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New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
MARATHON DROPPED
 AS OLYMPIC EVENT
Long Race Not Included in Pro-
 gram at Antwerp

New York, May 13.-No Marathon race in future Olympic. That is the rather startling dictum that comes from the International Olympic con mittee and which will go into effect with the holding of the next Olympic in Antwerp, Belgium, in September, 1920. The information came to hand yesterday in 8 letter from a corre- spondent in London who is close to the athletic leaders of England. lie writes:
 "A 'mysteriOus report was published recently stating that the International Olympic committee had met in Lau- same, Switzerland, and had decided unanimously to hold the seventh Olympic games in Antwerp next year. II was difficult to reconcile this decl- sion with the grim declaration ot the French authorities that not only was an Olympic meet undesirable before 1921, but that it would be impossible for them to compete, with the utter lack of knowledge by the great sports controlling bodies in England as to this speedy revival of the games. I am now able to give the first detailed prOnouncem ent on the matter
 The Rev. R. s. de Courcy Laffau was the British delegate at the Lau- same conference and he has given me an account of what happened. The countries represented were Great Brit ain, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Portugal, Bohemia, Switzerland, Luxem burg and Brazil There was no delegate from France, but the president of the information conference, Baron Pierre de COubertin, is a Fren nchman, and he expressed the opinion that the games would be supported by the French government
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
Tigers Dose Another.

Detroit, May 13.-Cleveland com bined opportune hits with Boland s wildness and two errors by Detroit and won yesterdays game, postponed from the first serles, by to 4.
 Bases on balls, a sacrifice and single in the fifth inning gave Cleve- land two runs and the lead. The score: r. H. G. Cleveland ..... 00o12O2O1-6 8 1 Detroit 1OO1O11O0-4 8 2
 Morton, Covelesl<ie and O'Neil; Be- land and Ainsmith.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
BURNING GOES TO TOLEDO.

Toledo, O., May 13.-Release of Pitchers Ted Turner aad Paul Zahni- ser was announced yesterday by Roger Bresnahan, president of the Toledo club of the American association. Bresnahan also announced that Dick Burning, left-handed pitcher, had been obtained from the Brooklyn Na- tionals. Burning has been with the Louisville club.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
KRUGER SETS RECORD.
Hawaiian Swims 100 Yards in 57 3-5
 Seconds in Championship Event.

Alameda, Cal, May 13.-Harold C'Stubby") Kruger swimming star, formerly of Honolulu, now student at St. Mary's college in Oakland, Cal, Sunday won the Junior Nationals A. A. U. 10O-yard championship and set a new record for the event.
 His time was 57 3-5 seconds, beating the record held by Abe Siegel, of Chi cago, two-fifths of a second.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
DODGERS RELEASE PLTTT.

Brooklyn May 13.-Pitcher Norman Pitt, of the Dodgers, has been re- leased to Reading of the International league. Pitt, a big right-hander' Just out of the Army service, is not qulte classy enough yet to fit in the blg Show
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
Swedes Threatened Action.

'In addition, telegrams of approv- al on the decision reached were re- ceived from Holland, Norway and Spain. They were also in communi- cation with America and there was no doubt that American athletes would compete. MT. Laffau told me that the Scandinavian countries were so keen on international sport that Sweden
 would have organized an unofficial
 Olympic meet If they had not taken action. We felt that we must retain
 control he added, and as Belgium was eager and prepared to promote the games next year, we thought their wishes ought to be kindly considered
 "Mr Laffau hinted that the pro
 gram as carried through at Stoclho olm
 in 1914 will be modified. The Mara thon race is to be abandoned It was open to serious objection on medical
 grounds. There would never have
 been a Marathon if the first games
 had not been held in Athens. It was understandable there, but elsewhere it is not wanted. Personally I am in favor of moro team competitions and I think the conference shares this view.
 'Mr Laffau has no doubt that Eng land will liberally support the games,
 which will probably take place early in September. Thanks to the army's
 practical sympathy with sport during the war we have never had such an abundance of talent as at present. 1 Needless to say the conference agreed | not to accept entries from Germany, 1 Austria Hungary, Turkey or Bull l ga rfa.'
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
McGOORTY K. O.'S REEVE.

London, May 13.-Eddie McGoorty, of Oshkosh, Wis, middleWensht, knocked out Harry Reeve in the thlrd round of their bout here last night.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
MATCH.

