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TTTT 7 ATLANTA CEORfiTAN AND NEWS
HELP GIANTS
If Mutt Loses To-day It Looks the Bastile for Him * *
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By “Bud” Fisher
Bv .Tamos Clarkson.
Dfieplt* th* fact that Mg JHT Te«-
raati. a giant of the Ozark Mountains
before he became a New York (riant,
hns not been going any too well this
season. Manager McGraw, the smart
and brainy leader of the probable
winners of the National League hunt
ing Is pinning his faith In the big
twdrier, whom he believes will prove
one of the stars of the world's ae
ries during the coming fall.
Tesreaa Joined the New York club
In the fall of 1911. Me was not given
much work that fall, but when the
Giants went to Marlin to open their
1912 training season the big moun
taineer was taken In '-barge by Wil
bert Robinson, McGraw’s chief ad
viser and coacher of young pitchers,
and before the camp was three weeks
old great things were predicted f<»r
Tesreau Before Joining the Giants.
"Big Jeff" performed with the Shreve
port club In the Texas-Oklahoma
League.
He made good all of his advance
notices by pitching winning ball for
McGraw all of last season. In fact,
it was Tesreau’s work, along with
that of the famous Matrtjewson and
Marquard, that piloted the New York
machine safely over the National
League goal. He won and lost a
game each during the 1913 cham
pionship against the Boston Red Sox.
his victory' having been witnessed hy
a brother who had traveled all the
way from Seattle, Wash., to see him
perform In a world series game.
Tesreau is a popular fellow among
his fellow players, and his quaint
humor and stories of bear hunts and j
the like in the Ozark Mountains do
much toward keeping McGraw’s men
in a good humor when things on
the diamond appear to be a little bad i
for them
The big right-hander has the honor j
this season of leading the National |
League flingers as to strike-outs He
also leads the league in the issuance ;
of passes, a record which he does
not care about retaining.
McGraw figures that with Tesreau
pitching the kind of hall of which |
he is capable, and with Mathewson
and Marquard. to say nothing of
Deinaree, all In first-class shape, his
New York Giants should experience
little difficulty in grabbing the big
end of the series with the PhJladephift
Athletics when the two clubs battle
for the world's championship In
October.
Turn Out for McNeil Benefit
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Dead Rider's Mother Needs Aid
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
Frankie Bums, the classy Jersey City
bantam, will exchange wallops with
Benny Chavez, the crack Trinidad boy,
in a ten-round set-to at Denver to-mor
row night. Both these boys have been
fighting good of late and should pul up
an interesting ntili.
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Jim OrlfTln, the coast referee, has
been selected to Itidge the Willie
Kltchie-Freddy Welch bout at Van
couver next month. The rival scraps
pers agreed on Griffin yesterday.
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Young Shugrue, who ts matched to
box Jack Britton at New York on Sep
tember 10. will take on Young Brown
next week Brown is a tough light
weight, having met such stars at Leach
Cross, Tommy Murphy and ‘‘Knockout’’
Brown. He should give Shugrus a
tough scrap for ten rounds
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Not so very long ago Arthur Pellcy I
swore that he had retired from the box
ing game forever But he changed his
mind when he learned that the only-
other way he could earn a living was to
work.
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Toni Capon! and Jack DfTlon are
scheduled to clash in a ten-round en
gagement at Winnipeg, Canada, on Sep
tember 16 They have agreed to weigh
160 pounds for a night fight.
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I^each Cross has left Ix>s Angeles for
Vancouver The ‘‘Fighting Dentist”
wants to be on hand when Kltchie and
Welch clash In the squared ring Cross
4 was accompanied by his brother, Sammy i
Wallach.
