Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-08
grim REAPER WAS
BUSY in Field
OF SPORT 81

In the year just past many conspic-
uous figures in the world Of sport and
athletics have been removed by
death Baseball, pugilisnl, golf. swim
ming, rowing, and the turf-all have
lost noted leaders curing the past
twelve months. il. &
Or professional baseball was levied
The heaviest toll by the grim reaper.
Heading the list of the dead appears
the name of John T., Brush, owner of
the New York Giants and generally
recognized as the master mind of the
National League. Other notables con-
iIlected with the national game who
passed away during the year were
Thomas c. Hoyes. president of the
Washington american, League Club;
Charles S. Havenor, owner of the
Milwaukee American Association
Club; w. H. Lucas, 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
National League Club. -
The years losses among the active
players and old-timer stars OF the
diamond included the following: Ar
thur ("Bugs") Raymond, formerly
pitcher for the New York Giants;
Jimmy Doyle, third basenIan OF the
Chicago Cubs; Clarence t"Cund")
Childs, who made his gfeaiest repu-
cation with the Cleveland Nationals;
Sam Barclay, star player with the
St Louis Browns in the early SOS;
Charles C'Lefty') Mari, who. played
with the Cincinnati Reds in 1901;
Frank Gray C'Piggy') Ward, another
old National Lacquer; William J. Fin
ley, who caught for the New York
Giants in 1889; Al Barker, VINO UNI
pired for the Nationai League in the
early seventies; Edward AshenbaCh,
a scout for the Cincinnati club and
the reputed discoverer of Pitcher
Mathewson; ACE" Stewart, once a
player with the Chicago Nationals;
Tug" Arudenl, who caught for In
dianapolis and Washington in the old
National League; II. ii. Blakeley, at
one time a pitcher for the Athletics;
George Amole, for seVeFa; years
star twirler in the old Atlantic
League; Edward Sales, al one time a
player with the Pittsburgh Nationals;
Jimmy Knowles, who had played with
many eastern clubs and later in his
career managed teams in Elmira and
Atlanta; Steve Lambert, an Old-tlme
player and later big league umpire;
Pen broke FinlaySOn, formerly OF the
Brooklyn team; "Heiny' ieitmuller,
of the Los Angeles acific Coast
League team; James FTiCk, of the
Oakland Pacific Coast League team;
Henry Gchring, pitcher Tor the Kan
Sas City team; Frank Murphy and
Gus Eng. both players with the Rock
Island team of the Three-bye League
last season; Frank RhOtOn, second
baseman Of the Knoxville team of
She Appalachian League; Harry T.
Beach, Of the Baltimore team Of the
Eastern League. and William Craig,
pitC her of the StCuDcnvilG (O) team.
Pugilisn's Toll.
Gus Rubin, the o}"-;iIrc heavy
weight fighter. and johnny Regain,
'hc former lightw>i&hr champion
we're the conspicuous losers in pugiI-
ism. Other fighters and eX-fighters
who died during tn" year were Jack
O'hccfe, an Oid-time ChicGgO light
weight; Dave Hollis, a cn!o"ed light
weight. wei! known decade or more
ago: Paul kCnier. a Cleveland vel
terweight of promise; lack FLANAGAN,
the Cambridge lightweight. and