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Evening star., 1922-12-19


There is no real desire TO hit tho
home run between the eyes and pu,
II out of business for all time. Thosc
VINO believe that change would
be attempted which would do away
with home runs have got the wrong
Impression. The intent is TO stand
ardiZe the homer SO that four-ssck
bits will be now symmetrical This
despite the fact that the home run
right now is about the most stand
ardized thing. except the gauges @.
railroad tracks.
The standard for Ruth and the
under Ruths is 235 feet ANY hit that
goes 235 feet and at the same time
goes over fence or barrier is a
legal home run. Hence there is no
need TO standardize what already Is
standard.
Would Affect Many Parks.
Suggestion has been made by ad-
vocates of a change that the standard
be made 800 feet. Some jump II
e5 feet are to be added TO the re-
quired distance for home rYn
measuring poles will have to be set
up in both left and right field at tho
Polo Grounds in right field in the
National ground at Chicago the
Philadelphia National park. the Cleve-
land ground, the Brooklyn field and
perhaps in the new Yankee stadium
here.
On most of the big league fields
the left field stands are just tr!ie
further than 500 feet from the plate.
Any additions 10 the stands would
come within 900 feet and fiie posts
for homers would be necessary. Tn.
minor leagues would be helplessly
handicapped In many cities. as H..
fences in some of their parks are
htt. Nj
the 3OO-foot mark The minors want
to be left alone with the same Cd
fences to clear hat were cleared
when they built their Gounds Oh the
present rule bas $.
Copyright. 1877
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,s District ay Game: Home Run Reform Doomed
DEMPSEY AND WILLARD
GET OFFER OF $350,OOO

PORTLAND. Ore, December 10
w. II. klepper. principal owner OF
the Portland Pacific C0ast League
club, has telegraphed Jack kearns.
manager for Jack Dempsey, an
offer Of $35O.OOO for q ten-round
boxing match for the heavy
weight champion Of the world
between Dempsey and Jess VIII
lard here July 4 next.
willard. who In here, saId he
WIS agreeable to the proposal.
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BL0U|N NEARS SMITH
IN BOWLING CONTEST

CHICAGO, December 1S--Jimmy
Blouin. Chicago. world champion
bowler. last night hi, his stride in
the fifth block of the siXty-game
classic tournament. putting him prac-
ticaily even with Jimmy Smith Of
Milwaukee.
The score at the end of the fifty
games is: Smith, ESQ 1870; Blouin,
$50 $50.
Smith and Blouin each have won
twenty five games, Smith having a
total of 10.2s3 pins and Blouin 1925.
The grand average of Smith is
EOS 1850 and Biouin 20i $50 pins.
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SMITH K. O.'S TURNER
IN RAPID.FIRE ORDER

CANTON. Ohio. December 1s.-Jen
Smith. Bayonne. N. j.. knocked ou;
Clay Turner. st. Paul Indian. in the
second round of their scheduled
twelve-round bout here last night.
They are light-heavyweights.
Smith had his opponent in distress
after the first thirty seconds Of fight
ing. flooring him in the nrst round
for a count Of seven.
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CLEVELAND PAIR ROLLS
TO FRONT IN DOUBLES

COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 10
Rolling 1.21s. Griebel and Mercurio,
n Cleveland pair. annexed first place
in the doubles standing of the Cen
trail States bowling tournament here.
Fourth place went to StenEel and
Young of Louisville, with 1.20S. and
fifth to the Jensen -Ousey combination
Of Terre Haute, Ind, with f.@02
W. Robinson of Louisville rolled
CAT for tifth position in the singles
and T. Owens also of Louisville,
took tho lead In the all-eyents stand
ing with 1913.
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MACNATES WILL OPPOSE
: ANY RULES ALTERATIONS
Minor Leaguers Particularly Firm Against Increasing
Legal Distance From 235 to 800 Feet, Which
Would Scrap Their Small Parks.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

EW YORK December 19Rcforme
reverberating cheers when they talk
reforming the home Any plan for altered
the home apparently will have the
National League club the Philadelphia National
haps others
Mention oi modification the playing
the Of
kind Not all
stands, they
their little old parks they always been.
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NUSS BATTERs MULLANEY.

MILWAUKEE. WIS. December 1s.-
Jimmy Nuss. Depere. Wis, defeated
Eddie Mullaney. Akron. Ohio. weiter-
weight, in sever rounds last night.
The bout was stopped by the state
boxing commiss on when Muilaney
was in bad way and evidently no
match for his opponent
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YANKEE BEATS BRITON.

