u..-
"$0 1% fore.
' to. be more 11.111111113111111.”
1111111 mp
111 111 1111 11111
All Vct£3 South. 1: 8 cu icI
Amino {may—idle 1::
loge: Mllulul «but
3111 hate-11s Mb: 8011111-
ern W
Walter J. Travis, former 112.111.111.11
:11111111-u11 fitsmpion 'o‘f‘ both the United
Naies and-Great Britain, whohas
b11111 engaged to lay out the twopub-
1'11 golf courses in Washington, D. C.,
i< planning to rmch the capital on
Mold 1 to look over the ground and
~‘ll >.l\'1' up plans for the links. Accord-
ing to mascot expectations (there
mill be a nine-hole and an eighteen--
hole circuit, the last named to em-
Mace all the necessary features of
13111 modern golf course. The ground
the present time is overgrown with
pillows and underbush. and while it
is i‘a'. may in time be fashioned.
into something very nearly approxi-
111a11ng a. championship links.
i .
t’rlonei W. W. Harris, U. S A” suiJ- [1659, by the “Vice Dingbor and Com-
1 'intendent of public buildings and
1:111111nds,appenrcd before the appro-I
1115111111115 committee of Congress re-‘
,1111tly,11111l at that time Travis‘sI
‘-.1111111 was universally favored as theI
1111111 to take charge of the golf end
1111,0311“ which is proposed an
.1 111111 of the extensive East Potomac
P..111 play-giound. Provision has beenI
made. for transportation facilities to‘
1111- park, which will be necessary be-
11'.1‘.1s11 of the stddium to hold 40,000
people to 1.1% ’buill :11 the north and
11.13 1111- park, in which the Army nnd‘.
“idly football games probably will be
l-‘lli.
111' flit
\'. 11111111 ,1‘. Hagen ,of Rochester,
1‘ 11112111 1111111111111 1111an 111.1111pioi1 pres
1111 metlopolitan and Western open
rl111111pion, has donated for tho South
“1111111 he will appear in almost all of
:1111 big tournaments. Hagen was
1.111111ichin. Rochester last Monday,
and will endeavor to combine a hon-
tymoon and 11 winning tournament
111111 The Rochester homebrcd had
:1 1voude‘rf11l1 record in tho cai'ly‘parl
of last seal-1011, and was only surpass-
1»! by Jim 1111111111. on the whole sca-
1-111's work. With the notional open
"1.:th held by an 'nmntem, the win
11121;: of thé motionolitan 11nd WtemI
11;.111 climnpiouships bv 11 pr (assimi-
hrduld ‘ordbtfilily hive set led the
1 mutton of supremacy, espcclully
1.1111111 Hagen won the Shawnee open
'1 unnamem in addition to these other
"mics but Barnes completely mono-
111lizcd every othm event of import-
:1:1te,a11d byc capturing.r the Pm!”-
111111111 Golfers' Association champion-
5.11,) at Siwanoy be. sealed himselfZ
t.1'1'..l,v on the professional throne forl
11.116.
'I‘l111 awarding .of thc Wentollcster
championship to Scatsdnle brought
m a decision of the record for that|
~1l111ol111l to the links than to the kirk
1
playing in the W golf tourna-
me u at Palm Beach, Fla. The Palm
'BeaehGouClnbismnmbgnf
the United States Golf Association.
Iliad therefore is not coconut 11...“;
whose of that body. Whether this
solves the dilicnlty or not, it is born
that the ruling organization will .not
lrolt with favor on any competition
which is called an “amateur tourna-
ment" in which those who have been
declared professionals are allowed to
play.
(.olf in America has now been trac-
ed back as far as 1659, thus disposmg
cf Savannah’s claim to priority in
this game through the finding of a
notice of 7a ball given at the Golf
Club in that city in .1700. On file
at Albany is an ordimoe carried
.:to Eliot-t on the 10th of December,
missionaries of Fort Orange" forbid—
ding: the playing of golf in the streets
at that \illagc, because of the dam-
ngt done to the windows in the
‘.11 Quit-S of the inhabitants. it seems
Ifroui the context of theordiuancethnt
1‘ 11- golfers of those days must have
plr. 191i down the. middle of the street
1.1 1110111 111,1;11111 to the persons and the
plopett} which werc' isturbed by
their slices or putts. Although gol-
l‘crm are 11‘..- thc most part respectable
211111 law—abiding citizens, it is odd
1311111 the oldest references, here and
'abroad are found in legislation
urn-1.11.51 the playing of the some.
