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oo-YARD RUNBACK NOT ENOUGH
Georgia ech Wins
. Over Clemson, 16-6

u ATLANTA. Oct. 8 (AP).-
Clemson's Bill Mathis startled
Georgia Tech with a 99-yard
touchdown dash on a kickoff.
but the Yellow Jackets rode su-
perior speed and gritty defense
to a 1876 football victory today
before a crowd of 44,274.
The loss was the first of the
season for Clemson, which en-
tered the game ranked sixth
nationally. Tech, rated No. Z,
is undefeated in three games.
Two sophomore halfbacks,
Johnny WEIGH and Bobby Gene
Harris. were key men in Techs
offense, which was expected to
suffer because of the loss of the
regular halfbacks by injuries.
Harris got Techs first touch
down drive rolling with a 81
yard sprint to Clemson's 26,
but on the next play was hurt
and left the game. Quarterback
Fred Braselton kept the march
going with some short passes
and scored himself on a sneak.
WEIGH got into the game
later and scored Techs second
touchdown on his first run as a
varsity player.
Tech was ahead, TO. when
Mathis took the second-half
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STATISTICS

The loss, Iowa's first in de-
Tense of its Big Ten title, was
the second shock in as many
day for Hawkeye fans. Coach
Forest Evashevski announced
yesterday he was leaving when
his contract expires in 1868
and apparently was open for
offers after the 1859 season.
Purdin's interception Of
Quarterback Wilburn Hollis
pass came minutes after Iowa
End Don Norton had grabbed
Ron Burton's bobble of a hand
off and dashed At yards to give
the Hawkeyes a 1917 lead.
The victory was Northwest
ern's first over an Iowa team
since 1896 and added support
to the Wildcats bid for a Big
Ten championship.
Tally and Chip Holcomb
shared Northwestern quarter
back duties after Thornton's
See WILDCATS, Page DIS
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STATISTICS

pass at States As. But the once
mighty wolverines kept it only
two plays before losing it on an
interception.
Lineman oscar Hahn stole
Stan Hoskin's pass at midfield,
raced to the 40 and lateralled
to Quarterback Tom Wilson,
who got nine more yards. It
took Michigan State only five
plays to score. Then it became
a question of how badly the
Spartans wanted to beat their
longtime rivals.
Michigan State scored four
times in the first half, Gaping
the fireworks with a sensational
94-yard interrogation by Sopho-
more Bob Suci.
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MsU-Martin 1. run tBrandstatter
MsU9Look 2. run tklck failedl.
MsU-Suci "a, pass interception
CBrandstatter kick).
MsU-stewart .25, pass from Look
Brandstatter kick.
MICHIGAN-Noskin 1. run johnson,
pass from Noskin).
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Pitt Nips UCLA, 25-21,
On Late Toncic Passes
PITTSBURGH oct. 3 (AP)-

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3 (AP).-
Quarterback Ivan Toncic held
his fire until the final minutes
today and then threw three
perfect touchdown passes to
sweep Pitt to a nerve-racking
1921 football victory over
UCLA.
There was less than a minute
to play and UCLA led, 21-18,
when Toncic passed to Steve
Jastrzembski for the final
touchdown. After Fred Cox
kicked the placement, many in
the crowd of $1,000 poured onto
the field.
Until JastrZembSki pulled in
the pass on a 16-yard play, it
looked like a certain UCLA vic
tory. Pitt had fumbled away
chances earlier while UCLA had
moved the ball with precision.
The Panthers did not launch
their scoring until the third
quarter after going out for in
PERMISSION trailing, 14-0.
In the second half Toncic
brought Pitt to life. He called
a series of running plays which
frightened UCLA defenses, then
he began throwing.
He passed 9 yards to Ron
Define for a touchdown in the
third quarter. But UCLA then
got a touchdown on Ray
Smiths 2-yard plunge to coun-
teract that.
In the final quarter, Toncic
lifted the game from the ordi-
nary. He passed 9 yards to
Cox for a touchdown, then ~
yards to Mike Ditka for an
other and finally 16 yards to
Jastrzembski for the clincher
UCLA had leaped into its
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kickoff at his one, shot up the
middle, cut sharply to the right
and OUTRAGED Techs angling de-
tenders.
Placement specialist Tommy
Wells, whose kicking pro-
vided Techs winning margins
against Kentucky and South
ern Methodist, added some in
Surance with a 37-yard fourth
quarter field goal.
Clemson kept the sun
drenched, sellout crowd on its
feet much of the fourth quar-
ter, when Quarterbacks Har-
vey White and Lowndes
Shingler mustered two scoring
threats with their passes.
But Techs defense, led by
Center Make Baughan and
End Butch Carter, stopped the
first Tiger sortie at the three.
On fourth down, White over
See GA. TECH, Page D-4
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Record Sure to Fall
FRICK, CRONIN TO STUDY ISSUE
Third League Sees
War if Griffs Move

