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Show I 943 IS DEATH TOLL I FOR SPORT DECADE J S Nine hundred and forty-three X f persons have lost their lives in c A sports, indoor and outdoor, in i! g ten years. S X The highest toll was paid in 5 a baseball, in which 284 were killed. More persons take part -5 j? in baseball, and it is played over S 3 a greater period than other v X sports. Football, with fewer Jj g persons playing and with a g S short season, ranks second S jf with 215 deaths. r Tho toll in boxing was 105, ! jf auto racing 128, horse racing X 54, wrestling 15, cycling 77, ten- jf nis 1, basket ball 2, golf 14, field X if games 3, bowling 9, polo 3, oth- v j er sports 24. X |