See the April 11, 1926, front page: Boy at bat is hit by pitched ball and killed
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AI Briefing
- A 19-year-old boy is killed after being hit in the head by a wild pitch in a minor league baseball game.
- Drys will begin their case against the 18th Amendment tomorrow, after a federal judge ruled that the group had the right to challenge the constitutional ban on alcohol.
- Wets are expected to return to Washington to lobby against the anti-saloon law after the Drys' case is settled.
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