The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-17
b0P" ANSON WILL
! BURIED TODAY
Poor Alike Pay Final HON.
n aU' ocrand Old Man of Sports"


poor Alike Pay Final Hon.
O. ~. :. Grand Old Man of Sports"
,r,cO April 16.-Rich and poor,
-, Young, today paid their final
anu and tribute to Adrian G. An
mag. NJ the sports world for 90
D. nv ~, nyblic funeral services which
aI' . simple and sincere as the HE
re ,,on for whom they were held.
INC low, .. the SEVENTEEN anniver-
IoD .. the birth of the Grand Old
y, v, snorts," VINO led championship
81 W., VI teams in days when present
Ssg Ss,thers we're youngsters, he VIII
anu li5 - rest in lakewood cemetery.
~" ,,.s will be only a stones throw
racLson park, where Mr.. Arson
D'' , .nost Of his recent years on the
en. o ",l the beach or the shooting
,.. within a few days the body
QUIZ Wv. Arson, now buried in Phila-
'i W. ui,l be brought and inferred
his side.
rhrOughout the uaS
n.gGo Of admirers Of basebalps
''' Soro 6led silently past the great
y. - lowers which filed one end
ms "a, c1anel where the body lay in
a ~ 5sv long they came, some in
,onsfnes. some on street cars. others
too, NIlngling with carefully
- mon Of wealth were unshaven
s .s,,, IN rags. sidewalk traffic was
ts,.o5 and hundreds were unable to
,nto The chapel for the services.
,,anv ~ the floral offerings came
-,-"', n,,ionallv known persons. One
o,' ,oot wreath bore this inscription:
@cood.by captain, from your old
,. wa. from Billy Sunday. who
,,v,a hall with Mr.. Arson 40 years
Others were from John Heydler,
lo.,idert Of the National league; X.
1andis baseball commissioner; BIZ
WOO old-tlme ball player; Clarke
,Js0tb president Of the Washington
.sah,,, club, Charles A. Comiskey,
mar If the Chicago White Sox; BIZ
beck president of the Chicago CUBS;
sbarIas Ebbets, owner Of the Brooklyn
frb. the Detroit team, both Chicago
Tor league teams, the New York
kiants and several other National ana
merican league clubs, Augie Kieck-
sfer former three cushion billiard
,han,pion, and from many athletic or
limitations.
Mr.. Heydler, Mr.. Veeck, Mr.. Combs
lev and Judge lands were present at
he services, while others who were
deserved in the chapel were Chick
evans, internationally known golfer;
red Pfeffer, jim White and George
lore, who played ball with Mr.. Arson;
ohnny Evers, kid" Gleason, Bob
,mslie, veteran National league UNI
ire and ball player Dan O'Leary,
amous walker; Tom Foley, who head
d a delegation of old-time players
nd representatives from numerous
thletic clubs and organizations.
All of the players on the Chicago
nd Detroit American league teams
.ttended, their game being postponed
NTH after the services.
Many other boyhood friends Of Mr.,
Anson's came, some Of them so old
hey could not walk alone and had to
be assisted by younger persons. Min
hing with these men who had per-
witnessed the prowess Of Gap"
" Pop" as they knew him, were
Joys in their teens who knew the old
inner more as a myth than as an &C
uality. A group of caddies from the
Jackson park links came for a last
Glimpse Of the man they had heard call
fore" so often. ..
Just as the services were started by
he Rev r. Keene Ryan, 1t was de-
,ided to have Commissioner Lands
give the funeral grafton.
The baseball commissioner eulogized
lr. Arson, his personal friend for 40
ears, as man who had played the
Hme square" from birth through his
hree score and ten years.
HE watched baseball and many
'ther sports grow from infancy to
heir present state" said the baseball
HE went through their
troubles and fluctuations. But he
never faltered, he never failed in the
pinch, he never made a mistake. We
Of today should pattern our lives after
this man. have never known him
% do anything that would not bring
respect and admiration right from
your heart"
AS the Rev, Mr.. Ryan pronounced
he final words many handkerchief
we're lifted to the eyes of the old
liners who were grouped on one side
4 the chapel.
The burial tomorrow will be private.
At first It was planned to take the
ody to Philadelphia, but 1t was felt
nat If Mr.. Arson could decide he
would wish to remain here where he
rev up, so the plans TO remove Mrs.
inson here We're made.