wrap
ped their blankets about them and watt
ed.
Finally across from the farthest cor
ner Of the field came Col. Sibley, COM
mandant Of cadets, and Col. Scott, su-
perintendent Of the academy. Almost at
the same time tall white-haired man
of 65 or more came down from the east
stand, climbed the wire fence into the
field and went over to the group Of
physicians. This was John A. Byrne Of
Buffalo, the injured boys father, a
marked figure in his citizen clothes and
white hair in the midst of 20 many uni-
forms