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1- T is just barely possible that the
Auditorium may be turned
over one night in every month
for a boxing match. W< heard last
night that several of Atlanta'; rich
funs are contemplating- staging a
top-notch sc: up there once every HO
ria ys.
As a Ma or, if Hie tiling goes
through, Packey Mcf'Aariand is go
ing to be one of the main bom boys.
Joe Manriot is Baid to be under
consideration as an oppoir til for
the Chicago whirl wind.
The promoters wired McFarland
for terms to box ton rounds hen;
and his answer was $7,000. That''
ilmoat floored the promote:--, but
after taking a count of nine they
wired back that they would give
' .m $5,000
They are witling to irivt Mftndot
■r.'.oOO.
This su:- would bi some mill,
but we don't believe there are $7,000
worth of light fans in this neck of
lie WOOds
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n .tCKEi M’FARL\ND ■ ob
* ably the cleanest living boxer
:at ever donned a glove. He do. s
no’ fight because lie loves tin- game
in f.ic’. lie declares that ho had
• the. take j dose of poison than
■ limb into t> ring -but after sixteen
,-■ seventeen years of his young life
:.d passed he found thin he could
nuke luorr. mor, y lighting than
Hiy other way I’.'ing i business:
man. he decid* i to ttik» up the
nanly art as a means of livelihood.
Todav he Is probably worth a qnni
of a million round iron men.
But su< << ss nev( tunit dPi >'a
rad. H< has never lasted llquoi
or tobacco, and Im admits himself
that he hasn’t ever said anything
stronger 11 an "damn.”
And Packey never foigets his
iiis. A week ot -o ago he fought
Hcblie Jill pl y. He received for Ids
■nd 35 per cent of a SIO,OOO house.
That night after the tight in his
J-. Hsing room McFarland instruct
■ d his manager to deduct his share,
—. y expenses and then mail the
balance, about $2,500, to bis motlie
in ('hitago for a Christmas present.
Packey lias made, his folks n gift
of .their present home in the Windy
city, allows them to draw and keep
thi .ent of a six-flat building whit
e owns, and h<- is sending live to
school to give them an education.
Three of the live a 1-1 • c0.,-ill-, tv.,
a>< sister*.
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yv c .TER 4 ITTI.F. g.iei
big kick to make because the
Dixie Athletn .mb has put a ban
on him for "stalling" In Ills match
with Frank. M, Mahon her.- t’iiri--t
--iii i- night. He -, '»> hi* m l --. mu! i
donut listen bin., •■iiher:
' I went out to slop McMahon as
■non :1« I could. I hit him a right
hand sm.-isp under tin heart in the
first round, and In went to the
floor in helpless condition. Mike
Saul, the referee, went over to Mc-
Mahon and yelled to him:
"Get up or you don't get any
money!'
"Finally McMahon arose. and I
could have stopped him with a jab,
be was o weak. Hut I figured that
" it to go along
Bk- 11 M ‘
•*’ I knocked hiiu out one •
<ru hey wouldn't stand for it
b ■ ' ■I - ' Va ■ I ' ■-e t. . > a,...,
Saul didn't want me io knock him
out so early, and I did my best to
Itisfy tile chib and the fans.
■The fait that I confessed tin
day alter the light that. I had
‘stalled - after Saul wouldn't stand
lor the knockout prove- that I v. as
on the level.”
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DRANK WHITNEY and Tommy
* O’Keefe have wired the Dixie
Athletic club, saying that they will
be i n the ground in a few days to
put on finishing touches for their
ten-round mill New Yeats day . We
thing so iiuu-ti of this scrap that
we will be in the front row th.it
night.
H ANS WAGNER is i mull, ,s
■i veiy baseball fan knows. Now
it isn't oltcn that a German crosses
, German, but Hans tells the fol
lowing story that shows a biotite:
tacked the curds on him one. :
Jake Beckley, the old first b.-e-e
-IIIIUI. tried to "w ork Hie old hidden
ball trick on me a half-dozen times,
or that's ivhnl I thought lie was
trying to do. Hi- would stick the
ball under h's arm light before my
eyes.
" '.lake.' 1 Said to him oil, day,
ihtre's no me trying ihai obi oni
on me. - 11l didn't pay any atten
tion to w bin I said, and I grabbed
the ball from unde, his arm and
tlnew it to light held, and then cut
loose for s- cond base. ’Pile second
iKtsriii nt had Hie ball waiting for
me. lake had used a plumy b l
to deceive me."
