The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-12-22
and others who had figured promi-

and others who had figured promi-
nently in the national game in days
gone by passed away during the year.
Among these were Robert Carruth-
ers, famous as pitcher for the ST..
Louis Browns in the '80s and later
an umpire in the American and mi
nor leagues; William ("Dad') Clark,
at one timeSa star pitcher of the New
was one of the 1886 "big four of the
Detroit team; John Y. Radcliffe, who
played with the old Athletics of Phi
ladelphia; Charles Brown, at one
time a player on the Brotherhood
team of Boston and later with the
Lynn team of the New England
league; Bort Briggs, formerly pitch
er for the Chictga Cubs; Marshal Hey
King, famous hitter and outfelder
in the early days of the National
league; Arthur Clarkson, who had
played with New York, ST.. Louis,
Baltimore, Milwaukee and other
clubs; DR.. John Draper, who organ
lied the famous Red Stockings in
Cincinnati in the '6Os; Carlos Smith,
who was known as the founder of
organized baseball in Connecticut;
Sammy Vigneaux, an old-time Pacific
coast player, and Herman H. Van
derhorst, who was secretary of the
Baltimore club when it was three
times pennant winner of the Nation
al league.
There were no ring fatalities
among professional pugilists during
the year, neither were any deaths re-
corded among fighters of prominence.
Louis Long, of Oakland, CAL, was the
only fighter of any note to die. Sev-
eral old-timers passed away, among
them Charlie McKeever, at one time
one of the best of Philadelphia
lightweights, and "Hank' Griffin, the
we'll known colored heavyweight.
Well known to followers of pugil- |
ism were Malachi Hogan, the Chica-
go referee and sporting writer; Ed |
die Smith, the San Francisco referee;
Emil ("Pop") Coulon, father and
manager of Bantamweight Champion |
Johnny Coulon; John H. Cusack, of
Brooklyn, who was John L. Sullivan's |
hacker, and William A. Pearce, of !
Boston, who had managed Jack John
son, Joe Walcott, George Dixon, Mar |
vim Hart and other noted fighters.
The losses of the year in the turf |
world included August Uihlein, of |
Milwaukee, owner of The Harvester |
and other famous trotters; David G.. |
Johnson, who achieved his widest |
prominence as the owner of Rose |
ben; Otis Bort, Of Flushing, N. Y,
who drove the famous Flora Temple |
in the early '70s; w. S. O'Brien, of |
Waukegan, ILL.,, we'll known train
er of trotting horses; Martin V. /
Walls, of Columbus, O., for many !
years a Grand Circuit judge; Alta P.
Macdonald, we'll known horseman
of Albany, N. Y; Fred Clarke, of /
Providence, we'll known as a trainer !
on Grand Circuit tracks; Myron E.
McHenry, of Genesee, ILL.,, veteran
turfman and famous driver; David |
M. Rinaldo, of Saratoga, famous
breeder and owner, and E. B. Aber-
crombie, of Chicago, turf editor and |
one of Americas authorities on the |
harness horse.
Automobile racing claimed toll !
of nearly dozen deaths during the
year 1911. The noted racers killed |
included Ned Crane, killed at Kansas
City, April IA; Marcel Dasle, killed
at Chicago, June II; Louis Strang, |
killed at La Crosse, July 20; Ralph |
H. Ireland, killed at Elgin, ILL.,, Aug. |
FL; Dave Buck, killed at Elgin, Aug.
%; BILLY" Pearce, killed at Sioux |
City, Oct. 10; Jay D. McNay, killed |
at Savannah, Nov. 20; Walter Den
nelly, killed at Milwaukee, June %,
and Robert w. Bean, killed at Den
yer, Nov. 27.
Several famous trapshooters and |
wing shots were included among the |
dead of the year, among them being
c. A. Bogardus, for years the worlds |