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Evening star., 1947-05-14
-Four leans Advance
10 0uaIieriinaIs in
Chevy Chase Golf

-Four Of the eight teams have
reached the quarter-finals Of the
annual William r. Ham Treasurer's
Cup play at Chevy Chase Club.
Forty-five dues entered the four-ball
handicap event, one OF the features
|of the intra-club schedule.
Ralph Bogart, the three-time Dis
trict amateur champion and his
partner, A. n Reeside, were clinl-
mated in the second round, but
Ralphs father, Capt. I. G. Bogart,
u. S. N, and sP. S. Ridsdale are IN
the round Of eight. The Bogarts
missed being third-round opponents
when Ralph and partner lost their
match.
Complete second round results and
Iquarter-final matches to date:
q. n. Thompson and e. q coopsr DEF.
coey ap Y s.a a0lfs Edward & y cosa als%as ana ma
FoIss DE- ane Resd i and S9ioe ah slant.y
!. T. 7 ei.asy ss[ sss i; IS olsl: J. " MiIisi I
end end ssAa. syen an sdditionsl aI is hosss r ars
P.ssef scott sad aad bod.. Z JRnomRg:an R Rsrn
Erison Brand IN and Bobby Brownells def.
f. l. Fisher and Robert Stead, up;
/ c. Lsnnan and Ray Hunter. and l.
w. white and r. p. Dunn def. Eaiph
{. sosart I and r. 3. Ridsdsis def charles
Doing and John Btswner, up: G.; ,.
HAMiey and Robert Bogue def Z. 9 Nay
IL. and William Sturdeyant def. H. z.
FIsS'n sIsa Ht. 1na and Nisnolson DEF pan Sn
McGrew and D. Dickinson, 2 and 4; q.
B. Miller and Z. Hanson def. j. Hawneld
@. Prince def. Merle Thorpe. IT., and
Briton Browne. I UP; N. Morse and
4. G. RansdelL and 2.
Quarternnals--Tnomps and Cooper
def Fleming and Coffey, 3 and q; BoGart
and RidsdAie def. White and Dunn. s and
4. SO holes: Hawley and Bcgue def:
0uinter and sturdevant, up: Wnlco3
| and Prince def. Morse and sullivan, Z
land /.
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St. AIbons, Near Title, Faces
Hoqerstown Team Saturday

Mount Vernon had 70 come from
behind SO margin to defeat Wash
1ngton and Lee, OF, yesterday at
Mount Vernon. Page Thompson
raped out home-run with one
aboard to lead the attack. It was
the 18th win for Mount Vernon.
Woodward, meanwhile, brought It's
win streak to nine straight by solv-
ing Dewitt, 6-2. at Anacostia. Dewitt
could get only two hits OF Joe Um-
holtz. Big clouters were Johnny
Walsh, who homered. in the second,
and Donnie Moreland. who drove in
three runs with double in the
fourth.
National Training School sank
Sherwood, ia, at Sherwood. Toombs
hit a round tripper for N. T. S.,
while Sherwood,s Bond also hit one.
Relief Pitcher Eddie Shif1et
banged out a timely single scoring
AL Haley. tos give Bladensburg q
SIS verdict over Bethesda Chevy
Chase at Bethesda. It was Bladens-
burg's eighth win In nine starts.
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~ HE Asse<iofsd Prsss

MAIDEN. Mass, May IL
Stout hearted 11-year-old Glenny
nnbuoyed BY two home runs
Boston Red Sox Slugger Ted
williams 'shit for him" was re-
conciIed today to life on artifi-
.cial legs.
Glenn's limbs were arnputated
after he had been accidentally
burned at the stake about
month ago while playing cowboys
and Indians with two young COM
panicns but physicians with
held the information from him
until yesterday.
DR., William n. Fisher, who
performed the surgery at Maiden
Hospital, told the youngster the
disheartening news shortly after
williams and Red Sox Pitcher
Joe Dobson had visited him.
His first fearful reaction was
Does my mother know?' As
sured she did, the boys thoughts
turned to the future. will / be
able to walk?" he asked.
DR.. Fisher told him about the
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MiddIeburg Hunter Show Tops
Weekend Cord in Capital Area

