Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1926, Page 42

Indigestion May Ups JONAHS NOT GOOD FOOD FOR BIG BASE BALL FISH Easy to Down Griffs; Maybe, But Not to Keep Them " Down—When Champs and Macks Shed Coats for Private War, Hugmen Swiped ’Em; HYATTSVILLE NINES T0 BE BUSY TODAY Hyattsville base ball teams, which have been showing . impressively, face a busy Sunday. The Hyattsvillé ‘Washington on the Riverdale. din- mond at 8 o'clock and the Boys Club . Comets Junior 'will play host to the BY JOHN A. FERRALL. . gm?e J&x{flo}rfl of ;Numnltnln on th: OU seem to have stood the crucial series pretty well” remarked Bz’ffi:{'fi;fl’u ish ,‘;,'2::‘;}, e ol o Y the Old Timer as he cncountered the Kid just about to board fInterestifz. fl : a car for the ball park to take in the Griff-Red Sox game. "00"‘:; afi“c‘:f‘f,:. &'&?3&3, vgl; . . . A pitch “Crucial series!” exclaimed the’' Kid. “Take it from me, the Griffs | Hyattsville, while Bill Chase prob- and Macks just took off their hats and coats to engage in a private war— : o thoce blamed. Yanks: van off with their clothes. Say, but Miller Hog: [ Situet- Kellar gx Mipacar Jos Vi gins' bunch of whales sure do pack a Goliath punch—or: is it a Samson | The Cometd Juniors are undefeat- sock?” . ” A ed so fdr tils ‘season, having won amson and Goliath were pretty good boys,” admitted the Old Timer. | six games, two. of which were shut- w . Wi Vi i v. And, speaking of whales—how about |outs. Arrows, Corinthians, National But there was David, you knew PEOIR NS Clrcies and Atiantle Jumors, all of Jonah? 13 ‘Washington, and the Hyattsville “Jonah?" ired the Kid. “Sure. Jo;::‘\’::.\l\fau the real class of MASONIC ROLLERS PICK l:r‘::etmrfn“v:ngoa'ewat t‘:let.;: né:r;:t‘:..m’ RODIER FOR PRESIDENT the heavyweight division ig his day, ‘Tomorrow's game: will be the sec- when you come right down to cases. ond for Comets Juniors in the Wash- Don’t you remember hsl\\' old Moby ington Sport Mart series, they hav- Dick, the whale, couldn't hold JonaR| A 5 meeting of the Masonic |ing defeated Seat Pleasant here last Ve alter e B b nd the Kid, “but | Bowling League at Convention Hall | Sunday for thelr first: win in the where’s the base hall connection?” last night Henry Tait Rodier of °‘g’e-m Ablios of Oisigte Pt Hix Jonah Too Tough for Whale. Harmony Lodge was clected presl. | clude Chase, Walton, Vright, Cohan, " z g nt for the next season. M. S. v y tts, the old. whale couldn't HeBt f06 due Bt e o TodRe | e e P iimer, | Thiefer. & was elected vice president; Arville Ebersole, Albert Pike Lodge, secre- tary-treasurer, and Raymond H. down even after he got Rose, -Kegin, Latimer, Kiefer and him down.” repeated the Old Timer. Manager Vincenzo. a Cross, Hope Lodge, official scorer and publicity director. The mater “And don't forget that the Griffs have = ol of alleys for next sea- AUTO ieen a real Jonah these past few years cING sTARs son was deferred until the next to Miller Huggins' whales: and to Connie’s elephants, too. Both have had 'em down every now and then, but meeting in Fall. Prizes were awarded, including a cup to Lafay- ette Lodge's victorious team. maybe vou've noticed that they've COLLINSVILLE RESULTS never yet been able to keep "em down. year-olds and up: 6 fur- 113 (Phil 3 As the intellectuals tell us, history has longs—Granite hilpot): 3.80; 550, $5.50, won: . Lady Bountiful, 100 a way of repeating itself. “But don’t you think the 0. L 11.50. $5.60, sccond: Post Mis- \c $5.40, third. it they keep up their » asked the Kid. 3 said the O1d Timer. “They'd win by fifteen games if they Kept up their present pace—II. A percentage Flag Licutenan Fictl. Bundar} ap; Tis turlongs .50, Martines 114, ( Hov vl The Eastern States champion will Yanks will be among the stars who