Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1909, Page 32

BASE BALL WARS COST MONEY National League Has Survived Five|for the season of 1885, but during the win- be- £an to show how they could play base ball polities by admitting Lucas and his St Of course, chance and the Unloh association received its death blow. in the Mound City. where he tried to buck against Louls Browns and In 187, practieally rofned, he threw up the sponge. The admission of Lucas to the National league, by the way, s vigorously opposed by A. G. Mills, the president of that organization, who finally resigned and N. E. Young was elected his Bitter Conflicts with Rivals, AMERICAN LEAGUE Straggles with Union Associntion, the Brotherhood and the Amer- fenn League Burned Up Thousands of Dollars. Talk of & possible b ball war as a result of friction among the magnates has recalled the fact that since the national game became firmly organized in 1576 five of these “wars”’ have marred the sport and burned up thousands of dollars. Bither jealousy or a desire by outsiders to cut into the “good thing” caused the trouble in each instance. The first strife was in 1882, when the National league clashed with the newly organized American association Then in 1884 the Unlon assoclation was or- ganized and a fight to a finish with the National league and the American asso- clation followed. In 15% the Brotherhood of Base Ball Players, headed by John M. Ward, helped to form the Players' league, which tried to put the National, league out of business, but without success. Ten years later the American league was founded by Ban Johmson, and after a bitter struggle it succeeded In compelling the old National leagud to sue for peace. It was after the Natlonal league, the Ameriean association and the Northwest- ern league had signed what was known as the tri-partite agreement in the fall of 1553 that outside promoters, reallzing that there was money in pro.cssional base ball, decided to cut In. Headed by Henry V. Lucas, a young St. Louls millionaire, these persons met at Pittsburg in September of that year and organized the Unlon asso- clation, placing clubs in Boston, Philadel- phia, Baltimore, Altoona, Washing- ton, St. Louls, Chicago and Cincinnati. Lucas' bank roll provided the means for wholesale raids on the National league and American association clubs and before spring arrived fifty ball players hud been induced to jump the reserve clause in their contracts, Among these ‘“deserters’ weore George Bradley, Dupee Shaw, Orator Shater, Henry Boyle, One-Armed Daily, Bam Crane, Charley Sweeney and others, After the season had been unfer way six weeks Altoona blew up and Kansas City was substituted. Jn midseason Lucas, who owned the St. Louls Unions, induced Jack Glasscock, Jim McCormick and Briody to jump the Clevelands. This caused a big row, but Lucas had the men’ sewed up so tight that they could not be recovered. As the base ball public did not take much interest in the new league it soon began to totter. Philadelphla disbanded and Wil- mington, admitted, also went by the board after a few weeks. Then Lucas and his friends took in Milwaukee and transferred the Chicago club to the Smoky City, where there was another collapse and St. Paul was preased into the circuit. The season wound up with only five clubs able to take the fleld, St. Louls winning the cham- THE OLD SCHOOLS ARE AT A L0SS Regular Doctors Unable to Ac- count for the Phenomenal * Buccess of New Treatment. LETTERS FOR CURED PATIEN Never A Day But What Some Glad Pa- tlent Writes to Tell of Cure. Members of the older schools of medi- dine are at a loss in ‘rying to fathom the success of the United Doctors, whose Omaha institute is located on the second floor of the Neville Block, corner 16th and Harney streets. Every day brings its record of cures of eemingly hopeless cases that have baf- fled other members of the profession. To the brilliant staff of theyUnited Doctors these' are items of every day occurrence and only fallure would cause surpris “To no other profession In specializa- tion 80 essential as in medlcine,” said the chief of staff when asked for an explana- tion, “and our experience has shown what & boon it is to suffering mankind. We are enabled through our scientific exam- ination to make an acourate diagnosfs and prescribe the proper treatment for each individual case, & method obviously pos- eible only under a syatem like ours which has recognized and absorbed the good points of the old schools.” It was found that many of the patients relieved from long standing allments in- isted on expressing .their appreciation and gratitude in writing. Among such testimonials is the following: Valley Junction, la., Nov. 10, 109, Dear Dootors: “About six years ago I had inflamma- tory rheumatism. Two years after that I began having trouble with my heart and stomach and- it has Lothered mo ever since. I had seen of the wonderful cures of the United Doctors and decided to place my case