Early in the. fifteenth century one
Pat Baltic, 11 certain Scotcbman more
i
l
«11:15 chipped into Jail for playing golf
on tho Sabbath. all .of which is duly
13b1oni1lc1l in the records of the
ruurls of that time. I
P: csldent thnrlcs 1‘ Thompson ofI
I11 ll estmn Golf Association, ill out I
lining his ransom: for his oppositionI
111 G111 notion of the U S. G. A. on the l
innateur question says in part: “'1‘th
United States Colt Association oiuill I
fl11l itself, if Judged by its present at
mode, when it permitted-the 111115111-
lnnd Club to pay the expenses of
Francis Ouimct to compete. in the
Ilirillsh m1111teu1 championship It
l-nuins :11 a goat and 11111111511. 11
camel.” 1n mnncctlo11 witmthls hoI
brings up the case of the Western'
nmntcur championship 111 Del Monte.
lust yum, cohort-in the U. S. G. A.
ruled advercely on the question of al
frtc train-offer from Chicago to the
(11114 H11 takes the attitude that
if i'. is full for 11 club to pay the
expenses of 1m 1in1liv,ldual it is just
.111 lnir for Home othci .club to give
:1 frr-r train torotbcr individtialu.
smmns Rescued AT 8511
NEW YORK. -—1F-eb. 7.—-Two sailors,
. failure of
trill 11111111111
”"liilllii ill Hillill
.plhttle,htllullttlem
After making a courageous uphill
struggle Perry Kid Graves,
holder of the welterweight title, suc-
cumbed to the heavy onslaughts 01
Kid Lewis, the English boxer at the
Broadway Sporting Club, New York
last night. Graves was carried help-
less to his corner in the ninth round
by the mferee.
The finish came 40 seconds after the
gong started the ninth round. A hea-
vy right to the jaw sent Graves on his
back near the ropes in a neutral cor-
ner. lie tried to get up, but fell back
and was picked up by Referee, Huukop'I
and carried to 11111 corner. The refer-
ee had untried to count over the. fallen
boxer, but seeing it was useless he
ceased. GraVes revived quickly.
shook builds Williams conqueror and
was luatily cheered as he left. the ring
for his dressing room.
Hardly less sensational than the fin
lsh was the first round, in which lfiw-
ianndcd a right to the law that prac-
tically won the battle, for Graves nov-
er fully recovered from the effects of
the punch. The men’liad bEen boxing
about two minutes. with Graves do-
ing 1hr best work with his active left
11111113, u'hvuouddenly LcWis shot out :1
right hand smash that bib-{he West-
ern hot, flush on the chin. Groves
fell back against the ropes near hill '
own 1'orner,but
and the referee
Graves utarted to rise He bad Just
lifted his knee from the floor when
Lewis, who. in violation of the rules,
“as standing over his opponent, struck
him :1 heavy blow it did not tell
Graves and be of once drum and re-
sumed the contest.
The unsp 1rt1manhke conduct on the
part of Louis was loud!) hissed, 11nd
111111111 was general wonderment at tho
the referee to enforce
the min which provides that. whenn
boxer is knocked 11111111 1.1111111115011111
must retire to his corner and wait till
the fallen mlln regains his“ feet. 111..
Lewis pounced on Graves as soon
us the bout was resumed and piled
him with terrific thumps to body and
Ilnw. Another heavy right to the law
111ml Gloves to the rooms and he took
the count of nine, H11 struggled to his
feet and staggered about the ring trv-
ing toprmccl himselfniut again Lou .1.
