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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-14

Mrs. FL. NJ. Wheeler is passing few
days in Auburn.
Alton Maxim has bought the hay at
the Gowell place.
According to report the condition OF
Mrs. F. r. Whitman, who is critically i'll,
is unchanged.
Twitchell Bros have recently bought
and packed w. FL. Swett's, John Smalrs
and A. b. Talbot's apples.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Talbot and Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. S. Brown attended Pomona
Grange at Norway last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Lapham are
staying with their daughter, Mrs. Charles
SWEET. Mrs. Lapham is seriously Ill.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-14

NG.-Mrs. Amy Strickland.
VG.-Miss Ava Leach.
Rec Sec-Miss Hattie Leach.
Fin. Sec.-Mrs. Sophia Clark.
Treas.-Mrs. Hattie Dean.
warden-Mrs. Eva Merrill.
IG.-Miss Addie l.. Giles.
o. G.-HenrY Dean.
Con-Mrs. Eva Clifford.
r :. n. G-Mrs. Clara Howard.
L. 5. y. G-Miss Maud Douglass.
RS.V G.-Miss Abbie Record
LSV Miss Charlotte Giles.
Chap.-Miss Florence Richards.
On its first trip Wednesday morning,
the street car ran of the rails on the ice
in front of Wallace Ryerson's, turning
almost square across the street, and 60
ing so far as nearly to allow room for
anoth car to go by on the rails. Sew
eral men come from Norway on that
first car to the factory OF the Paris
Manufacturing Co., and one of them,
Freeman Frost, sustained some bruises
and scalp wounds, so that he had to be
attended by physician and taken home
by team. His injuries are not thought
| to be serious. A. T. Bennett, who works
| in Aldrich's meat market, though at first
conscious of no injury, soon afterward
began to suffer from the shaking up he
received, and has since been confined to
his home in Norway.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
Team Standing.
OLYMPIC REVOLVER TEAM.
Four Men Will Be Selected After a
 Series of Competitions

New York. May 20.-The eKeeu- tive committee of the United States Revolver association. A. L. 4. Him. melright. president, has decided to send a team of four revolver shots to compete in tho international team competition 10 be held on July o.
 Competitions are being held in the different cities throughout the Init ed States for positions on the team. and second competition wi se held in June for the final selection The trials are open to every citizen of the United States
 The competition for revolver shoot- CTS in the vicinity Of New York will be held al Armbrussers shooting park. GreenviIie. N- q. st o'clock on the afternoon of May zz. Ccnsf- tions allow any revolver cr psSoI. sixty consecutive shots The ex- psasss Of the tear. are being rzlssd by voluntary subscriptions.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
DOES DURANT WANT TO SELL?
Billy Hanna of New Britain Said to
 Be Negotiating.

Don't be surprised If Brother Bill" Hanna breaks into the Con- necticut Base Ball league as a mag nate. With the national roller polo championship dangling tt his belt he yearns for more worlds to con- quer and will be satisfied to while away the summer as the owner of a paying franchise.
 His home town, having been copped out by the astute New Lon doner, Mir Hanna has turned eyes on one of the other cities and it can be said at press time that Jim O'Rourke of Bridgeport, Harry Durant of Wa terbury and MT Daily of New Haven are ready to do business with the Simon pure sport promoter.
 Within the past forty-eight hours MT Hanna has had an exchange of conversation with each of these team owners and they are all ready to do business. 1t is rumored that while, the prospects of the Park city fran chise appeal strongly to William, he realizes that Jim 0'Rourke lets go altogether too hard for encourage ment. Harry Durant's Sunday fran chise rights sound pretty good but New Haven seems to him best of all.
 Whatever his decision, New Brit ain people will be with him, realizing that then they will have two teams to root for instead of one. One of the teams is certain to be a winner anyway.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20

