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final season in the. big show. The other,
flap Lajoie, one of the greatest batters
who ever lived. has hung up a record
which few can ever possibly equal and
mscd on to the minor leagues. And
with his going I find myself the oldest
li’nyor in point of service in the Anieri~
(no League, the oldest playei" with the
exception of Hans Wagner, in the nia-
fisr leagues. '
And how about that little ambition of
mine which started many years ago. It
is an unpleasant experience to think
about that ambition now as i stand on
me’very verge and cannot see the cer-
tainty of its realization. It is all the
azure unpleasant because i have come’
at) near it and because I feel within
myself the ability to realize it.
When I completed my seventeenth
iii-liaison in the big leagues I counted tip
and found that according to the records
I had made 2,869 hits. I needed 131
more to realize my ambition. And i
won't deny that as i looked at those
figures I counted that record as good
:35 won.
I was in excellent condition, had just
played a full score of 156 games and
was confident that several more good
masons lay-before me. But if my plans
should not materialize it required illlt‘
are to gain my three thousand hits.
Bear in mind that I needed but 131
Ins. And for fifteen straight years I
“Ind not failed to make more than that
number of hits a season. The season
before I had registered 183 and for
more than ten years I had averaged at
last 183. Surely it was a rather sini-
fle‘matter for me to rap out 131 safe
wallons in what need be only a fair
mason.
So it seemed in the winter of 1915
and 1916. But the spring brought a
fitteront story. They told me I had
Shirred up. that I would have to begin
to take my turn .on the bench, that I
.mst relinquish right field at least part
$1 the time to a younger man Now I
“have always known that i would grow
0%! sometime. I have always been
mpared to meet the day when it ar-
rived and I flatter myself with as good
{race as the next man But I wasn‘t
ready to say good-bye in 1916.
It is true that I am not the fastest
hi: in the world. It is also tru'e that
[am probably not as fast as I was at
hentydlve. But after all, right field is,i
fine place where speed does not counti'
#- as much as it should elsewhere on i
h diamond and there are other slow?
ma playing right field. I think, with-,
an: exaggeration. I can coverva fairj
mount of ground and stop most of the:
hm; that come my way in right field.‘
“I am confident I can hit nearly asi
boil as I ever could. I
f I began this season with exactly 39}
Hi: to go. Now there was a time when
' lenuid have made 39 hits in a single!
. ”nth of healthy swatting The only;
fitting that troubles me now is whether'
Ia- not I shall make those 39 hits in an
“tire season. At my present rate Ii
Md say it was doubtful. but perhaps i
pphgs will breaka little better before!
In year is over.
i II: most accounts I have no cause to
“plain. Baseball has been good to;
”and I appreciate the fact. Neither!
#31 any criticism .0! the management 1
u out club._The management is‘after
nuns and i! moha'iéiluus‘caa be bet-V
‘ obtained ii lump some one in my.
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ikept me awake night after night (you no doubt) know that I have to have ;
[some sleep, so you can imagine how relieved I shall feel when I have it t
-oii’ my mind, (you will too, no donbttaiid settle it one way or the other.”
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l “Do you think Mutt will ever be as tall as Jeff?"
'io'ANWoia'iin
Moot Sorgcant Ilank (lowdy, the first big Icacuer to enlist for the war.
i'I‘lierc is nothing like the truth at times and this, I belicvc, is one of them. When he rcsignvd from the Boston National League (‘iub as catcher scver- I
M days ago he entered the Ohio National Guard as it private, and the uni-
t form be here wears shows him as such.
lie has been promoted. and (loner
Has Made Almost Three
Thousand Hits ! 1 DY 10w THE STANDINGS l ,, A ‘ E
IT S SERGEAINT HANK GOW , 1\ l » ,MifiRAw CASE fi ‘
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”Sam CrawfordinAtrgust Baseball . . _ . Easterri League. 2 . a
Magazme. O lnl n a d l "V" 7 ~-’ “I. 1. P.C ' .
