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New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
MICHIGAN READY
TO TACKLE NAVY
Saturdays Game at Ann Arbor
to Be Real Classic

Chicago, Oct. % educational
navy day having passed into history
Michigan is planning for navy
day Of Its own, with the football
prowess of the nations potential ad-
mirals under consideration.
| Both the Wolverines I'd Navy are
undofeated, though the Middies tied
1910 with Princeton. Alan Shapley.
one OF the best backs of the east
was the star of this game, just as
Benny Friedman, the Wolverines
quarter, added TO his fame in win
ming the Illinois game to o.
That the clash in Ann ArbOr Sat
urday may develop into duel for
individual honors between Shapley
and Friedman is indicated in their
respective practice. Coach Yost is
stressing aerial tactics and Fried
man is polishing his accurate for
ward passing and catching.
Other Sectional Games
Red Grange and company fin
ish their preparation today for their
invasion of the east, which starts
tomorrow.
Two special trains bearing 800
cooterS and the famous Illinois so
niece band will accompany the team.
Notre Dame also starts tomorrow
toward Atlanta 10 meet Georgia
Tech or The regulars Jim McMul-
lin Is out Of the game with bad
shoulder, and RiEali, right end, has
a bad leg that may keep him from
active participation. Both may be
saved for next weeks game with
. Penn.
The Wisconsin Badgers, making
= ready for their visit to Minneapolis
$ Saturday needs snow shoes for ont.
| door practice. Despite the Icy field
they are working outdoors for SINH
S lar conditions are forecast for th'
meeting with Minnesota. Weather
I conditions likewise affect the Goph
+ ers' work. light sCrimmagr and sig
nal drills being the practice pro
gram.
The coming Hoosior invasion o
lChicngo brings Purdue TO StngI
nold and Indiana 10 Northwestern
inspiring the Maroon and Purple It
ledoubled efforts. Northwestern,
seeks new ends TO replace Seidel am
Fisher. regular wingmen, hurt il
the Tulane game.
.''"~g is trying out young Pau
3 Lewis. sophomore, in place of tn
5 veteran Sam HiAhcn at guard. In
3 diana and Purdue. meanwhile, ar
rot idle.
Ohio state. mindful of he II ii
last year with Wooster, is enlargin
its hackfeld threat for its noighhol
Iowa with the Wabash gam" in vi"'
is hunting more reserves from whor
q requirements can be drawn.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
Yale Men to Stage Big
Rally for Army Game

New Haven. Oct IS Pl-Yale
men will take part in a big parade
led by "Y" men carrying torches
and Yale band of so pieces to-
night, and a rally will follow in
Woolsey hall. This pep" session,
the first of the year, is the culmina-
ton of Yale spirit on the eve of the
Army game, considered the most
crucial contest of the season be-
cause OF It's bearing on the eastern
rating of football elevens.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
MAY PLAY SUFFIELD
New britain High school Eleven
Has An Open Date For This COM
ing neutrality-suspicious. Are On

Up until early this morning no
game has been scheduled for the
New Britain High school this week
end, but negotiations are under way
for game with tho Connecticut
Literary Institute Of Sutficld, Conn.
,I'nloss Coach Cassidy and Manager
trgan come to terms with the sur
fold preparatory management. IN"
team will have an opcn date Satur-
DAY.
Practice is continued, however, in
anticipation Of a game saturday. Al
practice last night The coach put the
/ squad through a drill on some new
plays. This was followed by a scrim-
image OF the first and second team.
The vursity was without the services
of Henry Bray, halfback, who was
III Injured in the New Haven game,
His injured member. however, is
rapidly coming back into shape. AS
Politis WAS absent, and Sculiy was
taken out Of the liNcup during
scrimnIagc. this left the first string
ers without three of its regulars.
The second team led by Red
Matulis Carmen barrow, "Whis''
I.cwicky and "Eel" barrow, carried
1.-THE hall through the first team for
many first downs. Some Of the line
mon we're Croll, H Ericsson, Cor
den, J. Erickson and Conley. These
men should be figured on greatly in
the makeup Of next years team.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
Williams and Mary.

