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Show Walter Stef fen Dies in Chicago CHICAGO, March 10 (INS) Judge Walter P. Steffen of the superior su-perior court, the "commuting ooach" ef Carnegie Tech football teams, is deed. Death ended Judge 8teffens busy oereer here last night at the age of fix, He bad been ill aiaee December IS and was operated oa two months ego foe the rem oral of a brain tumor. tu-mor. Two years ego Judge Steffen underwent an operation for gall atonaa and last year ha again want under tha knlfa for a kidney ailment ail-ment Monday night his condition became serious. Steffen was a football star of note early la the century at the University of Chicago and In ltot was placed ea Walter Camp's ali-American ali-American team. He waa elected to the superior oourt bench la 1818. For years ha eaived as coach of Carnegie Tsch'e gridiron teams, dividing his time In the fail between the Took foot bail camp and his court bench la Chicago. |