Evening star., 1950-04-17


and the other from Manassas, Va.
DR.. James L. Bernhard. 40, of
$500 Twenty-eighth street NE,
Cooeh Says Young Fraser Was Good
Big League Prospect. Pose AIS
was injured fatally in a head-on
crash on the Largo road near
Upper Marlboro.
One of the dead ballplayers was
Ralph Fraser. jr.. 20, son of the
late Monk Fraser. an outf1elder
for the New York Giants. Young
Fraser. whose family lives at 1918
T place Sc, was killed in a COL
lision near Emporia, Va. He
played ball there with a class D
farm team of the Washington
Baseball Club.
His dead companion was Bert
M. Roseberry, 20. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. H. Roseberry of Manassas.
He was pitcher with the En-
poria team.
Five Are Injured.
Three persons were injured in
the accident which killed DR..
Barnhard and two other ball
players were hurt in the Virginia
crash.
Jimmy Smithson, %, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. James E. Smithson. 1922
Eighteenth street Sc. a pitcher
for Emporia, suffered a nose frac-
ture, bruises and scratches on the
face when Mr.. Roseberry's auto
mobile collided with a trailer
truck late Saturday night.
His father. an employe Of the
Washington Gas Light Co., is
known to baseball fans as Dutch
Smithson, a star shortstop on the
old Shamrock, Mohawk and Pull
man teams in the 1920s. Jimmy
Smithson played one season on
the George Washington University
team.
Injured in the same accident
was Robert Yates (Bo) Brown. 20,
of Marshall, Fauquier County,
Va. He also suffered a broken
nose and other face injuries.
Passenger in Hospital.
Hurt in the Largo road acci-
dent were the following:
Roger Thomas. %. of 2817 Con-
necticut avenue NV, a passen-
ger in DR.. Barnhard's car. He
received face cuts and is believed
to have suffered an injury to the
spine. He was admitted to Prince
Georges General Hospital, Chev-
|erly.
Lesser injuries were suffered by
two women occupants of the au-
tomobile which collided with the
dentists car. They are Mrs.
Mary w. Fuchs, 6450 Offutt
street, Chevy Chase, and Mrs.
K. L. Davis. 1927 South Thomas
street, Arlington.
The police reported DR.. Barn
hard's automobile went out of
control and tipped over several
times before coming to rest, up
side down, on top of the other
car. Both the dentist and Mr..
Thomas were thrown out.
Prince Georges County police
said DR.. Barnhard and Mr..
Thomas were en- route to Chesa-
peake Beach, Md. where the den
tist intended to arrange for q
summer berth for his yacht.
Lived Here 80 Years.
A native of Akron, Ohio, DR..
Barnard attended schools in
Phoenix, AriZ., and obtained his
dental degree from Georgetown
University here. He had lived in
Washington for about 80 years.
His office was at 1926 I street
NV.
DR.. Barnhard was a brother of
another Washington dentist, DR..
Ralph w. Barnhard. Other sur
vivors include his wife, the former
Wanda Aber, and three sons, Lee,
10; Robert. 4. and James Dale,
81, son by a former marriage.
His mother. Mrs. Grace A. Barn
hard Of Washington, also sur
wives.
The victim was a member of
the District of Columbia Dental
Society, American Dental Asso-
citation and the Corinthian Yacht
Club.
His body was removed to the
Deale funeral home, 1912 Georgia
avenue NV. pending completion
of funeral arrangements.
Was AlI-High Halfback.
Monk Fraser, jr., was regarded
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