The Detroit times., 1912-12-25
Big men in
SPORT DIED
IN YEAR 1912
There Were Many Mortalities in
Boxing, Baseball, and
Other Branches
OLD-TIME DIAMOND
STARS PASSED BEYOND
Bugs Raymond, Jimmy Doyle.
Cupid Childs, and Others
in the List

many conspicuous figures in the worlG
OF sport and athletics have been re
moved by death.
On professional baseball was levie
tne heaviest toll.
Heading the list of dead appears
the name of John T. Brush, owner
of the New York Giants and gener
ally recognized as the master mind
CT the National league.
Other notables connected with the
national game VINO passed away dur.
ing the year were Thomas G. NoyeS,
president Of the Washington Ameri
can League club. Charles $ Haven
or, owner OF Milwaukee American
Association club.
j. III. Lucas, a leading figure III
western baseball for a quarter OF a
century and president OF the Union
Association OF Professional Baseball!
clubs at the time of his deaah, and
Fred Knowles, formerly wellknown
as the secretary of the New York
National League club.
The years losses among the active
players and old-time stars OF the dia
Elond included the following: Arthur
("Bugs") Raymond, formerly pitcher
for the New York Giants: Jimmy
Doyle. third baseman of the Chicas
Cubs; Clarence CCupid') Childs, who
made his greatest reputation with the
Cleveland Nationals; Sam Barclay 4
star player with the st. Louis Browns
in the early eighties; Charles CLei
ty'D MARI. who played with the Gin
clnnati Reds in 1901; Frank Gray
C'Piggy"j Ward. another old Nation
al Lacquer; William j. Finley. who
caught for the New York Giants III
1889; AL Barker, who umpired for the
National league in the early seven
ties; Edward Ashenbach, a scout fof
the Cincinnati club and the discover
er of Pitcher Mathewson Ace" Stew
art, once a player with the Chicago
Nationals. Tug" Arundel, whI
caught for Indianapolis and Washing
ton in the old National league; II
II. Blakeley, AT one time pitcher
for the Athletics; George Amole, for
several years star twirler in the
old Atlantic league Edward Sales
at one time a player with the Pitts
burgh Nationals. Jimmy KNOWLES
who had played with many eastern
clubs and later in mis- career managed
teams in Elmira and Atlanta; Steve
Lambert. an old-time player and later
a big league umpire. Pembroke Fin
layson. formerly Of the Brooklyn
team: "Heiny" Heitmuller. of the Los
Angeles Pacific Coast league team
James Frick of the Oakland PaclhC
Coast League team; Henry GehrinG
a pitcher for the Kansas City team
Frank Murphy and Gus Eng, both
players with the Rock Island team ol
the Three-Eye league last season;
Frank Rhoton, second baseman u
the Knoxville team of the Appala
chain league; Hairy T. Beach, OF the
Baltimore team OF the Eastern league
and William Craig, pitcher for the
Steubenville, o., team.
Gus Rubin the old-time heavy
weigh fighter, and JOHNNY Reagan, the
former lightweight champion, were
the conspicuous losses in pugilisn
other fighters and ex-fighters VINO
died during the year were JACK "
Keefe, an Cld-time Chicago light
waiaht;;- Dave Holly, a colCred- nght
weight, well known a decade or more
ago. Paul Rohier, q Cleveland welter
weight ~ aromice; Jack Flanagan
the Cambridge lightweight, and
Charles E!is. negro welterweight
Who net death In bout in Cleveland
on February p.
Wpll.knowu Lorsemen included
among the dead Of the year were VII
liam Jennings. OF Baltimore; Samuel
Bell. Sr.. OF Wooster, o.; Peter V
Johnston, wellknown driver of Ka!
amazoo. and Horace w. Wilson, for
many years secretary OF the Kentucky
Trotting Horse Breeders association
Monk" Coburr 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 holder OF
tho vompn's rational golf champion
ship: Billy" Delaney, the famous
trainer OF pugilists; Frank Moran
former partner and manager of John
Il. Sullivan: Hugh T.. Keough Click
welLknown Chicago sporting writer,
Louis Uedemann, three times western
chesa champion; Eddie Hasna, holder
OF several worlds records for motor
cxcle racing; Max Worstman, cham
rion 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
roted Canadian hockey player; David
Bruce Brown and Bob Hunter, auto
mobile drivers: Edward Stoke
> ro,ea chicago bowler; Patrick j.
aIcNulty, veteran Boston oarsman;
.i4rsu Nonshan, OF Albany one oil
the four~oareti she'll crew that wen the
international championship at Phila'
delphia in 1876. and Charles III. Lewis
az Worcester, who with Edward II
g. L,.-nk hoId Ihn mnrld,a dnnLna