and he will return Friday. when the suspension will be removed Many believe that Farley has a svelIed head. but those who think that way should glance over his record of last year. He was the one best bet.
 That was queer coaching by Meri- den yesterday. when Pitcher Walsh was sent all the way from first on wsde's double and was caught by many feet at the plate. No wonder Pastor remarked. keep on running kid and you'll run into the big league"
 0utfieIdsr Zamloch. who was re- leased hy Connie Mack and accepted the terms Of Holyoke. now has deeid- ed to go elsewhere. Jack Tighe says he evidently is not acquainted with the national commission and Jack has sent Mr Farrell the circumstances of the case.
 John Moran. who went to Bridge port last week to join the Orators. found that his arm was not in iust pruper shane so he returned home for a few days He expects to josn the Park city team later in the seek and if given half chance there Is no req son wkv he should not do some Ksod swiriinE
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
BASE BALL NOTES.

One more round has broken under us.
 That game was very much Ia linburger.
 Van Zant released by Hartford. has signed with Albany in the New York State league.
 The error made by Bastain was really one of the excusable ones. AL though directly in front of it, it was a pretty hard hit ball.
 Parker Treat sees the sign of the times in the Union league and has written Charlie Humphrey, the New Britain owner. asking for job.
 The Holyoke team will play a double header at New Haven Satur- day. one of the games being a post poned meeting of two weeks ago. ow- ing to rain.
 Bert Grubb is holding down the bench for the Wilkesbarre club. Gil- lespie. who has replaced the former Holyoker. Is playing the bag in sem sational style.
 Pitcher Mike Cunningham. who left Hartford last season following a row with the management, is pitch ing a star brand of ball for the Read ing club in the Tri-State.
 We are up against Springfield to- day and neither one of Dan O'Neil's new twirlers arrived in time to do the trick. The present Springfield stan Of pitchers is pretty weak.
 Pitcher Schmidt. who was expected to reioin the HolyOke team Monday. has not yet shown up in the Paper city and the management Is getting a trife worried over his absence.
 The Atlantic association Is in a bad way with Lewiston being the latest team to show signs of distress. Yesterday Lewiston had but six play CTS Lack of receipts caused players to quit
 Dan O'Neil will have two new pitchers today James Beard nf the Baltimore Union league and MeKsn- nz from Scranton. who Is sent on by Malachi Kittredge. Both have good records
 Farley is wanted badly just 10.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
DAN DWELL POINTED UP.


 New Britain, May 20.-New Brit ain played tie game with Spring field at Electric field yesterday after noon, but the particular feature about the tie was that at the close of the ninth inning the umpire call ed the game on account of darkness. It was about 6:20 o'clock-supper time-and perhaps the umpire was hungry. At any rate, when MT Mo Cloud sang out that he had called the game and gave his reason, the fans looked at one another in blank amazement. Then they laughed, gave a few exclamations of disap- proval and made for the trolley cars. It was not so dark that they could not find their way out of the grounds and home.
 Manager O'Neil was another man to whom the day looked a little gloomy. He was out $20 in bonuses and his team still failed to win, and narrowly missed losing. He had a standing offer to each man on his team that every time he knocked the
  run he got five-spot when he step ped in over the home plate. Rising was the first to send the horsehide over the fence and when he trotted proudly home flyer was thrown out in wad to him like shot out of a gun. It acted like a piece of yeast in housekeeper's dough for Rising. IT ha1 h1 again and this time his manager found himself short of five-spots, so he handed out ten and took back the change. The feat was accom- plished once by Stankard and the fourth time by Luby.
 When the game opened Bowler, who had presented himself a short time before to Manager O'Neil, say ing that he was in good shape again for the season, was given a trial in the box. Two runs were made by the home team off him in short order and Mclaughlin put in. Manager O'Neil said, after the game, that he had not signed Bowler and that he was not going to keep him. The score:
 R.H.E. New Brit'n 2OOOS5 O-1O144 Springfield O001O2 2304-10 104
 Batteries-Padron, Reiger and Rufiange; Bowler, Mclaughlin and Connor.
 Two-base hits, Finn, Rufiange, Pa dron; home runs, Rising 2, Standard, Luby; hits, off Bowler in two-thirds inning, off Mclaughlin 8 in eight and one-third innings. off Padron 6 In six innings, off Reiger 4 in three innings; sacrifice hits, Marsans, Rufiange, Rising; stolen base, Finn; double plays, Waterman, Burns and Bunyan; left on bases, New Britain .7. Springfield 5; bases on balls, of Padron 4, off Bowler 1, of Me- Laughlin 1; first base on errors, Springfield g.; hit by pitcher. Yale; struck out, by Padron 2, by Reiger 1, by Mclaughlin 2; time, 2:20; um- pire McClOud
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
THE FACTORY LEAGUE.
Six Teams Have Already Agreed to
 Begin Operations.

