Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-04-22 | Page 5 | Thousands Pay Honor at Bier of Late Ebbets

TH THOUSANDS USANOS PAY HONOR AT BIER or oi lATE Funeral o of Baseball Leader Marked by Homage NEW Y YORK RK April 22 Thou Thou Thousands sands thronged the streets adjoining adjoinIng adjoining adjoin adjoin- ing Holy Trinity church In Brooklyn Brook Brook- Brooklyn lyn while services were being held yesterday for fOT Charles II 11 Ebbets I president of the Brooklyn National I league baseball club who died Saturday Sat Sat- Hundreds of ot others waited for tor two vo hours at the tho Greenwood cemetery for the funeral cortege to arrive Out of respect to the memory of ot the man who for more than thirty- thirty five years was head of the Brooklyn club all g games mes in the National league were called caned off and the games of the American league were halted for tor several minutes The bronze coffin banked In violets violets violets vio vio- lets and sweet peas was carried from the Ebbets home in Brooklyn through a lane formed by members of the Brooklyn team On the way to the church the cortege circled Ebbets field the flags of which were at half staff and also passed the site of Washington park where the club had played before moving to its new home Commissioner K M. M Landis and President John A. A Heydler of ot the National league as well as presidents presidents dents of the other clubs in the circuit circuit circuit cir cir- acted as honorary pallbearers Charles A. A Stoneham president of the Giants and Manager McGraw headed a delegation from rom the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York club and Colonel Jacob Ruppert Ruppert Ruppert Rup- Rup pert and Manager Huggins represented represented represented the New York Yankees Leading officials and well known baseball men were among the mourners