class for local hunters and polo
pony event.
F. Peter Sachs of Chicago and
Jack Carpenter of Charlottesville,
Va, will Judge the conformation and
working hunter classes and Mrs
A. B. Ewing III will make the
awards in the pony divisions Polo
ponies will be judged by Col. w.
Milton Mccoy of Middleburg.
The Executive Committee running
the show is composed Of Mrs. Holger
Bidstrup, Daniel G. Sands, Mrs
Algernon S. Davy, Duncan Read
Mrs. Nancy Lee, Mrs. Newell j.
Ward, jr.; Mrs William c. Seipp
and Ridgley White.
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Pair Of Naturals Listed
For Next Action in
lellooIboy Series
Hin school stsnslnss.
By George Huber

Schoolboy- officials hit the jackpot
when they made up this years
District public high baseball sched-
ule. They couldn't know six
months In advance which teams
would be good and which wouldn't,
but the schedule works out so that
the two frst-place teams Coolidge
and Eastern-and the two third
place teams Western. and Tech
are playing each other in Fridays
windup Of the round robin series.
The Cooldge-E Eastern game might
be- q prevsew Of the best-two-of-
three title series which starts next
week. The playoffs open on Tues
day with gsnes between the first
and fourth place teams and between
~tf1e second and third place teams,
winners OF which go into the three
game series for the championship
Coolidge and Eastern already have
beaten those other teams and Will
be favored to do so again next Tues
day. so their game this Friday might
be 8 tipon on the eventual winner.
Colts Score 81 Runs
Coolidge and Eastern won yes
terday to remain unbeaten. The
Colts ruined Wilson by fantastic
s1-i2 margin, while Eastern tripped
Tech, GA. That Wilson setback put
Tech In the. playoffs despite its
loss. western also cinched q play
of spot by beating Roosevelt, AZ,
while In the other game Central
registered its first win of the series
and got out OF the cellar by beating
Anacostia, 14-1.
The Colts collected is hits OF OF
-five Wilson hurlers, and were helped
along by 81 walks and eight errors.
In the fifth inning they got 10
runs. Big gun was Hal Nitowitz,
who hit triple, double and two
singles in five trips. Pat O'Neill,
Wilson catcher, who also took a
turn on the hill yesterday, got the
days big hit, a grand-slam homer
in the first inning tt was just
about the longest hit among Dis
trict schoolboys this year, bouncing
through the. left center fence on
one hop.
Bobby Jones Is Slab Star.
Eastern got only three hits OF
Tech Pitcher Bobby Jones, but took
advantage of his frst-inning Wild
ness and errors to score four times.
Bobby loaded the bases on walks
and a squeeze play brought in one
run and left the bases still loaded.
Another squeeze was tried, and be-
fore the Techs got through throw
ing the ball past each other three
more runs were home.
Catcher Sal Di Giorgi's triple and
single were two of Eastern's three
hits.
John Folk pitched the distance
for Western for the first time this
year, and stopped Roosevelt with
three safeties. All four of the Red
Raiders scores came in the sixth.
Three passed balls, hit batsman
and an error were spread between
singles by Don Strain and Buddy
Sylvester to do the damage.
Outf1elder Jim Reed, Central's
leadoff batter, started the Vikings
toward their first victory by hitting
the first pitch for homer yester-
day. Bob johnson also was big
help at the plate, getting three hits,
including a triple, to lead Centrals
14-hit attack. Bob Fuoco went the
route on Centrafs mound for the
first time this year, tossing a five-
hitter.
Evening star., 1947-05-14
District Minor Loop 5
Final Night 10 Settle
Champion Bowler

