years ago fight clubs all over
Umtry used to feature a "battle
I. a part of the entertainment.
A "httle royal" was one of those
. as the ring would hold. all
battling each other when the
flat and they kept it up until
1.01. survivor was declared the
_ And that’s Just about the
‘ Lilli F‘il'po, South American
'nght. is going after Dempsey's
Mo put his name. officially to a
' W in New York yesterday to box
V ask IcAulifi'e at the Yankee Stadium
it No! 12. as one of the features of
the Milk Fund boxing tournament
"-Afid he went a bit beyond that,
mg that he has some little centi-
dance in his own ability. He signed
In additional agreement with Match-
' er Coultry which stipulates that
for any unforeseen reason Willard
or Johnson should be unable to come
to the ring at the ball park. on the
day of the great Milk Fund show.
he. Firpo. will take the delinquent
fighter's pine...
“i am ready in "tort any man in
the world. and above all eithcs- \Vii-
lard or Johnson." he told Coultry
through an interpreter.
Coultry was quick to take the Routh
American at his word and nitric cut
the second set of urticlcs, insuring the
big Spaniard's appearance on May 12.
This is not so of McAuliffc. lie has
stipulated in his agreement with the
managers oi the show that he will ric-
copt only one opponent and he must
be Firpo. lie would not agree to a
substitute in the event of an accident
to FRpo. tln- only thing now that can
keep the big Argentinian out of the
picture on that day.
McAulifi‘e might be induced. event-
ually. to mmt Tiny Herman if an
accident beralls the willing li‘irpo.
Big Five-Compo
Series Tonight
The. Norwalk l'llg Five and the
Conipo Life Guards will meet in the
third game of their series this even-
ing at the Norwalk Armory. To date
each team has won a game. In the
preliminary come the linttery C team
will meet the Sterling A. C. of Bridge-
port.
Tonight's contest should be the
hardest fought of the series. as both
teams have to rvnre a victory. which
will give them an advantage in the
series. O'llovlc will be back in the
line-up of the lllg Five this "ening.
The Life Guards will have their usual
lineup.
The preliminary game should be a
bummer. This will be the third meet-
ing bcfwccn these two teams and each
team has won a game. Tonight's con-
test will be the robin r game.
After the games dnncing will take
place. Music will be furnished by
Gail's orclicstra.
Thc line—ups follow:
Norwalk-«i Life Guards
Guarnicri ............ . . . . H. Quinn
r!
Mulicns . . . . . . ............. Carlson
li'
McMahon ..... . McGran
c
O'I‘ioyle . . . . . ............. Ilriscoll
TS‘
Rellv........ ....... .....E.Quinn
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Brotherton. Nauman ........ Scot‘ieid
l'tility
Hour Bowlers
Beat Sentinel
The Hour bowling team defeated
The Sentinel team on the Norwnlk al-
leys inst evening. two out of three
games. The Hour team won the first
and third games of the match.
Donald Brodice of The Sentinel
team had high single and high total
' ' for the. evening. ills high single score
was 107 and his total pinfall was 264.
Last night's victory by the bowling
team avcnges the defeat which was
recently suffered by The Hour basket-
ball team at the hands of The Senti-
nel Five. .
The scores for the games follow:
.‘t
f
HOUR
J. Brcdice ......... 87 79 74—204
Beds-ll .. . .. ...... . Ti 87 80—238
Mead 73 iii 76—233
much . . 77 71 76—224
' Mum ..... ..... st 7. 84—245
Total ..... 396 394 390 1.180
SENTINEI.
D. Bro-dice ........ mi 107 77—.2’64
Khmer ........... R1 73 85—239
Rash ............. 50 51 tz—in
.» Jones ...... 66 95 83—244
Hildebrand 77 74 77—223
5‘ Total 354 408 864 1.111
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.. Exhibition Games
At St. Petershurg. Fla.—
. n. H. E.
t Cleveland (A) ........ 12 )3 a
r ‘ Boston (NJ .......... 11 ii 2
‘ Batteries—Uhie. Metevier. Morton.
A Won. McNamara and O'Neil.
