Al Munro Elias, founder of the Elias Sports Bureau and for many years the official statistician of the National League and International League, dies in New York City at age 67.

On August 1, 1938 — Al Munro Elias, founder of the Elias Sports Bureau and for many years the official statistician of the National League and International League, dies in New York City at age 67.

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