Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
YEARS WORK OF
GRIM REAPER IN
FIELD OF SPORT
Many Conspicuous Figures
in Sportdom Have Been
Removed by Death Dur
ing the Past Year.

New York, Dec. 2l.--In the year
now drawing to a close many conspicu-
Gus figures in the world of sport and
athletics have been removed by death.
Baseball pugilism, golf, swimming.
rowing, and the turf-all have lost
noted leaders during the past IL
months.
ON professional baseball was levied
the heaviest toll by the Grim Reaper
( Heading The list Of the dead appears
the name af John r. Brush. owner IF
the Now York Giants, and generally
recognized as the master mind of
The National league. other notables
connected with the national game who
4 passed away during the wear were
/ Thomas G. Moves president of tho
+ Washington American league club;
I charles S. Havenor owner Of The Mil
eai,l1ee american association club. W
I n Lucas. 4 leading figure III western
I baseball for quarter of century. and
lpreaident If the Union Association Of
professional Baseball Clubs at the time
81 his death, and Fred Knowles, for
metN we'll known ~ the secretary Of
the New York National league club
The years losses among tne active
players ana oid-time stars Of the dia-
nond included the following Arthur
\ t'Bues'9 Raymond, formerly pitcher
1 for tile New York Giants; Jimmy
DOYLE, third basenan ~ the Chicago
I cubs. Clarence C'Gupid'9 Ghilds, who
made his greatest reputation with tho
4 cleveland Nationals. Sam Barclay, a
star player with the St. Louis Browns
/ II the early Sos Charles CLefty,D
MARI Who played with the Cincinnati
Reds ia 1S90-1; Frank Gray ("Piggy''>
Ward another old National Lacquer:
william J. Finley, who caught for the
New York Giants in 1889 Al Barker.
Who umrired for the National league fl
the early SOS; Edward Ashenbach
scout for the Cincinnati club, and re-
Eputea discoverer of Pitcher Mathewson;
Ace Stewart, once a player with the
1 Chicago Nationals; Tug Arudenl,
who caught for Indianapolis and
Washington in the old National league:
II II Blakeley. al one time a pitcher
for the Athletics George Amole, for
several wears a star twirler III the old
Atlantic league. Edward Sales, at one
time q PLAYER with the Pittsburg Ma
! tiouals Jimmy Knowles. who had
14Ff4 ~ AfAtt HAFAf3Aip 9ttoNNtii NAdpE 1919
later in his career managed teams iii
E.lmira and Atlanta: Steve Lambert an
old time player, and later a big league
umpire Pembroke Finlayson, former
Iy Of the Brooklyn team: "Heiuy' Heit-
muller On The Les Angeles Pacific Coast
league team3 James f'rick of the Oak
land Pacific Coast League team, Hen
Irv Gehring, a pitcher for the Kansas
city team Frank Murphy and Gus
Eng. both PLAYERS with the Rock Island
team of the Three Eve league last sea-
son. Frank Rheton. second haseman
Of the Knoxville team Of the Appala-
ehian league Henry T Beach of the
Baltimore team Of the Eastern league.
and William Craig, pitcher for the
steubenvilIe. Ohio, team.
Gus Rubin. the old time heavy
weight fighter and Johnny Reagan.
the former lightweight champion. we're
the conspicuous losses In pagilism.
either fighters and ex-fighters who
died during the year we're Jack o'Keefe,
an old-time Chicago lightweight. Dave
Holly. eolored lightweight we'll
known "a decade or more age. Paul
MahieF, Il cleveland weiterweight ef
promise. lack Flanagan. the Cam
bridge lightweight. and Charles Ellis.
: negro welterweisht who net death in
: bout III cleveland on Fer. %.
well-knoWn horsemen Included
among the dead of the year we're VIII
ann Jennings Of Baltimore, Samuel
Eall er. az wooster ohm. Peter Il
Johnston = weif-kuoVn driver OF Kala-
nazon and Horace " Wilson. for
nany yeafs secretary II the Kentucky
rrottine Horse breeders association.
Monk f.obftrn and Henry Spencer. both
famous oa.ti,ne Jockeys, passed away
during the wear.
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