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THE OBITUARY OFPrivate Otto Achatz |
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THE OBITUARY OFPrivate Otto Achatz |
Private Otto Achatz, known as "Dutch" to his many friends in amateur baseball circles, both locally and throughout southwestern Iowa, died in France on October 16, according to a letter from the Army Chaplain, Lieutenant, John P. Jockinsen, received today by his brother, John Achatz. It did not give the cause of this death, but it is believed it was due to wounds or diseases inasmuch as he had not written home since September 17.
Achatz was inducted into the army on June 26, going to Camp Dodge, where he received about three months' training. He was then sent overseas and had been fighting with the Eighty eighty division. He was an infantry man.
He was 28 years of age and had been a prominent figure in the amateur baseball circles ever since his school days. Achatz managed the Metcalf Baseball Club of the greater Omaha League this season, and his team was holding down first place at the time he was called to the colors. The Metcalfs were for many years known as the Imperials, and under the leadership of "Dutch" gained the reputation of being one of the cleanest baseball clubs in southwestern Iowa. Rowdyism was unheard of and Manager Achatz gained many admirers through the way he handled his team. The resourceful baseball leader was at his best behind the bat, but has played practically every position on the diamond and amateur basesball loses one of its strongest supporters in his death.