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Show VETERAN BALL MAGNATES DYING Chris Von der Ahe's lamp of life b nearly extinguished. The man who was the greatest power in the game in time of the old St Louis Browns is repotted to be dvlng in the cltv to which his team, piloted bv Comlskey. brought Its greatest fame In the nation's na-tion's pastime For his quaint manners man-ners and humorous ways, the like of Von der Abe as a major league baseball base-ball magnate may never be seen acaln lame? R YVootan, veteran newspaper newspa-per man. now associate editor of the Omaha Bee. a fan In St. Louis in the days of Von der Ahe and the old four I time champion Browns, writes of Von der Ahe and Comlskev ns follows: fol-lows: Basohall has had only one Chris Von dor Ahe. and he is about to oe thrown out at home bv the grim reap, er Chris was Der Boss Brealdenl of I n-;r Four Time Vlnncr6," the famous old St. Louis Browns of the old Araer- 'ican association, who won the pennant pen-nant hi IRKS IS sr.. irs? and lKK-v r- m Anson's White stockings one year for the woi Id s championship, split een with them the second year, lost the ! other two to Detroit and New York, respectively Tho closing days of this unique character In all baseball hlstorv serve I to revamp in the minds of those j scores of veteran fans who knew him or knew of him. memories of him and the great, days of his primac-. In baseball |