14 SPORTS—NEW YORK STATE LEAGUE STARTS SEASON TODAY—HARRISBURG AT ELMIRA KILBANE WINS OVER CHAMPION Outpoints Freddie Welsh in Ten-Round Bout; Feather weight Is Clever New York. 2.—Johnny Kll liane, featherweight champion of the world, lost a golden opportunity to add the lightweight title to his name hero lust night in his bout with Freddie Welsh. the lightweight champion of the world, but the Cle velander succeeded in defeating his English opponent in ten rounds. Kilbanc earned the advantage in a majority of the rounds. lie was handicapped considerably by Welsh's superior weight. The Englishman, who appeared to weigh about ten pounds more than the featherweight king, offended m the early rounds liv .liiu-hing. Kiibane did most of the leading. .Many of the punches were delivered fast that they were devoid of knockout force. (ine hour before the principals for the main bout entered tlie ring the clubhouse was crowded. Standing room was at u premium. The ante for admission was raised to $5 for points of vantage on the lower tloor. 'J'hc crowd was composed of the j usual ring devotees. They were led ! by the president of National League. John IC. Teiier, who chape- ! voned a number o? I'hiladelpfiians, including William J. Uyan, Eugene Kieffe, Harry 'l'. Donughy, B. Gal lagher anil Harry B. Hoffman. Patriotic Demonstration An unusual patriotic demonstra- i tion preceded the star attraction. 1 Mrs. George A. Whceloek, a recruit of Mayor Mitchell's committee known as the "Navy Pilot," was ush-j ered into the ring accompanied by; two sailors of the United States re-j cruit ship Maine. She holds the j American record for an individual of having 105 enlistments in one day. | Mrs. Whceloek did not wait for] any referee. She started out and in a most vehement manner said: "You arc all fond of a tight. Now j I am going to give you a change to! take part in a real light. I want every man from seventeen to thirty- j five years of age to enlist at once. The government needs you. If you I don't come it will surely get you. It is a moral obligation. And you must surely yield. The Governor of New ] York is opposed to boxing. I made a personal appeal for its subsistence! because it makes real men of men. i The nation needs real men. Enlist : now." Mrs Wheclock, as well as the two j jackies, was cheered to the echo. Fight Unsatisfactory The featherweight champion out boxed his adversary but when he, tried to land a hard blow to the face, j he found the Englishman knew how j to duck. In every round but the first and | fifth Kiibane proved lie was more! clever than the lightweight cham pion. In the other two rounds the honors were even. Welsh, when Kil bone tried to shoot in some hard wallops, simply went into a clinch.; And he stayed there until the danger I point was passed. The fight was very unsatisfactory I to the crowd that packed the Casino and they gave vent to their disap proval in many boohs that greeted; the fighters durin gtlie combat. There was only nine pounds differ- j •nee in the weight—Welsh weighing 139 and Kiibane ISO. Neither man was sent to the floor ! during the fight and the only bruises in the tame ten-round affair was a •light cut on Welsh's mouth. Yesterday's Scores National .League At St. I.ouis— R.H.E i Chicago .... 00070000 2—9 9 1 ' St. Louis .... 00000000 o—o 5 2 Batteries: Douglass and Wilson; Doak and Snyder. Umpires, Klemm { and Emslie. At New York — New York-Brooklyn game post- 1 poned: wet grounds. At Cincinnati— Pittsburgh-Cincinnati game post- \ poned: wet grounds. At Philadelphia— Boston-Philadelphia game post-, poned; wet grounds. American League At Washington— 11. H.E. I New York . 00200000 o—2 4 1 Washington. 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x—3 10 2 s Batteries: Shawkey, Nunemaker; Harper and Henry. Umpires, Di-i neen and Owens. At Boston— Philadelphia-Boston game post poned; rain. At Cleveland—• St. Louis-Cleveland, game postpon ed; cold. At Chicago— Chicago-Detroit game postponed; j wet grounds. PIXK SLIP FOR DI'RMXG New York, May 2.