Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05
.ONE DIES IN CRASH
/. OF CORNELL BUS;
FIVE ARE INJURED
Capital Umpire Is Fatally
Hurt in Accident Near
Quantico.
VEHICLE EN- ROUTE HERE
SKIDS OFF HIGHWAY
Twenty-Five Ball Players and Five
Others Aboard-All Bruised
or Shaken Up.

required hospital treatment When
large bus carrying % members of the
Cornell University Base Ball Club anC
five other men skidded off the road
and was wrecked about 6 miles out Of
Ouantico last night while bound here
The man dead is Thomas Crooke
we'll known local umpire, of 1902 [
street southeast. He died at the Ma.
rine base hospital at Quantico at l1:3(
o'clock this morning.
After the bus left the road it plowec
UP about so feet of rail fence, crashed
into a tree and then overturned, every
one of the occupants receiving at least
bruises and severe shaking up.
Three of the persons badly hurt were
struck by top rail of the fence, which
penetrated the front of the coach and
continued all the way through the rear.
Five Westinghouse were in the
wreck.
One other local man hurt seriously is
H. w. Faggert of the Harrington
Hotel. the driver of the bus. fracture of
his right thigh and severe decorations.
Three others confined in Quantico
Hospital are:
John Russell of Ben Avon. Pa, stu
dent manager of the team, compound
fracture of his left leg, bruised right
shoulder and cuts.
John Haddock. assistant coach of the
team, of Syracuse, N. Y, badly bruised
and lacerated right shoulder and cuts
and bruises.
F.. C. Sillex of Washington. a relief
driver, lacerated leg He did not go
TO the hospital. Russell's condition also
is serious.
Injuries Are Serious.
Frank Sheehan, so years old, of
ithaca, N. Y, the team trainer, was
taken to Emergency Hospital in this
city and this morning was said to be in
serious condition. His skull may be
fractured and several ribs and his left
arm are broken.
An investigation into the circum-
stances of the accident is being con-
Quoted by the Washington Motor Coach
Co., owners of the bus. One official OF
the company said the information he
had received indicated that the mishap
was unavoidable and that the bus was
proceeding at legal rate of speed.
The base ball team was en- route to
University team this afternoon. Paul
w. Eckley, coach, said this morning
that although his men are stiff and
bruised, the game would be played I'M
less rain interfered. Wet grounds, how
ever, caused cancellation.
Yesterday afternoon Cornell was de-
feated, to /, by the Quantico Marine
Corps team. They had dinner at the
Marine post and then embarked in the
bus for Washington. The crash oc-
CURED about 7:30 o'clock. Many of the
players were given airplane rides yes
terday morning at the Marine base.
The team was on its annual Southern
trip and was swinging back toward
home. having toured the CarolinaS ana
Virginia.
The motor coach was almost demol-
ished. More than an hour was neeoed
to get every one clear of the wreckage.
Faegert was the last man rescued. He
had been pinned beneath the broken
steering wheel.
Wet Road and Fog.
1--WE were going along pretty fast" Mr..
Eckley said today, land the road was
wet and slippery and the fog was heavy.
Probably due to the difficulty of seeing
through the fog, the driver had the ous
on the left side of the road when 1t
skidded
Just ahead of the spot fence began.
A big 2-by-4 came just like SWORD
through the center. 1t struck RusseH
and Crooke on the legs and MT Snee-
han on the arm. After blowing up
Quite a length of fence We were diverted
down a ravine, and at the bottom we
struck a tree and turned over. Every
one was thrown forward by the impact
and even the seats were torn from the
floor.
II seized a piece of the. smashed
steering wheel and broke WINDOW
Those of us who were able climbed out
and then we rugged up sort OF SHOE
from the bus to the roadway VIII
planks from the fence. A line OF men
was posted on either side OF the slide
and in this way we got those who coulo
not walk to the road. The muo was
almost knee Deep"
Although Faggert was the only one
mined beneath the wreckage, conSid-
cradle time was taken in removing tn'
others of the injured, because 1t wa:
necessary to drag them through tns
windows and care was needed to ayotC
hurting them still more.
An ambulance from Quantico wa.
summoned. Sheehan was taken II
Emergency Hospital in a passing auto
mobile. Henry Gichner OF 1920 High
land avenue, Washington, former sta
western High School athlete ant
catcher for the Cornell team, accom-
PANIED him to the city. The other
were brought here by bus from Rich
mond. va. which passed the spot
short time after the accident.
List of Bus Passengers.
A list of the occupants Of the bu
follows: A..
paul W. Eckley, Ithaca, coach.
John Paddock, Syracuse, assistan
coach.
John d. Russell, Ben Avon, Pa, stu
dent manager.
steers 1icnner, washington, catcher
Herbert Rollo, Freeport, N. r., pitcher
Robert B. Lewis, Jefferson, N. <
pitcher. 49,. - ~
pitcher. :, :,
pitcher.
irving Kohn, New Rochelle, y. <
r. I. Donnelly. Cincinnati, Ohio, sec
Harry stieff, Nyack, N. Y. shortstol
Edward T. Herbert, Pittsfeld, Mass
Guy N. Crosby Reading, Mass, lei
field.
father, DR.. William Cushn an Of ltnac'
Lester NJ. Handleman, eatchogue, ]
Il. right field
joseph T. Froleich. Rockville Cente