London, May 13.-Eddie Shevlln, champion welterweight of the United States navy, has been matched to box Eddie Beattie, British fighter, hfteen rounds, at the National Sporting club on May 19 for $4,000.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
JACK BRITTON WINS

Baltimore May 13.-Jack Britton of New York, welterweight cham pion, easily had the better of John Tillman, of Minneapolis, in a twelve round mo- decision bout here last night Tillman put up good fight,
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
FRENCH RACING SUCCESSFUL.
Attendance and Mutuel Figures Set
 New Records.

Paris, May 13.-The first six racing meetings have been unprecedentedly successful, in spite of the higher prices of admission, the increased fares on the railroad and the advance in cost of other transport.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

New York 4, Washington 4 (ffteen nings: called on account of darkness) :. Chicago 1, St. Louis 3.
 Cleveland 6, Detroit 4.
 Philadelphia-B Boston game post poned on account of rain.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Today. Jersey City in Buffalo. Newark in Toronto. Baltimore in Rochester. Reading in Binghamton.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
BASEBALL IN 4 NUTSHELL
NATIONAL LEAGtf1-
Results Yesterday.

New York 3, Brooklyn -' 'teil lh- ningS).
 Pittshureb 2. Chicago ?, (eleven in ningS).
 Roston-PhiIadelphia game post poncd on account of rain.
 Others not scheduled.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today.

Chicago in New York. Cincinnati in BrOOklyn. St. Louis in Boston. Pittsburgh in Philadelphia.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
INTERIM LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

N Newark 1, Toronto o. Jersey City Buffalo, postponed, wet grounds. Baltim Rochester, postponed, rain.
 Binghamton- Reading, postponed, rain.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
Standing of tho Clubs.
Games Today.

Cleveland in Detroit.
 No other games scheduled.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
SPECIAI LEAGUE.
Now Britain Machine.
466 495 447-1408
Union Mfg.

440 451 477-136S
New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
UNIVERSAL LEAGUE.

483 445 506-1434
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
LEONARD TO MAKE
"l35" FOR DUNDEE
Italian Lightweight Insists Upon
Champion Making Weight for
Mondays Battle

Johnny Dundee has Joined the Lew
Tender class and now insists upon
Benny Leonard making weight.
The flashy Italian lightweight, n reg
ulation 1913 FOUNDER. says the cham
pion must scale 135 at 6 o'clock on
the evening Of the battle or there will
be no fight.
Leonard and Dundee are due to clash
in the main session at the all star show
at the Phillies' park on Monday night
Leonard and Dundee have met before
but this is the first time Dundee ever
demanded that the champion make
weight.
According to Billy Gibson, manager
of Leonard. the champion now is near
the lightweight limit and will have nc
trouble making 135 for Dundee. Leon
Rains, promoter of the big show. says
he also has the word of Leonard that
he will be down to weight on the night
of the battle.
Irish Patsy Cline. the FORMER
lightweight, is due here this evening ia
put on the finishing touches for his bout
with Eddie Moy. They clash in the
second bout on the care.
Joe Borrell. who is doing his TRAINING
at Johnny Burns's Kensington gym
nasium. will be ready for Harry Gret
the Pittsburgh middleweight, when they
come together in the first of the all star
bouts.
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NOW FLIRTING
WITH SEVENTH PLACE
Four Straight Defeats in ST.
Louis Shattered All First
Division Hopes

Chicago. June 10.-The Phillies an
nounce another dangerous pennant OPP
ponent. Their selection may not agree
with the dope around the East, but
Jacok Coombs, Gavvy Cravath. Cy Will
liams, Fred Luderus and others put the
Cardinals in the pennant hunt. it they
keep up. the pace they displayed against
them.
The Phillics had hopes of getting a
solid berth in the first division when
they opened in the West. They drew
the eighth place club in the race for
their ini Z opponent. When they fin
ishcd Their first series they were far
away from the big four. Not only that
but. paired with the Cubs today, they
are just step out of seventh place. with
the Cardinals knocking on the door and
waiting to rush in to sixth place.
And not so many days ago the Car
dinals were last. They pocketed the
four games in the victory column be
cause they refused to be fooled by
Coombs's pitchers. In the four games
they counted forty seven hits, and
weakened in the finar yesterday to the
extent of drawing but ten safe blows
They played fancy ball in the series
smart ball, mixing the hit and run with
the sacrifice and not forgetting the
squeeze play.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10

