Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1920-08-17
RAY CHAPMAN. STAR
INDIAN INFIELDER.
KILLED BY Baseball {

: New York. Aug. l1.--Raymond
| Chapman, shortstop on the Cleveland
American League baseball team. whc
was hit on the head by ball throw n
ny Pitcher Carl Mays in yesterday g
game with the New York Americans.
| died in the st. lawrence hospital at
4 80 o'clock this morning He never
re9ained cOn5riOn&riess after III op.
! GRAFTON which WIS hurriedly decided
on shortly after midnight, when n
ICrliou of his fractured skull was re
moved
Shortly before II was decided TO
operate Manager IRIS Speaker telc-
phoned news Of ,he accident to Chap
mans wife in Cleveland, who imme-
diately started for New York.
News of his death cast gloom over
the members of both teams. 1t was
considered quite probable early to-
day that today's game would be call
ed off. Carl Mays was overcome with
grief VIXEN the news was told to him.
The accident occurred at the outset
Of the fifth inning Chapman was the
'r2t nlttor up ana was hit by thr
drst ball pitched. SO terrific was the
blow that the report )f he impact
caused spectators to thinks the bail
had struck his bat. Mays, who pitcE.
i'm. fe'ded the ball that reboundcG
half way TO the pitchers box. and
threw it to first base in order to re-
tire Chapman When it was noticed
that Chapman had collapsed at the
home plate he was lifted to his feet
by other players. then he stood daZed
for moment, staggered and crump-
led Physicians from the grand stand
admin stored first aid. still not know
ins that he had suffered . fractured
skull Two players, with Chapman's
arms around their shoulders, started
TO walk him off the field. He appear
cd to walk at first almost unaidcd, but
a few moments later his legs became
limp and he had to he carried to an
an bulanCc.
When the operation was being per-
formed the surgeons made an incision
three and one.half inches long through
the oaSC Of The skull on the left side,
They discovered IA rupture of the lat
eral sinus
Boston, Aug. 17.-Players of the De-
iroit and Boston clubs OF the Amer
ican league today prepared to draw
up petition for the Punishment from
organized baseball Of Carl Mays, of
the New York Americans, whose
pitched bali fractured Ray Chapman's
skull, Cleveland shortstop. in yestcr-
day. game. Probability that the
members Of both teams would refuse
to play in any games in which Mays
Wa the pitcher "&s expressed by
scme Of the PLAYER; including "y
ohb
Mays has been d storm center Of
has eball controversy for years, first
because Of his close pitching. as re-
sui of which pla..trg frequently com
planned that he had tried to "dnSt
item off" and liter when tn, daal
ho'"ccn the Boston and New io'ii
trbs, by which h. was transferred
a'tcr he deserted the Red Sox. roc,o-
iiGtcd faciional fight among cluD
oWrers and president Johnson which
! catcncd to disrup, the League.
Add CHAPMAN.
J New York, Aug. 1'.--After learning
that players of the Boston and Detroit
Clubs we're 10 pc;ilIon& ior the ban
i8hmcnt of Mays from organized base.
bpll, Col. Ruppcrt, .ne OF the owners
|ol the Yankees. said there WIS no
ground for such action as Chapma s
Il attn MAS "lurcly an accident
Amateur Players Diea.
l kalamazoo, Mich, Aug, 11.--Carl