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Show 2 BASEBALL TRAGEDIES 1 1 ON DIAMOND SUNDAY Johnson Pift Out at First - ase, Falls Dead as He Returns to Join the "Players. f 1 CHICAGO. May 22.-The sudden 5 death of Edward W, Johnston has put and end to a ball game In which he -was a playet Johnston was at bat 1 Just before hkjdtith.. He hit the ball and ran to first base. He was put out. When be reached the base he turned to run back to where the other players . V were. He had gone but a few feet, ' . when he fell forward and died almost ; Instantly. - '- ;" ; " '- Catcher Hit by a Pitched ; Ball, Suffers a Broken Skull, and Death Follows Fol-lows Quickly. 7ifiW TORK, May 22. While catching catch-ing in a game of baseball in Brooklyn, James Miles, a youth, has been almost instantly killed by a pitched balL Miles wore no mask while behind the bat. A very fast ball which he failed to stop struck him between the eyes. He was carried home, where it was found the' skull had been fractured, Death ensued en-sued in a few minutes. |