Williams and Mary.
For the first time this season
Penn State will use the same start
ing lineup for two straight games.
Coach Bezdek has expressed himself
as satisfied with the Lions showing
last week and will make no changes
for the Syracuse games.
Edward Chapman, injured Colgate
guard, has accepted an invitation to
I'll the pulpit of the Methodist
church at Hamilton, N. Y, while
his teammates are playing Michigan
Aggies at Lansing, Mich, on Satur-
day. Chapman Is a theological stu
dent in his senior year.
The Navy leaves Annapolis to-
morrow for Ann Arbor. where II
will play Michigan Saturday. The
Navy second team has been using
attack formations in practice play.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
Arnold Statz Forced to
Extend Self in Tourney

Los Angeles, Calf, Oct, 2S Up
Arnold Statz, looked upon as a fav-
oritc 10 win the professional base
ball players second annual golf
tournament was forced TO extend
himself yesterday to keep from
being eliminated in the first round
of match play. He finally won, one
up from Jess Orndorff. who years
ago played with the Los Angeles
Pacific Coast league club.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
Portland Buys Pitcher
From PHILADELPHIA Mats

Portland, Oregon. Oct. IS R -
The Portland club of the Pacific
Coast League has purchased
Johnny Couch, right hand pitcher,
from the Philadelphia Nationals.
Couch formerly was with the San
Francisco club. He was sold to
Cincinnati in the winter of 192t-22
and has since been with major
league clubs.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
HEB NNEcN
colleges TO PLAY
| IMPORTANT GAMES
Saturday Will See Many Hard
Clashes on Gridir0nS

New York, Oct. 2s Rl-Following
are the more important football
games in the east. middle west,
south and far west for Saturday, oc-
tober 81:
Games IN East
Pennsylvania vs.. Illinois at Phila-
delphia,
Yale VS.. Army at New Haven.
Dartmouth VS., Brown at Provi-
dence.
Syracuse VS.. Penn State at SYRIA
cuse.
Cornell vs.. Columbia at New York
tPolo grounds.
Princeton VS.. Swarthmore at
Princeton.
Harvard vs.. William & Mary at
Cambridge.
West Virginia VS.. Washington &
Lee at Charleston, w. Va.
Pittsburgh VS.. Johns Hopkins at
Pittsburgh.
Holy Cross VS., Bucknell at Wor-
cester, Mass.
Williams vs. Union at Williams
town, Mass.
Middle West Clashes
Navy vs.. Michigan at Ann Arbor,
Mich.
East Lansing. Mich.
Ohio VS.. Wooster at Columbus. =
Minnesota VS.. Wisconsin at Min
neapolis.
Chicago VS.. Purdue at Chicago.
Iowa VS.. Wabash at Iowa City.
Northwestern VS.. Indiana at
Evanston.
Drake vs. Kansas at Lawrence,
Kans.
Iowa State VS.. Missouri at Co
lumbia, Mo.
Oklahoma VS.. Nebraska at Lin
coin.
Oklahoma Aggies VS.. Grinncll at
saltwater.
Oberlin VS.. Rochester at Oherln
Creighton VS.. Marquette at Mil
waukee.
John Carroll vs.. Detroit at Cleve-
land.
Contests In south
Alabama vs., Mississippi A, & II
at Tuscaloosa. Ala.
Auburn VS.. Tulane at Montgonn.
cry. Ala.
Tennessee VS.. Georgia at Knox
VILE.
.t.a.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
Walter Hagen Unable
To Compete in Tourney

