HARDING IS SERIOUSLY HURT IN GAME WITH YALE

Victor Matthews Harding '31 of Hubbard Woods, Illinois, Harvard end, was reported last night by Dr. T. K. Richards '15 as resting comfortably at the Stillman Infirmary after an operation for a ruptured spleen. Dr. Richards reported Harding's condition as satisfactory though he said it would be several days before the boy was "out of the woods." At a late hour last night he was reported as resting comfortably with pulse normal and temperature only slightly high:

The fact that Harding had been in serious condition and his life endangered on Saturday night when his teammates and all the Harvard hosts were celebrating the 10-6 victory over Yale did not become known to players and coaches until yesterday morning. Arnold Horween, head coach of the Harvard team, was the only one permitted to see the star end yesterday, Dr. Richards permitting Horween to spend a few minutes with him before he left for Chicago.

Taken to Stillman

The facts on the case are as follows: Harding complained after the game of feeling ill, though he did not know what the matter was. There was no sign of external or internal injury, and the boy dressed and told Dr. Richards that he thought he would pass up the football dinner and theatre party and go home to bed. He asked Dr. Richards to see that his sister received his theatre tickets and thought he might join the party later in the evening.

Dr. Richards and Dr. Browder, one of his associates in charge of the Harvard teams, kept Harding in the locker building under observation, and at 6 o'clock, not satisfied with his condition, called an ambulance and took him to the Stillman Infirmary. There the boy's condition improved and Dr. Richards went to the theatre to deliver the theatre tickets for Harding's sister. Dr. Browder, who was with the player, became convinced shortly before 9 o'clock that Harding's condition was critical Richards was summoned and it was discovered that Harding was bleeding inwardly and that he probably had a ruptured spleen.

Transfusion of Blood

Dr. Richards called in Dr. L. J. Walker '04 and Dr. F. L. Richardson to assist him, and Dr. Browder, when an immediate operation was deemed necessary. Arrangements were made for a blood transfusion, and Dr. Richards operated. It is reported that had the operation been postponed an hour it would have been impossible to save Harding. His mother and sister were called in time to see him before the operation, and the blood transfusion was made immediately afterward. It was found that the spleen was cut in two.