The Washington times., 1939-01-13
BASEBALLWORLD
MOURNSPASS|NG
OF COL. RUPERT.

The baseball world today
mourned the passing Of Col.
Jacob Rupert, who passed away
at his home in New York city
today. Expressions Of sympathy
poured in to his relatives from
all corners of the country, where
the name of Rupert was a
synonym of victory.
Il was closely associated with
Col. Jacob Rupert for %
years." said President Clark
Griffith Of the Washington Ma
tionals. Il fought the Yankees
tooth and nail, but I considered
Colonel Rupert my friend, and
extended to him my personal
friendship through the years.
He stood for the spirit of the
game in his fierce desire to win.
That spirit. expressed on the
field by his teams, helped to-
make baseball the great game
it is. Colonel Rupert studied
baseball. His keen sense made
him invaluable in the councils
of the American League"
game LOST GREAT MAN"
The ballplayer who knew
Colonel Rupert best was Babe
Ruth. Colonel Rupert paid the
Bambino nearly $1,000,000 in
salaries from 1920 when he joined
the team until 1884 when he re,
signed. Baoe made millions for
the club in this happy partner.
ship.
The game has lost the great
est man Il ever knew" Ruth
said of Colonel Rupert. He
did more for baseball than any
other mar in the world. He
advised me- and was my per-
sonai friend as we'll as nv boss.
have suffered a personal loss"
President Will Harridge tele
graphed from Chicago, expressing
his sorrow at the passing of the
owner Of the Yankees.
Colonel Ruppert's sage coun-
Gil and unfaltering adherence to
the finest ideals of baseball will
be missed. Our loss is personal
and professional"
Commissioner Kenesaw NJ. Ian
dis, czar of baseball, said:
This is a shock and a great
personal loss. There is little we
can say to express our feelings
at times like this. We will miss
Colonel Rupert in our meetings
and in the conduct of his teams"
PHIL WRIGLEY SORRY
Phil K. Wrigley, owner Of the
Chicago Cubs. who lost the worlds
championship to the New York
Yankees last fall, today deplored
the death of Col. Jacob RUPERT,
Yankee owner, as a tremendous
loss to baseball" Wrigley said:
II am terribly sorry. Colonel
Rupert was a close friend OF
many years standing and was a
great sportsman. His passing Is
a tremendous loss to baseball to
which he devoted so many years
Of tireless activity and loyalty"
Lou Comiskey, president OF the
Chicago White Sox, commented
THE nation as well as base
ball has lost an outstanding
man. I mourn the death OF
Colonel Rupert"
Baseball suffered a great loss,
Sam Waters. vice president o.
the Pittsburgh Pirates, said toda!
when informed by Internationa
News Service that Col. Jacos
Rupert, owner Of the New Yorl
Yankees, had died this morning
WATERS LAUDS RUPERT
"He has always been a great
tribute to the game, and always
had plenty of ideas" Waters
continued. HE was one Of the
old guard who stood by the old
landmarks. I personally feel
badly about his death, and the
game suffered a great loss"
ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 13.-Tran
mel Scott, president Of the South
ern Association of Baseball. toda,
said professional baseball had los
one Of its most colorful and pre-
gressive figures in the passing o
Col. Jacob Rupert in New York
I'm certainly sorry to hear
Of his death. He was one Of
the most colorful and most pro-
gressive men in professional
baseball. He certainly made a
name for himself with his clean
craftsmanship. He was grand
old man."
Earl Mann, president Of the At
lanta Crackers, declared he wal
certainly sad over his death"
Baseball has lost one of its
greatest men," Mann said. He
loved baseball and wanted to win
above all else"