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v$vt ft? struck out and Lucus followed with a single, putting Poor-
man out on n2d. iJarnett theu sent a hot grounder to Keeder
who fumbled it letting Irishman reach first. The second half
was short and rapid. Reeder got 1st on balls and Moore
went out on a ground ball to first. Bliss made a fine three
base hit and was brought home by McDiarmaid. In the sec
ond inning Kansas scored one and Nebraska none. King
sbury made one of those fine plays which been characteristic
of him tin 8 year. In the first of the third, Kansas got numer
ous bases on balls and owing to a bad error by Reedor, scored
three times. The second half failed to change the score. In
the foiuth, Reeder and McDiarmaid each made good plays.
The third man up struck out giving the visitors a goose egg.
The fifth inning was uneventful except in the last half when
Moore made a home run. In the first of the sixth, the score
stood 3 to 5 in favor of the Kansas team. Reeder made a fine
play in picking up a hot grounder in the first half. Two men
got out on bases and the third dropped a fly ball to center field
which was caught by Kingsbury. The second was uneventful.
The last half of the seventh was rather exciting when the Ne
braskans circled the bases three times tying the score. The
crowd cheered the home team wildly and it appeared as if the
tables were turned in our favor but in the two last innings
everything seemed to be in favor of Kansas. In the eighth,
on account of errors by McDiarmaid and Rhodes, the outside
had it all their own way and scored four times. In the last in
ning, the boys made a desperate effort to tie the score but it
was all in vain. Moore reached first by a safe single, stole
second and Gordon got a base on balls. McDiarmaid then
fanned out but Kingsbury made a safe hit bringing Moore
and Gordon home. Bollen then struck out and all was over.
The score stood 7 to 12. The teams batted in the following
order:
Kansas Parent, rf:Poorman, s s; Iioush, 2b; Criggs, If;
, Lucub, 3b; Barnett, cf; Carrol, lb; Moore, c; Hall, p.
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JNeDrasica neeaer, ZD;moore, c; i3iiss,p; jucj-narmaiu, as;
Gordon, 3b; Kingsbury, cf;Bollen, If; Rhodes, lb; Lehmur, rf.
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In The Hospital at Manila.
W. J. Hunting writes of Life As He Found It in the
J Hospital.
Manila. P. I., 1st Reservo Hospital.
l Dear Palladian Fkiend: When you wrote me your interest
ing letter of January 29, you hardly imagined, 1 think that it
would nna me lywg -" ULL 1U ",u iiuupitm wmi juuubw
hole in my left side or chest. But such was the case, I waB
wounded on March G, and a day or so later your letter was
brought to me in this hospital. I am able to sit up a few
minutes at a time. My wound is doing real well and I no
longer suffer much pain from it.
MAEOn 14.
te Again I'll try and perhaps I'll be able to go a little farther.
This morning my wound was dressed again and was round to
bo doing well. I think I shall bo up on my feet within a week.
Just how long it will be until I can got back to my company I
do not know. Let me give you a hint as to my surroundings
hero in the Hospital. A long low building is our homo in
ward 6. All the wards are in the same stylo of building. On
each side runs a row of spring cots; on the cotB are nice mat
tresses and full supply of sheets, pillows and cases. All this
is a honey to us boys accustomed as we are to the ground and
our blankets (But even such soft beds do get most dreadfully
tiresome at times.) One nurse has charge of the 30 cots on
each side, with a ward-master who has charge of the whole
ward. Our doctor has charge of these wards. Along on
these surgical ward cots lie men wounded in all sorts of ways.
Arms, legs, sides, body head etc. Some carry their arms
in a sling and wander where they wish, around the hospital.
Some go on crutches, and a few like myself just stick to our
cots at present. But soon I'll be ahead of the others as my
limbs are in a good state of preservation and only need a little
more muscle to operate them. There are three classes of diet
for us hospital friends. Heavy diet includes such food as beef,
potatoes, beans, bread, coffee and sometimes "montequilla"
for the bread, i. e. butter for the bread. (Here the nurse has
put a temperature tube in my mouth and I told him not to be
alarmed if my temperature were high as I was writing to a
young lady.)
Light diet is a sort of pudding course, bread and butter and
tea are the staples, oatmeal fills in for breakfast, blanc mange
for dinner, and rice pudding for supper. I am now longing
for supper to come around as I get. most vigorously hungry
even if I do lie on my bunk all day.
Liquid diet I do not know much about. Its name tells the
tale of itself.
It is amusing to see the boys in the bunks next to me as they
try to "work" the native who brings our light diet around.
They want to get some of the pudding and generally succeed
unless the supply is limited They try to get butter also and
even resort to bribing but that wont go any more.
Our regiment has been paid since I came down here but the
paymaster seems to have forgotten us'boys in the hospital. He
ought to be around soon.
I'll wait till I get some supper before finishing this as I am
as hungry as a bear who has hibernated and just come out;
There! I suppose 1 must call that a supper as more would
not be good for mo. But I'm still hungry and as the heavy
diet boys eat around me I feel that 1 could eat one of theii
suppers in addition to my own. Sometime soon I'll eat all 1
want.
To-night the boys could not get any of our light diet rice
pudding. They lifted up a wail of disappointment. Such is
life in the hospital.
Some remarkable escapes are seen in our ward. One man
shot through the head under the temple clear through. Another
shot in the nose, ball going straight back and dropping in his
mouth so that ho swallowed it.
The base ball team left Thursday morning for Manhattan,
Kansas. From there they will visit points in Iowa, llliuoie,
and Indiauna. They will bo gone about fifteen days..
KM
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