Show I STRUGK ON HEAD S BY POLO BALL 5 SWIFT IS KILLED S 1 I F Deadly Contest on Onwent a sia Field ChicagoJ i S I S DEATH SHOT FROM MALLET lJ I Injured Man Walked From thaI tha-I Grounds il Victim Did Not See Ball Coming Un i til Too Late to Dodge on Account Ac-count of Suns Glare fl i S S S I I S Chicago Sept 20 Nathan Swift son of Louis F Swift the packer died today fl 1 to-day from the effects of a blow on the d t I temple with a polo ball at Onwentala field during a game j THOUGHT TO BE TRIFLING S The accident at first was thought to i be trifling Mr Swift was playing in I a contest in which his companions were Frederick McLaughlin AA W Rath I bone Al Farwell Sidney Love Walter r I Keith R R McCormick and Charles j Garlleld King ii MR LOVE HIT THE BALL I The ball which struck Mr SwIft wan one that went In the air and from the mallet of Mr Love Mr Swift did not n appreciate his danger until too late the glare of the sun preventing him from following the ball In Its flight 4 WALKED WITHOUT AID l i AVhen the ball hit him he did not fall I from hIs saddle and when his companions 4 v j compan-ions galloped to his side he was at first l 3 inclined to make light of the injury He c tfi I was induced to dismount but walked 1t tfi4 m > without aid from the field Arriving l s 4 1 home he complained of dizziness and j later went into a delirium which was J followed by his death I fc OPERATION PERFORMEDS S The accident which resulted In MrS jt Mr-S Jls death occurred yesterday afternoon t after-noon During the night an operation S was performed to relieve a ruptured j blood vessel near the brain The operation c opera-tion whtyh wa performed at the country coun-try home of the Swift family AVest leigh In Lake count seemed to glv relief but the effect wits only temporary 5 porary Three physicians worked over him until the end Nathan Swift was horn in Chicago In 1881 He was an entluiainntic athlete I s being especially fond of football and polo I 1 |