Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21
CLEVELAND PAID HOMAGE AT
 FUNERAL OF RAY CHAPMAN


 Cleveland, O., Aug. 20.-Raymond Chapman, star player of the Cleveland Amerlcan league baseball club, and idol of the fans, received this morning the reverential homage of sorrowing Cleve- land.
 While the bell of St Johns Roman Catholic cathedral, where the services were held, was tolling, thousands of per- sons stood with bare heads as the body of Chapman, who died in New York last Tuesday, the victim of a pitched ball there Monday, was carried to the altar and the last rites of the church were said.
 It was the largest funeral in Cleveland in years and not since the visit here of Cardinal Mercier. hero of Belgium, has such mass of people attempted to enter the cathedral.
 Long before the services started thou sands of persons congregated in the vi cinity of the church awaiting the arrival of the casket and unable to gain admis- sion to the church. Tears were in the eyes of men, women and children in the throng, which was so dense that mounted police and patrolmen strove almost in vain to keep streets open to traffic
 The service, solemn high requiem mass, was started at 1915. Rev. Father " s. Nash was the celebrant and the sermon was delivered by Rev. Dr. Will liam A. Scullen, chancellor of the dio- cese, who paid Chapman an eloquent tribute.
 Dr. Scullen's tribute to Chapman as a man and ball player, and his words of comfort to the immediate relatives, brought tears to the eyes of thousands in the church. 7 Chanman'S widow Q br;da of tap months. leaning on the arm of her father, entered the church immediately after the casket, which was horne by Chapman S closest friends on the team and in Cleve- land. The ball players parents. MT. and Mrs R. E. Chapman, his brother Roy and sister Margaret followed
 B. B. Johnson, president of the Ameri- can league, and James c. Dunn, president of the Cleveland team. were among the first to reach the church. Several other club officials and players were present, including three from the New York Americans.
 The members of the Cleveland team arrived from New York this morning 10 attend the funeral, today's game at Bos- ton having been postponed. Manager Iris Speaker and Outfelder Jack Graney collapsed and could not attend the ser vices. Graney had recovered sufficiently, however, to leave for Boston tonight with the team Speaker had high fever tonight and did not go east. He may leave tomorrow.
 The Cleveland players on arriving went to the home of M. B. Daly, Chap mans father-in-law, and viewed the body of their fellow player They ac- companied the funeral party. to the church in automobiles and marched in pairs into the cathedral. Some of the players were accompanied by theiI wives.
 All classes and walks of life were rep resented in the crowded church. Bankers and brokers rubbed elbows with laborers and newsboys. The crowd was made up of men. women and children from all parts of the city and fra=i other, cities. all gathered to pay their respects to the dead Every foot of space in the church was occupied. including the aisles, the sanctuary and communion rail.
 Mayor w. s. Fitzgerald was absent from the city today, but Law Director Woods, acting mayer. several members Of the mayors cabinet and several city councilmen attended the service. z At the conclusion of the church sercive tho body was placed in a cemetery vault. It has not been decided when Chapman will be buried.
 The crowd gathered about the cathedral at the end of the service was even larger than the one when the funeral party ar :'iVtrl