Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1910 — FAMOUS BALL PLAYER DEAD [ARTICLE]

FAMOUS BALL PLAYER DEAD

Col. M. Emmett Urell, Leader of Game In Early '6os, Passes Away In Ireland—Wore Whiskers. News was received in New York the other day of the death in Ireland of Col. M. Emmett Urell, a famous baseball player of the ’6os. He was one of the leaders of the game in the old historic White Lot, Washington. D. C., when the Nationals of that city were regarded as one of the strongest teams in the country. , Urell played second base on the old Union team of 1867, acting as captain Later he joined the Nationals. He was afterward a member of the Olympics of Washington, of which Nick Young was the head. In these days Mike Urell, with his flowing whiskers feeing Colonel Jones the pitcher of the Nationals, who also wore a full beard, presented a picture that attracted attention. Urell continued his Interest in the game throughout his entire life, and always argued that the game was just as good and strong in the old days, when “first bounce was out,” as it is at present