Altizer served in the military in the early 20th century, and he did not appear in professional baseball until he was 25. He spent four seasons playing mostly in the Connecticut State League before he debuted in the major leagues with the 1906 Washington Senators. \n', '

Altizer\'s youngest brother, Oren, was killed in military action in France in 1918. Newspaper reports initially mischaracterized Oren as Altizer\'s son, but Altizer\'s only son was a school-aged child at the time. \n', '

He died in Pleasant Hill, Illinois, at the age of 87.\n', '

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