Earle Combs fractured his skull hitting the wall at Sportsman park

On July 24, 1934 — New York Yankee CF Earle Combs crashed into the wall at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis and suffered a fractured skull. New York calls up George Selkirk but learns he broke his arm the same day playing for Newark.

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