Cadet Richard Brinsley Sheridan, whose neck was broken making a tackle in the Yale Bowl last Saturday, died yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock in spite of all efforts to save him.
In reference to the death of the cadet, who played a brilliant game against Harvard the week before, W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics, said, "The passing of Richard Brinsley Sheridan is tragic; West Point has lost a cadet worthy of her finest traditions and an athletic admired by his competitors as an outstanding sportsman."
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