At Little- Rock. Ark:—
3;... R. H. E.»
.~ ton (A) ..... ......7 14 '2
tls Rock (8.A.) ..... 7 9 d
(Ten innings). ‘
Batteries—Ehmke. Fullerton and
. "dutch: Marberry,
R; ldoock and Smith.
McCall. Roberts.
I. At Char-M“I. c..-
R. H. 2.
install!) 3 1c 1
lomlLL).....¢ I I
Batteries-Hrbbeli and' Basil-e:
’ilson. miller. Blinder, Kaplan and
1th. ham
‘3 Am GiL— -
R. H. E.
C (A) .....u... I H
\ to. (I’l'sesoossuss ’"i
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visit: 4;. re
where a. dozen fighters. or as-
Omith and Mystt; Oesehger. Watson. '
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filial LEAGUE
PLAYERS 0N BIG
LEAGUE BENCHFS
Four Eastern league ball players
are almost certain to makc the "big
time" this coming summer and the
quartctte “'lll be playing in Phila-
dciphia. but on opposition teams.
Connie Mack has practically
de-
termined upon liarrv iticorda as one,
of his utility iniiclilcrs lo llill‘k up
the. "million dollar" collection that
hc's trot in the inner garden. and
Heinie Schccr will keep him cnm-i
pany on the bench.
Both played with New Haw-n and
now comes the announcement ti Art
Fletcher. manager of the National
league, l’hiliics that he will undonth
and iiulph
Tlicy pzis-
edly keep ilrick Kane
Head in the "big time."
timed with Hartford.
Head is a pitcher with it hop to
the apple that makes the batter bend
like a coniortionist to connect with
it. And then he don‘t.
In fact Head showed up the rnyzny
lars so badly. during one or the re-:
cent exhibition games in the south
that they complained he. was taking
advantage of the roughness of the old
baseballs in use. Manager I’lctchcr
put new bails into the muse. And
then the hop was lioppit-r than lit"
fore.
"'l‘hat boy Head is ct‘rtninlv first."
said Fletchrr after watching
Georgia youth go through one or his
daily workouts. “i can't understand
why he has ncver been up in the ma- .
jors before this.“
Head attracted attention the first
day he arrived here. he cut loose
immediately and this was the only
trace he showed of inexperinc. How-
ever. although he didn't admit it.
the boys Bllllll‘Cli‘tl that he stole
march on them .‘l'ld «lid some train-
ink at his home in Georgia in {are llf‘
came to the camp.
liiitcli iiciiic. rut-Hi as the bust
young catcher in the National l'rnguc.
praises Head to the skics.
“lie is faster right now than uni-
one on the staff. He has :i Koo-l,
sharp breaking curve. too. {Illtl he
knows what to do in llmrv. lle‘s gn-i
ink to Win a lot of games for us this 1'
summer. or I miss my guess."
It has been the slugging of Kano
that has placed him in the race for
the job of utility outfielder.
Another Eastern lcague pizivcr of
1922, who will undoubtedly he re-
tained by the l’hiilies is .linimv “'il-
son, who has been with New Haven
for the last three seasons. \Viison
probably will be llcnlinc's under-
study during the coming criiiipziign.
PORTLAND. Orc.. April 3.——ln :in
official proclamation isnued from the
Btate Capitol. (lov. Pierce has declar-d
a. half holiday throughout Oregon on
the afternoon of April 17. the tlnlp rifl
the opening of the baseball season in1
Portland.
In making the half holiday precin-
mation. the Governor said he had
done so with the impression that the.
game of baseball was America's lend-
ing outdoor sport and as such need. .l
and deserved the support of every in—
habitant of the State.
NEW YORK. April {Ln—"Smokey
Joe" Wood yesterday assumed charge
of the Yale freshman baseball crim—
paign. assembling forty candidates on
tlittle Field for their first light. prac-
cc.
Word has been received from Crip-
tain Mike Eddy of the. Yale nine that
his knee was severely injured by the
accident it underwent at Macon last
week. Eddy has returned to New
York City where the injury is receiv—
ing treatment. An old football wound
was reopened and it was found that
the cartilage covering the knee has
been torn. Eddy is not likely to re-
sume baseball playing before mid-
season.