Hayes. Of Notre Dame. in running the
100 in A seconds, is the only man
that beat ten seconds this year. This
puts the mark in the Conference Meet
the same as the eastern record.
Raymond VS.. Hayes
would like to see this man and
Raymond meet in the century. The lat
ter only did ten fiat when he won the
championship at Cambridge. but he is
a great sprutcr. and against Hayes We
might see n new mark hung up.
Penn now holds every relay record
from the 400 meters to the mile. 1t
was sore spot on the books to see the
400 meter record held by the Ger
man team, made in Stockholm in 1912
and Lawson Robertson wanted to get
that mark, il any.
The Germans got this record through
til" disqualification of the American
team because they went over the ten
meter line allowed in which to get the
baton.
These marks will stand for some time.
| think. 1t is rare to get four such
sprinters as Smith. Davis. Landcrs and
Raymond on the same team.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
BLNGLES AND BUNGLES

The As tUiI hare humber OF their sbouI-
derS toddU for they hare something to settle
tUth the BrOiCnS. Jimmy BhrEc's club prf =,
The MdCkmcn look Ike SdndiOtterS fu ST.
Looie.
After careful and patient canvassing II
was learned that none OF the members Of
the A's cares how the world series spoilg
going to be divided.
II there were anything in the Youth Must
Reserved theory the As would be handed
the bunting on silver platter
George Burns came up three times YES
terday when a hit would have chased a run
into the scoring column. but the TiOyan
thumped into double plav once and popped
up twice. And George knows better. too
Rube Marauard's accident in Cincinnati
Yesterday. caused by running out q base hit
Is one reason why pitchers should bat ,OIO
Ray Chdpmdn ICdS hdppY to oct out IT
fOirH irithoUt the aid Of CiutcheS He ,rUS
nit twice BY pitChcd balls and twiSted his
ankle.
Charles Gumbert Robinson. the comedy
constable, says Harry Seibold Is GOOD enough
to be II Twentieth Ward Baby.
Joe DuEan handled seven chances without
q sill Yesterday and q number OF them were
hard and critical. Joseph learned his les
sons well Mt Holy Cross and Shibe Park.
n tCould take a 0uy with q lot Of mere TO
ash Jack Coonbs II he wdnted TO 0,t in a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
LARRY BROWN LOSES
TO WILLIAM T|LDEN
Penn Freshmen Track Captain
Shows Great Speed in De-
feat on Tennis Court
BY ROBERT T. PATJ,

AS tennis player Larry Brown. or
rem, yesterday afternoon demonstrat
eu 10 the satisfaction of all that with
out doubt he still is one of the best
freshmen track athletes Lawson Rob-
ertson ever has tutored
Last Saturday in the annual Meadow
brook games Brown made his last per-
formance for the Red and Rlue With
no other track fields to conquer or
records to break Brown decided the next
best thing for him to do was to win n
championship in some other snort and
therefore selected the mems singles
championship of PENNSYLVANIA as his
objective.
Luck of the Draw
Brown was fortunate in the draw
lngs. All he had wished on him was
William 7. Tildcn, ID, of the German
town Cricket Club. Among the list of
titles held by Tilden are the national
clay court, indoor and outdoor national
doubles, and the singles and doubles
of the state Of Pennsylvania. These
are only few just to emphasize the
easy task of Brown.
But Larry thought nothing of this.
Hadn't he won every athletic event in
which he had competed since his ar
rival in the east from his home in
Washington last fall? What cared he
for Tilden? He was the best freshman
half miller in collegiate ranks.
Plenty of Running
On the other hand. no one ever ac-
cused Bill Tflden of being a speaking
or of breaking any track record. Yet
Bill succeeded in defeating Brown in
the race for honors on the court Til
den gave Brown many chances to show
his track speed. causing him to run
from one side Of the court to the other
with little chance to gain any rest
periods, especially in the last set.
In the first set Brown caused a mild
sensation by running back and forth
on the court. making many fine gets"
and winning three of the first four games
from Tilden. but after the fourth game
Larry didn't have a chance, Tilden
winning, 6-3, 6-1.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
CARMAN RIDES TONIGHT
"Jinxed" Pace Follower REPLACE,
Madonna In Forty. Mile Race

Clarence Carman will make another
effort to break the jinx tonight. III
ness forced Vincent Madonna to cancel
his engagement and Carman was called
upon to take his place in the forty
mle motor paced race at, the new
Polnt Breeze Velodrome tonight.
Bobby Walthour, winner of the race
here on the night of May 80, will be
one of the four starters. The other two
are Menus Bedell and Fred Weber.
Two amateur cycle races will pre-
cede the forty mile feature.
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HONOR LOCAL REFEREES
Addison Reelected President Of tn,
United States Association