can't say anything, because
I'm in the dark"
Griffith, who yesterday said
"there is a $3.50 chance" the
Senators will head for Min
neapolis, seemed less certain
today.
Were at bat, but we haven't
gotten to first base" Cal said.
Griffith slept a good portion
of the day after arriving here
on a delayed plane from Chi
cago at $50 am.
Minneapolis. a founding
member of the Continental
League-hoping to operate as
a third major loop by 1861
currently is a member of the
troubled American Association.
officials there. long in pursuit
of the Senators franchise. are
submitting a new proposition to
the Washington clubs board Of
directors. Griffith says this will
be considered on his return
from the World Series.
The SarajevO Of Baseball
If the Senator'S directors de-
eide to switch, a source close
to President Branch Hickey of
the Continental league said:
"It would be baseball's Sara
jevo. Believe me. the Continent
tai League is prepared for this
sort Of thing. The league is
prepared for every eventuality,
including this one"
Stripping Minneapolis from
See SENATORS, Page D-s
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ing to extend his league record
of at least one touchdown a
game to- 81 straight.
It was the first loss in two
games this season for the de-
Tending champion Colts. The
Bears evened their record.
The capacity crowd of 57,557
in Memorial Stadium never saw
Unitas experience worse time
than he did in the first half,
when he completed only 3 of
IL passes and had as many
intercepted.
Richie Petition returned the
first interrogation 80 yards for
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By BURTON HAWKINS
Star Stan Writer

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3-If
the Senators shift their fran
chise to Minneapolis, a bitter
baseball war will be triggered.
a source close to the embry-
onic Continental League said
today as forces opposing the
move began to entrench for a
battle.
An American League club
owner who preferred to remain
anonymous declared, II think
I can give Cal Griffith a hard
time. I believe shifting the
franchise from Washington
will be a bad thing for baseball
nationally, and I think I can
get other owners to agree"
Commissioner Ford Prick
stated he has not talked with
Griffith, president of the Sen
ators, in regard to the contem-
plated move. Prick said he will
confer with Joe Cronin, presi-
dent of the American League,
about the situation tomorrow.
IT personally would like to
see a team in Washington, |"
Cronin said, "but that is some
thing that will have to be
thrashed out in a meeting"
Prick in the Dark
IT don't know anything more
about this thing than what
I've read in the papers," Prick
said, "but I intend to find out
what's going on. Meanwhile, I
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BALTIMORE, Oct. 8 (AP).-
Quarterback John Unitas of
the Baltimore Colts threw three
last-period touchdown passes
tonight, but they weren't
enough to overcome his earlier
troubles and the Chicago Bears
held on for a 1921 victory.
The Bears, posted all their
points before Unitas got click
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HOW TOP 10 JARED
By the Associated Press

