The Road
VOL XXI No. 64
NITTANY BATSMEN
BOWTOSYRACUSE
ONSLAUGHT BY 8-4
Orange Reversal Marks Third
Straight Defeat For Blue
And While Nine
FAIL TO ANNEX WIN ON
ANNUAL EASTERN TRIP
Inability To Hit Safely In Pinch
Costly To Penn State
Diamond Hopes
A fom run rally in the seventh in
ning after the Nittany players evened
the count, gave the Syracuse ba.scbn'l
team an 8-4 victory over Penn State
at Syracuse Friday The Change win
put the finishing touches on a disas
trous three-game road trip that came
to an end with the Blue and White
unable to break into the won column
Lion Batters Helpless In Pinch
Inability to hit in the pinches, apt
parent in the Princeton and Pennsyl
vania reversals, was again a promi
nent factor in the third straight de
feat Friday. Penn State was not out
hit in any of the three load pcifurm
anccs but when bnsciunncis were in a
scoring position the necessary safe
bingle was lacking.
Haines, starting his first Vuisitv
game, got off on the wrong foot m
the opening innings but settled down
to blank the opposition for four per
iods until he was removed in the sev
enth after the first man up lined u
dean triple to deep center Styboishi,
who succeeded him, plain!} showed the
effects of his remarkable mound per
formance against Princeton two da}s
before, and was nicked hard and often
throughout the remaining two innings
Victors Score Three In Opener
The Orange offensive swung into
action in the first stanza and put over
three tallies before the bombardment
was checked. Rmgwood opened hos
tilities with n single Schlcgel sac
rificed the lcnd*o£f--mua-to 4 Second *
When Lungrcn foozled Hanson’s hard
hit chance Ringfoot scored Ilaincs
then dished one up that was too much
to Uen7in’s liking and the Syracuse
slugger smacked the horscludc into
the left-field stands for a toui of the
bases, scoring Ilanson ahead of him.
The circuit duve was one of the long
est ever made on the Salt City dia
mond. ’
One more run was the result of an
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ORANGE GOLFERS GIVE
LIONS INITIAL SETBACK
Canon-Thomson PUy Undecided
Until Final Hole—Victors
Hold State Crown
At the eighteenth hole with the
battle raging even, the putting of the
Nittany golfcis was unable to cope
with the spuit of the Symcuse gieen
artists and the Lions tasted defeat for
the first time this season, G-0, on the
foreign links Fuday. Last week
Orange won the New Yoik state
championship in competition with live
of its principal colleges
Although the contest was in doubt
up to the last two holes the New
Yorkers showed a slight edge because
of a familiarity with the course. That
Canon, Penn State’s consistent low
scorer, lost to Thomas, of the home
team, only on the seventeenth and
eighteenth holes shows the closeness
of the scoring. Roth ended with h
70 tullcy but Thomas won with one
up
The method of seating was that
used m the Intercollegiates. One
point was given for the low hall four
some ami one point for each individ
ual match. Despite llio better genet
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C. M. HUBER ’22, GETS
DEGREE FROM ILLINOIS
The gradunto school of the Uni
versity of Illinois announces that C.
M. Huber has completed the woik
and passed the final examination i en
quired for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. He is a Penn State
graduate of the cluss of I**22 in the
course in Mathematics. Since grad
uating he has been a member of the
staff in the department of mathemat
ics at Illinois whctc he has been do
ing more work in mathematics. lie
received his A. M degree at that in
stitution in 1021 uml the PhD. dc
giee will be conferred at the annua!
SemPpi/eek
frun £>tatr (p
STUDENTS TO WORK ON
DAILIES DURING SUMMER
Continuing its custom of plncmg
students of journalism in a real news
paper atmosphere during the summer
months the College news service laat
week sent letters accompanying its
news sheets to lending dailies through
out Pennsylvania announcing the wil
lingness of at least a dozen students
to work on daily newspapers for that
period.
At picscnt theie me 175 students
studying journalism under the direc
tion of' Pi of. W F. Gibbons. A score
of them have expressed then desuc
to make ncwspapei wilting their life’s
woik ami for this reason the depart
ment will distnbutc them tluoughout
the state during the vacation.
