Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1927, Page 34

" gy " No Cause for Con_éern QOver Griffs’ SPORTS. McCANN, REEVES, CULLOP LIKELY SU BS FOR JUDGE Sale of Moon Harris to Pirates Has Not Weakened Reserve Strength, National Bosses Believe. Rookie Hurlers BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor. The Star AMPA, Fla., February 14.—Fol- lowers of the Nationals have no reason for concern over the first-base, situation this year, according to those guid- ng the destinies of the team. When announcement was made a short time back of the sale of Moon Harris to the Pittsburgh Pirates much fongue-wagging and head-shaking en- gued. Joe Judge is brittle, fans argued. Tia is prone to Injuries, a mark for microbes and the odds are all against him going through any season with- out being on the shelf from two to six weeks or longer Also, Judge isn't vounger, you know and sells’ Moon H the policy on initial sac What in the world mpaning the club offic have been thinking of? Well, we have it straight from “them” that they do not share any doubts as to the wisdom of the trans- actlon, for several geod reasons, one of the principal of which s Rabert Tmmett McCann, the tall young man of 24 years who carved out a .337 bat ting average with Columbus of the Ameérican Association last year and who is rated by competent judges as having the makings of a first-class westibule guardian. Moon in Poor Health. An Influencing factor in the release ©f Moon is that he is 35 vears old, and not the type with which to build for the future. Also, the old war horse did not enjoy the best of health. His notions of training were at variance with those whose ideas were supposed 1o be followed. with the result that he wasn't always in the best of shape when an emergency arose. it is suspected further that Judge will prove much more dependable with no polished understudy ready to hop into the breach in case there arises some question of his fitness for play. It may be a matter of psychol- ogy, but it is believed Joe will carry on longer, better and farther if he realizes that first basing s his ex- clusive responsibility, and that the tcam may be greatly weakened by his absence. In addilion, there is reason to be- lieve that should a grave emergency occur, the Nationals could obtain a competent first baseman on very short notice, one of proved ability, who has no connection whatever with the club. However, the powers that be are not anti¢ipating any calamitous eventual- ties and are of the opinion that there is sufficlent material on the roster as now constituted to protect them against anything short of the complete crippling of Judge. Might Use Reeves. Bob Reeves comes under this head- ing. This lad of 22 Summers, who came up from the campus at Georgia ‘Tech early last season, is rated as be- ing a real diamond in the rough and possessed of the ability to make good at any job assigned to him, although he has devoted most of his attention thus far to shortstop and third base. Anotber in the same classification 1s Henry Cullop, the &tquisition from the “Double A" St. Paul club. Cul- getting any Yet the club up and When Base Ball Was Young BY JOHN B. FOSTER 0ld-Time Scorers ODERN base ball scorers have nothing on the old fellows who established the present system and who gave scor- ing more thought than it is given in these days. The older men were pioneers at that sort of thing and had to make clear what they were trying to do in order to establish uni- formity. Now that it is all thought out, about the only thing to be done ~<dp_these days is to learn what the old feflqws decided upon as rule and precédent—and some modern scorers do_not dv that. There is at present a rule in base ball that, it a base runner slides to a base and overslides it, he is not to be given credit for a stolen base if he is put out. That rule is unsound. It ever should have been put in the @ede. The moment the runner touches the base he has done what he undertook to do and what becomes of him afterward has nothing to do with the case, as they say in “The Mikado.” The first Base Ball Reporters’ As- sociation, which was ma“e up of some of the smartest men who ever had to do with base ball. promulgated the following opinions about base running. “Any attempt to steal a base must g0 to the credit of the base runner, \ r Drills. Ready fo of 24 years, while ranked as an outfielder, has seen serv- jce at first and is said to handle him- self in very acceptable style there. | MeCann will be the chief dependence a substitute for Judge, however. | According to those who saw him in action Iast season, he has developed | mres ince his former big