Here's how the top 10 teams
in the Associated Press college
football poll Jared yesterday:
/. Louisiana State, beat Bay
lor. 22-0.
2. Northwestern, beat Iowa,
14-10.
8. Mississippi. beat Memphis
State, 43-0.
4. Army. lost to Illinois, 20-14.
S. Iowa, lost to Northwestern,
14-10.
s. Clemson, lost to Georgia
Tech, 1876.
7. Georgia Tech. beat Glenn
son, 1876.
8. Notre Dame, lost to Purdue,
.28-7.
9. Tennessee, beat Mississippi
State, 1926.
10. Texas, beat California,
1910.
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SMU Tops Navy; Terps Beaten;
|||iniUpset Army;Insh Wa||oped
Sophs Pace
2O-14 Upset
OF Cadets

CHAMPAIGN. ILL.,. Oct. 8
l(AP) Illinois came up with
its own version of the lonely
end formation made famous by
Army and upset the fourth
ranked Cadets, 20-14, today be-
fore a laundering crowd Of
64,891.
Quarterback Mel Meyers and
Halfback Johnny Counts. a
pair Of woodworking sopho-
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Purdue Uses
Power 10 Beat
Irish, 20-7

LAFAYETTE. Ind. Oct. 8
(AP) ,-Purdue's football team,
always at its best against Notre
Dame, hammered the Irish to-
day for the fourth time in six
years, 28-7.
Bob JaruS. Purdue'S bull
dozer fullback, scored two of
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mores, led flred-up Illinois to
its first triumph Of the season.
Meyers not only kept the
Illini moving with his sharp
passing. but also proved to be
a winning gambler. Twice he
chose to run instead Of kick on
fourth-down situations. keep
ing Him drives moving to-
wards eventual touchdowns.
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of his last nine decisions and
was batted out by the Braves
in Tuesdays playoff game.
White Sox Manager AL Lopez
will open tomorrow with Dick
Donovan, his third straight
righthanded pitching choice.
Although Donovan's 9-l0 rec
ord during the season is not
overly impressive (Drysdale
won II for the Dodgers, the
big guy from Quincy. Mass, is
considered a solid choice. :
Donovan, 80, was sidelined
with a pulled shoulder muscle
from July 81 to August 16, but
apparently he is back in form
now. Because Dick is a low
ball pitcher. he is expected to
make 1t tough on Dodger hit
tiers aiming for the short but
42-foot-hig fence in leftfield,
only PSI feet from home plate.
Record Sure to Fall
Tomorrow will be the first
time a world series game ever
has been played west of the
See SERIES, Page D-3
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Bears Triumph, 26-21;
Unitos' Rally Too Late

a Bear touchdown. The second
interception by Erich Barnes
set up a 33-yard field goal by
JOHN Aveni, who also booted
a 42-yarder in the third period.
Ed Brown, who was given the
See COLTS, Page Do
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Packed Coliseum
To See Dodgers,
Sox Break Tie
By FRANCIS STANN
star stan Writer

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3-Un-
precedented sports hysteria
gripped Los Angeles today with
the World Series between the
White Sox and Dodgers NOV
ing into the National LeaguerS
home park tomorrow with the
clubs tied at one victory apiece.
Perfect weather is forecast
for the game, which starts at 5
o'clock washington time). A
record crowd of more than
$4,000 will pack the Coliseum.
All Of a sudden the Dodgers,
who bounced back to win a 4-3
decision in Chicago after be-
ing clobbered in the opener,
Ito, found themselves slight
favorites to win both tomorrow's
game and the series. Latest
odds made the Angelenos 6-to-
5 choices, at least in this part
Of the country. In other words.
one bets Sc in order to win SIS,
Drysdale Faces Donovan
Manager Walter Aston Of
the Dodgers, who lost with the
righthahded Roger Craig last
Thursday in Chicago but who
won with southpaw Johnny
Podres, will start another
highlander in Don Drysdale,
who was the big man for Los
Angeles the first part of the
season and then Topped. Drys-
dale. 23-year-old major league
strikeout king. will be making
his first series start, although
in 1856 he pitched two innings
in relief. He has dropped seven
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STATISTICS

