Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-08-29 | Page 11 | 'Bean-Ballers' Feared by Magnates Player May Have to Wear Helmet

FEARED BY MAGNATES W. W PLAYER MAY HAVE TO WEAR HELMET club owners are considering con con- B BASEBALL the introduction of oC headgear tor lot bat batsmen since the fatal accident to Ray Chapman Cleveland star shortstop who vho was hiton hit hiton hiton on the head by a a. pitched ball bail at the tho Polo grounds The Jd idea a Is not new nor Is It generally gen gen- rally popular with players let Yet It has hns both humanitarian and protective financial merits The apparatus being considered red ac according according Sc- Sc cording to Magistrate strate Frank l secretary of or tho the New York National i league club la is tho the solid helmet similar smIlar simi smI- lar to those prescribed for naval na aviator avi 1 ator and toot football ball linesmen The batter Is la always in dancer er of oC being hit by the tho n han ban an ball Accidents are arc frequent Some batters have havo a habit of ot crouching well over the thc plato plat and unless they thoy guess guus the pitched ball baIl correctly do not always have hn time Ume to sidestep It Tuck Turner former Cleveland In fielder who was once hit on the h head ad by a ball while facing Pitcher Joo Joe Boehling In a game at Washington ton says th that t there Is some pome deadly fascination fascination fasci fasci- nation to the bean heart ball bail You simply cant can't get out of the way of ot A II bean ball though you fICO it coming and you know it Is going to to crash into your skull he says aas I I 1 imagine that a a. person fascinated by a snake feels much the same way paralyzed paralyzed par par- and unable to dodge the deadly thing about to strike Many of the past and present day stars have been victims of or the tho bean beaner er There Thero was considerable discussion of ot the question of ot for for- forbat or lIa batters bat bat- t. t at the tho time when Chick Few- Few titers star recruit of tf tho the Yankees was Injured last spring during spring training C Football play players rs have never objected to wearing although baseball base base- ball is net considered nearly as dan dan- erous Some boxers have recently resorted re- re sorted 1 t to helmets to protect their heads during training Whether hether the idea will get any further turI fur tur- ther titer than th the discussion stage In baseball baseball base base- I ball or not is questionable However it Is being seriously considered q V f cT J I s M f I I I The picture horr a batter would look n a helmet at atThe the p late