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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, MAY 9,1907.
CRACKERS HAVE REACHED ENEMY’S COUNTRY
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
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NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
BY PEROY H. WHITING.
Let*8 have some public baseball parks.
There seems to be a considerable stew over the question of
what disposition shall be made of Piedmont Park. But how
ever the discussion ends, the finish of the'two baseball parks
inside the race tracks is to be feared.
The sporting department has enough troubles now without
cutting into city politics; but it wishes to rise again to re
mark : Give us plenty of public baseball parks.
Or, anyway, leave us those we now have.
This idea of public baseball parks is nothing especially
novel. Scores of cities in the country have them, including
many in tho South.
The larger cities in the United States have not only their
public , baseball grounds, but public tennis courts, golf courses
and fields for athletic sports.
Why should-not some of the level places in Atlanta’s
public parks be used for this purpose? And if there arc no
places why not mako a few?
Baseball in public parks affords not only an opportuhity
for the healthy amusement of nearly a score of vigorous young
Americans who take part in each game, but the games offer
also a form of pleasant entertainment to hundreds of specta
tors.
And speaking of baseball—the first Western invasion be
gins today. Atlanta opens nt Red Kim in Memphis, Birming
ham at New Orleaps, Montgomery nt Shreveport and Nashvillo
at Little Rock. <■
Tho first day of the campaign finds the Eastern clubs occu
pying the following places in the standing of the league: At
lanta first, Nashville third, Birmingham seventh, Montgomery
eighth.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday Atlanta and Memphis
westle it out for the lead in the pennant race. Next to Atlanta
Memphis seems right now to have the strongest team ip tho
league. And on home grounds the Bluffers will be hard to
beat.
Castleton is slated for the opener and ought to take it. Zel
ler will doubtless pitch one game and with luck should win.
The other game is a gamble.
One thing, though—Memphis has apparently no star
pitchers this year and doubtless the heavy hitting Crackers will
S ';nre tho air nround Red Elm with multitudinous binglcs
g the next three days.
Whether they will get enough hits to win remains to be
seen.
MILITARY COLLEGE STARS
TOM BURNS GETS DECISION IN
20-ROUND “RUNNING MATCH”
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O BATTLE WAS EASY.
O SAYS TOMMY BURNS. O
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O By Tommy Burnt. 0
0 Lot Angeles. CaJ.. .May 9.—I O
0 guest "Individual Supremacy" O
0 Jack O'Brien had all ho wanted 0
0 last night. Ha was easy. 1 would 0
0 have put him down to be count- O
0 ed out In a coupla of rounds more. O
0 I am now going to get after that O
0 Australian champion. BUI Squires, 0
O and when he Is licked will face C
O any man that chooses to toe the 0
0 mark. The championship passed O
0 to me last night, and I am ready 0
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Georgia Defeats
Stone Mountain
Special to The Georgian.
Athens, Ga., May 9.—The Stone
Mountain “prep” team held the heavy
hitting Georgia ’varsity to a score of 4
to 1 here Wednesday In a alow but In
teresting game.
The prep boys bunched hits on
Graves In the first Inning and scored.
The squeexe play failed, else the score
would have been different. Phenome
nal fielding by Martin saved Graves
several hits.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
Oeorgla ..... .011 000 000— 470
Stone Mt 100 000 000— 1 4 2
Batteries—Graves and Hodgson;
Goldsmith and Smith.
By JAMES J. JEFFRIES.
Los Angeles. Cal., May 9.—Tommy
Burns defeated Jack O'Brien last night
and he deserves all the honors which
go with the victory. He won by four
miles and a half actual distance cov.
ered.
It was more of a running match than
n fight, for the simple ' reason. that
O’Brien refused to light Burns waa
willing enough and 'never let an op<
portunlty escape to mix It. and mix
It hard, but O'Brien was .evidently
afraid to let himself loose, and for
round after round he. did little but run
about the ring, with Bums after him.