in their hands. Accord- ingly, 1 went to them on November 6th, end after a most thorough examination, I went under their treatment. “Now within ‘less than two weeks 'of their treatment I am feeling better. than 1 have for the past four years. While I am not yet well, I im sure that my improvenent will be continuous and that, eventually, I will be well. f “ROBERT WALLACE." Like Magic {s B SURVIVED -Stomach Troubles and sixteen defeats. Luca: Unfon assoclation ter the Natibnal league magnates Louls club to thelr efrouit. Lucas jumped at this Lucas continued to lose money Chris Von der Ahe's famous St. wi successor. public ronage. sulted from This movement Involved a general reductiof The Brotherhood in salaries. leaders were John M. Ward, then captain and shortstop of the Glants; Buck BEwing, Tim Keefe, Roger Connor and Jim O'Rourke, also of the New York's; Edward Hanlon of the Pittsburgs, Mike Kelley of the Bostons and other player. Financial backers were dug up in elght citles—Albert L. Johnson, the Cleveland street rhilroad magnate, headed the list. B. B. Talcott, a well-known Wall street broker; the late Postmaster Van Cott, General E. A.|McAlpin and F. B Robinson backed the New York club. In Brooklyn Wendell Goodwin, and others were interested. John Addison was the Chicago backer, while the Wagner brothers put up the coin in Philadelphia. In all more than $1000,000 was subscribed to start this stupendous undertaking and when the season of 180 opened there were new clubs in Boston, New York, Breoklyn, Philadelphla, Buffalo, Chicago, and Cleveland. Bereft of first-class players, but with a fortune to spend in fighting the move- ment, the National league gathered in a raft of young talent and then proceeded 1o tale the reserve rule Into the courts. Ward's case was tried In New York county an@l the decision was in his favor. There were conflicting games all along the line, except Buffalo, In New York and Brook- Iyn alone five games were played each day —at Brotherhood park, now the Polo grounds; at the New Polo grounds, later called Manhattan ' fleld; at Washington park, the home of the Brooklyn*Nationals; at the Brotherhood Bastern park, in Fast New York, and at the Brooklyn American assoclation’s plant at Ridgewood. The conflicting schedule soon killed public interest and the crowds every way awindled untll deadheads predominated. In midseason it was a foregone conclusion that the rival leagues would lose all kinds of money. The Boston Players’ league club won the pennant easily and was made up of these players: Pitchers, Radbourne, Gumbert,’ Daley, Kilroy and Madden; catchers, Mike Kelly, Morgan, Murphy and Swett; Dan Brouth- Joe Quinn and Blily Nash on the Afthur Irwin, shortstop and man- ager; Hardle Richardson, Tom Brown and Harry Stovey, outfielders. Players Get Cold Feet. In September the Players' league, as a unit, bought the Cincinnat! National league olub for $40,00, but the Redland fans turned their backs. The Players' league backers now had cold feet and were ready 1o capitulate, although as a matter of fact they did not know that they had the old league breaten to a frazsle. A.°C. Spald- ing and C. H. Byrne were the big men in the National ledgue in those days, and us soon as they got the Players' league back- ers Into & conference the fight was at an end. The National league knew how to play base ball politics with the usuai shrewdness, and in the following wintcr the Players' league was sold out. The players ran to cover as fast as they could and when the season of 181 opened the rival clubs in New York, Brooklyn, Pitts- burg and Chicago had been consolidated; Cleveland and Buffalo had been purchased, while the Boston and Philadelphia Play- ers' league\clubs were turned over to the American assoclation. This arrangement lasted one year, when the National league organized & twelve-club circult and ab- sorbed the American assoclation. Andrew Freedman became dictator of the National’ league’s polley in the course ot time and proceeded to order a reduction of the big ciroult to elght clubs. Accord- ingly Baltimore and Washington were lopped off in the east and Cleveland and Loulsville were dropped In the west. This fatal move was made in 190 and afforded the American league, headed by Johnson and Comiskey, a chance to grow. Johnson and Comiskey had changed the name ot the Western league and forced the Na- tional league to grant them a Chicago franchise. As a result the American league clroult that year was made up of Chicagy, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, .Detroit, Cleve- land, Buffalo, Kansas City and Minne- apolis. The league was so successful that Johnson and Comiskey, backed by C. W, Somers of Cleveland, proceeded to ask the National league for the Washington and Baltimore territory, The request was coldly turned down and the American league promptly withdrew from the Na- tional association. War was declared and a new* American league circult was arranged with clubs in Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cleveland and Milwaukee. The National leagus “glubs were raided for players and a barrel “of money was lost by the older organization, In 102, with the war still raging flercely, McGraw sold the Baltimore club to the National league and signed with the Glants, also bringing Bresnahan, McGinnity, Gil- bert and MecGanu to the Polo grounds, This was a body blow for the American league, but another club was placed In Baltimore and the schedule was completed with much success, Fortunes in New York. | American league New York. J. Farrell, men declded to Invade They found a backer in Frank who spent $§110000 for new ball. Natlonal league, befor Herrmann pact was signed and the two leagues then settled down In perfect | that incldent professional base ball Yet petty jealousies ha are at sword's points. plonship in & walk with ninety-one victories not daunted, announced thst the would be reorganised Tt was five years after the death of the Unlon association that the Players league was formed for a desperate struggle for re- a disagreement between the Natlonal league and the Brotherhood over the players' contract and reserve rule and | John T, Bush's classifipation scheme, which famons stars. The Brotherhood pledge was signed by practically every National league late E. F. Linto# Pittsburg Bent upon making & clean sweep, the grounds before he could play & game of Beaten all along the line then, the the season of 103 began, was ready to sue for peace. Garry had purchased the Ciuclnnati National league club and was a big factor | In bringing about a settlement. The peace harmony. Slace has enjoyed wonderful popularity. Practically all of the major league clubs have colned money, The world's ‘series each fall has stirred up interest never before known. been cropping out | here and there until some of the magnates It has Dbeen predicted within the last two years that another base ball war s inevitable. If the rival major leagues are not ready for strife now it is thought that it is only & matter of time before they will lock horns. The leading minor leagues, the American assoclation and the Eastern league are growing more powerful each year, and several of the more prosperous THE be anxious to reach out for some of the major league tarritory. The bitter feel- Ing in"the National league over the Ward- Heydler controversy Is & possible fore- runner of trouble. The American league, with a remarkably prosperous set of clubs, is belleved to be waiting for a chance to monopolize the patronage in the big citles. Johnson is & shrewd base ball politician and he”ls backed by men with money and brains. If there is ever a disposition on the part of the owners of the Plttsburg and Cincinnatl elubs to leave the National league, Johnson & Co. will probably re. ceive them with open arms, in which case the triumph of the American leagus will be complete and for the first time in base ball history the once formidable National league will be dismantled. Base ball wars cost money, but the fans in the long run have always paid the frelght. YALE MEN ARE TO CO-OPERATE Only Way Ticket Scalping Can Be Avolded Next Fall, NEW HAVEN, Dec. 11.—Everard Thomp- son, head of the Yale ticket department, sald that a plan to meet the foot ball ticket situation next fall as far ag it is humanly possible to meet it will be”framed soon. Such 4 plan may include the out- ting off of all borrowed appfications. But whatever rules are made, he sald, Yale men themselyes must co-operate with the department for the benefit of Yale men. He declares that the ticket distribution for the Harvard game next fall promises to be a more harrowing task than ever before. There are 33,100 seats on Yale fleld and the number cannot be increased. The Yale stadium ls still on paper. Har- vard probably will ask for 15,000 seats or may possibly take half the stand, to which It has a right. Yale would have about 16,500 tickets. The Yale dempand for the Harvard game, figured on the ratio of increase in four years, will be about 26,000 tickets. Of these the graduates may be expected to ask for 16,000 and the undergraduates 10,000. Some- where there must be a cut of about 9,000 tickets. For this inevitable shortage next fall the remedy will lle in the hands of the college men themselves, In the opinion of Mr. Thompson. His department has tried to give the cholce of seats to Yale men and has made tules to that end, he claims. Applications are lent and tickets obtatned on personal applications are given to friends outside the university. To many Yale men the claims of the personal friend outweigh the claims of his Yale classmates, 80 he saye. The department does the best possible for the Yale man; the Yale man does the best possible for his peronal friends, according to Mr. Thompson. He, stated that his department this year handled in a little less. tHan three weeks a sum of more than $90,000, all In small amounts, and allotted more than 40,000 tickets. On the closing day for the Prince- ton game 2,000 pleces of mail came into the office. The applications for these tickets —about 20,000 of them—had to be Indexed And recorded so that any’application could be located at a moment's notice, and finally all tickets had to be put into the hands of the applicants through call at the office or through the mails. HAGGIN'S YEARLINGS RETURN Unless Sold Will Be Raced This Sea- won Under Haggin’s Colors, NEW YORK, Dec. 1L.