With only l3 pins separating
Frank MicaIixzi of Northeast Tenn
pie, the pacesetter, and Willie Zef-
ring of the Alexandra Recreation
team the hot scrap for the individ-
ual championship OF the District
Minor Duckpiil League will be set
tied Tonight In the circuits windup1
matches.
Micalizzi with 1861 bowls at
Temple against Arcadia, while Zeh-
ring with 123-49 fires at Arling-
ton Bowling Center. Each has rolled
96 games.
IN the District major loop Julie
Singer, Greenway pilot, has q lock
on top average with 128-16 for 96
games, but Ray Watson OF Claren-
don challenges him as the circuits
leading spare maker. They are all
square with $40. Whip Litchfield
Of Clarendon with 100 for 96 games
is q cinch to cop high strikes.
King Pin has the. team title
|clinched In the major league while
Alexandria ran away with the bunt-
ing In the minor loop but so punched
are other teams total pins may de-
eide number Of positions in both
circuits, as the following standings
and pin counts indicate.
Major League King Pin, 61-35
Csc, ,629l; Clarendon, 55-41 59,050):. ).
Hi-Skor, 53-43 (58 $3.50; GreenWay,
53-43 $3.50: Rosslyn. 52-44 (58,-I
SOY Bethesda, 52-44 (58,254): Bou-
Ievard, 51-45 (5S,572):: Ice Palace,
4s-4s (58,21o); Colonial Village, 40-
|56 (56,274); College Park, 39-57
(57, 500; 'Brookland, 38-58; Lucky
Strike, 34-62. 'Total pins not tabu-
lated.
Minor League-Alexandria, 62-34
CSC, ,664); Spillway, 56-40 (56,432);
Clarendon, 51-45 (56,153); Silver
Spring, 50-46 (55.6 .645); Petworth, 40
Al (57,143); Temple, 48-48 CSC, ,484);
Bethesda, 1850 (55, ,799); Greenway,
$3.50 (55,77S); Fort Davis, 45-5l
$3.50; Arcadia, 45-51 (55, ,040);
Mount Rainier. 44-52 CSC, ,479o; Ar
lington, 34-62 (54,770).
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No Big League Ambitions for Ston HoHis, y.
Ee, Seeker o Belor Buks son IS Quiet His Dad

pounds on Army chow, although
none Of the soldiers recommend
1t for high living, and Rem has .
healthy glow.
Peculiarly, Bucky never has
seen his son play q ball game.
Stan made trips with the Mats
when his dad managed them and
fooled around with q ball and bat
in practice, hut the Mats always
were bigy when Wilson had .
game and the same situation
prevails today.
s.IIe thinks I'm q better golfer
than ball player because I hap
pened To be on Wilson's team the
year it won the school champion
ship" Stan said. But he's never
had q chance to see me play golf, !,
either. I'm really not very good.
although / have broken u.s."
Stan, iefthander who bats
from the right side Of the plate.
hopes to resume college work
next autumn. hes got SeVcA
weeks to serve on his enlistment,
and he's thinking about trying
to get In either Georgetown or
Virginia where he could study
law and play baseball III the two
can be combined successfully. He
thinks 1t would be a great break
to play under Joe Judge at
Georgetown, but he spent q year
at Virginia Tech and likes the
Old Dominion so well he may
shift to Charlottesville. Tech Is
little too far from home.
Oh yes, Rem probably will go
along, too. The Lane youngster
had an idea he'd like to enroll at
Duke but since he and Stan have
gone this far in tandem they've
decided to continue the partner
ship. OF course it might end
with Harris accompanying Lane
to Duke, where they also have an
excellent law school and pretty
good baseball team.
Evening star., 1947-05-14
Mundie's Pigeon Wins
Ruce From PITTSBURGH

A pigeon from the loft Of James r
Mundie won the 200-mile old bird
race from Pittsburgh sponsored by
the Capital City Racing Pigeon Club
The winning bird averaged better
than 43 miles per hour. Early I'm
ishers with average speed in yards
per minute were:
James =. Nundie, 1888; Van Solver and
Skinner, 1850; Ollie Brown, 1,24S; Emory
Dove, -1,242: Harry C. Burke. d.23S.5 8:
Penninston. Penn i,as7; Harry S. Bail 1885;
Bernard j. Riley, 1889: Richard N. Bur-
ton, 1.231; ,. e. Meddinss. 1.223; deorEe
Martin Reinhardt, 1,2l4: Edward J. Krah-
ling, ,203; Pat Simpson, 1.201; Sam Rice
1,1S1; Clarence Morgan. 1.1S0.
Evening star., 1947-05-14
Dutch Ruether Quits
Job as Scout for Cubs
By The Assoeiated Press

