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Evening star., 1926-07-05
USE CIRCUS TACTICS
FOR GOLF TOURNEY


COLUMBUS. Ohio. July 0P.-The
be played here July $40. will have a
resemblance proportionate to a three
day circus.
Out at the Scioto Country Club,
where the championships are to he
held, they are arranging to feed thou
sands of golf fans. to park hundreds of
automobiles and to handle a gallery
that may run into the thousands
The Scioto Club has fewer than 900
members. The normal accommodations
in the dining rooms will be stretched
To accommodate as many as 500 at a
single meal. Food for the gallery
thousands also will be provided at
a big top" to be located in the woods
adjacent to the clubhouse.
The roof of the clubhouse. from
which all or portions of II of the is
holes are visible, will be transformed
into a huge press gallery
Ringside seats will be provided in
100 boxes, each holding eight persons.
Bleachers erected adjacent to the club
house will take care of others. Ad-
joining these seats. an innovation at
national open tournaments. will he the
Scoreboard on which the progress OF
each match will be depicted. The
scores will be telephoned every three
holes throughout the course. Radio
station WEAO is available if broad
casting Is decided upon.
Part of the playing course has been
rebuilt. and an additional road and a
new entrance to the club grounds
were made especially for the tourna-
ment.
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RECORDS EXPECTED
IN A. A. U. CONTESTS
By the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA. July 5.-The
cream of American athletes and sew
eral from Europe and Canada were
entered in the senior track and field
meet of the A. A. U. today.
American Athletic Union officials
who witnessed the performances in
the junior championships Saturday
said they looked for at least seven
new marks to be hung up today, es.
pecially because the under track was
fast. One Of the worlds records in
danger, in the opinion Of these Off
cials, was the mile mark of 4:10 rs,
made by the great PaavO Nurni In
1923. Lloyd Hahn of the Boston A.
A. announced his intention of trying
to lower this time and Tom Kanaly,
coach of the team. felt confident he
would succeed.
Several athletes hoped to break
the record Of 1920 2-5 by Hans
kolehmainen for the 6-mile run.
Entries included Owe Anderson
500 and 1900 meter champion Of Fin
land; Phil Osif, Haskell Indian, who
won the junior event Saturday
Verne Booth. former intercollegiate
titleholder; Harold Phelps. Chicago
A. A.; Russell Payne. Illinois A. c..
and Bill Kennedy. veteran marathon
runner of East Port Chester, y. Y.
Field records threatened were the
shotput, discus. tavelin and pole vault
Today's program was confined to
the runs, hurdles and field events
The meet starts at | pm. standard
time.
The relay and all-around champion
ships will be held tomorrow.
Evening star., 1926-07-05
TRUCE NOW EXISTS
IN WAR ON BETTING
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 5.-An armed truce
prevailed today in the betting war
between the State attorneys office
and officials of the Washington Park
race course. and pending court hear
ings. certificate mutuelS will he in full
operation at the Homewood track
without official interference.
Announcement of the ''armiStice"
was made after conferences between
Thomas Jameson. attorney for the
Illinois Jockey Club. and Assistant
States Attorney German. who led n
raid at Homewood Saturday in the
face of an injunction restraining of
ficials from interference at the track.
I'VE are not going to do anything
further until States Attorney Grove
returns to the city" said German, in
confirming reports of the truce. Grove
is expected here tomorrow.
Meanwhile the battle lines were
forming for the next move in the fight
concerning mutuel certificate betting,
with a scheduled hearing tomorrow
afternoon on making the temporary
injunction permanent. Upon that mo-
ton and upon the judicial decision
as to whether Groves men were in
contempt of court when they raided
mutuel pavilion at Homewood will
rest the next turn of the legal STRAIT
egy to permit netting.
At Homewood another phase Of the
war will he open when FIVE clerks sar-
rested as inmates of d gambling house
will he brought into court on July IL.
The men are at liberty on $500 bond.
With assura nee of no interference
from police or Cook County deputies.
officials of the track were ready to
handle capacity crowd for the seven
event racing program this afternoon.
The feature was the $4,000 Wash
ington Park Handicap, with Captain
Hal the leading entry.
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DRIVER FOLEY KILLED
IN AUTO RACE TEST

