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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02

Fight fans packed. damned and
overlooked Second avenue this AIT
ernoon hearing The Argus double
wire ringside reports OF Champion
Dempsey's victory over the French
challenger, Georges Carpenter.
At 1:35 this afternoon Rev. F. J.
Rolf, The Argus announcer, start
ed the blow-by-blow account OF the
fatal fourth. The crowd was hush
ed as he began the wire story OF
the end of the big battle. And
tried to hang on Dempsey, ne
read. Carpenter f1oored" was the
next flash, and then the wire tick
ed off the referees count. The Ar
gus announcement was two sec
onds behind the ringside count.
"Six-seven-eight-nine," and as the
seconds were told off the throng
came to it's toes. Scarcely had the
announcer rolled out the final
count until roar echoed down the
avenue. Americas title defender
had won, and no matter what their
opinion of Dempsey's war record
or his various court entanglementsr
the fans were with the winner.
1t was Tie greatest Sio"o S'OA
assembled in front OF The Argus,
and this newspaper never served
its patrons better than in giving
them the story of the battle. Asso-
ciated Press and United Press leas-
ed wires from The Argus Office
were cut through to the ringslde
and a staff of experts monopolized
the wire against news of the whole
wide world.
Traffic on the avenue was virtu-
ally suspended for an hour Traftic
officers marched ahead OF trucks
and street cars trying to clear the
way. When the story OF the &C
tual battle began to come over the
wire, every vehicle was detoured
over Third avenue and only street
cars crawIed through the dense
mob. 1t was a Dempsey crowd
from the first group of fans who
gazed up at The Argus bulletin de-
scrfbing conditions at the ring.
That was shortly after II O'Clock
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
COPSAND CITY
FIREMEN GIVEN
HOLIDAY PAY
Checks Issued Early to Provide for
Independence Day Cele-
brati0n.

The Rock Island city haIl closed
at noon and will not be reopened
until Tuesday morning.
Regular weekly meeting will be
held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing.
The weekly payroll OF employees
in the street department and a
number in the waterworks depart
ment will be passed in time Tues
day for the workers to get their
checks that day. Tuesday is the
regular payday for these employees,
when their wage claims are allow
ed Monday afternoons. The early
meeting Tuesday will prevent any
change.
Pay Others Early.
In the case of the policemen and
firemen the situation is different,
as there is a set amount always
due, and the commissioners decid-
ed that the policemen and firemen
will be given their checks today
instead of waiting until July 5, the
regular payday. The idea is to
give members of the two depart
ments finances for the holiday
celebration.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
LONDON SOCIETY
BEMOANS FAILURE
OF SOCIAL SEASON

London.-All society is bemoan-
ing the failure Of the London sea-
son. The week preceding the
Derby should have seen social gay
ETY. approaching its height; but the
widespread effects of the coal crisis
have put damper on the round of
pleasures scheduled for this time of
the year, and old stagers find it
hard to recall any similar period
when so little private entertaining
was done.
No society debutantes are coming
to town. Shortage of money has
caused many society folk to cancel
all their London engagements and
to spend the summer as cheaply as
possible in the country. By the
kings desire, courts have been
postponed and hotels and theatres
are reporting slumps.
There are a number of overseas
visitors in London, but mot enough
to go round" as one hotel manager
put it, and were it not for the
Americans who have come over for
the polo games, those who have to
live out of profits made in the sea-
son would be in despair.
Dressmakers, tailors and enter
tainment caterers are doing next to
nothing, the reason being that the
present period of industrial I'M
rest makes it impossible to see a
month ahead.
Efforts were made to make the
Henley regatta a social success.
Henley is always a gay dress
pageant. According to the fashion
papers. the modish colors are yell
low and red, with flower and fruit
designs and with hats trimmed with
wreaths of imitation vegetables.
The only zenefit the coal strike
has conferred upon London is the
absence of smoke and fog. The
continued clearness of the atmos-
phere is surprising Londoners. who
are discovering views of their city
the existence of which they hardly
suspected.
Public health has benefited very
greatly. according to official health
statistics. There has been an as
tonishing decrease in bronchial and
pulmonary complaints. Pneumonia
cases have gone down as much as
so per cent compared with March
DR.. John S. Owens, chief of the
advisory committee to the Meteoro-
logical ONCE on atmospheric pollu-
ton is the authority for saying that
London's air has now reached a
purity never before attained under
modern conditions of life
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
Personal Points

