Evening star., 1925-04-18
CHARLES H. EbbETS
DIES WHILE ASLEEP
President of Brooklyn Ma
tional League Team Sue
Cumbs to Heart Disease.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 1S.-Charles Fl.
Ebbets, president of the Brooklyn Ma
tional Base Ball Club, died here at s
O'Clock this morning. He was &c
years old.
Death came quietly. Mr.. Ebbets
had fallen into "a deep sleep at II
o'clock last night and did not wake
during the night No one was at
the bedside at the time of his death,
but a few minutes after he had died
the nurse attending him entered the
ROOM.
Heart trouble, from which he had
been a sufferer for many years. over
came a brave fight by the base ball
magnate to continue in the game
which he had helped to make nation
ally popular through his long con-
nection with the Brooklyn club.
Suffers Relapse.
Ebbets came to New York two
weeks ago from the Florida training
camp of the Brooklyn team, where
he had sought relief, and was at first
believed to have been benefited. He
suffered a relapse yesterday and physi-
clans last night reported that he was
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in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and
held forth little hope for him to re-
cover.
Mr. Ebbets first broke into the game
in 1883 as bookkeeper for the old
Brooklyn club. Step by step he rose,
filling various offices, until in 1899, he
became president of the club. 1t was
he who saved the situation when
various influences were at work to
,ty1 tN@ Ite
out of Brooklyn
Ever since Mr.. Ebbets rose to the
presidency of the club the affairs of
the club were conducted under his
own personal mana cement.
Born i'm Manhattan.
Mr.. Ebbets was born in Manhattan
on October %, 1859, and was educated
in the public schools. He was mar
ried in 1877 and is the father of four
children-Charles III. Ebbets, jr., and
three married daughters. His first
wife divorced him in New York State
in 1921 and a year later he married
again.
Fred IIanlon, business manager of
the Brooklyn Club. said the team
would play the New York Giants to.
day, Sunday and Monday, according
to schedule, but that the game on
would be postponed.
Charles H. Ebbets, jr., announced
that the funeral on Tuesday would
be held in Trinity Church, Montague
and Clinton streets, Brooklyn. Burial
will be in Greenwood Cemetery. The
hour of the funeral will be announced
later, he said.
All Games OF Tuesday.
President Heydler OF the National
League today called off all ball games
in the National League on Tuesday
the day set for the funeral. The
seven presidents of the other National
League clubs. with President Heydler
have been designated as honorary
| pail bearers. All the flags at the Ma
tional League parks will half stated
for 80 days, while at the beginning
of the Brooklyn game today there
will be minutes silence at the home
plate where the players of both clubs
will assemble.
President Heydler, speaking of the
late president of the Brooklyn club,
said:
"Mr. Ebbets was probably the best
beloved man in base ball. Not only In
his own league, but in other leagues
as well, he was highly regarded and
always stood for the best interests of
the game. He was ever a construc-
tive force and took the keenest inter
est in the development of the smaller
leagues. Mr.. Ebbets always stood be.
hind the work of the umpire. He felt
that If they we're not supported the
game would suffer-"