Semi-weekly herald., 1912-12-26
GRIM REHER'S WORK IN
rHE FIELD OF SPORT.

and athletts have been removed byl
death. Baseball, pugilism, golf, swim
wing, rowing and the turf-all have
lost noted eaders during the past 12l
months.
On professional baseball was levied
the heavies, toll by the Grim Reaper.
Leading tn. list of the dead appears
the name o. John T. Brush, owner OF
the New Yorw Giants and generally
recognized as the master mind OF
the National league. Other notables
connected with the national game who
passed away during the year were
Thomas c. Noyes, president of the
Washington American league club;
Charles S. Havenor, owner of the MIL
waukee American association club; w.
H. Lucas, leading figure in west
ern baseball for quarter of CEN
tury and president of the Union As
sociation of Professional Baseball
clubs at the time of his death, and
Fred Knowles, formerly well known
as the secretary of the New York Ma
tional league clubs.
The years losses among the active
players and old-time stars of the dia-
mond include the following: Arthur
("Bugs") Raymond, formerly pitcher
for the New York Giants; Jimmy
Doyle, third baseman of the Chicago
Cubs; Clarence ("Cupid') Childs, who
made his greatest reputation with the
Cleveland Nationals; Sam Barclay, a
star player with the st. Louis Browns
in the early sos; Charles ('Lefty')
Marr, who played with the Cincinnati
Reds in 1901; Frank Gray c'Piggy")
Ward, another old National Lacquer;
William j. Finley, who caught for the
New York Giants in 1889; AL Barker,
who umpired for the National league
in the early seventies; Edward Ash
enbach, scout for the Cincinnati club
and the reputed discoverer of Pitcher
Mathewson; Ace" Stewart, once a
player with the Chicago Nationals; !;
"rnr" AE7aan,- who caught for In
dianapolis and Washington in the old
National league; H. H. Blakeley, at
one time pitcher for the Athletics
George Amole, for several years a
star twirler in the old Atlantic league;
Edward Sales, at one time a player
with the Pittsburg Nationals. Jimmy
Knowles, who had played with many
eastern clubs and later in his career
managed teams in Elmira and Allan
TIA; Steve Lambert, an oldtime player
and later a big league umpire; Penn
broke Finlayson, formerly of the
Brooklyn team; "Heiny" Heitmuller
of the Los Angeles Pacific Coast
league team; James Frick, of the Oak
land Pacific Coast league team; Henry
Gehring, a pitcher for the Kansas City
team; Frank Murphy and Gus Eng,
both players with the Rock Island
team of the Three-I league last sea-
son; Harry T. Beach, of the Baltimore
team of the Eastern league, and Will
liam Craig, pitcher for the Steuben-
vile, o., team.
Gus Rubin, the old-time heavy
weight fighter, and Johnny Reagan,
the former lightweight champion,
were the conspicuous losses in pugi-
lism. Other fighters and exfighters
who died during the year were Jack
o'Neefe, an old-time Chicago light
weight Dave Holly, colored light
weight well known a decade or more
ago; Paul Kohler, Cleveland welter-
weight of promise; Jack Flanagan,
the Cambridge lightweight, and Chas.
Ellis, a negro welterweight, who met
death in bout in Cleveland on Feb.
%.
Well known horsement included
among the dead of the year were
William Jennings of Baltimore, Sam
uel Bell sr., of Wooster. o.; Peter V.
Johnston, well known driver of Kali
amazoo, and Horace w. Wilson, for
many years secretary of the Kentucky
irotting Horse Breeders association.
Monk" Coburn and Henry Spencer.
both famous old-time jockies, passed
away during the year.
Other noted leaders in various
in 1912 were Mrs. Bernard C..
Horne Bessie Anthony, once holder
of the women's national golf cham
pionship; Billy" Delaney, the fa
nous trainer of pugilists; Frank Mo
ran, former partner of John l.. Sulli-
van; Hough R. keough (Hek), we'll
known Chicago sporting writer; Louis
Uedemann, three times western chess
champion; Eddie Hasha, holder of sew
eral worlds records for motorcycle
racing; Max Wortsmann, champion
skat player of America; Theodore N.
York, who played right guard on the
Yale varsity football team; Andrew
Trauntz, former champion swimmer
of America; Edgar Dey, noted Ca
madam hockey player; David Bruce
Brown and Bob Hunter, automobile
racers; Edward Stoke. a noted Chi
cago bowler; Patrick J. McNulty, a
veteran Boston oarsman; Martin F.
Monahan of Albany, one of the four
Dared shell crew that won the inter-