Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-01-01 | Page 22 | P. L. Ump Killed in Mexico Row |

Type	issue
Date	1952-01-01
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	P. L. Ump Killed in Mexico Row
Type	article
Date	1952-01-01
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	22
OCR Text	Show P. P L L. Ump m Killed i e en In n Mexico Row ow The Pioneer League lost one of its more colorful characters when Hiram IIi Hi Bithorn was shot and killed in Mexico Sat Sat- According to a report from the Associated Press Bithorn was shot with a caliber 45 pistol and died in Victoria Mexico 1 The shoot shooting ng occurred in in- inEl El EI Mante Mexico 1 on the Pan American highway Bithorn a native of Puerto Rico pitched for the Chicago Cubs in 46 43 and he was with the White Sox for a while in 1947 1917 He made his umpiring debut in the Pioneer League last season The umpire was spending the winter in V Victoria A spokesman spokesman spokes spokes- man for the hospital said a town official in El Mante lante was being held in connection with the shooting
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