The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-07
HARRY WRICIIT'S FUNERAL.
The Veteran Bnsc Hall Player and Umpire
Is Lnid at Rest with Impressive Ccrc.
monies.

The Veteran Bnsc Hall Player and Umpire
Is Laid at Rest with Impressive Ccrc.
monies.
Philadelphia, Oct G.-All that was
mortal of Harry Wright, the famous
ball manager and chief of the staff Of
league umpires, was Inferred this af-
ternoon in beautiful West Laurel Hill
cemetery. Rarely has any man, no
matter what his position may have
been in public life. been accorded such
an impressive and touching funeral.
From noon until o'clock, the hour
of departure for the cemetery. the
streets in the neighborhood of the
house of Frank Hough, one of Mr..
Wright's most intimate friends. where
the funeral services We're held, We're
crowded by people, anxious to pay their
last tribute to the illustrlOus dead. Base
ban men of prominence from all parts
of the country We're present, as were
also men prominent in business and so
cal life in Philadelphia, and oil had
kindly word to say of the lovable
character of the man whose death had
brought them together. At the ceme-
| terry there was another big crowd,
which showed its appreciation of Mr..
Wright's memory by listening with rev.
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funeral exercise. and never making a
move until the mourners took up their
homeward journey.
| The honorary pall-bearerS, all life
long friends of the deceased We're: n.
F.. Young, A. j. Reach. John |. Rogers.
C. II. Byrne. ]. c. Chapman, p. T.
Powers, William Barnie. Frank c.
Richter. William Sharsig. Lewis Sim
mons, Charles Mason. The acting pail
| bearers. also intimate associates of Mr..
Wright were: Arthur A. Irwin. man
ager Philadelphia club; William j.
| Shettsline. secretary Philadelphia club;
Frank Hough. the Press; s. II. Jones,
the United Press: William L. Noltz, the
Times. and Horace s. Fogel, the
| Ledger.
| The floral offerings We're both numer-
Gus and elaborate. From the National
! league there was q massive ladder. 3l2
! feet high. .-lixabedlad in, a-bank of roSss
! 3ib feet square. Messrs. Reach. Rogers;
| and Shettsline, of the philadelphia
club sent a reproduction Of a base ball
| diamond with the words safe at
| home" running across thu plate. The
| Brooklyn club, through tts rresidort.
| Charles II. Byrne, contributed mag
nfcent ard most wposng floral Tyre.
| eight feet high. made almost entirely
:
! tury Wheelmen's remembrance of their
/ late member took the shape of most
artistic broken column a. G. Spald-
| ing and j. w. Spalding remembered
| the'r old-tim friend and associate with
| n broken column of F'rglish ivy and
white roses The Baltimore players
/ sent a magnificent hank of flowers sur
mounted by an arch. On the top of
which was suspended a dove. The
| Wagner brothers. of the Washington.
! club, SER. n cross made errirely of
white pinks. and p. T. Powers, pre5,i-
| dsmt of the Eastern league, sent mag
nifcent cross of ivy entwlned by i'm
mortelles. John C. Chapman of the
Eastern lea que. q Cne-t.me fellow hall
player of Mr.. Wriehts. sert a palm
cross. while at the head of the casket
lay beautiful pillow. the remembrance
of the players of the Philadelphia
team. TIE Scorers association, of
Philadelphia. Of which Mr. Wright was
a member. sent scroll on which was
the legend. "All out"--a legend that
was suggested by Mr.. Wright's dying
remark to his son-"there are two men