the Pontchartrain Hotel in Detroit, Michigan on October 14, 1908, following the 1908 World Series. Jackson was selected as the organization's first president and held that position for 11 years from 1908 to 1919. When Jackson stepped down as president in October 1919, the Association presented him with "a handsome traveling bag". Later years and death In 1921, Jackson moved to California and worked for several years there. He died in San Francisco, California, in June 1936. Edgar Guest, known as the "People's Poet", began his writing career with the Detroit Free Press in the early 1900s. After learning of Jackson's death, Guest published a poem titled "Joe S. Jackson" which provided in part:"Joe wrote of baseball in the years gone byAnd all the sports which men and boys enjoyed.His was the nimble brain, the watchful eye,Mine was the poor assistance he employed * * *Word comes that Joe is dead. The game goes on!Before the march of time all champions fall.Now those he lavished praise and help uponOnly the dusty record books recall. Selected articles by Jackson Baseball's Tangled Tale, Pugilism's Bright Vista, Detroit Free Press, December 15, 1901 Michigan 12, Wisconsin 0 -- Only Chicago To Brush Aside Now, Detroit Free Press, November 19, 1905 An Optimistic View Hugh Jennings Takes of His Work for '07 (Hughie Jennings/1907 Detroit Tigers), Detroit Free Press, September 23, 1906 White Sox Conquerors (1906 World Series), October 15, 1906 Darkness Stops Opening Contest (1907 World Series), Detroit Free Press, October 9, 1907 Opportune Hits Give Victory To Cubs (1907 World Series), Detroit Free Press, October 10, 1907 Hope for Tiges Gets Severe Setback (1907 World Series), Detroit Free Press, October 12, 1907 Cobb All But Loses Crown (1907 AL batting crown), Detroit Free Press, November 19, 1907 Awful Ninth Beats Tiges (1908 World Series), Detroit Free Press, October 11, 1908 Tigers' Farewell Dinner Proves a Grand Success (1908 World Series), Detroit Free Press, October 18, 1908 Michigan's Worst Defeat of the Yost Regime, Detroit Free Press, November 15, 1908 Game Is Peculiar Medley of Hitting, Erratic Play and Reckless Base Running--Tiges Go at Top Speed Until They Catch Sox, Then Make It an Easy Finish, Detroit Free Press, October 3, 1909 Tiges Lose the First, But Still Look Good (1909 World Series), Detroit Free Press, October 9, 1909 Playing at Their Proper Gait, Tigers Take Second Game, 7 to 2 (1909 World