Former Ball Player Dies After Car Crash
MARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 12. — Seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Saturday night, Joe Brophy, of this city, former Blue Ridge and Eastern Shore League ball player, died in a hospital here last night.
Mr. Brophy was returning from work, at Bakerton, near Harpers Ferry, when his car hit a tree. He was alone and it was some time before he was found pinned under the wreck.
He came to this city in 1918 as a member of Jo Ward’s Martinsburgh, Blue Ridge League Club, and went to Dover in the Eastern Shore League. Abandoning baseball later, he returned here and made his home.