BY the Associated Press
SALEM. n. H.. July Some of the
best racing drivers in the United
States and Europe were entered in to-
days 200-mle sweepstakes at the
Rockingham motor speedway
Peter de Paolo of Roseland. ~ j..
and Dave Lewis of Los Angeles ruled
favorites by virtue of qualifying times
of 1915 miles an hour. but such noted
speed merchants as Ralph Hepburn
and Bennett Hill had turned in marks
slower oely by fractions of second
Jack Foley. young Lowell driver.
was killed yesterday in sight of his
wife and 10000 spectators when his
machine dashed up a 45-degree grade
to the top of the track where. at a
speed estimated at IFS miles an hour
it crashed through an iron fence and
then rebounded to the pit
Eddie Hearn. Frank Elliott. Harry
Hartz. Earl Cooper and Bob Me
DonOugh were among the entrants.
Evening star., 1926-07-05
SWIMMER MUST GIVE UP
AUTO TO WIN IN WATER

Los ANGELES, July 3 LP).-For
those who seek aquatic laurels Duke
kahanamoku. great Hawaiian swim
mer. recommends abstention from au-
tOmobile driving. He saws II brought
about his defeat in the 100-meter
sprint At the 1924 Olympics. Johnny
Weismueller was the winner Of that
race.
Kahanamoku explains that when he
came 10 the United States from Hon
olulu he drove considerably the ma
nipulation Of the foot pedals develop
ing new set Of muscles along the
shin bone. I'm the Olympic event" q"
he said. my wind and strength were
fine, but my legs. because Of these
muscles. went dead on me. They
meant the difference in inches that
Weismueller beat me-"
Kahanamoku has rounded out Is
years of active competition. Now he
is seeking fame as a motion picture
actor
Evening star., 1926-07-05
MICHIGAN ATHLETES
SET PACE IN STUDIES

By the Associated Press.
ANN HARBOR. Mich. July 8
Athletes of the University of Michi-
gan average higher in their classroom
standings than non-athleteS, it IS
shown in survey made public by
West J. Altenburg. a graduate in
structor in physical education.
The report reveals also that the
varsity averaged better students than
the second string men, and that both
these groups were better in their
studies than the numeral men, largely
freshmen.
Altenburg undertook his study. COW
ering the past two and one-half years,
in search of the answer to the ques-
/, ton: DO athletics interfere with the
studies of the athletes? The investiga
ton convinced him. too, that athletes
do not select pipe" or easy courses.
"If they do" he said. lit does not diff
ferentiate them from the rest of the
student body"
Grades of all the athletes averaged
74.5. The average for all men of the
university was 73.4.
Evening star., 1926-07-05

The Boger kronman match in the
seml'nnais was the hardest-fought
battle OF the tournament After
pressing hard on the winners heels
In the opener. which Miss Boyer
finally captured at IS: Miss kron-
man came to the front in the second,
taking II at 6-4. The third set was
anybody's game. Miss Boyer was
extended to the limit in order To hold
which she captured after tight
struggle. She followed this by tax
ing the tenth game. giving her the
set at 6--4, and the match
Summary of matches follows:
Ina siegrs ac EIsan1r saGSP vat, s
RssSal! ss5ss as5ss,ea aHMs%ia M9am f Hesra ID 3u.
ft Eifct0r,a Sassr won from Zoe, Ponorow. by
Moore Moor, by default; Esteia, Hearn defeated
sassar ei j. f2ssd Rssdal De defestdd tfsiea :
sFeyWWonT, 5 Wo,, 81. 81. So: p, Kroamsn defeated
paq .M5 42s d G j. jefsa1Ga RsnGal d defeaaed ss"ai
Frances Major. formerly director of
the Iowa avenue playground, has
been transferred to Happy Hollow and
Will take the place of Mrs. Ella r.
oulOlS, VINO resigned recently.
Emily Tilton has been appointed
director of the Thomson School plav-
ground at Twelfth and l. streets and
Is planning full program of warm
weather activities for the young peo-
pie who frequent this center during
the vacation season. Miss Tilton has
been assistant director at Twin Oaks
and was at one time in charge of the
tOrCoran School ground
In discussing the seeded players in
the District of Columbia womenS net
championships now in progress ON
the DumbartOn courts il was stated
In this column that Heloise Beebe of
Baltimore was rated No. > and
Frances Krucoff. District champion,
was the No. position. This was an
error. Miss krucoff is seeded No. ,
in the draw and Miss Beebe No g.
Miss Krucoff holds a higher place in
the Middle Atlantic ranking list tha n
the Baltimore girl.
Miss Beebe undoubtedly will ad-
vance to a much higher ranking in
the Middle Atlantic section before the
present season ends, however, if she
continues to display the brand of ten
mis- she has uncorked in the early
tournaments this Spring. Her show
ing in the recent Maryland state
championships was most impressive
as well as her performance at the
Norfolk nets.
Evening star., 1926-07-05