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Tf Charlie White succeeds In defeat
ing Johnny Griffiths at Akron, Ohio, on
Labor Day he will probably get a match
with Tommy Murphy in Coffroth’s arena
at San Francisco. Nate Lewis, manager
of White, writea from Chicago that he
received an offer from the coast promo
ter last week. •
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Tom O’Rourke says that A1 Pslzer Is
the real works among the “white
hopes ” Reason, because 1‘alzer in his
last fight drew more gute money than
either Smith or Flynn
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Billy Walters, who recently defeated
Young Denny at New Orleans, signed
articles yesterday to meet Eddie Clabby,
brother to Jimmy Clabby, in a ten-round
mill at Hammond. Ind . on I*bor Day.
Clabby Is a big card in Hammond where
he has still to suffer hts first defeat.
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Jeff O’Connell, the veteran feather
weight. and Freddie Enck are billed to
meet In a ten-round go at Aurora, Ill ,
to-nlght O'Connell Is anxious to stop
Enck, so as to get a return scrap with
Matty McCue.
BIG LEAGUE SCOUT sTaRE
AFTER EX-CLEMSON STAR
E very motorcycle fan In Atlanta
should be . at the Motordrome
Friday night. It will be a bene
fit performance, every cent above ex
penses going to Jock McNeil’s mother
in Scotland. *
This same Jock McNeil, hero of
many a thrilling race at the Saucer,
time and again gladdened the hearts
of his admirers by dare-devil riding
before be was killed. And It Is up
to those admirers to dig down in
their pockets and Ree to it that Jock s
mother is given aid In this great
distress.
Nobody is going to be allowed
within the wooden walls Friday night
unless they pay to enter. The of
ficials, the newspaper men and even
the riders must "kick In.”
Let's make it a banner night. The
program arranged Is a “bear” and
the riders promise to ride as they
never have ridden before. They will
r1*k their own lives to help out a
most worthy cause.
So let the fans risk the price of
admission. And, by the way, If you
have a little extra change, take along
a few- friend*.
Here .8 the complete card of events:
First Event.
First Heat Southern Championship
(trial heats, one mile, final, two miles.
First two men In each trial heat to
qualify)—-Swartz, Graves, Iyewlg and
Glenn. Distance, one mile.
Second Event.
Second Heat Southern Champion
ship—Richards, Luther, Lockner and
Renel. Distance, one mile.
Third Event.
First Heat Special Match Race—
Graves vs. Richards. Distance, one
mile.
Fourth Event.
Final Southern Championship. Dis
tance, two miles.
Fifth Event.
First Heat McNeil Sweepstakes to
be scored by French point system—
10 points for winner, 6 for second and
3 for third)—Swartz, Luther, Lewis,
Lockner, Renel and Glenn. Distance,
two mfles.
Sixth Event.
Second Heat Special Match Race—
Graves vs Richards. Distance, two
miles.
Seventh Event.
Second Heat McNeil Sweepstakes—
Swartz. Luther, Lewis, Lockner, Renel
and Glenn. Distance, four miles.
Eighth Event.
Third Heat Special Match Race—
Graves vs. Richarda. Distance, three
miles.
Ninth Event.
Third Heat McNeil Sweepstakes—
Swartz, Luther, I^ewls, Lockner,
Renel and Ginn. Distance, six miles.
Johnson's Speed Beats Curves
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Often Tells What He’ll Throw
ROME, GA.. Aug. 28 -Big league
scouts are looking over John Cochran,
left fielder of the Rome baseball team,
and it Is probable that he will be drafted
direct to the majors.
Cochran Is declared to be a second
Ty Cobb by his fellow-players In the I
Appalachian League
He holds the league record for home
runs, having knocked twenty this sea
son In one hundred games His batting
average for the season to date Is 397.
Cochran Is an old Clemson College play
er, and played last year with Bessemer,
in the South eastern league.
COAST OWNER TURNS DOWN
$350,000 OFFER FOR CLUB
SAN FRANCISCO, Auk 28 — Georg*
E Burnham, who owns a part of the
New’ York club, of the National League,
was at the ball grounds to-day and of
fered J. Cal Ewing $350,000 for the San
Francisco club, Its franchise, its grounds
and its good will. Ewing laughed at
the offer
“I have been offered as high a a $4<v*.
