Arizona republican., 1922-06-12
NOTAB[ES Of
COUNTRY PAY
LAST TRIBUTE
To jim dunn
Remains of Beloved Owner
of Cleveland Baseball
Club Laid To Rest In
Marshalltown Cemetery
IRepubIican A. p. Leased WireJ

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, June IL.
ON a. cool slope of Riverside cem-
eterv under a bright June sky the
body~of James C. Dunn, square
shooter of baseball and beloved
owner of the Cleveland American
league baseball club was laid to rest
at ) p. m. today while notabies whose
names are known through the entire
country stod at the grave and paid
a last tribute TO their friend and
leader.
Among the baseball celebrities who
came to Marshalltown, Mr.. Dunn's
'.home town. to assist at the last
rituals We're b. E. Johnson, presi-
dent OF the American league; Clark
Griffith, owner of the Washington
American league club: Jack Graney
and Leslie Nunamaker, Cleveland
Indian players, and NJ. H. Sexton,
president of the National Association
of Minor Leagues. Floral offerings
from all parts of the country which
covered the grave and made 1t
deep mound of delicate bloom at
tested to the esteem in which the
Marshalltown man was held.
In addition to the dozens Of floral
wreaths from personal friends of the
family. there We're flowers from
every club in the American and Ma
tional leagues, the Three-I league,
tie Mississippi Valley league, from
Judge K. NJ. Landis. commissioner
of baseball: Mayor kohler of Cleve-
land, and from the Cleveland police
and fire departments.
A huge blanket Of roses number
ing hundreds of blooms, sent by
Cleveland players and ball park en-
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floral baseball stood at the grave,
gift of the Cleveland Chapter of the
Baseball Writers association.
The ball magnate's body, ac-
companied by Mrs. Dunn and large
delegation of notables, arrived at
Marshalltown from Chicago, where
Mr.. Dunn died early Friday morn
ing. at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
A large group of relatives and close
personal home town friends of the
deceased. many OF them of boyhood
days, met the train and escorted the
BODY to the home of c. NJ. Forney,
brother of Mrs. Dunn.
The house was opened to the pub
lie at 10 O'Clock. A continuous throng
visited the casket with its great bank
of flowers until the time of the fun
eraI. The funeral services We're IN
charge of Marshalltown Lodge No.
312 POE A brief prayer SER
vice was held at the home in the
presence of Mrs. Dunn and few
relatives at 2:30 p. m. At 3 O'Clock
the cortege left the residence es-
corted by long procession of auto
mobiles and proceeded to the GEM
etery. where interment took place.
F.. +. Northrup, a Marshalltown
attorney and member of the local
lodge of Elks. who was a personal
friend of Mr.. Dunn, read the funeral
address. I'VE are proud of the ac-
complishments of the man who lies
here" he said.
Made Himself Famous
..Bv the strength of his ambition
and his own WILL he made himself
f1mous and loved. James Dunn.
was one of those rare persons who
possess love for his fellowmen. He
was a leader. He was steadfast to
his friends and never went back on
his chums and associates He was
a sportsman, for the love of the
game. He was not born to wealth, it
was his real manhood, and his sheer
merit of mind that endeared him to
the nation.
Tributes to the personality Of the
DdSeDdIl illdB NATE WcIc ludiy Aloi1
the group of celebrities of the game
who came to Marshalltown to attend
the funeral.
.We are mourning for Jim Dunn"
said Ban johnson, president of the
American league. He was remark
able man, and true friend of base
ball, and to every man in the game.
HES death is a heavy loss to the
American league and to baseball as
q whole"
HE was one of the best friends
] ever had,'' Clark Griffith owner
OF the Washington American league
team, said.
81 will miss Jim Dunn for he was
a real man."
What Jim Dunn meant to the
Cleveland team, and to the people
of Cleveland, was told with feeling
by Leslie Nunamaker, catcher Tor
the Cleveland Indians. who with Jack
Graney, outfiefder, and H. C. Fol-
ger, head of the Cleveland baseball
park police department, came to at
tend the funeral.
81 am sure all Cleveland from the
peanut boy and the grass cutter at
the baseball park, to the residents of
the city viii miss him as we do"
he said.