will drive in present resuniption of automobile racing ‘at the Baltimore-Washington Speedway at Laurel on June 19. This became a virtual certainty yesterday with the | announcement that the selection” will be mgde fvom the ranks of the: Na- tional’ Motor Racing Assoclation.dr! | ers who will compete tomorrow on the | Philadelphia Speedway at Langhorn, Pa. FIRST RACE, of .630 will be plenty =ood enough to pull down the American League flag, 1 think. The coming Western trip should slow up the Yanks consider- ably. They've been favored a bit by playing at home long enough to get a line on the stands: their sluggers have done the rest. Out in the wide open spaces, I rather expect to see them 500 ball.” - figure on_their pitchers breaking?” inquired the Kid. B “That looks like the weak point,” sald the OId Timer. “Hugging has no i & Fred Marberry and has to use his |kin and Charcoal also regulars for relief work: at least he RTH RACE 5o has done that a m}: this sel o £ Prince 1 u§ it 3070 far, apparently not having confidenc 2 via): in hie youngsters to check rallies. Frances Jane, That stunt broke the Macks last year, I believe, and if a young and husky bunch like Rommel, Gray, Harriss and Grove could not stand working as re- lief men, what will happen to Jones. Shawkey. Pennock and Shocker around August 17 Ruth Yanks' Real Punch. “Byt the hitting will carry team?” declared the Kid. “Mebbe so and mebbe not,” com- mented the Old Timer. “Ruth is the real element of strength, and if he keeps going can almost carry the ‘team by himself. That fact reaily is a strik- ing illustration of how good the Babe 1s, for as great as Cobb and Sisler are, they never have heen able to lift their teams by their individual power and inspiration. Substitute an ordinary 1350 hitter for Ruth. and the Yankees would be no better offensively than four other teams in the league. De- : E *1is fensively the team is just fa 5 io, 2. geecond; h“‘:,x:’ bage. think, un;(l lth; ‘:h\ X hils the pros. | Paiiii, Catactyim. iy Harlsy, id infield w ow. You'll | chester.’ Sauge. Donna_Video. Zeod. % Ew'e ‘tl:)elook a long way through the | Theodore. Upton. Charming Bridge. Nero also records to find a kid infleld that held | ™¥ecoxp maCE, gsearolds: about 3 up all during its first season.” miles—Fairmount, ‘185 (Brers). 2 10 1. 1 “Well,” said the Kid, “If the Griffs s won i do lose out| I'd rather like to see the Yankees cop just to put one over on those buzzards who have been pan- ning Miller Huggins. Those guys ought to take a day off and look up been a successful man- O Sea Bla: g Mattie, B ch _ai 'OND RACE ght,” 118 " (Pgol), . won: Gunome 1L 116 350, $4.40. second: Scholarship, $9.80. third. "Time, 3 Shasta_ Gra ze. Romy Madboy. Helghtened interest in the Laurel event is foreseen by officials of the local speedway, for the Eastern States title is ranked by drivers as second in }-{ importance_ to the national champion- { ship itself. P | This award, according to Albert R. " | Jacobe, secretary of the N. M. R. A. is conferred upon the speed demon . 83 who shows the greatest combination of driving skill, speed and’ endurance in a serfes ‘of exacting elimination tri ’ {Barnett). .80 Yorick, Huey. Gra ran. T ials. The title will go to the winner of the feature event carded for the Lang- horne cval tomorrow. While entries for the Laurel pro- gram are not complete for announce- ment, Secretary Jacobs states that, barring mishap, he is certain of hav. ing the full roster of hid best dirt and board track talent on the Maryland bowl next month. The drivers who will provide the June 19 program of one100-mile, one 50-mile and one 25-mile race are plan- ning to spend two busy weeks at the big Laurel bowl preparing for the opening of the 1¥26 season there. 