Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 22, 1911, Page 4

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1911, THE BEMINI DAILY PIONEER Published every afternoon except Sun- day by the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Cesmpany. @. . CARSON. E. E. DENU. F. A. WILSON, Editor. In the'City of Bemidji’the papers are delivered by carrier. Where the deliv- ery is irregular please make immediate complaint to this office. Telephone 31. Out ef town subscribers will confer a favor if they will report when they do not. get their papers promptly. papers are continued until an ex- plicit order to discontinue is received, anf until arrearages are paid. Subscription Rates. One month, by carrier. year, by carrier. Three months, postage Six Months, pos!agm&i One year, postage The Weekly Pioneer. Eight pages, containing a summary :5 m_t;:ne'rgews of tlga we(tsln aublish?g ursday and sen stage to any address for $1.50 inp:dvnnce?a ENTHRED AS SECOND CLASS MAT- TER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT BE- %lfilflfil‘_’.’ UNDER THE ACT OF L O AR AR R IR R R RRRR ; THIS DATE IN HISTORY N4 December 22. © 1620—Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Mass. 1727—William Ellery, Ameri- can Revolutionary pa- triot, born. Died Feb, 15, 1820. 1807—United States Congress passed the second embar- go act. 1818—Sir Philip Francis, gen- erally considered to have been the author of the Junius Letters, died. Born Oct. 22, 1740. 1859—Ground broken for the foundations of the Do- minion parliament build- ings at Ottawa. 1880—Marian Evans (“George Eliot”) famous novelist, died. Born Nov. 22, 1819. 1894—Cedarcroft, the home of Bayard Taylor at Ken- net Square, Pa., destroy- ed by fire. 1904—George L. Shoup, form- er United States senator from Idaho, died. Born in Kittanning, Pa., June 15, 1836. 1905—Herbert H. B. Pierce ap- pointed the first United States minister to Nor- way. R R R R R R R R R R R R R O] POOOOPDIPPDPIVPPOPIOPVPIPOOVOOOOOPOO®GC GGG POV POOOOIVVPPIPPIVOVPOOVPVPOOPOOPOVOG®OG® GRIM REAPER’S WORK IN FIELD OF SPORT- Many prominent figures in the world of sport and athletics have been removed by death during the year now drawing to a close. In the baseball world the National league in particular was a heavy sufferer, having lost Stanley Robinson, owner of the St. Louis club; William Hep- burn Russell, president and chief owner of the Boston club, and Frank S. Elliott, vice-president of the Phila- delphia club. The active players who passed away during the year included “Ad- die” Joss, the well known pitcher of the Cleveland Americans; George M. (“Letfy”) Craig, pitcher of the In- dianapolis club of the American as- sociation; Napoleon (“Pep’’) Lessard, pitcher of the Columbus American agsociation team; Michael Smalling, first baseman of the Lancaster Tri- State club; Simon Nicholls, shortstop and captain of the Baltimore Eastern league club; Herman Priepke, second baseman of the Utica team of the New York State league; Arthur Brown, first baseman of the Albany team of the New York State league, and Harry Hammond, who had played with various teams of the Southern league and American association. In addition to the active players many former stars of the diamond and others who had figured promi- nently in the national game in days gone by passed away during the year. Among - these were Robert Carruth- _|ers, famous as a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns in the ’80s and later an umpire in the American and mi- nor leagues; William (“Dad”) Clark, at one time a star pitcher of the New was one of the 1886 “big four” of the Detroit team; John Y. Radcliffe, who played with the old Athletics of Phi- ladelphia; Charles Brown, at one time a player on the Brotherhood team of Boston and later with the Lynn team of the New England league; Bort Briggs, formerly pitch- er for the Chictga Cubs; Marshal Hey King, a famous hitter and outfielder in the early days of the National league; Arthur Clarkson, who had played with New York, St. Louis, Baltimore, Milwaukee and other clubs; Dr. John Draper, who organ- ized the famous Red Stockings in