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Dies at His Home in Kings-_ ton on Thursday Last4*tii*lt;(i«lt;of the death of 4f Chauoe” UHiotbi ot Kingston, received in this mlage last Thursday evening, past x shadow ol! gloom over Mio community,' as tho de or a sod was \v ell known and universally liked by the: people of Oape Vinoent. He was veryw popular with the. Jcosl lovers of baseball, and on many occasions had. played, with. the home team, Tho foi-rowing from the Kingston Whig, gives an. nocount of his career in the world of .sportu After a braY.e fight fov Jifa againstbig odds, .lust as many a timo he hadfqught for v(otoryg,on the bapebal)-diamond and the rug-by gridiroii' against odds, Edwin S. Elliott' the most noted athlete. .Kingston ever produced, was claimed bv death jnsfi; be^ fore one o’clook Thursday after ho on,: at the residence of his -brother' Aid : R. F. Elliott, Division street jpor a whole year ‘’Chancer1* Elliott, as- hewas go widely known, !had beon ill of an affection of the lleg, whwh developed as a 'result of his strenuous athletic work some years- ago. Treat-men t in a private hospital by a Be\V:‘. York speoiaJiat gave hopes of ire-* covery, bub after Mr. Elliott returned' to Kingston in May last; ‘ the hoped1 for improvement did, not come, andsnipe last summer he steadily * fui.ledl His death iias caused.great sotroW -inEinston^and sorrow will he as deepm places { all through the dominion when the news, of liis passing awaf.; reaches his legion of friends who knew him and loved him.It was just.a year ago last Sunday-, since “Chaucer” Elliott underwent an operation in New York. Ho-suffered from an injury to his leg. .and as^ last chance he cousonted to undergo the operation, bufc this was not? sufi^ cient to save his life. Becentty he grew gradually weaker,- and forseveral weeks past had been compelledto keep to his bed.Chuaoer''was born in Jlingaibn and- educated here. He- attended thepublio sohools and the collegiate andafter graduating from the collegiate he attended Queen’s; spending two years m the arts department and four years in the medical department He was one of the most unselfish young men in athletics one could nuiefc ''fie ,was the idol of every team‘with wliioh ho was coiiiioctGcl from ©jvtIy i youth when fee started on the basheai) (iiamonrt. He gave good baseball‘ to|Kingston in a semi-prbfessionaMeaeue for a number of years, and at. con-siderahlo self-sacrifice, for he never profited by the sport himself, ' ^As a rugby player he ranked with the best Canada produced in halfbacks. Whileat Queen’s he captained the college football team for two years, winning the intercollegiate championship one yeaiv . He waf captain of the Granite football 16am which won tho championship of Canada m 1890. V“OhauGerV* first love in the Hne of sports was that of baseball aiid he learned the game, on many of the vacant lots around Kingston. He was captain of the famous Pony basetal] club, .one of the best semi-professional teams in Canada, and from- which many big men in baseball circles graduated. In 1903 he* joined the Toronto baseball team, in the Eastern -League, under Edward Barrow. .He played with fcliQ tioiiiu. nii'cil .his unu gave put, but his arm “came back” again, as ho had a great deal- of oxs perienee on the diamond later om«He played baseball with Concord and Manchester in the JTew England lengne; tho A -J 6. team in tlio New York state league ^ BrantfofiT in the Western Ontario league, and Os-TtSw0 *a .^,e Sinph'e State league, in1907 winning tho championship of the league for Oswego. *In hockey, deceased was also a shining light. 35’or several years he played on Queen’s UnivrrsiVy Eockey team, and was captain for one ypai,As a hookey referee he also served-forsome years and was regarded a£ oneof the best referees in Canada.- HeWas out for good clean sport ali the time.In 190f5 “Chaucer” had the honor'of beuig coach of the Argonaut football club of Toronto, and for three months of that year he served as eoacli for the Hamilton .Tigers, winning the aominion championship - from’* the Montreal club.’ The year following he went to Montreal as M. A. A: A. l^ngby coach, and won the dominion championship. At the close of theseason, he was given the permanentposition as athletic coach and adyiser to hockey, baseball, lacrosse, basketball football, indoor baseball, tot the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association. While holding this position* hahad the honor of taking the Montreallacrosse clab across tho continent toNew Westminster, to play for ' Ihe laerrcsse championship of the wottd.In 1911, he tendered his resignation to tho' Montreal Amateur’ Afehjetic Association, tp become manage df the St. Thomas team in the Oanaidan league, to return to his first love-baseball./l°T?uferrTSHiokfc was a son ~6t thela to Robert Elliott, ajiil is survived by his widow* an infant five brothers ami three sisters The sisters are the Misses Annie, Jennie and \ flt;r? Kingston, ancl the brofehors.Jyt * John Mf and Mntfchow #n° ^in^slon,* 4lexander, of i3oth-well, Ont., ami George, of Omaha,Neb.The remains of one who lif'ld a well'-I:ilerited place by himsellf in tho sjHortof Canada for many years^tiio lateChaucer Elliott'—were placed Tu the vault ot Calarafyui cemetery on Saturday afternoon Tho funeral service was read in St Pant's church at threo o’cloci^byRev, \V, F m* Uerald, the vicar, a service for'tfche tamily preceding this at tho deceased Js late home, Division street.1* ^ V . ^ *in the elihrch tor the service and among the manywho vttended the funeral were representatives of athletic clubs which the dead athlete had. b^en connected with. The choir was in attmdance.The number and beauty of the floral tributes sent by athletic clubs and associations and friends in Kingston and outside places were, ^perhaps,never equalled in the «ase of a yOung man. They were a. true tribute to his worth and achievements. %he flowers were conveyed to the chttten in carriages.i iiiiiiAAjlt;•si*iiiI1IIcIlt;iyJi1iii1i1iJ3J])
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Cape Vincent Eagle
Cape Vincent, New York, US
Thu, Mar 20, 1913
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