33,10, Coignial Toka and, FIFTH RACE. on; n “H: . Dr. Tan. lds"and up: 6 f the SEVEN mile and 70 varde—Dr. Cardenas. 92 fleld), $103. 840, SK80, ‘wong (Cheatham). 40, $56.40, Eight Sixty. 105 '(Barnetti, $3. third. ~Time, 45 and ' Bolivar verfire, Jubal Ear] B an. of tuning the cars, changing- gear vatios and making various other me- chanical modifications, besides becom- ing accustomed to the mile-and-an- eighth track. Speedway officials announce that provision will be made for race fans to watch these tests. 3.year-vlds; 1 mile—Brush | to 1. 3 to 1. 8 to b.! Oighulifte) 'S TR Ao BASHARA AND HECTOR 40. Autumn hoias, Labra- : 41 furlongs o1 & o0 b _Joe Bashara, Norfolk imiddleweight, || will meet Mike Hector of (alifornia in the beadliner of the second boxing card to be presented Tuesday at the .| new Kenilworth arena. The bout is 9 !’cheduled to go 12 rounds to a deci- sion. Bashara become well known locally through his victories over Jack Turner and Charlie Baum. The de- feat of Turner in Bashara's first ap- pearance here two years ago was-one of the. upsets oI fistic circles. Hector, who made "his debut at Madison Square Garden against Ernie Weisse, German middleweight, is, a slugger from the word ¥go.” On the West coast he met such fighters aw Red Williams, whom he kayoed in four rounds, and the Mexican battler, Bert ‘Colima, with whom he fought a 10-round dra- X Joey Kaplan, conquerér of Johnny Meyers and Buster Dundee, appears on-the card with Eddfe Buell, another coast fighter. 5 One of the foureounders that open the show ] bring together Billy Gerber and Patsy McNuity. - LR | AUTO RECORD IS HIKED cond: Licut. Seas. 148 (Re 83" " Another ‘gu- ager always. Can't Fool the Buzzards. “And he w: sres added the Old Timer. iose_out on both your Griffs aren't going to finish any but first, and even if the Yanks were \watded the pennant by Ban Johnson because they represent a larger city, {he buzzards, as you =0 sood naturedly term them, would not realize that any- thing had been put over on them. On the contrary, they would claim all the credit for the victory.” In fact, they already are beginning tovlet it be known (confidentially, of course) that they knew all along that the Yankees were the greatest team in the history of base bail and Huggins the smartest’ manager. They merely panned them, vou understand, in order to encour- age them to do their best work. Get | ACE. S-ye me 2.00. won: Lere Say, I believe you're right at that,” | 5,10 d: Cani admitted the Kid. “I forgot that they don't have many sporting writers on the Great White Way; they just use. leftover humorists. ~ Most of those guys should be getting out daily comic strips instead of base ba' dope.” “That's what they .. doing,” as- serted the Old Timer with emphasis, “only they don’t realize it." MARLBORO NINE BUSY. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., May 29. per Marlboro Athletic Club nine faces three games over the holidays. Tomorrow they will play host in a|S"S double-header to the Whitley Club and Monday mérning will tackle the Capi- {” tol Heights Club. D — ta. ecy and Julia O al CHINESE LIKE BIKES. T s o Bicycling has become the modern | won: South A all 3.10. out. | *Cut tb 300 miles. ountry sport In China. For o long | fhies: mamr s ckeon | oty W 1817"na 1018 on sccount of time it filled a utilitarian place in wort N ran. FOURTH RACE. 3.vear-olds miles—King Solomon's Seal, to 1.2 10 1.7 to 10, wo ut, second: Sanford, d. Time, 1:51. Ban- 50 ran. ear-olds: 415 fur- (Sande), 8 to 5. 1 to on: Pillotta, 115 (Weiner), 7 0. second: Tipstaff, 115 (Fator), el Tigeresn b1 igeress, Blie cler or Fair, 112 Wi . e Fire, helan B. C 4 v F"é';n“,‘,“’fi“f‘%ni;‘:m"“ nsprite, Jimmy - e 7. —Whisk. Alon: 111 > (Meater), ‘15 1o g en, 1 to %, won: Cartoonist, 110 (Kellum . 