McTigue Ready
‘ to Fight Georges
Joe Jacobs. manager of Mike Mc-
Tigue. the world’s light heavy-weight
champion is scheduled to confer with
Tex Rickard and talk over the con-
templated match with Georges Car-
pentier. Jacobs is repay to sign a con-
tract immediately it the terms use
satisfactory. The dust. .it arhnm.
will be staged at Boyle's Thirty Acres
late in June. ~ - 7
Jacobs has an offer from Newark
for Mc’l‘igua to fight Harry Greb at a
new open-air arena. If he accepts
Richard's proposition the Newark
match will be forgotten until the Car-
peatier affair is over.
Jim Mullins. the Chicago promoter,
wired Jacobs Itonday an offer to stage
a match at the American Length: base-
ball past there on May 21 between
llc’l'iguo and Martin Burke. the New
Orleans iifit hafneight. Jacobs.
mar; will notstun my contacts
the.
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New York Giants
Hope to Win Again
By Associated Press. .
NEW YORK. April 4,—The New
York Giants should sweep easily to
their third successive National League
championship. and. maybe. to their
third world's championship. in the
opinion of Kid Gleason. veteran man-
ager of the White 80!.
Prevented by rain from continuing
yesterday his team's exhibition tussle
with the Giants at Fort “'orth. Texas.
Manager Gleason gave his opinions of
both clubs. and his own. he confessed.
will finish up at the top fighting.
"Take it from me. it's a. cinch for
Giants to win ~another .pennant.
'mm the Kid. "They are far and
away the class of their league—one of
Illic grcatcst ball clubs I ever saw. Of
'cmii'sc I have not seen either the
Pirates or the Reds who are supposed
to furnish the fighting for the Giants
this year but I can't imagine anybody
stopping 'McGraw's club. '
"it has everything-pitching. speed.
hitting. confidence, daring—oh just
i-\'cr)thing. It must be wonderful to
manage. a bunch like that—always
trying and always fighting. I like the.
Giants at every position. The Giants
look a lot spccdicr to me than they
did last year. They take long chants.
zvnd they make the most of them.
that's my kind of baseball—run every
opportunity to the limit.
“The confidence of having two
world's championships is behind that.
The boys have class and they know
it."
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{the
Good Rival for
Charles Paddock
able rival for Chrley Paddock. and
NI‘Z\V YORK. April 4.--A formid-
able rival for Charley Paddock. and
lnthcr American sprinting stat. has
3 lwcn uncovered in the Philipplnu. lac-
i cording to word received from athletic :
authorities in Mull...
- The new track sensation is Fortu-
.iinio (‘nmiom an 18-year-old high
isi‘lionl youth. who WM credited with
! running 100 yards in 9 4-5 seconds on
'ilm-c consecutive days at recent try.-
.mus {or the 1923 far Eastern games.
:l“i\«~ watchc s_ clocked Cataion each~
him; and several of them caught him
ll‘ 1- 3-5 seconds. the world‘s record.
t‘utalon who won the 100 and 220
. \ard dashes at the Far Eastern gamcs
; in 102:1. will be sent to the Olympics in
1924 to test his speed with American
Mind European stars.
l 'l‘hree persons suspected of having
4, a share in the plot have been arrested
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'Battling Siki ' -
Returns to France
“AVRE. April 4.—-Battling Slkl.
who fought Milt. Mc’l'igue-in Dublin
on St. Patrick's Day. returned to
France. landing from the little tramp
his departure from Cherbourg aboard
the palatial liner President Adams.
He immediately boarded a train for
Paris.
Bus-TIER, 1 AN:
A PROPOSmOLl To
ROOM ND BOARD
FREE lF VOL! hitti—
Ailu EUAMEL THE
w‘oopwouk or
\ioun ROOM ! -
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st. :inicr lv‘inola just one month after.
' August 5——Tut Jackson vs. Harry
'Wills. colored.
