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Career is EndedROBERT R. FOTHERGILL... struck out by deathSTATE MAY QUIT HIKLIORDavey Suggests Distilleries Make Deliveries to Ohio StoresCOLUMBUS, ‘March 21. (/p)_Gov. Martin L. Davey suggested today to State Liquor Director J. W. Miller that the state discontinue trucking of liquor to its stores instead of renewing contracts which were criticized by the senate investigating committee.Under such an arrangement the governor said “the state would as-: sume no responsibility for any goods• until they are delivered to the state i stores and agencies/’; The contract for delivering liquor• from the bailment houses to the state liquor stores and agencies-is held byi the Shaw Transport Trie:'atf 17 cents , a case, which’sub-lets to the U. S. i Lines at 11 cents a case.Yields Unfair Profit”The senate investigating committee charged the contract arrangement resulted in overcharges and the governor said it “yields an unfair profit.’1I “Two alternatives present them-11 selves in the solution of this matter, the governor told Director Miller. “The first is a prompt revision of the d existing contract on the basts of fair- return to the contractor. This could be accomplished by agreement, on the threat of cancellation of the contract) itself.'r “The other alternative is for the y state to go out of the trucking busi-e ness entirely. Why should your de-:. partment transport the goods of the- distilleries from the warehouses to i, the state stores and agencies. TheBOB FDTBERGILL DIES IT DETROITFormer Major League Ball Player Succumbs After Sustaining StrokesPLAYED WITH TIGERSPopular Outfielder Started Career With Sandlot Teams HereRobert Roy Fothergill. 40, of 13811 Glenwood ave., Detroit, Mich., who started an outstanding career in big league baseball by playing on sandlot . teams in this city, died at St. Joseph's Mercy hospital at Detroit.Fothergill, who was an outfielder with the Detroit Tigers from 1921 to 1929, was removed to the hospital Thursday night when he collapsed as the result of what his physician said was a nervous ailment. He suffered a stroke that night and another Saturday night.Favorite With Fans After playing sandlot ball here, Fothergill was with the Massillon Agathons for a short time. Later he -played with the Bloomington, III., team in the Three I league and the Rochester, N. .Y., club in the Inter- j J national league. . IFothergill’s powerful hitting and] ] good fielding won him a contract with the Detroit team in the spring of 1921. Almost immediately “Roly Poly” Bob, as he was affectionately known because of his size, became a great favorite with Detroit fans. Because of his popularity he soon acquired, the appellation of “the people's. choice.”In 1929 Fothergill was traded to the Chicago While Sox. He remained with the Chicago team Ltwo seasons. Later he went to cthe Boston Red Sox for one year. aThat club gave him his unconditional release in the summer of ^1933. Fothergill’s baseball career sdid not.end at that time, how- sever, as he played with the Min- ^neapolls, Minn., team of the -American association the latter part of that season.Fothergill's interest in baseball re- * mained with him until his dtath and at the time he succumbed he was coach of baseball at, Lawrence Institute of Technology, having been ; appointed to that position last January. He was associated with the Ford Motor Co.Lifetime Average of .329 Fothergill had a high lifetime hit- ] ting average of .329. He weighed lt;more than 200 pounds and because of j his size was the butt of many joke.? j(See BOB—Page 12) (
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Mon, Mar 21, 1938
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