Mr.. and Mrs. Emil F. Schieberl
and Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Brough left
this morning by automobile for
Webster, Wis, on an extended fish
ing trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Stoii OF FL
gin are guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. R. E. McGowen, 727 Thir-
ty-founth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Leithner,
1882 Eleventh street, are the par
, ents of a son born last evening at
St Anthony's hospital. The baby
was welcomed by a sister, Lois
Irene. Mrs Leithner was Miss
Ella MuIbrandcn of Chicago before
her marriage.
MIR. and Mrs. VERNE Chambers
of 500 Nineteenth avenue, are the
parents of a daughter born yester-
day morning. The baby has been
named Rose Iona.
Mrs p NJ Ruby of Keokuk. Iowa,
is an over-Sunday guest of Mrs.
Belle Roach, 1889 Forty-fifth ave-
nue..
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Livingston of
1900 Second avenue have as their
house guests over the Fourth, Mr..
and Mrs. P. Livingston and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. K. Livingston of Chicago,
and DR.. and Mrs. A. G. Fleischman
OF Des Moines.
w. A Peterson, 1921 Seventh
avenue, will join his wife and
daughter in Nebraska next week
and spend some time on his ranch.
Mr. and Mrs Ira H. Buffum, 9o4
Seventeenth street, will leave next
Saturday on an automobile trip to
Wisconsin points. They expect to
be absent at least two weeks. They
will visit a son at GAINESVILLE, and
will go to Lake Geneva and the
Delis.
]. R Kimball, $50 Nineteenth
street, leaves Monday for his sum-
mer home at Wequetonsing, Mich,
where he will remain until Septem-
ber Mrs. Kimball has been at
Wequetonsing for the last two
weeks.
Miss Alice Guyer, 72S Twenty
first street, will leave Tuesday for
Wequetonsing. Mich, where she
will spend several weeks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
HOTEL EMPLOYE
QUITSPOSITION,
TILL Is ROBBED
Lou Elliott, Night CLERK a. n.
Island House, Disappear
Accused Of Theft

A. F. thinner. manager n, ),
Rock Island house, asked tia =
lice this morning TO begin sa.rrA
for Lou Elliott, night clerk :, a. :
hotel, who Mr.. thinner char
robbed the cash till early tb,s,
morning of over $500 and A.,
stealing a .3S caliber revolver
Elliott and his wife lived IN -
hotel. The wife had been emn. 80
ed at a shoe store in Davennort - :
Elliott had taken up emplov,es-..ii
as night clerk three weeks aro
The theft of the money ana -,
revolver was not discovered uns;ll
shortly before Z O'Clock this mnr1
ing, when the day clerk came on
duty.
When the day clerk arrived +bo
elevator was at the second floor
and believing that Elliott vopIsl
soon be down the day clerk waitsdI
for him for some time, When n.
lott did not show up the day cIer,,
thought that perhaps Elliott had,
become i'll and had gone to his,
room. AT Elliott's room the dav
clerk found that both the night
clerk and his wife had left hur-
riedly.
The police were called and it was
decided that Elliott had probably
staged the theft and made his es-
cape shortly after midnight. Guests
at the hotel had been in the lobby
up until that time, and they said
this morning that Elliott was still
on the job when they retired.
Is From Woodruff, Ill.
Elliott came to Rock Island from
Woodruff, Ill. He was one Of s.
for the position of night
clerk at the hotel. He told Mr..
thinner that he was an ex-serTice
man and was badly in need of en-
ployment and was chosen for the
position.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
CHEERING THRONG BLOCKS
TRAFFIC TO HEAR ARGUS
RINGSIDE STORY OF BATTLE

noon-nearly an hour before the
championship fight was on. In 10
minutes the walks overlooked and
late corners took mp position IN
the street. The gang backed. pack
ed, scrambled, pushed and showed
for favorable positions then until
they overlooked into the lobby OF
the Rock Island house across the
street. Then the fight began.
Every mention OF the champs
name brought a cheer AS the first
round ended and Dempsey was
pushing the battle they got set for
the grand celebration. II almost
came in the third. bat the bell saw
ed the invader, and the crowd, ex-
pectant, could scarcely believe the
news. When the fash came that
Dempsey retained his title, it broke
into a roaring cheer and q few sec
onds later the fans dispersed car
rying with them every detail Of the
great battle, faithfully. accurately
and Immediately reported by The
Arms service.
At the Fort Armstrong theatre a
noon-matinee attracted large
audience, which viewed the current
attraction and received fight re-
ports in comfort. Enterprise OF
the theatre management and COOP
Grafton of The Argus made possible
this service.
This afternoons extraordinary
service to fight followers was the
elimination of unexcelled report
ing from camps of both fighters,
forecasts of the happenings and
thorough descriptions of events
leading up to the battle.
Argus readers last night, how
ever, had a compact and accurate
report of the fight. 1t was from
Henry Farrell. special sport writer.
whose 24-hour resume of the sit
uation covers it accurately. Be
ginning his review in last nights
Argus, Farrell said the American
would win, perhaps not until the
third. But not later than the
fifth"
And that's the whole story.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
HEAT WAVE To
BE BROKEN BY
SLIGHT SHOWER
Mercury Reaches New High for
YeaT When 9S Degrees Is
Recorded.

