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Evening star., 1942-09-09
20 Years Ago
In The Star

The Pirates scored in the sec
ond inning to take a 10 victory
over the Mats in a good exhibl-
ton game at Pittsburgh. The
winners got only four hits off
Brillheart and Erickson.
Rudy Knepper, young Sioux
City golfer, is proving the SEN
sation of the national amateur
tournament at Brookline, Mass.
He is in the semiflnals against
Chick Evans after successive vic
tories over William B. Torrance,
Francis Ouimet and Cyril Tolley.
William Johnston defeated
Gerald Patterson in easy straight
sets. but Bill Tilden was sent into
overtime before disposing OF
James O. Anderson, "a, ST,
3-6. 64, 6-2, as the United
States won the deciding matches
over Australia in the Davis Cup
tennis play.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Chips on Line, Paige
Gains Revenge in
Beating Grays
Twice Whipped by LoeoI
Team in Exhibitions,
Wins Title Contest

Satchelfoot Paige. rated as Negro
taseball's greatest pitcher, is at his
best when the chips are down. Twice
this season in exhibition tits he was
defeated by the Washington Home
stead Grays, but it was another
story when he faced the local club
in championship competition.
The Negro World Series opened
last night at Griffith Stadium, and
24,000 fans were on hand to see
Satch handcuff the Grays as his
Kansas City Monarchs, champion of
the Negro American League, won an
80 victory. He allowed only two
hits in five innings before stepping
down in favor of Jack Machette,
whe went the rest of the way with
out giving a bingle Paige walked
only one, famed five and never was
in trouble.
Meanwhile the Monarchs were
coming through with l3 hits off Roy
Welmaker, and after a late start
finally began the scoring in the
sixth inning. The Monarchs' big
gest frame was the seventh, in which
three markers came across aided by
a pair of errors, singles by Williams
and Machette and double by Allen.
The series will continue with a
single game in Pittsburgh tomorrow
night and a double header in New
York on Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Tribe Figured Best
In East With Foe
Tops in West
Washington Club Fixed
Well for Reserves;
Squad Takes Rest

Washlngton's pro football fans
who saw all too much of the Chi
eago Bears back in December of
1910 (why bring that up again?)
might see a whole lot more of them
this season.
They tangle with the Redskins
Sunday at Griffith Stadium In an
exhibition tilt and they may meet
here again in December in another
championship playoff.
The Bears are picked as probable
winners in the West and it's be-
coming increasingly apparent that
the Redskins are the best in the
East. They haven't been weak
ened much by the war so far and
the rockies are coming through to
replace what few players were lost.
The Redskins are well fixed so
far as requirements are concerned
and rated even better than the
1887 team which earned such a
warm welcome for pro football here
when it captured the title.
Powerful reserves are a necessity
IN pro football today with prac-
tlcally all clubs two deep with
grade-A men in every position, and
the Redskins are just that as was
demonstrated in Baltimore Monday
night against the Green Bay Pack
ers and in Los Angeles Sunday
a week ago against the Western ALL
Army eleven.
Sammy Baugh is off to another
good passing season. Dick Poillon,
rookie from Canisius, gives promise
OF being a passer of note also. Other
backheld aces apparently headed for
the best seasons of their career are
Andy Farkas and Dick Todd.
And much the same condition is
evident in the line. Tackle Willie
Wilkin, now in his fifth season as a
Redskin, played whale of a game
In both exhibitions so far, and while
1t Is almost sacrilege to say he is
as good as Turk Edwards was, he
certainly is more than adequate in
filling the big gap left when Turk
had to step out. So it goes all the
way. Al Kreuger at end is a pass
hawk, likewise Halfback Ed Justice.
The team was given a day off
yesterday. and Coach Ray Fla
herty was happy to find no serious
injuries among his men. Drilling
was to be resumed today.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Small, Mediocre Field Shooting
For Washington Golf Crown
Absence of Boeort, BrowneII Robs Tourney
Of Gloss; Harold Gordon Family Champ

