The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15

good while. Schlei, the Cincinnati catcher.
! also hurt his leg badly sliding al the Polo
| Grounds last year this Sas-and went
on the retired list for a good while.
George Van Haltren. Mike DoDlin and
Arthur IMmley are three recent VIC
TINS OF broken legs on the ball field, All
three we're hurt while sliding. Donlin 10
Cincinnati and Van Haltren and Lumley
in Pttsburg. Van Haltren showed that his
injury had no lasting effect on his game
and the other two presumably are NJ as ever.
i'Unliu did moi play In the big leagues last
year, while Lumley was hurt late last season
and has not played since, Reports have
il, however. that his leg Is good and strong
again. Billy Hamilton when with the
Kansas City team in the 1908 hurt his leg
80 badly that it was in sphnts and bandages
for weeks. But a little thing like that
didn't bother Hamilton. His subsequent
years in the game showed him 10 be one
Of it's greatest players-a speedy runner
and fine batsman.
II was in Kansas City that the old time
pitcher Tony Mullpne met with an unoom-
Portable mishap and one OF an uncommon
nature, Big Jim Davis batted the ball
on a bee line toward Mullane's face. The
leather went 30 fast that Mullane hardly
had time to put up his hands, and the ball
struck his nose and broke il. Frank Dryer
when pitching for the Cincinnatis met
with a similar accident, Al Orth clouted
a liner which made a target Of Dryers
head and put him in the hospital with con-
cussion Of the brain.
The expression glass arm originated
with an accident that befell the famous
Buck Ewing years ago. In a spring
exhibition game al New Haven Ewing
made a throw 70 second base, His arm
dropped from the unwonted strain put
on 1t and never was again the powerful
wing that was deadly 20 base runners.
Larry Iajoie has had at least two bad
accidents. When he was with the Phila-
delphia Nationals Harry Steinfeldt slid
into him, hurting his leg, and he was on
the shelf for two months, Year before
last Larry was spiked, the wound was
infected by dye from his stocking, and
he was a long time out Of the game.
Hal Chase has been laid up twice with
painful injuries. Year before last a pitched
ball split his hand, and last year he was
spiked on the arm and out Of the game
for over a month. Each time the injury
was more troublesome than the ordinary
split hand that comes from trying To stop
swiftly batted or thrown balls.
The umpire is not exempt from injuries,
Billy Evans OF the American League STAFF
was laid low in St. Louis last year by a
thrown pop bottle, and Bob Emslie was
hurt though not severely by a ball strik-
ing his mask in such n manner % 10 cnt
his head. Tom Connolly and silk OLough-
lin have both been Knocked groggy al
American League Park by balls thrown
by the catcher. They were umpiring be-
hind the pitcher and Watching second hase
to see il the catcher's throw would nail the
%baserunner there. Connolly got a iarrinR
ran which incapacitated him for the day,
There was a humorous side TO OLough-
Inns mishap. When the ball bounced IN
! Silks head he saw stars and keeled over
lie was alert enough. however, 70 lift his
head and detect a base runner hooinR IL
around the bags when he had no right 10
do 80. "GOback!' yelled Silk to the runner,
raising himself TO a sitting posture and
waving dramatically with his hand.