\IfIC were King Johnny M<
•* Gr.-iw the other day. Johnny b -
li -ves that \l Hen tile, is going Io
make tin Giants a w tuning pitcher
next eakon
I look tor Hemal, e to In ight
no alongside of Mathewson. T.-s
--rean and Marquard.'' said Johnny.
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"V l ' iiam-i of keeping ns aw.,y
from baseball headquarters
these day.-. Billy Smith still lias a
bunch of I 'hiisinias pills left over.
They are “two-bitters.” too.
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e i i >TTY M \<' KENZII.. .-lub i-i ••
‘-J fessioiutl c the Biookhay ett
club. is trying to aciange goo'
match between a team from his
club and om- from the East Lake
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ALEX SMITH COMING
HERE TO PLAY GOLF
Alex Smith, former bolder of both rhe
national amt metropolitan golf i.-j.-s, and
the first insiruelor ot gelt ai East Laki,
is on route Soul -o • \ ..ydatita
Mr .smith will pla) over tin- Ems, faike
* - at -e for a couple of necks and will
then go to Florida to partleipatc In the
open tournaments that are held there mir
ing the months of January and Febru
ary
Mr Smith is gol: instructor at VVkya
gr I but .viii not resume his duties there
until tliu grip of King Winter lias re
lented somewhat.
OVERALL WANTS TO PLAY
AGAIN: HE SHUNS CUBS
LOS ANGELES. Lev LS orvie (»ver
all. once star pin 1 er of the Lubs,
although he tailed to report to Murphy's
organization at the beginning «>f last
season, has telegraphed the national com
mission to find out what s his stano
ing n baseball. He wants his release, so
that he ma? b» tree to join sonic other
team.
Overall ohu-Hf eyp.red ami t» dici
not rvp-.r: <• . o •’uh.- f..r • ... nexi x,. a
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will < ■. .. I*! H u h? mHI tot phi $ with
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IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2S. 1912.
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If Dohler Proves Success, He May Be Used as Extra Utility Man
BILL SMITH MAV CARRY SIXTEEN MEN NEXT SEASON
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l»v I’t-riy 11. Whiting.
B‘ II I. SM ITT I limy pull a new one
mi tin- Southern league next
year by c.irrying 1G men. It
will depend a Idi on siilnrics am!
spell, but if he e in work it he will
carry one more man than any
Southern league club Ims in the
memory of mortal man.
If In- carries sixteen, it will be
iliree mor, than sonu Atlanta clubs
have had.
With a sixteen-nr.in roster. Smith
will have fnm infielders, three out
fielder-. live pitchers, two catch, ,s
and two in ility men.
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I 'I all depend on tills kid. William
Hollier, who lias been recom
mended to Smith by Whitey Alper
man. Ii Hohler will sign cheap,
iml doubtless he will, for he's only
a kid. and if lie comes up to speci
fications. Smith will <arry him as
second utility man. This will lie
ill kinds of an innovation in the
Southern, where a team was con
sidered lucky if it could have one
utiliiy man.
if Ims been Smith's intention for '
stum time to keep either Keating
or Dobaid for utility man. One of
them will bo the regular shortstop
o" 'he club. The other will be the
legulii ii’llit) man.
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X SKEH ii n> didn't consider it
’* H,-ti» i to carry six piti-lier- ami
. mi. utiliiy man. instead of five
pitchers and two utility men. Bill
, Smith -aid:
•No e pc. . Fly , pitchers are a
1-1,-my in this league. Why. last
1 yen at i'ha ttanoog'a. w hen we had
four men, tiny ivere complaining
smm of the lime that they didn't
have enough work to keep i hem in
condition."
Smith bell,-ye, in working' his
pit,-her . He doesn't "baby” them,
mil, -s lb, re is a good reason for it.
Bill always recalls with glee a
pitcher lie had who occasionally
loy eti w ith the grape. <me day ,
after a hard night, this pitehe.
yyyirkeii the first inning, with awful
results, -md came back to tin- b< m b.
with pi-pspii ation running out of
his shoes and his "pep" all gone.
'Hill,” said lie. "I'm all in."
"I know it. you s>ig. fat-headed
tank," genially retorted Bill, "but
you go -ight back and take the rest
of what's coming to you. And I
hop, somebody bats one back tli. t
knocks yotlv fat head right off your
shoulders.”
The pitch, r went back, didn't al
low another run. and stuck to beer
land little of itt through the rest
of Hi.- season.
That's Bill all Hie way through.
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All TH \ fink: b» ,\\ ion
with high hopes’of fitting- sonn
pla\t is from <'lark Griflith who will
help mti bis chib
I think I ran t-10.--<• with Grist
while rm ilh.r." says Bill, “foi
sonit pla.\<T.s that will help Ho
h is one pitcher I want, a good man,
and om who ean lu l|» ilm club. I
»igui* Griff is to turn hi a
loon , ami he might as well t om<
>•» Mlant’i. If he does. I’ll take m\
- banco on t b.e pit eh ing st aIT I hast."
