Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1895 — WELL-KNOWN BALL PLAYER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WELL-KNOWN BALL PLAYER.

Has Retired from the Diamond and Will Practice Law. John M. Ward, who recently retired from the base-ball field, was one of the best known players in the country. He

resigned his position as manager and captain of the New York base-ball club, and in the future will devote his time to the practice .of law. Ward was born in Bellefonte, Pa., thirty-four years ago. After a few years in the district schools he attended the" Pennsylvania State* College. On the college team he

played third base; In 1876 he mastered the art of curve pitching and became famous as a pitcher. He has held positions of note in some of the leading clubs of the United States. He was captain of the All-American team which, with the Chicago nine, made the famous tour of the world in 1889. The ex-manager is a graduate of the Columbia Law School. The circulation of the Frankfurter Zeitung has been prohibited in Austria because its political articles do not meet the approval of the government.

Jon N M. WARE.