—The Brooklyn ] National League club has released Pitcher Richard Durning to the Montreal club, of the International | League. Manager Robinson stated; , that there was little chance for | Durning this season in view of the! large staff of veteran pitchers avail- j able. The roster of the Brooklyn; club now contains 21 names, and may be (further reduced within the next few weeks. I Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1917, International News Service , — By McManus WEDNESDAY EVENfiNTGr, PLAY BALL IS STATE LEAGUE ORDER TO-DAY H Jfi Ihsfcbv- ■' gWuT H' j£Z JM JOHN H. FARRELL President New York State Biseball League '.'Play ball." that old familiar cry, was heard on the J. H. Farrell cir- i cuit to-day. It was the signal for I the opening of the 1917 season. Early reports indicated that all of the teams would get a start, al though the weather was rather cool in New York state.. All teams play to-day on the New York end of the i circuit as follows: Harrisburg at Elmira. Reading at Binghamton. Wilkes-Barre at Syracuse. n t utica. || Some I>isu|>|M>iutmciits Manager George Cockill and other! leaders will use all available players ; in the opening games, and perhajis j for a week. With the exception of the Syracuse stars and Jimmy Jack- j son's Colonels, the teams have had only ordinary practice. Pitchers are not likely to show r any speed until j there is a prolonged warm spell. Harrisburg and Wilkes-Barre have j been up against disappointments. ! Pitchers Yolz and Helfrich are not | with the team, and two other twirl ers under option with Manager' Cockill have not shown up. Man- j ager "Red" Calhoun has been han dicapped in getting his players to re port because of war conditions. Other teams look good. Man ager George Wiltse has a promising line-up for Reading. "Chick" Hart- I man reports a pennant winning ag- ! grcgation at Binghamton. Bill! Coughlin says he will dope out his! prosp<?cts later and Utica has a bunch of fast boys. Mike O'Neill is | only smiling, but the workout of his team has developed another fast bunch, and the Syracuse leader says it will be the same old story. Speed Is Expected Speed will be the mania in the New York State League this season. New York, May 2—President Ban Johnson, of the American League, announced here yesterday after noon that in case the war continued until next spring there would be no attempt to open the 1918 pen nant season. Manager Barrett Has Contracts For Big Bout; Levinsky Meets Houck York, May 2. —While the task look ed almost impossible, Joe Barrett, the local boxing: promoter, has articles of agreement showing that "Battling" Levinsky, tne light heavyweight champion of the world, and Leo Houck, Lancaster's invincible mitt artist, have signed for their bout on Wednesday night. May 16. Owing to the importance of the' bout Marrett had Dan Morgan, Levinsky's mana ger, and Charlie Reiker, representing Houck, post a forfeit of $l5O each, for the appearance of the principals. When Barrett announced at the club's last show that he had matched these two cracks several of Houck's home fans at the ringside doubted his abil ity to bring the two together. While Leo hos defeated every opponent ho has met in his home town this sea- GEORGE COCKILL President and Manager Harrisburg Every manager on the circuit work ed hard for team efficiency through the medium of speed, and while none of the managers are overlooking any good bets in the way of sluggers, speed is the foundation on which the clubs of this year will be built. It is the general belief that the speed cruze will greatly improve the game in the State League. The game is sure to be much faster this year than it was last. Conditions are much different, for where it was necessary to take old i '*iyers last year in or der to build the teams, it is possible this season to get new and spe'edier material, owing to the fact that the over-supply of players in other lea gues has placed a number of excel lent men on the market. There has been a desire on the part of all managers to get as much new material as possible, providing that the players were of known worth and not experiments. The intields have been rebuilt and won derfully strengthened. Double Umpire System The club owners decided on the double umpire system. In seasons past there has been much fault found with the worn of the umpires. Very often the double umpire sys tem was used, but this was not the general rule. With two arbiters on the field the games were played fast er, with less disturbance and with greater satisfaction to the fans. By employing regulars and a sub stitute umpire the league has taken a step to improve the game. A determined erfort is to be put forth this year to hurry the games along. Last season there were fre quent delays and long-drawn-out games were not uncommon. Presi dent John H. Farrell is to insist that