Six local factiroes were represented at meeting held in the Casino Mon- day evening, for the purpose of form Ing a shop league, the games to be played Fridays and Saturdays. An eight club league is desired and an- other meeting will be held next week to complete all the arrangements. Frank Beardsley was elected presi- dent of the league and the other off, cers will be chosen next week. The factories represented Monday night were the scovill Mfg Co., Chase Roll ing Mills, Waterbury Mfg Co.,, New England Watch Co.,, Farrel Foundry and Waterbury Clock Go.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
LEAGUE GAMES THIS WEEK.

Wednesday-Waterbury at Spring field, Holyoke at Meriden, Bridgeport at New Haven, New Britain at Hart ford.
 Thursday-Springfeld at Hart ford, Waterbury at Holyoke. Meri- den at Bridgeport, New Britain at New Haven.
 Friday-Springfield at Holyoke, Hartford at New Britain, New Ha- ven at Meriden, Bridgeport at Wa terbury.
 Saturday-Meriden at Springfield, Holyoke at New Haven, Hartford at Waterbury, New Britain at Bridge port.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
THE SPORTING NEWS.

Fitzpatrick and Lachance; Cote and Accorsini; left on bases, Waterbury IS, Meriden 3; first base on balls, of Rogers 4, off Walsh 4; first base on errors, Watereury 5; hit by pitcher, Lachance 3, Fitzpatrick, Barbour; struck out, by Rogers g, by Walsh 2; time, 1 hour, 50 min utes; umpire, Rorty.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
HoLYoKE WINS A CLOSE ONE.

Holyoke, May 20.-New Haven lost a we'll played game to Holyoke yes terday afternoon, 3 to 2. The score:
 R.H.E. Holyoke ....O1000O2O0-3 4 3 New Haven OO01OOO1-2 2 0 Batteries-Hodge and Ahearn; Wilhelm and Waters.
 Two-base hits, HaveI, Duggan, Massey. Waters; home run, Waters; sacrifice hits. Massey. Duggan; stol- en bases. Rodgers, Boucher; left on bases, Holyoke 8. New Haven [; bases on balls, of Wilhelm S: first base on errors, New Haven 1; hit by pitcher, Rodgers. Zacher; struck out, by Hodge [, by Wilhelm 6 balk, Will helm; time, 2 hours; umpire, Will kinsOn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
The Standing.
Other College Games.

At Geneva-Hobart s, Hamilton 1. At Burlington-University of Yer mont 6, Notre Dame 3.
 At Hanover-Dartmouth 6, Har- yard 1.
 At New Haven-Yale II 6, Princeton II ?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
Atlantic League.

At Pawtucket-Pawtuck forfeited game to Lewiston, having but SIX players.
 At "Newport-Newport Il, Attle- boro 2.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
South Atlantic League.

At Charleston-Charleston 0, Jack sonville televen innings)
 At Augusta-Columbia i, Augusta 1 (darknessl
 At Macon-First game-Savanna 1, Macon 1. Second game-Savanna z, Macon 2.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
Southern League.

At Memphls-NIemphis 2, Atlanta 0. At New orleans-New Orleans ?, Birmingham i.
 At Montgomery-Mobile s. Mont gOmery }.
 At Little Rock-Lttle Rock 3, Nashville 1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
Johnson and Burns Will Meet.

