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third. out yelled jealous fan:--- 70, Bill can steal home base and wini-
 He can? Like Kelley cant"
 Bill heard. Before his eyes there fash~.
 ed a swift and 1ivid' flame. = At last the time was come to act
 inlmortalize his nameI His moonlight practice had improved
 his speed-he'd sure make goodi He now was fleet as Kelley and could
 steal-like Kelley could. = And then. cen while the pitcher held
 the ball, Bill sprang from thirefs- "Go back you bonehead!'' cried the boss. but Sweeney never heard = A hush fell on the multitude-a silence
 deep, profound,
 While Bill dived to the earth and
 plowed up twenty feet of ground. In Bugville's potter's field to-day there is little plot, And OCT it stands a painted board
 which marks Bills resting spot, And those who run may read these
 words: At last the fans are rid Of Sweeney, who stole home and Woni
 He did Hike Kelley didT'
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reeling off the victories in regular Pittsburg style. It was the pitching of Bowden of the victors that settled the contest as he let the Corset makers down with three hits. Fifteen hits were made on the losing pitchers. The victors also excelled in the field hav- ing only two errors. The score:
 RHE BatcheIIer ...... 543O2O ~-2O-15-2 Birdseye-Somers3 30OOOO11 g. 3-6 Batteries: Bowden and O'Brien Law renee. Rently and McElroy.
 No doubt attaches to the Loco vic tory. who without having to exert themselves played with the Ashcrofts. at the same time gathering 21 runs to the Gaugemakers 4. Terry, the Loco pitcher, allowed five safeties. Every man on the Loco team had one or more hits. The score:
 Locomobile ..... 54O02o55 %-21-17-2 Ashcroft ... OO0OO0O2 2 +5 5-4 Bullards took two games from the Jennings Brothers team Saturday, the first 22-3 and the second S-5, the latter game going for five innings. The first contest had a farce comedy beaten a mile, while the second was almost the same, though the Jennings team made a slight rally in the fifth inning. The scores:
 F'irst Game)
 Bullards .......43 4342251 *-22-17- 6 Jennings OTO100O1 8 s-1O Batteries: Coyne and Hogg; Halsey
 (Second Game.) RuIIards . 24O2 O-s-6l Jennings ............. 3-o-5-5 Batteries: Dederick and Hogg; Whit comb and Klein
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LIKE KELLEY DID
(The Chicago Tribune)
BY c. P. MCDONALD