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\VHi I’l \ LI’F’.EM AX. i ■. .
■ Hate’ t • Bill Smith. ui\
a -trung boost tor I’ntehvr Gra
ham. "You satisfy him in salary
and lie’ll make you a good catcher *
is the way Alpertnan puts it. "lb -
member, he’stmh a kid. and lie has
a big future, I beliex r.”
JIM DELEHANTY, who isn’t much
given to moralizing, as a general
proposition, has soin« pretty wise
things to sa\ about errors, which
lie characterizes, with some reason.
, as "bas»?|» ill's staff of lif-
Hn». x w iia ’ Jim savs
Eans gemrailx roasi a playci
•vlh n he maks s an error that re
mits m un or two. It's de.i ■
■ li£ T 1 • \ ’• > Im ■ ■ . I • f\ .
< r nev< r makes an error intention
ally. At least, I never knew of a
man to throw a hall game. Errors
are the staff of life of baseball.
’’l’ll y ar. to tin national gaim
what good food L to the human
stoma h. Without tin latter one
would not he able to subsist long
minus errors they would soon
write the obitnarv for the one and
only sport.
“A p.la\<‘r takes a foozh more
io heart than anything else, not
• ven e.\cepting failure Io hit in a
pinch. I know, for I have been
playing the game for ten years
now . Some players are more fortu
nate than others when jt conies to
making eriors.
"I guess 1 am one of the unfo 1 -
tunato kind. Doni** Bush belongs
to the same school as yours truly.
I venture to ay that Bush and I
have not made ten errors between
us in the almost three seasons we
RING INTEREST AGAIN
IN BIG HEAVYWEIGHTS
l>\ Eil. \\ . Smith.
SOME of tin- gicatl.-t heavy
weighl bailies of thp decade
pl'ob.ildy will be I'ougllt out
on th,- I’a.-iiie coast duiiuw th
next two or three months. Follow
ing- Luther Ai,-Gariy's signal vic
tory over Jim Flynn .in Los An
geles a short, time back, interest in
ill- big fellows is consuming now
and it looks as it the heavies at
feast have come into their own in
this decision of a new title.
There Will Be a Winner.
Kight on top of the Gunboat
Smith-Frank Moran battle last
night c-lines the New Yeai's after
noon struggle betyveen Luther Alc
<'.-ii'ty and Al I’.dz, . Something di -
4-islv,- surely will come out of that
battle, for it is no; in the cards for
two bullies of theii caliber q, stand
up for twenty otinds and whack
away at >-:ic'n oilier without om- or
the other succumbing
That, if it hap,-mis. wiii bring
out two winners sharply, and tiiere
should be sonic grand old bidding
by the coast clubs. It would lie a
card worth thousands, for it will be
a real championship affair.
There are other disturbing ele
ments in the distance. One of them
is the elongated Jess Willard.-('hur
ley Cutler's discovery, who surely [
has a valid claim to attention from
McCarty at hast. Jes- trimmed
Met'arty in a ten-round battle in
th,- East and can point to a major- I
ity verdict.
Willard Anxious to Cut in.
Je.-s say.- he is quite willing at
any time to giv. Met a ty .a • ano
to wipe out that defeat. Bui, of
course, tbi N.b.ask I" ) i- : i
lilt too busy lull' How to | , :mi,-'i i
attention to Willur. Aid In
sides that. WITml is going East,
and not West, uni .a man who - j
not actuary on to,- group; h;is a
-lim eltania of attracting inti'-h -
tent 1011.
Ai af>y ate. te way tbiiigs a
breaking How . the winner ot i'-,
New Ai-a:'- day batt ■ bet wci 11 Mc-
Carty and Palzir i- sun- to be
looked upon as tie m-w champion
of the world by a large majority
of the critics of the country anil
given every encouragement and
support to make his campaign ac
cordingly. .
There isn't any question that this
ante winner will find plenty to do
if he cares to keep on lighting ami
isn't carried away with the money -
making craze the w ay Willie Kitchie
is. Father Mei'arty ~. I’alzcr looks
pable of fighting i arly and often
•nd unless th< railed :i an.-m- -
ial astutities-- iins in ami shift
th p ans v.i -hould see ~ome ra-.
old lieuvy»Aeight -ti vgg • - in t! .
i .xi six o, ight i-mnti>-
have been working together that ’
did not result in runs for the <>jhef ;
follows. One or the other of us J
seems to have the unhappy faettl- s
t.v of kicking the ball or makingai J
bad throw when ;t perfect play <
would retire the side.
