April 10, 1909 - The New York Times - YANKEES GET CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH
YANKEES GET CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH
Six Members of Baseball Party, However, Must Be Vaccinated Again.
ELBERFELD ALL CARVED
New York Team Passes Through Trying Ordeals in Virginia�May Come Home, Government Surgeon Says.
Special to The New York Times.
RICHMOND, Va., April 9. - The trouble-tossed New York Americans arrived here this morning, and for the first time since they reported at Macon, over a month ago they experienced the luxury of a "Sleeper " for 'their train ride. The result was they had 'a good night's rest before striking Richmond and undergoing another inspection by the medical authorities. Before leaving Lynchburg last night the party showed their arms to allow Dr. Barksdale of that place to look at their old and new vaccination marks, and this being done the teammates of Hal Chase, the star first baseman, who Is laid up with smallpox in Augusta, were allowed to depart from Lynchburg.
On the arrival of the New Yolk players here this morning they. were met at the railroad station by Dr. E. C. Levy and Dr. W. B. Foster of the Richmond Health Board, who told Manager Stallings to take his men to the hotel, where they would be duly examined. After breakfast the players, newspaper correspondents, and others of the New York retinue, were rounded up in a room of the hotel to await the coming of the doctors. The Government authorities in Washington had had their attention attracted to the case, their jurisdiction coming about through the inter-State commerce law. Consequently, Surgeon General Wyman sent Dr. J. Goldberger of the United. States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service here to pass upon the matter for the Government before the party be allowed to cross the Potomac.
This has been a week of trial and tribulation for the New York players, but they have become somewhat used to them by this time, and awaited the ordeal with fortitude.
When Dr. Goldberger arrived he and the local physicians lined the New York party up, and each man bared his arm and was closely examined. Their new marks spoke for themselves as to the "taking " status, and the old marks revealed conditions to the medical experts. Each man was questioned about the date of previous vaccinations and the itching of the new ones. After this ceremony, so to speak, Mannager Stallings was asked by the doctors to give a history of the Chase case, which he did.
The medical board then went into consultation, and on getting through that said there were six members of the party who would have to be vaccinated again. These were Doc Newton, Neal Ball, Charalie Hemphill, " Duke " Farrell. Jack Burke, the trainer, and W. J. McBeth, newspaper man. George McConnell was vaccinated, too, with this party, he having gone home to Anderson from Macon ahead of the others and not having been vaccinated in Auagusta. Kid Elberfeld was vaccinated in Augusta, but had it done over again at his home, in Lynchburg, yesterday. Between a couple of incisions in a carbuncle on his cheek and two vaccinations this week, the Kid is pretty well carved up. Dr. Levy reported that, so far as Richamond was concerned. the New York party was entitled to a clean bill of health and' would be allowed to play the game scheduled, for to-day. " You are fortunate, in view of the large size of your party, that there are such good scars from former vaccinations," he told Stallings. Dr. Goldberger sent in his report to Washington, and he also gave a clean bill of health in the way of an official sanction to Stallings, permitting his team to go through to New York.
The second team of Yankees was here to-day. The seconds were to have played in Norfolk. but came here to play in case the first team was not allowed to take part in the game. While watching the practice Dr. Goldberger, the Government physician, who revaccinated several arms this morning, expressed the opinion that there would be no great amount of trouble among the players from the vaccinated arms.
Six Members of Baseball Party, However, Must Be Vaccinated Again.
ELBERFELD ALL CARVED
New York Team Passes Through Trying Ordeals in Virginia�May Come Home, Government Surgeon Says.
Special to The New York Times.
RICHMOND, Va., April 9. - The trouble-tossed New York Americans arrived here this morning, and for the first time since they reported at Macon, over a month ago they experienced the luxury of a "Sleeper " for 'their train ride. The result was they had 'a good night's rest before striking Richmond and undergoing another inspection by the medical authorities. Before leaving Lynchburg last night the party showed their arms to allow Dr. Barksdale of that place to look at their old and new vaccination marks, and this being done the teammates of Hal Chase, the star first baseman, who Is laid up with smallpox in Augusta, were allowed to depart from Lynchburg.
On the arrival of the New Yolk players here this morning they. were met at the railroad station by Dr. E. C. Levy and Dr. W. B. Foster of the Richmond Health Board, who told Manager Stallings to take his men to the hotel, where they would be duly examined. After breakfast the players, newspaper correspondents, and others of the New York retinue, were rounded up in a room of the hotel to await the coming of the doctors. The Government authorities in Washington had had their attention attracted to the case, their jurisdiction coming about through the inter-State commerce law. Consequently, Surgeon General Wyman sent Dr. J. Goldberger of the United. States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service here to pass upon the matter for the Government before the party be allowed to cross the Potomac.
This has been a week of trial and tribulation for the New York players, but they have become somewhat used to them by this time, and awaited the ordeal with fortitude.
When Dr. Goldberger arrived he and the local physicians lined the New York party up, and each man bared his arm and was closely examined. Their new marks spoke for themselves as to the "taking " status, and the old marks revealed conditions to the medical experts. Each man was questioned about the date of previous vaccinations and the itching of the new ones. After this ceremony, so to speak, Mannager Stallings was asked by the doctors to give a history of the Chase case, which he did.
The medical board then went into consultation, and on getting through that said there were six members of the party who would have to be vaccinated again. These were Doc Newton, Neal Ball, Charalie Hemphill, " Duke " Farrell. Jack Burke, the trainer, and W. J. McBeth, newspaper man. George McConnell was vaccinated, too, with this party, he having gone home to Anderson from Macon ahead of the others and not having been vaccinated in Auagusta. Kid Elberfeld was vaccinated in Augusta, but had it done over again at his home, in Lynchburg, yesterday. Between a couple of incisions in a carbuncle on his cheek and two vaccinations this week, the Kid is pretty well carved up. Dr. Levy reported that, so far as Richamond was concerned. the New York party was entitled to a clean bill of health and' would be allowed to play the game scheduled, for to-day. " You are fortunate, in view of the large size of your party, that there are such good scars from former vaccinations," he told Stallings. Dr. Goldberger sent in his report to Washington, and he also gave a clean bill of health in the way of an official sanction to Stallings, permitting his team to go through to New York.
The second team of Yankees was here to-day. The seconds were to have played in Norfolk. but came here to play in case the first team was not allowed to take part in the game. While watching the practice Dr. Goldberger, the Government physician, who revaccinated several arms this morning, expressed the opinion that there would be no great amount of trouble among the players from the vaccinated arms.