(Ihe Ch1caSO Ir1bune) Bill Sweeney was a backstop on the
 mooted Bugville team; At winging down to second base Bill
 Sweeney was a dream; The rooters used to swear by him, he
 was their joy and pride, Until he, tried to emulate the famous
 Kelley slide" For Bill had seen this Kelley steal
 base after base and slide, Had noted carefully his walk, his
 manner, and his stride; And Sweeney wished a thousand ways each time the rooters cried They'd change the yell from Kelley
 and would screech: Slide
 Sweeney. slide" But Kelley was a player with a won
 drous burst of speed, While Sweeney had a cracking whip
 but great speed seemed to need :; And though he copied Keiley's style
 when possible, and slid, The fans yelled. Sweeney stole a
 basel He did Like Kelley didr' For Sweeney was moving van when
 e'er he reached a bag, And when he tried-. to steal, his feet
 would tangle up and lag; And when he'd start the fans would
 yelp together as man: 70, Sweeney, he can steel base! He can?-Like Kelley cani" Now Sweeney was bullheaded, and he didn't seem to know
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Harry K. Thaw's fight for liberty has not only made vast inroads on the Thaw fortune, but also has cost the State of New York heavily. The ex- act cost of the prosecution probably never will be known, but it will reach into the hundreds of thousands of dol lars. Friends of the Thaws are open in their belief that had the defendant not possessed great wealth his defense at least would have been easier. Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw gave some insight, to the tremendous amounts of money expended in the trials when she testi- fled in the sanity inquiry at White Plains. She said that Dolphin M. Del mas, who was Thaw's chief counsel at the first trial, had received $25, 900 as a retainer and that after the. trial, while the case was being prepared, Clifford Hartrfdge had come to her
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 Yesterday in Waterbury before crowd estimated at about 2500 the Or atoTS broke even with the Authors, losing the first 7-5 and taking the sec ond, 5-3. In the first contest Kane pitched good ball except in the third and seventh innings, when the Authors punched seven of their ten hits for six runs. The Orators connected with Sillery's slants for a triple and a double in the seventh, two doubles in the eighth and three singles in the ninth, all of which totaled five runs. A catch by Steinhauser, a stop by Doherty, on which the manager fell but threw his man out at first, the fielding of both shortstops and the hit ting of Bronkie were the features.
 The score:
 R. H. E. Bridgeport, 10 ? Two-base hits, swander, Bannon, Hilt, Kocher; three-base hits, D. Mil der; sacrifice hits, Bunyan; stolen bases, Mcdonald, Brennan; left on first base on balls, off Kane 5; first base on errors, Waterbury 1, Bridge port 3. hit by pitcher, Bannon; struck out, by Sillery 4, Kane 1; passed balls, Kocher. Time, 1:34; Umpire, O'Brien.
 SECOND GAME.
 Rube Pollard was the Orator artist in the second game, while Heuser, new southpaw, was trotted out by. Waterbury. He went along quite well till the fifth, when Bannister was un- covered and finished the game, but not until after the Orators had gathered enough to win. Pollard was a puzzle till the fifth when two hits punched with two passes and an error scored the Authors only runs. Only twelve men faced the Rube in the last four innings. The score:
 D. H. E. Bridgeport, g 2 Waterbury, 6 Two-base hits. c. Miller, Heuser, Steinhauser, Hit, Ladd. Sweeney. Hits. off Heuser, in 1-3 innings; off Bannister,l in 3 2-3. Sacrifice hits, Nichols, Bannon, Bunyan. Stolen bases, Bronkie, Doherty, Steinhauser. Double plays. Hilt and Bunyan; Sweeney, Hilt and Bunyan. Left on bases, Water bury 6, Bridgeport T. First base on balls, off Heuscr ], off Bannister 1, off Pollard 4. First base on errors, Wa erbury ?, Bridgeport ?. Struck out, by Heuser 4, by Bannister 3, by Pollard 5. Wild pitches, Heuser, Bannister. Time, z:02. Umpire, OBrien.
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and said that if DelnaS did not re- ceive an additional S25, ,OO0 he would quit the case. She said she paid the extra S25,000. MT. Delmas has denied that he ever offered to take the case for S25, ,000 Hartridge is now suing for a large fee. The amount of money spent by the Thaws in attorney fees. to bring witnesses from distant places and for expert testimony and the gath erins of testimony will reach into the millions. Thaw announced during the White Plains hearing that he never would cease his fight for freedom while he had a dollar. These pictures were taken on the last day of testimony at White Plains. Thaw was nomentar- fly called to the stand to answer question regarding some of the letters written to girls by Stanford White
 Snapshot No. was taken at that mo-
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Australia Wants
 The Big Fight
Soecia1 from United Press. !

Special from United Press)
 New York, Aug. 9.-Australia is go- ing to make a big bid for the Jeffries- Johnson fight. Hugh Mcintosh who pulled off the Burns-Johnson fight last December, will arrive here next Friday and make an attempt to secure the big fight. Mcintosh has already of fered the fighters a purse of $50, 900 but it is believed he is willing to boost his offer to $7O,000.
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Singers were without their regular pitcher, Saturday, and the nominal leaders of the league, the Crane No. 2 team, were enabled to pull out vic tory, 14-S- The Singers had the game 6-2 up to the sixth, when Pitcher Rit- finger took the route of the aviator
 and when he came back. the Valve makers were in the lead The score was tied at the end of the sixth, but the Cranes were not to be denied. and with five runs in the seventh placed the game on ice. The score: zsc.
 Crane No 2. 1oo10 515A AH 1s 9 Singers, O To @S 6
 Batteries: Carter and Lucia; Rit-
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in charge of the shooting. President Taft will write the winner of the in dividual military championship of the
 United States a personal letter of con- graduation. The title goes to the marksman who makes the highest re- cord in the match. For the first time
 the regimental and company matches will be thrown open to cadet corps. The progress made during the proceed
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finger, Steinmetz, Halpin and Laub- scher.. Umpire, Mccarthy.