"There pre others just like us. ?
Larry Lajoie is very unfortunate ;
in this respect. Few and far be- ;
tween are the misplays that are 5
chalked against the Frenchman, but s
- the percentage is all against him
when he does make a bobble.
"Every one who knows Larry
knows that an error hurts him to
th< quick. it is had enough to
.make tit/- misplay without having
tin- lans* hoot tile unlucky player.
They should bear in mind that any
time errors an eliminated from the
great national game, the interest
would die and the magnates cotiid
raze their half - million-dollar
plants.”
Bontbardier Wells is coming back
to try again for the crown and it is
not outside the range of |.ossibility
that ill- may levers;- 111, scliiaek 11,
i,-i\-iv,-i! at tin- hands of Al I‘alzer '
in New York i-c, ntl; . Wells is a
puncher for fair and possessed of
mole cleverness than is usually al
lotted io a man of any size and far
i or, 11. ii*v- ■> , , shown by the
averag,- heavyweight. So he might
to do well o\ e, her, .
Hi- pres, tie,- at 1,-ast w ill lend
that needed international tlavor to
th, whole situation.
FRANK AND HIRSIG OFF
IN BITTER "WAIVER WAR'
NASHVILLE, TENN., Dei . \\ hen
Cliarll. I-rank asked waivers on Bunting,
third baseman last year with New Or
leans and chat'mnooga. President Hirsig,
of Nashville, handed Mr. Frank a solar
plexus byway of retaliation for the way
Charles acted concerning one Itowdv El
liott.
Hirsig Will not waive i.ir ibis reason
and th, ii. too, he could easily find a spot
in the Volunteer line-up where Mr, Bunt
ing could be used to advantage
, ,llal Frank is anxious
to mmdle Hum mg off i,> Toledo and
tlier-eby pm over one o f ills annual big
deals whereby he slips a to
I lev,-Im.l ami in return gets a bunch of
stars.
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WOMAN OSTEOPATH PUTS
SENTELL BACK IN GAME
NT .\\ • nll.l. A NS. 11, e. LX. I.asi tui,l-
S,-.(S,UI Whi n Paul Seniell was lei ~ut m
'H i < hattanooga club ii was feared this
J popular i.layer was thyougu as lep-nnteh-
• I'aul visited many physicians, who
i- I-, bn;; In- was suffering from a severe
rupiurv and that he could never ;ig;sin
i« !■ - did speed. Itelusing p. despair
hi- X. v. orlr.ms <-r:u I. linall,. placed hi n ,-
‘ scl' nude;- i h«car. <»t i< wonien •• •;< opath
jin \l .i.iic She diagnosed th*- ir-.uhle as
Go'i •'!).liiMmvni and . ft» r twelve
i "rubbing ' treatments discharged him as
! eur.-d. I’aul declarer I-.- is n*»w its go<»d
, i,s nttd las signed with Prank Is-
| bell s Des Mein.’s club f.»r i». \t season.
CUBS OFFER BRESNAHAN
A MERE SIO,OOO A YEAR
HT LOI’IS, Di ;’S. Roger 11, .
iiaii. ilepfis.". inatii.g. r ■.!' the St I. mis
»'ar<iinals. today \sas considering tin of
fer of siO.UOU a year under a thrcc-year
contract, made |»\ President Mui phv of
the Cubs
ARCHER WANTS $10,000:
MURPHY OFFERS $5,000
'Tlli’AGii. Dec :x limin' Ar,-her
ilu star catcher ~i' the I'tibs, has luined
Hie hold-outs, asking for SIO,OOO a year
while Murphy is offering him $5,000
Yid'ft rooms can be rented if voti will
Ivertise them In the Recognized Rent
.Medium of 111, city. People wli. are
looking for nice, ronins. 1... k f.-i ihcm
where l hey have * Is,- largest minib, r t,
■ hoos. from. Your a.I ip "The Georgiar’x
It,-tn Biillr-m' will attract ail, -,,.i
"i ii - per - ’ bat * looking f< * i-uomx ir
; Olli .bolls.- Try il' and I? 5-1.
New Preacker- Pitcher Is
Favored by His Size
Perryman Is a Big Fellow, Who McGraw
Considers a Big Asset—-Record on Paper
Not Impressive, But He Is Highly
Recommended as Man of Ability.
kz By DAMON RUNYON.