TRENTON. y. j.. December "a
Tommy Gerard. claimant OF the
featherweight championship Of New
Jersey, won shade over Joe Sy-
monds. former English titleholder, in
a twelve-round bout last night. 1t
was Symonds' first appearance in an
ring.
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FULTON STOPS MORRIS
IN THE FOURTH ROUND

TULSA, Okla. December 19-Fred
Fulton. Rochester. Mimi, heavy
weight, scored a technical knockout
over Carl Norris of Sapulpa in the
fourth round of their scheduled ten
round bout here last night.
Morris second threw in the towel
with Carl on the floor for the third
time in the round and seemingly on
the verge of knockout.
Evening star., 1922-12-19
MARYLAND CITY WARNED
WASHINGTON IS A BIDDER
Crifith's Plan Enlarge Ball Park Seating Capacity
to Accommodate SO, 1000 for Cridiron Clash
Stirs Civic Activity in Monumental City.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

possibility Washington ultimately be the of the
of all sporting speacehe ArmyNavy foot ball
games ca,s:ig small OF municipal
field rival New York Philadelphia
the o s., sug the annual gridiron classic.
spacious stadum--Fenable
yearly
the stepping
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Clarke got his five hits off Cannon
Ball. Gus weighing. pitcher for the
Philadelphia Nationals. on June so.
1894. and those who predicted great
batting career for the young kansan
did not miss their guess by much.
Fred hit over 800 in eleven of his
eighteen seasons as a regular. rising
to .406 in 1897. Five times in his career
he scored over 100 runs season. his
big scoring years being 1897, 1898,
1899. 1901 and 1902.
The hefty Kansan is one Of the few
big leaguers who completed his play
ing career with over 300 total bases.
He had the unique distinction of go
ing to bat COL times in 1899. 1t is
very rare for any player. star or or
binary performer. to have 500 official
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WILSON WHIPS KATZ.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. December 10
Claude Wilson. Birmingham. won a
ten round decision over Jimmy Katz,
Cincinnati f1yweight, last night.
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THoRMAHLEN RELEASED.

MINNEAPOLIS. December 19.-Herb
Thormahlen, Minneapolis American
Association pitcher. has been released
to the Kansas City team of the same
league through the waiver system.
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Do,U,, the Alleys

Last nights match between the
Royals and Nationals. in which the
former team perfor" ed the cleanup
act of winning all t.iree games. was
notable for the fact that i: marked
the seasons debut of skinny Car
roll. the Royals lead Oft man. Car
roll had made up his mind not to roll
this season. hut when he witnessed
the many defeats of the Royals his
sporting blood was aroused and he
decided once more to help out his old
team. Carroll 5 32i helped his quint
greatly The Royals three games
were 552. $40 and $50 n Chaconas
of the Nationals grabbed the honors
with high game of 1876 and set of
361
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times ut bat. Cobb and Lajoie each
appeared officially at bat 500 times
only once in their long careers.
Fred also could dash around the
bases. and It was not unit. last season
that Carey passed him as Pittsburgh's 8
greatest baserunner. scoops" total
steals now are 631., against 5:7 for
Clarke.
Clarke never led the National League
in batting. Even keeler beat him out
the year he hit .406. However. the
kansaE took part in the most spec
tacplar batting race the National
League ever put on, the leadership
in 1903 remaining In doubt until the
last day of the season. Wagner.
Clarke's teammate. finally won out
with .S55, leaving Clarke and Donlin
tied at .35l. and Bresnahan only one
point away.
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BUFFALO. n. Y. December 1s-Ted
Myers of Buffalo. 1872. defeated Harry
Cook. 130. OF Iowa. in a ten-round de-
cision bout last night.
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all his might his INST would bounce
back. What happened in the fight
was that krug. who outweighed
Mickey by some seven or eight
pounds. planned line Of battle in
which he would jab his opponent with
his left throughout the twelve rounds.
The scheme worked until after the
sixth. Up to that time Walker looked
more like dub than champion. He
just couldn't get shed of that pasky
left. But beginning with the seventh.
yieldinE TO the fearful entreatieS of
his seconds to pile in regardless of
expense. Walker found that krug's
left was not sufficiently powerful to
keep him at bay. AS it ran, Walked
shaded krug.
Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1922-12-19
FRED CLARKE RANKED UP
WITH BEST In OLD DAYS
BY FREDERICK G. LIEB.