Probably few people realize thatl p O S n. GOSSIP ‘5 |l\:ew IIaven.........1—i 15' .712! . .
th00 Sam (‘rawford is on the verge‘ ' " ’Bew London ‘ ‘ ":9 3.1, ' “933‘ - ‘
at one of the great batting records of, BY IRISH Haggai-Q ‘33 5:: 1:5
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Ifl time. (‘lose to his 3,000th hit isl iWort-cstcr . . . . . . .. . . .26 28 .481 Ah . f 7' ., . "
Sam, and close to the realization of til ‘ _. : Portland .23 31 .426.‘ hence 0 “ ltnebb on th‘ '
lie time ambition. as ho explains in the! While. most athletes have. come forward and offered to serve their coun-! : Springfivld """""" 1‘9 9:}, '.’;55‘ mg Trip 15 cause 0f POSt'
August Baseball liaguzme. \\e quote. try, boxers have shown the white ft-uilier and hung back. Take the case: .Hdrmfld .N' """"" 17 0° ""4. l ponement
from 53“” article: 'of Benny l.conard for instance. I { anon“ ”38;”. L PC-q:
One .lluly aflGI‘IIOO'l: many years ago' '_ 1New York , .......... iii :25. .648 lliCGli.\\\’—~~3o l’l‘. Lonnnflf in
me payer on the ench happened to ' . ’ « mnadaipma 39 31 557 n . . . ' .
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hention Pop Anson and his remarkable. .~ B‘Etllllg 30an in: .betn commented on as foolish fox matching tip, St. Louis . ............ 43 35 .551‘ trip was the “NW 0]: . nr‘tb .. . 11.1.1“
record. The fact was brought out that pith. kayo l‘alitz on 'iiiui'sday,l July its, in Mei-idtn. In our humble Opt”; Cincinnati 5 40 ‘52 t , h: it _. “‘ J ‘1“ ‘1‘???”
the famous old slugger was the only ion, I’alitz Will feel that scnsation after the boot has proceeded 8 rounds. : ‘l‘hii‘ail‘o -------------- 43 40 .512 men m l t H "mm" 0“ 1"“ M'(”""’
. l i Brookivii ............ 3t 38 _472 case before the board oi (ill'Et’tOIS of =
player who had ever made three mm" _4_ t liti‘sitill‘ "8 4" «100 the Vatican] l t t [1‘ ht ‘~ trstt'idi " 2
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1111 hitS- It seeineda Siaggvrmgtotal. Funny how hot weathertakes a bunch of enthusiasm out of a Home l i’illbbl.li';.'h ........... 24 49 .329 Counsel for [1],. “which. of ii”. on; ‘
l was fairlv swam )ed by it. lint then ‘ - - " ; i E ‘ 9 h h ‘ ‘ V
. I .. ~ . l .iuaid Loniptny. l American League. York club had expected In produce
and there the idea cry stained in my; . , . W. L. PCs “,1 ‘ . “I ‘ b'l' 11., w ,1,
mind that some day in the far off future] , a , , , . , ] ””9“” - - .50 3““ 1525 two . l “(”05 0 su A ‘11 m. {v
, . __ .. ’ i “beat dropped 11 pomts yesterday and into fourth place in the Rat-i llostuii .............. i7 30 .610 Grams staiciiivnis megawatt: m- if»
[100, would like to icgister my three . , . y . .. . . .