Chicago, Oct. IS (P -- Walter
Hagen, professional golf champion.
today announced he would be M
able to compete in the Los Angeles
open tournament In January, but
that arrangements would soon be
made, he hoped, for 72-hole con-
test with Bobby Jones Of Atlanta,
national amateur champion. The
former British and American open
title holder has just returned from
a hunting trip in the Canadian
northwest, where he scored close
to par on the duck ponds by bag
cling 50 ducks with 106 shells
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28

Giants and Yankees both turned
covctous eyes on Bill Burwen. In
Annapolis right hand pitcher, The
success of Fred Fitzsimmons with
Giants boosted considerably the
stock of American Association pitch
crs. and Burwcll is even better than
Fitzsimmons, according TO western
critics.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28

No action will he taken by the
New Jersey boxing commission on
the Harry Wills-Floyd Johnson
fight, which 'nded abruptly in the
first round when ono Of Johnsou's
handlers tossed the towel of defeat
into the ring. Both fighters were
paid.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
WINS OPEN TOURNAMENT

Washington, Oct IS tPl - Leo
DioEcl. Canadian open golf cham
plon. yesterday Won the middl"
Atlantic open tournament at Burn
ing Tree cub neal h.1,, With a
score Of 2g0 for the q holes
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
OLD AGE PAYS RESPECT

Braintree, Scotland. Oct. 2S Up
A. the funeral Of Joseph Smith, a
member OF the Royal Council Who
died at IS. were his mother-in-law
aged 10. two brothers. aged Sc and
-. respectively. and one sister, aged
So.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
Chuck Virgins Fights
Flowers to a Draw

Chicago, Oct. 2S Rl-Chuck Wig
gins, Indianapolis, the Indiana
Terror last night held Tiger
Flowers, negro light heavyweight
boxing champion from Atlanta, Ga,
to draw in ten round fight at
East Chicago, according to the ma
joriW Of newspapermen. A few
gave Virgins a shade over Flowers
who had been the favorite.
France freed It's negroes In 1913,
more than dozen years before the
United States emancipation,
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28

Franklin field, enlarged by the
addition OF an upper deck this sea-
son. seems inadequate TO meet the
demand for seats to Saturdays foot
ball classic between Pennsylvania
and Illinois. Quaker fans are al
ready beginning 10 talk about 100,-
600 stadium next year.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28

Baseball writer's, meeting al Chi
cago, have joined umpircs in oppos-
ing the practice Of major leagne
stars lending their names to world
series articles. They ask baseball Of
ticials to stop it.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28

The Haskell Indians, who pitch
their tents at Lawrence, Kansas, on
the few occasions they are home
will create a football record in the
transportation field this season.
Their schedule takes them 1900
miles by rail.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
'RITOLA Will TRY
TO BREAK RECORDS
Aims at Marks Set by PaaVO
NurBli From Two Miles Up

Fly the Associated Press.
Willie Ritola, crowned ten mile
champion in mud and water at
New York Saturday, has decided to
60 after some Of the indoor records
set last winter by his compatriot,
Paavo Nurmi. Ritola aims at Muir
mis- marks from two miles up.
New York baseball fans are talk
ing about two memorials to Christy
MatheWson. Ono group seeks to
erect a field house and gymnasium
at Buckncll college. The other is
, anxious TO have a monument at the
| Polo Grounds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31
PREPARATIONS FOR
LENIN MEMORIAL
UNDER HEAVY SAIL

Fearing that they may meet the
fate Of last year when they were
turned away together with thous-
ands from the overfiIled Madison
Square Garden at the Lenin me-
moral meeting, the workers are buy
Ing tickets in advance and are pre-
pairing to gather at the Garden long
before the hour scheduled for the
event this year.
What grips the workers In New
York as it does the working class
Of the whole world is the tremend-
Gus revolutionary vitality Of tho
great leader who Inspired and car
ried thru the most marvellous upris-
Ing Of the oppressed masses record
ed in human history.
VIII the workers Of New York Ill
the Madison Square Garden again
on Sunday afternoon, Feb. I, as they
did year ago? Speakers: Ruthen-
berg, Dunno, olgln. Russian speak
er, Oriental speaker and others.
Rather ask II we will be able to find
place big enough to take care Of
the overflow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31
NEW YORK BUILDERS CORNER
Conducted by kATTERFELp.