O held the of his
r Pittsburgh when he playing left field
Pirate which National League
1909 the
tusque Wagner had difficulty beating out the
chief in a popularity
Cake crashing the leagues typical of his
He with rush. In his first big league
triple times at bat
which, probably will for time. rookie
kim hyeh in initial
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For six Of the twelve rounds in the
Walker-Krug fight over in the New
ark Armory friends of the welter king
sat looking with dazed faces while
krugs left whistled into Mickey's
countenance. 1t was like one of those
movie comedians who can't seem to
get out of the way Of a stream of
water. BY the end of the six rounds
Walkers face would have looked like
nothing at all had it not been for the
fact that Krug's wallops are light.
Light Is right. If the gloves he wore
had been little bigger Walker might
have thought that Philly was making
him a Christmas present of d flock of
nice. downy mattresses.
Krug Is clever all right. There are
few boys with niftier left. But if
he were to wallop a cream puff with
Evening star., 1922-12-19
Hus,linE Jim Baker. manager and

Hu~tlinE Jim Baker. manager and
founder of the Washington Ladies
League. has started digging in for the
visit of the two girl teams to Phila-
delphia next month. The leagues al
leys at the city post office have been
turned over to him for Saturday night.
January Is. and all the receipts will
he used to pay the expenses OF the
Philadelphia trip. Baker has almost
decided to have dancing and refresh
ments as added attractions. The league
has many friends and il goes without
saying that on the benefit night, the
alleys and hall will be jammed.
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WALKER OUTPOINTS KRUC:
SHADE TO GET TITLE GO
BY FAIR PLAY.

EW YORK December l9One of the big battles OF the
will be contest between Mickey Walker and Dave Shade of
California for the welterweigr championship
least such hattie will be arranged Mickey Walker doesn't bal As
for Dave, he is ready
Dave to Newark last night Mickey and Phy Kug
mmgle be
by the showing Walker going make Mickey has been OF
Shade
the Jersey Hereafter though when he remembers the
which the wee of
he will take and leave nothing
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Ame1ican LEGION .Boulfnx Le.xue

American Legion BOWLING League
got under way last night at the King
Pin alleys, the Bureau of Engraving
and Hiram Cash Post being the con-
testantS. Cash Post won all three
games with scores of 567. $50 and ass.
Mcclure of the winners had high set.
335. and Moore the best game, 12S. 4
large crowd was on hand.
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last night Western Union won two
out of three from the Mount Pleas
ants. Jennie Malcolm of the defeated
: team. carried off the honors with high
game. 1l3. and high set, 317.
! Independents of the same league
won two out of three from the Sales
Tax girls. Miss Christensen having
high game of 104, and Della Smith. the
best set of 219.
, Car Department quint of the Ter
minal ~ League. won all three
games from the 4. Il. Z. team last
night. Herbert of. the victors had
high game. 126. and high set Of 81.
In The Masonic League New Jerus-
alem captured the odd game from the
Federal team with the scores 493, 494
and 492 Federal smashed the pins
for $50 to win the final game. Jacobs
of the winners had the high set of
319. while Wedding Of the losers had
!! the high game, 131.
+, from Hope. with $50. 4S1 and 492.
Hough of the winners had high game.
I27, while the high set honors went
, to Donaldson OF the losers. 1856.
Hough's set was Just one pin behind
Donaldson.
...ssoh Unit OF the Internal Rev.
enue League whitewashed the Solic-
! ito-s with the scores 4i2, 4S3. and 466.
Yeatman of the winners grabbed the
honors with high game of 112 and
, high set of S1c.
In the Commercial League the Calf
Brothers quint won two out of three
from Meyers Shop. the winners
scores being 433, 443 and 49s. Wright
of the winners had the high set. 291.
and Pretler the high game of lle.
National Savings and Trust Com
pany won the odd game from the
Second National In the Bankers
League. with the scores 40, $40
and 496 Pollock Of the winners
grabbed the honors with a set of S59
I and Sckarf had high game OF 121.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
PARIS PLAGUED BY WILD CATS
Really Serious Situation Caused by
Hundreds Of the Animals lnfestina
Bois de Bouloane.