his umpires hurry all games along and in this respect there is indica tion of added speed to the game. sono, none of them can be considered in the champion's class, as Levinsky out-slugged and out-boxed the lloos ier bearcat. Jack Dillon, for the world's title, on July 14, 1916, and, furthermore, the battler has beaten Dillon twice since then. Twenty Casino Members Roll Averages of 175 Twenty members of teams in the Casino Bowling League, which closed recently, finished the season with an average of 175 points or beter per game. The lowest average of the season was 161 pins per game. Barnes, of the Calumets team, led the league throughout the season, and finished on top with a grand av erage of 194 pins per game. Basch, of the Jolly Five team, was second, with an average of 190 per game, while Buttorff, of the Alphas, and Boss, of the Orpheums, were tied for third place with 18D pins each. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH BANKS TEAM TIES M'IVOR FOR LEAD O'Lcary Team Makes Most Marked Advance, Jumping One Game Behind Leaders The Bank!) team defeated the Mc- Ivor combination two games last night on the Taylor alleys and tied the league leaders for first place in the Dauphin-Cumberland duckpin tournament. The matches in the tournament were again of a high standard. The O'Leary team made the most marked advance of any of the teams last night, taking three games and the match from the Fickes team on the Academy alleys, and advancing within one game of trie leaders. The Myers team trimmed the Owen roll ers by a margin of 71 points. The Bentz-Palmer match went to the Palmer team by eight points, but the Bentz team took two games. The summaries: Mel vor-Banks. (Taylor Alleys) Banks i. 1680 Mclvor lfios Melvor 590 Banks (Banks) ISO Banks (Banks) 430 Owen-Myers (Parthemorc Alleys, N. Cumberland) Myers 154 4 Owen 1473 ; Myers 530 (Updegraff (Owen) 154 lUpdegrolt (Owen) 371 Ileiitz-Pnlnu'r (Lemoyne Alleys) | Palmer 1521 j Bentz- 3512 I Bentz 559 Wharton (Bentz) 132 Shipley (Palmer) 350 I'lckes-O'ljeary (Academy Alleys) O'Leary 102 7 Fickes 1573 O'Leary .: 03 O'Leary (O'Leary) 150 O'Leary (O'Leary) 405 I STANDING OF THE TEAMS- W. L. Pet. McTvor 18 12 .600 Banks 18 12 .600 O'Leary 17 13 .567 I Owen 14 16 .467 Myers 14 16 .467 Bentz 14 16 .467 Palmer 13 17 .433 Fickes 12 18 , .400 M isccl la ii poii s (Casino Alleys) French 2894 English 2775 ) French 989 Ross (French) 233 Buttorff (English) 636 j BASEBALL SUMMARY SCORES OF YESTERDAY National League Chicago, 9; St. Louis, 0. Other games .postponed; wet grounds. American League Washington, 3; New York, 2. Other games postponed; rain. International League Buffalo, 16; Richmond, 9. WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY National League ] Boston at Philadelphia. Brooklyn at New York. I St. Louis at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at Chicago. American Ix>gue Philadelphia at Boston. Chicago at Cleveland. New York at Washington. Detroit at St. Louis. New York State League llarrisburg at Elmira. Wilkes-Barre at Syracuse. Scranton at Utica. Heading at Bingliamton. WHERE THEY PLAY TO-MORROW National Ix-ajme Boston at Philadelphia. Brooklyn at New York. Cincinnati |at Chicago. St. Louis at Pittsburgh. American Leasue Philadelphia at Boston. New York at Washington. Chicago at Cleveland. Detroit at St. Louis. New York State League Harrisburg at Elmira. Reading at Binghamton. Scranton at Utica. Wilkes-Barre at Syracuse. STANDING OF THE CLUBS National Leajnie W. L. P. C. New York 8 4 .667 Chicago 10 7 .588 St. Louis 9 7 .56 3 Philadelphia 6 6 .500 Boston fi fi .500 Cincinnati 9 10 .473! Pittsburgh 7 11 .388 I Brooklyn 3 7 .300 I American Leasiie W. L. P. C. Boston 9 4 .692 Chicago 10 6 625 New York 7 6 .538 St. Louis 8 7 .533 Cleveland 8 9 .4 71 Philadelphia 6 8 .429 Detroit . 