CHICAGO, May 14.-Walter
Dutch) Ruether, SO, former major
league pitching star, has announced
his resignation as scout for the
Chicago Cubs, with whom he had
been af1iliated most of the last 10
years. He. did not give any reason
for quitting and said he hoped to
remain in baseball.
! Ruether pitched the opening game
Of the fll-fated 1919 World Series
between Cincinnati and Chicago and
hurled the Reds to q 9-1 victory.
He also aided Washington's drive to
the American League pennant in
1925. A left handed pitcher, Dutch
has been In organized ball since
1914 as player, minor league man
ager and scout,
Evening star., 1947-05-14
DE Lashmuft Named
President Of WGCC

Charles M. De Lashmutt is the
new president Of Washington Golf
and Country Club, succeeding G. II.
Doherty. De Lashmutt was elected
at a special meeting Of the new
Board Of Governors.
G. g. Kendrick was elected vice
president, while Parker w. Luckett
was reelected treasurer for a third
term and Samuel Galloway was re-
elected secretary.
Committee chairmen: House, p. T..
Barefoot; greens, G. H. Doherty;
golf, r. E. Aldred; nominating and
pool, G. c. Kendrick; entertainment,
j. A. Edmonds; membership, p. M.
Talbot; budget, E. G. Weeks, and
tennis, j. r. McCabe.
Evening star., 1947-05-14

Dave 81 Zim OF the Hyattsv1lle
Businessmen's League still holds the
team leadership in the Glass G
standings of the 37th annual Wash
ington City Duckpin Association
tournament.
Dave g. Zim's 4-1,677, rolled on
April 80, is the only score to stand
up from the first night OF play. The
tourney, being held at the Hyatts-
vile Recreation Center, goes into its
18th night tonight with no changes
in the schedule reported.
Ice Palace teams have been
scratched from tomorrow nights
play. Superb Soap (Safeway), Holy
Name and st. Peters (Catholic)
Underwriting (Veterans' Admini-
stration), Joseph H. Milans (Ma-
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Indian Spring GoIfwomen Tie
ForL cad ind. c. Team Pluy

2 to II, while Richmond's lowest
handicapped player is s and its
highest "a. Pairings were an
r1ounced by Mrs. Hugh Nicolson Of
Chevy Chase. team captain.
600. Mrs. x; 8, GILES e, g., and and, Mrs. ::
soiisfa sai tIs, hssss 81 no M:. jeaa
WashinFtona aa. Hss eosie wises wse Eiss
J, H {. De- Be vllssss GsS sna Mrs. 5so c. n! NJ
Peyser tlI). washington, vs.. Mrs so Hea5hsr- 5taS
bell (2ol and Isabelle cgals s.o s221' r, Hcn snd
Mrs. Mrs EewI: Z; Is MHHss MiiPss fs and M: +
Jones I'd go Eehmon% I'm, Wa,s.s s:so MTG stokss a
'6}}' and ,Mrs, Clara Priddy (75, Richmond.
1000, Mrs; Hugh Ntcholson, g, and n!
Mrs. Iandrs B ,i.r Rlhts ~; WashManssoe WA Mra r
Han (10). Richmond; 1910. Ms. J.. j. g.
Pray "a and Mrs. Rex Howard go, Wasn-
ington. VS.. Mrs: g. g, Hall lW and d.IS MIS-
MS. aaaI Richard a Kreuzblrs rs and Mrs: s. i,
Little 90, Washington, VS.. Mrs. y. "
Hannabas tl3) and MIS- Barry &c ScnsEars.- stnr.-
metz Isl and Mrs. Marie Walpe5 lso,
Wa shineton, VS. Frances Rand f18) and
Mrs. M. r. Taylor QS). Richmond.
Mrs. Mary Lou Chambers won net
Ihonors with a H-17-30 in = best
nine holes, half handicap tourna-
ment of the Manor Wonen's Coli
Committee yesterday. Other winners
were Mrs. Irene Nash, 51-15-36. and
Mrs Millie ODaniel. 51-13-38.
Evening star., 1947-05-14
First Seeker at
By Lewis r. Atchison


