[Smoky Joe] Wood was showing more speed than the Pirates have seen this spring, and when a high fast ball came straight toward [Bobby] Byrne’s head he failed to dodge it. He started to turn, and the ball caught him above the back of the left ear, striking with a thud audible all over the park. Players of both clubs rushed toward him and found him unconscious.

Bobby Byrne...who third sacks for the Pittsburg Pirates, was in an automobile smash-up late yesterday afternoon that might have resulted in his death. However, fortunately he escaped with only a few bruises on his back and about $500 damage to his auto.
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[As Byrne tried to make a turn at full speed] a delivery wagon appeared from an opposite direction. Then in between the wagon and Byrne’s auto a pedestrian hurried across the street and was in the jam. Bob…either had to smash the wagon, run over the pedestrian or crack into a telegraph pole.
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The machine escaped both objects in front, but smashed into the pole and split it in half. Byrne was thrown out of his seat and fell upon the sidewalk.