Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-31
DEATH CALL FOR
SPORTS LEADERS
Many Prominent in Various Ac,
Invites Pass During
1919.

IL the year Just drawing 10 n close /
many conspicuous figures in the world
OF sport and athletics have been re-
moved by death On professional base
ball was levied the heaviest toll, says
tue Detroit Times.
Heading the list of dead appears the
name of John T. Brush, owner Of the
New York Giants and generally rec
ognized as the master mind" OF the
National league.
Other notables connected with the
national game who passed away dur
ing the year were Thomas c. Ncyes,
president of the Washington American
league club; Charles S. Tavenor, own
er of the Milwaukee American associa-
ton club
]. H. Lucas, a leading figure in
western baseball for a. quarter of a
century and president of the Union
Association 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 club.
The years losses among the active |
players and old-time stars of the dia-
mond included the following: Arthur (
C"Bugs'O Raymond. formerly pitcher
for the New York Giants; Jimmy /
Doyle, third baseman of the Chicago
Cubs; Clarence C"Cupid'0 Childs, who
made his greatest reputation with the
Cleveland Nationals; Sam Barclay, a
star player with the st. Louis Browns
in the early eighties; Charles (''Lef-
ty'') MARI, who played with the Gin
cipnati Reds in 1901; Frank Gray,
C'Piggy'O Ward, another old National
Lacquer; William ]. Finley, who
caught for the New York Giants in
| 1889; Al Barker, who umpired for the
National league in the early seven
ties; Edward Ashenbach, a scout. for
the Cincinnati club and the discoverec
of Pitcher Mathewson; Ace" Stew
art, once a player with the Chicago
Nationals; Tug Arundel, who caught
/ for Indianapolis and Washington in
the old National league; H.. H.
| Blakeley, at one time a pitcher for
/ the Athletics; George Amole, for sew
eral years a star twirler in the old
Atlantic league Edward Sales, at one
time player with the Pittsburgh Ma
ticnals. Jimmy Knowles, who had
played with many eastern clubs and
later in his career managed teams in
Elmira and Atlanta; Steve Lambert,
an old-time player and later a big
league umpire. Pembroke Finalyson,
formerly of the Brooklyn team;
''Heiny" Heitmuller of the Los Ange,
les Pacific Coast league team; James
Frick of the Oakland Pacific Coast
Leaf que team; Henry Gehring, pitcher
for the Kansas City team; Frank
Murphy. and Gus Eng, both players with
the Rock Island team of the Three
Eye league last season; Frank Rhoton,
second baseman of the Knoxville team
o. the Appalachian league; Harry T.
Beach of the Baltimore team of the
Eastern league and William Craig,
pitcher of the Steubenville, Ohio,
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 ex-fghters
who died during the year were Jack
weight; Dave Holly, a colored light
weight, well known a decade or more
ago; Paul Kohler, Cleveland welter-
weight of promise; Jack Flanagan,
the Cambridge lightweight, and
Charles Ellis. negro welterweight,
who met death in bout in Cleveland
Feb %
Yell known horsemen included
among the dead'of the year were Will
liam Jennings of Baltimore; Samuel
Bell, Sr., of Wooster, Ohio; Peter V.
Johnston, a well known driver of Kali
amazoo, and Horace w Wilson, for
many years secretary of the Kentucky
Trofting Horse Breeders association;
Monk" CobuTn and Henry Spencer,
both famous old time jockeys passed
away during the year.
|, Other noted leaders in various
branches of sport who passed away
, in 1912 were Mrs. Bernard c. Horne
Bessie Anthony former golf cham
pionship; Billy Delaney, the famous
, trainer of pugilists; Frank Moran,
, former partner and manager of John
H. Sullivan: Hugh E. Keough C'Hek'),
. we'll known Chicago sport writer;
. Louis Uedemann, three times western
chess champion: Eddie Hasha, holder
: of several worlds records for motor
, cycle racing; Max Worstman, cham
: pion skat player of America; Theo-
dore N. York, who played right guard
on the Yale varsity football team;
Andrew Trautz a former champion
! swimmer of America; Edgar Dey, a
} noted Canadian hockey player; David
Bruce-Brown and Bob Hunter. auto
: mobile drivers; Edward Stoke, not
eG. Chicago bowler; Patrick ]. Nc
! Nulty, a veteran Boston oarsman;
Martin F. Monahan of Albany, one o:
the four-oared shell crew that won the
international championship at Phila
J delphia in 1876, and Charles H. Lewis
of Worcester, who, with Edward H
Ten Eyck, held the worlds double
scull championship.