New York, June 21.
ON Gehrig, the "iron hoss" of baseball and holder of the world consecutive game record, saw his career temporarily ended as Mayor Brothers Clinic physicians' revealed he is suffering from chronic poliomyelitis, described as a type of infantile paralysis, Ed Barrow, president of the New York Yankees, announced that his former first baseman is the victim of poliomyelitis. He also said that the man who played in 2,130 consecutive major league baseball games before benching himself last month probably would never play baseball again.
Gehrig entered St. Mary's Hospital ut Rochester on June 16 and then
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