league in- spections. Scouts along the frontler have reported that he never will make a marvelous performer at the short. stopping thing he has been dallying with, but they agree that he is ideally equipped for a first baseman and rates high as a batsman and fielder, with speed to burn on the bases. Capital fans may be dublous about the advisability of entering a cam- paign with Judge the sole tried and lop. a six-footer ton board of strategy appears not the least bit worried on that score. fe! won a pennant and world champion ship three years ago with no bette: initial sack sub than Mule Shirle; and asserts that it can do it aga No Early Drill. With the grounds at Plant Field in exceedingly poor condition, due to the havor wrought by the annual South Florida Fair, which closed only Satur- day, the Nationals were delayed get- ting into action today. Owing to ab- sence of locker-room facilities no morn- ing practice was attempted, the hoys being excused from taking the initial ‘workout of the 1927 season until after luncheon. Manager Harris, who arrived yes- terday from Hot Springs, where Rice, Goslin, Covey and Marberry are taking the baths, and Trainer Mike Martin were on the job to put them through the paces, assisted by Coach Jack Onslow. 4 There were only a few absentees. One of them, Bill Morrell, is expected in today, accompanied by comedians Altrock and Schacht, who were de- layed a day in the Capital, where they spent a week elevating the stage and increasing their bank rolls. Joe Carroll, pitcher, bought from Little Rock, may not report until next week. He was to be operated on for follicular tonsillitis today at Little Rock. Pitcher Garland Braxton is due to- morrow. Leo Mangum is expected any hour, and so is Catcher John Berger, the young draftee from New Haven. Rookles at Hand. All the others checked in at the ap- pointed time. They are Catcher Benny Tate and Pitchers Bob Burke, Dick Coffman, Alvin Crowder, Irving Hadley, Decatur Jones, Horace Lisen- bee, Frank Loftus, Lou McEvoy, George Murray, Warren Ogden, Ralph Stewart, Clarence Thomas and Clay- ton Van Alstyne. All of the above except Tate, Lisen- bee and Murray are under contract. They were told to report only in the event that the terms offered them were acceptable, so it may be as- sumed that their actual signing will prove little more than formality, although Tate may prove something of a tough customer to handle. If Benny is backward for a while, the pitchers will not be greatly handi- capped, however, as Trainer Martin has engaged a couple of local boys to help out with the backstopping. Knew Their Stuff. fit to this day to ask any modification in the rule. “But not very many base hits are made in that manner. (Next: The Origin of Three Out, All Out.) RICHARDS PREDICTS A PRO TENNIS BODY NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 14 (). —Plans for a professional tennis association are fast coming to a head, according to Vincent Richards, tennis star who was deprived of No. 1 ranking by the United States Lawn ’l‘ennl; A’nsnrintflon because he joined *. C. Pyle’s professional tennis tro last Fall. o Admitting that he is behind the movement to organize the professional net game, Richards today sald he would call & meeting for that purpose, probably within the next month. No more definite Information could be obtained. A league, to include New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, New- ark and possibly Chieago, is also under consideration, Richards said. It the association gets under-way according to plans, he said, it is hoped to hold an open tournament next seagon. The United States Lawn Tennis Assoclation will not be included in its direction, he asserted. “If they had looked at things in the right light.” Richards said, “they would have been included in the plans for the formation of the professinal assoclation, and would have had full control over the open tournaments, as is the case In golf. Now they'll probably be bucked at every turn." SHAMROCKS TO HOLD | BASE BALL MEETING! Manager (lascoe of the Shamrocks | has called a meeting of the club base | ball candidates for Wednesday night | at 1316 L street southeast at 8 o'clock. The team will be led this year by Tom Sweeney, a capable out- flelder. Base ball candidates for the Takoma Park nine will meet tomorrow night in the Takoma Theater to discuss 1927 diamond plans. ¥rank M. Fow- ler is manager of the team. Walter Johnson of the Nationals is to address a meeting of the Lyon Village, Va., team tomorrow night at Clarendon Methodist Church. . CHICAGO, February 14 (#).