it was a real treat. as their
slightly favored Mustangs hung
on doggedly while Navy repeat
eddy threatened to pull 1t out.
In thriller of a fourth quar-
ter. the Texans closed the cor
raj on a 95-yard touchdown
run with an intercepted pass by
Halfback TREY Wilemon with
less than a minute to 60.
The game belonged to Navy,
If you want to believe the sta
tistics. But they won't tell you
about another pass interrogation
at the start Of the third quar-
er that led to SINUS second
touchdown, nor about two Navy
fumbles near the SMU 20 nor
"a Navy drive that stalled two
yards from elimination.
Makes Late Threat
After beating William and
Mary and Boston College in its
first two outings, the Middies
had high hopes of making it
three in a row until Wilemon's
interception.
There was drama to spare
packed in that final Navy surge
that began on the Navy AZ with
a shade over two minutes re-
naming. Jim Maxfleld. quarter
back of Nays alternating unit,
The Missiles" told his receivers
to catch and run for the side
lines to conserve time. They
did. Maxfleld hit HalfbRcks Bob
Correll for Is yards and Ronnie
Brandquist for Is to the SMU
rs.
He found End George Beck
for eight more yards and first
down on the II, but here his
luck gave out, as the threatened
Mustangs, leading by a 14-7
margin. frightened their pass de-
fenses.
Fourth Down InterceptiOn
One pass went wide of the
mark, a second was broken up
by Center Max Christian, a g.
foot-3. 235-pouhd junior. The
third pass overshot a racing
Jim Honeywell and the fourth
will haunt Navy for a long time.
Maxfleld threw in desperation
and Wilemon, a 180-pound
senior from Waxahachie, Tex
scooped it up on the 5 and raced
down the left sidelines behind a
collection of blockers.
No Navy player got near him
and when he crossed the goal
line only 48 seconds remained.
Glynn Gregory added his Sec
ond point Of the day and the
Mustangs had their first victory
after losing a heart-breaker at
See NAVY, Page d.
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STATISTICS

early lead mostly on the throw
ing of Bill Kilmer and the
catching of Marv Luster. The
four Smith boys-Earl, Skip,
Ray and Bob-also figured in
many UCLA ground-gaining
plays.
Luster caught the first
See PITT, Page D-7
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20-7 Defeat
Comes After
interruptions
BY BILL FUCHS
star star Writer

DALLAS. Tex, Oct. Sitter
illustration in big, bad doses
was the Nays lot today. asian
alert, aggressive Southern
Methodist football team scored
an almost unbelievable DOT
victory in the Cotton Bowl.
For the $4,000 fans who
braved a first-quarter rainfall
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Picture on Poee Do


