Baseball Shots Fired At Players
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) ADELAIDE, July 22. Three members of the 1 South Australian State baseball team were fired on by an unknown marksman while they were practising at Graduates Oval, Adelaide, yesterday. At least three shots were fired, but none hit the players, who sheltered in a change room for several minutes before making an unsuccessful search of the area for the person responsible. One player. Young, said: “The first I knew something was wrong was when Chris Harman started running towards us waving his arms. ‘The next thing a bullet whistled between Kevin and me, and we started running too.
“We took shelter In a change room for about five minutes and as there were no more shots, we decided to make a search. , The players resumed practising after the search and stayed at the oval for another half-hour.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30190, 23 July 1963, Page 5
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