born november december professional baseball player played seasons major_league_baseball mlb new_york_giants primarily shortstop playing days owned cigar shop race horses minor league baseball team fingers injury playing career brief comeback seasons later retiring player served manager minor league baseball managing milwaukee brewers shot black hotel cafe argument stemming request sugar claimed self defense acquitted murder charges subsequent media coverage verdict criticized injustice worked scout role baseball late life suffered stroke lost use right arm hand years acquitted murder trial found dead hotel room gunshot wound head authorities definitively rule suicide murder early life career born springfield ohio november irish immigrants time birth springfield town characterized tense race relations large numbers black settlers arrived city kentucky wake civil war black residents soon outnumbered whites competed jobs working class white citizens like parents schools integrated springfield years old left springfield begin career minor league baseball recorded minor league appearances came teams statistics sparse hit batting average total games minor league teams playing minor league baseball fined leaving team improper language team manager brief appearance major leagues season hit combined minor league games arrested june leaving team san_francisco charged running unpaid bill assessed fine agreed repay played games registering bats batting average mlb career late baseball column suggested detroit_tigers interested said happy playing california tenure san_francisco got married went spring training season impressed team prompting speculation shortstop base baseman serve utility played games cardinals sustained injury finger season finger heal properly required sat major league baseball refusing play successful businessman early career owned cigar shop california purchased outlaw baseball team owned race horses prepared return baseball year away article said ball players quit game wealthy turf specimen living wealthy turf quit game play professional baseball december announced excited possibility playing new_york_giants making plans leave tobacco business available join team giants manager secured release january unable sign initial negotiations signed team month reporting signing new_york_times described batsman good fielder splendid cool times player considerable judgment article said candidates play second base appeared games giants season career january newspaper reports held return giants meet begin arranging trade send team year played independent minor league won league championship season player manager managing kansas_city early president imposed new conduct rules league new system emphasized fines players managers simply behaved poorly ejected games game span minnesota newspaper article questioned behavior subject additional disciplinary action month released year old prompting retirement longest careers professional baseball history baseman tried kansas_city team years national_league spring riding taxi collided sustained severe cuts face suspended indefinitely late june fight umpire october abruptly resigned manager kansas_city declined prompted resignation said permanently finished baseball said finished kansas_city club asked possibility major league managing job responded said later forming new_york_times named candidates manage league kansas_city team president new league said league serve major league noted players eager sign league contracts expired league main investors withdrew support league play began managed senators minor league known wife killed car accident children sent live relatives sat baseball year kansas_city manager promoted vice president team manager late season dismissed manager bench recently absence attributed poor health managing team interim basis named replacement rest season signed manage contract included clause prohibiting drinking alcohol known visit bars order liquor said soft milk shake predecessor milwaukee resigned middle season clark led team league championships experienced difficulty year club ownership refused sign new players replace aging veterans shooting trial brewers traveled indianapolis defeated team improve win loss record visited local tavern night drinks tavern owner took beauty introduced owner anderson gave accompanied hotel english complained placement sugar table black cafe came address concern argument ensued pulled gun shot abdomen wrestled ground pressing foot head taken hospital died hour shooting able formally identify shooter arrested hotel room night police officers said appeared refused statements held bail charged second degree murder conviction carried possibility life imprisonment days shooting owners collecting funds assist criminal defense case trial attorneys ill proceedings delayed weeks trial reset november witnesses testified saw shoot argument sugar bowl anderson said initial verbal exchange fled dining area soon argument escalated trial anderson said drinks cafe said staring rude shooting cafe manager said rude denied testified asked sugar pointed table brought said called confronted gun walking away denied drunk said hit threatened kill shooting november case sent jury day guilty verdict announced applause courtroom cleared editorial local newspaper denounced verdict day self defense assertion editorial said testimony tends sustain theory black newspapers criticized outcome case later life time arrest end season brewers went managers clark returned team spending years manager ended baseball career scout columbus found dead kansas_city hotel room december found gunshot wound head police officials initially said manner death suicide murder stayed room day died porter went check evening found floor pistol inches right hand physicians examined body found bullet entered right ear exited head lost use right arm hand stroke police said holding gun left hand easy shoot right head death sportswriter described fire eating umpire player hard manager said polished gentleman friends people like fight generally known packed gun gentlemen involved stuck long argue
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