Perhaps the last game for the Yosts in the league was played Saturday at Yost Field, when the deposed leaders played with the U. M. c. team, win ming handily, 12-4- The ex-leaders were without the services of Wilson and Duppe, whose places were filled by two of the Yost Junior team. The new recruits helped much. Johnson pitched well for the Yosts, allowing eight hits and striking out 10 batters. seventh, when every! man on the team following Keenan,, who led off the in- ming with a hit, dropped the ball iE front of the plate. Neither the U. M. could seem to hold the sphere, and be. fore the bunting had been let up five runs had crossed the plate. This play alone showed how the Yosts play the game. and why they have been de- feated only once this season. Many of the 1000 spectators refused to con- tribute to the collections because of the deal handed out to the Yosts at the lea gue meeting. The score:
 - RHE Yost, 5000 o5 O-2 12 ' U. M. C., 0OO1IO O1O A g g
 Batteries, Johnson and Donnelly, En- his and Moran.
 An A. & B. victory over the Crane No. 1 team was looked for Saturday, but the wires were twisted, the final result being 11-Z Tn faVOr or the Md1n street boys George Jackel, to whom must be given the credit for taking the scalps of the Yosts and Crane No. clubs two Saturdays in succession, was given a severe trouncing by his opponents, allowing Is hits. Because of this victory George Ellsworth can now figure it out that his team has it on both the Yosts and Crane No. and therefore the pennant. If dreams could only come true, Matty Mullins, nf he @ No Is had the Gunmakers at his score:
 A. & B., oO000 O1O1-2 Al Crane No. 1, 2OO1 01 - *-11 15 8 = Batteries: Mullins and Hurley Jaekel and Jamieson. Umpire, Robin son.
 Chubby Kellogg had his curves breaking just right at Newfield Sat urday, and as a result Warner Broth CTS sustained another defeat, this time S-6. Mccormick of the Warmers last ed for four innings, the fourth prov ing his undoing, after which Bert Liz gins was substituted and held the Brassies well in hand. Chucky Franz was a terror with the old ash, annex ing five hits out of the same number of trips to the bat, while four of the hits were good for twobases. The score:
 RH E. Brass Co.,. 1915 O100O-S Il 5 Warner Bros.. 2 o ? O o ? O O O-6 6
 Batteries: Kellogg and Antone; Mc- -Cormick, Higgins and White.
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"Hans" Wagner
 Nay Play First Base
Especial from United Press.l

Especial from United Pressl
 Pittsburg, Aug. Slow would you like to see Hans Wagner playing first base? You wouldn't think the big German could be anything but a short stop. but Fred Clarke is thinking ser iously of putting Wagner on first when he is able to return to the game. Wag- nef's substitute is doing so we'll at short that Clarke hates to remove him. Clarke also thinks that Wagner will be less liableto sprain his injured mus cleS at first
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5; (second game) Holyoke g. Spring field 8.
 (First game) Northampton 4. Hart ford 3; (second game) Northampton g.. Hartford 2.
 Waterbury G. New Haven g. ' Bridgeport 5, New Britain 2.
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,. Greece Repudiates
 Claims of Turkey
topeciaI from United Press

tSpeclaI rom On1teQ PreSS.)
 -Constantinople, Aug. 9.-An early severance of diplomatic relations be tween Turkey and Greece is expected here today, as a result of the receipt by the Foreign Office of Greece's reply to Turkeys ultimatum that Greece re- pudiates Crete's efforts to secede from Turkey. Greece's reply practically re- pudiates Turkeys claims by declaring that the question of Crete's secession is matter for the other powers to de- termine.
 Proof of the report that England will back Turkey in the controversy is be- lieved here to be forthcoming Eng land wants Crete for an, English stronghold, some strategic point from which she can control the rail- roads. .m.
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Saturdays Results

Pittsburg 6. Boston (first game) {; Pittsburg- 3. Boston 1 (second game.) ) New York 2. St. Louis 1. Philadelphia 2. Cincinnati 1. Chicago 3, Brooklyn 2.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Saturdays Results Boston 3, Chicago o. Philadelphia 5. Detroit 3. New York 5, Cleveland 2. Washington 6, St. Louis 1.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

At Cincinnati-Philadelp 6. Cin- cinnati 2
 At Chicago-Chicago ', Brooklyn O.
 At St. Louis-New York 3. St. Louis
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Connecticut League Standing
Games Today

Games Today Bridgeport at New Britain. Hartford at New Haven. Springfield at Waterbury. Northampton at Holyoke.
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Connecticut League
Ycsferday,s Resnlts

Yesferday's Results New Haven {. New Britain 3. s.- Waterbury 2. Bridgeport .5 -(first game} Bf14GeDort 5, Waterbury { (seoond eA1el
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National Leagre Standjnr
Games Today

Boston at Pittsburg. New York at St. Louis. Phila delphia at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago.
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FACTORY LEAGUE
Saturdays Results.