The six-day heat wave which
continued to climb until it reached
90 degrees at o'clock yesterday
afternoon will be broken tonight
by thunder showers, e. E. Unger,
assistant meteorologist at the local
weather bureau, predicted this aft
ernoon.
Thunder showers forecast for to-
night and Sunday, with a little
change in temperature, will be the
first relief of the warm wave of
the week.
Today was cooler than yesterday
the mercury remaining at SO for
the greater part of the day. but by
2 o'clock had climbed to 90 de-
grees. Continued cloudiness after
that hour saved the day from ex-
cessive heat, and Mr.. Unger stated
that there WAS little chance of the
Thermometer registering any high
er.
At $3.50 o'clock yesterday after
noon the mercury started at 95.1
degrees and at 4 O'Clock had reach
ed the summers peak degree of 96.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
WILLPROTEST
PAVING PLANS
Thirteenth Avenue Property Own
ers Plan Fight Against Pro-
posed Project

Claiming that an overwhelming
majority of property owners along
Thirteenth avenue from Twenty
fifth to Thirtieth streets, are in op-
position to the proposed paving pro-
ject along that thoroughfare. a pro-
test meeting has been called fer
Tuesday night at the home of
George Long, 1886 Thirteenth ave-
nue..
Leaders in the fight say that
they are not attempting to block
the improvement but they want it
postponed until next spring when
prices will be leveled.
Owners of only 200 feet of the
$500 feet involved, are said to ba
in favor of the undertaking.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
STOCKHOLDERS, MEETING.

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting OF the stockholders
of the Rock Island Mutual Building
Loan & Savings association will be
held at it's office, Room IS, State
Bank building. Rock Island. July
5, 1921, at 7:30 p. M, for the pur-
pose of electing directors for the
ensuing year and the transaction of
such other business as may proper
~ come before the meeting.
HENRY LEMBURG, Pres.
e. B. KREIS, Sec'y.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02

Main to Locust and west on Locust
to the fair grounds.
Route From Second and Main,
west on Second to Western ave-
nue., north on Western avenue to
Third street. west of Third street
to Warren, north ON Warren to
Fourth to Pine, north on Pine to
Telegraph road, jog to right on
Telegraph road to Pine street
north on Pine to Eleventh, west on
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
TREATY WITH
GERMANY NEXT
STEP FOR u. S.
viii Negotiate Pact of
"Ar1zify and Com
n1erce."

Washington, July 2.-Onited
Press.)-A treaty of "amity and
commerce" with Germany will be
negotiated by the Harding admins
tratton as soon as it can conven-
ientiy meet Republican leaders, the
senate foreign relations committee
said.
This Is the next step IN develop
ment of Harding's foreign policy
following adoption by congress of
the peace resolution late yesterday
when the senate. 3S to 10, accept
ed the conference report on the
resolution which was sent to Presi-
dent Harding at Raritan, N. ].
With the signature OF the reso-
luton by Harding, peace exists in a
legal as we'll as an actual sense,
senators said.
Not Il Separate Peace.
The treaty that will follow will
not be a peace treaty, they said,
and therefore the United States
will not be making separate peace
with Germany, in the sense that it
will. draw up q new set of terms.
The treaty of amity and commerce
will settle all outstanding questions
between the two governments.
The terms of this treaty con-
gress has itself pretty clearly out
lined in the resolution adopted yes
terday. They include guarantees
by Germany that all American
claims against either the German
government or private citizens in
Germany will be fully satisfied. AS
security the United States is to hold
all German property seized until
Germany has paid in full.
Germans Must Pay.
Further, Germany must agree
that all claims to PREPARATIONS and
indemnities from the beginning of
the World war in 1914 must be
paid.
All rights the United States
would have had IL it had ratified
the Versailles treaty are to be re-
seryed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
NO CLUE TO
KIDNAPPED
kate O'HARE