THE LenIn Memorial Madison Garden Sunday after
offers opportunity the DAILY WORKER build
will testify s Communism Of them
a
WORKER builder
hunt the DAILY WORKER New
supply Of subeards In the crowd will whom
Tackle a
him for the Workers Monthly the Worker
And conhne operations friends
whether will subscribe the DAILY WORKER
So get the habit Of asking.
all
homage Memorial meeting
for this they need the official Of
States DAILY WORKER.
with spirit we'll get the
maintaining the
DAILY WORKER right there that Madison
DEM meeting Sunday afternoon
forget: pledge blanks with for DAILY
WORKER Insurance Policies
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31

far surpass the wonderful de-
monstration of last year.
The sorrow for the loss Of Lenin, the
man, has been transformed into a
wave Of feeling for the principles for
which he stood, the principles Of
Leninism.
Ruthenbers Comes From Prison.
The program for the first anniver-
sary celebration of Sunday. Feb. 1,
viii be an unusual one this year. c. e.
Ruthenberg, whose case is now before
the supreme court Of the United
States, is coming to this city, to adj
dress the meeting.
Another speaker will be Moissaye
". Olgin, the well-known writer and
authority on Russia. Ben Gitlow, for
mer candidate for vlce-president, will
act as chairman. Jack Stachel. the
active leader OF the Young Workers
League, will speak on Lenin and what
ne means to the American youth.
The Freiheit Singing Society, the
most famous Jewish chorus in the
east, has arranged a number OF. ap.
propriate songs for the occasion which
will be rendered by its full corps Of
400 weiltrained voices. This chorus
is strictly proletarian organization,
which has secured surprising musical
results from among the rank and file
Of the Jewish workers of New York
City.
Full Symphony Orchestra.
A full symphony orchestra will fill
the garden with Russian and classic
music.
Tickets are now on sale at the fol
lowing stations: 20S E. 18th ST., 1853
2. Broadway, 231 e. 14th St., 1877
University Place, Drug Store, Madison
ave. and 111th ST.. 1897 Wilkins Ave
Brooklyn: 46 Ten Eych St., 764 10th
ST., Drug Store, Moore and Graham
Ave-, 1917 Pitkin Ave, Mermaid Ave
and 33rd St.. Coney Island.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31
Glasses.

A. B. c. of Communism, every
Tuesday night. I. Stamler, instructor.
1347 Boston Road. Every comrade
who has not had thoro training in
MARKHAM economics. should take this
course.
English, Elementary, Monday night,
511 e. 173rd st.
English Advanced, Saturday after.
noon, "a, 511 Z. 173rd St.; Ely Jacob
son, instructor.
Lectures.
Lectures every Sunday night az
1347 Boston Road, 8 p. m.
Affairs.
Section Vetcherinka, concert and
ball, Feb. 2s, for purpose OF raising
funds for library.
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tives together with all other com.
rades who are able to assist in this
work have been invited to atteno.
Any comrade who is able to aid Ina
this work should attend this meeting
even IL he has not officially been in
vited. This conference which takes
place in the evening at o'clock will
be held at EOS e. 18th st.
II all the comrades in the New York
district will buckle down to the task
before them the New York district can
be the banner district in the party IN
shop nuclei work. The comrades
should therefore not forget. one. the
organization campaign headquarters al
407 Fourth Ave. and, two, the confer.
ence that takes place Tuesday eve.
ming, Feb. 10, at 20S East 18th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31

