Show a. a i 0 0 i I. I u 0 o 1 1 WILD BILL ASSAULTED BY PLAYER William who will be I. 4 remembered by local baseball I. 4 fans as one of the leading umpires umpires um- um pires in the Pacific National 4 league og 1905 is lying in a 4 hospital at Houston Texas hovering hovering hovering hov- hov ering between life and death as asa asa asa a result of an attack from Pitcher Mitchell of Houston 4 Wild Bill as he hc was known here was umpiring behind behind be be- hind Mitchell in the final game 1 of the Texas league series when the two became engaged in an 4 argument Mitchell is alleged to have turned on and knocked him to the ground 4 arose to follow a play 1 which was being made at second l I 1 base when Mitchell is reported to have thrown the ball at the umpire and hit him in the back backof I. 1 of the head rendering him un- un 1 conscious is still in the 4 hospital while Mitchell was 4 4 arrested 1 1 |