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By FRANCIS STANN Ail played organised boll and THE NIGHT of July 2, 1003. a big man In . only Billy, failed to make It all the way wearing a black scowl strode out of Use one. ON big leagues. Hotel Oriental In Detroit. He carried a suitcase to the During his M years In the majors (12 with and Ignored teammates of the Washington Ball In the , one with as he walked away. Philadelphia Club In the 111-starred Players League and It was the last time the players saw Edward Cleveland two with Washington), Delahanty played Just J Delahanty alive. except pitcher. V Delahanty s mysterious about every position K For years Big Ed even .400- . Today One season—lß94—he batted an death was a prime topic In Philly outfield, A I the of Fame at and was the No 3 hitter In the iL there Is a plague In Hall Thompson (.40®) ¦ I honor his exploits otherwise composed of Sam Coopersfcwn. N. Y , In of George Turner (.432). But when Ed batted For moody and dark-tempered as he was. an« fl there was nobody ahead of him Delahanty was a superb athlete. .408 In 1899 .; League, much less his own club. E? E He Is the only man ever to win both the In the National batting The same was true when he 376 for Wash- National and American # League championships. ington In *O2. king. the dozen years of his career the He was Washington's first hitting Over last averages bordered on the phe- Twenty-six seasons were to pass, after Dela- big fellow's / B They 112, 370, .400, 289, -394, topped the list in 1902, before Goose nomenal. read: hanty 37® and 33®. In second Senator champion. mr 334, .40®, 319. 357, Goslln became the prowess and his versa- only slugger to have hit addition to his batting Delahanty Is the was fast, stealing bases on five official times at tility in the field Delahanty for a total of 17 season. home runs and a single—and all 62 bases In one bat. Four he was not a happy man. same pitcher! From all accounts off the training and was In bad was oldest of six brothers born He frequently broke Ed Delahanty. He led botli leagues in batting. Big Ed the CONTINUED

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• ji'-y y J 'IH -9 ll°Jhtffifill^H Lorry (Nop) Lo|oie, one of the most grocetul players in baseball, leod "Big Ed" in batting the year Hie latter died.

A Jim Delohonty, one of Ed's four brothers who mode the big leagues, B played in the Washington infield for three yeors (1907-09).

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