of the novel Journeys of the year
at Indian Spring. Marty Gordon,
father of Harold. put up cup for
the family. with handicaps to count:
Mrs. Gordon happens to be one OF
the top feminine golfers at the
club, Son Harold won the first leg
on the mug with 77-6-7l. MIS-
Gordon was next.
Bobby Jones and Craig Wood, Two
OF the stars who will play in the
war relief match at Columbia sep
tember 20, won't arrive in town un-
til the morning of the match. Jones
is in the Army and doesn't have
time for much golf.
Evans Arrives Day Ahead.
Chick Evans of Chicago, VINO
suggested the match, will be here
September 10, Wood and Evans
will oppose Jones and Fred Nc
Leod. the latter the Columbia pro,
with the match due to start at 2
pm, Tickets are on sale at all goll
shops and many sports stores,
priced at SIPS. All receipts ABOVE
expenses will go to war relief.
Columbia Country Clubs junior
championship started today, with
new titleholder due to be crowned.
The Columbia club has a quaint
custom to the general effect that
the old champion cannot defend
his crown. So there's a new junior
champ at Columbia each year. The
tourney will wind up tomorrow.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Wounded, SchmeIing,
Won Cramm Are Put
Out Of Athletics
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press -
NEW YORK. Sept. 9 Twice
within a week United States sports
followers have heard of war injuries
terminating athletic careers of Ger
mans widely known in this country.
The Berlin radio yesterday an
nounced that Max Schmeling, once
the world heavyweight boxing cham
pion, never would enter the ring
again because of wounds suffered in
the battle of Crete, where he landed
as a member of the Nazi para
troopers.
Last week Walter L. Pate, non-
playing captain of the United States
last pre-war Davis Cup team, told
friends at the national tennis
tourney he had received word from
a reliable source that Baron Gott-
fried Won Cramm, member of Ger
many's 1887 Davis Cup squad, had
lost both feet.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Is Linkswomen Listed
For Corby Cup Play
AtCo|umbia Club

Seventy three feminine golfers
7ill play Friday at the Columbia
oSpuntry Club in the annual tourney
for the Corby Cup. one of the fix
lures on the schedule of the Wom-
ems District Golf Association. The
pairings:
C s4S & masTsder Mrs A. a. E N 0nss $50 Ms M Mt +
$50, Mrs. Charles Dannaker (Man.). Mrs.
800 Mrs. Leo Butler (Man.), Mrs.
LLOYD Pray, (Man); 9;o5;, Mrs, g p:
e:io. Mrs r. T. sehiosbere- "a; NJ, Mrs:
assSiey 81 T.. Ken Mrs., ,sP Price NJ. Ksn
lCoi). Mrs, J. F. Gross (col); 8; 80. Mrs.
sfs NJ rysst ass Mrs "A 4 As A MeEntee q QIas5 Ken
Mrs. George Goetzman tKen.l: 9:40. Mrs.
Lloyd Dennis (Wash Mrs. r p, p Xogns seo3
Mrs; Marion Falls tcol1 !: e;5o. Mrs; Frank
e:55. Mrs. George Jani (congJ. Mrs. o.
yoh4 h1oR Ives NtS conso w. 16os GSSes ksn MI
Gordon II S.; 10:15, Mrs. Arnold Nc
Ntt cpne6 M Mrs A,na4f MaTyin Ws Johnston ~
Mrs. % jarrett rS'Vi White hit e 5 C. C} 1o:25 Mrs,
J. J. Darby tColD, Mrs. F. L. Williams
(Ars); 1890, Mrs. L. FRANKLIN Wash J.
Mrs. G. II. Bailey, jr. (Wash.D: 1875. Mrs.
Cowan CManD; 10:4o, Mrs: Robert Keebler
tKen.), Mrs n. F. Hollander ,1Ken,n
II. Hughes (KenD; 1880, Mrs, Ed FoS
fKen.l, Mrs. H. w. Bashore (Ken) 1885
Mrs. e. Harris (KenD. Mrs. j. w. GODFREY
100, Mrs. W. L, weible tKen), Mrs
J. H: Bullock !Ken,ll; 11l:o5. Miss Gerry
Woodiief Thomas &c. CO: Ills, Mrs 6
zuber MANI, Mrs. Carl Mitchell CMan ;
1870, Mrs B. Gamble tMan), Mrs. F.. H
Powell II. s.; 1928. Mrs. c. E, Voorhee
(Congl, Mrs. j. WEIGH (ConeD; 11;3o
Mrs. Charles Penn {congO, Mrs; G WI
(CongD, Mrs. H. A. Knox lCong): IL 40
Mrs. M. r. Paul (Cong), Mrs. P, Winkle
(Cong), Mrs. F. @. Await tConsD.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Typos Must Win Today
To Remain in Series

