Show slut SKILL KILL OF 01 PITCHERS REDUCES INJURIES TO All HLl 1 PLAYERS Baseball Is Perilous Sport in Many Cases Especially to Man at the Bat May fay ra 11 That ll That most lJ batsmen arc are not injured lJ by being hit by uy byi bya a i pitched ball baU speaks well for the skill of tho the present day dar pitcher In Jn tho the old days dars too tho the pitcher would not let Jet one ODe po go straight at the batters batters batter's bat bat- ter's head i in order to drive him him himaya away aya from front tho the plate Such a proceeding ia li rare nowadays nowadays- Working the edges of I if tho thio plate plato to have o proved provell more effective o. Nevertheless tho thio fire lire the batter faces is dangerous erous Wallace the famous infielder in in- fielder udder o of the Browns Drowns hind had his hattin batting seri seriously and and permanently impair impaired im im- pair paired d twelve years ears ago when bo ho w wa was bit hit in iu tho the head h by n lL ball thrown b by Chick Fraser who rho was then with the club Wallace was knocked flat fiat ant anti and it was man many days before lie ho went vent to bat again n. n A constitution of iron enabled Turn him to withstand tho the hock but ho never was quite quito the tho hio tame same hitter litter afterward D Dan n Hoffman Holfman the center fiel fabler Colder cr of the iho Browns was the victim of a fear fear- 1 ful oh blo bio vat tho tko hand hanti of ot lease Tanne lanne bill then with Boston some soma years a ago o. o Hoffman man was at the timo time deemed the most promising young player in the tIme American f Jea league ue lie was having his first season and a n brilliant ono one it filS was Ono One day clay he be made a a a. double and andi IL i single 10 a against Tannehill in three throe trips to t tho e plato plate The Tho fourth timo time up Tanne hill Jut him a terrific blow over o tho the ri right ht eye Cje It almost killed the trained and muscular young athlete Hoffman HomDan lay Jay layas as is if Ilea and it was as four days dUR before ho recovered consciousness Then his is nerves were ruined lom pounds hi ho declined to S. S Ho lie could not sleep nor eat cat for t six gix ix months and tho the following following follow follow- ing season he had to get ct along a as best ho lie cl could uld with only one eye Homan says tI'S that it has taken him hini six years yearn carR to gt back hack his full strength tron lie JIo has never been able to hit left landed handed pitchers since tho the tiny day h hd hid was hurt Now six MX years 3 cars after hoffman is at the merc mercy of tho the average left heft handed Ilande pitcher Lush the tho star of oC the cardinals was sya hit by bv An Andy y Coakley Conkley on the neck and all but blit J Killed His neck ha liis never lower been straight since that timo time and amuil for Cor years cars his hia health was wu hn impaired PH i Roger Hoer was hit and severely severe sc 1 ly Iy hurt hurl IJ by Jack Jor fa in in 1901 1904 For Kor ILI IL u long I time timo after th this s injury wore a n semi mask that protected the expo exposed si side e of oC his head brad against t the tim timit pitcher it c lie r. r of lesser light ha c boon been hit hiL and injured injure t to a n d degree rec less Jess serious than thau those mentioned It all goes to show that baseball baseball- is not without its great e dangers n r especially Ap to men at the tho bat Most Moat Mo t of the thu injuries on the tee field havo o come conie about through collisions between be uc tween fielders such as tho the one that cost o t tt t the tho e life liCe of or Hub Collins Collins' Collins fatal collision ion was vas with Harry Stoc at Boston Dos Bos ton many y years u ago o. o S Bat Batted Baited balls injure vcr very cr few players thou though h the tho way vay men hut hit them about in ill practice would often make mako one wonder that accidents arc aro not more more more- frequent The notable accident of this sort wa vis when Schriver er of or Pittsburg g hit bit William Hart of the mc club on tb the chin with a ban ball batted in ill practice TIll The o shattered Hart Harts Hart's s jaw jH It was wan wired vircil up ur a again ain Hart is ii is now 50 rO years old oM and is rated hj high h among the pitch pitch- era ers 1 of the Southern league ne 1 |