Show PATHETIC DEATH OF FRANK IVES jt it Is ia abo about tit eibl nino 0 years since frank ives died and was burled buried in mexico prank frank ives was the most remarkable billiard player of this and other times zot not excluding willie hoppo hoppe from froin the a argument t Jives was one of the most interesting of sporting characters ile he had bad been a skater a bush jockey a bicycle rider a ball player a 4 liardi li sl and a bookmaker bool anaker billiards with him purely was an incident although he shone in that better than in any other line of sporting endeavor to which he had fiad devoted himself lie he made more mono money y at billiards than any other expert who preceded or followed him he was as always alive to his hotting betting opportunities and he would bet his own money on himself ile he arrived at the th e championship wilh a compo competence after beating schaefer and john 0 n roberts arts of london he probably counted started at a book this he took to td the races not to squander in trying to pick winners but to lay it against the judgment of others lie he formed a partnership with eddie burke who since has become famous ad a member of tile the metropolitan turf association and one of the largest operators in new york i william von who now Is in business buin sr in chicago was associated with ives and burke in the making of a book on the eastern tracks when ives ivesa health tailed failed it appeared to ills friends that it was impera imperative dve that ho he seek a warmer climate von I 1 volunteered to accompany him and see bee that he e was comfortably located on his destination speaking pf af his trip and his harrow ing exper experience lonce the other day von gadd we wt new york frank his wife and myself on august 12 1899 just before we arrived at progreso ives died according to the law of mexico burials must take place before sunrise and I 1 arranged that day for the funeral the next morning which in the nature ot 0 things had to be of tho the simplest kind our ship lay four miles oft bhore and the body was taken to the land in a catboat cat boat it was not day the corpse was Ilot lier anly in a night dregs and we v 0 o hoped to ao get a coffin at the cemetery we landed at the pet penthouse four milos miles from 10 ship and two miles from tho the place of burial and I 1 carried the body of my friend that dis tance over my shoulder it was not an imposing funeral funer a I 1 that the dead champion wai nas getting we moved along the shore toward the little cemetery to which the natives natis were guiding us its butin but in the gray of the morning stillness broken only by the fhe lapping of af the waves on the beach I 1 it t was impressive at least to rile me arriving at the burial ground which overlooked the he sea we found that it would be necessary to construct a coffin this I 1 had bad to do out of tho the driftwood picked up along the shore using rusty nails and a stone for a hammer when we saw franks body laid away and that the grave was properly sealed i received my receipt for I 1 two years grave rent two years bein being 9 the time allotted by law for a body to lie before removal removals 1 I 1 ordered a gravestone at progreso with a simple inscription containing only the name and date of beath death it was wa E a lonely spot we left the poor boy in incased encased in a coffin of my own construction and with nobody about to plant a flower over him mr air von returned to yucatan after a year for the purpose of bringing ives body back to this country for interment among his bis own folks but lie he was unable to secure a permit from the authorities until the expiration of the allotted time ho he had bad letters to officials and business men but they were of no avail at the expiration of the stated time ives body wf wag returned to this country and now rests among his hai at Plain plainwell well mich ives left an estate of some |