The Washington times., 1931-04-23
MAJOR THIGH
MUSCLE IS
BRUISED


Babe Ruth is suffering from the
same injury which bothered
Knute Rockne, famous football
coach, for many months before
his death in an airplane crash
recently. DR.. E. V. Painter, New
York Yankees trainer, said to-
day.
Painter said the great hitter
was struck on the major thigh
muscle on the left leg, halfway
between the hip and knee. A
similar injury developed into a
blood clot for the Notre Dame
coach and he was troubled for a
long time.
"It is difficult to foretell the
effect of such an injury" DR..
Painter said. Sometimes it is
merely a muscle bruise, which
we hope this is"
"Gct me a crutch-a cane.
Get me my clothes and let me
out of here. What do they
think / am, kid that can't
take a rap now and then?"
Such was the impatience of
Babe Ruth to leave Peter Bent
Brigham Hospital.
To his wife. at the bedside, the
Babe" described the incidents
preceding his l. .ry.
81 turned third and was COM
ing in fast" said Ruth. boy,
/ must have been moving.
Charlie Berry's a big hoy. If l
hit him the way 1 was going
we'd both have been killed. /
turned to give him the nip so
neither one of us would be
hurt. And there / go and take
the worst of it,"
With Babe Ruth in the hospital
nursing a severe bruise on his left
thigh that probably will keep him
out of action for week or longer
fresh peril loomed for the
Yankees this morning.
Lou Gehrig's leg buckled under
him yesterday. and although he
continued to play, and will start
today, he is in momentary danger
of springing a charleyhorse that
may incapacitate him indefinitely
Gehrig completed his 894th
consecutive game with the
Yankees yesterday, and is eager
to run the string to 1000 or more.
Whether or not he will succeed is
purely a matter of luck. A wrench,
however slight, may send Lou to
the sick bay.
An X-ray photograph dis
closed no injury to Ruth's thigh
bone. There is danger of a
deep seated blood clOt forming,
however, and should this de-
velOp, Babe will be out Of action
for perhaps two weeks.
In the event that the physicians
at the Peter Bent Brigham Hos
pital can prevent the threatening
clot from forming, and they
worked over Ruth for hours, the
home-run king will be discharged
from the hospital today. He spent
comfortable night.
Physicians at the hospital said
today that the numbness in the
leg which caused Ruth to fear
that his leg was broken was
caused by shock to the nerves.
Shortly after being admitted to
the hospital, however, he re-
gained motion in his ankle joint
and feet. The Babe reassured
himself this morning that every
thing was all right by giving
exhibitions of toe Wriggling.
Ruth'S collapse climaxed a day
of bad luck. First he stepped
into a depression in the ground
and twisted his left instep. Then
he crashed into Charlie Berry,
Sox catcher, as he dashed for a
score. Berry is a former Lafayette
football star and some reports
said he "shouldered" Ruth as the
home run king scored. Ruth's
thigh was badly bruised and word
here was that if a blood clot
developed he might be idle for
many days.
After Ruth is released from
the hospital it was expected that
he would be sent home to New
York.
During his absence, Myril Hoag,
SIS, 900 star from the Pacific
coast who relieved Ruth yester'
day and Sammy Byrd will alter,
nate in left field for the Yanks