New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1915, Page 8

egatta at Poughkeepsic Will Continue to Be Four Miles in Length---Ossie Quigley Joins wer Polo Club---Movement on Foot for Ice Hockey Team at High School---Gibbons-Clabby Bout ,-'Clabby Bout Will |F0UR MLE RME 1§ | Wingo and Dooin Catchers INTERNATIONAL CODE SHOULD HAVE HOCKEY Pig Spectacle of Week| fN) NOT GUILTY, o Cincinnati This Season| (f WEGHTS NEEDED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL s New York Promoters Made Big Mistake ——— ) { = ‘ = ¢ This Battle Go to the Middle West— Collegs Regatta at Poughkecpsie > Revision Necessary Before Cham- | Walru! H1l Pond is New Availabe Jess Willard Should Worry. is Not Cut to Three Miles. 2 : pionships Can Be Delermined. for @ Hems Rink. | Britain Herald.) choice with betting element, natural- New York, gan. lv.—The board ol > Ak St When the war is over and the peo- During the last few days there has 8-—A match which | Iy Clabby is the favorite in the far | stewdrds oL lue Intercolicgiaie 1.ow- S : ple have time to devot t mor ‘\ er nsiderable talk of ety ] loubting Clabby's abil ere is no doubting Clabby’s abil- he cards for mext |, ¢ o hoxer and fighter. But it is organizing mg association, the goverig wody 3 peaceful pursuits, it e hoped | a High school hockey team and g ol the ntercotleglate regatta on the I } L " that one of the international ques inging a schedule for the rest of Milwaukee. While | my opinton that he will have to be | 11UdsON, yesterday afternoon at tne K 4 ; : AT e e 1‘ il ngin 1 1 r the ra pulled an awful | every bit good as his friends say, and | 4lnual midwinter mectng dennitely < : , of boxing weights and rule An in o At s affair get away a little bit better, to beat the St. Paul decided that there would be no change o ® ternational code of rule and an irom~ lessened the local | @ This is only one man’s opinion | in the distance of the ’Varsity event, E: G # 4 N clad agreement on weights, such as AV been independent seveny t to any extent. In [2nd you can take it for what it s |which will be over a four-mile course R e . cannot be set aside at the pleasure composed of school bays Thek e sports talk about [ WOTth. T know practically nothing l,q i the past. This was the senti- / 3! s of a referce or a champion boXer. iy no lack of material and there fg ine that Mike Gib- | about Jimmy as a fighter, while I do | 0p¢ of the stewards after the last 4 : would be of vast assistance to ti 1 i t being manifested habby were to hook | know considerable about Gibbons. i e e much interest being manifested &l tle o1d Gotham And Mike looks auful good to me, | J683tt4, but since that time there has : ¢ | The ht tlonihas il | ESafly. (owhrde fOrmIng 40 SEETANNI, 1 G . 5 a | been much talk of the injury which . FE ¢ he weight question has long been , rapresent the school in this bran MEvaiook (theiclass .Gi00d lenoush n fact for mie tothke & AT },., X o 2 £ “,,,,mf\ 3,, 25 : 5 discussed, but no satisfactory code ha berisborsay -~ knt division at this [ tiket on him against anyone in the fresulted from the fo e event. \ i i [lever: been generally adopted % exception of Eddie middle-weight division, no matter how The question was re-opened at yes- 5 present the United States h one n make the weight }wll!iant hjs opponent's record. That | terday’s meeting, and it was decided i 8 " scale of weights, Great Britain an left to challenge !]“ ;‘]“I ‘x‘l‘i;"‘“" ‘:; (“":’r;‘\ “S_‘: figther. | to hear the prote which have come 3 e : e other, France another, and Australia p s, Skt e BT he champ: It []n( \\‘r‘:\ '\“d((l‘lab\fv ¢ m.’n!":;‘fifrmn coaches, graduates, and under- B another And all of these weight | central loca |I”” : )‘I Hv is th ghl forgot one Al Me- ek gRg R Juhiones | graduates only In so far as to state limitations are subject to the will of | ®i*¢ for a hockey rink ous to fame via the | better man I will be among the first | e he copped Geor| to congratulate and admit my error | that the matter will be taken up and R coppe ge 3 I L oA ] : i ship or near-championship honors o night last spring. | of Judgement. a definite investigation inaugurated, O & ; y McCoy's late per- | The contest means much to the men. | so that all of the facts may he com- | : % e Hrin Al A '_"; R ing 1o the size of the school—over 1,000 ond and third ra- [ If they both fight as they can it will | piled, and then if there is found to Siteh It the 1‘..