BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING AND GENERAL SPORTS Tltla Bagtstered la C. S. Patent Offle*. Copyright, 19d3. by The Sporting Lfle Publishing Company. Vol. 53 No. 9 Philadelphia, May 8, 1909 Price 5 Cents A MENACE TO PLAYERS Is Found in the Big/f the Athletic Club©s Belt With Heavy Trainer Believes Buckle Which All Caused the Sad Base Ball Players Death of Catcher Wear, and Which "Mike" Powers. BY FRANCIS 0. RICHTER. in which the deceased was held by all HILADELPHIA, Pa., May 3. The classes and of the tremendous hold of the sad death of catcher Powers, of national game upon the public. The body the Athletics, from a sudden in lay in state on Wednesday evening and testinal trouble was, in the opin was viewed by folly 10,000 people who ion of trainer M. P. Lawler, of passed through the parlor where it lay on the Athletic team, caused by the Wednesday night and Thursday morning. usual heavy base ball belt worn Casket and room were literally filled with by catcher Powers. Mr. Lawler believes magnificent floral tributes from personal this caused the telescoping of the small friends, professional comrades, from, all intestine into the large intestine, which American League clubs, and from various the surgeons discovered during the first clubs and societies. At 9.30 Wednesday operation upon the unfortunate ball player. morning the funeral cortege left the house In explanation of his theory Mr. Lawler and marched to St. Elizabeth©* Ch-ureh, two taid to a Washington "Times" reporter: blocks distant, through a line of thousands "As soon as the first game of the season of people standing with uncovered heads. Was over Powers came to the clubhouse and The body was carried to the hearse by six asked me to rub him at once as he had a Athletic players Plank, Thomas, Murphy, Btitch in his side. He stripped and laid Davis, Nicholls and Coombs. The flowers on the slab, but was instantly doubled up filled five carriages. In the procession were by most excruciating pain. Finally he the players of four major league teams the twisted around so that his feet hung over Athletics, Washington, Brooklyn and Phil- one side and his head over the other. That lies followed by President Sbjbe and Di brought some relief and I felt a lump as rectors John Shibe, Frank Hough, Mack, big as my fist beneath his ribs. and Jones, of the Athletic Club. When the A STRANGE INJURY. FUNERAL MARCHERS "It was too high up for appendicitis, reached the church they found it rorround- but I realized he was desperately ill and ed by a swarm of people, and it became sent for all the doctors in the neighbor necessary for thirty policemen to keep a hood. Several responded, but he was suf clear passageway for the cortege, lie in fering so much that it was half an hour terior of the church was packed to suffoca before he could be relieved enough to take tion. Thousands of persons were ratable to him away in an ambulance. At the hos get into the church or even, to catch a pital an operation was begun without de glimpse of the casket as it was carried lay, for we had no definite idea what was through the line of police. In celebrating the matter, but saw he was likely to die at the solemn requiem high mass the Rev. any minute. When his side was opened it Frances Carr, of Norristown, was assisted was found that in some unaccountable man by Rev. J. F. Nagle, Rev. A. B. McKay and ner part of the small intestine had become the Rev. Kinslow. At the conclusion, of the telescoped in the large intestine. The best mass the Rev. Carr delivered the funeral surgeons in the city were there and they HARRY G. LUMLEY, oration, which wa« a remarkable eulogy of decided to cut out the affected parts and the dead player, who was a close personal bring the loose ends together. Manager and Outfielder of the Brooklyn National League Club. friend of the speaker. After the services the body was laid in the receiving vault of A DANGEROUS OPERATION. The Brooklyn National League Club this season has a new manager, in succession to F. 3. the New Cathederal Cemetery. Dr. Powers I>onovan, in the person of Harry G. Lumley, the hard-hitting outflelder, who has been a star "That was the only relief in sight and player of tbe club for some years. Lumley was born in Forrest City, Pa., tn 1880. His first left hifi wife and three little daughters in was adopted, although known to be ex professional engagement was with the Rome (New York League) Club In 1981, from which fairly comfortable circumstances. He was tremely dangerous. Despite every pre club