It was one of tho most remarkable
the decision, the crowd saw one man
rushing and rushing and rushing, while
the other backed away and even turned
his back and ran.
There were seconds when something
In O'Brien seemed to prompt him to
stop and show fight, but he was-al
ways ready to back away when Burns
opened up.
It Was a poor bout- to watch, for the
reason that there was so little fighting.
In but one round of the fight did O’Bri
en really do any fighting. This was
the fourth. In this round the Phila
delphian sent In numerous straight
lefts to the face .which brought blood
from Bums' nose. This was the only
round In which I could give O'Brien
anything. In half a dozen rounds there
waa not enough doing to give the shade
to either of them, but In the others It
was all Bums. - - —
Bums was up against the hard prop
osition of a clever man who would not
fight, and he made the best of It, but I
believe he had O'Brien In such distress
several times that he should have fin
ished him.
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o EARNED a DRAW. 5
o By Jack O’Brien.
O Los Angeles. Cal., May 5 _ n
O Bums had the referee with him 5
O or he would not have been given O
O the decision. The worst I should o
O have received was a draw. I land, o
O ed more punches than Bums and O
O had the fight been a finish affair 3
0 would have won out. In spite of o
0 all "expert opinions," I «a» o
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0 much longer distance. I am not 3
0 kicking, though, but would like to 0
O meet Bums again to show that I o
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"RIP” RAGAN
TO QUIT GAME
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., May 9.—It n
probable that "R|p” Ragan, formerly I
one of the best pitchers In the South, 1
has appeared for the last time on a
Southern slab.
Because he failed to draw a lower
berth when the Western trip was be.
gun, "Rip" refused to accompany the
team. He was thereupon suspended In
definitely. It was reported today ihat
Ragan plans to return to Cherrvvale.
Kane., resume the transfer business and
quit the game. The fans here hart
demanded hla head.
Ragan has been out of condition all
the season and haa been Ineffective for
the most part.
PUGILISTIC SPRINTING MATCH, BY AN EXPERT
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP
WILL PROVE GREAT RACE
By J. 8. A. M’DONALD.
New York, May 9.—A big horse race
haa old New York agog today. The
Metropolitan handicap, for three years
and up, will be run at Belmont Park
today.
Judging by the crowd that this early
la wending Its way to the track, proba
bly 40,000 persona will be thronging
Belmont Park aa the magic yell,
“They'ro off!" breaks forth, thrilling all
. hearts and hurrying the pulse of every
man and woman poseessed of a drop of
"sporting blood."
To the owners of tho first three
horses home will go the rich purse of
about 911,000, a magnet which has
served to bring forth the best horses In
training at the present time. The field
is evenly balanced, thanks to a Judi
cious allotment of handicap weights, to
the fourteen candidates which stand
entered over night.
Roseben Is, as he has been tor some
time, the favorite In the race. Sewell
Is at 4 to 1. to win the race, with the
1909 Brooklyn Handicap winner To-
kalon. and Tanya, next choices at about
6 to 1.
Two 9-year-olds from the Newcastle
stables—J. c. Core and Hugh Grant—
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O New York May 9.—Farts about O
O today's Metropolitan handicap:
O Name of race—Metropolitan
O handicap. a
0 Distance—One mile. o
O Value to field—9900,000 (estl- 0
O mated). O
O Probable number of spectators— 0
O 40,000. 0
0 Amount bet—9990,000. O
O Money spent by spectators— O
O 9200,000. O
O Race record—1.-99, made by O
O Gunfire In 1909. , u
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and Brown's Sewell, named after the
Jockey of that name who fell from the
saddle to death at Aqueduct last au
tumn. nre formidable. Though fourteen
horses were entered yesterday, four, or
perhaps six, will bo added starters.
James R. Keene may send the splen
did filly Hulfrago to the post with
Notter or McDaniel In the saddle.