\3,,; S iiatiiiag students and which has only thres expect to make | mean a great battle. But at times we | o an injury to the oarsmen from j DOOLT ‘ \ : all countries could agree on a code of branches of sports. Again the school against either of | 8¢t the least where we expect the E tries ag I belleve Gibbons |Most. Let us hope that this will not be cCoy’s aspirations | or:e of those affairs which will leave ‘Anad very | @ bad taste in our mouths when talk- it | ing about it. evidently considers that the case of | | the advocates of the three-mile plan is not proved as vet. High school has never had a school hockey team, but thers of sport €ince the municipal pond at Wals nut Hill pond is available for a home playing surface, which besides having that large crowds would turn out te vitness a good hockey game. Those who argue for a hockey team point any man who has attained champion competition over the four-mile dis- 5 % weights, and insist upon their strict wiil undoubtedly organize a hockey tance, the race will be shortened to observance, ns much by champions as seven within a few years and the s lowlicst dubs, it would mark porters of the game ask why het three miles. The committee, however, | by the 3 : improvement in the game start now? All educational institt. ounds. do the same, but with his ring Tom and Jack Explain. 0 not care to ven- n a boxer refuses to make the | tions for boys of any size have this | specified limit of weight governing his | pastime and the cost of maintenance pppener, 1 1 i F hi i One of the important features of & 2 It is manifestly unfalr to permit a R T S . color. If, as he | test with any of his white rivals be- | vesterday’s meeting was the fixing of 3 s o % . Shampicn 1a Noldl ahto: his Honote On the other hand it is claimed p the middle-weight | fore taking on Jack Johnson for the |the date of the next regatta, and it is k s : e i long after he has outgrown his class, | that the cost of organizing and fitting &G?:rt:;‘ewi':i;;zf championship of the world, we will [set for June 28, which brings it on i : : when other good boys who can make | Out 4 squad would llv“}\‘:v‘\{‘u‘r]‘xd that ls resent doteat o | have to be satisfied with the state- Monday. There were also several : : SO DMBMREED, | (he weight uro thus deprived of a | this game would conflict greatly with important changes in the regatta dis- 2 chance at the title, | basketball, as both are winter sports | and especially as the basketball five | welght near the | Ments made by his managers that the 5 blg fellow is anxious to put himself ; C2ssed, one quite radical in view of There is scarcely a champion, - sively that Osh- ¥ R | this year is very strong and is recely« map. While Mac’s | *i&ht with the public, and that they | the long-established custom at Pough- called, today who will make the ring- ‘Was of the popular | (the managers) are responsible for | keepsie. That is to have the junior ) ’ ) : ) side weights whaich have generally | ing good support from the followgs e e earty ob 4ol | his apparent lack of flghting spirit, | or freshman race rowed in the morn- | Cincinmati, Jan. 16.—Manager Her- Dooin, as there are weak spots on the | 1 & U0 C0 UN U T Willlams | of the game. Admitting that a strong Chip's two knock. | Both Tom Jomes and Jack Curley | ing. Heretofore all of the races have | 208 believes that the acquisition of | Cincinnati team that need bolStoring | may pe able to make 116 pounds ring- | hockey team could be fiitted out, & he Californian, he | 52 that Jess entertains no fear of the | heen in the afternoon, and it has been | Bed Dooin, formerly manager of thejup. It is doubtful it Be ¢an trade| gige, but the fact remains that ho | would be a question if the school and he Is still there | Outcome of any match that might be | found that there was a congestion | hillies, gives him the best catch-Dooin, us his salary is $6,000 a vear | hag refused to do so. Yet he is still | public would support it punch. It is a mat. | made for him, but that common sense | sometimes which crowded the "Varsity | "8 Staff in the league. He hadjone of the largest alaries paid t0]referred to as the bantamwelght | However, first of all, if hockey was th McGoorty. { prompts them to refuse to let him |race so that it was not always rowed | 21ready signed lvy Wingo, former catcher. Wingo also draws a g00d | (jampion, when as a matter of fact | 1o be introduced into school athleties Sod in New York. | have his way in the matter. With the |on the best possible water conditions, | With the Cardinals, and regarded as |stipend, as he had jumped to the Buf- | 4y0 weight most to his liking is only | this sport would need to have the [Clabby were meet- match for the championship so near | The new scheme will solve this diffi- | °1¢ of the real tars of the game. | falo TFederal league team -and was a pound or two under the featner- ' cardction of the High school athletic the St. Paul lad | 2t hand, they argue, it. would be fool- | culty, and make it possible to row It is possible that Herzog will a ‘l'_”‘”“" j“]‘ oy ‘f“““)”"“-" by a sub-{ Goight limit | council before it could become a refs Grite with the tal- | 1sh to permit him to run the risk of | the bigz race-at a time when the wa. |PoSe ©of Wingo now that he has stantlal increase in pay. Johnny Kilbane hasn't manifested | oonizoq school sport. It is doubts bby’s record in the | Injury to his hands in battle with | ter conditions are perfect, and this b impressive than | S0me second rater, as he would not | policy will probably be ecarried out £y B = = appearance in this | gain anything by winning and. if he | aven though it is necessary to change i clings to the ]""'““"""“" of that ':' sentative in that body and the mems : ; All Johnny needs to e but startling and | failed to stop his man, he would be | i S ; 1 h F II R - i =t S h held up to public ridicule as a theaprintsaRonderhaiishegerentsiing Sportogral) y Wit a wer e EDUt fo o ntas imors than | ThEA L OL TGS GOWROR | G I his reputation with ke R e a s ihava lasked thatitnia natres school has enough diversion and even . then, he sport. On the | fighter. i & 2 the 122-pound limit BB s chowo somo| Marth 6 has been set as the date | oo, EoR° into thoroughly and have BY “GRAVY.” The American lightweight limit of . hereabouts and | for the battle, and Juarez, across tho:d‘r"'tod thatiasespor tREe R nad oo rop T r 1 pounds has been sent into the ble affair with Mc- | Rlo Grande from EI Paso, as the | (N8 Proposition. = [ vears ago his work | Tlace. Johnson is to receive $30,000 | At vesterday’s meeting the three | puongg is famous as being the cen- [HE R the right to decide such little matters | - - — onship order. Both | Win, lose or draw, also a half interest | SteWards of the regatta were present, | (er of the California raisin indus 4 3 5 i, | for themselves. Being a Britisher, |, s e = 9 ad “sick alibis” for | in the moving pictures—which by the | Morton G. Bogue of Columbia, C. ¥.|(ry put it also has other claims to 7 ? Ireddie Welsh can claim the right to ' | ! ance on that oc- | way will be hardly be worth printing | Trémen of Cornell and Howard Fi- |fame. It is the birthplace of IFrank - fight at the British lightweight limit, Il the truth they |if the negro is the winner. Willard, | Senbray of Pennsylvania. The other |,eroy Chance, the once peerl . v 135 pounds, with some appearance of J like a couple of in- | I presume, will get little or nothing | colleges which participate in the an- |jeader of the diamond, and it wi ¢ | justice. But how about Willic - » outside of the chance at the title. If | nual event have no voice in the run- | the scene of ‘“Chief” Meyers base. Rl Ritchie, who still claims the light Fraternal League, of the few men |he can make good and win over the | ning of the regatta, and are invited | ball debut, the “Chief” having been 3 weight championship of America, but Eagles eight class I have | negro the entire purse will not amount | guests, and following the established | engaged to ‘“kick” a job press and e . who has adopted the British limit as Neri ........147 198 167— 512 s who appears to | to anything in comparison with what | custom it was decided to invite Syra- | print raisin boexs five days a week 3 . being more in accord with hls need Tarson c...170 176 187— B§S about while in the 'he can make in the next few years | cuse and Wisconsin, and also the win- [and play ball on Saturdays and Sun- CSEEEEER St As a welterweight champion, Mike prechart .....153 137 187— 48 an opponent into | in the show business. So he is gambl- ) ner of the Pacific coast intercollegiate | days. esno is also entitled to B YRR ! Gibbons is a fine middleweight. The . 