~Twelve yearlings, the best James B. Haggin's Elmdorf farm produced, and which were sent to the Eng- Pish sales with heavy reserve prices on them, are stabled at Sheepshead Bay in care of Charles Littletield. They afrived this week from abroad, and unless they are s0ld In private here, will be raced in Mr. Haggin's colors next season. One is a full brother to De Mund, by Golderest-Graclosity, but there is a filly that is sald to show even more phenomenal speed than this fast colt. All the young- sters are engaged heavily in next year's 2-year-old stakes and would form the basis for & successful racing campaign. It is some time since Haggin's colors have been seen on ‘the American turf, the. last no- table example being Boquet, a tilly he sold atterward to J. E. Seagram, the Canadian turtman. Though Haggin is the largest breeder of thoroughbreds’ in this country, he fs fast disposing of his vast stud material. Re- peated shipments to the Argentine and to England have reduced the numbers at Elmendorf to only a small fraction of the grand total of previous years, and the re- importation of this band of twelve is an encouraging sign for American racing, all are of the finest equine blood lines, Even with his depleted stud, Haggin bears the distinction of having rominated more youngsters for next year's 2-year-old events than any other one breeder. BIG BILLIARD MATCH IN SIGHT Hoppe and Morningside to Meet in Six Days’ Play. 3 NEW' YORK, | Dec. 11.—There is consid- erable| talk concerning a certain billlard match\which may be played soon after the first of the year, and which will be a real champlonship match. Ora Morning- star, who still righttully lays claim to the 182 balk line title, and Willie Hoppe, (the 181 champion, are seriously considering meating in six nights' play about the mid- dle of Janyary. The west is strong after the match, and Hoppe and Morningstar are recelving all kinds of inducing offers for such a meet- ing. But they are still open to bids. At the -present time It appears as thovza the match will be corralled by Eddie Graney, the blg promoter of San Francisco. He has guaranteed the cue experts $3,00. They will recelve the gross receipts, which will, in all probability, should the match be played there, amaunt to considerable more thun 33,000 Morningstar was very enthuslastic. He has not been very well of late, but he is steadlly lmproving. He says he will leave here about December 15 and will probably £0 to 'Frisco by way of Spokane, Wash., where he will stop off for a week to play some exhibition game: RUGBY TO INVADE THE STATES Two Oanadian Teams Fhiladelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11.—Negotlations are under way by Arthur Cummins of this city to arrange a series of Rugby games to be played in the United States between two Canadian foot ball teams. In all lkellhood one of the teams to come here will be the Ottawa, which Is anxious to exhibit the Canadian style to American foot ball men. The Ottawa team holds the international champlonship. Cummins declares that the Canadian game is less dangerous than the American style of foot ball. Following the season of 1905, when there was much agitation -on for a change In Intercollegiate foot ball, an Australian foot ball team played several games in this country after having ended & tour In England. The team was the all-Blacks, considered to be at that time one of the best in the world. They played games here in this country while on their way home. One of the contests was staged at Washington park, Brooklyn, and another in San Francisco. ‘When they played here there was much comment expressed on their style. Some of the feats they per- formed with the ball were little short of to Play at club owners in these clreuits wre sald to | marvelous. e n o o AR T In this latter case | OMAHA SUNDAY In Bottles : Only TO ALL PARTS -OF CITY WA Sl X American market. happiness and good feeling. refresher at the bar. Sold and Served Most Everywhere REGISTERED, . Wagon Deliveries Doug. 420, Ind. A1420 . PAT. OFF. R The Beer You Like o AP “The Beer You Like” is the perfection of modern American brewing. It is the most painstakingly-brewed and eostliest in production of any beer on the It is the acknowledged standard of American bottled beers— brewed to satisfy the most critical American taste. It isa delightfully pale brew— sparkling, pure, wholesomely noutishing and easily assimilated. ! Have J#% “The Beer You Like” in the home. It is a dispenser of health, Have it