310’5, 1 to 3. second: Flyman, 105 (Fields) . Sionaiknd Rirw it st St s Borderiand, Grand Pree aiso san. o> A1O"E: WOODBINE RESULTS FIRST RACE. 3-years-olds - : 3 t Twalley b L T 103 (Claver) " 37.65. r. ster. 103 (Smith), $4.5 A table of the winners of the 500- apoli¢ Motor Speedway in the last 10 WI o “:na the average miles per hour ollows: i3 szzpazenct RS iso_ran. FIRST RACE, 3yehrolds an ku, itney, Sran. 33 80, 41 serard s u‘in*uo. -m B%?,.,H 1‘1','.". iR DL B fur. WBRa SRl 250 B olden ~ Star, ran. up:" 8 fur- i a1} I , Pati Beonio “FHva Beth aiv FIRST RACE, furlongs—Flora, 0, $3.65. W I:G.“. $3.80, won: +$6.40, 5 o0 isloaley) 83, 0 hird. i i ENTR vities, but it was not in the past, as|ls , m ; Wi it is now, the playthihg of the silk- | (Sio T AN 15 arbed leisure class. 358 e - Tima. R X ;| Trium Tym&um and Marial Bor: TowSchntnd "Sis% II._M, Seremba. 7 Ceaside 115 & McCann). | FIRST RACE. i-year-olds an® up: 6 tur: A e Kan Y08 ho: | longs—Omnia. 101 (Finnerty). 550, $4:80 n), $3.10. third. Time. 1:08%. Arrow $3.60, won: Ice, 102 (Dul . $8.40, .60 ‘ané, Troubler, Vagrant Ditty and Dear Va- | 8econd P8 (Neal), '$630. third ty ‘also ran: ; .| Timey, 2:13%. Pyroot, Joliy "Boy. ¥ SECOND RACE, dyear-olds and up? 6| {he Time, Phii McCann,’ Frances Loiise an Lady _ Chilton, 1 (Foden). bler also ran. 5540, $3.20. won: Cant. Gu ECOND RACE. 2-year.old 'maidens: 5 .90, second: Unlue {urlongs—Dr. Maxon, 115 éfiamen. $3. 83, third. Time. 1 VD ol g yongs Marshall Neg, 118 mbelona also ran. iavetti). $8.20. $3.40, i .;?‘mx'x};‘:“n"durlo;ufi _H” Blind) . * SheRRoni;:ts Yhe illy | patin. RAS ;78 e, eme. She il fle, Black Art, | gnd: Ine: o o: 0| Vehnle. Day 1ds and. up: ! Juer 10 “(hrcCRte) | also on: Radical. 113 second: Father Da- 70." third. " Time, ct] Rus- 5 wisard: i o F 3 i X Huaksi, Joun FonSaise ron. 08, (hirar ime, Ld2 Bay Dingle, Miss Eus Ficdra, 10 ('Smn?fill. 50, secand;, Jamina, 350, (iied.. - Time: % 55 Wl | TRTass) . V- a0 ‘( Mo organatic. BodanzKy u} also Fan. HYATTSVILLE, Md, May 20.—| nine, managed by John Henry: Higer, | {c} | will entertalh Anacostia. Eagles "of ably will hurl for the Comets, with| IN LAUREL EVENT } the three races that will mark the | Hetii Gerber, Much will have to be done in the way | Sch; IN KENILWORTH BOUT | GREATLY IN 10 YEARS |2 5; | mile automobilé race at the Indian- | Ma: BIG AMERICAN. CLUB DAmNG‘ INDIVIDUAL HITTING. 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KID KELLEY INSECTS | WIN THIRD STRAIGHT ORI Kid - Kelley Insects turned fh their third straight win in their division of the Capital City Base Ball League yesterday when they took the Boys’ Club_Elks into camp, 9 to 2. . The Lyon Village nine, now in sec- ond place in the race, nosed out the Aces, 9 to 8. The teams stand as follow: ‘Won Lost Pet. 1.000 id_Kelleys 3 s ;,, By i 3 Cobra I double-header, defeating .the Pecks, 9 to 0, and the Arlingtons, 19 to-18. Insects of = Georgetown trimmed the Gonzagas, 6 to 4. Call ‘West 1215 for games. A A R ST e T SANDY SPRING WINNER. ‘ Sandy Spring defeated Rockviliu yesterday in the Montgomery County ‘Base Ball League, 11 to 5. The inners collected 18 hits from the offerings of Enworthy, while their own pitcher, Clarke, was worked -for 10 safeties. Wallace' Motor . NASH _Sales and Service 1709 L Street N.W. Just East of Conn. Ave. f | feld in the ; WALTER REED BEATS | bagger. PRINTERS SET PACE, BUT HARD PRESSED o " . Unjon. Printers, champions of the Departmental Base Ball League last #hit their stride. during the "nd ow-are leading the Comflercial cireuit with d vecord of six wins against two defeats. jon’ Shop is close hehind the | ;: with’Chevy, Chase Dairy, lead- position.” on the. league series ' STANDING, OF TEAMS. 