The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
MERRY CLICK OF TYPEWRlTERS
HEARD IN THE BASEBALL CAMP,
Ma.uateS Are Their Own Press Agents and Are Revealing TO The
Igblic the Nature of Their cor resOpndence - Outcome Of the
Revolution Still As Much Of Il Open Question is Ever
Minor Leagues Also Have Their Troubles.

State. and after the close OF the school
year he made arrangements with Hazleton
10 pitch for his club. says the Boston Post.
His record Of twenty strike-outs in a single
game while twfrling for Dean Academy in
1891 still stands. and daring his connection
with the Carriers he frequently famed from
twelve to fifteen of the opposing ~batters,
and IN one game almost equaled the strike
out record made by himself at Dean. On
This occasion eighteen men gave three
healthy s'Tipes At Hazleton's elusive curves
"Haz,eton entered Tufts College ut Med
ford in the fail OF 1897. and the following
sprin= had no trouble in making the var
sity team. lie and Sammy CurIan did the
pitching that season. and when not in the
box iiuzletom was played in the outfeld ON
account ~ his heaVy-hltting abilities. Ha-
ZictOn became j great favorite at the col
ieEr. both because Of his talent and his
sentlsnarly qualities. and when the ques-
ton OF ci-ctiUg a captain came up at the
close Of the season of 1897 that honor was
unanimously bestowed upon him.. HaZleton.
knowing that the captain of a team should
be in every game. decided TO relinquiSh
switched TO first base.
His work on the Tufts team during the
season OF 1899 gave him great prestige
through New England. and after the close
OF the college season his services We're in
great demand by managers OF amateur and
s2miprofessionai teams. Haz!etOn picked
out the best offer anu agreed to play dur
ing the summer in the White Mountains
with the t'abyan House team. Tine fastest
college players in the country We're to be
found in the White Mountain teams that
summer. and the scores OF the games
played were eagerly watched by cranks ev-
erywhere. In one of these games Hazleton
met with an accident. which, ii was
thought. would not only settle his baseball
career. but would also cut sEoft ms sojourn
on earth.
an extensive reputation as a clever twirler
among the semiprnfesSional teams of Bos-
ton. Hazleton was struck on the iorehead by
a swift inShoot, which bounded off his bat.
II was in he first inning and HdZlpfpn WAS
in a hole" the KID having two strikes
on him. and the former was naturally
watching the ball very closely to avoid the
stigma Of a strike-out- Rankin Is a large.
powerful fellow. who. in those days. had as
much speed as the vaunted Rusie. and when
Hazleton saw the bali coming close to his
head he tried TO get out of the way.
II had hardly time. the ball striking the
end OF his bat and glancing off onto his
forehead. 1t made a reSounding whacE,
and though knocked spinning to the ground,
Haz!eton gamely pulled himself together
and took his base. He persisted in running.
though weak, and also continuing in the
game.
He played the three succeeding innings
and when coming IN from the field in the
fifth, collapsed. He fell unconscious and
all efforts TO revive him Were futile. He
was tenderly carried to the Fabyan House
ana the best surgeons In the mountains
We're called to attend him.
"Thc doctors found that a blood vessel in
the head had been ruptured, and that 4
large blood clot had formed on the brain.
As u result the entire left side OF the pa
dent was paralyzed. The doctors said Ha-
zlctUn'S death was only a matter of hours
struck him. was crazed with grief.
The doctors. however. decided upon an
operation as the only means Of saving HaZ-
letou's life. and the skull on the left side
was trephined. HaZIetOn WAS still uncOa-
scious and 50 near death that no anesthet-
les were administered to him. The blood
rlot was successfully removed. but the pa
tisnt was still in n cOmatose state, and he
remained in that condition for six days.
'Ihp case attracted wl1pEnrl16 atfanrfnn
among the medical profession. and when,
six days after the operation had been per-
ished the nurses and doctors who had bean
attending him. He continued TO improve
RAPIDLY and at the end of three or four
STAFFORD. Vt. His recovery was alone due
to a splendid physique.
In the fall Of 1899 he returned to his
studies at Tufts. and so intense was his
love for the great national sport that the
following spring found him in the game
WITH his FORMER enthusiasm undininisflod
by his frightful experience of the previous
summer. An accident such as befell him
would deter almost any other ball player
from continuing in the game, but it had
Despite the fact that there was. and al
ways viii be, an opening in his skull three
inches loEg and almost an inch wide. as a
result Of the trephining operation. Hale
ton was not afraid of the strenuous part Of
the game and would slide to bases head
first in a manner that made his friends
shudder lest he would again be injured.
The accident left no permanent impair
ment of the players mental faculties. and
surely did not interfere with his work. az
his record during the season OF 1900 and 1901
was more brilliant than ever.
.Hazleton was born in StratfOrd. VT
where he now lives with his mother, and is
p years old. He is about five feet nine
inches in height. of stOcky build, and weighs
in condition loo pounds. While mt Tufts he
was prominent in the Delta Tau Delta and
also in social life, taking part in most of the
school. entertainments. His ambition is To
become n practitioner of medicine. and all
the money ne can save from his baseball
earnings will be applied toward the COM
pletion of his education.
He neither smokes nor drinks. and takes
the bEst care of himself. He is of gentle
manly address, mild in manner. though in
tensely aggressive on the ball field, and his
friends predict he viii become a great ia
vorite in St. Louis"
Big Bill Clark the Lawrenceville, Pa,
player, who was once the star first base
man for the New York and PittsburS
teams. has decided that he will don the
spangies again next season. says the Pitts