with your lunch at the cafe; make it your Bottled Only At the Brewery LARGE AND SMALL BOTTLES " HaveaCase Sent Home BRITT WRITES OF THE GAME Says Boxing is Peculiar to English- Speaking People All Over World. REFEREE OUTSIDE THE = RING Britt Maintains that a Better Class of Men Are Taking Up the Boxing Game and that it 1s Help- ing the Sport. NEW YORK, Dec. 1L—-Jimmy Britt, ex- champlon lightweight pugilist of America, sends from South Africa, where he ls at | present, an interesting article on boxing. The Californian says the art of boxing, unlike most other sports, is peculiar to ths English speaking people. Although France has recently taken to the sport, the boxing game there s in its infancy. us, the fleld is confined to England and he United States of America. England was the birthplace of modern boxing and the laws laid down by her for the conducting of pugilistic contests are, with.a few changes followed in the United States. The first of these changes, Britt points out, s the presence of the referee inside of the ring instead of outside, as in Eng- laud. In order to, see everything that takes place and to be in a position to see every blow struck it s absolutely neces- sary for the referee to be in the ring and to be moving about with the boxers, keep- Ing at all times a position that will enable him to judge whether a blow is falr or foul. For instance, a referee sitting out- side the ring cannot see where a blow strikes when the back of one of the fighters is turned toward him. He may see the blow started, but he cannot possibly know whether it lands fair or foul. This situa- tion, owing to fhe constant moving of the boxers, may occur 100 times in the course of a twenty-round contest, and It is & temptation, especially to & nearly beaten man, to either try to disablé his gpponent by & foul blow or to fall down and pre- tend that he himself was struck unfairly. This temptation does not present itselt when he is In the ring and changing bis pos tion s0 as to keep the arms of both men within his vision. Another reason In favor of the inside Teferee 1s that he is at all times uble to separate the men when holding and clinch- ing. It is all very well to say, “disquality the holder,” but unfortunately human na- ture, and self-preservation being its first law, & weak or badly hurt boxer will hold until such time as he has recovered strength and his head clears. In this way the public who have paid to see & contest and who after all, are to be considered most, are enabled to seé to a finish, con- tests that would be othéFwise curtalled by the strict enforcing of this rule. Odium Disappearing. Thel odium long attached to the boxing profession is fast disappearing, especially In' America. Britt further says: This is entirely due to the fact that a better class of men arc adopting it as a business. To one not aware of the tremendous Interest aroused and the fortunes made on cham- plonship contests this may seem strange, but it is nevertheless a fict that a cham- plon boxer in America, If he be not a spendthrift, may amass enough money while comparatively & young man to live comfortably for the rest of his life. This is not possible in England, where contests of this kind are held in private clubs, trom which the public are excluded. In America all who have the price are wel- come, and for that reason the gate Te- ceipts are large and the boxer better pald. The more money to be made the more in- ducement for intelligent men to adopt it as » busluess. According to Britt, the day of the lb- erty-taking, rowdy boxer has long since sone by. The public soon tired of him, and, besides, It is mever necessary to be tough outside & ring In order to be tough inside regarded much in the same light as any one who entertains the public, and is treated with the same respect given other famous sporting_characters; provided, of course, his behavior warrants dit. Unfor- tunately, in England, once a fighter, al- ways a fighter.. A little encouragement in the right diredtion goes a long way, and boxers are human despite some opinions to the contrary. The opinion held by a great number of lovers of boxing, that a goodly percentage of boxing contests are prearranged, or “fakes,” Is very erroneous, especially where champtons or nearly champlons are concerned. The champion has too much at stake to forfeit his title and too much pride in his position at the top to agree to relinquish it. The aspirant for the honors has too much glory and money In the respect of winning to agree to lose. knows that if discovered he is very prop- erly blacklisted and shunned by his friends and by the sporting public. A boxer knows by the experlence of pasc “fakers" that honesty is the best policy. If not actualiy honest self-Interest makes him so. LANGFORD TO MEET JOHNSON Assertion is Made that Big Induce- ment Has Been Offered. NEW YORK, Deec. 1l--Joe Woodman, manager of Sam Langford, the colored fighter of Boston, stated that he had ac- tepted the