Hundreds of wild cats running loose
In the Bots de Boulogne, Paris, and
actually proving a menace to peacea-
BILE pedestrians, may sound like an ex-
cess Of imagination, but it is really a
fact. Moreover, their existence has
provoked conflict between the Soci-
ETY. for the Protection of Animals and
the Bird Lovers society, the latter de-
claring the wild felines must be shot
by police agents, while the former in
sist that the police have no right to
capture them by any other means than
box traps. The cats, however, refuse
TO enter the boxes, and are 80 enraged
BY the continual attempts to lure them
into nets that they now show fght
whenever nurses or children approach
during their morning strolis- Tho
seine prefecture u taking the problem
20 seriously that q special committee
has been appointed to investigate and
b preparing . report to show that un-
less the cats can be custeA from the
citJ's bigge1 playground the succeed
Ing filters Of kittens will be more say.
age than their, parents and the Bots
de BOulosns will become AZ dangerous
for humans a. some Of the forests In
northern Russia.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23

Taken under Chapter 292, and
Sec. 8756 G. L. Vermont, and will be
sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder for cash, at the Maine Con.
trail r. r. Station in Guildhali, Vt,
on the 9th day Of April, 1922, at 10
o'clock" In the forenoon; the follow
ing described personal property, viz
1 box and 2 plugs Of sickle tobacco,
8 plugs to the box. spaced 3. zoe OF
10, 1oc to the plug. 8 fu1l boxes
and ono box with 10 plugs gone, of
Ivy Tobacco, these boxes contain .
doz. 1857 dark zoe plugs. z boxes
Byzantine Tobacco, 8 doI. (3s),
bright zoe plugs. 2 boxes Spear Head
Tobacco, this chewing tobacco. Stem
ciled on one box, the words, Geo. F.
Whitcomb, Guildhall, Vt. Card on
one box, with the words, Freight A.
gent, Lancaster, N. H. This proper
ty was shipped from New York City,
N. Y, received at Guildhall, Vt, No
vember /, 1920, consigned to Geo. F
Whiteomb.
Dated at Guildhall, VT, February
GOTH. 1929.
RICHARD BxArrIz, s&c<iS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
Estate of MARIA CHAPMAN,
Order of Notice Will


State of Vermont, District of Es-'
sex, IS: ! ~
The Honorable Probate Court for
the District of Essex. t+eA4f'
To all persons interested in the esz
tate Of MARIA L. CHAPMAN, late
of Brighton, in, said District, de-
ceased, GREETING:
At Probate Court, holden at Con-
cord within and for said District on
the End day of February, 1922, an
instrument purporting to be the last
Will and Testament of MARIA L.
CHAPMAN, late of Brighton in said
District, deceased was presented to
the Court aforesaid, for Probate.
And it is ordered by said Court
that the 18th day of March, 1922, at
the Probate Office in said Brighton,
be assigned for proving said instru-
ment; and that notice thereof be Civ
en- to all persons concerned, by pub
fishing this order three weeks success
sively in the Essex County Herald, a
newspaper circulating in that vicini-
ty, in said District, previous to the
time appointed.
THEREFORE, you are hereby not
flied to appear before said Court, at
the time and place aforesaid, and con
test the probate of said will, if you
have cause.
Given Under My Hand at Concord
in said District, this 10th day of
February, 1922.
FRED A. BREWER, Judge.
1922
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23

again asusual.
Mr. and Mrs Archie Woodland
of Island Pond are visiting Mr.
Woodard's parents, Mr. and
Mrs Fred Woodward of STAN
hope.
Horace Deviller of Edmont-
on, Alberta, has returned from
a two weeks visit in Berlin, N
H., and is now stopping with
his brother, Oliver, at Stan
hope, Que.
Charles Major, who was con
fined to his bed with grip the
past week, has returned to his
port of duty at Summit.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
NORTON
J. G. JACK, Cor.

Edward McManus, a former
well-known resident of this
town, passed away at the Sher-
brooke hospital several days
ago, after a lingering illness.
He was a prominent G 7 Tele-
graph operator for many years
and was station agent at Lake
and various other places.
Ruth and Wilmont Nelson,
who have been suffering from
scarlet fever for the past two
weeks are recovering and now
out of danger.
Mike, the full blooded Eng
lish bulldog owned by George
Barnes is gifted with a rather
asL.arl, ':elligence and
4-o icalS -. ak of the
l3Wn. HIS latest stunt was
pulled off last Sunday. 1t
y ems that George is very par
tic,.-ar who mike" associates
with and to keep him from fall
ling into bad company locked
him up in his Office while he,
lGeorge) attended to his in
spection duties on the noon
train. In the meantime, Mike,
becoming tired of his imprison-
ment, set out to make his es-
cape, by standing on his hind
legs he discovered that the
Yale lock on the door could be
reached with his teeth, and it
was a simple matter for Mikes
teeth to do the rest, giving him
his freedom. The train for
Montreal was just coming into
the station, and with a wonder
burst of speed and a leap that
cleared the platform. Mike got
abroad. His freedom was short
lived however, for George wiz
ed ahead and Mikes trip was
fatercepted at Wateryille. from
WAach point ne was returned 70
Morton next day ia chains. 49,, ' b..
Junior. the writer S little son
fsslcwly recovering from the
effects of his scalding accident
Of last week and is expected to
be able to walk around in "a
nsther week.
Felix Devost has sufficiently
recovered from his recent oper
ation on an abscess in his side.
30 take a daily walk and ex-
poets to resume his duties on
ftr G. T next week.
Miss Agnes Regain who spent
IL # week visiting with Mr. and
Mrs J G Jack, returned to her
home at Greenwood, Mass, on
Saturday morning.
James Peterson's sprained
ankle Is now on the mend and
James 10 able to cavort around
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
LEGAL ADVERTISING