reorganization In this area will take
place. The address of the clubrooms
is 4o7 Fourth Ave. near 10Th street.
During II and and and the shop
nuclei organizer or some one assign
ed by him will be at the above al.
dress conducting the shop nuclei ac-
tivities in that section. All party men
who work in that area should make II
their business to Immediately during
the hours designated get in touch with
the shop nuclei organizer. Comrade
Ben Gitlow.
On Feb. 10 an important confer
enee of party workers will take plac.
to map out campaign OF activities
on the question Of the reorganization
of the districts into shop nuclei. All
branch industrial organizers section
organizers, T. U. r.. L. representa-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31
GREAT TNRONGS ATTRACTED BY
THE COMMUNIST DEIaONST RAT|ON
ATMADISON SQUARE GARDEN
tsp.eIaI 70 rhs paIIy work.rl

NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 2o.-The Lenin Memorial meeting,
to be held Sunday afternoon Feb. l. Madison
Square Garden promises be the biggest demonstration Of
lis kind held in this city.
Soviet Russia by the international capitalists
the attempts capitalize the tactics Trotsy against the Rus
Communist Party and the Soviet Republic the increased
exploitation the workers everywhere all these things have
created revival of revolutionary sentiment and
enthusiasm.
therefore very likely that the celebration this year win
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31
BY
The THOUSANDS
WALK STREETS
Schenectady Bosses Are
to Blame

SCHENECTADY, N. y, Jan.
2o.-AppeaI to the Schenectady
common council for approval of
a $25. 900 bond issue for unem-
ployment relief has been made
by the civic committee on relief.
Raymond ]. Leonard, chair
man of the civic committee, is
carrying on Investigations of
unemployment and suffering
among Schenectady workers
and finds family after family,
he reports, without coal, food
or extra clothing in their houses.
Many workers or their families
are i'll and cannot afford treat
ment. s
Why Not Tax These Bosses?
Early in the fall the General Elec.
trio company reduced its star Of worn
|ers $500. American Locomotivt
Works has been operating on shorter
schedule OF workers than usual anc
building trades have reached a low
point. Only the radio department Of
General Electric shows any need Of
workers at present.
Some Of the departments Of the
company are on part time basis
The ice harvest work paid so cents at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31

Little Trouble for Rich.

GENEVA. Jan. 29.-The league of
nations has issued an invitation to all
nations inviting them to participate in
an international passport conference
at Geneva. The purpose of the con-
ference would be to abolish many Of
the present Inconvenience Of foreign
travel for. the sick tourists and bour.
geoisie. -t.'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31
Coolidge Senators
Still Play with.
~ Postal Pay Bill

tRPrtlet " tuN kaNy NHoVHcFl
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Jan. az
President Coolidge informally sent
word to the senate today that the
Moses bill increasing the pay of post
office employees will be vetoed il
amended so as to reduce the postal
rates proposed in the Moses Bill. The
Moses bill increases the pay OF the
postal workers but also increases the
mailing rates. ..,
The republican senator's today
defeated an amendment to the Moses
Bill restoring the 1920 rates to maya
zines and newspapers. The two
fsrmer-labor candidates, Magnus John
SON and II. Shipstoad Of Minnesota
voted against the amendment with the
Coolidge senators.
A similar amendment proposed by
Senator Mcclellan OF Tennessee was
also defeated. by vote Of 81 to 45.
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Fear for Horthy.

BUDAPEST-A close guard wac
maintained today over the regent. Ad.
miral Horthy, following an attempt
on his life at small railway station
near Budapest. The shot fired at hin,
went wild.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31
C.P. OF France
HAS BIG GROWTH
The PAST YEAR
Hun,anite Has Circula-
ton of 100000

