Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-26 | Page 8 | Athlete Dies from Blow by Fellow Student

Athlete Dies From Blow by Fellow Student DENVER. Oct ). A playful blow so tha fas rtvsn by ooa athlsts In ths Hrhool ef Mlnas to snothsr, results! In ths daeth ef Ray WIMatta tn St. Joaaph a hospital vasterdajr. Ha waa widely known aa sn amateur bat prafessionsj base ball pU yer. Wllletts and tha ether stud ant, Erresto Ornelius, a Maxioan, ware about to en-nca en-nca In ft tm of tennla, and had bean throw. nv racquet a. hats and I1s;htd tig- ; rottfs Lack snd forth at each other. As th,-y got cloear Orneltus hit Wllletta a smashing; blow In the face, he claims marely Tn fun, but other students say with Infant to knock Wtlletts down. The Mexican Is a former Cornell man snd an oarsman of note In that unlvar any. Hla blow was tarrlflo and fractured frac-tured the other's sknIL Urn Hue was arreeted by Sheriff Jones of Golden, but rlaaed yaetarday after an Investigation of the clrcumsianoss by Lttetrtet Attorney Johnson.