Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-27
A Man and His Reputation.

When Adrian C.-but he deSplSed that
appellation-"Pop" Arson passed on to
a seat on the players bench in the Ely
sian Fields, he took with him wealth
Of admiration and respect that long
will live in American memory. Pop.
Arson dead taught lesson in manhood
to his countrymen generally, but to the
sporting world in particular. The news
papers of the nation have not been slow
In pointing this out in their editorial
columns.
After all. sit is not for his batting
average that he is remembered" points
out the Milwaukee Journal He, played
during the formative years OF base Dali
and his principle Of Play the game,
play hard, play square! helped to make
say what the country owes to Pop
Anson? If our boys in their sports play
the game, hard and square. that Is the
way they are likely to play the game OF
life" The debt that base ball owes 10
this dead man is emphasized by the
New York Herald. which recalls tha 1
his colorful personality and his skill
did much toward making base ball
what it has become" And then there
were great men before Ty Cobb and Bape
Ruth, the New York Times suggests, IN
that sat least there was Arson. He was
good at many sports. He had a voice
in his impassioned moments like one
hundred bulls Of Bashan. He was a
good deal of a character, a decent citi-
zen, as Mr.. Roosevelt would say, and IN
the chronicles of base ball one OF the
great epic figures
In his career, Arson. in the opinion
of the Pittsburgh Leader, 'typlhed
the soul. the spirit. the incarnation OF
the game he did SO much to popular
ixe. 1t was more than Anson's mar
velous athletic ability, his dtsconcert-
ing menace to an opposing pitcher as
a batsman, his generalship on the
playing field, that made his figure
bulk so ponderously-it was the many
manly qualities developed through
degree. The game has had host OF
other great players. but-there was
only one Arson. AS man and citizen
his life and character were as aamlra,
BILE as in that of a great athiete anu
leader of athletes" In exemplifylng
in his life the advantages OF clean
living he also, as the Boston Post re-
calls, "was friend Of the beginner
who showed promise, and was the
loyal comrade Of the men OF his own
age. His manhood average was the
finest thing about him. BY the oi9
boys he will be missed and long nelo
in kindly remembrance" LikeW Wis,
tan Of Swat or the clustering BAN
bino," the Norfolk (va.) Ledger-Os-
patch carefully points out, but ne
probably was the most conslstent
heavy hitter of his day. They may
s sau behind his back in mo-
ments Of pique, but to his face he Al
ways was Cap And Cap. was right,
for Adrian c. Arson was Dorm
leader" ~.
game owes a great deal, as the New
ont and records that "as a great play
or, a great team manager ana iov.
able. upright parsonage Anson's place
ia base ball history is secure. Wnen
Shading, w. A. Hubert, Morgan
Buckley and others took drastic ac-
gamblers and rowdies into whose
hands it had fallen in the seventies:
thav found in Arson just the type OF
iiautenant needed. Base ball players.
ike great actors, leave no monument
except the voice of their cotempora-
ries, but in Anson,s case tha IL, y
sneurh," And, in addition. so long
an base ball can produce men of the
Arson type as stars, there will be no
danger that any other game VIII 4su-
nersede IT in the hearts Of Americans,
Ant II ever the game slips, II ever In
teErity and sobriety cease to be ITS
tradesmarks, as the White Sox scandal
az TWO years ago threatened, on that
6ay the bleachers will be empty and
the Erandstand deserted" -
INIT there was alsoAa pathetic side
70 the career OF the dead leader Is
pointed out by the Hartford Times.
which recalls that he was trained Tor
the diamond only and with all OF the
wars Of his youth spent IN base ball
he was q derelict craft when his play
ing days were over. Az a barnstorm-
er in base ball and conducting a bill
lizards parlor he. made an effort to
capitalize the glamour Of his name and.
81 course, 1t failed. In vaudeville he
ioKue which told an interesting
story Of hin base ball career, and he
gave ample evidence Of the fact that