Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-30 | Page 15 | Two Utah Athletes on Death List Heavy Toll Recorded during 1928

F Two Utah Athletes On Death List Star Montana State Dies 4 Heavy Toll Recorded During 1928 The world of sport lost some Of tho the most niost conspIcuous and colorful l figures of or Its history In 1928 a M itS death took tok a a. particularly h heavy avy toll In imi the tue ranks of ot boxing baseball find arid auto ta racing fading Two were among amons- the victims vic vie tims this past year Jess han one of or the truly outstanding battlers developed here since Jack Tade Dempsey jumped into the national limelight died prior to a a. bout inthIs inthis in hi this city J Jers rs was vas rated among the time country's best mIddleweIghts middleweight and was a a. serious contender to Mickey Walkers Walker's title Shorland Evans th-an van a gU guard id on the r high highs sch school ol eleven was Injured during scrimmage ge arid and died sev several ral d days S 'S later latel WORDEN DIES Frank Th-ank W Worden st stellar H r. r Athlete nt It M Montana State and w well lt l known to Utah and Colorado rado tan fans died dUring during dur dUr- ing the gridiron n season seMOn following an all ll acute attack of appendicitis The diamond hl mourned t th the passing pasIng pass pas ing log o of the tho tam famous us 3 1 h lIu Hughey hey Jennings as well weli as Albert J J. Reach pub one he of f the me gam games game's s 's pioneers J Joe o Lannin Jack Dunn and Urban Shocker Kid Lavigne former worlds wet lightweight champion passed assed on while th the the- knights of the racing wheel lost a famous quartet qUart t Prank Lockhart Dave Lewis Norman Batten and E Earl r DeVore DeVor all aU In iii dramatic fashion Lockhart died In his f famous moU Stutz Black Hawk as it cata catapulted d dInto Into the oC ocean all after alter roaring at miles niile s an hour along the tho sands at D Daytona b a ali h. h Louis committed suicide in a a. lonely lonel cabin ne near nedr r Los Ang Angeles l s while WillIe Batten and Dev t went down with ith the victims of ot th the disaster ster RUTHS RUTH'S PILOT Bas Baseball lost one one of t its most tin no- Usual eh characters r ct rs in iii J Jennings a r g-r great shortstop with th the famous old ala Reach a noted player la r before e T Jan Jen- Orioles manager ger of ot A time three winner at Detroit oit id at-id later tel aide to his old time te teammate John I 1 McGraw Me Mc Ora Graw with the th New Y York rl Giants He lie fe was 56 years old when WIlen lie he died at Scranton early in the time year but v Was ivas s born dl died d at the time age ae h of 8 O 87 it Jack Dunn famous as the iliS mIls mIls- ter of f Babe Ruth nuth and nd other St stars lS piloted ilot d seven International league pennant winners vinn at t Baltimore Balti ni imO more r during which time he lie sold to the tho m majors jors some of t the tho highest priced d PIt players ers In tIme the g-am g game Ruth Went to the Boston Doston Red lied So Sox Sas fOrc for c comparatively ly little but hut Bob ob GroVe Gro was sold by DUnn td the Athletics for S Das Baseball during the tho year yeat- al aim o lost ost l Frank r n c Wilson the time umpire AS ASwell aswell S Swell well as sUch old time lit figures figures' S as Claude laUde Rossman M I Marr tr rr Phillips and Toni Tom L Lovett vett who pitched on one of the first fit n hit no-hit games in Itt th the big leagues s. BAN BOXING In lh addition to 11 Lavigno vIgne boxing Witnessed l the d death ath of t several young oUng boxers boxers' as a direct lr ct i-e i result t s lt of ring accidents early carty in the year at Fred ed Bobzin Chicago ag ago student died lied titter after a sparring n match with r Les es 1 of ot Illinois who turned pro as a h heavyweight All amateur boxing In Connecticut t Was vas ed eel after lt r the death eath of f Horace y 17 17 year old ar-old youth in an accident nt at l Ie Meriden i en A double knockout in a match at Los Angeles resulted d In the death of ot Michael Carnakis 20 I and a narrow v escape scap for tal his bp Opponent OpO- OpO nent Philip Bromley who vho w was s Un Unconscious Un- Un conscious for nearly two hours after alter alt alt- altor er or the untoward end nd of ot t their 1 lr bout Track k and field lost a famous fa fa- fa figure In AlvIn t faMous fa fa- 2 25 years t rs ag ago at the University 1 sity of ot Pennsylvania as an allar allaround allaround all- all ar around nd athlete and Olympic cham charn- pion Pooch Donovan veteran I Harv Harvard rd trainer tt died after fter being taken ill during th the l last st Olympics in Amsterdam rd t m. m TOLL HEAVY Bob one time three- three cUshion billiard bUllard champion died at atthe age of t only 37 Football in College o g- g and school ranks lanks took tool a t toll lt of oe a about K t a score SeMe of ot youthful lives s duPing its ite seas season n. n