ing them, since the Clubhead moves
in a larger are. The slack that the
drag back from the ball permitted is
now being taken up. Just AS the club
head goes over the top all this slack
will he taken up. and the Clubhead
will come to the top in a manner that
will wind the body up like spring
Throughout the winding up action
keep the right leg firm and hold the
head still but not rigid. Practice this
back swing method. II will. beyond
all question give YOU the. finest
result
Evening star., 1926-07-05
CHANNEL SWIM MERS
PULLING TOGETHER


BY the Associated Press.
CAPE Girls NE,Z. France. July
Swimmers of three nations in
tra ming here to cross the English
Channel are prepared to carry out as
individuals former Ambassador JUS
serand'S admonition that the three
Yorktown nations ought to pull to
gether in the future"
The l50th birthday of the United
States vas celebrated by the Amer
leans, Gertrude t.derle and Lillian
Cannon. and their Egyptian trainer.
Ishak Helmy: the French girl. Jane
Sion, and the Englishman. r. w. Bur
CESS. in a little party that resulted in
a real handS-across the-sea demonStra
tionL
The American girls and their trainer
hraved bad weather and rough Watel'
for an hour in the afternoon Just to
honor Columbia, the gem of the
ocean,"
Evening star., 1926-07-05

However, the difficulty has been
abridged ard the schedule Of the
association revised to suit the plans
of the Washington team.
Washington is idle in the league
play on July IS. The match with
Wilmington on July 25 has been post.
poned and will be played on August
Is 1t was formerly intended to close
the season on August s.. but with
the new arrangement the season will
be extended just one week longer
Paul Gibbons. chairman of the
municipal parks division of the
United States Lawn Tennis Associa
ton. was elected honorary president
Paul Wenton, sports editor of the
Evening Sun Baltimore, president
Mortimer ID. Rathgeber. Washington,
vice president; Joseph L. Oser. Phila
delphla, secretary. and Andrew Nc.
Lachlan. Chester, treasurer.
Evening star., 1926-07-05
PLAY In DISTRICT TENNIS
DEPENDENT ON WEATHER


Columbia championship will be
the Dumbarton that max
the
of
in
the club by O'Clock
possibility
be completed
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sent America as il should be repre-
sented. yet twice l have returned to
America to find that I have been
panned, once for a false report that
said I would never return. which I
have shown was untrue, because I
have been back twice since. and this
year because the interview | have
explained was translated into the
meaningless statement that the Brit
ish were too gosh -darned lazy and the
Americans wouldn't return to Great
Britain because there was no com
petition"
Hagen said that his delay in ap-
pearing for his match with Abe
Mitchell was not as bad as painted
Heavy traffic caused his automobile
to be 10 minutes late. and on his ar
rival the club secretary told him there
was no hurry.
Evening star., 1926-07-05