Undefeated Center Market was to
attempt to eliminate Union Printers
from the city sandlot baseball tour
nament today when the clubs
clashed at Sis at South Ellipse field
A loss for the Printers would leave
only Center Market and Federal
Bureau of Investigation in the tour
nament.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Flag Feuders in A. A.
Renew Battling in
PIayoff Series
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The four baseball teams chiefly
responsible for one of the American
Associations closest pennant fights
in history resume their feud tonight,
this time for Shaughnessy playoff
honors.
Kansas City's Blues, victors in the
flag chase that was scramble for
the last two months of the season
and continued as a three-team fight
right down to the final day, takes
on rd-place Columbus tonight.
Runner-up Milwaukee is host to
Toledo.
Probable pitchers are:
Columbus CTed Wilks) VS.. Kansas
City Charley Wensloff).
Toledo Erred Sanford) at Mil
waukee Emil KuShD.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
With BILL AcxEsn4n
Poor Fishing Practices Reduce Catch
Of Stripers in Upper Chesapeake

same reason would be sufficient for
earlier seasons in the Canadian
provinces for they, too. have signed
the migratory Bird Treaty.
Possibly they assume that because
the ducks and geese breed in
Canada, they should get better
break through longer shooting sea-
son and at period that our Fish
and Wildlife Service terms destruc-
tive.
Bad Deal for U. S Hunters.
Exception to the Nova SCotian
seasons isn't taken through envy,
but rather because it is American
dollars to the tune of many millions
that make the Canadian breeding
grounds more productive. After all,
the flights are dependent upon our
/ care through the winter. Our sea-
sons are predicated upon hunters
| taking approximately 10 per cent of
the flights and our Federal Govern
ment is building refugees throughout
the length and breadth of the land
| to enable the birds to go back to the
nesting grounds in good shape.
Our To-day shooting season is ade-
quate to keep hunters happy regard
less of whether their hunting locale
is in the coastal marshes and sounds
or the river bottoms of the back
country. Sportsmen are satisfied
they are getting more leeway as the
duck population increases and in the
great majority of cases they are
taking only a sportsman's bag. Sc
why should any one be allowed 6
season that doesn't contribute to-
ward the well-being of birds, par.
ticularly when the kill this season
governs the extent of our hunting
season in l943.
River report -- Potomac River
! nIoar CheponInan piunr r1rnSy thir
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Women S District Pin
League Opens With
II Teams in Line
Ruth MeCIintic Replaces
Blanche Wootton in
RossIyn up