The following interesting ar
ticIe on the Communist Party Of
France is taken from The Work.
ers' Weekly of Great Britain.
The present article, deals with
the French party from the sum-
Imer of 1924. The congress of
the Communist Party of France
.eferred to in the article opened
On January II.
The new Political Bureau was for
the first time in the history Of the
French Party a united body of com
rades, absolutely at one with the Com.
munist International, and determined
to make its French Section a real
Bolsheyik Party, fighting unitedly I'm
der the banner OF Lenin.
| At District Congresses and spe-
cial national conference of ali dis
fricf secretaries. which was held in
september. the new party lead waf
approved. with certain exceptions
which we shall refer to later.
The party autumn campaign opened
with the slogans 100000 new party
members" 100000 circulation for
L'Humanite" (our comrades great
Paris daily paper).
10000 Recruits
Since June the party has gained
1915 new recruits, which brings its
membership up to over 10000; last
May 1t was $4,000.
Over 100000 francs have been
raised as party subscription, and
100000 francs for a special party loan.
The reorganization of the party on
the factory group basis has been
taken up with will. Paris. and Its
CONTINUED on Page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31
CAMPAIGN TO REORGANIZE PARTY
ON BASIS OF SHOP NUCLEI MAKES
RAPID PROGRESS IN NEW YORK
tspeeIaI to vac psIIy workerl

YORK. 29The reorganization the
4th
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31
Important Notice to Members of
Workers Party in New York City

L.
n Garden Garden thru the
later than 10 work
by II public that
all help this work.
the tickets sold themcHARLEs KRuMREN,
Organizer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31

<. (. VOROSHIIOv
Together. with 5udsnny he organ
lied the first Red cavalry troops.
which smashed the attacks Of Yu-
denItch, WrsnssI and the Polish
invasion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31

(. When you buy, get an I'D
for the DAILY WORKER.
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United Front Against Russia.

The socialist party of America has
entered this imperialistic alliance, and
is sponsoring the tour of the tool Of
Continued on page ~
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
STORAGE BATTERY
OPERATES STATION
VERY SUCCESSFULLY

That the operation of radio broad
casting station By storage batteries
instead of by a motor generator gives
satisfactory results is proved by the
performance of Station WOK since
it was opened three weeks ago, opera
tors of the new station declare.
WOk's broadcasting station is at
Hollywood, H., a distance Of about %
miles from the studio in the Terrace
Garden in the Morrison Hotel.
Norman Z. Wunderlich, chief en-
gineer of Station WOK, states that he
is more than grstified with the per
Torrance thus far and asserts that
not only does greater clarity result
from the use Of storage batteries for
broadcasting, but that a smoother
flow Of potential clergy is obtained.
sour faith in a storage battery oper-
ated station has been entirely JUST
fed" said Mr.. Wunerlch. I'VE arc
receiving daily many letters from all
parts Of this country and Canada an
nouncing that the Senders are pick
ing up our signals and that WOk is
coming in with clarity and volume,
There is no hum or other interference
within the station itself when stOr'
age batteries are used. This means
that our low wave length Of 217.3 me-
tiers. together with the use If storage
batteries, is a combination hard 70
beat
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
STORAGE BATTERIES
CLEAR WAVE LENGTH

Three stations in Chicago are now
broadcasting with storage battery
power instead Of using the motor gem
orators customarily employed. They
are Wits at the Lane Technical
High School, WSBC, the world bat
terry station, and WOK, operated by
the Neutrowound Radio Corporation.
That the system gives satisfactory
results is proved by the performance
of station WOK since it was opened
three weeks ago, operators of the new
station declare.
WOKs broadcasting station is at
Homefood. ILL.,, is miles south OF
Chicago. The studio is in the Ter
race Garden in the Morrison Hotel.
Norman L. Winderlich, chief en-
gineer Of station WOK, asserts that
not only does greater clarity result
from the use of storage batteries, but
that a more even flow Of energy is
obtained.
I'VE are receiving daily many let
ters from all parts Of this country
and Canada" he said, announcing
that WOK is not only being picked
up at distant points. but that it is
coming in with clarity and volume.
There is no hum Of a motor or other
interference within the station itself
when storage batteries are used. This
means that our low wave length Of
217.3 meters, together with the use
Of storage batteries, is a combination
hard to beat"