—Tliness of Tony Canzoneri of New York has necessitated cancellation of his match here Febmuary 25 with Bud Taylor of Terre Haut whether the ball is thrown wide or | muffed by the fielder, and unless the | base runner is advanced more than | one hase no error is to be charged to | the fielder. If the base runner ad-| vances another base the ficlder allow. | ing the advancement is to be charged with an error. If a base runner makes a start and a battery error is made, the runner secures the credit | of a stolen base and the battery error is scored against the player making it. Should a base runner over-run a base and then be put out he should receive credit for a stolen base.” They don't do it now, which is an tbstance of going backward. The “left on base” item in the sum- mary was to be represented by the difference of the total of times at bat, bases on balls and hits by pitchers, and the total of put-outs and runs. That decided that if two were out and men were on bases, the bateman hit- ting the ball, and the play being made | 10 one of the bases. it was proper to credit the batsman with being left on base. It was also the rule that when a player reached first base through an error of judgment, such as two flelders allowing the ball to drop be tween them, the batter was not to be credited with a base hit or the fielder charged with an error, but It} was to be scored as an unaccepted { chance and the batter charged with a time at bat. That is not done by anybody in modern base ball. Her ain is a change, but this one is due to the fact that bases on balls were then charged as errors. The rule read: ‘Bases on balls being | summarized as errors shall not be credited as factors in earned runs.” 1 a pitcher gives a base on balls these days it is o factor In an earned run because it is charged against him. as it should be, and there ix no such thing as a_flelding error for starting a man to first on called balls. Tt was Frank Brunnel of Cleveland who offered the suggestion that when a runner was hit by a batted ball the batter should be credited with a base hit. It was argued by him that « batter could not be held responsible because a runner got in the way of 2 ball and that argument is so sub- stantially sound that no one has seen “TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats | tested firet sacker, but the Washing- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. BELIEVE IT OR NOT. AuGH FLETCHER, ‘Winnepeg Professionat PLAYED A HOLE. 14 MILES LONG | | 1t ve- | you to the fact that the Nationals | | HINDUS chARM Tue DEADLIEST SNAKES WITH MusiC TWO DUCKPIN TEAMS AFTER NATCAP TITLE National Capital Bowling League concluded its third series last week with but two teams remaining in the race for the championship. They are the King Pin club, 1926 flag winners, and the Meyer Davis club. Though both of these teams represent the same business house, they have been bitter rivals during the entire cam- paign and each seems to glory in the defeat of the other. King Pin now holds a lead of two games over the Musicians. Close fights are being waged for other positions, but it 18 hardly prob- able that any will catch the leaders as Joseph Phillips and Beélmonts, tied for third position, are eight games behind the runners-up. A merry race is on for the individ- ual average honors, with the veteran southpaw, “Al” Work of the Joseph Phillips _club, being on the top rung with 115-30. He is closely pressed, however, by Arthur Logan, mainstay of the Meyer Davis club, with 115-17. “Al" also tops the fleld in strikes with 39, Farnum of Knights of Col- umbus being second with 33. Bromo Seltzer, the hook ball artist, tops the fleld in spares with 139, while Miller of the Belmonts follows with 133, Howard Campbell of King Pin still clalms the high set, 434, while Logan has the best single string with 172, The King Pin's 1,856 set and Ar- cadia’s 649 game stand good for team records. HANDICAP CUE TOURNEY STARTING AT KING PIN Competition in the Spring handicap pocket billiard tournament at the King Pin parlors, Fourteenth and Monroe streets, will get under way tonight with matches scheduled be- tween Charlie Bartelmes and B. H. Soper and L. W. Collins and George Bartelmes, Twenty players have entered the tourney, with handicaps ranging down fo 60. Those scheduled to com- pete include some of the leading cue artists of the ecity. WILSON GAINS SECOND LEG ON SHOOT TROPHY ‘Walter Wilson broke 93 out of 100 targets to lead a fleld of more than a score of scattergun experts at the Washington Gun Club Saturday, win- ning the second leg on the handicap trophy. Dr. A. B. Stine, after tying with' seven other contestant, broke 10 birds without & miss to win the miss-and- out test. Horton took