65, sportswriter for Philadelphia newspapers from 1905 to 1940, who played a major role in breaking the story of the Black Sox Scandal. June 26 – Chris Hartje, 31, catcher who played with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1939 season; Hartje was one of nine members of the Spokane Indians of the Class B Western International League who died as the result of a June 24, 1946, bus crash on the Snoqualmie Pass Highway in the Cascade Mountains, the worst transit accident in baseball history. June 30 – Sam Hope, 67, pitcher for the 1907 Philadelphia Athletics. July July 1 – Hub Knolls, 62, pitched two games for the 1906 Brooklyn Superbas. July 17 – John Fluhrer, 52, played briefly in left field for the Chicago Cubs during the 1915 season. July 17 – Tom Forster, 87, second baseman for the 1882 Detroit Wolverines and from 1884-86 for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys and New York Metropolitans of the American Association. July 18 – James Lehan, 90, played briefly in the outfield for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association. July 22 – Elmer Foster, 84, outfielder for all or parts of five seasons for the New York Metropolitans of the American Association, and the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs of the National League between 1886 and 1891, including the 1888 Giants National League Championship team. August August 1 – Bert Sincock, 58, pitched one game for the 1908 Cincinnati Reds. August 2 – Carl Lind, 42, second baseman from 1927 to 1930 for the Cleveland Indians who led the American League in at-bats in 1928 (659). August 6 – Tony Lazzeri, 42, Hall of Fame and All-Star second baseman for the New York Yankees, who won six American League pennants from 1926 through 1937, while batting .300 five times and collecting seven 100-RBI seasons, including two grand slams and 11 RBI in a 1936 game, and a .400 average in the 1937 World Series. August 7 – Tad Quinn, 64, played parts of two seasons on the mound for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1902 to 1903. August 16 – Billy Rhiel, 46, infielder for the Brooklyn Robins, Boston Braves, and Detroit Tigers from 1929 to 1933. August 19 – Bob McKinney, 70, played briefly in the infield for the 1901 Philadelphia Athletics. September September 11 – Cy Morgan, 50, pitcher for parts of two seasons for the Boston Braves