The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-19
Toll for the Past Twelve
Months in America Has
Been Quite Heavy.
MANY BASEBALL STARS
Willie Anderson, Golf Expert
and Jake Schaefcr, Bill
HARDEST, Died.
tAmorican News Servlco)

New York, Dee. io.-Death has reap
ed Il rich harvest In the field Of sport
ard athletics during the year now
drawing 70 close. Baseball ia par
ticular, has lost an unusually large
number Of It's leaders. Prominent
a1cng those Identified with the ma
t!oasl game who have passed away
during the year are Thomas j. LOTUS
ono OF tire most famous baseball play
ers and mana gers Of history; Henry '.
iJcls, who owned t.e st. Louis Ma
rooms whoa they were champions of
the world Col. J +. Rogers. former
part owner Of the Philadelphia Nation
nj League clUb; Eugene r. Burt, fer
several years president of the Pacific
Coast League: Samuel l.. Wright. who
at the time ~ his death was president
cf tho Ohio and Pennsylvania league:
James p. Walsh. owner CT the RocE-
ford team 81 the Wisconsln-Illinoi3
league. and Mcdonald Douglas. mana
ger OF the Stockton club OF tie Cali
fornia State League.
Among tho active players and form
or stars of the diamond who died dur
shortstop for the Boston club when il
wen the National league championship
in 1889: Jack O'Brien. catcher of the
Philadelphia Athletics when that team
won the American association cham
pionship In the same year: James w.
Bug" Holiday. once the greatest ont-
fielder playing baseball: Michael p.
Hines. catcher for the Boston Nation
ais In the early SOS: Allen NJ. Storke,
who played all the infie!d positions
with the Pittsburg Nationals In 1905
90; Joseph Nealon. who played first
base for the Pittsburg Nationals dur.
Ing two seasons; Morris Critchley, an
oid.time pitcher for Pittsburg; Patrick
NJ. Downing. for several years play
er with Southern league and Blue
Grass league teams. and Joseph G.
Hennessoy, an outlielder last season
on the Trenton. n. J. team.
Dead Diamond stars.
Patrick Gillespie. who played with
the old New York Giants In the sos:
wild BIZ HassRmer. formerly with
the Washington club: Tom Doran.
who played with Boston and Detroit
and with many minor league clubs.
Charles Esper. formerly "A pitcher for
the old Athletics; Harry T.. Staly who
caught for the Boston Nationals years
ago: Jack Horner. scout for the De-
iroit American league club: Robert
Petit. who played under Arson with
the Chicago Nationals: Owen Jackson.
of the Lynchburg team Of the Virginia
league. and Ray Marshall. who played
right field for the Jacksonville. Fla.
team.
Stanley Ketchel. champion light
weight. and Joe Cans. <former cham
pion of the same class, head the list
Of fighters who have passed away dur
ing the twelvemonth. Other figures
of more or less prominence in the
world OF pugilism who have died dur
ing the year include Jem Mace. the
old English heavyweight; Tom Bate,
Of New Jersey, who at one time held
the lightweight championship Of Eng
land; Johnny Dwyer. once well known
as a feather weight fighter: Frederick
q. Bullen of Bridgeport, Conn, former
lightweight champion; Doc. Payne.
the old Cleveland Boxer; Walter
Whitehead, negro pugilist wei
known In the Northwest: Tommy Nc
Carthy. who died as n result Of a bout
with owen Moran: Johnny Murphy,
San Francisco lightweight: Billy
Duning, a heavyweight pugilist OF
Maine. and kid Hyland," young
boxer Of Buffalo.
Among the notables of the turf who
passed away were Phil DAILY. Robert
J.. Tucker, noted horse owner and
trainer of Louisville; Allan b. Stan
bury Of Baltimore, known as a horse
man throughout the United States
and Canada; Lucien o. Appleby, who
had been actively engaged in racing
since 1865: Stoughton r. Clark, one
OF the best known trainers and drivers