Background
Lardner, Ring W. was born on March 6, 1885 in Niles, Michigan Son of Henry and Lena Bogardus (Phillips) Lardner.
Lardner, Ring W. was born on March 6, 1885 in Niles, Michigan Son of Henry and Lena Bogardus (Phillips) Lardner.
Graduate Niles High School, 1901. Armour Institute Technology, Chicago, 1901-1902.
Reporter, South Bend (Indiana) Times, 1905-1907. Successively sporting writer Chicago Inter-Ocean, Chicago Examiner and Chicago Tribune, 1907-1910. Editor, Sporting News, Saint Louis, 1910-1911.
Sporting writer, Boston American, February-October 1911, Chicago American, 1911-1912, Chicago Examiner, 1912-1913, Chicago Tribune, 1913-1919.
Writer for Bell syndicate, since 1919.
Married Ellis Abbott, June 28, 1911. Children: John Abbott, James Phillips, Ring West., David Ellis.