Oral HiIdebrand, Billy Knick-
erbocker and others who played
give and take knuekles With
Bucky Harris not SO long ago will
be delighted to- learn that Stan
ley r. Harris, H., IS as unlike
the old gentleman as parsnips
and peaches. They'll shout with
Joy to know young Stan def
nitely has no big league arlpi-
tions,
II don't think I'm good
enough" modestly says Sergt.
Harris, fitting his cap with q pro-
fessional air, his fatigue suit cap
that is. Besides I've seen the
rough side OF baseball and It isn't
all the fun and glamour some
people think 1t is. Nope. I hope
to study law when I get out o.
here. !,
aWe think STAINS pretty good.
put In Jim Flood, sports editor
OF the Belyoir Castle. Here's
his record-six hits in Is times
at bat for a 1888 average. One
of those drives was a double
and another a triple and would
have been a homer If he hadn't
missed third and gone back 70
tag it. And he pulled couple
Of fielding plays against the
Marines that would have looked
good in anybodys infield. We
think he's pretty. smooth.
"But he is quiet" volunteered
1t. Tom Meredith, coming IN on.
the second chorus, $50 quiet
he didn't even squawk when 9
Northern Virginia umpire called
a bad pitch against him"
Harris had that '1et-me-up-
fellows" look on his srn-tanned
face. but it was plain his fellow
soldiers weren't popping OH for
vocal exercise. 1t was rather
tough in the beginning when the
word was passed that 1t was
Evening star., 1947-05-14
Coolidge Golfers Bow
To Georgetown Prep

Coolidge, top team among the
interhigh golfers competing for the
Dawes Cup, lost its third straight
match to a team from the Metro
politan League yesterday when the
Colts dropped Az decision to
Georgetown Prep at the Prep.
In the only matches that counted
in the league standings, Dewitt beat
Gonzaga, 5-1, in Met match at
Indian Spring and Western blanked
Central, 60, in Dawes Cup en-
counter at Kenwood. Blair and Will
son tied, 3-3, at Prince Georges,
and Bethesda won practice match
over Fairfax, 5-1, at Fairfax.
Evening star., 1947-05-14
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Evening star., 1947-05-14
Banquet at A. U. Tonight

American University's Varsity
Club is holding its annual athletic
banquet at $50 o'clock tonight at
the university's main dining hall.
Varsity Club President Bart Fugler
will preside.
Evening star., 1947-05-14
Softbou, Comes Wanted
!. jefferson R&reations unlimited
softball team Is hooking games. Gail
Mike Tardug1p at Executive 4577.
Z INTrRNaTI0NAI. LEAGUE.

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Rochester, q: Syracuse, o.s
Buffalo, g., Baltimore, 3,
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Toledo. g.; Minneapolis, 4.
Louisville, 4; Kansas City, /.
ST. Paul. 8: Columbus, 3.
indianapolis at Milwaukee POSTPONED.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Hartford. 8; Williamsport, ia tn'zs).
Other games postponed. d
Evening star., 1947-05-14

SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Charleston, g.; Savannah. ].
Macon, II: Augusta, %.
Greenville, Z. Columbus,
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Washington -
Kenwood -
Npfoua% nna

Army-Navy lost sole possession OF
first place in the Women's Dlstrlct
Golf Association first team stand
inps and KenWood was ousted as
the third team leader by Washing
ton Golf and Country Club in the
third week of team play yesterday
Kenwood remained on top among
the second teams. b..
Indian Springs 612-2h victory
over Chevy Chase at Manor pulled
the Four Corners Club into Tile
with Army-Navy when the latter
defeated Congressional, 6-3. Mrs.
George Jani and Mrs. G. CHAPMAN
came through with three points 1or
congressional in the last bracket
to prevent the Service club from
taking the lead. In the other match
Kenwood defeated Woodmont, 7-2'
Manor drew bye.
Columbia withdrew from the Sec
ond team play and all its past and
future opponents were awarded y
points. In matches at Prince
Georges yesterday, Kenwood
blanked Manor, 90; Belle Haven
defeated washington, 6-3, and Chevy
Chase won, 6-3, over Prince Georges.
Washington scored an 8h-h VIC
tory over Columbia In third-team
match while host Kenwood drew q
bye.
Evening star., 1947-05-14

The Women's District Golf Asso-
cations 20-player team will rule an
overwhelming favorite over Rich
naond In the first intercity match OF
the year Friday at Congressional.
Handicaps Of the hosts range from
Evening star., 1947-05-14