The United States Referees Union,
the soccer football governing council,
concluded its session in New York Sun
day. Members of the Referees AssoS
ci"tion of this city were selected for
four of the offices for the coming sea-
son.
A. M. Addison was reelected presi =
dent and Jimmy Walder secretary
while Walter e. Kinds was chosen
treasurer and Ben Grove a member of
the executive board. p. Cunningham.
OF Brooklyn was elected first vice presi-
dent and II. w. Winstoney, of Paw
tucket, second vice president.
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'SE|BOLD AIDS AS ON
RECORD-RU|N|NG ROAD
Harry Turns Back indians and
Mackmen Land Second VIC
tory in Four Days
DESERVED A SHUT0UT 7
BY EDWIN J. POLLOCK

The AS were in a record breaking
mood yesterday. They SHARED their sec
ond GONE in four days, which is not only
n feat, but grand and glorious ac-
complishment, achievement and all that
for Mr.. c. Mack and his baseball fam
ily. Yes, every one is feeling happy and
well in the Shibe stadium today, thank
you.
The Mackmen performed like the
Mackmen of old, but there was only
sprinkling of Philadelphians gathered
around the Shibe lawn. The day was
dark, the clouds threatening and the
atmosphere damp and chilly and
large, very large, about 800 percentage
of Philadelphia inhabitants were not
anywhere near Twenty second street
and Lehigh avenue.
Second Straight for Seibold
Harry Seibold, young man who cast
his first ballot when the scrap was on
between Messers. Hughes and Wilson.
set the AS in running form on Winning
Road. Harry rightwheeled the Indians
into submission and would have scored
a shutout had it not been for slip on
the part on Cy Perkins. As it was
Harry got away with the engagement,
81.
It was the second time in the series
that young Mr.. Seibold has turned
back the tribe of FSSSl and Dunn. He
went in as relief hurler in the opening
encounter last Thur ny and received
credit for the victorS The AS get the
verdict in the series, heir first of the
season, despite the win of the Indians
in the Cleveland Sunday game. Time
was when the AS couldn't win game in
a week and now two games are won in
four days. Our athletes are going wild
and it was Seibold who turned on the
jazz.
Wouldn't Stay Out
Harry permitted only seven bingles
and no one of them had anything to do
with the useless tally the Indians
cleaned in the final inning. Doc Johns
ton was issued a pass in the ninth with
one down and he was allowed to sprint
around to third unmolested while Sci
bold was whiting Steve O'Neill.
Chet Thomas, who carried Enzmann's S
bat to the plate, also was struck out.
but Chet wouldn't stay out. Perkins
allowed the ball to get away from him
on the third strike and Johnston scored
while the leather lunged Thomas dashed
to first.
Times Change. Jawn
Johnny Enzmann was in there for the
entire distance for Foil and was
pounded for a grand total of nine hits.
four Of which came in the eighth. Turn
back your memory a few weeks and
you will recall that Enzmann flung
against the AS in Cleveland and was
nicked for fifteen safetips. but got away
with victory. The Mackmen are like
the times: they change.
Bobby Roth's terrific cloutine was
continued yesterday and it had con-
siderable to do with the record breaking
performance. Captain Robert tripled
in the fourth and later scored on an in
field out. He singled in the eighth and
drove in Whitley Witt with what proved
to be the deciding marker. Biting Bob
had a walk as well out of four times at
the plate for an average of .637.
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What May Happen
in Baseball Today
AMERICAN LEAGUE

yesterdays RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
3. Cleveland I,
ChicaeO-New York traln),
DetrOit-Boston train).
st. Washington tho Eame)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
st. Louis. @; Phiilies.. !.
Cincinnati. 7; Rrooklyn, 2,
Chicago. 8: Boston. 2 III inninKs).
Pittsburgh-Sew York (wet grOunds).
TODAY'S SCHEDULE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
st. Louis at Observation-Disclosures
Detroit at New Hork--Threatening.
Chicago at Boston--Not scheduled.
Cleveland at Washington--Rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Phillies at Chlcago--CIear.
New York at Cincinnati-Clear.
Brooklyn ut Pittsburgh-Clear.
Boston at st. Bouis-Clear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10

