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Show Never Got Sunstruck. "Thcro Is a saying that no professional playor over suffered a sunstroko In the history of tho baseball game," says Joe Kolly, "but I havo seen several so near It that thoro was no Joking about It. Tho most recent Instanco was that of Jack Harper in tho gamo with St. Louis last summer. It will bo remembered that Harper went out of tho box In tho sixth Inning of tho game, after ho had tho Cardinals Car-dinals safe. Well, I am cortaln that If ho had worked for one moro Innlnjr ho would havo keeled over. Ho was actually groKgy in tho Blxth and I watched his work with fear and anticipation, for I was afraid ho would collapso any minute. "When tho limine was over he could hardly walk to the bench, and he was compelled to rest for a while before ho could got together onounh strength to walk to tho clubhouse. Had I not taken him out when I did I actually bcllovo ho would havo been counted out boforo tho seventh Inning was over. I recall another I Instanco whore a pitcher became groggy from tho heat and It also occurred In Cincinnati. Cin-cinnati. Joo Corbott was tho victim during dur-ing tho time wo wcro in Baltimore It was a morning on the Fourth of July, and toward the latter half , of tho gamo Joe became so woak that tho Reds hit him nil over tho lot, pulling out a gamo that seemed to belong to Baltimore up to that time. Corbott was all in whoh tho gamo was over, and ono moro Inning would havo knocked him out complotoly." |