An executive committee also was
selected to preside during the first
season Of the association. This COM
mittee includes the officers with the
addition of Gayle Hoskins, manager
of the Wilmington team.
Everything is in readiness for the
league to open it's season on July IL.
Excellent tennis is promised
Officials of the organization are to-
gether in their opinion that the as
sociation will prove success.
The revised schedule follows:
July 1I-Baltmore at Chester, Philadel.
phla at Washington
July ls-Baltmore at Philadelphia, vii.
mngtOn at Chester.
July 25--WIlmington at PHILADELPHIA.
August Wilmington at Baltimore
Chester at Washington.
August S-Batimore at Washington
Philadelphia at Chester
August 15-Wilmington at Washington.
Evening star., 1926-07-05

anu OlHeI WINSIS, ttit statement -
Il was asked why the British play
ers had not done better. and what ef-
feet ] thought seven Americans fin
ishing the first 10 in the British open
would have on international golf.
Il replied that l thought the Amer
leans saved more shots than the Brit
ish players when within pitching dis
tance of the cup. and especially on
the green's, where the Americans
were always giving the ball a rap for
the hole. hoping for birdieA | said T.
thought American amateurs worked
harder at their game than the Brit
ish amateurs and played more golf
with professionals than the British,
and that this helped to improve their
game.
Il have made six trips to Britain
and | hope to make many more. I
have always done my best to repre-
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Should further inclement weather
make 1t impossible to carry on today,
matches in the first and second
rounds will be played tomorrow, ac-
cording to Ruth Curran, chairman of
the committee.
Ten first round encounters were
completed yesterday before rain halt
ed operations at Dumbarton. Mary
will Wakeford, seeded No. 4. was
pressed considerably to gain a deci
sion over Cara Cook in the closest
match of the day. Miss Cook eX-
tended the former titleholder to Sc
in the opening set and kept things
interesting throughout the second,
which Miss Wakeford took at 6-3.
Delphine Heyl. Virginia State run
ner-up, took the measure of Jessie
Edmonston. 6-4, Cd, in another in
teresting encounter during which
Miss Heyl suffered a sprained ankle,
but refused to halt play for more
than the few minutes required to
ba andage the injured foot.
| Eleanor Cottman and HelOise Reebe
Of Baltimore were to get into action
| this morning in their initial matches.
| Miss Cottman drew a bye in the
first round and will meet Ruth Cur
ran in the second. Miss Beebe is
paired with Marion Jarrett.
! Players eliminated in the opening
round will be eligible for the consola,
ton singles tourney which is sched-
uled to start Tuesday morning. at
which time the womens doubles also
will get under way. Entry in the
doubles event should be made before
O'Clock this evening with Ruth
| Curran at North 2015.
Clarence Charest and Capt. Ander-
| son are carded TO meet Gwynn King
and Tom Mangan at 80 this after
noon in the title round of the men s
| doubles. 1t is assumed that this
| match will he played as scheduled
| unless further rain prevents, as no
announcement To the contrary has
| been made by the committee.
In the invitation mixed doubles.
one team advanced to the final round
Yesterday. Corinne Frazier and Bob
Elliott defeated Frances Walker and
Milton Yates, 6-3. 60. in the semi
finals. Two matches remain to be
played in the lower half before the
final round will he reached Laura
Bryn and Eddie Jacobs are listed to
meet Marywill Wakeford and Paul
| Harding in the first of these. The
winner subsequently will play Elsie
Jansen and j. s. Rut!ey in the semi
finals. The Jansen -Rutley combina =
ton advanced Saturday by virtue of
their victory over Phoebe Moorhead
and Jack Regan.
Schedule today:
First round-Frances Walker vs. Mrs Nc
CCutcheon. Florence Seward vs. Mrs. Ruth
Msrtinez. Dorothy feager vs.. Margaret
| Marion Jarrett vs. Heloise Beehe.
Second round-Eleanor Cottman Ruth
Currsn Corinne Frazier rs. winner Walker
MoCutcheon Laura Bryn.. vs.. Marywill
Waterford Frances Kruroh Delphine
Heyl. Phoebe Moorhead ". winner Yeager-
Ryan match. Elizabeth Shrpley vs.. Susan
/ Beal.
| Yesterdays results:
FIRST ROUND.
| Cppe- half--Eleanor COttman. hyr. Ruth
! Curran. bye; CorInne Frazier defeated Flor.
/ ence Poston CO. e.: Katherine BarelI
! defeated Dolly Realcr. -. 6-1: Laura
| Bryn defeated Elsie Jansen. 6---1. 6-4
Maryw,n ,Wakeford defeated Cara Cook.
Lower half-Frsnces krucoff defeated
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z h @ h a. n d 8. or
wrists. You should
understand that
the drag back of
the club is not any
pronounced or eX-
aggerated move
nent. a lso keep
the ri Z ht a I M
tucked in rather
close at the ell
bow. When club
head and hands
are even at a
point a bout mid
way up in the
back swing. the
clubhead is. actu-
ally, overcoming
the speed of the
hands anI iS .nncr
Evening star., 1926-07-05
WASHINGTON WATERMEN
IN PHILADELPHIA MEET

