Show WITH PITCHER NEAR DEATH BAND PLAYS NEARER MY GOD TO THEE Ileno Xe vMay May Ia 16 Robinson pitcher pitch on the Reno baseball team lay unconscious from the effects of ot being hit below the heart by a pitched ball bait and while doctors labored over Oer hIm to restore consciousness a brass band hired for the ball bail game gume by the Virginia City team blared bland forth with Nearer My Iy God to Thee Both Iloth teams teamA were tied In the ninth inning when a baU ball struck s U k Robinson below the heart He fell unconscious Physicians lahs applied restoratives It was at this juncture that the band played The Tb fans considered it an immense jOke Jake but Robinson n failed to revive and was carried from the field He lie was brought to a hospital in this city eft and phy physicians ph in say sa he may die |