RAY WILL HAVE ANOTHER
CHANCE TO LOWER RECORD
Speedy Chicago Boy VIII Make New Effort Shatter Tabors
Mile Mark in National Cham mponships in Sep
acknowledgement and Hayes Fast
BY TED MEREDITH
worlds Greatest MiddIe-Distance Runner

olt RAY is not bit discouraged by
y his failure to break the record for
the mile on Franklin Field last Satur-
day. The little runner claims he will
try again the first opportunity. He will
nave that chance in the National Cham e.
pionships in September.
Ray was handicapped by not having
the men near enough to keep him plug
glng all the way. Connolly, who won
the race. was so far ahead that he did
Kay no good as pacemaker.
Lawson Robertson claimed before the
race that Ray had not had enough rae
ing outdoors to prime him for the job.
and that is how it looked. He did just
aS he wanted to do ms to time up until
the three quarter mark was reached,
then he slowed up so much on that lap
that he spoiled all chances. Ray can do
this and will, | believe. before the sea
son is over.
johnson a Sensation
Johnson, of Michigan. in the western
conference meet pulled off the star per-
formance of the year when he won four
irSts and broke two conference records
in the broad and high jumps. By jump
ing "a feet / inch the Michigan man
puts himself in n class with the very
topnotch broad jumpers. and has the
best leap of the season to his credit.
The Michigan team would have been
in sad position without this man.
and it was his twenty points that gave
it the championship.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10

New Brunswick. \. j.. June o
Rutgers defeated Princeton here today
by score of to |. Two Tiger twirl-
ers were heavily hit. while Rule held
the visitors to four hits, two coming in
the last inning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
BROOKLYN Athlete Dies

Brooklyn. June 1O-James e Buckley
OF the l.oughlin LyCeum. OF BROOKLYN. died
yesterday. Buckley a middle dista nCe
runner, and represented his club in cham.
piOnship competitions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10

Detroit. June 10.-Wnlic Mitchell left
hand pitcher of the Detroit club, upon whom
waivers were asked recently has been
claimed by the New York Americans Pres
dent Frank Navin announced today
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
Titular Net Tourney

New York. June 1O.-Thp third annual
tennis tournament of the "Rrooklyn cham
piOnship' men. boys and juniors will be held
the courts of the Terrace club OF Flat
bush next Monday. June 16
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
Rutgers Defeats Princeton

New Brunswick. N. j.. June 1O.-Rutgers
fShtippsedS & the claws of the PIneeton Tigers on
ba seball team defeating the Orange ana
BLACK by score OF 70 1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
JOHNSON TO MARRY
Athletics Hurler Gets License te
Wed School Teacher of MontcIare

NorTistown, June 10.-RusselI Con
well, ''Jing' johnson, of Parkerford
and Mary III. Seiz, school teacher,
Montclare, were granted marriage
license here today through medium OF
Justice of Peace of Montclare. The
date of marriage is not definite.
The Athletics pitcher is twenty four
years old, and his wife, to- be is of the
same age.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
PItman to Hold Races

The South Jersey Fair and Trotting Asso-
etStlon At At Pitman, y has arranged for
Fourth OF July. and promise a good after
noon of sport for the lovers OF horse racing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
Leonard Wins From Pitts

Montreal. June 1O.--Bcnny Leona rd. cham
rion lightweight of the world. defeated
Charlie Pitts Australian. i'll d tcn-round
bout here last night.
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Another X. o. for McGoorty

London, June 1O.-Eddie McGoorty an
American midhlswei;Eht boxer -, last night
Rice, in the first round Of ffteen-round
bout
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
! Norfolk Too Fast for MIske

. rittzorrEh. Pa June 10.--Kid Norfolk of
{hf fsnana. was too fast and clever for
'ss s' ess 3 4 fsss'a fsssss .ls sso' 'sf'Fs s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
PHIL HARRISON STOPPED
conqueror Of Jack Dillon Is Beaten
In Three Rounds by Chuck Wlaalns

According to an Associated Press re-
port today Phil Harrison. of Chicago,
who knocked out Jack Dillon recently,
was stopped in three rounds last night
by Chuck Virgins, of Indianapolis, in
the latter city. Both of Harrison's
eyes were closed and the bout was
stopped.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
Yankees Claim Mitchell

L Braves errors gave linn Vaughn anothe
. victory for the Cubs. 2 to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10

Whitley Witt had q double and a single
on tnzmann. He connected for nine safeties
out of thirteen times at bat during the three
home engagements with the Indians.
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CiRD game these duUS. The Cdrdirujs'
1L-oL0t 0ore C0lbY J0Mm q nMSh.