sent him to the floor with a crushing
right to the 111w. Graves would novel
have. nriscn thlsrtlme, but at tho count
of five the. gong ended-the round and
he was helped to his corner.‘
Gravcs freshcned-remarlrahly in the
not up on one knee
" “1"" recently Altai-"1111111211111 DVDS of the crew of the cool barge Edward minute‘s rest and came out and out-
1.1.111- it as 1111111 opinion that 66 was F. Clark arrived here today on the pointed Lewis in the second and third
11111. course record, Jack 11011-111111 come Ward [Zinc steamer Sar’atoga, from
(111' \1 ith the information} that [,th Havana. 4““.in been rescued at sea effect. But the Westerncr weakened
r4111 moon] was a ‘wonderful 65 made from 11,9111 barge, which broke way
.11 MacDonald Smith as a prr‘jimjnary from 11111 111g during Mondays gMEI11.1111jnlzttnninoecd110111111tillthe ninth,
11 his ivor’lds lecord performance in
v 5111 ing the metropolitan open chani— I
1 11...]1ip at that course in 1914 With
a total of 278 strokes Herbert Strong
1111110111111” vbuohod for the truth ofI
this assert-ion, saying that be 11111119111 N-lttVY ATHLETIC EVENTS CAN. .SW
111111 MairSmith in that round, and
r‘flucugh he got 11 71 himself, be cured
hi 5 opponent $25 at the end of the
1--,1..1i teen holes. ’
111111 fact 111111 “cardinal 1117111111,
111111111' Topping, and other metropoli-
trm golfers are meeting with strong
(111105ilion in theii invasion of the
Southern links brings: back the old
discussion as to whether any golfei
11.111 play equally at even relativelyns.
'wcll on both kinds of courses. North
1111.11 and Southern. Phil Carter ~8th
1-1'1111tl1ing before him in the noun. -'
1.1.1 yeah, but he failed to win 11 .sln
,Lm tournament when he arrived in
"E111 metropolitan district. Even illicit
. 11411111151. as Reuben Bush 31111311111101. 1
, 111mm), the two leadeis in 3111111111111
golf, have yet to win a title of im-
portance on Northern links. Gardl
’ .. nor White recently brought to a ol‘os'e '
I but most successful season on metro
113111111 links, yet 1111 has 1.1111111 11 par-
. 1112.11.11.11- poor start, on his Southern
-t_)u.'.
0n the other 11.1111111111 front
rank professionals are uniformly at
the top of the list in the open tourna
11211111.,wbetber they are held north: I --
111111111 01.111111 11111-11111 11111111 111111. .111 '
The Edward F. Clark and the. bargeI
Theodoru Palmer, in tow of the. tug
Minnie, was on a voyage fionL‘Ncw-
port New to New Mutton.
W
l
CELLED. I
ANNAPOLIS. Md. Feb. 7.~—ln con-
sequence of the order of the Score--
111111 of the Navy forbidding admin-1
clan of civilians to the Naval Ace-I
('NYl" grounds, -tbe four athletic
events scheduled for next .SaturdayI
have. been cancelled. The events
Swimming, Northwestern “Unl-
“ctr r:
varsity; wrestling. University of
Pennsylvania; gymnastics, Rutgers;
fencing, ‘Yale.’ 1 M
5..--.-" v Hwy”—
‘b‘dlr of clubs to bring the best man
Amtrtauuolfcrs seem.
he 15151111 need to eighteen holes 111111 a ‘1
. " finger, 111411414 I'LL any
_:ANE.1.1 HAT! 1'11 Tiller)
.01: 1.151112th T1415
. 0L0 SUHHER .DlP ‘
rounds, using 11 straight left with fine
thereafter, was groggy in the sixth,
‘when the and came.
Lewis bought with coolneSs, precis:
ion and speed. lloecaled 145, while
Graves «reigned 147 1-2 and seemed
" slow no comparison "to his work he'i'e
hen last in New York.
In the semi- final Danny
shaded Jock Reed.
’5“— om...-
'LEGl'SLATIVE TRAIN ON FRIDAY
NEW HAVEN. Feb '1’-—'l‘l1c "leg-
13111111111111.1111 which is being operat-
1:11 between Stamford and Hartford on
Tuesday“. Wm'wcdass- and Thursday
during 1 of the General Art
smbly, 4180 be run Fridays be
ginning Feb. 9. This was announced
today from the offices of the New“ its-
“on 11136.1 .-
(11111111111
I
m nil-3101! “35 m ”I! '
former I
t
mooted nine before :
01511110115 and Goss1p
BY IRISH
Bills for a 20—110qu fight to a decl-
.on'.’ That depends. The last time
Pitts fought Kant to a near draw.
the Australian is improving all the
time, but for that matter. so is Kunz.
