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Show TWELVE DEATHS Statistics Indicate That Injuries Injur-ies on Diamond AreMore Than on Gridiron. MANY INJURIES DURING -: PAST- THREE MONTHS i Bull Players Lose 'Their Heads and Sing Not With Fists, But With Bats, i ' I ' r i 1 1 u 1 1 u Special Sporting Service. - ' CHICAGO, III., July 2S. The baseball base-ball senson is just about half over. In the past three months twelve men havo met their deatli as a result of tho game and over twenty have been seriously seri-ously injured, some fatally. This is but a partial list, gleaned from the various press dispatches from day to day. And the list of those hurt does not include tho innumerable vbroken legs, lingers, arms and noses received every week. Just as Eacl as Football. The list as ifstands now is almost as serious as the one Haunted by tho hysterical football reformers ol last fall. No doubt if another list, telling of thoso who died from running, walking, playing lag or outing too much, were kept, it would bo equally appulling. Players Lose Their Heads. In tho Texas State leaguo this spring an umpire had his skull crushed by plavors, -who, protesting against his decision, de-cision, lost control of themselves. The i lootball reformers said that anv game where a man forgot ovcrything Tint victor, vic-tor, was sure to bring harmful re-j re-j suits. Jt is not on record that, any I player on the grfdiron has yet. boon murdered in tlie pursuit of victory. Some Fierce Scraps. On July l, at Cumberland, Md.. players play-ers in the Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland league got into a light over a decision. Jiddio Sapp, a Butler sec-' ond baseman, was hit over tho head with Lwo bats. A riot followed, in which many -were hurt. Sapp ia still in the" hospit.il in critical condition, and some of the crowd arc still iu jail. At Bedford, lml., a West Baden player play-er resented the rooting by a negro and ti fight followed. Tho negro had his head split open with a bat. lie is in a serious condition. All three fights were not on the sard lots, but in organized or-ganized baseball leagues. Some Noticeable Doath3. Some of the more noticeable deaths during tho year are as follows: .John Kosciclmak, a Detroit boy, was killed receiving a batted ball on the jaw. lie diod in terrible agony. Jesse i?obortson. United States sailor, sail-or, died of a fractuved skull at Norfolk, Nor-folk, Va. Ho was hit with a pitched ball. Patrick Cosgrovc, Spring Valley, 111., was spiked to deatli. lie got in the way of a base runner. , bam Woodward, star pla3"er of the Georgia Technical college, died while playing in the Cotton State league, lie was hit on tho head by a pitched bull. Eddie Goers, ono of the famous drivers, was killed by a batted ball while playing in Tennessee. Carl Staubcr, Saginaw, Mich., dropped dead from v, over-exertion in running bases. ' A good dozen men have died from heart trouble as the result of rooting at games. No Fatalities in Big Loague. In the big league conipairv no men havo been killed. Tho plavers are alert and know enough lo Iceop on I of the way of danger for the most part. However, many have been hurt. Sonio Serious Injurios. More noticeable than the rest are the injuries of Mike Donlin. out with a broken leg; Charlie Schmidt, the Detroit De-troit catcher, with a broken ankle, and 'I Kid" Klbcrfeld, with his thigh npned open by spikes. Two pitchers in Pennsylvania have suffered broken arms in the same manner. They throw the ball so hard that they snapped their elbows in two. |
