The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-03

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! sporting editor of the Washington Post
died here at 7:i5 this morning of cirrhoSI-
al IL" liver. He was known IN international
sporting circles. ANA was regarded as al.
thurity un such matters. Mr.. Campbell ha
been here since May l.. lie was "A years Of
age. Instructions were received this even
ins directing that his body be inferred h-:t
in the catholic cemetery.
Joe Campbell WAS well known and much
loved ia ~. Louis. lie resided in this
city for several years prior to 1898. Dur
ing that time he made many friends.
MI. Campbell was one of the most
brilliant ami entertaining writer's on sport
ing or M subjects that ever put Il
pen to paper. His iusouciInt. incessant
gliding, rhaTt-TiVg ANA joking always found
eager readers and mad. thousands laugh.
His metaphors We're wonderful and anus
ing. his of language Immense.
He had "a way of linking baseball. pugilism
and the drama that made a ridiculous. but
delightful, jumbo, and which attracted
rraGrrs OF all three branches.
From ST. Louis hc went to Kansas city.
where hc WAS "A good deal of a Journal
iStic failure. iy mere chance he bvCam.
attached 10 the Washington Post. He
'sUbbcd' for Il sporting writer during a
vacation and did 50 well that he was per-
manently attached to the paper. Then
began Il career of five years brilliancy,
during which every reader OF dramatics.
baseball and TlEllism I'm the country was
attracted hy Mr.. Campb-ITs brilliancy.
Every ueSw paper I'm America sought his
matter. either in the original or reprinted.
While his knowledge never was what sport
ing writer's drnomiuatc sound" the grace
of his style and the elegance OF his diction
made IL go" lie was In one sense the
greatest sporting writer Of the age. He
never took sport ScuSibly or a. a business
or as worth while worrying about. lie
took 1t as sport. treated it sportively. and
let il go nj that. Tie never was a crank,
"a r~cfurIncr. a kuoCker, "A booster or a man
with "A mission. He was simply a sporting
writer. took it all as sport. Which 1t
was.
Joe Campbell never was a sporting au-
thority.' He was a sporting raconteur. lie
%Chattcd. TESTED. smoked ami pulled his way
found them and made the best OF them.
He never signed his name to his matter.
never had Lis picture printed in the paper
he worked for, never held stakes. refereed.
umpircd or held any official connection
with sport. Yet he was the most widely
known and most widely quoted sporting
writer in the world.
Excellent rs n Dramati Editor.
AS a writer. Mr.. Campbell out
clasSed himself as Il sporting writer. Ap-
insignificant in person and very
in his dress and habits. he WAS Il
welcome guest In the green room of all the
great actors and actresses of recent years.
He met such men as the late Edwin Booth
ANA Lawrence Barrett On a level as far AS
names. faces. parts, ability. time. plays.
etc. went. He had a wonderful memory
anu q more Woldertul way or making that
memory ramify and take under its branches
sports and different persons. and
weave the C-oEgiOmerate material into
u homogeneous whole.
The touch of s~alacity IN CampbeIl's dra- |
rlHtics sent some Of his best things TO the
waste basket. Major j. J. Dickinson. also
well known IN St Louis. once said that he
was Obliged to refuse TO print many of
IampbclIs best stories for this reason. |
Yet" he said. "the sprinkling of salt was |
20 slight and II was overlaid with euch
verhiage that l often found my |
.elf cursing the necessity which obliged me |
to destroy it,
campbell lived a rapid life. II IS true tina. \
MS best work was done in the Wee. sma'
hours Hundreds of times he has been |
TO suddenly leave a merry marty
go to his desk. take Il pad of paper on his |
put his feet on the desk. light innum- |
,rable. cigarettes and scribble away until |
daylight. '
His family history was "A closed or I'M |
~ mentioned a relative. ~
Poor Joe Campbell, |