This year the handicap will come to
hand as the third race of the day In
stead of the old-time custom of put
ting It on as the fourth event of the
program. The horses should be at the
post at 1:90 o'clock.
High School Boys’Track Meet
Will Be Finished on Friday
The Boys' High School track and
field meet, which was postponed from
last Friday, will bq pulled off Friday
afternoon, beginning at 9 o'clock.
The only event finished last week
was the 100-yard dash, which was won
by Rice In 10 4-9 seconds. This event
will not be repeated. All the other
•rent* on the program will be decided
STAR BALL BY
EMORY TEAMS
Special to The Georgian.
Emory College, Oxford, Ga., May
Perhaps the moet sensational game
ever pulled off on an Emory College
diamond waa played here Tuesday. The
Sophomore team, which has hitherto
been considered a strong factor In the
pennant race, went down In defeat be
fore the Sub-Freshmen to the June of
4 too.
Hitherto «Very game fn which the
Subs have participated haa been a
farce from beginning to end. Contrary
to all expectations, the game was filled
with brilliant pitching and phenome
nal ptaya on the part of the Subs. The
downfall of the Sophomores came In
the first five Innings, when falls off
Pitcher Green connected with errors
on the part of his teammates netted
the Subs four runs. After this great
calamity the Sophomores sent In their
star twlrier. Burt, off of whose de-
not a Sub reach
For the Subs Dorsey, at short, and
Jonas, at center, put up a fine article
of boll. For the Sophomores, Smith
and Burt played stellar ball.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
Sophomores 090 000 000—0 9 9
Subs 9*1 010 OO0—4 0 2
Batteries—Sophomores, Green, Burt
Friday.
Thirty-eight boys are entered In the
various events and they promise to be
well contested.
In the relay rare seven teams of
four boys each will take part. In ad
dition to the usual track and field
sports there will be wrestling bouts for
boys In lightweight, middleweight and
heavyweight classes.
Hartwell Athletes
Form Association
Special to The Georgian.
Hartwell. On., May 0.—The sport
lovers of this place have organised an
athletic association, which Is headed
by the following officers: President,
R. E Matheson; vice president, L. L.
Stapleton: secretary, Steve Skelton.
The association, out of the local ma
terial. will organise one.of the swiftest
ball teams In this section of the state.
A. S. Richardson, prominently con
nected .with the ball team of the Uni
versity of Georgia a few years back. Is
manager of the team, with McAlpIn
Thornton ns assistant manager. Fred
Richardson, another old university and
Tech player, Is captain; Clarence Lin
der and 8. A. Kendrick, secretary and
treasurer, respectively. Indications
point to some fine ball here this sea
son.
On the left is “Dick” Stembridge, believed by Milledgsville fans to
be the premier prep league twirlor. On the right stands “Rubs" McLain, a
southpaw wonder. “Big” Reynolds graces the center. He ie eaid to be the
beet backstop In prop rankt.
The “Crawl Stroke” Best For
Short Distance Swimming
“Two years ago the 'Crawl stroka’
was an unintelligible phrase to all those
not familiar with late Innovation! In
the atyle of swimming.” said Edward
Hopklnaon, Jr.,' captain of the swim
ming team at the University of Penn
aylvbnla, when Interviewed yesterday,
“but within the past year Ita fame and
progress have been remarkable, and
every swimming club In the country
now has one or more of Its members
trying to master the peculiar knack of
this stroke. The new stroke Is said to
have originated In an odd way. Two
friends In Australia were swimming a
race and one of them qulto easily out
distanced the other. The next time
they swam, the former winner as a
handicap had his legs tied, but even
then to everyone’s surprise hla victory
was as conclusive as before. After a
little experimenting he expounded the
theory that In old-fashioned swimming
the resistance of the water as the legs
are drawn up and spread out quite
counter-balanced the power created
when the legs were stuck out.
