Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-01-27
jim PARK A REAL
STAR IN ATHLETICS
Lexington Herald Reviews Ills
Career Upon His, Retirement
To Enter law

mighty popular Richmond boy: -, =
James Park, coach of fottbatl, has
ket ball and baseball at Transylvanif
College since 1918, has notified the
authorities of the school that he WI
not be available for athletic services
after the present school term closes
early in June, 1927. Coach Park has
formed a law partnership with Zeb
A. Stewart, with Offices in the Fay
cite National bank building, and will
devote his time after June to the
practice Of law. His contract with
Pennsylvania expires at that time.
Coach Parks withdrawal from the
local athletic world marks the disap-
pearance of one of its real stars. His
career in college was sensational in
three branches of sport, baseball fur
nishing his best element, while in
football and basketball he was one of
the brightest stars at the University
of Kentucky for three years. His
career in professional baseball began
on May %, 1911, when, hailed as the
"boy WONDER" he lived up to the rep
utation he had made 50 early by go
ing into the box for the Richmond
club of the Blue Grass League and
pitching no-hit, no-run game
against the Maysville Pioneers.
Strange to relate, his last game as
well as first in professional baseball
was also a no-hit, no-rm game. This
anti-clmaX of his baseball career
came with no-hit, no-run, no.
first base game for the Drumright,
Okla, club of the Western Associa-
ton against the Fort Smith nine in
the closing game of the associations
schedule last summer. ..-
Park began to accumulate his "won-
der boy" titles when he was attend
ing the Model high school of the
Richmond State Normal. He finished
the course there years and played on
the football. basketball and baseball
teams each year. He came to the
University of kentucky in 1911 and
made all three teams in his first year.
letic work in 1912 and 1913, however,
on account of his participation in
the Richmond-Maysville game that
started his professional baseball life.
Park had refused to be paid for his
services i'm that contest.
The next year the ban was taken
off and he went back onto the grid
iron, the court and the diamond. He
was captain of the football and base
ball teams of the University in his
senior year. In the last football game
Of his college athletic career, the an
nual Thanksgiving contest with the
Tennessee Volunteers in 1914, he
broke his right arm and was unable
to play basketball. ,,e-
He joined the Lexington club of the
Ohio State League in the summer of
1916, Won Six straight games. and
was sold to the st. Louis Browns, GO
ing to That club on August %. He
led the league id pitching for the req
mainder Of the season, winning three
games and losing none. He also bat:
ted for an average of 400. The first.
man he pitched to IN a major league
was Ray Chapman, shortstop of thu
Cleveland Indians, who was killed by
a PITCHED bali hast season. B
HI this same game, with score tied
in THE eleventh inning and the bases
full, he hit two-bagger and became
hero OF ST. Louis fans.
He was assistant football coach at
the University of Kentucky in 1915,
when the Wildcats lost only ont game.
Park spent the next summer with
the Browns. but his arm; had gone
bad, and he failed to continue t. make
the sensational showing of his first
year with the majors. He went back
to the Browns the next year, won one
game and lost one, and was traded
to Omaha of the Western League. At
ter the season there he was again as
sistant coach at Kentucky. During
the winter he was sold to the Co,
lumbus Senators. For this club hi
won seven games and lost three up ii
July Is, 1918, when he was called t,
the service with the aviation branch
of the United States army.
When he returned from the servic,
IN the fall of 1913 he took his posi-
ton as coach at TransyIvaifa, whicI
he has held up to the present time
During the last three summers he ha
baep Traded from ,0rb "a AyJXtffoy 4,
the minor league clubs. He was sol
by Columbus to Kansas City Of III
Western League, then 70 'o4Tahone
City. He started tie suhaaIner II a9e
with Oklahoma City, Bat was TRADE
to Drumright and there Hnfshed h
baseball career with the second ~
run, Tolfiit game 6f his HE. !,
He is now coaching the hasketba
se,,od of TrsncSd &a rfSs ma mi