‘ hiousaiitith hit ‘ {urinal League batting averages. i (levcland ““““““ 44 37 "54° lf‘l'V'eW Oblmllt‘d “0111 “III by W0
- l . New York ........... 3. 2’6 .520‘ .. - l. - ‘ .~ < u ,3 ’19 .
i will not say that I deliberately set: I . I “mm“ - .. '4') £3 '513 lie-“inf”; “NHL “1055": 3‘30 |‘ '5
about. to acconlpljgh that seenljngly mp; lionus Wagner was so overcome with emotion at Ebbei‘s field WSW!" ', iWashiflsiml . 4 - - -3 44 .413 m“ .5; WWW”) 10p“ M 91' . as: :‘
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msible feat. It. would have been fool-.1 day when he was presented With 8. IOVing cup that iic tailed to obtain a hit. i t Philadelphia .29 «lb .38: 0’“ IV‘“ 9' -‘ “d“ ”vhf”- 1W “nun“? f,
ish to make any such mental reserva‘ .4. l 51' Lonis """ , """" "1 ”0- '38“ heaimg opined, hmwfi'i, lie 0 .
. , . ' . ‘ ‘ _ ‘ ‘ . _ . ‘» International League. shaving gone on an cxtcndcd rccrt‘lh
lion in a game so unccituin as hale Help Wanted' Know Answer? t W L Cl ~ ‘ ' ’ l'l ’ it! ‘
hall. But 1 will admit that it has been F » Newark .............. it; 29 claim“ 7”“ 'h’ 1.0“”‘0" “f .“ 1",] ion a
my chief ambition for a good many . _ . ! 1'I‘oronio ............. 46 32 .590.“ be ascertained, dcspi‘tt iJioioutr
Wars to make three thousand hits.. “0411‘ Friend: For a long time past NONPHHHR has be?“ troubling “1*". I’i-ovidcnce ........... 45 32 .SSiISWr‘m» according to Motown ‘5 “P.“n'
And as the passing of each season has '1 although I do not think that you have noticed it. The matter I have refer: Bailillltil‘t‘ ............ it :23 .SIIscl. As a result, yesterdays $025101!
3 I a .. . « 0 . . ence to is strictly confidential and I trust that you too will comply with [ “NM-"WV ------------- '9 ‘0 ~494was short and the meeting was Wt
song it lllt» indict the L.oal I hate . . ‘ ~ , ”um,“ 33 17 “t i . D . . ‘ ff a
thought more. and more “pun mm liin‘ my damn) to have it kept so. 1 have almost made tip my mind moi and: mmnmud”n ......... 31 w 3031“” until Jilly -0 m 01‘1“" ‘0‘ ram '_
titular afternoon to come when I 0"” again ' ‘ W” and ask 3'0“ about this matter, m" somehow or i iMontit-ai ............ 2:3 49 .‘dilii,nmre time for the hunt M ”W mim-
wouid meet the bull fairly and rap out other, I 31““ could 11‘” £491 “1) Colll‘flt-Kt"9110\ll>§l| it) ‘10 H‘l- 1‘ 15 1‘ matter that: American Association. man. . .
agood clean (mu. fora complete score canth be expressed in so many words so i am therefore writing you. . _ ' l‘- FW. “1:. 11?“! Few facts of lliiptn‘iili‘ltf't' were 30‘
a! thirty hundred safeties. i —Q—— 5 : Edly‘l‘m’” " ~ ~ - 4’: :1‘: gaiweloped in the examination of the Wito
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5.1““? ”131 “£40113” idea came 10 1110! Now, I sincerely hope that you Will answer this (ltiestion iairll'. li'lllil‘l Louisville ........... 15 39 .536 “Phipmbufil :9(,Iflflvm,;1eh 1:0 in:
so 1‘” ”Wk ”1‘“ I can hardly 1“‘II{9'1I'J“r‘fully, and honestly. in every respect. regardless of how you will hurt my ; I Kim-stir l‘ili' --------- 41 37 .526: the 109'” 1‘1”] ‘1 L l'ld“d“}l, n '1 io-
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at (“9‘1”). ”'0 players have passed An- . feelings (they Will be sofPiy hurt anyhow. no matter what answer you give) '(l‘oiuijnbus """""" :7) 41,1; 3(1):: mur,‘““f m(_ ”I. Tl . m: pegslon'l
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“‘1'” great ““1“. One Of them. “Mb 1 by answering as l have requested. 1 have full confidence that you Will i “(infinitimlis .. 4., 4m§5tldmfg “.101“ .13.?“ ,rlua‘; here go 1
“fine“ ’5 tottering 0" the verge 0f “’5 , answer it without any regard to my fat-lions wliatsocvcr. This matter has \mwaukpp . go 3 ‘ 3 Id give s. .0 X (.m - -. n
V ‘ ' 'could give him a piece of my mind.