It is probable that if such a. fight is
celleduled, it will be a’tluke blow
which will decide it.
4....
It 111 understood that another per-
mitfor a boxing exhibition has been
issued by Mayor Carl Axel Hui-strum.
Good news. Toobad we can’t have
mote than one a month. The details
of the exhibition could not be secur-
ed.
~0—
Gee “whiz! 1 For once the ground
lion nus right when he prophesied
rattling cold, stormy weather for six
weeks more.
-'-O-'
'l‘bere were plenty of hot fire crack
ll 11.1 and sputtering at the bearing of
the school bonding question held last
evening. "
~0—
Beu Murphy of Pennsylvania???
been appointed football coach
minute director at John Hopkins.
fl
and
ombuxy mammalian: Will see 11
311111 mic this evening when tin
Nowalk Quintet appears for the sec-
1111u time tl1isscason. It the Hotters'
11111111. Upon their first nppeurancr
111 Dunbury, the'Norwltlk aggroga ,.
'Iiuu was hundlouppad to some extent
by the use of league rules. and open
baskets. but Witch be the 11:11:11
have played 1111111111 those conditions
quite considerably in the out few
weeks, this‘ factor is root omctodto
give the 'Dutbury: tum- any Adm-1
toga this" 111111.11111119‘1'i-1 From Monday
night's exhibition ammo-11 that
Inmbury will have to sign up two
Hahn. if they expect on even break
with the Norwnlka."
bury will be made-by automobile. and
a lame-number of local fans are
planning to accompany the team. '
4‘-
'I‘herc is evidently 11 difference of
opinion in Danbury‘fns to whether or
11.-1 league basketball 11111131111 succeaa
.in that city. One ‘ot’ithe‘ members of
the Danbury management declared
Monday night, 1111119111111 experiment in
timbury Was a'fallure, but a few mo-
ments later We were informed ‘by
11111 .thcr Danbury magnate, that lea
we basketball was quite 1,11 succeué
in the lip-county city. it was also
announced during the discussion, that
Nnnvalk would haveoaved the ion
one, if she Iliad ncceptod a franchise.
'l‘wo monthupgo. thc‘lengue was 30-
.ing to “break?’ Norivolk, as far‘vaa
basketball was'ooncerned.
~0-
lt would not be surprising, if it
were found that Ed .Rodob, the big
llanhury guard has the right‘ 11nd
~
of basketball. The nblg' «fellow has
been playing the meever since its
advent as '11. great American sport,
and he seems to be going just as good
.today as he ever dld in days gone by.
He’—
9.111111 Blue Ribbons! bud nun! work
11.11111 Battling Knox bold t‘harlieI‘
.men in the photo of: Schoen .Md on;
1110119 in the 11m half, but.» were unable
'l‘ho‘trlp to Dam"
ed out. This lineup and summary:
’ Blue Ribbon.
F8 F8 TP
White. 'rf .............. .3 1 7
IIGlirton, if ........... I I....0 3 3
Harvey, .1 ..... s 5 11
Murray, rg .-1.'; ........... 0 0
’Swenson. lg . ............ 0 3 '0
Totals 6 12 24
‘ ~ Trlcngloc
FB FB '1‘?
lmlch, rf ............ 0 1 1
Slcehnn, if ............. 2 1 5
M. Mlllnn. (1 ............. 1 0 2
”Burr; rg ................ 1 2 4
Roach, lg .............. .3 i 3 9
Totals . ............... 7 7 21
1 Score—First half, Bridgeport,“ 12;
St. Jamc‘a Triangles, 16. Referee,
title to be called the lions Wagner, "
COFFEY VS. DEVERE.
Jim Coffey, the lrisb 13111111,,wa
boxes Bob Devere at the Clement
nit-trims; Club of New York, Thurs
Captain Gonnie Murphy and Bob‘ day night, has the best average 01
Reese, both Dartmouth stars, have
been offered contracts to join the ma-‘
jor league clubs. Murphy is undecid-
ed whether to turn professional 1nd
is sought by a number of teams.
Reese doesn’t know whether he will
mom to the “ranks" of pro. or not.
.4...
Prior Herman, the-new king of the
bantcm division will come East tram
Hot Swings shortly. He will prob
ably meet Kid Wolfe, Jimmy Dunn's
elevcr follower, at Baltimore.
