P. W. C . Evens - _ rlwaiaz.-y‘a_»$;yy.kv . j FOR KITCHEN AND FURNACF $15.90 DELIVERED ARHFAST ' COAL CO. PHONE 249B COAL a AMERICAN sorr Joe Louis To Defend Title In September If Opponent Can Be Found- By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK. April 24-—(AF)- Joe Louis, the heavyweight box- 111E champion, declared today that 11¢ doesn't think there is an out- standing challenger at this time, lliut he has no intention of de- fending his crown in June. and that lie will fight at the Yankee Stadium in September only if the ‘in-ii century Sporting Club can (hi! him up u. suitable opponent by that time. The 20th Century, represented by acting director Sol Strauss during the illness of Mike Jacobs. announced promptly that it is trying to line up an elimination bout at Madison Square Garden May 23 between Melio Bettina. the southpaw challenger. and Gus lrsnevlch, light-heavyweight cham- Oil. Louis, insisting that lie didn't uant nnybody "to have a right to holler." asked that the winner of a proposed boutbetween Jersey Jrif‘ Walcott and Joey Maxim June lfi in Los Angeles be declared in on the deal, and Strauss prompt- l_v agreed. He said the two vic- tors would be matched against each other in New York. and that ll!‘ hoped ho could name Louis’ opponent by July 15. The champion. weighing 21f.‘ pounds and sporting a moustache. arrived today from California with his co-manager, Marshall Miles. Iflii lost little time taking charge of the conference held across Jacobs’ big desk in the Garden bllildinl- As soon as Strauss had announced the abandonment of a June title bout and outlined the elimination program, Joe took over. “As I see it," he told reporters from under a large, fuzzy hat. “thcres only three men in the running now-Bettina, Walcott and Maxim. None of ’em deserves it and I don't think if I was to fight any of them right now it would draw any house. What we're trying to do is build some- thing up." "Get this straight," Strauss in- terrupted at this point: "We're not trying to qualify Iesnevich. We're trying to qualify Bettina for a title fight." . ‘That's right," Joe continued. "Iesnevlch ain't in it, only Bet- tins, Walcott and Maxim. If we picked any one of ‘em now. the other two would have a right to holler. I want to fight the best one. and I want it fixed so no- body will have a right to holler." Louis avowed that, no, matter whether they found him an op- ponent by September or not, he has no intention of retiring. Also, he disciaimed any intention of fighting for any other promot- er than the 20th Century. As a mattenof fact, he has an iron- clad contract with Jacobs that runs through 1950. Calgary Team Almost Unchanged From 1946' tlly The Canadian Pres!) OAIBiARY, April 24—Boasting a lineup almost unchanged from the 1046 champion edition. Cal- gary Stampeders headed eastward today for a rendezvous with Montreal Royals and defence of the Allan Cup and the Canadian senior hockey crown they won last year. when they left, the Montreal- l-lanillton Tigers series for the eastern title hadn't been finished but. said Coach Jack Arbour, "lt riot-sift make any difference to us which team wins". The Stampeders will carry into the first game at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night a record of 41 victories, 13 defeats and four tics over the 1947 season. Cnltznry took the western cham- pionship by taking the first, fourth and fifth battles of a bit- "Fly-fought best-of-flve series with the underrated Winnipeg Flycrs. Arbour and Manager Dave Du- clink have i4 players with them. “Tiger" Warringtcn To Fight May 2 HALIFAX. April 24 —(C!’)