The positions allotted arc not con
fined to this state alone but some pobs
have been given on papeis m Dela
ware stale and as far west as Chi
cago, Illinois.
OBSERVE ANNUAL
FIELD DAY FRIDAY
College Allows Half-Holiday For
Occasion—Cup Goes To
Best Company
MILITARY UNITS WILL
HOLD PARADE MONDAY
A review of all of the R O T. C
units will open the Annual Field day
piogiam which will take place Fiidav
afternoon on New Beaver field at
two-thirty o’clock.
The entire College R 0 T C. staff
has devoted the past two weeks in
making piepnrations for that day At
the legular drill periods last week the
vmtous captains of the staff conduct
ed prehminuiy elimination contests
for entrants m the manual of arms
competition Three men were picked
from each company and on Friday af
ternoon these men will compete for
the title of the best individual dullci
in the entire unit. As m othei ycais
the winner of this competition will re
ceive tho presidcnt's-mcdal jn recogni
tion of his achievement * ,
Companies Drill
Another interesting competition
will be the companv close oidet dull
lormntion The company icceivmg
the awaid in this competition will re
ceive the Military department banner
This banner will be retained by that
paiticul.tr company for next yoai
Each individual of the winning com
pany will iceeive a special decoration
which will be given by the Scabbard
and Blade Ilonoury Military society.
Teams have been picked from each
company foi the following events,
equipment lace, lcscue lace, tent
pitching contest and the shoe race
Prizes have been donated by the mei
chants of the town foi the winncis of
each of these contests
The staff has also made picpar.i
lions foi the obsei vance of Meniuii.il
day on Monday’ The College aulhoii
tics have suspended classes for th.it
day In conjunction with all of the
p.ituotic oigunirations of the town
the entire I’ 0 T C. unit will parade
through the town in commemoiation
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LIBRARY EXEMPTS FINES
IN CLEAN-UP TOMORROW
Books Oveidue May Bo Relurnoil
Without Penalty—Societies
Asked To Give Aid
Repealing its piaclice of having a
spting clean-up day, the circulation
department of the Libiaiy has set
aside tomorrow as a day on which nil
books that have been out over tune
may he relumed without fun*.
Better lcstills than those ohlnmil
last yeai are expected although the
ones last spung weie giatifying
Many hooks have been tiken from the
Libraiy and have never been returned.
Some luivc been out for a period as
long as ten years It is, the will of
the circulation dojiaitnicnt that these
be returned rather than be paid for,
because if the books me back in the
Libraiy it is much easier to make ie
polls and keep iccoids
The co-operation of the entire stu
dent body is solicited to help make
this Clean-up day u success. Fi.i-
Icuuties and clubs are icquested to
go through then libraries and lemove
all books that belong on the College
shelves. According to the hbraiians,
if Clean-up day is propel ly executed,
it will be of much benefit both to the
students and to the Libiuiy If the
books me back in a public place thev
will be of use to thiee thousand in-
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY. MAY 25. 1926
OFFENSE OF LION
STICKMEN DOWNS
SWARTHMORE 5-3
Form Of Combination Marks II
As Best To Ever Bear
Blue and White
PENN STATE IMPROVES
PASSING AND DEFENSE
Visiting Goal-tender Stops Many
Nittany Shots—Opponents*
Rally Falls Short
Displaying form that nuuked them
as the gicatest combination to c/ci
cany the Blue and White onto tho l.i
ciosse field, Penn State’s stickmen
downed Sw.uthmorc, 5-3, on New
Bcnvei field S.ituidny afternoon. The
vietoiy was the fouith out of six
stalls foi the Lions.
With the except'on of a {.hurt period
in the second half the Nittany stick
inen outfought and out-played the
visitois tluoughout the game In
Satuidny’s contest the Penn State
aggiegation showed moic nggiessive
ncss than m any othei engagement
this veai. The attacks took the ball
down the field lepeatcdly only to have
their shots stopped bv the bwaith
moie not-tcndei who saved lus team
mates fiom suffeitng a much heavier
defeat.
