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- Jared Starr Babcock, inventor of the game of roque, died at his home in New York.New York, Jan. 13. Jared Starr Babcock, the first principal of the first evening high school In New York, the Inventor of the game of roque and a stationer, died in his home, No. 2083 Fifth avenue, on Sunday of pneumonia. He was born in Newark and was 72 years old.Mr. Babcock was graduated from the College of the City of New York. and immediately became a teacher in the New York public schools. He later became a principal and was transferred to the evening high school when it was started. He remained there for 25 years. Then he went into the stationery business at No. 56 Pine street, where he continued ever since.He invented the game of roque, which is a scientific form of croquet. It is played with shorter mallets and there are cushions on the side of the court. He ingenuously derived the name for the game by dropping the first and last letters of the word croquet. He was the first president and a member until the time of his death of the Marthas Vineyard Roque club. He was an expert at the game. For two years he was the president of the Harlem club and was a director in the New York Ophthalmic hospital at Twenty-third street and Third avenue. He was also a charter member of the City College chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He is survived by a widow, a son and a daughter.
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