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the loudspeakers announcing the bat
teries for the day. Sting was going
to pitch In Colts place and Riters
was to catch. The crowd groaned ct
the news.
The Indians Just couldn't play ball.
Their spirit was not in the game.
They fumbled and made errors and
were no match for the Blues. who,
while they played good ball. were
doing nothing brilliant. The score
was Z to 0 in the fifth inning.
Interest In the game was petering
completely out when newsboys ap-
peared in the stands selling an extra.
"An about the accident to the Big
Four!"
The fans forgot the one-sided game
In their eagerness to get copies Of the
paper. After Terry read the news
item he cursed his luck. He had been
there on the scene Of the accident and
didn't know anything about it. He
could have had the story easily If
he had hot been SO eager to reach the
park; that and the stolidity Of the
policeman who refused to let him
through the lines had cost him an
excellent yarn.
The four players were on their way
to the park and just before the cab
had reached the intersecting street,
the front right-hand tire had blown
out. 1t was a trick Of fate, SO the
paper said, that that section Of the
street was wet due to the tapping Of
the water main for the construction
which was going on across the street.
as well as the water needed for use
in digging the ditch. The cab driver
lost control Of his car, which careened
down across the wet, Shiny pavement
and plunged head-first into the ditch,
which was wider there than at any
other spot, due to the street inter-
section. The driver Of the cab was
dead when the car was lifted to the
street by the wrecker. The occu-
pants Of the cab suffered serious in
| jury. Colt had q broken arm and
internal injuries and 1t was feared
that he could not recover. REM, the
shortstop was badly shaken up, had
cuts about the face and neck and q
torn ligament in his leg. He would
recover unless some unforeseen COM
plication set in. Furlew, the catcher.
had two broken ribs and it was feared
that one of his lungs had been
punctured. tinker, the first baseman,
showed no bruises. but had been un-
conscious when taken from the
wrecked cab. The doctors had offered
no diagnosis.
Gosh. what rotten luck for the In
dians!" Terry exclaimed when he fin
ished reading the account.
"I'll say it's rotten luck" one Of the
Boston reporters agreed. with those
four out Of the game for a month, or
perhaps for good, the Indians haven't
q ghost Of show for the pennant and
their chances were good up to today"
Terry had no further interest in the
game, which was dragging through to
a dreary finish with the Blues ahead,
Z to 2. He turned to the paper and
saw that an investigation into the
accident would be held Immediately
There was q statement to the effect
that the accident could not have oc-
Cured If the cab had been properly
equipped with good tires.
When Terry arrived at the hotel he
pasesd the newsstand and saw q new
head which interested him.
Terry bought the paper. There was
very little more to be learned. When
the president Of the cab company had
seen the reports of the accident and
the inruendoes regarding the tires he
started an investigation Of his own
within the company and had learned
that that particular cab had been
completely retired the week before.