Stricken

Baseball has never been known as a perilous pursuit; seldom is the Grim Reaper seen, his scythe laid by, warming up with four bats. Yet, at the present time, twilight has fallen upon the Gods, managers have made mutterings to the effect that the state of affairs is baseball's Goetterdaemmerung. Babe Ruth, home run magnate, "attended by the sympathy of the Nation" and press, lay in Manhattan, stricken with cold, run-down condition, influenza, indigestion and a bump on the head. In Nashville, Tenn., visited with far less solicitude, Tyrus Cobb, "the greatest player m baseball," took to his bed with influenza. A few days ago, shortly before the season opened, 12 other able players were retired from their lineups with injuries received in play or colds: Wright-stone, Philadelphia Phillies, broken finger; Maranville, Chicago Cubs, broken leg; Grigsby, Chicago Cubs, broken collar bone; Archdeacon, Chicago White Sox, tonsilitis; Eddie Moore, Pittsburgh Pirates, sprained shoulder; Ed Smith, Boston Braves, hit in eye with batted ball; Hauser, Philadelphia Athletics, broken kneecap; Summa and Knode, Cleveland Indians, broken noses; Lindstrom, Frisch, N. Y. Giants, wrenched ankles; Groh, N. Y. Giants, cold.