3 ony Lost. y S low:™ G.AB. H, B%.' ne 3 INDIVIDUAL AVERAG! . Al ™ .....--_;xgg s SUEEEE A - BN IGREINXINES X EACOARS X IR DO RIS FE B! SR St St B e St e AT IAS B BIGBE frr e e T g=i CLUBS IN GOVERNMENT LOOP N - Government Printing ~ Office and General -Accounting, Office_appear to have the Government Base Ball YLeague race to themselves. The .champions have turned in half 4 dozen wins while taking a.single beatinz and playing one tie gmme. The Accountants are running second with five wins-in six starts. Statistics on the league follow: > Sunding of Teams. Games Won ne g b 7 Lost eral weeks, trailing | ! WAR NINE HAMMERS * | Shenandoah Valley League. CAPITAL CITY While most of .th: tomorrow as. well, the league nines matches scheduled for the Sabbath. The only change in the original + are offering nine of the games the Knitkerbockers p|aying at Arlingts have possession of the field. BASE BALL SECRETS D0 THIS NOT THIS | WHEN BUNTIN Use the choke grip for bunting that is, sif a right-handed batter, hold the bat about five or six | inches from its end with your left hand and then grip it about | that same distance from your left hand with your right, as the player on the'left in ‘the illustration is do- ing. That permits him to push \hghhm into the ball just above his ight hand and to place it along the baseline. A bunt is rarely suc- cesaful if the player grips the bhat with his two hands together, as in the illustration on the right. 473 5 g8 . Treas. . ! Tetreault; Int -G A.O. Goriin. Pat. Off fackson, BOLLING FIELD, 7 T0 5 Walter Reed Hospital, diamonders, who entertain the fonal - Circle Athletic Club today. 2 o'elock, showed the way t: tefday at the Reed field, 7 to 5. frame accounted for a trio of runs. Pikert also connected for a three- Fitzpatrick registered a homer far the losers. Line-up and Summary. LA B |fi" P'nlt’kmf. Sehuler 1t et PRREGEHERN 4 | oxosomassssm 5l momconses R »| oso. Totals. 37 11 w-{ur Reed. Bolling Field. "+ J T osa nson. Left on Bolline Field. 6., Stolen basee—— som. ‘Blick” Fiuspatricl, Mesers. T Bartholomew: 5 minutes. . “UNTZ” BREWER GENERAL CORD “goes & long way to make friends."” Time of gt 00| 1537 14th'St. NW. Tel. Main 6694 EASY CREDIT _ TERMS Bolling Field ves- | Je Johnson's triple in -the opening oo ITS WAY INTO LEAD Heavy slugging is keeping the War Department nine out in front in the race for the second pennant in.the | Potomac Park Base Ball League. | The War pastimers at the end of | the first four weeks of the series are | topping the league in team batting ivfllh an average of 57, and have {gained the verdict in each of their! | starts. Two of their batters. who rhave taken part in all the games, are | | hitting above .500. |, The league, standings and batting erages follow: ! STANDING OF TEAMS. l§ ‘Wou. Lost. Pet | War_Department. 1.000 | 857 | Navy Department | Labor ‘Department.. | Shipping Board. Public_Building iCx\'u Service | Hays. o Coroim, “War. Schmidt. Labor. Eobbine, P. B Holl, W W Simmons, Wi Elliot. P. B. & B Strawser. P_ | Crenshaw | Morrisee: | Gorman.”x | Kenneds’. McQuinm. ) n 5 70 | tor Miner. Sk Board Miner. Shippins B Abell. Civil Servie Drey el 3138 | I U B 81 TN O 1 41 D B S U 1O K e DS N E 8 sz jams, Civii ‘Service: Houlihan. Shi Bo HRorbach, Shipping Board FAIRMOUNT RUNS FIRST. NEW YORK, May 29 (®).