OO0 for the San Francisco club,” said
Ewing, "and have refused It. The club
is making money in spite of its lowly
position in the pennant race ”
DODGERS SIGN COLl EGIAN.
BROOKLYN, Aug. 28.—The Brook
lyn National League club to-day an
nounced that it had signed Fred H.
Cross, captain, second baseman and
shortstop of the Leland Stanford
University team of California. Gross
batted. .396 for his college year. He
ill report next month.
By Bill Bailey.
C HICAGO. Aug 28.—Walter John
son. marvel of the Senatorial
pitching staff, not only is one
of the greatest twlrlers who ever
stepped on a slab, but he is a hurl
ing freak. . . t .
He Is the only pitcher I ever looked
at who apparently didn’t care whether
the batter knew what wns coming or
not. There may be other twlrlers
who tell the batter in advance what
is coming when they are so far ahead
that it makes no difference, or so far
behind that the game Is a Joke, but
this Johnson does It right along. He
even does it when the game Is close.
He beat Jim Scott 2 to 1 last Sun
day on the South Side. It’s very
true that Johnson had to possess
much luck to get the verdict which
gave him his fourteenth straight win
With two on and two out. Ping Bodle
lost a fly ball in the sun and permit
ted two runs to count. Those tw'O
runs gave the Senators the victory.
But that isn’t the burden of this
story*
This story Is of Johnson as a
pitcher, and it isn’t based upon that
single game Did you notice how he
pitched to Chase In the first round?
Heady Work on Slab.
Berger reached first because of
Morgan's error and went to second
on Lord’s infield out. Chase trod
to the plate. Now a base hit would
have put Berger across and the Sox
would have had a lead of one run.
Mind you, this first game of the se
ries was n fight for a run. Both man
agers figured that one run would win.
Chase knew very well that Johnson
was going to stick that first ball over
the plate. Anfl Chase knew Just as
well that he was going to step into
It and drive it out for a base hit If
he could. Likewise, this Johnson per
son out on the slab knew that Hal
would step into it. Did he put It
anywhere except over the plate? He
did not. It he had possessed a rifie
of a bore that shot a baseball he
couldn’t have put it nearer the center
of the plate.
“One strike,” howled the umpire.
The next ball was in the same place,
and Hal swung again.
“Two strikes,” howled the ump.
Then Johnson pulled the unexpect
ed. He started a curve ball for the
plate and Hal swung. It broke wide
and the first sacker fanned on a near
wild pitch.
But the first two times that Chase
swung he knew exactly what was
coming. Yet he couldn't hit. Why?
It was the tremendous speed that the
elongated twirier was using.
Didn’t Waste Any Balls.
Johnson didn't give a base on balls
during that game, and i f is doubtful
if he wasted as many as half a dozen
throughout the battle. You know what
the average pitchef tries. If he has
control he pitches Inside or outside,
he tries for the corners. If he has
the batter In the hole, he tempts him
with pitches that the batter dare not
let go by and which he can't drive
far If he connects.
Johnson may do that occasionally,
but in the majority of coses he puts
that ball straight across.
Did you happen to notice how he
pitched to John Collins in the ninth?
It would have been foolhardy for al
most any other twirler In the business
to have pitched os he did to Shano.
With two gone, Bodle and Chappell
singled and Schulk, who ran for Ping,
was on second. Collins had been hit
ting fairly well. This time he whipped
the first ball pitched Into the stands
for a foul and a strike. The second
likewise was a strike.
Now, the ordinary twirler would
have kept the ball Inside or outside
or high or low, as he figured the
weakness of the batter, because a
base hit meant a run and a tied
score.
What did Johnson do? He put on
a bit more steam and whipped the
ball square across the plate and waist
high. Collins swung and the game
was over.