the trophy for high scratch score with 48 breaks. Wil- liams was high in the doubles with 22 out of 24. The Washington Gun Club shoots a match with the Oriole Gun Club of Baltimore in Baltimore next Saturday. JEWISH CENTER TEAMS T0 BE BUSY THIS WEEW vy program of athletic actlvity has been outlined for the) Jewish Community Center this week. Boxers will undergo strenuous work- outs under the watchful eye of Coach Jim McNamara. The girls’ swimming team will engage the Strayer girls in a meet Wednesday. Two basket ball games the same day will find John Marshall and Colony quints clashing, and Kana- whas and L.es Amis meeting later. A Junior League game Friday afternoon will bring together Locust and Iroquois teams, LENGLEN GETS OFFERS. NICE, France, February 14 (P).— “Papa” 'Lenglen has sent a message to Mlle. Suzanne, the lawn tennis ex- pert, now in the United States, in- structnig her not to sign any future contracts. A deluge of offers for her professional services has been received {on this side of the water. It is re- |ported that a continental promoter is offering 20,000 francs weekly for a | European tour. | RADIATO] DEF WITSTARI A RS B MOVED TO i EISEMAN'S, 7th & F 1533 14th St N. Ww. Opposite Wardman o R S 0 2o 1N 282 STROKES. DR. COOK , of Seattle RAISED A MUSHROOM OVER (6 INCHES In DIAMETER CARL MAYS DEFEATED Tve ATHLETiCS 24 TIMES IN SUCCESSION, g .8 LY b | [ | ROA L LT NENL T T[T " . r=ou HE GOLFER who has a fair swing but wants distance prob- ably wants one simply thing that he never thought of—a shorter back swing. It is one of the peculiarities of golf that the longer the back swing the shorter the flight is likely to be. This rule holds because the swing of the club is a precise exertion and hitting the ball squarely and solidly is & matter that hinges on narrow mar- gins. Therefore, the longer the back swing the greater is the likelthood that you will cross over to the wrong side of the narrow margin you have, and dub it. The long, sweeping, over-reached back swing causes the club to swing in a circle in the first place, whereas the swing should make the club de- scribe an ellipse. In figure 1, the dotted line shows the circular path of 14 NOW ARE LISTED FOR DAVIS CUP PLAY By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 14.—Re- éntry of Rumania and India into Davis Cup play for 1927 has brought the list of challengers for the historic tennis trophy to 14, the United States Lawn Tennis Association announced today. Thirteen of the teams will com- ' pete in the European zone, and the fourteenth, Cuba, wijl play In the American zone. Both Indla and Rumania have par- ticipated in Davis Cup play five times. India entered the lists in 1921 and Ru- mania in 1922, Both have competed annually since that date with one ex- ception. Indla failed to enter a team in 1925. Draw for 1927 play is expected to take place March 17, two days after close of the entry list. With Septem- ber 8, 9 and 10 already selected by the U. L. T. A. as dates for the chal- lenge round, play in the European zone probably will be completed not later than the third week in July. The European winner will then compete in the interzone final to determine the challenger for the United States, pres- ent holder of the trophy NASH Leads the World in Motor Car Value Built in 23 Models Ranging in Price From $925 to $2,090 Wallace Motor Co. Distridutor 1709 L Street Main 7618 the clubhead with such a long back swing that the clubhead dropped away down below the horizontal position across the shoulders. Now compare this with figure 2. Here the dotted line shows an elliptical swing, the club having been stopped at horizantal across the shoulders and the follow- through having chased far out after the ball. Your eye alone can tell you :’hirh of these swings will suit you est. The great long swing, as in figure 1, is a beauty when you can get away with it. Jesse Guliford uses it. It naturally delivers the maximum power against the ball, but the diffi- culty of timing it and of keeping it solidly together up to and through the ball is 8o great that the chance of do- ing it are too greatly nst you. It would take years to cuitivate such a swing to the point where you could rely on it, and even then it would fool you the instant you forgot to watch it. But with the shorter back swing, as shown in figure 2, you can readily get to the point where the only thing you have to keep In mind is the thought: ‘“Keep it short.” This one simple rule is the great cure-all for thousands of golfers, and it will un. doubtedly hel ou. « Try fit. Established 1898 At the Signs of the Moon Big Values in Fine Tailoring OUR | February Sale Saving to You We have a large stock of heavy and medium weight woolens to se- lect from. 