—Fair-- mount, owned by Joseph E. Widener, captured the Charles L. Appleton Memorial Cup Steeplechase\ for ~4- year-olds_and upward, $10,000 gua anteed feature race at Belmont Park today. The 2-mile distance was covered in 3:40. Cherry was second and Gaspar third. Fairmount was a 2-to-1 shot. Cardinals v t §1 | Mount Rainier, the Ch | on Friendship diamond. - LEAGUERS STAGE CONTESTS TODAY Many Unlimited’ Class Nines to Swing Into' Action Tomorrow—Mount Rainier Lists Attractive Game — Mohawks at Alexandria. ENIOR, junior and midget nines of the Capital City Base Ball Leagua that make up the big sandlot proe gram arranged for the fans today. unlimited clubs also are planning to go into action will confine their activities to the schedule for the teams taking part in the various -championship races is the shift of the Takoma Tiger-Con- gressimial Junior game from Plaza diamond to Georgetown Hollow. With on, the two junior combinations will The list of league games follows: SENIOKS. Tremonts ve. Brookland. Plaza. 1 o'clacks Auths, Bart s. 1 o'clock. JUNIORS. B A—Congressional _ ve Tak getown Hollow, 3 o'clock: thfields, South Elin B—Aztecs vs. Freer orie Smi ection Chaconas. utherns ve. DGETS Agoll Auth . New Havens 00 s W vs. Hobo. lties ve. Corinthians oclock. Lafayette Pastimes -13 verdict over the 3d Cavalry in inings yesterday play at Herndon today Red Cross nine at St. EL pital tomorrow mornins. Cheseldine also §s on the lookout ior an afternoon game. Players are 1o meet at 1002 Thirteenth street southe east today at 11 o'clock. Mount Rainier base ballers hova scheduled two choice attractions for the District line fleld. Today e Maryland Athletic Club ipv: Mount Rainier digmond and torgo the Che Chuse Bearcats tre luck. In addition to their Mou. theit gane at teain today is meeting the Union Prin Jeft Smith, a new ‘addition to thed line-up of the Dreadnaught Athletia the Mohawks on at Alexandria, with the Knick erbockers and later twirled in the Alexandria Cardinals have theid work cut out for them both todaw® and tomorrow. Woodridge invades the Cards’ park today, while the Knickerbockers are scheduled for the journey to the Virginia town for the holiday game. X Naval Air Station diamonders tacklg the Ballston Eagles today on the late ter's field. . White Haven players practice at 10 o'clock for a 3 o'clock game with the Woodmen of America, Georgetown Camp. Takoma unlimiteds have hooked morning games for both today and tomorrow. The first is with the Rebels today at 10 on the field at Georgia and Alaska avenues. The second is with the Liberty Athletic Club at Plaza diamond, starting at 9 ‘clock. The Libertys entertain the 8t. Mary's club of Alexandria today at 3 . Red Sox tossers go to Bradbury Heights for a match with the Heights nine today at 2:30. Rialto and Washingten Athletic Association teams play today at 3 o'clock, at Washington Barracks. Petworth has no game for tomo: The Cherries hope to trim the 300 | District aggregation and then chalk up two more wins in tomorrow's doue ble-header at Herndon. Mount Rainier Seniors will here- after be known as the Mount Rainier Collegian Athletic Club, and will per- form in the unlimited class. The team, recently strengthéned by the addition of Tripp, Elwood, Hall, Miles, Walters and Hutchinson, will attempt to make it five straight today at the expense of Vienna. Holy Rosary pastimers stage a v turn game with th€ Westover nii today, at 3, o'clock, on the west dia- mond of the Ellipse. Seabrook tackles the Concordiany today and meets the National Circles tomorrow. Addison entertains the Wonder Nire today. The latter engages the Alexandria St. Mary's tomorrow. Klansmen ball players meet the Shamrocks today at Congress Heights and go to Culpeper, Va., tomorrow for a double-header. - Penrose Juniors game for today. 449-J-1. Members of the newly organized Colony Club will meet Tuesday night at the home of Paul Deloe, 736 Rock Creek Church road. The following players, along with other candidates for the team, are requested to report: Monk, Regan, Hamilton, Tebbs, Par« mele, Langford, J. Pricei, F. Pricci, Schloss, Shield, Banta, Hopping, Parker, Apperti, L. Driscoll, R. Dris- coll, H. 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