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From: "Tim Morton" <>
Subject: RE: [OHMonroe] Samuel Pond Jones
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 23:17:33 -0400
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Thank you very much for posting Sam's obituary. I used to walk past Sam's
house on my way home from school. I agree with Mr. Turner, Sam was anything
but sad. He would sit on his porch in the spring and always had a grin and
gave us the business when we went by. He was always pretty nice to us kids,
and a great kidder. I found an old newspaper article from the 30's where the
great Satchel Paige had been charged with fishing without a license in
Monroe County. I speculated that he was visiting Old Sam. I still have a
couple of Sam's baseball cards around. Woodsfield has always been proud of
her famous pro-ball player, but she should be equally proud of Old Sam the
great guy.

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Date: 6/6/2002 7:45:47 PM Eastern Standard Time
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SAMUEL POND JONES
Submitted by: Sandra Jones Taylor ()
Source: The Evening Star, Washington, DC Thursday, July 7, 1966

Sad Sam Jones Dies at 73, Pitched 22 Years

Woodsfield, Ohio (AP)
Sad Sam Jones, who shared with Cy Young the record for longevity among major
league baseball pitchers of all time, is dead.
The 73-year-old Jones was stricken here Wednesday at his home where he
had lived since leaving baseball for good after a brief stint as a minor
league relief hurler in 1947.
Jones would have been 74 in 20 more days, and also would have marked
his golden anniversary with his wife, Edith, the same day.
Sad Sam enter the major leagues with Cleveland in 1914 and pitched
through the 1935 season, chalking up 22 consecutive years. Only he and the
great Young of Newcomerstown, Ohio, pitched that many years consecutively in
the majors. All of Jones' pitching was in the American League.
Jones, in addition to Cleveland, pitched for New York, St. Louis,
Washington, Chicago, and Boston. He had a lifetime record in the majors of
228-216, including 36 shutouts, and a no-hitter on Sept. 4, 1923, defeating
the old Philadelphia Athletics 2-0.
While Jones' career was impressive, it also was marked by
disappointment. For one thing, he pitched in six games in four World series
without winning a game. While with the Yankees in the 1923 World Series, he
tossed a four-hitter at the New York Giants only to lose 1-0 on a
fourth-inning home run by Casey Stengel.
Jones set two records of dubious distinction for the Yankees in 1925.
He gave up 127 earned runs that year while posting a record of 15-21. The
earned run mark and the 21 games lost stand today in the Yankees' record
books.
Many athletes have used the nickname Sad Sam, but Paul Turner of
Woodsfield, a long-time friend, said Jones was the original. "But he wasn't
sad. There wasn't anything sad about him.... I don't know where he got the
nickname," said Turner.
The family did not disclose the cause of death.
In addition to the widow, Jones is survived by two sons, Paul, of
Erie, PA, and George, of New York City. Jones became the president of the
Woodsfield Savings and Loan Co. after returning to his home town 19 years
ago.
Funeral services will be held here Saturday.

Source: Monroe Co. Beacon

Funeral services will be held here Saturday afternoon for Samuel Pond
Jones, 73, of South Paul Street, Woodsfield, who died yesterday morning,
July 6, at 10:15 in the Barnesville Hospital following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Jones was a retired baseball player, having pitched for the major
leagues for 22 years, joined famous pitchers with one no-hit, no-run game,
and is well known and remembered in baseball circles throughout America. he
was active in the local finance business and was president of the Board of
Directors of the Woodsfield Savings and Loan Co. he was a member of the
Woodsfield Presbyterian Church and the Woodsfield Masonic Lodge.
Mr. Jones was born July 26, 1892, at Woodsfield, a son of the late
Delbert and Margaret Clingan Jones.
Surviving are his wife, Edith Kerr Jones; two sons Paul of Erie, Pa,
and George of New York City; three granddaughters; and two brothers, Robert
Jones of Woodsfield and Charles Jones of Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from
the Bauer and Turner Funeral Home with Reverend Boyd Burd officiating.
Burial will be in oak Lawn Cemetery.


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