St. Paul, of the American Association, drafted him. He played with St. Paul in 1902. insured in the Artesans© Order for several caution gangrene appeared where the in In 1903 he played part of the season with Colorado Springs, but finished tbe season with the years and a short time ago he joined a Seattle Club, of the then outlaw Pacific Coast League. When that league entered, the National building and loan association, which has an testines had been sewed together. Three Association Brooklyn drafted Lumley for 1904. He at once made Ms marit as a good fielder and more operations were later performed, but hard left-handed hitter and was re-engaged for 1905. In that year and in 1906 he did splendid insurance feature attached, from which his the case was absolutely hopeless after the work. In the latter part of 1907 he broke an ankle while sliding to second base at Pittsburg. widow has received the sum of $5,OOO. In first attack of gangrene. Nothing but his He recoreiied from the accident in due time, but it affected his worfe during the early part of addition, he left a home at Jeirersonville, wonderful and well-trained physique made the 1998 season. Toward the end of the race, however, he appeared to be Ms old self. During Pa., on which there is a small mortgage; it possible for Powers to live two weeks, as the winter he was appointed manager of the Brooklyn team and was a potent factor in the and some insurance placed for him by Fisnfc reorganisation of the team, which so far under his handling has produced excellent results and Garrett, of this city, who makes a specialty he did. In view of later developments I which, at this writing, bids fair to be a bigger factor in the National League race than for regret to say it would probably have been several years. of insuring ball players. Preceding tha better for him to have died the first day funeral the Athletic Club adopted resolu and saved himself the great suffering he tions eulogizing catcher Powers awl deplor endured so bravely." ing his untimely death. DANGER IN BELTS. mentioned that this season he had treated susceptible to anything that binds the Trainer Lawler then expressed his con stomach muscles too closely. had a good week from an artistic stand a number of players for stubborn bruises point, though bad weather played havoc with viction that Powers© fatal injuary was in caused by the buckles in sliding. His ideas THE DEAD CATCHER©S FUNERAL, all probability due to the wearing of a on the subject are shared by a number of schedule and attendance. Between rainy days heavy belt, like all ball players use. Lawler competent coaches. Foot ball players have took place on Thursday morning, April 29, they managed to get in four games, of which is much opposed to the belts and suggests practically abandoned the belt because of from the residence of his friend, George E. they won three. The first two Brooklyn. that players adopt some sort of a wide and injuries possible from the buckles, and there Flood, 22nd and Diamond streets, and was games were exciting affairs, in which the powerfuj elastic to be worn inside the is now being extensively advertised a sort one of the most remarkable demonstrations Superbas made a strong bid for victory in pants. This could be removed from time of union suit for the gridiron heroes. Some of its kind in the history of this city. ttie ninth inning. On the third day the vis to time at small cost, and would not prove such arrangement might be invented for Greater honor than was paid to the dead itors would not be denied, and won out in as binding to the muscles as the heavy base ball players, especially catchers, whose hero could have been rendered to no man, the last inning with a baiting rally on Foxea (trap of leather with its big buckle. He constant beading renders them peculiarly and it spoke eloquently of the high esteem (Continued on, tbe second page.) SPORTING MAY 8, 1909 cuit, except New TEWrk, barring postpone number of the New York players had a the Cleveland Club offered t» pay him. Tha ments. When Joe Cantillon left here he was narrow escape from what might hare been chances are that the men behind the talking about an even teceak, but if he gets a serious accident. At Fifteenth street and CALIFORNIA OUTLAW LEAGUE ten out of the twenty-four or eight out of Girard Avenue the wheel of a tally-ho realized that with the departure of Hender twenty, which is Bearer the number that wrenched off the axle nut and cap, came son the backbone of the organization would will be played, he will be doing finely.