lie also fixed the hour of the int-3i"
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YESTERDAY S RESULTS. view as about 7 D- m., and ”"1 time
Eastern League. when McGraw i'PCt'iVCd the manu‘
script for his approval as about on!)
Hartford, .34:
Port land, ti;
Springfield, 4-0.
Iii'idizi-pori, 1.
New London. ‘2: \‘l'orcestcr, 1.
hour later.
The baseball writt-rs, whose vrran
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I w -| ~.‘0Pl:.d.u'ddmllyImmd’ 1i()\'l' li()\'i" ’ ill 301111 (I bluliks 1W tiltllUlnltd Mill mm”) m m ‘itlond 1”“ ‘ 3")“- Iiavcn, 4'31 Lawrence, 3'0" .(‘iiy is ill question. had several wit:-
! ii lEJ g' ii ‘ x ' L im' ‘ I "an“?! League. ‘nesses in attendance to testify upon ‘
l -—9-- ~ ~~~ ”m ~ -—-w .-- ~>~-— 5’ ‘ New York, 4; Cincinnati, 3. _' ‘ .
l . . . i . Brooklyn, 4.2; Pittsburgh, ".1, this angle oi the case, but they wit)
1 I\ote by Irisli.—-The above is an actual it"tlol‘ received by the sporting ”“5 morning. St. Louis, 7; Boston, 6. not called. The counsel for the lOIJl-t
editor. in answer to the question must say positively "No.“ The innocent
Halon! who wrote or copied the letter ('otisiiicl's liiiiisclf bright at any rate-
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:shocs. why the management Would be IRISH PATSY CLINE
foolish not to follow that plan. i am
not criticising anybody nor anything; HOT AFTER DUNDEE
except the unusual succession of events j ....- ...
{which have brought me so near the! it looks as if lrlsh
realization of my dreams and then going to have his own troubles getting
Jthreatened to leave me just short of its a match with Johnny Dundee. After
attainment. For I am not through. I‘ ibindcc ‘dcfeatcd Willie Jackson re-
,wili not admit that I am through. I cciitly he rcccived ilirce offers to meet
;can still hit that old baseball, 1_cttn (“line Every one of them Would have
grill” play the game up to major league ilt‘t‘ll grabbed by lilt.‘ little Wop in a
'staiidut‘d. I can still go those three minute if he thought he could win the.
thousand hits if only i have the. comps!“
chance ‘ l
‘ itiitiiiiiusiiiiis
i In tackling the Columbus Boys‘
Club. of Bridgeport. tomorrow after-
noon. on the Ward .Strcet Grounds,
the Norwalk Independents will be up
against one of the best "teams that
they have faced. this season. The
Park (‘ity boys have recently defeat-
Dd the Ihisebttds, for the championship
of Bridgeport, and they seem to be the
clasa of the town so far as seini‘pro
ball is concerned.
The. visitors will have Ostrowsky,
the crack Remington Arms liiirier in
the box, and Mandel wail he on the re-
ceiving end of the battery. This pair
will surely cause the locals a lot of
trouble. At shortstop, the visitors
will have "Ilud" Palmer, the Bridge.
port pugilist. Besides being a scrap-
per. “Bud" ls‘qlliit’ a ball player. The
Park (‘in boys will give the locals
ti grand hustle.
The Indpendents will take the field
with practically their old lineup.