-.At s4. Terrmlce ma.) Warrington, former Canadian light-heavy and iltflitvnveight boxing champ, is mak- illtl i1 comeback. Promoter Guasie McLeilan an- "mlfltcd today tihstNegro fighter, who has been Amdergoing trainins in Liverpool, N.S., will meet Cleve Bailey of New York May 2. Warrlngton retired as Canadian lulu-heavy champion in 1941. Admits iicw Much "Amateurs" Paid IIALIFAX, April MF-(OIW-Tho "llfleser of a senior "amateur" hilfkci’ team has come right out and admitted how much his play- ers are paid, Waller Fitzgerald. co-mlnller if Halifax Crescent: in the Mari- time Big Four Hockey League. laid last. night Crescents payroll hurl crime to $750 a week. with 14 players on the roster that méant that each member of; equally. drew~ the league, You-Euro‘ “SAILOR TAXI! A WIFI” ROBERT IALKIR JUNE ALLISON lit-lat. Montague: ‘intermediate _ feces Earl Goes 1 iloop Series ' Tied At 1-1 The intermediate intercollegiate basketball series, which is a best two out of three affair, has been going on for some time now. Two games have been played with the P.W.C. squad. winning the first one 30-21. The second game which was played yesterday afternoon, was wovn by the Saints 40-39. The third and deciding game of this series ls scheduled for next Thursday afternoon. In yesterday's game both teams were evenly matched" until the last five seconds when "Sport" MacDonald's game winning Icul shot settled the issue. Mahdi‘ and Smith with 11 and 10 points respectively led the Saints attack while Beer and Dowling topped the P.‘W.C. snip- ers with seven each. , 'I‘hlrty four personal e fouls. equally divided between both teams, were handed .out by re- Lineups and 'lcoree: P. W. C. MacLean Dowling Qlinma .. Clark Banks Macbennan . Crockett .. Beer. . Praught Totals 1G8 IQ PF‘ Pts. JO>">-‘°%OO>-1O 0 2 3 0 8 H. D. U. Hl-mphill .... .. .0 .2 5 8 S I '1 '1 OOO#§H:O’ Ready . .. Mailer Smith MacDonald Cameron Deiglian Totals Hardly Ii Bribe But Enticing TOWOMD. April 24 — (C?) —- Ycu could hardly clue it u s bribe, but if a member of the Tor- onto Maple beefs baseball club selects your apartment or house as dwelling quarters/you receive ii double to watch the Innis play all their home nrnee in the hiternstional League. Duo to arrive in ‘mronto April N and aware of the housing shori- age. the Leafs inserted a news- paper advertisement asking ball fans "Do you have an apartment or a hour; to rent?" If so. Mons»- gei- Elmer Yoter promised to sup- ply a choice of tenant! -- "bach- .- . Q 4~uu»u~u 3moo~uau~u Q s a..- g w BQdOh-QO. QOJIUIOCIQNQO be carried on guise of amateurism. is being made this year by the Amateur . T THE_ CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN PAGE ~ Sh‘ V EN A Dominion-wide eflort to get amateur sport back on a real honest-to-goodness basis, and not really under the Athletic Union nf Canada with the various branches also bending their efforts in an attempt to attain that goal. ' -l- -I- 4- 4- Rules defining the status of an amateur lire to be strictly ad- hérea to in the future: there will be no loopholes whereby athletes will be able to evade the issue but rather it will be a matter of either staying in the slmon pure ranks or else moving into the next best bracket. + 4- 4- l- And one of the tasks facing the recently re-formed Maritime Provinces branch oi’ the A.A.U. of c. will be getting sport in the. three Provinces back on a sound footing. Cards will be shortly issued and club registrations ac- cepted and it is hoped to be able to get together a strong Mari- time track team to send to the Olympic trials to be held in Mon- treal in July, 1948. + + + 4- Col. Bill Reid. who heads the Maritime branch has strong hopes of building up amateur sport throughout the Province. Durinr: a recent business trip to Mont- real Bill ivas in conversation with Dominion Union heads and one of the tasks accomplished was that Maritime boxers who have been performing in professional cards will be able to qualify for amateur cards tinder the new set- up but it is tn be distinctly un- derstood thnt once they are is- sued with the cards they will have to abide strictly by the rules —or else. , Il- 4- -l- i- Locaily this will affect a few young mittalingers who have been performing on pro cards but who. if they are willing will now re- ceive their chance of reverting to amateurs. Some of them will likely stay in the monied ranks but there are a few who are anx- ious to compete in the coming Maritime amateur boxing tourna- ment and will likely jump at the opportunity. 