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Show NOSE IS BROKEN BY ME BAT Harold Johnson First Victim of Baseball Now in Hospital Harold Johnson, employe of the Sperry Flour company, was seriously injured late esterday afternoon while Watching members of the sperry baseball base-ball team perform on the diamond He was standing on tho sidelines behind home plate when he wa-s accidentally struck by a flying bat. The baseball bat struck Johnson on the face, breaking break-ing his nose and seriously crushing his left jaw lie was removed to the ' lei hospital, where he is reported to be resting- easily. The affair was entirely accidental according to Manager Joseph M Parker, Par-ker, i ne of i lie members of the Sperry Sper-ry team was at bat md in swinging at a pitched ball lost his balance, the hat flying free from his hands and hit-1 ting Johnson. It was the first local accident of the season |