BY tho Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. July 5.--Eighty-
two crews and twenty-four canoeists
were here today to compete in the
peoples regatta on the Schuylkill
River. They represented clubs in New
York. New England, Washington. d.
c.: Baltimore. Newark. y. j.; Alexan-
dria. Va. and this city. Twenty-four
rowing races and a number of canoe
events were on the program.
Among the oarsmen were Olympic
college and national champions, and
former champions.
Paul V. Costello. w. Z. Garrett Gil
more, Russell Goldman Granville
Guide and Walter NJ. Hoover were en-
tered in the single SOULS event.
Evening star., 1926-07-05
LET.UP is BELIEVED DUE
AFTER BRITISH VICTORY
In Fact, None of Linksmen Who Competed Abroad
Is Regarded Probable Winner in Com.
petition This Week at SciOtO Course.
BY RAY MCCARTHY.

EW YORK, July 5-Pckng the OF the 1920 American
national championship which will be played
and 10 Country Club, Columbus, Oho
who
better than outside through
The the guide
Bobby Walter Hagen
pkd the British
Columbus Furthermore he will
nNasi to championship
in
Evening star., 1926-07-05
AUTOIST KILLS WOMAN.

CLINTON. ILL.,. Auly LP).-Mrs.
Alice REYNOLDS was instantly killed
Yesterday when racing automobile
tore through a fence at the faiT
grounds here and struck her. Her
niece. Lillian Larsen, Is, was injured,
and two racing drivers. Dottie PCtro.
Lincoln. and n. NJ. RiCkgauer, To
wanda. were slightly hurt.
Evening star., 1926-07-05
CHAPLIN RALLIES TO WIN
TENNIS TOURNEY FINAL

CHICAGO. July ; LR.-Alfred H.
Chaplin CT Springfield. Mass. took a
place alongside of National Champion
William Tilden as winner of uphill
TERMS matches when he gained the
Illinois state mems singles champion
ship. defeating Ray Brown of st.
Louis. tenth ranking star in the
United States, in the final, 3-6. Go.
Evening star., 1926-07-05
SELLS TWO PLAYERS.

GREENNILLE. S. g.. July t4).
---Cireenville. South Atlantic Associa
ton. has sold Infielder Pat Crawford
and Outfielder Russell Scarritt to the
Atlanta team of the Southern Asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1926-07-05
BREAKS SWIMMING MARK

NEW CASTLE. y. H.. July ) CP.--
Agnes Geraghty of New York lowered
the national swimming record for the
400-yard breast stroke in the Went
worth pool here when she covered
10 laps in 6 minutes 3S 80 seconds.
She was just beaten out. however. by
Miss Matilda Scheurich. her clubmate.
to whom she had conceded d handiCa .
of IA seconds.
Evening star., 1926-07-05
MUNYNETDATESC CHANGED:
OFFICERS ARE SELECTED

ALTMORE Md, July 5A Slight change has effected the
schedule of the Tennis Association
league formed recently, including Washington, Ba-
more, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Chester.
At meeting of the league which officers for the
of
District of
public that
Evening star., 1926-07-05
Hagen Denies He Ever Called
BritOns ''TOO COsh-Darn Law
Bv the Associated Press


n 5-Waler isn't
VI the American vocabulary, therefore,
nliquoted.
The golfer formal repudiatcd an the
quoting him saying golfers
oo gosr-darn lazy
Gohdarn he said used the
although might be used by British Yankee
Il did volunteer information and merely
which asked by George Greenwood OF the London Telegraph
Evening star., 1926-07-05
WOMEN In SPORT
BY CORINNE FRAZIER