Patsy Cline is
l‘p to date. however, he hasn‘t seen
E - .tii to accept any of these offers. .lohn
,BRIDGEPORT HORSE. Al'cismhntcl is very anxious to stage
1 WINNER OF 2:21 PACEI I)tiiidct»t‘lino contest at Ebbets field
like 1“”01‘ Dart or this month.
Straight beat races ruled in the.
opening day of the local meeting of
the Bay State Short Ship circuit at “~—
-.\'orlhanipion yesterday. Blnworth This afternoon, at the Ward Street
and lrish Voter, without material op- Grounds, the Norwalk T11"? & RUbbel‘
position took the 2.17 “.0, and 2.21 Company will meet up with the Nash
pace. respectively. while Forest 13.. Engineering Company“ cohorts for
was “winner in 1,“, 2.33 trot, losing the second time this season, The Tire
one heat to Otway llird, because of a company boys came out on the "mg
.poor start. The races were not close. end of a 10 to 0 score in the first
‘Alliewood the Great, considered Ilin- game, but me NR“) aggregation has
\vorlh's strong opponent, behaved bad- been considerably strengthened since
ly and (finished last in a field of eleven. that time, and a great battle. is ex-
May Stevens, a daughter of Peter peeted this afternoon. The The com-
' pany team has as yet to suffer its
first defeat of the wagon. "Benny"
“'hone will pitch for the tire company
team this afternoon. "Prince Helnie"
Schmidt, the captain and field gener-
al of the tire company host, will pi-
lot the tum to victory if such a thing
lis possibl,
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.NORWALK TIRE VS. NASH
battery. with Freddie Smith as the
reserve force, ready to rush into the
breach in case Guarnieri‘a port side
slants should prove ineffective against
the opposing swntsmiths. Red" Ri-
ley will be back on third, after an ab;
sense of three weeks, and “Benny"
Wlione will hold down the right field
position. It has been rumored about
that “Prince Heinie”,Schmidt,' the In-
dependents’ genial left fielder will
take a day off tomorrow. “Heinie”
Stevens pushed Irish Voter somewhat
inihe 2:21 pace but the latter always
had plenty of reserve. Forest D had
things his own way in the 2:23 trot for
the first two miles, dropped the third
because of a bad start and then fin?
ished strong and well in the lead in
the final mile.
t ' mvu-r
‘could not be lorated i
INDEPENDENTS V3 ‘and the rumor therefore had to go as
' ,it stood. ,
Guarnieri and McGuire.- will form the ’
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A CHALLENGE.
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, The Ilearcats have not heard any.
‘thiiig from iii!“ Pastimes or (‘lucttsl
yet. in answer to the recent challenge}
in this paper. If' they have any ball:
spirit at all show signs of life, read'
the daily newspapers and answer tliis'
challenge. This will probably be the
last time you will have to play its. and?
yoti ought to be satisfied to get this?
chance if you urcn'c yellow. as tho.
llearcats will only play fast teams iii-j
,tor this. The llcarcats will travel to:
New Canaan this Sunday to play the
hioliawks of that place, The lilo-
hawks have a winning record of 12
'straight names ;but the Bearcats feel:
qonfldeni of bringing home the bacon
and halting their record. l
‘ BEARCATS.
GAMES TODAY.
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Eastcrn League.
Hartford at Lawrence.
New Ilavcii l" Siiuiiigileld.
\‘l'orceszt r ‘l llridceport (2).
New London :‘t Portland.
Nat‘onal League.
i’itlsbuiuli : i‘ lli'ooklyii (2)2
Cincinnati g‘i New "ork.
St. Louis at ilt.:l61i.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
American League.
New York at: Chicago.
Boston at Detroit.
Washington at (“level-and ('2). ‘
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
internajtional League. .
Baltimore at Toronto.
Providence at Montreal.
Newark at buffalo.
Richmond at ‘Itochestcr.
