Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-26
COM|SKEY, OWNER
OF WHITE SOX, DIES
"0Id Roman" in Failing
Health for Months, Sue
Cumbs at Age of 70 Years.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
EAGLE RIVER, Wis, october 26.-
Base balls Old Roman is dead.
Charles A. Comiskey. 73-year-old
owner of the Chicago White Sox of the
American League, died early today at
his camp refuge here.
He had been in failing health for sew
eral months. He rallied, however. when
his club won the city series with the
Chicago Cubs of the National. Shortly
afterward, however, he began slowly
sinking toward death.
In Coma for "a Hours.
Comiskey died of heart and kidney
complication. He had been in coma
for "a hours preceding his death.
His son, Louis Comiskey. treasurer
Of the White Sox, the only surviving
member of his immediate family, was
with his father when he died.
The colorfuI old warrior, whose life
story was synonymous of the rise OF
professional base ball in America. had
taken refuge during his declining days
in the quiet fastness of his forest tract
here. His home stood out in its spa
cious beauty against acres OF untouched
wilderness, much Of it overrun by AMI
mails which scurried through tangled
underbrush, as they did long before the
white man came.
This later home of his was not so far
from that 600-acre tract which. in other
years, was the camp at which the wood
land bards, the famous White Sox Root
ing Association, gathered for their au-
tumnal feasts.
Began Career on SandlOtS.
Comiskeys body today will be for
Warded to Chicago, where the old Ro-
man" wrought his achievements.
Comiskey, who fought through every
point because, through bitter experience,
l early learned that one lost decision
may mean the loss of pennant," be-
gan life on the sandlots of Milwaukee.
His father, a politician, wanted to make
a plumber out of him, but Charles Al
bert insisted on sneaking on to the III
provised diamonds to play third base at
$50 q month for a team entitled the
Alerts.
He was II then, and he was gradu-
ated from Milwaukee to Elgin, Ill, as
q pitcher. He won every game he
played that year At 19 he joined
Dubuque of the Northwestern League
and changed, four years later, to the
st. Louis Browns of the American As
ISOLATION.
Comiskey became a famous figure in
the base ball world long before he eS-
tablished his White Sox in Chicago
He was known fighter a freenSpender
and loyal to those who were loyal to
him.
Wrecked Machine in 1920.
After having built up the Sox from
the beginning of the American League
into an organization known the world
over, the battling "Old Roman" caused
sensation when in 1920 he wrecked
his machine on finding that the 1915
world series had been thrown to the
Cincinnati Club.
At one sweep he suspended seven OF
his stars, losing contracts worth q mil
lion dollars.
Recovering from the shock, he gath
cred around him another team. Fol
one player from a minor league he paid
100000, the highest figure ever paid
for a minor league player up to that
time. That was the price he paid fol-
Willie. Kamm of San Francisco.
The White Sox never quite recovered
from their 1920 slump, but to the END
OF his days the "Old Roman" fought
on, hopefully, untiringly.