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Evening star., 1947-02-25
House 10 Take Action
On Newsprint Probe
BY the Associated Press

The House, spurred by reports
that newsprint supplies in cities
over the Nation have dropped to
levels called critical" and "des-
perate," will vote tomorrow on a
resolution to create special COM
mittee to look into the paper situa-
ton.
There were indications, mean
while, that the situation may grow
worse before it grows better, ag-
gravated by weather that delayed
loadings and train movements and
by the boxcar shortage in this coun-
try and Canada.
The proposed special House COM
mittee would continue the inquiry
into newsprint supply and distri-
button which was carried on in the
last Congress by the special SUBJ
committee of the Interstate Com
merce Committee headed.by former
Representative BoreiT Democrat, of
Oklahoma. ~
If the new special group gets ap-
proval from the House-and there
have been no open indications OF
an organized fight against 1.-THE
chairman probably will be Repre-
sentative Brown, Republican, OF
Ohio.
A Senate Small Business Subcom-
mittee, under Senator Capehart,
Republican, Of Indiana, will start
hearings in the same field March 8.
Evening star., 1947-02-25
Open Hearings Slated
On Knufson Tax Bill

Hearings on proposed income tax
cuts had top priority again today
in the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, but with provision for open
and longer sessions.
Republican members of the COM
mittee and Majority Leader Halleck
late yesterday set a timetable
for committee consideration OF
income tax reduction, reciprocal
trade questions and revision of the
general excise tax structure.
The decision to admit press and
public to hearings on the Knutson
bill for 20 per cent across-the-
board slash in taxes on incomes up
to 1902 900 reversed an earlier plan.
Closed hearings were to have start
ed last Wednesday and were to
have ended after three or four days.
The coming hearings are expected
to run longer than a week.
Witnesses will be limited to Treas
ury and Internal Revenue Bureau
spokesmen and possibly a few others
who may be able to contribute
something" Chairman Knutson said
1.-THE Knutson bill will be the first
order of business as soon as Con-
gress sets the ceiling on the bud
get" he added.
Evening star., 1947-02-25
.Byrnes Will Testify
|0n Peace Treaties

Former Secretary of State James
F. ByrneS will testify in favor OF
Senate ratification of peace treaties
with Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy and
Romania when they come up for
discussion by the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee In the next 1C
days or two weeks.
Making what he described as a
social CALI on President Truman
yesterday, Mr.. Byrnes told reporters
that Secretary of State Marshall
and Chairman Vandenberg of the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee had requested his appearance.
The former Secretary of State
who came here to attend his sisters
funeral, said he had no plans for
the Government.
He was with the President 80 min
utes, and said they discussed many
matters.
1t was his first call at the White
House since he retired from the cab
met last month.
The White House refused any
comment today on the possibility
of Mr.. Byrnes being named Am.
bassador to Great Britain. Charles
G. Ross, White House press secre-
tary, said heJ thought Mr.. Byrnes
explained his presence fully yester.
day and that 80 far as the Pres
ident is concerned it was purely q
social call. Mr.. Byrnes just hap
pened to be in town and dropped
in"
Evening star., 1947-02-25
81 Boys Escape Unharmed
As School Dormitory Burns
BY the Assoeioied Press

WASHINGTON, Conn, Feb. 25.-
Thirty seven boys escaped unharmed
as fire destroyed Bartlett Hall, a
dormitory at the Gunnery School
here early today.
Headmaster Ogden Miller said fire
drill procedure worked perfectly"
and "they all got out even before
the fire broke through to the roof"
A night watchman who discovered
the blaze around a chimney on the
third floor notified school officials
who sounded the schools fire siren.
Following procedure in which they
had been drilled, designated boys
in each corridor awakened other oc-
cupants, warning them to close all
doors and windows and leave lights
on before marching out.
The boys, comprising a little less
than third of the preparatory
schools enrolment, lost their cloth
ing and other possessions.
Mr.. Miller said the three-story
wooden building was total loss and
the damage more than 100000"
One of the first school officials
at the scene, supervising the boys
escape, was Century Milstead, ia
GUS Yale athlete more than 20 years
ago.