1, Jurgen 151 146 137— 4M i uncertainty Mike | ing nothing really agalnst a chance to | regatta. Washington last year being | whatever glory appertains to the - P 3 § American welter limit, 142 pounds, | I, Jurgen 191 133 170— 4M self. ‘nu q.»ps not | make an hm_nenso pot of money. Who | that representative. The h{vnutiun to | birthplace of Frankie Burns, the Cal- s doesn't appeal to the St. Paul phan- l or right. just for|can blame him? I can't, g that he has two Big Jess has everything in a physi- object in view all | cal way that could be desired. he has always ‘“working” | 8&iven a fair account of himself for ening and is one of y one so little experienced in the game. ers in the ring to- | He has never met a first class fighter, bt alone a defensive | however, and predictions as to what g is one of the most [ he may accomplish in the Johnson Now that it is an assured thing a | Jess Willard will not engage in a con- any strong desire ‘nf ite to make the if a vote will be taken in the counc featherweight limit, although he still | By oo 0oiig have no rep eball has never pald, and, until this vear, basketball has net been much of a success. discard—by the champions, who claim lightweight boxer, who was i S tom at all, and he is at his best sov 848 Wisconsin will probably not be ac- [ifornia twenty- g 5 eral pounds above the British welter ’ cepted in view of the decision of the |born in the raisin city ju Stewards not to change the distance | four years ago today Frankie-— | B8 3 3 limit of 147 pounds | Russell of the ’Varsity race. The students at | Who is no relation to the little Jer- v Of th~ six or ten middleweight | Walen the western colloge have been trying | S€ (‘ity bhoxer of the same name 5 > g b champions we have in our midst, ‘n:-l Pllz 109— to have a ban on rowing lifted, but |Started his pugilistic career in Oak- g A more than half of them can make 1638 | pajy _ 35 157 their plea rests on the supposition |!2nd, to which city he removed at the 3 pounds ringside, and some of them | cajlahan 118-— 3¢ . i Aiftee s absorved con- & SE would A difficulty ir stting down | volz . B Lo ¢ times | Battls are simply & mattor of con. | that the race will in future be three | 588 of ffteen. = He absorved con : : Al iflculty in geltlng dowh | ¥ol ; o ‘fight every man |Jjecture and nothing else. miles. This means that the Badgers siderable education in the Anl\lkm‘d 1o 11:}‘ )vwnln‘( s, the ritish McAloon P 269 neral line. He has From what little T have seen of him | Will probably drop out of the regatta [ D18 school and ey {fi';‘-"]wm‘.l(.“{, | OSSIE QUIGLEY. ["]'}'i\xf-\\.vlv"«’{1:~. of weights needs scien- | 7 662 654—1818 for every man he | he appears to lack the fighting in- | after having been contestants for | CCCupation of a "l‘ W I Lt "I | SbEay st saad 567 3 i Mike does not [stinct. In local contests he has shown | many years. when the boxing bug bit him 5 . e | G . M. League. < o ite accidental. Frankie Ossie Quigley, former second rush | t{hat will work the greatest good to | strength. He is not | no aggressiveness at all, and as John- Charges Are Not Sustaln Moo alhaay i 4 | Blues , ki )\ Sustained. T glove ert oha S Naw . Brits 5 8 o greatest numb Too many di- ing about the ring [ son fights along the defensive almost had never had a glove on when one | on the New Britain polo club, has the greate number many modern youngsters, | entirely the affair may develope into a, Speaking for the committee, Mor- | night, with a bunch of boys, he attend- | joinea the Iall River five of the | Visions amf‘m from the .m.»x].»