5 9 .357 Washington 5 9 .357 Cfy Grantlan&Jiice Copyright, 1917, The Tribune Association (New York Tribune). The very few who have had the chance to smash records in sport know the terrific strain which conies just at the finish. Chick Evans, Oswald Kirkby and Max Marston all have come to the eighteenth hole at Baltusrol with a 4 left for the course record. The hole is a drive and a pitch. Two of them got 6's and the other got a 5. This is merely a sample of the odds against record-making. Rube Mar fiuard won nineteen straight, tleing the pitching record, but lie blew apart at the twentieth start. That last punch #n the borderland of record-making has generally been the one that cost. No-Hit Psychology This Is but a prelude to the psychology attached to pitching a no-hit game in the major leagues. We have always wondered how a pitcher felt as he was working his hit less way along, once the fifth or sixth inning had been safely passed. In order to get a line on this situation we decided to subpena George Mogridge, the New York southpaw, who a few days ago cased the Champion Red Sox down without a solitary blow. , "In the early stages of the game," said George, "I only knew that I was cold and that I couldn't keep warmed up. So I spent all the spare time 1 had between innings trying to warm up and un,ravei the kinks. "Now, there is a world of rivalry between the Ked Sox and the Yankees, and my main idea, of course, was to win that, ball game. When the seventh inning came they hadn't gotten a hit, but I hadn't realized it.- They had scored in the last of the seventh, tieing the game up. It was not until the lirst of the eighth I realized the fact that none of the enemy had tapped me for a safe drive. And I never realized it then until Bill Donovaji came up and said: 'lt would be a crime to lose this game, for they haven't even gotten a blow off you yet.' At tlie Finish "Even then, pitching the last of the eighth, I didn't feel nervous or ex cited or under any strain. It was not until the last of the ninth, with only three men to get, that I suddenly realized I'd like to have at least one n.o hit game in my kit—and especially a no-hit affair against the World Champs. 1 still wasn't too nervous to speak, and it was not until two were out that I got my shock. 1 had only one man to get, and he tapped an easy one for an easy out. An error resulted, and, with such a tine chance gone, it occurred to me then that the next man up was about due. It gen erally happens that way. Leave an opening, and they nail you. Facing this last man was the lirst nervousness I felt. 1 knew the side should have been out, that he had no business up there, and that I ought to be on the way to the clubhouse with my no-hit game sewed up. But this time the up set didn't work out. "If Donovan hadn't mentioned it in the eighth," remarked Mogridge, "I don't believe I would have known I had a no-hitter until after the game. If I had begun to figure on a no-hit game back in the fifth or sixth innings I doubt very much whether I would have landed one." Batting Pitchers The old idea that a pitcher couldn't hit is being rapidlv dissolved. Ray Caldwell is the main pinch hitter of the Yankees. Walter Johnson is the leading pinch hitter of the Nationals. But the premier bird of them is Babe Ruth, of the Red Sox. Ruth is probably the best hitting pitcher that baseball has ever kn,own. George Sisler started out as a pitcher, and he may have challenged Ruth's title, but not even the Brownie star is as feared as the big left-hander on the Red Sox staff. He is not only a consistent batsman, but he is as -likely to crack one over the fence or up into the stands as any man. in baseball. Last season Ruth had as many home runs as Tris Speaker or Joe Jack son, two of the game's leading sluggers, who played in almost three times as many contests. "In attempting to carry the Grand Canyon," writes Enoch, "did Mr Van Loan use a brassie or a mid-iron?" Neither. He employed a spared spoon. "It's a wonder to me," writes another golfer, "that some of these mod ern golf architects haven't picked up the Grand Canyon and moved it over for a hazard to one of their courses. I'd as soon try to carry fifteen miles across the Canyon as I would 195 yards across a swamp." The Buttling liurg Dear Sir: Georgia may produce a variety of stars, but for a galaxy of luminaries in one branch of sport no State or city can hold a candle to St Paul. Pipe the following exponents of the manly art: Mike Gibbons. Tom Gibbons. Billy Miske. Mike O'Dowd. Eddie (Kid) Billings. Billy De Foe. Johnny Ertle. And we could add Fred Fulton if we needed another to yank us out in front of the field, though Freddie isn't exactly a St. Paul entry. W. N. J. Which suggests a slogan for this scrappy community—viz., St Paul the City with the Wallop. Golf Lesson He who hits one in the heel Will know how cholera patients feel. Playing out of tomato and potato hazards is all very well But plavimr out of an onion patch makes it hard to keep one's eye on the ball—more than once. Ever have an orb bathed in the succulent moisture of the bubbling young onion? Eilber Kills All Birds; Paul Challenges For Cup Fort Washington. May 2.