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Show FAMOUS BASEBALL PLAYER PASSES AWAY IN IRELAND NEW YORK, Sept. 20. News has been received here of the death in Ireland Ire-land of Col. "M. Emmctt Urell, a famous baseball plnver of the sixties. He was one of the lenders of tho amo in the old historic white lot, Washington, D. C. when tho Nationals of that city were regarded as one of the strongest teams in the country,-. Urell played second base on the old union team of 1S(57, acting as captain. Later he joined the Nationals. He was afterwards a member of the Olympics of Washington, of which Nick 'Young was the. head. In. those days vlike "Urell, with his flowing whiskers, facing Colonel Jones, the pitcher of the Nationals, who also wore a full beard, presented, a picture that attracted attention. 1 UrclJ continued his interest in the game throughout his entire life, and always al-ways argued that the game was just as good and strong in the old days', when "xirst. bounce wa3 out,' ' as it is at present, |