October 1, 1905 - The New York Tribune, NY - Elberfeld and Fultz Injured in Collision
BALL PLAYERS INJURED.
Fultz and Elberfeld Unconscious After Collision at League Park.
While chasing a long, smashing hit made by Bradley, the third baseman for Cleveland, yesterday at American League Park, David L. Fultz and Norman Elberfeld ran into each other at fuli speed. Both men were knocked unconscious and put out of the game for the rest of the season. Fultz is now in the Fort Washington Hospital with a possible concussion of the brain, a fractured jaw and severely lacerated tongue and mouth. Elberfeld had to have fifteen stitches taken around his mouth and nose, and his jaw is probably broken.
The accident occurred in the fourth inning. Bradley knocked the ball out to left centre. The sun was high and Fultz, from centre, and Elberfeld, from short, began to run toward each other at full speed, with heads up in the air, watching the ball. Midway they hit each other, Elberfeld's jaw smashing into Fultz's. Both men dropped as though they had been shot, and both teams ran out Elberfeld staggered to his feet and tried to walk, but fell flat on his back, unconscious, before he had taken half a dozen steps.
A call for physicians was sent to the grandstand and several responded. Fultz apparently was dead. The players' bench was ripped up and converted into a temporary stretcher, and the player was taken to the clubhouse. Elberfeld was revived on the field, and staggered to the clubhouse, supported by two of his clubmates. From there an ambulance was summoned from the Fort Washington Hospital and Fultz was removed there, while Elberfeld was taken to the Washington Hotel, in Amsterdam-ave. Fultz was unconscious for more than thirty-five minutes.
Fultz is one of the best known and most popular players in the league. He has also played fast ball on the Brown University team. Much of his leisure time is spent in religious work, and he has several times addressed meetings of young men under the auspices of the Y. M. C.. A. In this city, speaking at the Harlem Branch last Sunday. He will have to stay at least a week in the hospital, while Elberfeld will probably be about in a few days, but both men are out of the game for the rest of the season, which ends in Boston next Saturday. Elberfeld is also suffering from a sprained ankle, which he received in the first inning, but for which he refused to withdraw until he was knocked out.
Fultz and Elberfeld Unconscious After Collision at League Park.
While chasing a long, smashing hit made by Bradley, the third baseman for Cleveland, yesterday at American League Park, David L. Fultz and Norman Elberfeld ran into each other at fuli speed. Both men were knocked unconscious and put out of the game for the rest of the season. Fultz is now in the Fort Washington Hospital with a possible concussion of the brain, a fractured jaw and severely lacerated tongue and mouth. Elberfeld had to have fifteen stitches taken around his mouth and nose, and his jaw is probably broken.
The accident occurred in the fourth inning. Bradley knocked the ball out to left centre. The sun was high and Fultz, from centre, and Elberfeld, from short, began to run toward each other at full speed, with heads up in the air, watching the ball. Midway they hit each other, Elberfeld's jaw smashing into Fultz's. Both men dropped as though they had been shot, and both teams ran out Elberfeld staggered to his feet and tried to walk, but fell flat on his back, unconscious, before he had taken half a dozen steps.
A call for physicians was sent to the grandstand and several responded. Fultz apparently was dead. The players' bench was ripped up and converted into a temporary stretcher, and the player was taken to the clubhouse. Elberfeld was revived on the field, and staggered to the clubhouse, supported by two of his clubmates. From there an ambulance was summoned from the Fort Washington Hospital and Fultz was removed there, while Elberfeld was taken to the Washington Hotel, in Amsterdam-ave. Fultz was unconscious for more than thirty-five minutes.
Fultz is one of the best known and most popular players in the league. He has also played fast ball on the Brown University team. Much of his leisure time is spent in religious work, and he has several times addressed meetings of young men under the auspices of the Y. M. C.. A. In this city, speaking at the Harlem Branch last Sunday. He will have to stay at least a week in the hospital, while Elberfeld will probably be about in a few days, but both men are out of the game for the rest of the season, which ends in Boston next Saturday. Elberfeld is also suffering from a sprained ankle, which he received in the first inning, but for which he refused to withdraw until he was knocked out.