4 4- + 4- With the ground rapidly drying out, necessary machine work on the new athletic field at Victoria Park will be undertaken in the near future, Col. Reid also stated yesterday. Bill has hopes-and they are well founded-that with the completion of the field inter- est in athletics, particularly track and ficld will take a decided jump and with this in mind the work wil be rushed to completion at the earliest possible time. l- 4- + 4- History of the lightweight box- ing division is studded with the names of some f the ring's most outstanding fig ters. but none outranked or outshone Benny Leonard,’ whose death occurred last week under such dramatic circumstances in New York. Many claim he was the greatest of them all; others will argue there never was one to top the late Joe Gans. 4- + l» 4- - Yet Leonard ruled the light- weights of his era as few other ruen in anv weight have mastered their division. and when he re- tired with the title in i024 he left an unmatched record behind him. During his seven-year campaign. Benny fought many no decision matches, following the example of Freddie Welcli. whom he finally caught up with and succeeded as champion. II’ i! 0.0 But Leonard. a great combin- ation of boxer and hitter. left little doubt as to his superiority even when his title was not at stake. Pinkie Mitchell. Jack Brit- ton. Johnny Dundee. Charlie White. Rocky Kansas. Pal Moore. and .1 host of others. bowed to the invincible Jewish-American SiPI‘ at one time or another. 0 If Lew Tendler. the Philadelphia SOili‘\"i\W, was Ieonardb closest rive‘ after he had taken the light- weir‘ '. title. but Tendier mufled the “est chance he ever had to best him. And on that occasion Ihniiwr fell victim to a clever ruse by the champion. O 0 O l- Tendlers southpaw stance cross- ed uo the champion from the outset. It was a close battle and ' canard could not take com- mnnd. There are different ver- sions of how Benny talked his way out of a k ockout. One is elors. newlyweds. daddies." DOG DETIOPOIJI The largest colony of prairie‘ dogs ever located was 250 rnilesi long Ind loo iauu wide. i ihnt. he suddenl yelled: "Come on and fight. that didn't hurt me." Another is that he aston- ished ‘lbndler by saying: “Take it easy. Lew. and I'll carry you.” At any rate, it was a eiighting refer- By The Canadian Press Lanky Tex Hughson, a 20-game winner last year, a three- gsme Boston Red Sox losing streak yesteiday bp pitching ihe Box to a 14) two-hit victory over New York Yankees. The stnooth-working righthandcr had a no-thiitter until the sixth in- ni-ng when Joe Diimaggio, attempt- ing to check his swLnK. sent a 100D- ing double to right. Aaron Robin- son slngled in the ninth for the other Yank safety. Boston scored the only run oi’ the game in the fifth inning without a hit. Jim Russell and Hal Wagner walked and after Hughson forced Wagner at second. Sam Mole flied to Larry Berra in right and Russell scored after the catch. Hughsgn was opposed by rookie Frank Sthes, who was making his initial major league start, and the recruit righthander limited the defending American League chemil- ions to three singles, but We! i" trouble a number of times because of the seven walks he issued. The Yanks‘ most serious threat came in the ninth which opened with Jot- Dimnggio drawing 1918i" son's sixth pass. ilftei‘ the ncxtivwl? batters were retired, Robinson singled. sc-ndfhg pinch runner Johnny Liudcll to third but liugli- son bore dOiWTi and 80'- Pmchmm" Tommy I-Ienrlch to ground out t0 end the same. Pat Seerey and Don Black blend- Tex Hughs-on Snaps Red Sox Losing Streak By 1-0 Win Over N.Y. land Indians as the Tribe scored their fourth straight- American League victory with a 1-0 decision over Chicago White sox. Black threw a four-hitter to gain his sec- ond pitchillz success via a margin supplied by Pat Seereys second inning home run. Black stopped the Sox an four hits as theChicagoans lost their