Evening journal., 1913-01-02
BIG BIG SPORTING ST OEsTElIG
MEN PASS AWAY
Many MOrtalltIeS in Boxing
Baseball and Other Branch
eS---JOhn I. Brush
Heads List

In the year just ended many CON
spcuous figures in the world OF
sport and athletics were removed by
death On professional baseball was
levied the 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
of the National League
Other notables connected with the
national game who passed away dur
ing the year were Thomas c. Noyes,
president Of the Washington Ameri-
can League club. Charles $. Have
nor. owner OF the American Asso-
citation club.
J. VI. Lucas, a leading figure in
western baseball for 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.
"Bugs" Raymond on the List.
The years losses among the active
players and old-time stars OF the
diamond included the following Ar
thur C"Bugs') Raymond. formerly
pitcher for the New York Giants;
Jimmy Doyle, third baseman OF the
Chicago Cubs; Clarence C'Cupid'9
Childs, who made his greatest repu-
tation with tile Cleveland Nationals;
Sam Barclay a star player with st.
Louis Browns in the early eighties:
Charles ('Lefty') Marr, who played
with the Cincinnati Reds in 1901;
Frank Gray, CPiggy0 Werd. an
other old National Lacquer; William
J. Finley, who caught for the New
York Giants I'm 1888: AL Barker. who
umpired for the National League in
the early seventies; Edward Ashen-
bach. a scout for the Cincinnati club
and the disooverer OF Pitcher
Mathewson; ACE" Stewart. once a
player with the Chicago Nationals;
Tug Arundel. who caught for In
danapolis and Washington I'm the
old National League; II. II. Blakeley,
at one time a pitcher for the Ath-
letics, George Amole, for several
years star twirler in the old At
lantic League; Edward Sales. at one
time player with the Pittsburgh
Nationals: Jimmy Knowles, who had
played with many eastern clubs and
in Elmira and Atlanta Steve Lam
, bert. an old-time player and later a
J big league umpire: Pembroke Fin
layson, formerly of the Brooklyn
. team; "Heiny" Heitmuller, Of the
! Los Angeles Pacific Coast League
D. team James Frick of the Oakland
!. Pacific Coast League team: Henry
Y Gehring a pitcher for the Kansas
: City team Frank Murphy and Gus
= Eng both players with the Rock Is
I land team Of the Three-Eye League
last season: Frank Hhoton. sec0nt
: haseman OF the Knoxville team ol
:. the Appalachain League. Harry T
Beach, of the Baltimore team OF the
Eastern League. and William Craig
.. pitcher for the Steubemilie. o., team
:. Losses in PugIIism.
Gus Rubin. the .Old-tfme heavy
. weight fighter and Johnny Reagan
the former lightweight champion
Il were the conspicuous losses in pug
ilism Other fighters and eX-fght
y ers who died during the year wer
= Jack OKecfe. an old-tsme Chicago
!. lightweight; Dave Holly. colore
y lightweight. we'll known a decade o
more ago: Paul Kohler. a Cleyelan
welterweight Of promise; Jack Elan
= agan, the Cambridge lightweight
= and Charles Ellis. negro weltel
y weight. who met death i'm a bout i
!. Cleveland on February p.
p" Well-known horsemen include
among the dead Of the year wer
S William Jennings. OF Baltimore
~ Samuel Bell, Sr., Of Worcester. o.
Z Peter Y. Johnston. a well-know
y driver of Kalamazoo. and Horace "
= Wilson. for many years secretary r
- the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breed
ers Association; monk" Coburn an
Henry Spencer, both famous old-tim
jockeys, passed away during tn
year
Other noted leaders in variou
he branches of sport who passed ava
i'm 1912 were Mrs Bernard c. Horn
IS. (Besse Anthony. former holder {
the womens national golf champion
IS ship: "Blly" Delaney, the famOu
trainer OF pugilists: Frank Moral
s. former partner and manager OF job
L. Sullivan; Hugh L. Keough ("Hek
S. well-known Chicago sporting writer
Louis Uedemann. three times Wesi
IS. ern chess champion; Eddie Hashi
holder OF several worlds records fo
IS. motorcycle racing Max Worstmai
champion skat player of America
rs. Theodore y. York who played rigl
guard on the Yale varsity footba
IS. team; Andrew Trautz. a forme
champion swimmer of America; E'
e. gar Dey. noted Canadian hocke
player; David Bruce-Brown and Bo
IS. Hunter. automobile drivers; Edwai
Stoke. noted Chicago bowleT; Pa
's rick J. McNulty, a veteran Bosto
oarsman; Martin F. Monahan. OF A