J.A. Murphy 1914 Missing Umpire
Found a
short obit for
James A. Murphy in 1977, mentioning his long career in journalism. Murphy worked as a sports editor at various mid-west locations. I found a
nice write-up in the Capital Times on July 13, 1918 confirming the Federal League/minor league umpire and the editor were one in the same. Here he is in a
group photo of Illinois AP telegraph editors from the Oct. 17, 1949 edition of
The Times.