Fiom the lust faceolT the Blue
and White crosseis displayed a spirit
mat was lacking m pievious battles.
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ENTERTAINERS FOR
“Y” COURSE NAMED
Novel Attractions Listed For
1926-27 Program—Seven
Features Billed
MAGICIANS, LECTURERS
AND SINGERS INCLUDED
That next year’s "Y” entertainment
couise will surpass all other pro
giaim presented at Penn State in le
gal d to prominence of ai lists is the
belief of L R Plotts ’27, chairman of
the corn sc for the following year.
The piogiam includes many world
famous artists among whom are Zirn
bnlist, Mane Tiffany and Paul Alt
house of Mctiopohtan Opera fame
The season starts early in October
and continuous until the following
May The couise includes the pcrfoi
mancc. of smgois, instiumcntalists,
a magician, a musical company, an
oicliostin and a lecturer
A sci ics of tickets for the unlit c
couise will he sold at puces of thiee
foui ami live dollais Admission foi
enhance to single performances will
he one and two doll.it s,
I he couise is as follows
October—The Baneio Little Sym
phony oichestia, composed of fourteen
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Snakes, Used As Rat
Traps, Gorge Selves
Upon Pesky Rodents
Two Texas bull snakes turned loose
in the College natuie study Inborn
lory have just finished a loyal feast
on rats and mice They have entire-
Iv ndded the workroom of the in
dents that had been attt acted bv the
tood supply foi the many snakes, lu
aids, tuillfcs, giound hugs and other
wild life spcMinens housed theie
As the snakes, each about five feet
m length, went about them duty of
l.it-entchmg on the fourth floor ot
Old Mam, little utlcntion was given
them. Students, cleiks and instiuct
ois continued then daily tasks, pav
ing no heed to the novel int trap Ihut
proved so elhcient
But tho tcmpoi niy feast and free
dom ptoved too much foi one of tho
haimless Texas visitois Pi of. (1
U Gieen, head of the department,
found the animal on Fuday with its
head ciushcd. The accident occuuod
when a dooi closed on the snake.
I Summer Sesbion House 1
I Managers Meet Tonight 1
j Dunn Chambers inquests a !
| meeting of all summer session f
, I managers of fiateinity houses 2
New Co-ed Dorms
Will Be Erected
With the announcement that na
tional sororities may establish chap
ters here still being discussed by the
co-eds, comes the information that
Penn State is to have a girls’ dormi
tory erected within the next two oi
throe years, or sooner if the fund i»;
iniscd quickly enough At present!
$28,000 has been received and the
Penn State Giange is carrying on a
campaign to incrcase i that amount
The erection of the new rooming
quarters will help to solve Puin
State’s dormitory’ problem by provid
ing rooms for 125 co-eds. The s.te
Ims not been definitely decided but
plans indicate that the new dormitoiv
will be situated near McAllister Hull.
BOARD TO ACT ON
SORORITY QUESTION
Dean Ray Approves Action Of
Local Clubs—Rushing
System Lauded
CLUB COUNCIL CONSIDERS
ENDOWMENT FUND PLANS
Pending the action of the Student
Welfare committee on the petition
sent them last Thursday requesting
that girls’ clubs be allowed to apply
for membership in national women’s
fraternities, the girls' clubs at Penn
State are considering plans for an
endowment policy which at the end
of fifteen years will bring the College
five thousand dollars to be used for
the girls in a way specified later. The
petition was sent to the committee
follow ipg the mass meeting last week
at which Dean Ray’s answer to the pe
tition sent her was read.
According to the plan which is be
fore the clubs, each group would take
out a thousand-dollai life endowment
policy on ono of ij.s members, the
policy to be made oyqr to the College
to be used for arsjftdfied purpose
Nita-Noc Club has already taken out
such a policy, omitting the purpose for
which it is to be used until all the
clubs arc ready to decide this point.
