Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1916 — COZY DOLAN’S LAST REQUEST [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COZY DOLAN’S LAST REQUEST

Frank Bancroft, Not Being a Fish, Was Unable to Comply With Wish of Drowning Player.

"What I think was the richest thing I ever heard,” says Tom Clarke, “came off on a storm-tossed ship on the Pacific ocean, when Bancroft’s all-star tourists were making a jump by boat last fall. It was right in the midst of danger and apparent tragedy, too, and yet it was so good that the whole crowd of us bellowed with delight. “A fearful storm, a regular typhoon, struck us far out at sea, and the situation grew decidedly serious. Tons of water were coming aboard every moment; the ship was wallowing and reeling, and the captain was ordering all hands to get the boats ready. The players were all clustered on the deck, and, just as the boat was bounding madly, Cozy Dolan managed to make his way to old Frank Bancroft. "‘Banny, Banny,’ shrieked Dolan, through the roaring of the storm, ‘this

ship is sinking, sure! Listen to me, Banny—will you tell my folks at home that I died game?’ “And Banny, clinging to a railing, whopped back: ‘What? Me tell your folks you died game? What do you take me so fish?’ ”

Cozy Dolan.