Illinois scored first on a Al
yard pass play from Meyers to
Counts in the initial quarter
and then jumped to a 14-0 lead
a few plays later after recover
ing a fumbled kickoff by
Army's Bob Anderson.
Illinois surprised Army with
its new formation. The IIlini
would send a right end to the
left side Of the line, about 10
or Is yards wide, thereby leav-
ing the opposite tackle eligible
for a pass. The lonely end
would go deep. while the half
back in motion would 60 about
10 yards past the line Of scrim-
mage and grab the pass.
Cuts Up Defense
Using this formation both to
the right and to the left,
Meyers found the Army defense
easy to cut into with his rifle
like passes. The nifty quarter
back from Dallas opened up
early and completed three
passes for 40 yards in Illinois
first drive that begged down on
the Army 80.
But the next time Illinois
got the ball, Meyers moved his
team from the 26 to its first
touchdown on the 41-yard pass
to Counts. Counts took the ball
on the % and then rushed past
two would-be tacklers for the
touchdown.
Illinois shocked the Cadets
with another touchdown a few
plays later. The nlini kicked
of, but Halfback Anderson
fumbled on a Earring tackle by
Bill Burrell and Doug Wallace
recovered on the Cadet 16.
Counts ripped IL yards to the
4, Meyers went for 2 and Jim
Brown banged into the end
zone for the second touchdown.
Jerry Wood kicked both extra
points, and Army never could
catch up.
ARMY - 6 O S-14
ILLINOIS ------14 0 8 go
1llinois-Counts IL. pass from Meyers
Wood kick.
Illinois-Jim Brown L, run Wood
Army-Connors 1. run (run F-'-4,
1llinois--Bill Brown 1. run (run failOd)
Army-Usry 81, pass IRON L.4u n cal
(Usry, pass from CALDWELL.
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the lowest by 40 yards since
they've been keeping statistics
at College Park. And Syracuse
also set a defensive mark in
holding Maryland to eight
yards on the ground and 81
passing.
Dick Novak, dazzling star Of
Earyland's opening victory
over West Virginia, limped to
the bench on his injured ankle
and stayed there all day. With.
out him. the Maryland cause
was hopeless. The roof fell in
on Dale Betty, the starting
quarterback, and Cowboy Hen
ry and Dwayne Fletcher could
not move the Terps out of their
shadows.
Defense Stops Slaughter
1t was only because of some
sharp defensive play by Mary
land in the second half, when
the Terps intercepted three
passes, recovered a tumble and
made several thir d down
stands, that the score was not
much worse.
Syracuse led, $50, at half
time and it's offense was
through scoring for the day,
even though the first team
played most of the second half.
The only touchdown after half
time was a gift. Betty fumbled
the ball into the end zone, and
Gene Grabosky recovered for
a touchdown midway in the
third period.
Syracuse worked hard for
only one of its touchdowns. On
the other three, and on the field
goal that opened the scoring,
the defense turned the ball over
to the offenSe deep in Maryland
territory.
Blocked Punt Opens Gate
The first punt that Betty at
tempted was blocked by Roger
Davis, a savage Syracuse guard,
and recovered on the Maryland
%. The Terps prevented a
touchdown, but Bob Yates
kicked a 25-yard field goal.
The first pass that Betty at
tempted was intercepted by
John Nichols and returned to
the Maryland 81. On the next
play Quarterback Dave Sarette
pitched to Halfback Ger
Schwedes. who passed to Fred
Mautiro for the touchdown.
Early in the second quarter
Ernie Davis, who Syracuse
hopes will be the successor to
Jim Brown, went 26 yards to
end a 10-play drive from the
Syracuse 33.
Three minutes later Nichols
scored from the 2 after the
Orange recovered a Fletcher
tumble on the Maryland Is.
TerpS Never Cross 50
Maryland, in its poorest per-
Torrance since the Terps
moved up in the college foot.
ball ranks, never owned the
ball in Syracuse territory. Late
in the second half, after Syra-
cuse punted to the Maryland
SO, the Terps moved the ball
to their own 48, their best adj
vance of the day.
Maryland made two lone~
some first downs. One came
with 80 seconds remaining in
the first half, when Betty
See MARYLAND, Page D-S
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Orange Kills
Terp Attack
In 900 Win.
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
star stan Writer

star Stan Writer
SYRACUSE, Oct. 3-Mary-
lands football team was humil.
lated by Syracuse in full view
Of 10000 people this warm,
sunny afternoon. gaining only
one yard for every Syracuse
point in a 29-0 defeat.
The 20 yards gained by
Maryland's inept offense was
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Fumbles Hurt Army

Except for the passing Of Joe
Caldwell, to End Don Usry.
Army was no match for the
Illini. who are expected to fin
ish in the second division Of
the Big Ten. Two Of Illinois
touchdowns resulted from
Army fumbles.
Playing before the biggest
home-openipg crowd in IS
years, Illinois quickly showed
it was a much better team than
the one which was beaten by
Indiana. 200, a week ago while
Army was smashing Boston
College, 42-8.
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TODAY'S LINEUPS

