Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-01
BALL PLAYERS INJURY
MAY PROVE TO
Be FATAL
Accident at SOCOrrO In Mon
days Game Has Serious
Consequence.
OTHER FEATURES OF BIG
BASE BALL TOURNAMENT

James Lopez the Santa Fe pitcher,
who was hit in the back OF the head
with a base ball while playing ball
at Soccorro yesterday, may not sur
vive the blow. He was taken to his
home at Santa Fe today on train No.
10 in a critical condition. He rested
none last night and was still so grog-
gy today that he was unable to
stand alone. The few words he ut
tered were incoherent and meaning
less, showing that his brain is slight
ly If not severely affected. He spit
up some blood during the night and
today. DR. c. c. Duncan, who attend
ed the injured man at Socorro, said
that the case was serious.
The Accident.
The accident was a very unusual
one. IL was the final game of the
amateur tournament at the Socorro
county fair. Lopez was pitching for
Santa Fe against Socorro. 1t was the
last half of the fourth inning and So
corro was at bat and had runners
on first and third bases. The man
on first attempted to steal second.
Pettus, the Santa Fe catcher, threw
the ball to cut him off, when Cook,
of SOcorro, who was on third, start
ed for home base. Tarr, the second
baseman, did not wait to catch the
runner coming from first. but fired
Ale Ddll NONdIu ItNluS W Cdltn 1OOh
at home. The ball hit Lopez in the
back of the head. He leaped about
two feet into the air and fell on his
face. The ball glanced to the right
and sped a hundred feet across the
field. Many people in the grand
stand did not see the pitcher grow
cling in the dirt and cheered for the
base runner, while those who saw
the accident jumped to their feet
startled.
The real seriousness of the accl-
dent, however, was not known at the
time. Lopez was picked up and as
sisted from the grounds, while Isa-
bell took his place in the pitchers
box, and the game went on.
Lopez was taken a hundred yards
away to the nearest house to the
ball park and a doctor was called.
Team mates watched over him all
night, and this morning he was TAX
en- to the train on stretcher and
placed in the baggage car.
Playing Two Balls.
Tarr who threw the ball that
figured conspicuously in another
sensational feature of the Socorro-
Santa Fe game. He was on the field
with a ball in his pocket. The dis
cOvery was made by a contractor
OF Socorro by the name of Givens,
VINO tod W. T.. MdTlln. manager OF
the base ball tournament Martin
walked out on the grounds and asked
Tarr for the ball he had I'm his pOck-
et Tarr handed the ball over and
after the game explained that he
only had the bali for a joke. He said
that il was thrown him by someone
outside the game.
As the incident took place i'm the
early part of the game when the
score was close and considering that
the distribution Of several hundred
dollars depended on the result of the
game more or less Importance was
attached to It. Some OF the more
ardent Socorro fans expressed them
selves as being in favor OF protesting
the game as several players had been
put out by Tarr cOncealing balls I'm
his glove, while tbs pitcher pretend
ed 10 have the ball himself.
Santa Fe o, SocoFro 2.
The game resulted in a victory for