Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-02
Tragic Side of Sport

The forward flowing tide of time
claimed thirty deaths In the sporting
world during the year just past. This
list does not include those involving
football, baseball aviation or the Eu-
rOpean war, nor does IL include those
who died from natural causes. The
list follows:
January 3 - T.. Montgomery and
William Gowdy died as the result of
| injuries in motorcycle race at bakers
| field, Ca.
March 4-Charles Mclaughlin died
from blood poisoning developing from
| injury in basketball game at Pitts
burgh
March 21-Andrcw Crawley. feath-
erwcight boxer, died as the result of
acute dilation of the heart during
fight with Michael Malone at Phila-
delphia.
April IS. L. Price killed during
practice for motor race at Los An
geles.
April S-Robert CBob) Burman and
Eric Schrader killed in Corona motor
race at Los Angeles.
April 27--Luccy Richards. Univer-
sity of Kansas. dropped dead on run
Ming track from acute dilation of the
heart at Lawrence. Kan.
May 3-Ewalt Hankner died from
conclusion of the brain following
four-round boxing bout with Gordon
Waugh, Waterloo, Iowa.
May l3-Carl I.imberG, driver. and
II. Pallotti, mechanician, killed in mo-
tor race at New York.
May 2O-Maximo Herrera killed in
motor race at Havana.
May 3O-Lous *. Andre. spectator.
killed during bicycle race at Lincoln
park, Chicago.
July ALBERT Blankenship killed
during motorcycle race at lndianap-
oils
July 15-Dan Colombo, Mechani-
clan. killed during motor race at
Omaha.
July 23-Ulysses Aubrey and Frank
B. Lake killed in motor race at Port
land, ore.
August Jockey Raymond died
after being injured July 2S in horse
race at Hawthorne.
August lie. NJ. Laduchc. former
motor race pilot, killed driving near
III Centro, Cal.
August william Brier. Milwau
koc died after plunging thru fence
during motorcycle race, Ihiladclphla.
September Curt Gosnell, grand
circuit driver died nine days after be-
ing injured I'm race at Cleveland.
September "a. A. Nastrum, Colo
RADIO city. died following injury and
pneumonia due to collapse of stands
at Welsh White fight
September lS-rom Allen also died
from injuries at Welsh White fight.
October 9-Clarence Lcmere killed
in motor race at Green Bay, WIS,
october l3-Jockey william Muir
ply died as the result of fall in
horse TuCp mt Hipiug Rock.
october % - Alexander Brown
drowned after alrship dropped into
river at Chester, Ia.
November 6--Jockcy Harry Tanzy
killed by fall In stecplechase race at
| Pimlico.
November 1S-Lewis Jackson, mo-
tor driver. and Harold Edgerton, j..
II. Jennings and Mrs. Lcanah Juratch,
spectators, killed during race at Santa
Monica.
November &c - Harold Glackner
killed in motorcycle race near Bed
November 27-Charles NJ. Heist
driver. and Frank T.. Bush, mechani-
clan. killed in motor race practice at
| Uniontown. Ia.
November -Mcchonician pren-
nan killed in motor race at PhoenN'
Ariz.
driver. and Castor Weiglc. mechani-
cian. killed in motor race at Union
town, Pa.
December Prank Gavin died as
tho result of injuries In motor race at
II'ninntoWn. Pa, on December ?.
December Is - Joseph Romero
Young Joe Rivcrs) died following
Knockout blow. administered by Jack
Rratton, Denver.