OUR BOR
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GNE you A weeks
CLEALl ‘mE WALLPAPEQ
N. Y. NOW PUBLIC
NEW YORK. April 3.—An official
list of all proposals by challenges and
the results of same has been issued by
the New York state boxing com-
mission to clear up much confusion
. regarding challenges for title matches.
The list includes all challenges since
the commission took office.
Two challenges face Benny Leon-
ard. lightweight champion. Charley
White was the first to bid for a bout.
Sailor Friedman is second. According
ard must box White first before he is
allowed to meet. any other challenger.
The same is true of the status of the
Lynch who has been challenged by
Carl Tremaine. This match has not
yet been arranged. Lynch insisting
that Tremaine must produce $80,000
before being allowed to meet him.
Benny V’algar' is first in line for a
bout' with Johnny Dundee. junior
.lightwclght titleholdcr and Dave
Sheds has first rights to a crack at
Mickey “'allrer‘s honors.
Harry Greb was the first to demand
a fight with Gene Tunney and Joe Col-
letti was also the first boxer to chal-
lenge Frankie Genaro‘s newly won
iaureis.
'5 lows:
February :3——Johnny Dundee vs.
Johnny Kllbane. featherweight;
money returned. Kilbane refusing to
accept challenge; Dundee declared
champion.
June ii—Hasry Wills vs. Jack
Dempsey. heavyweight: forfeit still
up: match has not yet taken place.
June ls—Gene 'DJnney vs. Harry
Greb. light heavyweight: match took
place: forfeit returned.
June Zl—Iinve Rosenberg vs. Greta
or Wilson. middleWeight: forfeit re-
turned. Greb and Wilson refused to
box; Rosenberg declared champion.
July i~Kid Wagner vs. Johnny
Dundee. junior lightweight: challenge
withdrawn; forfeit returned.
July 15—JI‘om Gibbons vs. Harry
Greb. light heavyweight: challenge
withdrawn; forfeit returned.
July 19 Phil Krug vs. Dave Rosen-
berg. middleweight; match took place:
forfeit returned.
July 21——Chnrlie White
Leonard. lightweight;
; arranged.
vs. Benny
Bluff. fiyweight; challenge withdrawn;
forfeit returned.
July 26—Jacob flartfield vs. Jack
Britton. welterweight: challenge with-
drawn: forfeit returned.
August 4—Abe Goldsteln vs. Joe
Lynch. bantamwcight: challenge with-
drawn; forfeit returned.
heavyweight: match
held: forfeit returned.
August ill—Tommy Noble vs. John-
'niA-ré FARE cocoon,
A9 1W caustic-rot:
5MB viii-led A Gov
GAVE “M A DOLLAR ! ‘é.’
wiiin'nuts wiLLw
MAKE me it: I GIVE
-nl' LANL! SCALP
TREATMEHTS “fills
SUMMER ‘2
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to the commi-ion's latest ruling Leon— 3
The complete list of challenges fob.
match not yet ‘
July 24~Indlan Russell vs. Johnny'
DING houses—By Ahern
//weu_ Ma's. “OOPLE,-
.-
ny Dundee. Junior lightweight: chal-
lenge withdrawn: forfeit returned.
September zS—Benny Vulgar vs.
Johnny Dundee. junior lightweight;
match not yet arranged.
November 2—Davo Shade vs. Mick-
ey Walker, welterweight; match not
yet arranged. ,
November 24.—Frankie Genaro vs.
Pancho Villa. fiyweight; match took
place: forfeit returned.
January 3—Sailor Friedman vs.
Benny Leonard, lightweight; match
not yet arranged.
February fie—Harry Greb vs. Gene
Tunney, light heavyweight; match not
yet arranged.
March 2—Joe Colletti vs. Frankie
Genera, fiyweight; match not yet ar-
ranged.
March 24——Carl Tremaine vs. Joe
Lynch. bantamweight; match not yet‘
arranged.
Jess Willard Simply
Has a Myocitis
EXCEISIOR SPRINGS. 150.. April
4.——-—Jess Willard. former heavywoiglit
champion of the world. who hopes to
make Floyd Johnson a stepping-stone
for another bout with Jack Dempsey,
its not seriously injured. as at first re-
tported from his camp here.