second straight game after open- ing the season with three con- secutive victories. Johnny Rlgnry, the losing pitcher, gave up five hits —fou.r harmless single; in addition to Seereyb game-deciding swat. St. Louis Browns’ only winning pitcher. Jack Kramer. handcuffed Detroit Tigers with three singles‘ today for a simple 6-1 victory that was his-and the Brownsl-seconcl triumph of the American League season. Kramer had a masterful two-hit shutout until Eddie Mayo singled in the ninih after two wcre out to knock in Detroit's lone run. The Browns, meanwhile, sluggccl. aiway heartily at the offerings cf Virgil Trucks, rial White and Stdibby Overmire to collect l0 hits, m.- qr mom doublcg and two of tiicni homers by Al Zarlila and Jeff i-Icalii. _ Catcher Lester Moss. iilllcss In 12 previous times at bul, had lwo singles and a double in (our iriP5 to the plate, knocking in two of the Brownie runs. Philadelphia Athletics and Wash- iNeW York New York Giants‘ veteran first-i sucker Johnny Mize really 1°11“; the range yesterday, blastins. three consecutive homers assimi- Hoston Braves. bili- his heavy stickwork was in vain as the Beantowners went on a 12-bit rampage to trounce the New Yorkers 14-5. Mize collected his round-trip- pers in his last three trill! i” “w plate off Johnny Sein. who was coasting along behind a comfort; nble margin built up in the ti" two innings when the Braves scored five times. Walker Cooper. accounted for the other Giant run with a four-master in the fifth. v Dangerous Danny Litwhiler led the Boston offensive on five Giant hurlers by driving in four runs on a homer. triple and two sinslBl as the Braves hit safely in every inning, , At Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. veteran Dodger outfielder Dixie Walker led the galloping Brooks to a 2-0 victory over Philadelphia Phillies by baturis in 110W "m! with one of the three sinsifl he collect/ed es the Dodgers swept the three-game series. Walker hammered in the win- ning run by singling off starter Tom Hughes with the bases load- ed in the first 1110108- miph ararica set down the Phiis with four hits until th: eighth inning when with two ou he was removed in favor of IiuB Casey after sivins "l! B ‘mile i“ Charley Gilbert and a double to Del minus. ciisey stowed the Phils without a hit the rest of the way. Chicago Cubs handed Pittsburgh Pirates their second defeat of the young season yesterday when Don Johnson's single in the eishth gave the Cubs a 6-0 victory- Andy Pafko and Phil Cavaretta did the distance for‘the Windy City club with Pafko enioyin! H perfect day with four hits. i11- cluding a triple and a double. and hvaretta hit his first home run of the year. Johnson-ii blow was struck of! Lou Tost with two out in the eighth and drove in Bob Schef- fing from third. Ralph Kincr made a great try for the soft fly_ l ence that made his opponent ease for a moment. When he recov- ered, Leonard had boxed his way out of trouble and the golden chance had slipped from Tend- ier's grasp. 0 O '0 O The next year the two met a- gain, but there was n0 dilution about this one. Leonard worked with southpaw: for a 1on8 time. no changed his nrliuns stems to adjust himself iothat riIht-hand lead of ‘retailer's. Then he easily whipped Philadelphia‘ low. neon d was knocked out only three times in his entire career, and Frankie Fleming. the Canad- ian star who put Benny away in five rounds in i013. only last week was reported to have suffered a stoke. It. was another Canadian. Jimmy McLarnin. who finally ended his career with a six- round knockout after Benny had come out of retirement and ed their talents in behalf of Cleve- ‘lBoston Braves Trounce Despite Mize’s 3 Homers my The Canaan“ PM“) iLarryVCI-oetz at third ruled he irigtori Senators 115d in fit dam Giants 14-5 ‘into shortwigft centre; aufulapii. trapped the ball and the run counted. » Pitcher Hank Borowy throttled a dangerous Pirate rally in the seventh by fanning Jimmy Rus- Toronto iicopsters Enter Junior Finals WOODSTOCK. N.B., April Zl-(C