"The superiority of the 'Crawl stroke'
Is that It minimises (he resistance of
the water by using a vertical motion of
the legs Instead of drawing them up
and opening them. The position as.
sumed Is as follows: Tho head Is level
on the water with the face under the
surface except to breathe, and the
THIS IS “WHITEY.”
and Drake. Subs. Pean and Barnett.
The result of today's game puls n
new aspect on the present race for the
1907 pennant, and to win the pennant
the Sophomores will have to nib all
the remaining games.
whole body floating on the surface. The
legs are alternately raleed slightly
above the surface of the water, strik
ing the water with the front of the leg
and the Instep, the toes being pointed
ae nearly horlsontally aa possible. Even
without the use of the arms the body la
propelled through the water at a fair
speed and the power of the new style
of kick proved. The movement of the
arms, similar to that of crawling on the
ground. Is only a variation of the
trudgenn stroke, though a trifle short
er and quicker pull Is used. Daniels,
however, who holds all the American
records, having swam 100 yards In less
than Cg seconds, swims the crawl and
the trudgeon strokes with practically
the same arm motion.
"The breathing problem In the 'Crawl
stroke' Is the most serious and difficult
thing to overcome, for every time the
head Is raised to breathe the progress
of the swimmer Is materially checked.
This would soem to preolude the use of
this stroke successfully for long-dis
tance work, as Irregular or Insufficient
breathing quickly saps the strength of
the swimmer.
"For all distances up to 100 yards, or
even 200 yards, however, the experience
of the.past year has proved that the
crawl Is by far the fastest stroke that
Is used, and Penn believes It not at all
Improbable that It may be so modified
as to make It practicable for long-dis
tance swimming."
Notice Manager
East Point Club
By C. E. VAN LOAN.
Los Angeles, Cal., May 9.—Tommy
Burns won a 20-lap running match
from Jack O'Brien last night before the
moet disgusted crowd that' ever as
sembled under ehlngioa to watch a
championship battle.
Just before the gong rang for the
first round, Referee Eyton advanced to
the middle of the ring.
"Gentlemen.” eald he. "for good and
sufficient reasons, I declare ofT all bets
on this contest."
Burrs came In head down and arms
working like pistons. O'Brien turned
his back and sidled along the ropes,
looking back over his shoulder like a
scared rabbit.
Before the fight was 20 seconds old
the crowd began to hiss O'Brien and It
never stopped throughout the evening.
At the end of a minute of Ineffectual
pursuit. Burns dropped his hands and
begged O'Brien to light. O'Brien put
up his hands, crouched double and ad
vanced, but when Burns threw up his
hands to meet him O'Brien turned tall
again and shunted around the ring.
"Get out In a ten-acre lot, • yelled one
man in the gallery.
The Jeering had some effect on
O'Brien. In the second round he stood
up for about three seconds and Burns
was all over him. swinging blindly and
with little direction. O'Brien clinched
and Burns' Impetuosity carried both
men off their feet. O'Brien falling on
his back and Burns sprawling over him.
After he got on his feet O Brien clinch
ed repeatedly and Eyton warned him
about holding. .
In the third Burns discovered that by
sprinting ahead of O'Brien on the turns
he could meet him and head him off.
O'Brien usually turned and ran the
other way, but once Burns nailed him,
and In a mix-up brought the blood from
Jack’s mouth.
The fifth, sixth and seventh rounds
were wretched exhibitions on O'Brien's
part and In the eighth Burns managed
to sneak in a, good punch of a eort sel
dom seen. O'Brien hung on until the
referee tore him away And Just as Ey
ton forced his way between them Burns
let fly with a high 1 right swing and
nailed O'Brien high on the side of the
head.
In the ninth round Bums chased
O'Brien along the ropes, met him
rounding a comer and slugged him
back the way he came, landing one
good body blow and missing a dozen
In a whirlwind mix-up.