—George Eilber, of Philadelphia, held a field ] day all of his own yesterday at the weekly livcbird shoot at the Fortside j Gun Club. He tied for high man in the 15-bird sweepstakes race with j "Davie" Paul and E. Hunt, both of j Philadelphia, all three grassing fif- [ teen straight. He tied with the same | two in a special 10-bird race and) concluded his performance by win ning a miss-and-out event with eight straight kills. The Held was small but classy. Of the lirst 103 birds shot at 101 were | killed. During the afternoon Eilber | killed 33 straight and Paul and lluntj each grassed 32. In the sweepstakes' event Eilber, Paul and Hunt divided] first money and "Ixxy" Hoffman j "copped" second winnings. The climax of yesterday's meeting! was a feat of Fred Paulson, of Phila- j delphia. There were two birds re-1 maining ami Fred volunteered to kill a pair of doubles. With the gal- I lery at his elbow, the veteran re- j corded the kills on the fastest birds of the afternoon. It was announced that on Tues- | day, May 15, "Davie" Paul will de fend the State challenge cup against Charles Hummer, of Marietta, Pa., the challenger, in a race of twenty five birds. Paul won the title last year from "Joe" Bcnnerman, of Lan caster. I "CHICK" SIM LEU LOSES FIGHT j Boston, May 2.-—Johnny Dundee, j New York lightweight, was given j the referee's decision over "Chick" j jSimler, of Pennsylvania, in their 12-| round match here last night. Lucknow Shop League to Open Next Monday j The Lucknow Shop Baseball League will get its initial start next Monday j noon and a schedule of thirty-six j games will complete the first half of j the season. Four teams will again j be represented in the league, as last | season. The first half of the sched ule Will end on July 6, and a short | time has been left to play off post poned games before the second halt starts. The Storehouse team Is the only j new addition to the league this sea son, it taking the place of the Fed { eral team, which was represented last | year. The other teams'are the Plan | ing in Beily street last evening. Ad- I gregations. Each of the teams will I play the other three teams six games | during the first half schedule, j J. C. Johnson has been elected pres- I ident of the league.; Charles L.vter, j vice-president; Vesper Smith, secre i tary, and John Naughton treasurer. | The managers of the teams follow: ! Planing Mill, H. E. Finifrock; Smith j Shop. C. C. Blioades; Clerks, F. S. I Marshall, and Storehouse, C. M. Dun lap.' NEW Li. V. ENGINEER George T. Hand lias been appoint ed chief engineer of the Lehigh Val > ley railroad. He was formerly in [the engineering service with the Lehigh Valley and returns to the j line after a number of years' ex j perlence with the Delaware, Lacka | wanna & Western railroad. E. B. 1 Ashby has been appointed consult ing engineer. MAY 2, 1917 WELLY 5 jf* CORNER The big noise starts to-day in the Now York State League. President J. H. Farrell reports prospects en couraging. Harrisburg gets going at Elmira weather permitting, and Manager George Cockill is of the opinion that his crew will be in the running. No official announcement has been made by .University of Pennsylvania officials that all athletics will be call ed off at that institution. Indications are, however that Penn is almost at the point of suspending all athletic activity. Track athletics, baseball and rowing have had a start but since there have been so many cancella tions it looks as if it will lie necessary to quit. Connie Mack is seeking the ser vice of Joe Dugan, the Holy Cross star. He has been looking Dugan over and it looks like a bargain. Dugan is at the summit of the Hob- Cross batting list, with the high average of .447. He has been at REJECT UMPIRE FOR WAR DUTY Cincinnati, May 2. —Charley Rig ler, National League umpire, was ready for a try at the trenches in France, but a twisted linger bunged up in a ball game years ago, caused his rejection. Itigler believes many ball players will bo barred because Doings in Big Leagues NATIONAL IJSAGUE Jupiter Pluvlus had another day of pleasure and stopped all but one of the games In the National League, this was between Chicago and St. Tjouis and tlie former won out by the .score of 9 to 0. Chicago opened its heavy fire on the St. Louis pitch ers and before the.smoke of con flict had raised, Doak and Watson were bombarded from the box. Doak started and lasted until the fourth frame, but weakened and was re placed by Watson. The latter did little better and in the same inning was replaced by North, who held the Cubs scoreless until the ninth frame. Chicago scored seven of its runs in the fourth inning and two in the ninth. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington and New York were the only teams abic to play in Ban Johnson's circuit yesterdav. The contest was an air-tight affair, the Senators winning by the score of I! to 2. Harper held the Yankees to four scattered hits. MEMORIAL DAY REGATTA OFF New York, May 2.—Another prominent sporting event yielded to the demand of war time conditions last night when the New York Row ing Association, at the New York Athletic Club, voted to abandon its annual Memorial day regatta. The action was taken by a unanimous vote of the board of officers and stewards, following a discussion that brought the fact to light that the re gatta was certain to be a financial failure as well as a failure from a competitive standpoint if they at tempted to carry it through. BARONS LAND PLAYER i Elmira, N. Y., May 2.—Ezra Mid klff has been signed by the Wilkes- Barre team of the New York State League team, lie is a third base man. Midkiff was a former star with Baltimore international and New York American League teams. He signed with Manager Calhoun about the same time that Manager Jack son of the local New York State Lea gue club, secured the signature of Eddie Lennox, the former Brooklyn third-sucker, to play the hot cor ner for the Colonials this summer. KUttATIUNAI, School ofCommerce Troup llulldiux 1.1 So. Market Sq. Day and Night School Ilookkceplng, Sliort band. Stenotype, Typewriting and PenmanMhlp Bell 4*3 Cumberland -4D-Y The Office Training School Kaufman Bldg. 4 S. Market Sq. Training That Secures Salary Increasing Positions In the Office Call or send today for interesting booklet. "Tile Art of (Jetting Along In the World." .Bell phone Gl9-H. Harrisburg Business College A Reliable School, 31st Year 1 32'J SJr!;et .St. llnrrlxhurii, I'a, bat 4 7 times, tallied 12 times and lias walloped out 23 hits for a total of 32 bases. In fielding he has an average of .900, having 49 put outs, 2 7 assists and 5 errors. Eddio Hooper is gathering in. the fast boys. Yesterday ho landed Pitcher Clarence Parker, ofScranton, who was not seasoned enough for Bill Coughlln. T.v Cobto got into the Chicago wheat pit the other day. He was only a visitor, but tne Detroit right fielder said after he got out that he would rather take chances on get ting spiked in stealing bases than put his life into jeopardy in a wide stock exchange. Wharton Sinkler, chairman of the football committee at University of Pennsylvania, has resigned. John A. Minds a former red and blue athlete and a brother of the late Chester Minds, was elected to succeed Sink ler. A chairman will bo elected later. they have damaged mitts. Two Cincinnati sport writers, Jack Ryder and W. A. Phelon, who have seen aetivo service and applied for commissions, were rejected on the ground that they had accumulated too much avoirdupois. SOMEBODY LIED By SULLIVAN / /// /K/ Bostonian Shoes for Men thoMc "klppy." xnnppy, ty II 11, new lOngllnh ahapr.s in wide and nar row toe*. Oxford* unit high nhocH, 85 to $7 llroilil tor* In button anil lace —limn mill black* al $5 anil 111. n_ 1 SHOE Paul S store 11 Aorth Fourth St. r \ Athletic Supporters Young men and boys who arc ambitious to develop muscu lar strength by taking athletic experiences in gym nasium or at home, who go swimming, driving, play base ball, should protect them selves from injury by wear ing one of our well-fitting supporters. Forney's Drug Store Second St., Near Walnut Just Received Another Shipment of Onion Sets This Will Be tlie hast This Season— In a week's time they will lie iiiiohtaiiiatric at any price. Harrislmrg and Baltimore are the only two cities offering Onion Sets today Baltimore asks SI.OO per quart. Our price while they last, 50c per quart. We have all the short crop Items now. Seed Potatoes, Stringlcss Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion Seed. Got the New Hero Onion —they grow to a pound and a half to two pounds each from seed; pkK., 20c.; oz., 50c. Everything For the Garden Walter S. Schell QUALITY SEKDS I;i07-t309 Market Street I Harrisburg, Pa.
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