JuhHsuH dHu bUrHS WIT Weet'
 London, May 10.-Tommy Burns, the heavyweight pugilist, sent cablegram to Jack Curley at Chicago accepting an offer to fight Jack Johnson, the colored heavyweight, in Nevada on Labor day for a purse of S35,0OO, Burns to have S30,000, win, lose or draw.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
Connecticut League Sanding.
STANDING or THE CLUES.
ANrRrrAN TrAIsfrr,

NMEFLIN AlN IaFlNETF. Al New vo-s-New Yrrk. S. Detroit. Battsries-sIanuing and KIsinpw: Kf1isn. wNisfts and srhmiSt
 Al Fhnadsi. .hla-s-. Louis. S. PkTIaaa1- pt3a. 2 BattsrfsS-WaSdAif ard EpMr- cer. Bender. Vlcke-s ard smIth Al washinrton -Chtraro. g. warsE-z- snr- A Rasrerses-whl.n ard sasrar. Swffh warrHr and Street
 Al B1sron--CleEelznd. :. Boston. q Ezs- irrsss-Berrrr ar.d B.ris. Yoaug. Cseatse Glare and CarriEzn-
 E-ANnFNrz rar THE ~rrwrz
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
BOWLING.
TwO-Nian Tournament Results on Y.
 M. c. A. Alleys.

The following were the results of the games played in the two-man bowling tournament on the Y. NJ. c. A. alleys last night:
 Team No 1-Diver, 203, I64, 172, total 539; Edwards, 1O7. 131. 12S, total 366; team total 905. Team No 4-Warner, 174, 1S1, 14S, total 503: Wiedorn. 1S6, 149, 10s, total 393; team total S96.
 Team No 2-McPartland, 19O, 155, 174, total 519; Quinn, 141. I57, 13S, total 436; team total e55. Team No 3-Nichols. 147, IF, 14S. total 472; Cronan. III, 193, IF, total 4S1; team total 953.- ~
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
Amrriran Assnriarinn.

At Indiansposis-CoIumbus 2. in- dianzEosis 1. At Ksnses CItv Mluaukes 9. ksnsss Cify f.
 At Telesie-I5oaEsriIie n. To-eio I0. At St PzuE-NfnnezPolis s St Pzul .
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
New York sfate League.

At TfIca-Scranton (. Ttics :. it Troy RinEharton 10. Truy G At Allany ]. Alhany C At GlpxersviIle-WilkeSlarre :, A. 6G.n
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
Eastern League.

At Rochester-Newark i. Rochester At Montrcal-Montreal q. Jersey Cifv f
 At Ruifalo-BuffaIo-B post ronel rain.
 At Toronto - Providence-TorUuts postp1nrd. rain.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
New England League.

At LoweIl-Lowell i. Haverhil O. Al JaWrence-Lawrence :. Lynn 3. At WOrcester-Worcester !, Brock ton 1.
 At Fall River-Fall River @, New Bedford S
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
Tri-State League.

At Reading-Trenton 1. Reading O. At Lancaster-Laneaster s, Will. mington f.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
Me<fern Icague.

At Sioux City-Sloux City g. Ona- ha {.
 At Pueblo-Lincoln 1. Pueblo i. 1t Denver-Des Moines 5, Denver O
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20

good view of the raised ring can be obtained from any point.
 There will be two preliminaries, one of six rounds between Phil Me- Govern and Young Goldman of New York and Willie Lee and Eddie Kelly four rounds. These little fellows are all fast boys.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
NG OF THE cLrrBz

Jack Tighs evidently knew uhst hs vas doing when hs droPPsd LoaIs LeFl1s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
THE AMATEURS.
Challenges and Games Galore Among
 the Little Fellows.

