Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1915 — GAME OF LIFE WAS CALLED [ARTICLE]

GAME OF LIFE WAS CALLED

On Account of Darkness After 1 ragio Accident to Enthusiastic Baseball Fan.' W. H. Murphy, a salesman, living at the Minneveska apartments, was on hrs way to the ball game, reports the Los Angeles Times. He tried to board a moving train, grasped the handrail and tried to lift himself to the steps. His grasp was not firm, and his palms were moist with running, and as he began to elevate himself his kands slipped. A lurch, a swing and a sudden shift, and his body was thrown to the rails. His legs were caught beneath the wheels and the train passed over them, amputing both above the ankles. He was taken to the Receiving hospital for treatment, where Surgeon Wiley and Assistant Surgeons Rooms and Johnson dressed the limbs, an operation demanding further amputation. As he went to the operating table to receive the ether he was smiling and cheerily talked with the nurses. “No more ball games for me for a while,” he remarked. The attentions of the surgeons stopped further’ speech, while the ether was administered, and afterward, w’hen he had been wheeled from the spotless surgery to the ward, he began to talk again. He was at the ball game. “Well, he’ll get a hit now. The time has come; he’s going to get a hit now. “Oh, hum, it’s rather a slow game today. What’s the matter with those boys that they’re moving so slow? They ought to hurry. Can’t they see It’s getting dark? It’s certainly getting dark fast. You can hardly see the outfielders there —not in right field, anyhow. I guess they’ll have to stop soon, won’t they? The sun’s all gone down. My, but it went fast. “And see how dark it’s getting—why—why — “I guess they’ll have to call —the game.” And the surgeons drew the sheet far over his head and notified the undertakers.