LAY in the second annual tennis Washingo
Athletic Club has reached the
and julia Randall They will
day this week Miss Boyer Siegri Victoria
and kronman her Randall
Miriam ten Emily Seymo take her position
opposite ~ ~ '""o ">' p''''o1
Evening star., 1926-07-05
DIEGEL AND SARAZEN WIN

NEW YORK. July P).-Leo
Diegel. the Canadian open golf cham
pion. and Gene SaraZen, Metropolitan
open titleholder, defeated Walter
Hagen. American professional cham
pion and Jim Barnes of lockwood
Hall. and |. in an lS-hole exhibition
match at the Fresh Meadow Country
Club
Evening star., 1926-07-05
FANS GIVEN SCARE.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July P).--
Wind of cycionic proportions unroofed
the Srandstand of Hodges Field. local
amateur base ball park. yesterday.
throwing a crowd of a thousand per
sons into a near panic. Only few
persons were slightly injured.
Evening star., 1926-07-05
Bobby Jones Declared Unlikely Capture National Open Golf Tournament
JONES AMONG GOLF
STARS TO PLAY HERE

While hundreds of Washington golf.
ers were playing in formal club events
today, Burning Tree and Congressional
entertained Bobby Jones, the new
British open champion, in two in
formal events. At the same time Ro-
land r. Mackenzie of Columbia and
Watts Gum. Jones' foursome part
ner. were playing in matches at Con
gressional with George Won Elm, the
California star, who played so well
in England.
Jones came to Washington this
morning and went over to Burning
Tree to play in an 1S-hole match with
Tommy Armour of Congressional, ST
NJ. Newton of Richmond and Bill Mehl-
horn. Mackenzie and Gum played
yesterday at Columbia. but kept no
cards of the game. George Won Elm
was scheduled to arrive in Washing
ton this morning to play at Congress
sional this afternoon.
All the amateurs and professionals
scheduled to play in the national open
at Columbus. Ohio, which begins next
Thursday, will leave the city tonight,
with the exception of Roland r. Mac
kenzie, who will start tomorrow.
Mrs. Alma Won Steiner and f. w.
Diggs won the Scotch foursome tour
ney at the Indian Spring Club YES
terday with a net card of II. Mrs
Fl. A. Knox and l.. r. Chapman were
second and Mrs. l.. E. Chapman and
Col. II. A. Knox finished third.
Fred Walen and c. II. Batson, with
net scores of 73. tied for first place
in the kicker's handicap tourney.
Robert r. Barnett. the Chevy Chase
Drp an unnffirial record for tho
course last Saturday afternoon when
he scored a &C. He played in a four
ball match with \. NJ. Dunlop. Rob
ert Stead. ir., and Alan Lard. His
card with spar of the course follows:
Out--par. A 4 3 4 ! 4 3-35
Barnett "A 3 5 3-33
In--par "a 3 1 4 4 4--69
Barnett ..3 5 3 4 4-33-66
The amateur record for the course
is 50. made by George j. Voigt in the
Evening star., 1926-07-05
HOFF TO STAY IN U. S.

Los ANGELES. July R).-
Charles Hoff. Norwegian pole vaulter.
recently suspended by the A. A. u,
has applied for membership in the Los
Angeles Athletic Club, announcing MS
intention to make his home here. he
has obtained Job as a cartoOnlst.
Evening star., 1926-07-05
RATED BALL KILLS BOY.

YOJTNCSTOWN. Ohio. July F).--
Dick Damorer. 10. was struck by a
batted ball and instantly killed yester-
day while watching an amateur base
hall game. A foul ball struck him on
the right side of the head. breaking ms
neck
Evening star., 1926-07-05
HORNSBY TO PLAY SOON.

ST LOUIS. Mo. July P).--
Manager Rogers Hornsby Of the St.
Louis Nationals. who underwent an
operation for removal of carbuncle
on his hip recently. expects To get
back in the lineup by the end of this
week He is limping slightly.
Evening star., 1926-07-05
BAYON WINS NET TITLE.

NEW ORLEANS, July : 1P.-
Maurice Bayon. New Orleans youth.
won the Southern junior tennis cham
poinshir by defeating William Clines
of Louisville, Ky. in the finals, g.,
6-2, 6-4.