Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
Cream of Baylor University's
Talent Wiped Out in
Texas Wreck.
FIVE OTHERS INJURED,
ONE PROBABLY FATALLY
Only 6 in Party Of 81 on Way to
Basket Ball Game Escape.
Driver Blames Rain.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROUND ROCK, Tex, January 22.-
The cream of Baylor University's ath
letic talent was wiped out here today
when a fast International-G Great North
ern Railroad train crashed into G
motor bus and took the lives of II
and injured 5, one of whom is not ex
pected to live. Six of the party of q
escaped INJURY.
Coach Ralph r. Wolf and his bas
ket ball players were scheduled tC
meet the University of Texas Long
horns tonight at Austin. They had
completed all but % miles of their
trip from Waco to the State capital
in the university's parlor bus. The
driver apparently did not see the train
until 1t was almost upon the bus
crossing the tracks.
Turns Out Too Late.
The big machine was turned, but
too late, the locomotive crashing into
it and dragging and tossing bodies OF
the dead down the tracks.
Joe Potter of West, freshman, off
cial driver of the machine was driv.
ing at the time of the accident, it was
determined tonight, although there
had been reports that Coach Wolf was
at the wheel. Wolf escaped injury
Potter was taken from the scene OF
the wreck, suffering from shock.
Six of the students were killed out.
right, two died at Taylor, Tex, and
two in an ambulance en- route to
Georgetown, IL miles away.
The Dead.
Jimmie S. Walker, Greenville; Ivey
Foster, Taylor; w. K. Murray, Gates
Vile; Sam Dillow, Fort Worth; j.
Clyde Kelley, Waco; Merle FL. Dudley,
low, Ennis; Bob Hannah, William
Winchester.
The Injured.
Ed Gooch, Ennis; Fred 4Acree, Waco:
Wesley Bradshaw, Waco; Joe Potter.
West, driver; j. G. Berry, Smithville.
Walker, Dillow and Hannah were
members of the first-string basket
ball FIVE. j. Clyde tAbe) Kelley was
the outstanding athlete of the Bap-
tist school. Last Fall he was named
all-Southwestern fullback, largely be-
cause of his punting ability, and he
was captan-elect of the 1927 eleven.
Kelley was a star catcher in base
ball and played guard in basket ball.
Winchester and HALEY were mem.
bers of the varsity basket ball squad,
while Foster played on the freshma n
team. Murray was manager, while
Castellow was listed as club manager.
Fred Acree, team member, was the
most seriously injured. His back
was reported broken. Berry was the
other member of the team on the in.
jured list. Gooch is student assistant
in the athletic department.
Captain Escapes Injury.
ter, and Keifer Strickland, forward
and the scoring star of the team, were
not injured
Wesley Bradshaw. who was injured
is we'll known in Eastern professional
foot ball. In 1925, he played with Jim
Thorpe's Rock Island Ullinois) eleven.
In 1922 he was all-Southwestern quar-
terback on the championship Baylor
eleven.
Coach Wolf, uninjured, is rated
Baylors greatest track star of all
time. He specialized in the dashes.
The top of the bus was crushed as
though it were an eggshell Despite
the force of the impact the automobile
was not turned over, it was knocked
almost in a complete circle.
Several eye witnesses said that the
driver. apparently seeing the train
just before the bus reached the track
jammed on his brakes and attempted
to turn parallel with the track, but
that the bus skidded on the wet pave.
ment and swerved directly into the
trains path.
Train Runs Half Mile.
The train, the Sunshine Special, -
stopped within half a mile of the
crossing and backed up. The train
crew saw four men extricate them
selves from the wreckage.
Part of the body of one man was
wedged beneath the cowcatcher.
With the exception of two of the
injured, who were started in an ambu.
lance for Georgetown, the dead and
injured We're placed in the bagga ge
car and taken to Taylor.
Weir Washam, diminutive quarter.
back of the 1925 foot ball team, leaped
from the rear of the bus and was un.
injured.
About the shattered automobile
were bits of green and gold cloth from
the jerseys the Baylor players would
have worn tonight as they entered the
gymnasium at Austin. Bloody clothes
and even more gruesome reminders of
the tregedy were in evidence.
When it became evident that there
would be crash, the driver turned
the machine and the train sideswiped
1t, said w. r. Woolsey, Round Rock
mayor. who was an eye witness.
Two players, caught on the front of
the speeding engine. were carried a
distance of about 100 feet. Each had