Ogden. Utah, July 2-Kate
O'Hare. Socialist lecturer, who
was fOrcibly taken from Twin
Falls, Idaho, last night, was
released at Montelo, New
several hours later and at
once had nine of her alleged
kidnapers, arrested by a depu-
ty sheriff there, according to
the assistant chief dispatcher
of the Southern. Pacific Rail-
way company Mt Ogden, who
was i'm touch with MontelO by
wire.
Boise, Idaho, July mo clue Il
the whereabouts of Mrs. Kat.
OHare, Socialist lecturer. who wa.
kidnapped at Twin Falls last night
had been developed early today.
Taken By % Men.
Mrs. O'Hare was taken from the
home of H. H. Friedheim, who had
for her to deliver a lecture
at Twin Falls Friday night Ac-
counts of the kidnapping stated
that about Is men appeared at the
home and quietly re-
moved Mrs. O'Hare to an automo-
bile. Latest records from Hollis
.er, Idaho, about twenty miles
youth of Twin Falls, were to the ef-
'ect that several automobiles pass
ID through rapidly, headed south,
toward Wells. Nevada
Mrs. OHare was believed to be in
me of the machines.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02

Eleventh to Lincoln avenue, north
on Lincoln avenue to east entrance
of fair grounds.
Route Same as No. to Fourth
and Pine streets, west on Fourth
to Lincoln avenue, north on Lincoln
avenue to Telegraph road, west on
Telegraph road to Waverly road,
jog west and northwest on Waverly
road to Locust street and east on
Locust street to west entrance of
fair grounds.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
POSTPONE FIGHT.

Benton Harb0r, Mich, July
1.-The Benny Leonard-Sailor
Freedman fight for the light
weight championship was
postponed today when an at
tack of rheumatism to the
champion became so painful
that the Michigan boxing COM
mission refused to permit the
fight to go on.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02

Three good routes to the Missis-
sippi Valley fair grounds will keep
your machine on paving as fa- as
possible and are the smoothest,
shortest and best to the grounds
where the big Fourth of July pro-
gram opens Monday afternoon at
1:30.
Route Second street from the
Iowa end of the Rock Island
bridge to Main street, north on
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
BIDS FOR COAT.

Bids for furnishing approximate
ly 100 tons of coal for the Eagles
home will be received on or before
July 10, 1921. Any and all bids may
be rejected. E. C. BERRY.
Chairman Board Trustees.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
DEDICATE NEW TEMPLE,

Chicago.-Dedicatory services fo1
a new Masonic temple costing up
wards Of 100000 were recently
held on the south side here. The site
is at Fifty-sixth and South State
streets.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
Obituary
Frederick ZelinsH.

Frederick Zelinski, day-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Zelinski. died
at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
at the residence, TBS Twenty-third
street. Burial was at IL O'Clock
this morning in Chippiannock GEM
etery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
POLICE COURT NEWS.

Ed Gear was fined SO by Magis
trate D. J. Cleland in police cOurl
Friday night on a charge Of dis
orderly conduct. The compliant
was filed by J. z. Mahaffey.
Ed Maggie was fined S. % !
charge of drunkenness.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
Funeral of Mr.. Barlow,
Is POOR YEAR
FOR CUPID AS
RECORD SHOWS
It's a hard year on Dan Cupid.

It's hard year on Dan Cupid.
Not only did June fall down on
the job for the youngster, but the
records for the first six months OF
1891 show him running far behind
his figures for 1920.
Last year, 1873 licenses were is
sued in June by the county clerk,
the largest number for any month
in the history OF the county. This
time June produced only lis cou-
pies willing to take the grand leap.
Since Jan. /, 1891, 459 licenses
have been issued. For the CORE
spending six months OF 1890 the
figure was 6Ss-
ton Of coal gives 9 600 cubic
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
Mrs. Gertrude Schiekan.