WHITE sOX DODGERS
Aparicio, SIS Gillian. 3b
Fox. ID Neal. 2b
Lands, CT Moon. RI
Kluszewski, Id Snider. 81
Lollar, c HODGES, lib
Smith, II Larker, II
Rivera, RI Roseboro, o
Phillips, 3b Wills, SIS
Donovan, y Drysdale, D
Umpires-Plate, Hurley (American)
hrst base Secory (NationaD, second
base, Summers (American); third base
Dascoli Nationals; leftfeld Dixon
(NationaD. rightheld, Rice (American)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04

Redskins 7Iz-Point Underdogs Against
Steelers Today. Pose Dc
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Mrs. EuIu Barnes,
Headed Fuirfux
Sewing Projects

Mrs. Eula Picton Thomas
Barnes, widow of John Horace
Barnes and former head of the
Federal WPA Sewing Project
for Fairfax County and Of its
successor, the Fairfax County
Sewing Project, died last night
at the Singing Pine Nursing
Home near Fairfax after a long
illness. She was 88 years old.
Mrs. Barnes for many years
was active in the Col. John
Singleton Mosby Chapter of
the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. Her husbands
father was a member of Mosby'S
Rangers, Civil War cavalry
raiding outfit.
Born August 3, 1870, in
Fauquier County, Va, she had
lived in Fairfax most of her life.
Her husband died IN 1884.
Surviving are a son. George
P. Barnes of Fairfax; three
daughters. Mrs. G. w. Halls of
Daytona, Fla; Mrs. Frank Up
man. 1903 Geranium street
NV, and Mrs. Thomas Weaver
of King George, Va; five grand
children, Is great grandchil-
dren and two great-great grand
children.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. Thursday at the Everly
Funeral Home, Fairfax, with
the Rev. Walter c. Hook, pas
tor of the Fairfax Methodist
Church, officiating. Burial will
be in Fairfax Cemetery.
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Mrs. Wight, IS,
D. c. Resident
For 40 Years

Mrs. Lewis s. Wight, 95, a
resident of Washington for 4C
years, died yesterday at her
home, 1911 Thornapple street
Chevy Chase, Md.
Mrs. Wight, a member Of
the President Monroe Chapter,
Daughters of the American
Revolution, was born in Houl-
ton, Me. She was the former
Laura Mansur.
A graduate of Houlton's
Kicker Classical Institute, Mrs,
Wight lived in Boston until
the death of her husband in
1916. She moved to the Dis
trict in 1919 and became active
in church work and community
affairs.
She leaves a son, Freeman L.,
of Bangor, Me-; three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Lucille w. Bowers
of Gainesville, Md, Mrs. Phyl-
lis Prescott and Mrs. Mildred
w. Syfrie, both of the home
address; four grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 pm
Thursday in the Hines Funeral
Home, 1901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-24
William Roberts,
Former Salesman
For Oxygen Firm

William Pinkney Roberts, IA
q retired salesman for the
Southern oxygen Co., died yes
terday at Kensington Gardens
SanitaIium after a long illness,
His home was at 10103 McKen-
ney avenue, Silver Spring.
Mr.. Roberts retired last year
after working as a sales rep
resentatlve of the oxygen COM
pany for six years.
Previously, he was employed
for more than 80 years with the
Air Reduction Sales Co. He
spent much of his career with
it as its district manager in
Birmingham, Ala.
He leaves his wife, Mrs.
Frances D, Roberts, of the home
address; a son, William, jr.,
Manor Club Estates, Md; a
daughter. Mrs. Louise A. Smith,
Silver Spring; three brothers,
William, Bla dens burg, Md,
Richard, Landover, Md, and
Albert, Staten Island, N. Y,
and three sisters, Mrs. Mema
Prentice, Mrs. Mercedes Berry
and Miss Eless Roberts, all OF
Landover.
The funeral service will be
conducted at 2 pm. tomorrow
at st. Barnabas Church in Lee
land, Md. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.