Show JIM I DEATH IN HN STREET ROW STREET I I I Member of Bees' Bees Hurling Staff Is Killed in Home HomeTown HomeTown HomeTown Town Honolulu Pl Player yer Recently With Decatur HONOLULU Dec 8 By A A. F P. i Pitcher Jimmy of ot the Salt Lake baseball club of the Pacific Pa Pa- Coast league wintering here was shot to death last night after a street argument re recently recently recently re- re returned to his home here from Decatur Ill where he h had d been farmed by the Salt Lake club last season I James Duko Duke first I I came caine Into baseball prominence in inthe tho the early spring of 1023 1923 He lIe wasat was wasat wasat I at that time with a semiprofessional al team of Honolulu 1 and pitched against an aggregation of New NewYork NewYork I York Yankees and all stars which was making a trip into the Orient first showing was im impressive tin tin- im-I im He held the Invading stars to one run and while his team I was defeated the major leaguers were so impressed with him that it was the main topic of conversation when the group returned to the States Upon the recommendation of Casey Casey Casey Ca Ca- sey Stengel of the Yankees Duffy Lewis cabled an offer to y who Immediately accepted and re reported reported reported re- re ported to the Salt SaIt Lake Bees at 1 He had trouble with his arm during the tho training season and was shipped to Peoria HI nI for a seasons season's work He made a splendid record there and was reclaimed by bythe bythe bythe the Bees in 1924 1024 He was again farmed fanned out to Decatur which was also o In the Three-Eye Three league and following the completion of ot his I year there he returned to his home in Honolulu Although a native of lI HOnolulu Duke was bf tit R Russian ssi n extraction First reports of his sensational pitching were a a. bit optimistic but buthe buthe buthe he gave every Indication of being a a. topnotch minor league hurler I |