“Kidded" Ping Bodie Out.
I say there may be other twirler*
who don’t care whether the batter
knows what ts coming or not. But
they are mighty scarce.
Bodle came up in the sixth. He
had Just lost that fly ball In the sun
and was feeling pretty bad, so John
son began to “kid" him.
“Here’s a good one,” said the Wash
ington twirler.
“One strike,” howled the ump. But
Johnson had kept the faith. The ball
was square across the plate. The
only trouble was that it was a bit
too fast.
"Well, you didn’t hit that one. so
I’ll give you another chance." laughed
Johnson.
“Two strikes.” howled the ump.
Yes, It was straight across. The
only trouble was that Ping's eye
wasn't quick enough to telegraph
Ping's brain that It was time to
swing that club.
Yes. Ping struck out. But telling
is quite a habit with this Johnson. He
tells you w hat’s coming, and it comes.
The only trouble Is that you are no
better off than if he handed you the
"double cross.”
# AUTO RACERS FINED.
DALTON. Aug. 28.—Seriously ob
jecting to two automobile drivers us
ing Hamilton street, Dalton's main
business thoroughfare, for a motor
drome, Recorder Tarver yesterday
afternoon fined Dr. B L. Kennedy and
Jim Caylor $5 each for Indulging in a
race the night before.
“PERSONAL LIBERTY.”
« sy 1{ Glorious Constitution
Cr The, sad Bookmaker said,
“Ordains for each of us the right
To grab his daily bread.
All night I’m flarin’ jockeys,
And work all day the same,
To pry the sucker from his rush—-
And here comes this reformer push
And tries to crab my garnet”
“Me, too!" the Fight Promoter
Took up the woeful tale.
“They're try in’ hard to stop me
From nailin' any kale.
Fm grabbin' easy money
By matchin' White Hope Jokes,
An' then when some bone-headed
plug
Can't take a wallop in the mug,
They blame me when he croaks t“
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IT 18 TO BE HOPED that the
Powers that Be will now take some
steps to abolish the White Hope
Parodies from the box-fight map.
Killing them off, even at the rate
of two every three months, is a
slow and unnecessarily harsh
method.
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HAVING LOST $60,000 this sea
son, Mrs. Britton 18 willing to sell
the 8t. Ivouls Cardinals for $500,-
000. Which gives rise to the ap
palling thought of what & club la
worth that makes $60,000.
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OLD BILL NAUGHTON 8AY3
that the “somethlng-ln-the-tea”
story about the Jeffrles-Johnson
fight Is “gaining credence,” but ap
parently those with whom It is
gaining credence are keeping awful
ly quiet about It.
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PITCHER JOE LAKE, OF THE
Tigers, has been sent to Minneapo
lis, this being considered the largest
single consignment of Ivory ever
shipped to a minor league city.
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"WHITE HOPES PLACE BOX
ING IN JEOPARDY,” announces a
contemporary, which we consider
a big news beat, if true. We never
heard qf any white hopes who got
near enough to boxing to place it
In Jeopardy or anywhere else.
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BY WAY OF FURTHER demon
strating that professional baseball
Is a great sport, the GlantB are
claiming the deal by w'hlch Byrne
and Camnltz go to Philadelphia
was framed up with the idea of
beating them out of the pennant.
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IF THE BIG LEAGUE CHIEFS
keep on insisting year after year,
that baseball Isn’t on the level,
people will begin to believe them
after a while.
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PRESIDENT EBBETS IS NOW
thinking about building a bicycle
track at Ebbets Field. It will be a
costly undertaking, but It will cer
tainly call for a bear of a dedica
tion speech.
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WHEN YOU FIGURE ON THE
amounts that W. J. Bryan draws to
the gate, Owner Shlbe Is Justified
In Insisting that Connie Mack
loosen up and talk more than has
been his wont.