Saturdays Results Locomobfle, 21; Ashcroft, 4. Batchellers. 20; Birdseye- Somers 8. Bullards. 22: Jennings Bros. 3.
 Buliards, 8; Jennings Bros D.
 The Birdseye-Somers team was knocked out of the running, Saturday. by losing to the George C. Batcheller Co., team. 20-S- They were we'll on the heels of the Loco team who have heen
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-09

People with chronic bronchitis, asth- ma and lung trouble. will find grea1 relief and comfort in Foley's Honez and Tar. and can avoid suffering bJ commencing to take it at once. F. B
 Brill, local agent. *135<
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INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE

SATURDAYS RESULTS. Crane No. ?, IA; Singers, 8. Crane No. 1. Il; A. & B., ?. Brassies, 8; Warmers, G. Yost, 12; U. M. C., 4.
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American League Standing
Games Today

Chicago at Boston
 Cleveland at New York. Detroit at Philadelphia. ; St. Louis at Washington.
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GAMES FOR SATURDAY, AUG. 14 U. M. c. Co. vs. A. & B. Go. Crane No. vs. Warner Bros. Crane No. 1 vs. Singers Brassies VS. YoSt.
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BatlerleS: heIIOSS and AntOne; .Cormick, Higgins and White.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-02-06
CARPENTER NAMES
TRI-STATEUMPIRES
Four Of Five Officials for Com
ing Season are New to
League

President Charles f. Carpenter has
announced the Tri-state star Of nm
pires for the coming season and each
one VIII be a new official as far as the
Iri-State Is concerned with the excep-
ton Of Frank Rim. OF Lancaster. who
has seen service at various times in
the league.
The new men are j. I. Davis. who
ofiiciated in the Western League last
season ana was one of the most popu-
lar officials; H. NJ. Pastorlus. last sea
son in The Ohio and Pennsvlvania
League; Harry McCloud, who worked
IN the New England League last sum
mer, and Frank Rim, Of Lancaster
Besides these men Paddy Heffner. OF
Pottsville, who was in the Atlantic
League, has also been secured. 1t is
said that Tom Common. of PHILADELPHIA
the chief OF stan last season, may also
change his mind about working in the
Eastern League and accent a place for
another year in the Tri-state.
President Carpenter is satisfied that
he has secured a competent star o
indicator holders who will enforce ali
Of the rules and run the games in tho
manner the spectators wish 10 Sc,
them. The men will be given the same
Instructions as the umpires last sea.
son and they will be the ruling powers
on the field.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-02-06
NEW YORK TENE-
MENT WRECKED
\ BY BOMB

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
NEW YORK. Feb. GA bomb explosion
which drove score Of scarlet fever pa
tents out into the street. wrecked the
entire front Of a hve-story tenement in
East 18th street early to-day. Almost
every apartment in the building bad been
under quarantine for some time, and when
the bomb let go every person in the place
made a wild rush for the street down the
wrecked stairways. One man whose little
girl had died during the night carried the
body wrapped in a blanket TO the street
The bomb was placed in the vestibule
Of grocery. While the front Of the build
ing was blown in and windows broken
throughout the block no one was injured
The police are OF the opinion that the
explosion was black hand demonstration
against Pavolacci. the grocer
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-02-06
PREACHERS PROTEST
AGAINST SAL0ME

PHILADELPHIA Feb. 6-Roused
into action by a "call to arms" from
Rev. FLOYD w. Tomkins. rector of
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. lead
ing ministers OF the city, representing
all denominations will utter protests
from their pulpits to-morroy against
the production of "Salome," which
Oscar Hammerstein will present next
Thursday night at the Philadelphia
Opera House.
DR.. Tomkins has issued a letter to
the newspapers in which he appeals to
the people and preachers TO protest
against the performance Of the CHASTITY
opera to make which Richard Strauss
the composer and the late oscar Wilde
Joined their talents and in which Mary
Garden fondles the head of the slait
prophet. This morning he received
word from many of his brother pastors
that they would support him by in
Weighing against the production from
their pulDits.
During the day the matter will be
called to the attention of Bishop Oh
W. Whitaker, head of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese and it is possible
he ma, take official action.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-02-06
HEN2YWATTERSON RETIRTS
FROM PUBLIC LIFE

TAMPA, Fla, Feb. Elm letter de-
clining to take part in the banquet hero
to William Jennings Bryan, Henry
Watterson. the veterana editor Of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, declared
the he will never again appear in pub.
lie.
THE death Of a dearly loved daugh-
ter. followed by the appalling tragedy
which took from me a son who was
the very apple of my eye, leaves me
stranded and helpless and wholly un
equal TO any kind of publicity. Before
left home cancelled all my speaking
dates and resolved never again TO ap
pear before any audiences" was a
portion Of a personal letter which Mr..
Watterson addressed to Presidenl
Brown. Of the state Fair. now in pro-
gress here.
Mr.. Watterson. who will be 60 on
February Is. is now at his winter hons
at Naples on the Gulf near Fort
Never. Fla.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-02-06
ROOSEVELT VETO
JARS THE HOUSE
CrumpaCker Does NOT Believe
Census Bill Should be
Passed Again
nv United press I.easei Special wir.