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other enemies of the chickens com-'sicul condition.
chapter of the Baseball \\'i'iters' As'
sociation rci‘tiscd to assume that tho
Ee‘rIOi"-l: 3.30:1?!‘1'311 )I h 1 . testimony of Me‘lil‘ttw's missing wih
ataxia}; L};llt‘ag(l),lg; i1 inn- ness‘wonld agree, as was suggested.
tags. ‘with that given by the one uiidwi- vr- ,
Washington-(‘icveland rain. ‘ami‘nation, mm [ho hoax-inc was that
international League. ,postlioned.
Rochester. 5-0: Richmond, 4-2. i '
Toronto. ll: Baltimore, 1. « 1 N
i‘lnYitiont‘o, ll; liloiiireal,10. iJOHNNY EVERb T0
Philadelphia. 7~0; Chicago. 0-1,
American League.
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Buffalo-Ncwark, wot. grounds, ‘ PLAY SECOND FOR
American Association. PAT MORANS TEAM
Minneapolis, 28: Louisville, LS.
Columbus-Kansas City, rain.
'I‘oledo-Ziiilwaukec, rain. 'jan, has withdrawn from the ranks on
0 [the roystcriiig Braves and cast his lot
Biriiiinaliaiii, 7; Chattanooga, . . . ‘ . _ .. . l‘h‘ll‘ ,
- : the morn ii liSs tdthUl i KS
Little Rock, a; iiobiie, 2. “’"h ‘ t 9
Atlanta, 6; Nashville. 5: 10 innings. is deliberate. Evcrs made the clizingn
for his own accord after receiving tbo‘
‘consent of Phil Moran as well as tho
:Manager George Stailiiigs of the:
Braves.
The change of berths was rather a'
other player than Evers; And so flu:
Th“ i011011 COTI‘OSPOHGEHI 01' ihC‘as has been announced no financial
Hartford Cotirant writes that a small consideration enters into the deal. Tha
roads on spring chickens in that town. 000 a. year contract which Evers holds
One chicken raiser has lost. 100 cliick- and which terminates at the close on
ens already on account of the rodents. the current season. Evcrs worked uno
St. Paul, 6: llltiiunapolis, 5.
John .I. Evers, ilic tonipcstuous 'I‘ro¢
Southern Association.
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New Orleans, 7; Memphis, 0. of Pat Moran. \\ ording of the above
iperniission of. Percy Ilaughtoii and
simple operation. It involved‘ nil,
army of rats is making extensive in- Phillics are simply assuming the 3H),.
Fearing neither guns, traps nor pois- der a. contract with the Braves which
~ on, the hungry rats will tackle a half-provided that he could be sent to no
grown chicken and ducks and carry gother club except by his o.vn consent.
off large numbers in a single day or; A- few days ago he received permla- ‘
night. For two years now these rats sicn from the Braves to dicker with;
have held power supreme and they Moran. Once on the scene in Philaa
have done more damage than all thedelphia, Moran inquired as to his pliy~
Evers assured him:
bined, including the fox, skunk, hawk,‘,
and prowling cat. 1 (Continued on Eleventh Page.)
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'WhiANK whim:
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SAV Pete, HERE'S‘Q’
CO AROUND TOWN
AN' 566 lF You CAN
1151' A PAIR oF OLD
SKATES P
cosh, 1 CAN'T BUVA New
PAIR oFSilATCs Fee’s/tar
THAT'S ALL THE DOUGH 1 Have!
I‘LL MA~KE PETE (:51 ME
A PAIR OF SECOND HANDED
AROUND me
($66, 1 366 [CE SKATING
l5 GONNA BE THE FAD
AGAIN THIS wiN‘rERl
AN' 1 HAUEN'T COTA
PAiR OF SKA-rest '61 FROM Hm
we 25’s A FELLER
COR NER TRY! ~2To’
sect. mo OLD " , .
SKATES! .t‘u BW \_‘
Q ’5 3 HERE west'mze, HANK-A V - -
. ‘7i H'e QAVE ME THEM 3‘ '1
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