Sunday at the Golr lolS, tHe ScoI' being to 2. It was a good game no scoring being done until tn fifth inning. They have won game and lost none. They wish to pla. the winner of the Trimmers VI Drummers game next Sunday. Th' Model Juniors would like to pla. any team in the city 12 years of age Address all games to Martel, ll+ Round Hill street. ..
 Departments 9 and 23 of the Wa terbury Clock shop will have IT! at the national game on the dla mond near the Golf links next FIT day afternoon. Fred Sickmund VII captain the Mines and George But Ter will look out for the twenty threes and he has guaranteed the! will not skidoo, either.
 The Young Duggan schools would like to play any team under l2 years of age. The lineup is as tollows' James Downey C, William England D. Willie Steinmetz lib, Louis Crockett 2o, George McNamara 3b, Lucian Crockett ss, Ralph Bowls If, Alfred Seidel IT, John Croce cf. Call on Manager Steinmetz, % Third street.
 The Young Golden Hills would like to play any team in this city whose players ages are 12 years. The line up is as follows: c. Sonderegger C. P. Oats D, W. McGrath 3b, J. Oats 1b. Francis Whalen 2b, J. Cleary as, Albert Maiden If, John Scully cf, Francis McGrath and John Whalen If. Anyone wishing a game call on Captain r. Oats of sylvan avenue or Manager w. McGrath of Sylvan av- enue.
 The Pansies would like to play any team in the city whose average is ) years. The lineup is as follows: E. Lawlor C, T. Delaney ?. w. Dillon ID, w. Fitzgerald 2b, T. Kelly 3b, w. Lynch ss, J. Hayes If, T. Griffin If. J. Sullivan of. Substitutes, F. Farrell F.. Frye, J. Rayeal. Any team wish ing a game call on Wllrred Dillon, 45 Ridge street or Thomas Delaney, Il Bergin street.
 The Tornadoes would like to play any team in the city or state aver aging 16 years. The lineup is as follows: Mlnicci c, Dowd and Fitz- simons p. Daly 1b, Whalen 2b, Miller 3b, Conlon ss, Manager Mahon, OConnell and William Conlon field CTS. Murphy, Parker, Fitzhenry and Lawlor subs. Any team desiring a game call on Manager Thomas Con- lon or Captain John Mahon, 174 Bald win street. The Tornadoes defeated the Blackbirds by score of 1 to O.. The feature of the game was home run made by Patrick Murphy. The score:
 Tornadoes .-......000O00100-1 Blackbirds ds.........O0O000O00-0
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20

Twn-base hits Lsrkznce. Wade. saeriEcp hits. Fifzpsfrfck. susndsr. wade. Cote. stolen tssss. Golden ]. PzstoTs doabls piays. Singleton.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20

Insist upon DsTIfts wfsch Hazel SzIve- It is especially good for pIiez. Sold bT Buckingham pharuzcy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20

"oh. no, I'm not going to take any chances with Jimmy Briggs laying the big one on my jaw Thursday night. know how hard a nut he is and ten rounds is some distance to go with him. I'm better now than ever I was, and Briggs won't catch me mapping. I put it on him in Phila- delphia and can do 1t again" So spoke Willie Fitzgerald at Bonds training quarters in Stratford yester- day in reference to his ten round fight with Jimmy Briggs that comes of before the Olympia Athletic club in Bridgeport Thursday night.
 Fitzgerald had just finished boxing the hottest kind of a four round bout with welterweight Harry Lewis and inc way he landed rights and lefts on Lewis proves that Jimmy Briggs of Boston will have to step lively when they meet. Fitzgerald is to-day. in the opinion of many pugilistie ex- perts. second to Cans in the light weight division. It Is a we'll known fact that neither Packey Mcfarland nor "Boer" Unholz will make match with Fitzgerald, although Fitzgerald has had s5.0O0 posted to meet either of them
 Word comes from Steve Mshoney. Briggs manager. that his man Is In prime condition and that he has no fear at all of Fitzgerald. Three weeks hard training for this bout has put Briggs in excellent condition and he will bore into Fitzgerald from the first tap of the gong
 The tickets for this fight are be- lag sold rapidly. Nearly one-half Of the house ls sold out The prices are. ringzids. S: reserved. s2. and sd- mission. s1- There Isn't a poor seat in tks house. ss Eagles hall. where ls will be hsi6. Is s0 arranged that a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20