Long Sets New Record for Runs
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QUITTER, SAYS Great Work Boosts Mark to .101
C HATTANOOGA. TE5NN.. Aug. 28.
Harry Coveleskie, well-known
In Southern League fandom as
the star hurler of Kid Elberfeld’a
Lookouts, is peeved at one William
Prough, of the Barons. Wee Willie,
Just at present, Is the only lad w’ho
is leading the Pole in the race for
the medal for the leading hurler of
Pater Kavanaugh’s circuit, and the
Hun openly charges that the elon
gated Baron has held his lead by
laying off during both series with the
Atlanta Crackers.
Just at present Prough has won 21
and lost 5 for a percentage of .805,
while Covey has won 24 and lost 8
for an average of .760, but the Pole is
of the opinion that Wee Willie kept
his average from being 21 and 7
by dodging an engagement with the
Smlthmen. The Barons lost two
straight series to the Crackers, and
the future Tiger doe« not believe
that they would have fared any bet
ter with the ex-Red on the mound.
Local fanatics are pulling hard for
Covey for the hurling trophy, as they
considered him entitled to it He
has pitchy In harder luck than any
man In the league and among the
eight games that are charged to him
as lost is a no-hit affair with Char
ley Case, which the Hun lost, 1 to
0. on errors. He lost two consecutive
games when the Lookouts failed to
■core behind him In as many innings.
And yet In spite of this he has hurled
more innings than any man in the
league, and still retains a wonderful
average.
A N old-establlehed Southern
League record went glimmer
ing yesterday in the fifth in
ning of the combat between the Tur
tles and the Crackers.
Tommy Long started the game with
98 runs to his credit for the season of
1913.
The league record was 99 runs,
scored by Gus Hill, of Nashville, In
1902.
Tommy went right after the record.
He doubled himself on in the domestic
portion of the first Inning and scored
the record-tying run when Smith
tripled.
A lot of ball players might have
stopped there, figuring on a dozen
games more In which to break the
record. But Tommy had other ideas.
Besides, the Crackers got to needing
more runs right then.
So in the fifth Inning Tommy scored
another run, rounding out his cen
tury mark and breaking Mr. Hill’s
record.
Then in the seventh Tommy got up
with Agler on the towpath and Just
naturally kissed that old pill nearly
to the edge of the visible universe.
That was the third run, making 101
In all. and putting Tommy two ahead
of the former record.,
And Tommy still hap a dozen games
In which to add other runs to the
mark.
RITCHIE AND WELSH SIGN
FOR TITLE BOUT SEPT. 20
VANCOUVER, B. C„ An*. 28.—Ar-
tides for the world’s lightweight
championship boat 1 ere between Wil
lie Ritchie and Freddie Welsh Sep
tember 20 were signed to-day. For
feits will be posted to-morrow. Jim
Griffin, of San Francisco, will, ref
eree.
WAYCR0SS AND BRUNSWICK
PLAY IN RECORD TIME
WAYCROSS, GA., Aug 28—Way-
cross and Brunswick teams of the
Empire League yesterday morning
played a nine-inning game In one
hour and nineteen minutes, breaking
the league's record and establishing
what Is believed to be a new record
for Class I> leagues.
Hartner pitched for Brunswick and
Clark for Waycross, the locals win
ning B to 1, McLaughlin was the
umpire and he kept players on the
Jump from start to finish.
SPENCER WISHART SMASHES
RECORDS ON ELGIN COURSE
ELGIN, ILT., Aug. 28.—All previous
practice records for the Elgin Auto
mobile Speedway were smashed dur
ing the tunlng-up for Friday and Sat
urday's races yesterday, when Spen
cer Wlshart In his Mercer was clocked
on two successive laps at 6:4C for the
eight and a fraction miles speed
way. This gave him an average speed
of 78 miles per hour.
. VOLS PURCHASE TWO.