Representing ID of Metropolitan
Washington's "a bowling establish
ments, the Ladies District League,
foremost feminine duckpin circuit
of the Capital, will usher in it's
18th season tonight with Alma
Mehler, captain of the Bethesda
Bowling Center team, also handling
the job of secretary and scorer.
Mrs. Mehler succeeds Marie
Spates, the Anacostia Spillway cap
tain. Moonie Lynn will serve his
second term as president.
Blanche Wootton Missing.
Minus Blanche Wootton, who for
eight seasons was its star lead-off
bowler, the champion Rosslyn
Bowling Center quint will be out
to win its second consecutive pen
nant and its seventh in nine years.
Miss Wootton will be replaced by
Ruth McClintic, one of the city's
new stars and a member of last
years Arlington Bowling Center
team.
Other rollers on the Rosslyn club
will be the brilliant league
champion, Lucy Rose; Margie Wells,
Evelyn Naylor and Gladys Lynn,
Mrs. Rose, Mrs. Naylor and Mrs.
Lynn have been members of the
Rosslyn club since its creation by
Gait Davis in 1884.
Wins Four Straight Flags.
Probably no other woman duck
pin team in the country can boast
of success equal to Rosslyn's. Davis
quint won four successive Ladies
District League flags from 1885
through 1888 and repeated in. 1910
and last season. King Pin and
Lucky Strike teams, led by the re-
noWned Lorraine Gull, were the
1889 and 1941 champions, re-
spectively.
Bethesda Bowling Center and
Takoma Recreation have replaced
Convention Hall and Del Ray te
maintain last years wheel of Il
| teams
Besides Mrs. Mehler the Bethesda
| quint will include Boots Petit anc
Dot Crawford of last seasons Chevy
Chase Ice Palace quint, Ruth King
from Brookland and Ruth Roth.
geb. Takoma's lineup will include
Kay Caul, captain; Evelyn Gay
Jimmie Harding and Frances
Wilson.
Hi-Skor Again Strong.
The Hi-Skor combination, again
out to make a strong bid for to,
honors after finishing only thres
games out of first place last season
will have practically its same Lineup
with Miss Gulli, Catherine Quigley
Bing Moen and Caroline Hiser.
Lafayette's sharpshooters will b
Lillian Copeland. Virginia Wright
Inez Bryan and Jessie sacrey, cap
tain.
Lucille Young, Ice Palace leader
will have Georgia Hays, Julia Young
Anna Daut and Mae Diehl as he
running mates.
Ella Limerick again will be at tn
helm of the Red Circle Food Sho
team.
Tonight's schedule starting at 7:3
o'clock: Spillway VS.. Red Circle a
Lucky Strike, Arcadia VS.. Bethesd
Bowling Center at Bethesda, Rossly
VS.. Ice Palace at Rosslyn, Rendez
vous VS.. Clarendon at Rendezvou
Lafayette VS.. King Pin at Lafayette
Takoma VS.. Hi-Skor at Takoma.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Prayers, SoftboII
Skill Are Mixed
Fy the Associated Press.

Py tire Associated Press.
IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo, Sept.
9.-The whole towns cheering
for the Idaho Springs entry in
the State softball tournament at
Denver.
Included in the lineup are a
Methodist minister, a Catholic
priest, a Presbyterian minister,
the Democratic candidate for
sheriff and the high school foot
ball coach.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
.MiIIich and Leone
Clash in 1opIiner
I0f Mat Card

Joe Millich, who struggled to a
draw with the impolite Ernie Dusek
last week, will tangle with Michele
Leone tonight at Turner's Arena in
the feature match of the weekly
rassle card.
In two-man team competition
Maurice LaChappelle and Ace Free
man will stack up against Jim
Austeri and Mike Heller, while
another act will pit Ronny Atkinson
against Hans Kampfer.
First match is slated for o'clock.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Maryland Title Token
By Ethel Terrell

Mrs. Ethel Tarrell, Washington
school teacher, who earlier in the
year won the District Women's s
Recreation Department golf cham
pionship, has added the Maryland
title to her collection.
She won the Maryland crown at
the Carroll Park course in Balti-
more, in a tourney sponsored by
the Monumental Club of that city
at 27 holes medal play.
Mrs. Terrell also won the colored
women's tourney at Anacostia last
month,
Evening star., 1942-09-09

With schools of stripers every
where in upper Chesapeake Bay
over the week end, catches of any
size were few and far between The
only reasonable explanation of the
anglers inability to get them ap-
pears to be general practice of run
ming through the schools rather than
around them.
More boats were out than at any
other time during the season. Visu-
alize every single one going into the
fish full speed ahead every time they
raised, and you can understand why
the schools would go down. Even
those boats that tried to stay to
themselves Immediately would be-
come the center of a dozen or more
fishing craft as soon they managed
to get one or two on.
Not Exactly Sporting.
There are times when there is no
other way to attract stripers into
hitting but it isn't a good practice
when others are nearby. Neither is
it exactly sporting, because it does
not give every one an equal chance
Stripers are running up to and 7
pounds now. and that goes for the
trout that consort with them. The
few blues in the schools seldom ex-
ceed 2, although several topping 3
pounds have been noted.
The open season on wild water
fowl in Nova Scotia has been ex-
tended to give every one of the three
zones 80 days of shooting. The sea-
son in the southernmost zone runs
to January Is. In the United States
it is only the southern zone that has
heightened the season to January 10
The reason the two northern zones
are earlier is to prevent shooting
when the potholes and watercourses
are icebound. It seems that the
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Navy Loses Stor Back
In BottIing Hoyos
Nv the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. Sept, g.
Scrimmages with Georgetown cost
Navy Bill Crawley, one Of its best
halfbacks, for an indefinite period.
He's a triple-threater.
"Our Georgetown scrimmages
proved without question that our
material is green" head coach John
Whelchel said. Georgetown was
better than us in every department
except one. We had plenty OF scrap.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
-Four Capital Boxers
To Fight in Show
Tuesday Night