In the fourteenth round four of the
arc lights over the ring went out and
the house waa left in half light. O'Brien
doubling along the ropes, remarked for
the benefit of the spectators: "Maybe
the lights were fixed."
By clinching, running away and Jab
bing at long range, O'Brien managed to
escape without any further III to tils
face, but the bell was welcome, for he
was very tired when It rang.
Bums tried for a knockout in the
nineteenth, but O'Brien waa too fast for
him, and the one time when there was a
chance for a finishing punch O'Brien
ducked his head and let the right swing
whistle by.
The crowd was howling to Bums to
go In and clean up the Job when the
bell rang for the last round, but Bums,
disgusted with O'Brien's tactics, made
two or three futile rushes and then
lapsed.
When the bell rang Eyton hoisted
Bums' glove and Nolan rushed O'Brien
from the ring. Jack was asked to make
a statement, but at first he refused
flatly. ,
"I will guard my statement,” he said.
But the general opinion after the flaio
last night was that no amount of talk
ing will ever square Jack O'Brien with
the spotting people.
As ■ a drawing card the fight was |
somewhat disappointing, the receipts
amounting to something over 922.000.
Burns will now be matched with
Squires and the articles of agreement I
will be signed today.
Burns came out of the fight with
nothing but a slight bruise over the
right eye, while O'Brien's face was |
slashed, especially about the eyes.
Manager McCarcy Is the man who
declared all beta olf. He Instructed
Eyton to make this announcement Just
before the gong rang.
"I know the Los Angeles spurt .
people will believe me when I say that
I had very good reasons for calling iff
the bets,” said McCSrey after the flgh'.
"I would’ rather do this a thousand
times than take a ctiance on a Job being
put through, and It was done to protect
the betting public.”
Beyond this rather ambiguous state
ment, McCarey would not go.
The O'Brlen-Bums fight for the
heavyweight championship was the
sourest lemon ever handed to the sport
ing people In this part of the country,
but It proved beyond question that
Tommy Bums can beat O’Brien ajy
day In the week.
Sporting Editor Georgian:
The manager of tho Commission
Merchants' would like to hear from the
manager of the East Point club, re
garding a game next Saturday, through
The Georgian.
C. V. DOOLITTLE. Manager.
VERY CLOSE A-TcOMER.
Special to The Georgian.
Comer, Ga., May 9.—Danlelsvllle and
Comer had a most Interesting game
Monday on the Comer grounds.
Comer defeated Danlelsvllle by the
score of 9 to 7.
The line-up was as follows:
Standing of the Clubs, j
CLFBS-
ATI.A.NTA. .
Memphis. . .
Nashville . .
t.lttle Hock. .
Sew Orlenus..
khrereport . .
South Atlantic League.
CLVB8— I'luyed. Won. UM.V.C.
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American •-caguo.
Nr tv York .
Phllnrtolpbta
Detroit . .
nwrlntul. •
Ponton . . .
&
Comer.
J. Long, p.. .
H. Long, c.. ..
Cooper, lb.. ..
Moon. 2b
Carithers. 9b...
Whelrhel. ss.. .
Chandler, rf.. .
Denison, of...
Alexander. If...
Danlelsvllle.
Murry, p.
. .. Thompson, c.
White, lb.
. . .R. David. 2b.
.. Porterfield. 9b.
... ..Gordon, ss.
...H. David, rf.
Bonds, cf.
. ..W. Murry. If.
LINDALE BARACA TEAM
IS3UES A CHALLENGE.
To the Sporting Editor Georgian:
The Llndale 1 tunicas are ready to
cross bats with any team of ihetr
j class (amateur) in north Georgia. We
play only clean, honest ball for the
(un there Is In It.
J. D. WINCHESTER, Manager.
| Llndale, Oa.
WASHINGTON 12, HELENA 3;
FRANK MOHShAUSLH.