Harvard won a hard fought game from U. of P. yesterday afternoon by a score of 9 to s. U. of P. led by six runs up to the last of the seventh in- ming, when their opponents, by hard hitting and aid of errors, won out. The features of the game were the playing of r. Sunderland and throw ing of Burritt to the bases. The score by innings: R.H.E. Harvard .0OOOO441-9 Q 3 U. of r. ........0 .032 I 1010--S s 5
 The battery for Harvard was Doyle Anderson and Oviatt; for U. of r. Weaver, Finn and Burritt.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
LIGHT HITTING GAME.

Bridgeport, May 2O.-The leaders in the Connecticut league race got even with the tailenders here yester- day for the extra inning defeat in Hartford the day before and while they were paying the debt they added interest in the way of whltewash. The visitors played an errorIess game and O'Rourke's men were not danger ous at any time. The score:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
Batteries -- Schuman Waller and Beaumont.

Two-base hit. Moves: stolen bases. Wallace, Gardner 2. Connery. O'Rourke: left on bases. Hartford 6. Bridgeport 6: bases on balls, off Schuman ], off Waller |; first base on errors, Hartford |; struck out. ny Schuman :. by Waller (: wild pitch. Waller; time 1;JO: umpire Kennedy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20
THE PUGlLISTS.
FIERCE WAS THIS
 SIX ROUND BOUT
Lewis Trims HiHe to the Queens
 Taste-Tbe Battles in Bridge port To-Morrow.

Harry Lewis, the Philadelphia well terweight. made chopping block of |. Charley Hitte of Albany in bloody six round glove fight at the National 4. c. in East Twenty-fourth street New York last night. When the fight started Lewis showed his super for cleverness and agility by jabbing Hitte in the nose and mouth with rapid blows. Hitte missed several heavy swings, but he was full of fight.
 As the second round began Hitte landed solid right hand swing on the jaw which staggered Lewis and made him hang on in q series of clinches. But after that Lewis jabbed some more, until the blood. poured from the Albany mans nose and mouth.
 Lewis kept up his jabbing in the third until Hitte made him reel with q terrific swing on the side of the head. But Lewis recovered In jiffy and had his man on Queer street at the gong. - ar
 Tn the last three rounds Hitte took terrific beating. He bled so freely that both men were covered with gore. Lewis landed count less blows without receiving a re- turn. for Hitte's swings were either blocked or ducked. When the fight ended Lewis was the winner by a mile. .
 Tn the preliminaries there was plenty of red hot slugging. While Mcdonald of this city outslugged Kid McDermott of Montreal in four round affair in which plenty of claret was on tap. Willie Mango of this city outpointed Lou Ryall of Philadelphia in six rounds, while Fighting Dick Nelson drew with Johnny Dohan of Brooklyn in a sim liar bout. Eddie Toy of Frisco broke Jack Hendricks jaw in the first round of another six round af- fair, the latter leaving the ring in tears.
 A large crowd was on hand, in- cIuding the members of the New York and Detroit American league ball teams. Terry McGoyern and Charles Griffin of Australia, who will appear at this club in six round affairs. the former with Spike Robson of England, were introduced. John White was referee.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20

Harvard defeated Yale, Monday af- ternOon on Browns lots by a score of 6 to 1, in q game which was interest ing throughout as Yale had chances to score runs in many innings, but Doyle then proved invincible. The feature of the game was the pitching of Doyle of Harvard, who only al- lowed one hit. Oviatt caught a good game. The score by innings was as follows: R.H.E. Harvard ...... .003 3110100-6 9 3 Yale ...........01 I 0000000-1 1 1
 The battery for Harvard was Doyle and Oviatt, for Yale Griswod and Heebner. Umpire-L. Sunderland.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-20

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