offer made by Bugene Corri, the popular sporting man of London, of 60 per cent of the gross receipts, for a twenty- round battle between Jack Johnson and Sam Langford with the assurance that the fighters would draw a gate of not less than $60,000. Woodman further stated that if Johnson would agree to fight Langford he would bet him $1,00 on the result of the fight. Although this offer is a flattering one there is not a chance of Johnson or his white manager accepting it. MURRAY STILL UP IN THE AIR Fans Are Wondering Who Will Head the Quakers Next Year. L PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1L—Base hball fans in this city are still wondering just what will become of Billy Murray, the Quaker manager, now that the Philadel- phia National league club has passed into new hands. It is believed here that the team will be headed by a new manager next season when it starts spring prac- tice. But just who will fill the berth is a question which yet needs to be answered. Murray's contract has not yet expired, and it Is stated that he will put up a fight o make the club ablde by its agreement, even though it has changed hands. Besides, a boxer | Foot Ball is Put on the Red-Hot Irons Friends of the Game Must Come to Its Rescue in Time of eed. NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—This appears to be the time for all good foot ball men to come to the aid of their game. And the game certainly needs “first aid” if it is to be saved. ,Forrest B. Craver, coach of' the Dickin- son college eleven and a close student of foot ball, has some suggestions worthy of consideration. He says: “I am strongly of the opinion that ma: plays should be eliminated, that the. for- ward pass and on-side kick should be re- stricted, and that flying tackles, so far as possible, should be prevented. ‘““The following suggestions look to those results: “1. No player on the line of scrimmage may run back of his own serimmage line after the ball 18 put in play unless he be the player to receive & pass or to run with the ball, “2. No forward pass may go beyond the line of scrimmage. ‘“a. Except that any player avho has run beyond the scrimmage: line with the ball in his possession may pass the ball to any player who was back of the scrimmage line when the ball was put in play. “b. Except that the snapper back and the player who first recelves the ball from the snapper back may recelve the ball within restriction after it has been put in play by scrimmage. “The object of this rule is to so restrict the forward pass that the players on de- fense may not be forced to play so far away from their bpponents as to make the impaot of thelr collision so great as to be absolutely dangerous. This happens now because the second line of defense s forced to play from seven to ten yards back of the scrimmage line on account of the long forward pass to ends and tackles. “8. A fair catch must be made of all punts, drop kicks, or place kicks, nor may any kick not so caught be advanced by elther side after recovery. “This eliminates the dangerous flying tackle, protects the men catching the kick, and saves the ends and linesmen who are going down the field under kicks. ‘4. A Kicked ball may be recovered by any side after it has touched the ground, provided it has gone twenty-flve yards be- yond: the scrimmage line ' béfore toiching the ground. “The rule restricts the on-side kick, which Is & constant source of danger, and at the same time forces the backs to handle punts quickly, which the Incentive of gain- ing the ball hurries the line and end men down the fleld. “Not more than two players of the side not in possession of the ball can be out- side of the position held by that opponent on either flank, who is nearest the side line of the team In possession of the ball. “It is my opinion that open play is not dangerous per se. It is dangerous In the present game because of the momentum attained by the offense some tet yards dis- tant. It 1s a matter that is self-apparent that two men who meet after each has run three or four yards do not come te- gether with such force as two men who have each had & run of ten yards to get up speed. “The same salutary effects may be at- tained by other modifications that might be proposed. But attained they must be, it the game is to live. More and more we are finding difficulty in oyercoming . parental objections to the game, and unless the game is to be played only by men who have been hired to take the risk the dan- gerous plays must be cut out.” YOST ~REMAINS AT MICHIGAN Foo Ball Warriors Must Hurry Up for Two, Years More ANN ARBOR, Mich, Dec. 1l.—Fielding H. Yost, who has coached the foot ball teams of the University of Michigan for the last nine years, signed a contract to main at Ann Arbor for the next two years The agreement was ratified by the board of control in athletics of the university. The salary Yost is to recelve was not made publie. 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