Hire Is "Whitey" Morse, who
performed so well for Atlgma lost
year and who now does stunts for
V.-hvllle
Special to The Georgian,
i Washington. Oa.. May 9.—Washlng-
j ton defeated Helena In the fastest game
I of the season hero Tuesday by a score
I of 12 to 2.
I The Helena team could not touch
I “Colley." the pitcher for Washington,
1 who struck out twenty men and let up
only four safe hits.
CLUBS-
Columhos .
Louisville ■
Imllcnopells
Toledo . .
Kit lisa* City
Milwaukee .
Si. Paul . .
Mluneu polls
Cl.Cllh-
Xew York . ,
Chicago • .
rittalmrs . .
Philadelphia .
Boston . . ,
Clurlnnstl .
8t. Louis . .
Brooklyn . .
American A«.e.jtlon^ t p &
“PRESERVED” GINGER.
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Played. W on, last P. C.
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YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
American.
Cleveland 7. Chicago 5.
National.
St. Louis A Philadelphia 4.
Chicago 12, Brooklyn 4.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
bvlile la Liuia Ita*.
JACK EVERS.
Here la the big catcher who
worked for Atlanta last year and
who performs with Augusta now.
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RATS WIN GAME.
Special to The Georgian.
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O FOOTBALL SCHEDULE . 0
O FOR SEWANEE TEAM, 0
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O Here is the Sewanee football 0
0 schedule for this fall: °
0 September 28—Mooney School. 0
O at Sewanee. • . ”
0 October 10—Mississippi A. and 0
O M„ at Sewanee. _ ?
0 October 19—Auburn, at Blr- 0
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0 October 2»—Mississippi, at 0
O Memphis- „ °
O November 2—Virginia, at Nor- 0
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O November 9—Georgia Tech, at o
O Atlanta. . . “
O November 11—Georgia, at Ath- 0
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O November U—Open, probably 0
0 Tennessee. . . . 2
O Thanksgiving Day—Vanderbilt, o
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social"whirl
CAUSES COLLAPSE
New York, May 9.—Mrs. Tom L
Johnson, wife of the mayor of clew*
land. Is In a private sanitarium ruffer*
Ing from nervous collapse caused W
the strain of the past strenuous
In the social whirl. Her condition
not believed to be serious.
DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL
DEFEATED IN THE HOUSE-
Special to The Georgian.
Tallahassee. Fla., May 9.-S-n.itof
Reard’a resolution proposing an arucM-
ment to the constitution of Florid i lim
iting suffrage to white citizens.
defeated In the house by a rote of 4i » |
14. The senate passed the
three weeks ago by a vote of 23 i# *
liner v* cenn uj » - .l.
Forest Park. Ga., May 9.-On May 4 I
Carmel ball team butted In against the teenth and fifteenth amendments
real things when they struck the Pooh -■ —
Creek Musk Rats or Whlteoak Spring
team, and got iheir Just recompense.
Score 12 to 1.
The homeliest ball players arc the
best for wear, according to an eminent
authority. Jimmy Long and Billy Crts-
tall were almost Adonises, for Instance,
while Butch Schaffer waa a Mercury,
or some other heathen. They have all
departed, leaving rough am! ready be
hind to win the pennant.—New Orleans
Picayune.
The Wisconsin Deadlock.
Madison, Wis, May 9.—The with
drawal of Mr. Lehroot aa a senatorial
candidate was followed tonight by the
withdrawal of Congressman H. A.
Cooper.
Concert for Vetsrans.
For the benefit of Stonewall
•on (’amp. U. C. V.. an entertain^**
will bs given Thursday nigh*
o’clock at the Baptist Tabernacle JW’i
mission will be free, but yolun *W,
contributions will be received.
R. B. Russell will preside and It *
James L. Mnyson will deliver an * j
dress on "Dixie Before end After -
ter." A number of musical select j
will bo rendered.
NAT KAISER & CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
IS Dsc-'.ur 8L Kimball How*
Bargains In Unredeemed Diemen**
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