He simply developed an ecchyinosis
out. of which developed myoeitis.
Otherwise he is all right. and. barring
further accidents. will be ready to face
Johnson at the Yankee Stadium on
May 12 for the benefit of the Milk
Fund.
Here is Dr. Baird's bulletin follow-
ing an examination:
"Several days ago “'iilard received
a. blow at the attachment of the biceps
muscle. producing a rupture of a small
superficial blood vessel. with a conse-
quent ecchymosis.
"The injury seemed so trivial that
Willard continued his boxing. As a
consequence there ha developed a
. myocitis involving a small area in the
right arm.
"It is a not a serious matter and
only necessitates ‘Willard's eliminating
the boxing feature of his training for
a few days."
Lewis—Wins Two
Out of Three Falls
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO. April 4.~—"Strariger" Ed
Lewis' vicious head lock helped him
to it two out of three falls victory for
the world's heavyweight wrestling
championship here last night. from
Renato Gar-dint. Boston. Italian. For
the first fall Gardini slammed Lewis
to the mat with a flying mare. and.
while the champion lay with the
breath mashed from him. pinned him
with a double. arm lock in 20 minutes
and 11 seconds.
One hour. 11 minutes and 45
seconds. Lewis applied a. dozen head-
loeks to Gardini for the second full.
The Italian challenger came out for
{the third full dazed and weakened by
‘the punishing grasp of Lewis' arms
about his head and succumbed to four
successive headloeks for the deciding
fall in three minutes and 21 seconds.
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Sport Barrage
Chat and Comment _of— special Interest to
Norwalk Fans. ’
By LeRoy D. Downs
the Bridgeport tight fans once agaiv.
tomorrow night. when he meets rim.
Petite. Bones will have his hands iult
Petite.
1 4‘ I
Basketball fans are in for a rare
treat this evening. when the Compo
Life Guards and the Big Five meet in
the third game of their series.
0 O C . .
Jack Douglas. who meets Ed Keeley
tomorrow night scored a knockout
ox er Tar-Lin Larkin. This will be
Keeley's first real test.
0 O 0
Young Pancho. the little Filipino
from this city will fight Young Snips
of Stamford on April 9 in that city, is
showing a great deal of improvement.
in his work lately. Snips will have his
hands full next Monday night.
0
The Hour bowling team avenged the
defeat of their basketball team by
scoring a win over the Sentinel bowl-
érs last evening.
0 O O
Meeker is playing a fine brand of
basketball at the present. time. In
' Monday night‘s game against the Sep—
arates he was the outstanding star
of the Big Five.
0 O O
The high school baseball squad held
their first practice Monday afternoon.'
About 15 candidates were out on that
day .for the team. It is expected that
the squadwili increase in size as the
Capes. who played the outfield for
the Pittsfieid club last season. has
been sold to the Toronto Club of the
weather warms up. International League. He was one
' ' '- of the leading fielders in the Eastern
Joe Smith. the state amateur cham- season.
plan from Bridgeport is hard at work
for the coming bouts at the Armory on
April 10. Smith recently won the state
championship in New Haven.
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Louis Gardens will make his first
appearance in the ring at the Armory
on April it). Cordelia has entered the
lsicpound class and is training hard
for the bout at. Jack Dempsey":
training quarters.
Jack Warrior. who at one time vas
the. star pitcher lot the Yankees. and
during five past fr“ seasons has man-
aged and plays-3 with various minor
iiague teams. has decided to retire
from the game.
This season will see the passing of a.
numl‘er of old-timers in the Big
Leagues. A number of the veterans
are drawing near the end of their
major careers.
Bridgeport Amateurs
in Armory Bouts
More than tat Simon pure mitt-
sliugers of Bridgeport will be entered
in the mammoth amateur boxing
tourney. which will be held under ilie
auspices of the Norwalk American
Legion in the Armory on April 10. The
big attraction of the evening will be
the appearance of the state welter-
weight champ Joe Smith of this city
against some good Nor-walk lad.
