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Show OLD BOB EMSLIE IN PECULIAR JAM T'mpire Bob Emslle was the victim of a peculiar pe-culiar play at Cincinnati recently, when a hard throw from Merk le hit him on t he wrist and painfully injured him . Paubert had tripled in the score board and Markie ran out into center field and took l'askert's throw. Jake stopped at third, but Mt-rkle threw toward the plate with all his force. Umpire Emslie. seeing T)nnbert stop at third, was hacking away into the diamond when the line t hrow lilt him on the left wrist. The injury in-jury was so annoying that the game was delayed for several minutes while many nf the utthlcli-s urccd the veteran offieial to leave his post and let Bill Klem handle the game alone. Boh, Imwever, nLfns"d to do so and remained on the job for the entire afternoon, though his bruised wrist was giving him constant pn in. He received t he usual compliment of' a round of applause from t iie fans whu it was seen that he was going to stick to his work. |