Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-29
MANY ATHLETES ANSWER GALL
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IHluutu tue IduhS Ol ulSbLHSuloHCu figures in the world of sport to an un- usual extent in the year now near its close. In nearly all branches of pro fessional and amateur sports it has invaded high places, but the baseball world particularly has suffered heavy losses. The National league suffered the loss of its president, Harry c. Pulliam, and of the owners of three
 of the eight clubs comprising the cir cult. The club owners who died dur ing the year were Frank de Haas Rob- inson of St. Louis, George Dovey of Boston, and Israel Durham, who was credited with being the chief owner of the Philadelphia club.
 Among others whose names were prominently associated with baseball were John Clarkson, who was one of the greatest pitchers in the history of the game; Frank G. Selee, for 12 years manager of the Boston Nation als and later manager of the Chicago Nationals; Charles H. Cushman, one of the organizers 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; Dr. Maurice Powers, catcher for the Phil adelphia American league team; liar " Loehead, who had played in big and little leagues; John V. B. Hat field of New York, one of the stars of a generation ago; Edward F. Leahy, once a well known catcher with the Philadelphia club; Charles R. W"King'D Pittinger, a former American league pitcher; George
 Speer, a former catcher in Western league and American association
 clubs; Albert L. Moore, a fast New
 England league player of a decade
 ago; Frank Korniek, a Wisconsin Illinois league; Charles Pinekney, second baseman Of the Dayton team
 in the Central league; Willie Hogg, pitcher on the Louisville American association club; Charles Deterx, first baseman for the New Orleans South ern league team; J. F. Cone, a vet eran Chicago player of the eos; Geo. IF. ('Foghorn') Miller, who had played in Pittsburg, St. Louis and other cities; P. J. Quinn, who pro- noted the first uniformed baseball team ever taken out of Chicago; Maurice P. Danihy of Rochester, an old-time minor league umpire, and Cornelius J. Mckinley, former minor league player and for years an um- pire in the Three-I and Western league.
 The mortality among the turfmen and others identified with racing has also been great. Included in the list are Tim Murnin, one of the best known racing men in America; Joel Fealer, a noted breeder of Mount Sterling, Ky; George NJ. Webb of Philadelphia, a we'll known trainer; Kirby Snow, known in turf circles throughout the South; W. R. Leteher. secretary of the Kentucky Racing Association; Col R. W. Simmons of New Orleans, for many years a pre- siding judge; W. H. Sims, president of the International Fair Association of San Antonio; Clarence MeDowen of Baltimore, who had presided at many metropolitan tracks; Frank Cusaek, one of the best known turf writers on the Pacific coast, and William Hayward and J. B. Wood, both of whom were noted jockeys
 During the year death removed from the world of pugilism such well known figures as Willus Britt of San Francisco, who had managed Battling Nelson, Stanley Ketehel and other noted fighters; Eddie Conley, the old time lightweight pugilist of Cam bridge, Mass; Patsy O'Hara, anoth- CT old time fighter who hailed from New England; Martin Snee of Hav- erhill, Mass, who had fought a num- Der of good men in the lightweight "Mieeky" Sears, still an other New England fighter of con reputation, and James Kelly, who had trained and managed sev- eral prominent fighters, among them Mysterious Billy'' Smith.
 Among the automobile racing fa- talities the most notable were those which resulted in the deaths of Wm. A. BOurque, who was killed in a race on the new Indianapolis speed way, and Laurent Crosse, a French chauffeur, who met death in the 24- hour contest at the Brighton Beach 
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