! u:_ { {‘f“!:v::x"" 2o .:":‘I :m ’f 3“"6 his feet and hands | question which man can atand on his | 07 G- Bogue sald In discussing . the Jed a boxing show In Oakland. It AL Pl o il Mo R M AP P TR prel i when he gets the | feet the longer. I can’t picture John. | SROTter race: “In view of the many [ was an amateur affair. One of the| = ° % %0 W0 0 5 L champlon titles. Considering the m: Rl Al e b r, no man can take |son chasing an opponent or carrying | Charges made against the four-mile [featherweights listed failed to put in ETcalpsunE 2 i l‘ ter in ‘.‘h". ligntoliitha Fpzenent e [ 1¢3 138 _ o ker or with greater | the fight to him. And Willard hag | T3¢® and the advantages claimed on |[an appearance, and the referce in- !nfin |hfv net ”,1 his 'H'.“'vl clas y fash- past ‘wm\ of the ri ; 1.\(; Brit ~.: | i rever yet been gullty of forcing mat- behalf of the three-mile race, the | Vvited any featherweight present to | ion. .I':«'II River has failed ‘f’ |nv|m.-w weight limits seem more nearly jus o83 Py 600—1988 credited with being | ters in a match even when opposed | Stewards decided to make a thorough |step to the front and take the place | l.ee Taylor to leave his farm in than those which have generally pre- Stars B i sl auns investigation with a view of deter- | 0f the missing lad. Frankie's | Muskegon, Michigan, and the form- | vailed in America since the begin-| i R setudl B8 one ‘of the most | Willard may prove'a surprise, but | mining the relative merits of the three ) Compantons dared him to volunteer, | er Albany rush is not on the leaguc's ning of the Queensbury era. A study | & o T3 111 110— 344 Bt busin dline s not done anything so far in his | and four mile distances, and it was |and young Burns proved himself u | payroll A crowd of 500 is consid- | of ring history .\‘h.tv\\x that a light- ]:’y;"“’l}\ ""’ 144 131 880 B8 the: wila swing- | career to lead one to suspect as much, | the sense of the meeting that if the | 5008 sport by marching up to the|ered a good attendance In the league. | welght limit of 136 pounds is betteri ‘Wr B 5 107 137 115— 888 but clean calulat- | Jess' managers are apparently the |investigation should prove that the |'iNs. Irankie's friends expected he — han L s wwial 150 114 192— 486 b vastly more effec- y ones who entertain the opinion |four-mile race is detrimental the dis- | WOWld get a good drubbing, but in- but It is snough o exciude a lot of a wonderful asset of | that the ex-cowboy has a chance to |tance would be shortened, but that | St€itd of that the youngster waded ! er, a fine left jab, | win the championship. 1If, as they any action should be postponed un- into his more experienced opponent An interesting story has crept out | t lands with much | promised when the mach was first an- | (i} the result of the investigation could | 04 Won by a mile. concerning Dan Senno, Bridgeport s, the usual left lead. | nounced, Willard had met and de- | e frully discussed and comsidered.” After that Burns became a boxing | outfielder 1 season. While with | k means danger to | feated even one of the leading con- 'he decision of the Stewards was |PUE for fair, and. after cleaning up | Montreal, the club which sent him to ~ g\ CONNO'SSEURS t lands and when | tenders he would go into the ring on e 2 et s the amateur ranks, entered the pro- | Bridgeport under an optional agre nerally connects. March 6 with the public confidence, | 0% Unexpected. “‘““S neversgboen s arena G ol e e e e s As it is'flllhhv‘cml po;: for in that dir- :‘K"f"“‘:(’\“ \“::‘r :“;:Sp";”““:(‘jmi‘t“‘"“:"’”""fi the ring, 1908, he took part in nine | coaching at first or third bases, be o rrowe | €Ction is the best wishes of white men i 4 s i 5 bouts, and got nothing worse than | cause he says, that he did not care ’(ncfi?-b;‘-u'fé"'}np(’:'a’lfi in general. And that won’t help him | (€ ‘:‘:'m_“"” ,:f]:‘“"’z h"“"" established |, qraw T 1000] Iia deafentad ninuin 5 talce “han calof injiring his voice, B T e BBy for .\l("'z- : ;"mr;‘ll\m:] w hllnf h Will be | her of lads, including Willie Ritchie, | Senno has grand opera aspirations. T e JAS J. CORBWTT, N\fllfiyc o \‘drn e the short race|who was then Just starting in the| Rather than tell Manager Dan ons. So far Gib- SRR :‘r‘(lzwn:d(\f::i“;:w :‘x:d"::’»'m[:\‘: 4:1‘”‘:““]“1 game. T 1910 Frankic made | Howley his secret, Sonno was willing ’t:l“;\)\ h]? ("‘r;l‘f‘nt':; WINS SERTES, 5 BRIDE. in"nva“‘”]“. vfor.