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Reiselt, how- ever, can retain his title by beating Kleckhefer tomorrow, no matter what the outcome of the Kieckhefer-Copulos match today may be. Today's Matches. ton va. Campanioni ton ve. Lookabangh Y6, Copulos elaelt ve. Thirnbiad The Ktandings. Raiselt . | Rinckhoter TR Hall Den| | oo & Ampanior MeCour" ton & kabatigh ney .. 1l o i & BLACK HAWKS’ RUSH AT HOCKEY STOPPED NEW YORK, February 14 (#).— The charge of the Chicago Black Hawks, who counted two victories last week, to slip from fourth to third place in the American section of the National Hockey League, has been checked for the time being at least. Minus the services of Babe Dye, crack wingman ana one of the high point scorers of the circuit, the Hawks last night fell before the New York Americans, 2 to 1. In an overtime game at Madison Square Garden. The standing of the clubs follows: AMERICAN SECTION. CRenD; PEET o = Basee ans v 1 N. Y. Americans.. 1 Al 1 {U. S. CHECKER CHAMPION DISPLAYS WIZARDRY HERE | Newell W. Banks, checker champton | of America, was this afternoon to play six_games at the Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. A. clubrooms at the Union Station. At the same time he will| play a 100-point billlard match. i Tonight he will give a simultaneous | exhibition of chess and checker play ing at the Capital City Chess Club. Banks has chailenged Robert Stewart of Scotland, world checker | champion, to a match. Stewart de- | feated Banks for the world title in Scotland in 1922, | IN 10-MILE nuu@ George Washington harriers took | major honors in the regular Sunday | practice run held yesterday at the| Plaza Playground by the Aloysius Club to enable athletes to condition themselves for the 10-mile street run‘ to be conducted by the club on ‘Wash- | ington’s birthday. Capt. Hurd Willett of the Colonial squad led the fleld of 12 in the five- mile grind. His time was 29 minutes 33 seconds. Finishing second was a teammateé, Sherman L. Johnson. ‘Al Schaub and Jim Montague of the Aloysius Club were third and fourth, réspectfully. Others finished as follows, alk:but 2 of the 12 starters continuing {§§ the race: Floyd Pomeroy, George Whsh- ington; Leon S. Helnrich, Galla 3 M. J. Lynch, J. Bonnafon, Gratton M]ol;‘&!\le and Looney, all of Aloysius Club. | Saturday as the feature hike on their 6. W. RUNNERS LEAD ;| One of them will mark the initial ap- MALONEY AND DELANEY PRIME FOR By the Associated Press. EW YORK, February 14.—A Jimmy Maloney and Jack Delaney. The two colorful stars of Tex Rickard's heavy- themselves for the 10-round classi of the indoor season at Madison Square Garden ay night. The cided to acquaint the weight titleholder with tions of the commission governing ions. Delaney must weigh 175 pounds. the limit of his class, on the \fternoon of the match or there will Daniel I1. Skilling, deputy of the com- m on, went to Delaney's camp at Bridgeport. Conn., today. He will re commission. Maloney's advantage in welght fig ures prominently in discussions of the ton battler, who already have thrown close to $500.000 into the wagering marts at quoted odds of 5 to 6, are THEIR SCRAP 25-pound advantage will turn the tide in_his favor. . & brulsing slugger with has worked at his Long .J., camp for the past week to perfect’ short hooks to the body, a style of milling that he hopes wili keep Delaney constantly on the de fensive with little chance to employ his crafty devastating attack. Delaney's speed as a puncher, the accuracy of his crushing right-hand attack and the general improvement in the light-heavywelght champlon’s health and strength in the past few months will offset Maloney's welght advantage, Delaney's backers belleve The skiliful French-Canadlan has spent most of his time since conquer ing Paul Berlenbach in tramping through the New Hampshire hills and along the shores of Lake Winnepe. saukee. The New Boston “strong boy” has very definite ideas on the weight and punching power of himself and De laney. “They tell me Delaney can hit.”” sald Maloney. ““Well, I can hit hard too, and with 25 more pounds Branch, turbulent week is ahead of weight elimination series are fitting New York Boxing (Commission *hamplons bhoxing out of their divl- be no fight, the commission has ruled. port Delaney's present weight to the coming fray. Supporters of the Bos- frank in the belief that Maloney's behind my blows, doesn’t it stand to reason I am the harder hitter?"” WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER LAY for the Eastern High School interclass basket ball title will begin