Background
He was born in the village of Brier Hill, now part of Youngstown, Ohio, an industrial town located near the Pennsylvania border.
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Jack G. Scheible
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Career
He made his debut in 1893 with the Cleveland Spiders and played for the Philadelphia Phillies the following year. Scheible"s obituary in The Youngstown Telegram says that he was employed at a local flour mill before he began playing ball with minor league teams affiliated with the Tri-State League, Iron & Oil League, and New England League. In the early 1890s, he broke into the National League.
Upon his retirement from the National League, Scheible returned to Youngstown, where he continued to play amateur and semi-professional ball.
He contracted pneumonia shortly after being hired to pitch for a game in Erie, Pennsylvania. Scheible became aware of his condition as he was about to board a train to Erie.
He was rushed to Mahoning County Hospital, where he died a few days later. The newspaper article described Jack Scheible in the following terms: "As a ballplayer he was a determined person and as a citizen always sociable, quiet and unassuming".