~0—
Lcw Wendell, the Giant catcher,
has determined to become a scrapper.
He will meet Augie Rather on Feb-
rua1y 26, and hopes to meet Mary
L01 ss Ind Mike McTigue.
An often is being made. to match
fluttling Kunz uith Johnny Dundee
”ibis. will be an 111-1111131111: bout as
11th boys are out for the coin.
«- '
Nope! The 31111191 1111111 doing
draining ownduys. We saw him
last night on the street without out.
crcort. Next thing he knows,” he
will be nonhlckiug champion.
& 4
Just night, in Colonial ball. The
11.1111 City repiesontatives will have
l1111l1-1' work than they had last night,
when they tackle. Norwalk.
TRiANGLES LOSE T0 BLUE RIB.
SONS 24.21.
, T‘- .
Bridgeport Backwash. Team Uncov.
on Sport in tut '11:" and Dan
takes Opponents in Colonial ‘Holl
Gumcwflarvcy Shines
Bridgeport'a Blue Ribbons :got back
into their stride last night. When they
Ioitcd the speedy St Jame‘s Triangles
of Now York, in a spirited game, in
('oionlal boil, 2 to 21. The Gothnm
team with four. members. ofxthc do
tuuctunter-Strde Leanuodn its line»
up put up‘n ucmppy game and made
the Leavyitcl hustle to gain the hon-
. The visitors outplayed the nth-
to keep up their splendld work in the
latter part of the game and Were nos-
Vv‘aimum Joe‘Wnters, official scorer
canoe 1.11111: ccnsohsmp
ABOLlSHED.
1111111 YORK. 11111:. 7.——-’l‘ho Com
menial Cable company announced to,
I CHICAGO, Feb.
today. Since entering the ring, four
years ago, Coffey has scored 30
knockouts for an average of .626.
SCHOOLBOY FOR WHITE SOX.
7.—~Andrew Norma
a right handed amateur high schoo‘
pitcher of Chicago, was signed to-
11 gbt to play With the Ohiongo Am
(tut-an League team. ‘
MA‘V REGULATE PURSES.
FRANKFORT, Ky, Feb. 7.—~Au-
charity of the State Racing‘ Commis
olon to regulate purses on Kcntuck,
race tracks today Was. upheld by the
State Courtrof Appeals. The Dow
1115 Park Jockey Club, Louisville,
sought to enjoin the enforcement o
'1 11.11: requirnll, nun-1111111. Duluth 1
1801‘ on tracks within ten miles 1
cities of 200 000 population and Still
on othnrutiaclt’s within the (in '
1.111 the ground that it was discrim 11
ion. The injunction was refused.
SWEEP FOR YALE SWlMMERf
NEW HMEN, Conn, Tuesday.—
i’ule beat brown, 44 to 9. in their 11
rum Iowimming meet in Garnet:
l'nol Lids afternoc" before 11 larg
number of Junlo homemade guest
The Yale swimmers won every ovrr
The fancy (living of Seobey, of Ta]
featured the 11119111, while Sabine
made fast time in the one hundred
511111] swim.
T
GIBBONS OUTPOINTS MOHA.
MILWAUKEE, Tuesday.~'l‘omm,1
Gibbnna. 11 St. Paul middleweight
outboxed Bob Mohu, of Mlltlmukec
here tonight in 11 ten-round contest
.111 bristlcd with action. Gibut.
had the advantage in five round
while Mona took three, and two wer
oven, the majority of uportlng writer
1-grrc.
LUSH «mu. coacn NAVY.
1\NNAPOLIS,-'M1i.. Tuesday—Th
Nzn of Academy has obtained the se'
viccsmf -Williu’m L. Lush. profeoslom'
player and cullege coach, to haudl1
‘111 1111-111th squad this season. lur'
1111;111th tho mldshipmon sovera‘
years no, but more recently the
head coacu has been a naval pincer
Ltutenant Ralph E. Needham, forr
oily n navypitcher, will assist Lush
All sports scheduled for Saturdw
0 at Ilhe Academy have been cancelled
as the order of the Secretary of the
Navy forbids .all civilians from enter-
ing the academy.
spv suegecr HELD FOR HEARING
* -
BRIDGEPORT, Feb. 7.—-Henry
Wentlnnd. alias Henry >Castro, who
was arrested here. yesterday on sus-
picion'of 1191211: 11 foreign ~spy, was
held in {1300 by the city court today
for a hearing on Saturday, pending
investigation by Secret Service men,
who now are working on the cane.