Mrs. Gertrude Schickan, aged 76
years, died at $50 o'clock last eve
ming at the family residence, 1112
Eighteenthand-a-half avenue. She
had been i'll a year.
Mrs Schickan, who was Miss
Gertrude LIE Fevre, was born in
Holland, June Is, 1845. and came
to this country at the age of IL
years. She had formerly resided at
keokuk, Iowa, but moved to Rock
Island in 1902. where she had since
resided. She was married Sept. Is,
1865, to Philip B. Schickan, in Keo-
kuk- He preceded her in death
April 5, 1920. She was a member
Of st. Joseph's crurch.
Surviving are four daughters:
Mrs. Theodore Bos. Mrs. James
Fitzgibbon, Miss Margaret c.
Schickan, all of Rock Island, and
Mrs. Philip LIE Fevre of Keokuk.
Seventeen grandchildren and eight
at-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at
g O'Clock Monday morning in St.
Joseph's church. Rev. P. H. Dur
kin will conduct the services. Bur-
ial will be in Calvary cemetery.
Grace Elizabeth Maucker.
Grace Elizabeth Maucker, aged
80 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
F. P. Maucker, 14o6 Forty-first
street, died at 2:30 O'Clock yester-
day afternoon in the family resi-
dence. She had been i'll Is months.
She was born Nov. 9, 1881, in
Moline and had been a resident of
Rock Island since she was two
years old. She was an accomplish
ed musician. Completing the pub
lie school course in this city, she
studied music in Augustana COL
lege. She was a member of the
Sacred Heart church.
Surviving are the parents, a sis
ter, Mrs. Fred Hack of st Louis
and two brothers. James H. Mauck-
er of Rock Island and F. E. Mauck-
er of st. Louis.
Funeral services will be held at
9 O'Clock Tuesday morning in the
Sacred Heart church. Rev. C.. P.
ONell will conduct the services.
Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
Funeral of Mr.. Barlow.
Funeral services for Arthur W.
1915 Eighth avenue. will be
held at 1 o'clock tomorrow after
noon in the Hodgson funeral par
lors. Rev. w. G. Oglevee will con-
duct the services. Rock Island
post, American Legion, will be in
charge. Ball bearers will be from
Camp No. rs, M. W. A. Mr.. Barlow
has been a member of the camp.
Burial will be in the government
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
HURT IN FALL
OUT OF SWING

John Cunningham. 5-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. Gun
bingham. 3015 Tenth avenue, suf-
fered fractured elbow at 2 o'clock
this afternoon when he fell from
rope swing in the yard of his
home. He was taken to st. An
thongs hospital by DR.. ]. B. Lach-
ner, where an X-ray was taken.
He is now confined to his home.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02

DR.. A. E. Williams has purchased
the electrical equipment and now
occupies the office OF the late DR.
e. M. Sala, corner Fourth avenue
and Nineteenth street.-(Adyer-
tisement)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02

Sound travels through steel at
the rate of 1910 feet a second.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02

A new metal cigar holder has
compartment for an unfinished
lighted cigar.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
VOTERS TO COOPERATE.

Chicago.-The Illinois League of
Women Voters, through its board
Of directors has voted to cooperate
with the first annual food and
household appliance exposition to
be held here Oct. / to 8.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02
ssTH TO HOLD REUNION.

Peoria, Ill.-Major Laverne H
Jacobs of this city has been ap-
pointed chairman of the separate
reunions committee for the SSth di-
vision reunion which is to be held
at Des Moines, Aug. 26, q and %.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-02

A ton OF coal gives 5000 cubic
feet a gas.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-20
TWO FAVORITES
ARE DUMPED At
GRAND CIRCUIT
Jimmie MCKernon Wins the
Pill Pace in Straight
Heats, While the First
Choices Go to Smash.

Kalamazoo, Mich, July 19.-The
feature of the opening day at the
grand circuit races was the dump
ing of the two favorites, Jim B.
and Prince Loree, outside the dis
lance flag in the American Hotel
purse for 2:11 PAGERS, the big
event of the days racing. Jimmie
McKerron won the race in straight
heats. while the favorites went to
smash. Jim B. broke at the first
quarter in the first heat and was
given the flag, while Prince Loree
received the same treatment in the
second. The losers, because of
the showing at Toledo and North
Randall, were top-heavy favorites.
Peter Bieler, the favorite in the
2:1S trot, had no difficulty in win
ming that event in straight heats
with Alicola and Princess Nedena
trailing.
Tommy Murphy piloted G. H.
Brookworthy to victory in the 2:07
trot. In the opening heat the field
was punched. coming under the
wire, but the Brook horse had the
edge. In the following heats the
favorite had no difficulty in fin
ishing ahead Of Wiki Wiki.
Kokomo George won the first
two heats of the 2:07 pace and fin
ished second to Logan Hedgewood
in the third from a field of four
starters.