Dcon Approves of Clubs
In her answer to the petition sent
hci by the clubs, Dean Ray comment
ed on each of the five propositions and
pledged her support “to the consider
ation of petitions for women’s national
fraternities ” In her opinion clubs
have been n very effective means of
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CUB NINE OVERWHELMED
BY SYRACUSE AND KISKI
Inferior Hurling Responsible
For Dual Setback—Four
BoMtien Walloped
Two more defeats were chalked up
on the freshman baseball slate when
thev lost to Kiski Friday, I.]-'*, and
dropped a second to the Sviacu-e
fiosh the following day bv n 17-11
count Only two moie games lem.rn
on the plebe caul Thev will wind
up in a double lull with the Shippens
huig Normal lessens who will tome
here Snluiduv, then plav host to the
vcallings on Ihetr grounds next Mon
day
Both of the losses over the week
end can be attributed to a poor guide
of pitchtng. Four men were sent to
the mound in the two engagements
ami undoubtedly more could have been
used if they had been nvnil.ibl.*
Campbell started in Fnday’s affair
but was \unkcd after a pair of unfor
tunate innings Canan, who was cal
led upon for relief so eaily in the
game, fed the hall to the keen Kiski
stickmen hut was well supported in
spile of the dozen hits which were
made ngumst him.
In the Syracuse engagement, Simci
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CERAMICS DEPARTMENT
TESTS CLAYS OF STATE
Moic than one hundred samples of
eluv fiom all paits of Pennsylvania
have been tested within the past few
months by the department of ceram
ics engineering in the School of Min?*
and Metallurgy. Prof. J. B Slum,
head of the department, has super
vised these investigations involving
more than one thousnnd tests.
The purpose of the tests is to de
termine the quality* and extent of
Pennsylvania clays suitable for com-
(Eullwjfent
THURSDAY NAMED
DATE FOR INITIAL
1927 LA VIE SALE
Distribution Will Be Continued
Friday, Saturday From
Montgomery’s *
YEAR BOOK IS DEDICATED
TO DOCTOR O. F. HOUCK D
Volume Is Bound In Black And
Bronze—Sixteen Hunched
Copies Ordered
Copies of the 11)27 La Vie may* uc
secuiod at Montgomery's ‘tore Thui i
dav afternoon, Fuday afternoon ind
S.ituidny frum ten o’clock m tne
morning until nine o’clock m the ev
ening, according to B C. Wharton
'27, cuculatiun manager of the an
nual
While three bundled copies moic
than last year have been punted, ycl
the inci caved number of i enervations
has left but a small number of citr.i
copies to be sold It is advised that
those who wish copies and have not
made ienervations puichnsc the La
Vie on the first day of distribution
In spite of the loss of a Inigo
amount of material in the flic at the
Photo shop, the La Vic* board has us
ed cveiy device possible to get repro
ductions and have succeeded m re
storing evciy thing of consequence
Since the initial numbci of the
.Junioi’s yeai book thuty-eight yeai,
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VARIED GRADUATION
PROGRAM PLANNED
Social Events Set For Friday,
Saturday—Academic Phase
Monday, Tuesday
ALUMNI TO MEET WITH
DEPARTMENTAL HEADS
In contiast to last ycai’s overly
academic giaduntion piogiam, this
\car's commencement activities will
be in a balanced foim, socially and
academically The fust two days will
be given over to the social phase, with
Sundnv, June thntoenth, as a tian»-
ition dav to acclimate the students
and relatives to the icmaimng periods
of stucllv scholastic pc* foi mnnees
"The* Booniciang’’ presented by the
Penn State Placets will be staged in
the Auditorium Friday, June eleventh,
!as the maugui.il event of the pro
gram.
Marly Saturday afternoon, the ..n
-uu.il meeting and the election of the
Boaid of Tiustees will take* place.
At live o’clock, rcpicsciiLitives from
the dislnct clubs will come togeth-i
at the Alumni Council meeting Thu
is the* Inst time since I**2o Ihut su h
a meeting has been effected and Ihe
object i*» to have the vai ions' repre
sentatives discuss ami decide upon
Penn .State alumni affairs with sug
gestions foi the meeting of the gen*
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GREEK TENNIS TEAMS
ENTER SECOND ROUND;
SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED
The sex end lound of the (Jack i.ir
quet tournament gets under way tin-,
afternoon with the playing of three
games on the College tennis cuuils
at four o’clock
Tins afternoon’s games will he as
follows Alpha Chi Sigma vs J'hi
Signal Kappa, Tail Kappa Lj>s||i,»
vs Pi Kappa \lph.i; mid the Alpha
Tan Omega vs Tau Upsilon Omega.