NASHVILLE. VENN., Aug. 28 —
The management of the Nashville
baseball club has purchased Smith, a
promising young oatcher f the Hop
kinsville, Ky., club, and Snyder, a
pitcher from the H«iderson, Ky„ club.,
COCHRAN TRIUMPHS OVER
EAST POINT IN TITLE GAME
COCHRAN, GA.. Aug. 28.—Coch- |
ran. by winning two out of three
games from East Point, claims the I
State championship among the ama
teur baseball teams. In a fast game, I
the last of a series of three with the
crack team from East Point was won
by Cochran, 4 to 3.
The game throughout was replete
with brilliant plays, darinr base run
ning and fast fielding from the time
the umpire called “play ball” until the
last man was out In the ninth Inning, j
Pure, Delicious
Refreshing
“ZIM” LOST; CUBS LEAVE
FOR HOME WITHOUT STAR
NEW YORK, Aug 28.—As the Chicago
Cubs were leaving here It developed to
day that Heine Zimmerman, the famous
third baseman, has been missing since
Tuesday morning. Zimmerman was sus
pended for three days because of a rum
pus with the umpire at ths Polo Grounds
on Saturday, and some of ths Chicago
players seemed to think that hs looked
for this penalty so that he could get a
vacation. In fact, it was asserted that
Zimmerman had not treated Manager
Evers with fairness
To Cure Salt Rheum
and Scaly Skin
A Most Effective Treatment, j
Quick in Results.
Salt rheum, scaly skin and other
Itching skin afflictions may be soothed
by frequent applications of witch hazel.
But the cure must come from the ac
tivity of the tine network of blood
vessels that make up the skin forma
tion. You should use S. S. S for the
blood. This splendid remedy is a mar
vel for salt rheum, eczema, lupus, pso
riasis and scrofula. Ask at any drug
store for a bottle of S. S. S., and you
are on the road to health. The
action of this remarkable remedy Is
direct, positive, certain In Its Influence.
It is one of those rare medical forces
which act In the blood with the same
degree of certainty that Is found In all
natural tendencies. The matter in
which It dominates and controls the
mysterious transference of the rich,
red. pure arterial blood for the im
paired blood ts marvelous.
Out through every skin pore, acids. I
germs and other blood impurities are
forced In the form of invisible vapor.
The lungs breathe It out, the liver Is
stimulated to consume a great propor
tion of impurities, the stomach and In
testines cease to convey harmful germs I
Into the blood; the bowels, kidneys,
bladder and all emunctories of the body I
are marshaled Into a fighting force to j
expel every vestige of impurities.
Get a bottle of this famous remedy
to-day. and if your case is stubborn
or peculiar, write to The Swift Specific i
Co., 1SS Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
At the Ball Game, Motordrome and All
STORES AND STANDS
Keep it in the ice box at home,
the family will enjoy it.
NAME IS ON THE CROWN
5 Cents a Bottle Everywhere
Made by
The Red Rock Company,
Atlanta, Georgia
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Indiana Race Track
Closed By Governor
PORTER, IND., Aug 28.—Steps w r ere
taken to-day to dissolve the Mineral
Springs Jockey Club, and announcement
was made that there would be no fur
ther attempt to hold races at the Min
eral Springs track this year. Two com
panies of state militiamen, ordered here
by Governor Ralston to stop the racing
because of alleged violations of the In
diana betting laws, were ordered to re
main a few days longer, to make sure
no attempt would be made to rssume ths
racing program.
Ben Hymen, track manager, speaking
for the racing association, said to-day
that the stand taken by Governor Ral
ston was "worse than anything ever
pulled off in Mexloo.”
D00IN GIVES FREE REIN
TO STRENGTHEN PHILLIES
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28.—Manager
Dooln, of the Phillies, announces that he
has received word from the club owners
that there Is an almost unlimited
amount of money at his disposal, for
the purchase of players.
Dooln Is to start immediately In an
effort to strengthen the Phillies.
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