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Show ttABfo next yeah. 3tfntra Will Fortify Bit Accidents. pcj)T (lghtlng to remain jjgMFWthemannBement 's bending cverv endeavor-to secure a team . that will win tho pennant in 1903 This year's tenni -would have turned tho trick but for the unprecedented number of accidents ac-cidents that have befallen the players. In fact, thoy would have mndo a runaway run-away with It. Ai one time they -wcro In the neighborhood of one hundred points to the good and were defeating with ease tho clubs that aro making them now look like a punchedmcal ticket. Then. Manager Man-ager JLaJole was hurt and put out of tho game for two months. Ho re-entered the game, but had not acquired his usual form when again ho was hurt. Jobs, who was pitching the best ball of any twlrler In the league, was of no value to tho team for about n. month. Bay was out for two weeks and Is not himself again bv a long ways. Stovall was crippled for two weeks. Bemls has been out for threo weeks or more and Is still In "cits." "When he Is again ready to pluy. It may be three weeks before he Is as good as when ho was hurl. Bradley, when acting as manager, was suffering with such a severe cold that ho was not able to play his best game. |