Tomoiiow afternoon Delta Pi plays
Chi Upsilon, Kappa Sigma meets
Beta Sigma Uho and the Phi Gamma
Delta plays Alpha Sigma Phi
Thursday afternoon two games will
be played, Sigma Phi Sigma meeting
Sigma Chi and the Phi Kappa P o i
wielding rntqucU with tho Sigma
Tau Phi
.1. R Motznci ’2'*, managet of in*
lerfrateimtv tennis, (asks that all
teams be at the courts at fom o’clock
of tho days on which they me sched
uled ns games will be forfeited if the
teams are not present All games
will stait at four o’cloik and will oj
played on Ucnvci Field or fmtermty
courts.
A \ FLECTIONS
Lion Cindermen Point Fc
Test In Intercollegia
Yale, Harvard, Pennsylvania And 1
Pacific Coast Teams Favored In
Blue Ribbon Title Meet.
May Hop Tickets On Sale
Wednesday Night At Co op
Fmxl sale of tickets for the
J May Hop to he given Friday
I night in the Aimory will take
I place at seven o’clock Wcdncs.-
| dly evening at Co-op.
NEWCOUNCILMEN
CONVENETONIGHT
Governing Body Meets Under
Officers-elecl —To Choose
Tribunal, Board
GROUP WILL ACT UPON
ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN
Newly-elected members of Student
Council will attend their first meeting
m the Liberal Arts building tonight
when they will elect their of f iecr»
for the coming year The president
and vice-president of the senior class,
S L Reeder and S H. Torchia. will
assume the same places in the Coun
cil, cx-officio The secretary will he
elected from the Council membership
and may be of any class. Outgoing
officers are D D Ilcnry, president,
P M Slucfcr, vice-president and
Thomas Cain, secretary.
Included in the business to be
hi ought up at the meeting are the
elections of the Student Board and th *
Student Tribunal. The_ former body
functions in nil mattcis involving re
lations between the faculty and the
Council and the latter body regulates
student customs and social privileges
Thiee seniors, two juniors and one
sophomoie are elected to the Student
Boaid The Dean of men is also a
membei. The student memhers'vp in
cludes the picsidenls of the thiee up
pci classes.
To Elect Tribunal
Titbunal members arc elected fiom
the student bodv at large and do not
have tu he members of Student Coun
cil Three seniors, four jumois and
five sophomores aie elected to the
bodv Heretofore it has been a cus
tom to elect the sophomore president
to the body but the Council is consid
ering a motion to give him this office
automatically Another question which
is under consideration is the election
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“Yes, WeHaveSome
Bananas”~Botanists
Bananas grown in the wilds of the
NiUanv mountains, on tin* campus of
Penn Stale' You're light, they me.
Despite the unfivoiahlc climate and
soil hole the* Botanical department
lias stuccssfullv nui tuied a specie*,
of the famed tropical flint in the
gieenlioiiso vvheic* the bananas arc
now ncating matuiitv.
To prove* that the product is of a!
practical natuie and to avoid the ne
cessity of waihling the song about
the Greek huckster's principal pro
duct, the botanists recently sampled
.i hit of the lu*-i ions fruit at their an
nual (Imnei. They weiu unanimous
in then testimony th.it more atten
tion should be given this kind of bul
imy.
Ollier plants growing on tin* i.nn
piis arc the Guava tree, originally
found m Central America and the
Borrgmndtllc.i, a Bia/ilhun speci
men. Both of these, with the bun
anus and vaiious interesting South
ern ctinmtc* flowers, are to be found
in the Botany building.