P)—’l‘he York Belting team of Toronto won an easy victory h the semi-final series of the Canadian Junior basket- ball playoffs when they Iwennp- ed the Carleton County Vocat- ional School team tonight 65- 89, winning the itwo-gslme series by n total count of 128-13. Tor- onto will next play the Nova Scofia. champions for the dominion title. The score tonight about lin- dieated the play, although the home team put up a better game than in the previous con- test. Baseball Results NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 001 040 010-0 l0 1 Pittsburgh 100 000 220-5 i0 i Borowy. Kush and Schefflng; Rose. ‘Busby, Tost and Jarvis. Philadelphia 000 000 C/MPO 6 2 Brooklyn 200 000 00x-2 8 0 Hughes. Dcnnelly and Semin- itik, Padgett; Branca, Casey and Edwards. New York . 002 002 0i0-- 5 8 i Boston 320 304 20x--l4 2i i‘, Kennedy. Hansen. Budnick.‘ 'l‘rinklc. Andrews and Cooper. Warren: Salli and Masi. ANHERICAN LEAGUE St. Louis 022 000 011-6 i0 0 Detroit 000 000 (fill-i 3 0 Kramer and Moss:_ Trucks. Ov- t-rmlre. White and Fibbctts. Sivift. Cleveland O10 000 000-i 5 0| Chicago 000 00') 000-O 4 n. Black and Lopez; Rigney rmdi Trash. Boston non nio 000-l a n1 New Ynrlf coo non non-o 2 o‘ l-lunhson and Wagner: Shea and Robinson, . INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE‘ Toronto . 009 201 000—3 8 3 Newark 000 000 100-l ‘I 0 Hamlin and Desauteis: Mal- ‘ttte. Toieund Mut-iikis. ‘llontrcai 001000 000-l ii n ‘crsey City 201002 20x—'l 9 o Banta. Brown and Campanella; Goodwin and Grasso. sell and Kiner after two runs hat‘ been scored. The defeat left the Pirates half s. game ahead of the second- place Brooklyn Dodsbfl. The Cincinnati at St. Louis, game was rained out. School And Team Tolionor Babe Ruth s! aroma a. nowEN. JR- nsamvioas. April 24-(AP)- The school where 0001116 Hefmim Ruth learned the same and the team with which the Babe broke into organized baseball illllt 95 years ago are 10min! bu"! i” honor the one-time sultan of swat in his home town of Baltimore. st. Mary's Industrial School and Baltimore Orioles are getting up for the MuniclPI-i Stadium saris-v when "Bebe Ruth Day" is to be celebrated in hall parks throughout the United States. While the Babe will be tin in Yankee Stadium in New York my to receive plaudits on the scene of his greatest success. Bal- timore will be recalllng it was here he first displayed his pouter- pigeon stride in a baseball wit- The Orioles aria st. Mary's also will memorialize Babes recent words: "I love kids. I've always been for the youth of Americna. and 1 will be till the day I die- Thsyu-e going to see that other underprivileged boys attendins 5t- Mary's can put their sisht! 0" the orphan be! who n" "l" of sport's all-time m! - 9"" Jack Dunn III of the Orioles will present w the st. Mary‘! priest-s Sunday a "Babe Ruth Cup" t0 M given annually .te the younsster showing the greatest ell-around llllUl " It was Dunn's mndilthtr- manager Jack Dunn. who 58W Babe Ruth his first baseball chance April I2. 1014. The Babe was a southpaw pitcher then and although he started shakily he made his debut with I. sir-hit 6-0 victory over Buffalo. -'l"he ‘Babe hit two singles that day. not much of e hint that he waste become the ‘ thome run clouter of all time. lligby Purchases liink DIGBY. N. S. April M-(OPF- For 04.500 the igby Town Coun- cil has purchased a combined homey and curling rink that cost the Dominlmi 070,000. The build- ing wlil be moved from its pre- sent sits s-t the old RCAJ‘. elst camp at Yermouth. 8.8.. O0 miles ioughtuswelhrineneflwttc Bowling HOLY NATE-ALLIYQ K_ of C. League Aces:- F‘. Gallant M. R. McGuigan J. Butler C. Trainer Low Score Low Score Totai--30l3. Ping Fangs:- Ciaudet . . Doyle FFI-‘HFP: Totai—2823. High singled. Butler J5l_ High three J. Butler Q50. Points: Aces 4; Ping Porigs 1. Suckers:- C. LcClair “L McInnis J. Campbell Hot Shots:- R. Bradley J. Coady W. Smith E. Kelly P. Ready Total-HOB. High single C. LeCialr D0 High three C. LeClair ‘T42. Points: Suckers 2; Hot Shots 3. Chucks:- E. MacDonald Reg. MacDonald . MacDonald . . Campbell A. Doyle .... .. W. Murray . . Total-TIM. Dreadnought“. 