(hc r\]n;“ro n‘.l‘llvsu‘:: ('l'llv o Tll‘;“.y\\\ll‘:::wv]y'\l;; lg.}l:l l\v:{:l\\( :;:A’: to be let go for insubordination. p he developed in — o ] i G s = 3 e rests on the point of injury, and a | fighting draws with Frankie Madden pi re mimseif tellsjjiHaniSGodyisiBess Gal BIslEceved) icarer (Finvestisationt by, thek Etewaras | ia (SN~ arlch an ARMA Y ST L1 AR | 1o 0t e e n et he o He Clabby when the Because of Notoriety. v » qued e all ti : it aethna e y. will gettle the question for all time. | Newark. On his return to Califor- | plaved with Loulsville before going B o only besln Kokomo, Ind., Jan, 16.—It's all off s eI 1ia he stayed ten rounds with Owenits Boston, and for several vears he| fehile Jimmy was a | between Miss Ethel Clark of Chicago YALE FIRST PLACE, Moran, but lost on a foul to One|phatted over the .300 mark, while at| rison. and Hank Gowdy, the star Boston! New Haven, Jan. 16.—Bob Stow's | Round Hogan A little later he met | third base he had few equals st critics rave about | catcher. The breaking of the engage- | aggregation of Yale basketball tos- | Hozan again, and won on a foul. He | Tomorrow will be the thirty-sev-' Jas had several hat- | ment by Miss Clark, who is visiting | sers continued on its winning way last | knocked out Lew Powell in the 19th [enth birthday of Joseph F. Hagan, isco and made good | friends here, was due to a story cir- | night nosing out Cornell by a 18-22 | round. and was then matched for (who was known during his long and b/ The decisive de- |culated during the World’s series to | score in a game bristling with fea- (the lightweight title with Ad Wol. | gistinguished ring career as Phila- {Chip set the coast | the effect that she had promised to |tures. The winning of the contest | Biast, but was knocked out in thelgeiphia Jack O'Brien At one time | im, for had not Chip | become Mrs. Gowdy providing the | carried with it undisputed possession | scventeenth round Since then the | jack claimed the middleweight title, | pride, Billy Murray. | D'ayer distinguished himself in the | of first place in the Intercolleglata [ Californian has been defeated by land later he entered the heavyvweight | Mast Gibbons is the |series league, and judging from thelr play |Jack Britton and Tommy Murphy, | ranks, although he was never very The unwelcome notoriety which ac- | of the past week, the Blue five looks | 'ut has whipped Joe Azevedo, Tommy | mueh above the middleweight limit m—— — == { companied the story so aroused Miss | good to st there for some time. Mckarland and other good hoys, and | Jack was the principal rival of THE Clark that she forthwith ruled Gowdy — has foughil A twenty-round draw with!| Temmy. Burns for the honors.vacated!| g B l qut at home and busted up the game. | LAWRENCE BALL CLUB SOLD. |Gilbert Gallant, the French-Canadian. | by Toftrice, and fousht the Canadian | Try a glass next time and you will quickly ' £ s ) dis S caking o ston, Jan. —The control o 10 | who recently defc each Cross re o s to draw & 08 ! 1 n OWICES | s ciecnc e o T e aete B et e e Gl e e Lpih 2 ,T\,”r,‘\‘”:,g o appreciate why they are so popular. THE there was no chance for Gowdy. She | F'ngland league was sold vesterday by | greatest inflelders of the diamond. |ha fought Tommy again and lost the | The Hubert Fischer Brewery, Hartford, Conn. still wears an engagement ring and | Daniel Noonan to Joseph Sulllvan, | was born in Buffalo forty-twao years decision in twenty rounds. O'Brien's | A“eys ;\"hejll :tcsnnrn):llr'l::‘tyl l::l:! :’Y:]'\xr n‘n):lv!l i \]hn t:\lr’r-nd_\' Crnad conside lmr” ,..r g0 mm.‘ "",',‘,‘:” n).a f3r aise venrailiio R o Re L S A N S e i R e 4 & she y smiled | the stock. Noonan is owner of the | from 1901 to 06, the pilot of ind he is stil o S “harles ¥ 5 Professional Men | and shook her head. eI SRR (0 e |t renty )t MOR ol e e B hetins SELECOLE Ut e Hotel Beloin, keevers, Hermas Y National league. Quigley is going 636 644-—1868 \ SINGING COACH. (Continued on Ninth Page.) lever Boxer. \ | | |