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Show EDDIE GRANT IS EIRST MAJOR LEAGUE STAR IN SERVICE TO BE KILLED EDDIE GRANT. d?5 W1TH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VBRW'S, Oct. tLr Captain Eddie Oram, former third baseman base-man of the New York National league club and attached to the 370th Infantry, was killed bv a shell while leading a unit to the aid of the famous "lost battalion." The battalion was surrounded for five days In the Arg'-nne forest, and Captain Grant was killed during one of the attempts at-tempts to reach It. Edward Grant. killed in action In France, first earned baseball honors while at Harvard university, where he was one of the best all-around players of his day. After graduation be played with Independent Inde-pendent teams and later wllh the Jersey (It. club of the International lengue. rrom Uh7 to I9I0 he played second ba-e for the Philadelphia Nationals, and the following year he was trailed to Cincinnati. Cincin-nati. In 1913 he was purchased by the New York Nationals and playe 1 third and shortstop for the Giants until when he resigned to enter business. At the otitbreak of the war he entered an officers' of-ficers' training enmp. where he was graduated grad-uated with high honors. Grant Is the first of the many major league baseball players In the service to give his life for his country. He was born In Franklin. Mass.. In lURa. |