Wentland, inmexplnining some queer
actions here says he is 11.-professional
. confidence man, specializing on min-
ing engineers; «In, Marimba said, he
learned then-names .of neveralrenzin-
ears ‘ln'1Now Haven, from whom he
.day that the censorship established
Monon'y’t lHonolulu son gigs cable
line bemoan Honolulu and the Um-
1111 ”Stolen but: been abolished
Llléé—‘THE 01-116: 1
HAue ON. vr‘rtuf. 1
11.1 I'I -
Vestal:
duct «.5159.
mmnmvumm
has borrowed money and from whom
he, got the names of men in other cit-
lés that he intended to victimlce. The
Secret Service .men will .invesltmate
.theNevr'anen undo! the story. .' . .
MW till!) fiddliiilili Silliill lililililili
I
I
I
1
I
knockoutsof any fighter in the game.
fIbigh total last evening, nomelwmg
.uall: large ga.tes
11111 '30
Club Standing.
w on Lost Pet.
T6111 :' 1 ........... 1 0 40011,
Team No 4 ............ 1 0 ”9’
Team No. 5 ........... 0 .0'
Team No. 6 .......... .0 0
Team No. 2 ........... 0 1 .
Tcmn No 3 ........... 0 1
Team No. 4, captained by Chad,"
E. Hoyt, defeated Team No. a...»
mined by Dr. William L. Wwd
three. hot games in the bowling”
111111111111 at the South Norwulkf-V
last night. After losing the ,
Ling, the Hoyt crowd came m
strong in the last two strings
won the match Terms No. 5 1433 no,
6 W.“ bowl tomorrow night 1W-
Momlay the tournamnt '-leade1fl. W)".
1 :nd No. 4 will bowl. '
.Weed was the man with 6131
while J. M. More was second with
351 and C. E. Hoyt was third it. I
146. Mr. Hoyt had the hiph "glam
113111111 Dr. Weed second with. on
90. The source;
and third with
Team Mo. 4. .,
I. D. Hoyt ........... '1'0 95 81
M1111... 31111111 ....... 71 113 '19.
f. M. Mace .......... 1184 ~87 “'10,?
Samuel S. Velaor....~80 till 83
Totals ........... 395 390 '32!
Team No. 3.
l1r. William L. “53911.93 7-7 90::
Samuel Witmeyer ”.83111841-M-1I
Samuel Grccnatcin ..'f'l ‘6! ‘
George S. North... . :‘l'l
pal of Privacy m,.
ILIThc agitation for a repeal-1” .,
‘:u\vlcy law permitting boning .5
hibitions in New York will,“ '
zone without cavern mercuric.
lloll' any. definite bottom-forth?
until the question 11111111111 ~ng ‘ ”
l consideration. Grant”:
Brownie, athletic director ’
um Golden, it was 11111111111111.1131
11-h1 from an authorltptlve 11111111
in engaged prominent legull “
11- the purpose of accounting
“111.11 Whitman with the WM
of the ring game. Browne 18‘1”
1.11:: to elevate the upm't'tto' (.1
beyond reproach, and “its“ {an
mpnse of informing 11111111011111 ‘
his plans in this regard, mill
of several other prominent. 7‘
men interested in the boxing
that the new director of .
Square Garden has filmed “the ..
\lcce of a lawyér.Tb1-c is told
the attorney It all.
111111 Gibson, 11 New York minim
last night issued 11 statement
tense of the boxing game. “I!
rs his opinion that the pub“
121.1132: did not want the law
am importance have attracted-
A petition to the membersf'o
Logislnture, requesting 111111 them '
be not abolished, but continued"
preper regulation, has been 11
in circulation, and it is expected,
the signatures of many of 1111111
1111111 91011111111111 citizena 11111
on the document before it its
ed to Albany. ‘
HERE'S A HAT rmrt
SEEN HORN ALor
111 1
FASHloNS! 1 1
in; may ' 1
THIS FALL! 2 . '
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HAT THAT'S BEEN
WQRH- I WANT
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