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| Date | Sunday, August 24, 1873 |
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| Text | Some time since a contemporary remarked the strange fatality attending “base ball reporters.” Mike Kelly, of the Herald; Brodie, of the New York Dispatch; Picot, of Wilkes’ Spirit, all died in a comparatively brief space of time, and now we are called upon to add one more name to the list–that of George P. Rowe, of the New York Times. He commenced his journalistic life as sporting reporter for the New York Globe. His articles attracted immediate attention, and he was engaged for the same duty on the Standard, with which paper he remained until it ceased publication. He then joined the force of the New York Times. The following is from the pen of Mr. W. S. Smith, of Wilkes’ Spirit: “Again have the already to thin ranks of base ball reporters been decimated, and again are we called upon to mourn the loss of one of the profession’s brightest stars. George P. Row was the base ball reporter for the Times of this city during the season of 1872, and while filing this position earned for himself a reputation for clearness and thorough knowledge of the game second to none in the profession. Last Saturday he went in company with Mr. George T. Keiller, of the Brooklyn Union, to Centre Moriches, L.I., for the purpose of spending a two weeks’ vacation, and on Wednesday last a dispatch was received in this city from the proprietor of the hotel where the two were stopping, to the effect that the young men had both fallen victims to the treacherous undertow, which at that point is exceedingly strong. Mr. Rowe, as also his companion, was a most excellent swimmer, and that he should be drowned in the surf while bathing so near shore seems almost incredible. ... A native of Barbados, West Indies, Mr. Rowe received an excellent English education, and when about sixteen years of age removed with his parents to Brooklyn, where he studied hard, and soon fitted himself for the arduous duties of a journalist, entering the profession at the age of eighteen. Being exceedingly fond of out-door sports, he was assigned to the position of base ball reporter, and in a marvelously short period of time made himself perfectly familiar with the most intricate points of the game. He was invariably clear and concise in his reports, which very soon claimed the attention of base ball men in general, who looked upon them as authority. The retentiveness of his memory was something wonderful, he being able to give, without reference to his score book, the exact score, including the number of base hits on each side, of games which had been played months before. |
| Source | Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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