Four local fighters will be en-
ployed on the preliminary card sup
porting the George Parks-Joe Baksi
10-round feature battle Tuesday
night at Griffith Stadium, it was an
nounced today by Promoter Joe
Turner.
In six-rounders Oscar Wright will
meet Irish Jimmy Pierce and Johnny
Brown will face Stoney Lewsi, while
four round bouts will pit Nick
Latsios against Herschel Todd and
Buddy Thomas against Danny
PetrO
Evening star., 1942-09-09
RdnBear Exhibition May Bring Showdown League Championship
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.

IobaIs
Baseball.
Washington at Chicago (2,
twilight and night.
Golf.
District amateur champion
ship, Congressional Club, 9 am.
Wrestling.
Weekly program at Turner's
Arena, first bout 8.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Washington at Chicago (2).
Golf.
District amateur champion
ship, Congressional Club. 8 am.
FRIDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at St. Louis.
Golf.
District amateur champion
ship, Congressional Club, 8 am.
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at st. Louis.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
OhIoren Leaves Hospital

BALTIMORE, Sept. 9 tP.-Earl
Ohlgren, Green Bay Packers end
who was injured in the football
game against the Washington Red
skins on Monday night here, suffered
only shock and has been released
from the hospital. When carried
from the playing field 1t was feared
he had received a serious neck
in illrY
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Owen Draws Army Grid
Plays From Memory
Ey the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-When
Steve owen, whose New York foot
ball Giants meet Col Bob Ney-
lands Eastern Army All-Stars Sat-
urday, discovered he wouldn't have
a chance to scout the khaki kickers
he sat down and dreW-from men,
ory-the plays Neyland's Tennessee
clubs used in recent Sugar and
Rose Bowl games.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Army to Get Marshall

PETERSBURG, Va, Sept 9 (P.-
Willard Marshall. rookie outfelder
of the New York Giants, will be
called into the Army early in Oc-
tober, selective service officials have
announced.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
DecuthIon Chump in Navy

DETROIT, Sept. P).-Glenn
Morris, 1886 Olympus decathlon
champion and former end with the
Detroit Lions, has been sworn in
as a chief specialist in the Navy.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
QUEENS GAMBIr DECLINED.

j. C. Thompson. chess columnist for the
Chess Association, wrested a draw from
the New York State champion by obtaining
tactical positions that netted his opponent
no positional advantages and turned the
same into a siege against which Horowitz
had no alternative but to agree to truce
The draw cost Horowitz the honor OF max
ing triple tie for first place with steiner
and YanofSky.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
. CHE : S@
BY PAUL ]. MILLER.

Yanoky still his teens but champion of Canada and
1912 Vennor City IN J masters tourney eased
Horowitz State tist by the slim margin
game place Dallas, the United
Chess Federation national tournament with Herman
Angeles onete member abroad
of Uncle Sans nternationals.
Evening star., 1942-09-09

Yanofsky and Steiner each scored
16-1. Early in the tournament the
Canadian 19-year- -old master lost to
Horowitz, but won the remainder of
his matches.
Eagerness for an outright victory
or nothing over Steiner led to Horo-
Wits sole loss. He drew with j. G.
Thompson.
Complete scoring in the national
nlan.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Interstate Series Opens

BALTIMORE, Sept. (P1.-rn-
terstate Glass B Baseball League
playoffs will start today with Har-
risburg playing at Hagerstown, and
Allentown at Wilmington.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Removing Grid Spirit

A w. P. B. order reducing whisky
production by 80 per cent will take
the spirits out of a lot of football
next autumn.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
League Statistics
WEDNESDAY,, SEPTEMBER Q, 1s4a.

