The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
SPORT FATALITIES
IN PASSING YEAR
Many Prominent Athletes
and Authorities Have Died
Since January 1.

! Death has thjnpSd the ranks OF dis
! tinEuishcd UEurcs ir the world OF sport
/ O. an usual extent ip thc year now
near its close. In nearly all branches
/ OF professional ANA amateur sports Il
has invaded high places. but the base
\ BAN world particularly has suffered
lhcaNy losses
/ The National League suffered the loss
|of jts president. Harry T.. Fuluam. and
/ OF tae owners OF thrcc OF the eight clubs
I compgisins the circuit. The club own
crs who dted durlns tho year we're
! Prank sc Haas Robinson, OF st. Loais;
! Gcorge Dewey, o. Boston, and Israel
1 Durham. who was credited with being
I the chief owner OF the Philadelphia
I club.
Baseball Deaths.
/ Among others whose names were
I prominently associated with baseball
\ we're John ClarSson. who was one of
\ the greatest pitchers in the history Of the
came: Prank -. Selce, for twelve years
/ manager Of the Boston Nationals and
later manager of the Chicago Nationals;
/ Charles H Cushman, one Of the organ
i izers Of the Western League and for
several years manager OF the Milwaukee
club: Herman Long. whose career as a
/ player covered many years in the MAJOR
/ leagues; DIT. Maurice Powers, catcher
I for the Philadelphia American League
team; Harry LOchead, who had played
| in big and little leagues; John V. b.
/ Hatfield, of New York, one Of the stars
lof a generation ago. Edward r 11eehy,
! once a welI-knoWn catcher with the
! philadelphia club; Charles r. Cking)
| PitfenRer. a former American League
I pitcher, George Speer. former MIL
i vvauIpe catcher in Western League ana
I A Nrupnfnffnn cIIhC- Albert L.
Moore, fast New England League
/ player of decade ago; Frank kornlck,
a Illinois League player;
Thomas Coates. of the Oshkosh team OF
! the Observation-Disclosures League; Charles
| Pfnckney. second ba.ieman Of the Day
/ ton team in the Central League; Wine
/ Hogg, pitcher on the Louisville Amerl-
can Association club, Charles Dexter
| first baseman for the New Orleans
| Southern League team; J. F. Cone, a
veteran Chicago player OF the US,
| George r. (Foghorn) Miller, VINO had
PLAYED in PittsburE, St Louis, and Ota-
er cities: =. J. Quinn, who promoted
/ the first uniformed baseball team ever
taken out of Chicago; Maurice p. Danl-
I ny. of Rochester. an old-time minor
! league umpire. and Cornelius J. Nc
Ginley, a former minor league player
and for years an umpire in the Three-I
| and Western leagues.
Horsemen Pass Away.
/ The mortality among turfmen and
Others identified with racing has also
/ been great. Included in the list are Tim
AIurnin. one Of the best-knOwn racing
/ men in America; Joel Fealer, a noted
| breeder, Of Mt Sterling, Ky; George
/ NJ. webb, OF Philadelphia. a well-known
/ trainer; Kirby Snow. known in turf cir
! cles throughout the South: ". r. IIetch-
/ er, secretary of the Kentucky Racing
/ Association. Col. r. W. Simmons. of
/ New Orleans. "A nTegfd-
/ ing judge; W IT, Sims, president Of the
! International Fair Association Of san
/ Antonio: Clarence Mcdowell, Of Balti-
! more, who had presided at many metro
politan tracks; Frank Cusack, one of the
l best known writer's on the Pacific Coast
| and William Hayward and J. =. Wood,
/ both Of whom were noted jockeys.
Among Pugilists.
/ During the year death removed from
| che world OF puEiIsm such welI-ltnown
/ figures as WiIlus Britt, Of San Fran
! cisco, who had managed Battling Mel
! son, Stanley Ketchel and other noted
fighters: Eddie COnley, the old-rIrle
! lightweight. Of Cambridge, Mass; Patsy
! O"Hara, another OId-time fighter who
/ hailed from New England: Martin Snee.
I OF Haverhin. Mass, who had fought a
! number OF good men i'm the lightweight
! division; Mickey Sears. still another
/ New England fighter Of considerable
/ reputation, and James Kelly, who had
! trained and managed several prominent
J fighters, among them Mysterious Billy
] Smith.
Others Who Died.
! A wider review takes in not a few
prominent figures in other branches of
sport Among them may be mentioned
/ George Price, the veteran oarsman. Of
I St John. n. B., and a member Of the
/ celebrated Paris crew, which held the
four-oared championship Of the world:
/ Capt John Barr. one Of the best-known
yacht captains on the New England
| coast. Carlisle u, Graham, the swim
meT, who won fame by passing through
the Niagara rapids; Charles i. Barker,
/ Of Boston. who was the champion
/ checker player OF the world for many
years; Clarence II. Freeman. Of PrOVi-
dCnce, who had also held the checker
/ championship; kreigh Collins, a former
star tennis player, Edward McLaugh-
I lin, a noted authority ON the game OF
/ billiards, Harry BethUne, OF Cleveland.
formerly a champion Splinter OF the
world. Herman l. Johnson, Of Utica,
former president Of the National Curl
I ing Club Of America Eugene DelmaT,
I OF New York, one Of the bcst-known Of
[ American chess players; Harry Hess. Of
/ Nanticoke, Pa, and Charles ". Hart,
/ OF Cleveland, both trap shooters Of ma
tiOnal reputation; Dan Stuart and Al
I Smith. famous as Stockholders and pro-
meters Of sporting events; Hugh Mo
I Lean, Farley Giles, and Frank Ashton.
who had attained wide Came as bicycle
/ racers.
Auto Fatalities.
Among the AUTOMOBILE" racing fatalities
the most notable were those which re-
suited in the deaths Of VIM. A Bourque,
who was killed IN race on the new
Indianapolis speedway, and Laurent
I Crosse. a French chauffeur, who met
death i'm the twpntv-rOur-h0ur contest
OF the numerous faLiIitics that attend
I ed the past football season the deaths
/ or cadet Eugene 4. Byrne, Of the West
| Point Military Academy. Duke Trim
| bic. OF the Indiana State University
eleven. and Roy Spybuck. OF the Has
| kcu Indian Institute team, attracted