N-EW YORK. Dec. 28.—AVe
found in our stocking
<'! istmas morning a letter
from some Santa Claus of informa
tion residing in Richmond. Va., who j
admonishes us to keep an eye on
Perryman, the preacher pitcher,
who comes to the Giants next
spring from the Virginia league. We
.shall certainly do that same if we
have an optic to spare along in
February and March. We are ever
anxious to oblige, and the only way
Perryman can keep out of our
sight, now that we have the tip. is
to leap clear out of the league—
which he may do, boys; which he
may do. *
A consultation of the Perryman
record shows nothing startling in
the way of games won. but this
Richmond correspondent declares
that the young theologian's print
ed rci ord is no true line on his real
ability. This is probably true, as
McGraw would certainly not have
sighed him on his figures alone, lb
was strongly recommended by tin
■ Giant scout, who took a slant at
hun. ,
Perryman is a big fellow, which
is an asset in the beginning, as
McGraw likes 'ent big. He has a
sort of rural delivery, as it were—
fr,-. and easy - and is said to be
Kind to his folks. Perryman is
studying for the ministry, but his
Giani connection will be no knock
to him with future congregations,
assuming that lie has no truck with
R'-vs-'.ia ,i DeMarquis DeMarquard.
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Another recruit pitcher for the
Giants m-xt spring bears the en
couraging naaie of Hanley, and he
hails from Newark, of tilt- Ohio
Stale league, where th| y break the
season up into two chapters, and
run them serially. Hanley's record
does not indicate that he was any
great shucks as a winning pitcher,
but he could lertajnly “go git ’em."
In over 30 games he failed to make
a single error, and if he can't beat
th, opposing teams in the National
league lie ought to be able to out
field 'em. i
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John J. McGraw says he doesn’t
believe' Monseer Marquar’ said the
tiling.- attributed to him, and soon
Rce-!’ard will b< along agreeing
with McGraw.
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‘ 'Lai - y Dooin probably figures
b, can use Sir Mique Dunlin to
lib out on thos, occasions when
S . iw 00. .Mag, > i< umier suspen
sion.
Ilcnnii M'-y -. S: Louis boy.
w • --■■ hiti ing belp<-, Toron,,j vin
th, Int'-rii.ii- ‘iia! league pennant,
and v. ho now belongs io Brooklyn,
announces that be will not take
I art m th,- w o cl, 1 s >i- i'i,-s lin tween
th. Dodgers and Washington, in
ease it occurs. He made a wed
ding promise to quit baseball.
Benjamin, a-muny of us made
wedding promises, but we can't re
-11 .-mb, r what they were.
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John .McGraw crosses us again by
announcing that he does not intend
making any changes In his club for
11'13; and that after we had fixed
up several nie, new combinations
tor him, too.
it is said that those parties at.
W ashington who have been investi
gating the tightness of the money
market have about decided to bring
b ; v. rdlet finding Tom s rkey
guilty in he first eein <-.
I- I'A mi -a . h. ihb. . . u , -;|
stick around New York for some
days in order to claim any other
new titles that the boxing commis
sion may create.
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News from Arthur- Irwin, busi
ness manager, nee scout, of the
Yanks, who is busting around Ber
muda looking for training grounds
for the club, indicates that he has
a good line on ail the postal cards
used on the island.
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Jimmy CaJlahan was the last man
to waive on "Red” Corridon. the
Detroit recruit, who was sent to the-
Chicago Cnbs in the deal which is
supposed to bring Chance to New
York. Jimmy says he had heard
Corridon was a promising young
player, and he thought he might
use him as utility man. However.
Comiskey finally told him to waive.
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Johnny Evers says that on, of
his first tasks next spring- will b>
to incite Vic Saier to conversa
tion during ball games. Vic's p< ; -
sistent silence gets on John's
nerves. Johnny feels that he w> I
be out of the pastimes quite a lit
tle himself, and he wants some one
to help out “Heine” Zimmerman,
Jimmy Archer and the Cub out
fielders.
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Hughey Jennings announces glib
ly that he is going to depend on
Cobb, i'rawford, Dubuc and his
youngsters next season, and then
Cobb, Crawford and Dubuc bei-i- i "
hold-outs, sticking the poor young
sters for the whole dependence.
! POP BOY SMITH LANDS
JOB WITH HAVANA REDS
BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 28. -Clareu e
►Smith, premier hurler of the Barons’ club
corps last season and later sold to th*'
Chicago White Sox, has left for Cub.t,
where he will play ball during the wir
t< r season. Smith will join the Havai
Reds under the managership of Rafael Al
meida. the former Cuban third baseman 1 t
the Birmingham club.
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Nothing else in this H
M| wor'd but the blending ]
BE °* P ure tobaccos - the
a® choicest leaf—could
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