WENDEoDhI1 SET EINnEN q, IS4z.
AMERICAN
Results Yesterday.
Washington. 8: Boston, IL. tSecond
game postponed
St Louis, 4 Detroit, l.
Cleveland, TO- Chicago, 0. (Second game
postponed
Others not scheduled.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Minor PIuyoffs

Piedmont League.
Greensboro, q Charlotte, /.
Richmond at Portsmouth, POSTPONED.
tRichmond unable to make trip0
Vireinia League.
Pulaski, IL; Petersburg, 2.
Lynchburg, z; Newport News. 4.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today

Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
Wash. at Chicago (2). Wash, at Chi. t2l
/ N. Y. al st, Louis. New York at St. L.
! Phil. at Clev. (night). Boston at Detroit.
| Only games. Only games.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Chesspourri.

CneSSp0urr1.
Pennsylvania held its champions
ship tournament over the week end.
Marvin Palmer and Leon Stolcen-
berg tied for the Michigan title, each
scoring 8l2-lR. H. Lands Marks
of Huntington is the new West Vir-
ginia champion. r. Konkel still is
No. l player in Minnesota, success
fully resisting recent attempt of
ersrwhile Champion G.. S. Barnes
to regain the title. staff Sergt.
Joseph Ralint is champion of the
Southern Chess Association. He
teaches flying at Gunther Field,
Ala. Chess Review magazine fea-
lures the Eaton-Fox game of an
intraclub Washington Chess Divan
social in its August-September is
sue. Club President Donald Mug
ridge is portrayed opposing Reuben
Fine.
(september 9, 1912.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Chess Problem No. 4S0.
BLACK--11 MEN.

BY r. GAMAGE, Brockton, Mass.
Second Prize. British Chess Federation
Tourney, No. 80, Direct-Mates in Two
Moves, 1912
BLACK-11 MEN.
Evening star., 1942-09-09

Errors-Wilson, Leonard, Bankhead,
Gibson, Harris, Carlisle. Runs-Alien,
Simms, williams, Machett, Brown 90,
Greene, Strong. Two-base hits-Serreil'
Allen Greene. Three-base hits-ONe
Brown Stolen bases-Allen, Williams.
Double e-plays-Gibson - to Carlisle to
Leonard. Carlisle to Bankhesd to Leonard; s
Paige, l. Struck out-By Welmaker 8:
by Paige. 5; by Machett. 3 Hits-off
Paige, . in ) innings; ch Machett. none
in 4 innings Winnin. pitcher-Paige.
Umpires-Craig. Kemp and Lee.
Evening star., 1942-09-09

River report - Potomac River
clear, Shenandoah River cloudy this
morning at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1942-09-09

NATIONAL.
Results Yesterday.
Brooklyn, 4; Pittsburgh. O.
New York 1t Philadelphia, postponed.
Others not scheduled.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
ship tournament.

"RoSenfeld eSSayed only seven rounos'
he forfeited 10 games
Games from the Dallas champion
Evening star., 1942-09-09

wHITE-I0 MEN.
White to Play and Mate in Two Moves.
Solutions toward The Star Honor Chess
Certificate come from Allen A. Jenkins,
NJ. L. Jacobson, Joseph J. Feser, Daniel
r. Longley.
Evening star., 1942-08-25
Star Pressman Killed
In Apartment House 1 Fall

Frank Somers. 81, pressmar1 er1-
ployed by The Star for many years,
was instantly killed last night in a
fall into window-well at the en-
trance to his apartment house, 456
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Mrs. Somers, who was awaiting
her husbands return, said she saw
the accident. Her husband was
about to enter the house with a
man friend, she said. and invited
the friend to come in. In an i'm
pulsive gesture, entirely friendly, the
man refused the invitation, she
said, and accidentally pushed her
husband, who lost his balance. He
toppled over a low coping, at the side
of the entrance, and fell to the
bottom Of the window-well, a deep
concrete Lined pit, constructed to
admit light and air into basement
apartments.
A Casualty Hospital physician
responding in an ambulance pro-
nounced Mr.. Somers dead.
A coroner's autopsy at the morgue
this afternoon revealed that death
resulted from a fractured skull.
Funeral services will take place at
Chambers funeral home, Fourteenth
ard Chaplin streets NV, at 10 a m
Friday, with burial at Fort Lincoln
Cemetery. The only relative sur.
viving Is the widow, Mrs. Sadie
Somers.