The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-21
Ch q p man s
 Funeral Held m CLeUeLand.

Cleveland, August 2O.-Ray- mond Chapman, star player of the Cleveland A meric c a n League Club and idol of local fans, this morning received the reverential homage of sorrow2 ing Cleveland.
 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. victim of a pitched ball there Monday. was carried to the altar and the last rites of church were said.
 It was the largest funerak in Cieve- land in years and not since the vtslt here of Cardinal Mercier. hero of Bell gum, has such a mass of people at tempted to enter the cathedral
 Long before the services started thous- ands of persons congregated in the vicin- ity of the church awaiting the arrival of the casket and unable to gain ad- mission to the church.
 Tears were in the eyes of men. women and children in the throng, which was so dense that mounted patrolmen strove almost in vain to keep streets open to traffic.
 The service. solemn high requiem mass, was started at 10:15. Rev. Father W. S. Nash was the celebrant, and the sermon was delivered by Rev. Dr. Wm. A. Sculleor, of the diocese. who paid Chapman an eloquent tribute.
 TRIBUTE TO DEAD
 Dr. Sculleor's tribute to Chapman as a man and a ba1lplayer and his words of comfort to the immediate relatives brought tears to the eyes of thousands in the church.
 r.hapnoan's widow, bride of ten months, leaning on the arm of her father, entered the church immediately after the casket, which was borne by Chapman closest friends on the team and In CleVe- land. The ball players parents, Mir. and Mrs. R. E. Chapman; his brother, Roy and sister. Margaret, followed.
 B. B Johnson, president of the Amer ican League, and James c. Dunn, presi- dent of the Cleveland team, were among the f.rst to reach the church. Several other club officials and players were present including three from the New York Americans.
 PLAYERS COLLAPSE
 Tho members of the Cleveland team arrived from New York this morning to attend the funeral. today's game at Bos- ton having been postponed. Manager Iris Speaker and Outfielder Jack Graney collapsed and could not attend the serv- ices, 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 to- morrow.
 All classes and walks of fife were rep resented in the crowded church. Bank CTS and brokers rubbed elbows with laborers and newsboys.t TheAcrowdswas made up of men. women and children from all parts of the city and from 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.
 Law Director Woods, acting mayor. several members of the mayors cabinet and several city ,,ouncilmen attended the service.
 At the conclusion of the church service the 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 a arriyed Street cars were halted for several blocks and traffic was complete ly tied up.