Cincinnati in the ’60s; Carlos Smith, who was known as the founder of organized baseball in Connecticut; Sammy Vigneaux, an old-time Pacifiel 3 coast player, and Herman H. Van- been a prominent figure in the l?il- derhorst, who was secretary of the|liard world! Dr. John.H. Miskey. of Baltimore club when it was three- | Philadelphia, times pennant winner of the Natijon- al league. There were no ring fatalities among professional pugilists during|Dbrated football player at Yale, and the year, neither were any deaths re- | Arne Lerum, a former star football corded among fighters of prominence. | player of the University of Wiscon- Louis Long, of Oakland, Cal., was the only fighter of any note to die. Sev- eral old-timers passed away, among them Charlie McKeever, at one time one -of the best of Philadelphia’s lightweights, and “Hank’’ Griffin, the well known colored heavyweight. ‘Well known to followers of pugil- ism were Malachi Hogan, the Chica- go referee and sporting writer; Ed- die Smith, the San Francisco referee; Emil (“Pop”) Coulon, father and manager of Bantamweight Champion Johnny Coulon; John H. Cusack, of Brooklyn, who was John L. Sullivan’s backer, and William A. Pearce, of Boston, who had managed Jack John- son, Joe Walcott, George Dixon, Mar- vin Hart and other noted fighters. The losses of the year in the turf world included August Uihlein, of Milwaukee, owner of The Harvester and other famous trotters; David C. Johnson, who achieved his widest prominence as the owner of Rose- ben; Otis Bort, of Flushing, N. Y., who drove the famous Flora Temple in the early ’70s; W. S. O’Brien, of | ‘Waukegan, Ill., a well known trai er of trotting horses; Martin V. Walls, of Columbus, O., for many years a Grand Circuit judge; Alta P. MacDonald, a well known horseman of Albany, N. Y.; Fred Clarke, of Providence, well known as a trainer on Grand Circuit tracks; Myron E. McHenry, of Genesee, 111, a veteran turfman and famous driver; David M. Rinaldo, of Saratoga, a famous breeder and owner, and E. B. Aber- crombie, of Chicago, turf editor and one of America’s authorities on the harness horse. . Automobile racing claimed a toll of nearly a dozen deaths during the year 1911, The noted racers killed included Ned Crane, killed at Kansas City, April 14; Marcel Dasle, killed at Chicago, June 11; Louis Strang, killed at La Crosse, July 20; Ralph H. Ireland, killed at Elgin, Ill., Aug. 21; Dave Buck, killed at Elgin, Aug. 26; “Billy” Pearce, killed at Sioux City, Oct. 19; Jay D. McNay, killed at Savannah, Nov. 20; Walter Den- nelly, killed at Milwaukee, June 22, and Robert W. Bean, killed at Den- ver, Nov. 27. Several famous trapshooters and wing shots were included among the dead of the year, among them being C. A. Bogardus, for years the world’s champion rifle shot; Captain Fred and "LESMOK” 22 R 2,484 ina binlfion_ Racy beauty of line, perfect balance. { Its appearance often sells it. { _ ‘thel’le'lll And—it's as keen a rifle for its size as the most lfig}lly clevcloped military arm. Built by expert gunsmiths on the Remington Idea—Solid Breech, Hammerless, Take-down. . 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Fred Allen, of Utica, long identi- fied with curling in the United States and Canada; William Rotch Wister, of Philadelphia, known as the “fath- er of American cricket”; Merritt Ciffen, former national champion dis- cus thrower; Alfred Lequesne, a member of the Cleveland bowling team which broke theworld’s record at’ the Buffalo international tourna- ment last year; Jack Smith, a fam- ous lacrosse and hockey player of Ot- tawa; William H. Catton, of Chica- g0, who for nearly thirty years had formerly national squash racquet champion; Francis Grodon Brown, at one time a cele- sin and all-Western and all-Ameri- can guard. at one time | Ask about the Dia- mond Ring to be sold at Geo. T. Baker & Co.’s for 25c. EW PUBLIC LIBRARY Open daily, except Sunday and Nion- dayllto12a.m., 1t0 6 p.m., 7 to 9 p. m. Sunday 3 to 6 p. m. Monday 7to 9 p m. BEATRICE MILLS, Librarian. C. 6. JOHNSON- Loans Stocks Lands Box 736, Bemidji, Minn. 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