All of the Park City boys who were
entered in the fight: in New Haven
last week will represent the Park City
at the tourney.
I
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Jim Bones will show his wares to’
World’s Recurd
Bowling Score :
By The Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE. April 4.—Standing's
in the American Bowling congress
tournament here today showed a new
world's record in the all~events and
various changes in the top five in the
singles and doubles.
William Knox of Philadelphia. dis-.
playing rare grit. surpassed the pre-
vious record in the all events. 2.014.
established last week by C. Daw ofl
hlilwaukee. when he scored 715 in his'
singles.
Needing 27‘ pins to take the all
events. 2.014. established last week by
C. Daw of Milwaukee, when he scored
715 in his singles.
‘ HOPPE, CHAMPION, GOING BACK
By HENRY L. FARRELL
NEW YORK. April 2 ——W’ilile Hoppe is still the world's ‘champion at
billiards. but he isn't the invincible champion he used to be. He still holds cu
to the title. because he was so far ahead of all other players that even when
he slips back no one can yet reach him.
The strain of years of the most active playing and the strictest training
have exacted their penalty and infected his nerves. About Hoppe's game.
when he was in his prime. was an atmosphere of supreme confidence that ll
missing now. Hoppe used to rattle off a succession of difficult shots with the
ease of a. pianist playing the scales. Now he seems to ponder and deliberate
and he never seems quite certain that lie is playing the. right shot.
Even if he is slipping and reaching the end. Hoppe need have no regret.
He has made a record that perhaps never will be equalled and he will be
known for years as the greatest of them all.
No other player today is within miles of the Hoppe who used to be. Jake
Schaefler. on the surface, has come fast in the last two years. However. it was
not that Behaetfer was improving so much and bringing himself up to the
standard of Hopps's game. as it was that Hoppe was going back and getting
down to the plane of Schuffer's game
Schaeitsr may be the next champion, but he never will be a great cham-
pion. because he hasn't the smooth. even temperament that is essential in s.
billiard champion or in nearly any other kind of a. champion.
Schoefler loses his head, he gives up quickly and he uulks when he thinks
the breaks are going against him. He watches the house too much. instead of
keeping his mind on the game.
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The poke bonnet is coming tack.
The poked nose has never left .
O 0 Q 0 O 3
Outside conditions affect billiard players more than the competitors in any
other iineof sport or amusement. The baseball player and the football player
are out on a. field. away from immediate contact with the spectators. Their
best has to be done in s. bsdlam of noise and under all kinds of weather con-
dittoas. The billiard player on the other hand plays almost. in the laps of the
mom. Comments in whispers are audible from the spectators‘ seats. It
b unethical to make a. noise during a match and the tipping over of a chair.
a nee-s one, cough {m the house my cause one of the contestants to blow
his game to‘ pieces.
_ 1 the recentéfioppe-Sehaeffer match. an exam is was orded of
wares-c . ”an (.11. suihtgt little things- will have on i matcltuzfichaefler
-h _. ‘ only twenty-sight points to go in the second block and the balls were
rolling so nicely ithat he looked like a cinch to win llaay of the spectators
sues angst-.1194 out. The noise and the confusion elected senaerrcr.
One of tho doorkeepers aid that the opening of the doors by the "d 30133
out caused the balls to becomeaess lively. "at
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players who are paid 1.000 a
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gets. claim to be the world's man cham-
. The ‘New'roi-k Celtics. with several star
week. as. much as Babe Ruth
0; Pottsville. Ila. disputes the claim. Looks ike the!
.TMBIII‘IVG
could-ems it. with a me.
In ’ ‘ O O O O O O O .
his first season as coach at Yale. Joe Fogsrty guided tli
. . g to tho
We: the Intercollegiate We League. is unis rosar-
th _. thsjob only after being a-ured that creed. color or 7 would
:4: heroi- influence mutations. Es placed at for-hut pontoon. ‘ o Jar-'-
m _ “and fits. h‘l'hey predicatiyvoa the title themselves TM
”emanating fish's ”st-team; “anathemaoftbsbtg “fer“
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