The Washington herald., 1919-02-15
SHAPING PLANS
FOR MEMORIAL
Association Headed by Nc
Craw Will Erect Tribute
to Capt. Grant.

New York, Feb. H.-At a gathering
OF baseball patrons and newspaper
men here Today the Capt. Edward l..
Grant Memorial Association was or
ganlzed for the purpose of providing a
hitting memorial "for a soldier who
made the supreme sacrifice in France,
for a baseball player who was a
credit to the game. for a patriot and
for a man"
Captain Grant, who was killed in
the Argonne forest, October 4. 1918.
was member OF the New York Ma
uonal League team when he enlisted.
several communica tions from brother
ohcers and soldiers of the 307th In
fantry were read at todRy's meeting,
all of them offering financial aid to
the memorial.
John J. McGraw. OF the New York
club. was elected president of the as
ISOLATION. Sam Crane was elected
secretary. and John B. Foster treas
ufer. All subscribers to the fund will
become members of the association
Touching letters were read by Nc
Graw from some OF Grants fellow Of
hcers in France. including one from
Lieut. Harry L. Smith. who served
Lnder Grant in the Argonne. He read
IN France Of the proposed memorial
and Informed McGraw he desired TO
90 his bit.
The nature of the memorial and tn.
place OF its erection have not yet been
decided. but McGraw believes the
iolo Grounds will be the most appro-
pirate place for it. The fact that
Grant played his last big league ball
IN New York was not put forward as
the paramount reason for erecting the
memorial in this city.
Grant was in command of a COM
pany in the 307th Infantry. COM
posed almost entirely OF East Side
boys, when a German machine gun
bullet ended his career. At the
tlmc he was acting major and in
Command of a battalion which was
sent to the rescue of Col. whittIe-
s"y's famous Lost Battalion" also
composed Of New York boys. This.
IN McGraw's opinion. makes New
& York far greater attached to Grant
than through any baseball connec-
ton he had with the Giants.
1t is the intention of the corn
! mittec to have Grants old company
take leading part in the dedica-
ton of the memorial, hence the
erection of the monument will be
postponed until the return OF the
Seventy-seventh division from
France
The committee which will assume
charge of the memorial includes
most of the leading men in profes-
siOnsl base ball-JOhn HeyGler. Ban
johnson and Lieut.. Dave Fultz.
Presidents Of the National, Ameri-
can and International leagues
Charles Stoncham and Judge Nc
Quade. OF the Giants. Col. Rupert
and Col. Houston. OF the Yankees.
/ Clark Griffith. who was Grants
manager in Cincinnati and BiIIv
| Murray. who was his manager in
Philadelphia.
Others on the committee arc rep
resentatives of Harvard University.
where Grant captained the base
ball team; the principal Of Dean
Academy, where Eddie went to prep
school; also Capts. William Harri-
! gan and Harry Mccormick and
Lieuts. Smith and Broadhurst. who
fought with Grant in France, and
sporting writer's from the different
cities in which Grant played big
league ball. Arthur Fletcher. cap
tain of the Giants. is representative
of the ball players on the COM
mittee.
The New York club made the
original contribution. 5000, and
nearly $500 was collected before the
rrst meeting adjourned. The fund
is open to all fans. fellow soldiers
of Eddie and other citizens who de-
sire to help honor the memory of
this modest baseball patriot.