Nv United Press Leased Special Wire
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6-The Presl-
dents veto OF the census bill was to.
day referred TO the census COMMITTEES
by the House.
As soon as Representative Crum.
packer chairman Of the census COM
mittee. moved that the bill. with tho
Presidents veto be reprinted, and tho
whole referred to the census commit
tee. Gillett (Rep.. Mass). demanded
the reason for such action Crum.
packer explained that It was in &C
cordance with precedent.
There is only one way" he said.
ito pass the present bill. and that is
20 pass It over the Presidents veto
In view of the Presidents objections
] do not believe the House should pass
the bill over the veto"
Parson (Rep.. n. W, suggested that
instructions be given the committee to
report the bill back, after striking out
'non-competitive" before the word Tex.
aminations." So as TO meet the recon.
mendations Of ~ President as to the
appointment of civil service clerks.
The Speaker held this amendment
out Of order and the motion to refer the
bill back was finally carried without
further debate.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-02-06
Y.M.C.A.BOYS IN
INDOOR SPORTS
First Meet Of the Winter
Brings Out Twenty-Five
Contestants

Several hundred persons attended the
first indoor athletic meet in the gym
nasium of the Y. NJ. c. A. last night
The meeting was in charge Of Anton
SchatzeL physical director.
There were twenty-av contestants
in eight events. -
The shot put was won by E. A.
Bourbon, s5 feet, IL inches The
first heat of the IS yards dash was
won by E. A. Goldberg in 2 "a Sec
onds. J. P. Mahaffy won the second
heat in 2 Id seconds, and the final
heat in 2 IA seconds.
The first heat of a rope climb was
won by E. A. Goldberg in 10 IA sec
onds, the second by H. K Dunbar in
IL IA seconds and the third by J. p.
Mahaffy, Is IL seconds.
The running high jump was won by
E. n. Clark. 4 feet. 10 1-2 inches.
The three stand broad jump was won
by M. c. Boyd, 81 feet.
c. L. Carsha won two of three heats
Of potato race. r. B. Robinson won
the pole vault. feet, 8 inches. A relay
race was won by a team designated the
Blues"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-02-06
WILLIS ALWAYS
A BALL JUMPER

vic" Willis, the former Pittsburg
pitcher who says his present business
at Newark. this state, pays better than
ball playing is sincere in his announce
ment that he will not play the game
again.
During his career in the National
League. willis had penchant, maybe
It was a disease, for jumping, although
nobody ever heard of him having the
ST. Vitus dance. In 1901 he jumped
the Boston team to join the Philade-
phia American League team, but he
came back before the season opened.
Four years later. in 1905, he actually
threatened to jump to Williamsport,
then in the outlaw organization, but
again reconsidered his scheme and
signed with the Bostons.
Willis was secured by the Pittsburg
club in 1906 from Boston in exchange
for Howard, Brain and Lindaman. He
pitched two seasons for the Pirates
and did excellent work, every patron
subscribing to the fact.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-02-06
FIGHT IN CONGRESS
OVER THE WIRELESS

WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-Notwith-
standing the fact that the sub-com-
mittee appointed TO consider the Burke
Wireless Bill reported back the meas
ure so amended as 10 exclude vessels
on the Great Lakes. the fight on the
matter was today continued in the
committee, Representative Wilson.
(Rep. no. who has led in the move
ment to include the lake steamers. ad-
ducing a lot OF new evidence, tending
to show the present operation Of wire
less there which yesterday was ne
MED.
Wilson Informed the committee. that
the Clark Wireless Company. he I'M
derstood had a string OF stations at
Cleveland, Detroit. Duluth, Port Huron
Sault Ste. Marie. Marquette and To-
ledo. in successful operation.
c. c. Wilson, OF the United Wireless
Company. told the committee that his
firm had contracts for $50 stations in
the lakes neighborhood. which would
probably be completed within six
months.