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in the Ran bottle factory.SAVES THE GAME.But Ball Player Was Bitten by Snakeand Loses Leg.Benjamin Harris, star outfielder of• s *the Rayville, La., base ball team, made a marvelous catch of a fly ball from the bat of one of the players from Lake Providence, saving the game and considerable money, butthe feat cost him his right leg, while the reports are not too encouraging for the life of the unfortunate fielder, who had to .run into a bayou skirting the outfield. Harris was carried offen the shoulders of his admirers, af-#ter wading out. but his leg swelled too O'twice its normal size and amputationwas necessary. According to the doctor he was bitten by a deadly moccasin. Harris does not remember anypain, so intent was he on catching the ball.meCajsup-Jdertraima;Thlt;A piW.IntiSatprirerua
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Logansport Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Tue, Apr 30, 1907
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