The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30
ACCIDENTS OF THE DIAMOND
Ten DEATHS N THE rem
BiSEBtLL ~ son.
aside From thr Fatalities There vas ,
Considerable list Of SeNTrr InurI,,
SLIDING Cansed Coed MANY OF Tho.
Collisions and Batird BaII> sour.

Nltllnk Y NsOol hAllN CT llIf..
Collisions aud Battrd BaII> sour.
There were a. least ten fatal .....
In baseball Ia the season Of laiu an. ..
lie, Of other injuries q cunsld"rahI. r....
Of which we're serious Siatt-ti-.ur- .. .
compile lists OF football iujuTI"- &c.. ..
otherwise, hut ignore baseball .r
Of the number Of persons Lo pltl b.
and the length of the season ,,....
to football accidents IN baseball .-..
in number compared to footha'
I 10 the foot ball that Was This N"tf
ball 80 far has produced much lee o.
way Of accident and injury
However. Their" are enough arcId.. n
baseball to prove that ~ - ne chrid'. ...~
that IL Ia a game Of RISKS Still. -... .,
say that numerous minor injuries of -.
ball are not listed here and that 70. TO
injuries minor and otherwise Of fuo''H. .-s
duly listed. the intent OF this article lis ..,.
TO draw a casualty parallel between ha-..
and football II H. just chron...r. .
facts. q recital nf the principal a,..d.-..
- far az they came under notice Of tho nI. -
| popular and scientific of games
The deaths Of the SEASON 81 1910 were
chiefly among players not of tho Frcates,
skill. Who are drilled in the I'm" points .
the game and who have undrrRon" .a-o'.I
hysical preparation. Patal accidents ara
rare on professional diamonds. but 'Nc-e
| II no lack OF distressing accidents 20 s1ro-'
| players Swiftly batted halls and thfoa \
balls. collisions. quick. Eharr movenon's
sich as sliding. sudden and Veheua-r
output OF energy. these figure IN the act.
dents. The accidents are Of cons'derat =
variety. but the last season was not ceahiy
| frea from injuries caused by spikinF
| The subjoined lis, IL by no means q com.
! plsts compilation OF the SEASONS nishara
No attempt at record keeping or research
was made. II IL merely a tabulAton ~
the accidents that came under the writer
| observation. but sufficient IN show that
the national game claims itS victims
In March in KittAnn ing. Pa Roy Duncan.
pitcher. ~ years old. was hit over tts
heart nv line drive and dropped dead
Tho same month IN Reading. Pa. James
G. Allen. - years old. vas struck on The
head by a fy ball and died q few hours
later On April II. Rudolph RuhinR. y
years old. OF New York. was struck on the
aide OF the head by n pitched ball. wen,
home and died a few hours later
The papers Of the next day also nm
| tanned accounts of two other fatalities
Prank Burns. n student at the Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute died a. the result
Of being hit on the temple by a pitched
ball He was ~ years old and a promising
student and athlete. Thor" was fracture
AZ the base Of the skull and blood clot
W illiam SChmi't 2S ~ Freehurg m .
was Killed by being struck over the heart
Frank Breitwciser. IS 81 New Work
was kiiled bv battNd ball which struck
him in the temple lie was lead when
boy KILLED wAs Harry Becker OF he Town.
send Harris High school. \ scrub gam'
stomach by a liner. he picked no N" bail.
threw the batter out. but ruccumr,. 4.
short time later and diei
Charles Moran. "A catcher ~ Ia Porte
Ind was -trucs nv bat and dealt 20.
suited while surgeons were op"rst.u- ..
him. TeSa- furnished victim IN, Ilon,o
about by heing hit hv foii ball on -. I'D.
there .sppeare the following d"--a' %
retired tho opposing side and won m. .U,n"
for HE team cost the life 81 Nlhert S'",a~.
son a youthful hail PLAYER. WI" I,,H M
Camden 4" died IN N" tIol't H., .',
to-day ~ blood poisoning after D." wall . 3
10 the institution f9r treatment t".n ..
bruised IL lie continued play.rE %. q
week then went 10 the hospital
she following dcspatch -Ra~rbai la.
claimed it, third victim in N"n''laI -
wear = EdTH t az os',sT ~ III:
Of an accident which occurred IN baseball
game on Independence Day. Edwards was
team mates Knocked out q home run \.
the batter started for hrst he threw his hat
behind and struck Edwards on the head
There were several severe accidents early
In the season. Winters. "a harvard fresh
leg sliding TO srst CAPT PGilbn Of The
Yale varsity nine was badly hurt in n game
smS5ssd ahEs bonss sdnr and did ny NOR.
playing until June. although he was hurt
IN March. Another player severely burt
town. Pa. team He sustained compound
fracture 81 the leg
loving from wiilismstown, Mass =Tbr~.
With the Williams baseball squad Y nu-
for first bAse. was Struck by a line drive
on "Wednesday and IL still in an unconscious
ir rom S sToEsn ems ankle n and LS~r saHs
SsSS o4sy '' ::r.d 'sHN df:os. 80
stevens and RutEer- were playing game
OF, April when Van Ness. Ruteers
s o@T after Ter''aea ~ Snd br r S- doSfsons
his ankle sliding home An accident Of a
20 a crack professional PLAYER occurred lats
IN April when owen Wilson, the Fitt<burs
right nslder. broke a blood vessel IN h.s
birdie Cree ~ the New York Americans
was knocked unconscious nv pitched hal y.
and was timid at the bat for several weeks
The danger attending sliding was en-
phasizsd when Alonyo Decker. second baJ~~-
man Of the Syracu-e University nine, broks
fielder 81 the New York Americans. brooks
his leg sliding 70 third on the hilltop grounds
and didn't play the rest OF the season
pitched ball fractured the skull OF Rem Bow,
cock left fielder Of, the Fall River team OF
the New England league according -
despatch Of April p. Catcher Simon ~ tbs
PittzburRH broke his thumb in practice.
Two players were hurt in the same garns
In Bloomfield y ! Charles Egier ~ ths
bloomfield club had his hand spiked ~ ths
plate, requiring slH stitches Ia sew Ny ths
wound William Burdette. bloom tslt's
catcher. disloCAted an ankle sliding 'r
game IN Boston Rube Waddell was hit on he
arm by a pitched hall and the bone ~ the
elbow FRACTURED. Gandil Of the chicago
White SoX threw out his knee In a game vlt1
the Washington-.
There was = bad accident In the Harvard.
Princeton contest Of MAY - Aro1-'u.
the Harvard centre fielder. hurt hls 800 .
sliding and was out Of the game FOR N" '"-t
Of the season. Emerson az Dartm, =
dislOcated an ankle Catcher Oru! -
81 the Los Angeles team vaz str. .l
the hcad by a ball. causing "oncu,s pr &
tho brain 4 hat.ed hall brpk- the trr e
Of Joe Wood. the young Bp-ton p.t.l"..
and laid him up for several Wt'kS Zoo"
Tinker of the Cubs hurt his ankle '|.f .'
and vas out Of the gam" for several s''..
\ peculiar rishap was that Wh''
CURED "a ! immy D'Rourk". third hl-,. O.
- gf..la .l.ta a H...N