SIGMA PI SIGMA HOLDS
OPEN MEETING TONIGHT
Holding the fii-si open inerting
since its mslallaliun last week, Sig
ma Pi Sigma, hunor.uy physics so
ciety, will convene in the Phvsics
building, Koum 28, tonight at seven
o'clock
As the principal speaker of the ev
ening, Di K II Dutteier will
upon the subject "Philosophy and the
New Physics ’’ lie will discuss the
i elutions of space and tune to the
Vignettes
Dc
La Vie
PRICE FIVE CEN'
“E Athletes from nil over the u
*>|arc converging towaid C.iml
Massachusetts, for the ftftielli .
track ami field Intercollegial
Friday and Satuidav. Nate Car!
Nittanj Lions, on the crest of ,i
ancj, put in a week of haul d
preparation for what pi onuses
the most bitter battle that tin
Uibbon event has evei known
Facing the tried stars of Calil
Yale, Ilai vard, Pennsylvania
Southern Cihfoim.’, who
stage most oT the fnevvoiks.
State mu it do tin* unexpected :
erge near the top
Have Chances In Light live
In eight events the Lions ha
(client chances of plating, but
the Fast rallies to bead off 11
Use, Grumbles, Haines, Unnei
California’s remarkable quailct
is expected to win live event
Nittany team has no thante of
ing higher than third place
Both Yale and Ilaivard are
sented by strong tennis In P«:
Yale has a finished fjuai ter-mik
Haivmd with Tibbetts and \Y
in the distance runs and Miller
dashes is certain of a numbi
of point*.
Blue and While Strong
To take advantage of even
Nate Cartmcll lius entered Mo
both the high and low huidlcs, 1
olomcv in ttlic 100 and 22<
dashes and Pouraere in the ini
two mile Ide in the hammer,
art m the mile, Buulny in tin
mile nnd Mathins and Bales :
hroad jump complete the list of
able point-winners
So far this season Penn hta
displayed gicat competitive ]
Imperial)) at the U of P. Kola
lomshing icserv si'ength was <•
It is with ilie hope’of accompl
the unexpected that the Lion
hnnkmg on Bartholomew m bo
spunt events.
The Nittanv sophomore wd
perhaps the strongest optional
the Intel collcgiates B.uber,
foima captnn, is credited with
mark, while Glendcnnmg of
mouth, Hussey of Boston callcgi
ler of Harvard and several <
have mn the bundled in !) l-*> !
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NETMEN DROP MATCI
TO RED AND BLUE,
Lose Pennsylvania Engagi
G-;i Wlule Midshipm
Win Easily, S-J
Defeated hv the Univcis
l*umsjl\ania nclmen l>v a 0-1
on the Kivei Front couits Fud
leinoon, the Blue ami While i.
wieldus travelled to Anmpt
fall befoio the sticking of tin
die comt aitisls hatuiduv, h-1
Cowatt was the sole wiiinu
Navy macthes, the Idond sopl
tiuimplung aflei thiee thrillin
o-i, 8-(<
Captain Don M ilpass ind i"
att played su]iL'il> tennis dun
Fasten! tup, while llcllnnih •
Hashes of brilliant fmm r lhi
s(|uad of eight plaveis moie th
ed up to expectations agatt
lied nnd Blue anil Na\) lonli
Lose To Penns) Ivimi.i
Against the Quakms Fnd.n
noon, Hellniuh put up a lot
battle against C'ollmut but t
two successive '•els, l-(>,
MtomJ court, Kicves, Penn at
turn! the Inst hriiket fioin <
Malpass, H-b, lost the second,
rallied in the closing game-,
out a G-G viitoiv
hetman, placing Ins Hist 1
match of the vum, fell hef<
drives of Ellis, o*o, (»-U In the
singles, Hggleston tinned back
(>•1, 7-5, nftei a tori id bac
duel Adler nosed out Gainia
and White iau|ueteer, bv vuti
f-u, 0-8, 0-1 win uver Muiphv
On the doubles couits, II
and McCowatt Lopped Kill-
Krenl, G-. 5, G-d Cor the third f
marker hetman and Ban
Adlei and Muiphv to thiee *•
fore lusing, 1-0, G-. 5, 1-0, J
..ml Lgglcston, pitted against
doubles combination, sustain!
1-G icveiaes ugainst Iteeves ai
bum.
In the matches with Hie fat