Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-10
SPALDINC PASSES
7SANDIECO, CAL.
Nan VINO Was Known as the ~Father
Of Baseball" Succumbs to Para
lyilc Stroke.
cRFu Up WITH NATIONAL GAME
started as Player in the SOS and Be-
came Leading Manufacturer of
Sports Goods.

San Diego, Cal, Sept 10-Funerat
ssryfeas viii be held tomorrow after
anon for Albert Goodwill spalding. one
Il the pioneers Of American baseball.
4roro the family home at Point Iona.
ubere the end came suddenly last
siqbt The ceremony will be private
and will be followed by cremation,
For the last ten days Mr.. Spalding
snpareutiy had been rallying from
whar was supposed to have been q
sllghr paralytic stroke, and yesterday
he had been up and about all day ana
seemed En- splendid spirits. At $50
2 n. however, he complained Of
severe pain in his head. His valet
summoned Mrs Spalding, but before
her arrival he had lapsed into uucon~
sctousneas from which he did not
emerge.
Besides his widow. Mr.. spalding is
survived by three sons. Albert Good
will suaIding. Jr.. Keith Spalding and
Durand Churchill, a son by adoption
keith spalding resides in Chicago5
Churchill and Albert Spalding are in
Europe. His only brother, J. Walter
SHADING Of New York, is vice press-
dent of the sporting goods house Of a
G. SpaIdiug e Brothers. His sister,
Mrs. w T. Brown, and his mother re
side in East Orange, N. J.
was a Theosopbist.
For many years SpaIding has been
a prominent member of the Universal
Brotherhood and Theosophical society.
since making his home in California
Mr.. Spalding had been identified close
iy with the good roads movement
IN the first primary election in Cali
fornia for United States senator II
1910. Mt. Spaldiug entered the race
AGAINST John D. Works Of Los Angeles,
Although he had only so days for his
campaign, he carried rs legislative
districts Of the state. as against 40 for
an other candidates. Despite this, the
state legislator declared that Works
should DE chosen and spalding was
defeated.
Best Known Man in Baseball.
Chicago. TIL. Sept ia G. spald-
ing gave up a $500 week job in a
grocery 90 become identified with base
bah and was perhaps better known 10
the sport than any other man. To
veterans of the game he was known az
the father Of baseball" He became
famous. as a pitcher. one of the first 10
use the underhaud delivery, and later
became the manager of clubs. With
his parents he moved from Byron, Ill.
his birthplace, to Rockford, In 1859,
where he had a short term in com
mercial college. He soon learned he
c0ald make money playing baseball,
and joined the Forest City club Of
Rockford which made a reputation
when it defeated the National club of
Washington in 1867.
-Four years later Mr.. Spalding Joined
the famous Boston Red Stockings of
Boston and pitched the club to pen
naut victory in the races Of the Ma
tional Professional association in 1872
78-74-75, His longest connection with
active baseball was with the Chicago
club, which he Joined In 1876, He was
successfully it's manager, secretary
and president until 1881.
Manufacturer Since 1876.
For years he had cherished the idea
that the sport might be popularized in
England. and in the winter of 1874,
after the tour Of the famous Baltimore
Orioles, he went to Europe. Every
where he was received with enthus-
iasm. In 1883 and 1889 he managed
the first world tour of the Chicago and
AIl-American baseball teams. In 1875
Mr, Spalding became interested in the
manufacture Of sporting goods and
started a small shop in New Haven,
Conn. with q capital Of only $500. A
year later when the business grew is
was moved TO Chicago. It was the
nucleus Of the present house OF A G.,
Spalding & Brothers.
For the last fifteen years Mr.. Spald-
ing has been publishing a guide
which is recognized as an authority
in baseball and other sports