Shelby, Feb. 19—G.P. Abernethy Jr., 10-year-old son of Rev. G.P. Abernethy, a Baptist minister of Shelby, is in the Shelby public hospital suffering from a fracture of the skull that resulted from a rather unusual accident while at play at the city schools.
Two of young Abernethy’s playmates were choosing sides to play baseball, using the old-time method of hand-over-hand on a baseball bat. Abernethy was standing just behind the winner and the bat bossed over the boy’s shoulder struck him in the forehead, fracturing his skull. Physicians will not be definite about his condition, but say that he is improving as much as could be expected.
From page 2 of the Wilson Times, Feb. 24, 1925
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