Monday, Feb- ruary 21, according to Beryle Edmiston, general manaser, unless that day fs declared a hollday, In that event, the opening game will be played on February 23. Freshman and junior tossers will clash in the initial contest. Should the game be played the latter date, a double-header will be staged with the sophomores and senfors meeting in the second game. Squads to represent the junior and senior classes in the forthcoming se- ries have been selected and will meet tomorrow afternoon for thelr first preliminary workout. Captains of the teams will be elected some time this week, according to Miss Edmis- ton. In picking the class squads, the com. mittee, composed of the basket ball manager, captains of the class groups who figured in the intraclass serie and the coach in charge, based its s lections entirely upon the perform ance of the players in the preliminary series and upon their attendance at practice. Junior tossers who earned nositions on the class team are: Virginia Daiker, Evelyn Bixler, forwards: Alice Law, center; Helen Hughes, side cen- ter; Jean Stivers, Bill Newman guards; Ruth Greenwood, Helen Ma ning and Alice Rezneck, reserves. Seniors who will wear thelr class | colors in the fr Zemma Hawkins, forwards: Beryle Edmiston, center; Teresa Breen, center; Eugenia Thompson, Kelso, guards: Helen Seit; Courtney and Urvilla Rolff, de Ma Thelm Fair hikers at Eastern enjoyed a 10-mile jaunt through Forest Glen weekly program. The hiking club has its slogan 100 miles before June ery girl in the club hopes to least this much before that A Ruth Chase chaperoned the hikers on the Forest Glen ramble. | George Washington University co-ed | basketers will entertain the Swarth- | more sextet on the Central High School court, instead of in the H street gymnasium, Friday night at § | o'clock, according to Virginia Hopkins, | coach. The university gym will not be available on the evening of the | Swarthmore tilt. G. W. lost to Swarthmore at Swarthmore last year, but the team has been exhibiting such improved form this season that the Colonfals are optimistic over the prospects of scoring over the Pennsylvanians this time. Four games are listed this week in the Washington Recreation League. pearance of the Washington Fleld Hockey Club sextet, which will meet |at Kansas City. serves. | 8:30 at the Holton Arms Gym, on Church street. The complete Recreation schedule for the week follo Wednapa AN teEmedinte. Diviston, o s ) Saturda Princess niors_vs. 3 Company F. at nnum"‘:‘x.n Sehool” vl Juni Tuesday—Western Fiecion: Juniors, at En‘:h e League ney ectric ve. Straver or " Div 3 Thursday—W ashington eld el b va. Basketars. Holton: Arma sym. At 825" In addition to their scheduled games in the District Girls' Basket Ball League the Washington Athletic Cluh sextet 1s booked for five contests with out-of-town teams, including the Vaga bonds, South Atlantics and St. Mar tin’s teams of Baltimore, the Northerr Virginla All-Stars and _the General Office Girls of Altoona, Pa. MAT BOUT TONIGHT RECALLS OLD FEUDS By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 14.—The match tonight between Wayne Munn, be hemoth of the wrestlers, and Joe Mal- cewicz of Utica, N. Y. recalls the tangled skein in which is involved the heavyweight wrestling champlonship. These two are among the prineipal figures in the action which has made are Marian Gardner, | the title a hone of contention. Munn once claimed the crown, when {he threw Strangler Lewis, then the recognized champion, out of the ring Not lone after this disputed contest the elder Zbyszko, Stanislaus, tossed Munn at Philadel phia, and in turn was flopped by Joe Stecher, the Nebraska scissors king. Munn’s claim thereupon descended to Stecher, but Lewis still contested it. and Munn never thereafter was able to pin the Strangler’s shoulders, One night in Boston Stecher was billed to wrestle some ‘“‘unknown,” who turned out to be Malcewicz, and Stecher refused to go on with the match. ~ While Malcewicz never claimed Stecher’s share of the title, he did bombard Stecher’s later matches with handbills describing the alleged “runout.” _————— FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Prees. DORTMUND, Germany.—Frank Die- ner, German heavyweight champlon, defeate® Piet Vanderveer, Dutch champion (10). FIGHTS TONIGHT. CINCINNATI.—Maxie Rosenbloom, New York, vs. Jimmy Delaney, St Paul (10). Many British golf professionals have recently secured lucrative positions the Basketeers Thursdav evening at with clubs in Germany. BREAKING THE RECORD | | | | | i mond Straight Cuts “Virginia t. Liceerr & Myens Tonacco Co. 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