The following described articles
were seized at Island Pond, VT, on
the dates mentioned below, for viola
ton of Section 1882 OF the Revised
Statutes of the United States, to-wit
Seizure No. 1949, November 18, 49,
p, g bottles Majestic Whiskey. Sci
zure No. 1850, November Is, 1921,
II Bottles Scotch Whiskey. Seizure
No. 1872, January 81, 1922, 4 Bot
ties Alcohol. Seizure No. 1914,
September 80, 1919, ~. Bottles Me
dicinal Preparations. All persons
claiming said articles, or any Of them,
are hereby notified to appear and file
their claim to the same within TWEEN
ty days from the first publication
hereof, or the property win be for
feited to the United States. Unless
such claim is filed, the Medicinal Pre-
parations will be sold at public auc-
ton at the Custom House at Island
Pond, Vt, on March 81, 1922, at
two o'clock P. NJ, and the liquors
will be sold to persons, firms or in
situations holding a permit to pur-
chase for non-beyerage purposes. H
C. Comings, Collector of Customs
Custom House, St. Adams, VT, Feb
ruary 20, 1922.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
Estate of JANE E. KING
ANNA E. HARRIS, Beneficiary
STATE OF VERMONT

STATE OF VERMONT
District of Essex SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for
the District Aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the es-
tate of JANE E. KING, late of Lu-
nenburg, in said District, deceased:
GREETING
WHEREAS, said Court has assign.
ed the 10th day of March, next, for
examining and allowing the account
of Richard c. Baker, Trustee, of the
estate of
said deceased and for decree of the
residue of said estate to the lawful
claimants of the same, and ordered
that public notice thereof be given
to all persons interested in said es-
tate by publishing this order three
weeks successfully previous to the
day assigned, in the Essex County
Herald newspaper published at
Brighton, in said District
THEREFORE, you are hereby not
flied to appear at the Probate Office
in Concord in said District, on the
day assigned, then and there to con-
test the allowance of said account if
you see cause, and to establish your
right as heirs, legatees and lawful
claimants to said residue.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, this
18th day of February, 1922.
EPED A RPEWEP Judoe
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
Among the Six Millions

One Of the landmarks Of New York
City has. just been taken from us.
For years visitors to this city have
been shown the two great trees In the
yard of No. 462 West 22nd Street,
undcr which George P. Morris, Amer
lean poet, wrote "Woodman, Spare
That Tree!" The old Woodward
mansion where Morris lived at that
time, stands in one of the few re-
naming blocks in downtown New
York-old Chelsea Village-where
there are any grounds where tree
can find room to stand, and lovers
of American traditions and American
literature have hoped that those two
trees would live ns,distupbed for rnany
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23

One of the most envied men in this
great city is Frederick Kicker, of the
West 123rd Street police station. 1t
is not often in this life that even a
policeman has the sense of satisfac-
ton which must have come to him the
other day. He arrested a man for
failing to display 1922 automobile
license plate on his car. And the
man was his landlord-who had tried
10 raise his rent SO month last fall
Don't you know me? Pm your land
lord" exclaimed the peculiarly optim-
istic motorist when Kicker stopped
hin on the avenues He was found
guilty and fined IS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23

years. Just last year, however, the
trees died, and it was decided the
other day to have them cut down.
Martin L. Dayoy, former Congress
man from Ohio, who is devoting him
self now to, saving the lives of trees
and adding Beauty to the country,
was called in for expert opinion. "a
year ago the trees could have been
saved" he said, "But they were
neglected too long. Now thy are
quite dead" The neglect of those
trees has led groups of men and
women in this city who arc interested
in preserving our historical treasures
TO ngitate for a movement to save
otter Old trees before it is too late.