8. Doiron T. McAdam Fr. Cass L. DesRochel 1. Murphy Low Score Total—2'lB6 BLALK Inliercolegjaie Hoop Series “The Chew for You" HlCKEYnii NICHOLSONS TWIST A Home Product » ~ Popular Everywhere liame on —- l Prince of tvales basketball quin- tet forced the intercollegiate scr- ies into a third game ‘fist night u they ouiplayed the Saint Dmistazfs lioopsters 38-31 in a ruggcdly fought battle. Saint Dunstans \'.'On the first game of the best iac-out-ol- three series last Saturday inglr with a 39-37 Win and the lini! game will be played on Suturdiy: afternoon at 4.30. Last night's gzme started off at a slow race with both teams guarding and passing cautiously Prince of Wales took iiri tzirly lefd vrhich the Saints grzvliinij}; Gift"?- came to make the scoreboard read l4-sii at half time. The second half proved to be all the fans had. hoped for iviih both i'-:~. w‘ '.,'i,'~'l‘li‘i',{ out. and piiyiillg wide open at o dazzling pare. P.W.C. went iiilo the lead on lnvo quick baskets by Qulgiey and from then on they were never hearlcd. Saints were held scoreless it: minutes at a time as their passing and shit-zit- iiig b-uume i-lrutic \\‘ilill' ‘Zinv-ai-z- P15" i\'.'i‘v.'i.r*i".'.rii, ullO play-ed a sensational game offensively and defensively for Pw.C., literally; ran wild. Macbenrian sct his leani- matcg up time alibi‘ time and “'11? deadly on both field and fulll shots r Hlgh single "1'. McAdam 230. I-Ilgh three T. McAdam 614. golnts: Dreadnought; 3; Chucks} K. of C. Finals Next Thursday 9:00 o'clock two out of three game:- Hot Shots vs. Rangers. Dreadnought: vs. Aces. CITTOWN ALLEY! Candiepin League West Eudora:- E. Stanley Total-IMO Klutchlng Hands“. J. Coies . I. Connors I. Diamond . G. Francis i". Woods . . Total-IBM. High single I Connors Martin 107. ' High three I. Connors 908. Tonight at 7 HY Great. ‘ma. DWI)’. Cid Il-Clbtld BIO. i Mnilin and Burgc led the SJlillS'. attack es the sank a number of beatitlful on-i-liaizzders and it look-k ed at time; ns if they would pull i the game out of the tire. However,‘ the martin proved loo much to overcome and P.W.C. left the floor with a troll-earned vktory. Prince of Wales made good on six out of fourteen free throws while the Saints garnered three. out of twelve. Mlltfilknllfin 18d all scorers with‘ seventeen points with Muliin snip- ing seven liri the losers ozusc. Referee Earl G055 culled a i0Lal~ 0f 22 fouls, 12 against the winners Outplay S.D.U. 38-31. Force Series To Third Saturday Clair acted as. liiiesrran. Lineups and Scores S.D.U. Player Burge Roche Bradley Alizlli-i O'C:i M ..] liiacD Vflld Carmichael ’l‘o‘-t‘.s PJYC. Player N1¢ll<f=0n ‘Carl 3min Recidivi- Petcrs Sierns Quizlcy Ccurt 'l‘o‘.al: 3 l! I i"? .- ._. QOkiou-lmao-AW w-oi-as-ussr-u S1 flhOr-‘OOOWQ: m0~loowo~o a. ‘I .- Mwwl-Or-‘WN’! OQ-h-OQQQOM Title Defence 0i Champion Bancefled -. NEW YORK, April 24 —(APi - Joe Louis’ scheduled defence cf his world heavyweight boxing title June 26 was cancelled today by the 20th Century Sporting Club. It announced that the champion would next risk hig crown in Serif»- clIllJCl‘ ii’ a iuiiflblf.‘ opponent can be found by mid-summer. This September bout will be held New York's Yankee Stadium. ‘Ililifh was to ill/VB been the scene of Louis’ first title fight since lie successfully defended the (ii-mi- pionship by knocking out Tami Maurieilo in two minutes and nine and 10 against the losers. Bob Le- secon‘ last J-embes‘. selection we have ever Pawns, Browns. HATS BY BREAN Select your New Spring Hat from the finest Prices $4.75 to ‘$7.00 shown. Greys, Blues, k want to pay. 143 Great George St. f Water Bloc Hate By GREAN Sizes 61-2 to 71-2 Everything you want in a topcoat -- quality, style, topnotch tailoring, and at the price you Wide Assortment ' All Sizes. Prices from $23.75 to $32.50 liarry A. Macilougail Better Men's Wear - Charlottetown, P. E, I. a: _ z .. 3 DCIUIQIGQ—I@I I4QEJeKIQ>IQEJ1 _.,,. ..~..._..s-_. -. .1.