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Hoover viii Pitch
First Ball to Open
1929 Baseball Race

CHICAGO, April 15-QP-Wnh the Yankee menace still casting tn
shadow across the pennant horizon and chilling interest," the American
league tomorrow launches what promises to be another one-sded cham
pionship race.
Three years straight and six times in eight years have Babe Ruth
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Cubs and Giants in
National League to
breeze Home Ahead

T. g. Won't De decided Tor six months. Some critics contend the
20 penatane wont be clnched definitely much before the closing day
OF the season, October 6
Most experts have contended themselves with stating that four clubs
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CAUSE OF THE WAR

CHICAGO-Mrs. Emma Colwyh
was arrested for punching Miss
Carrie Joseps, who said to her:
Fancy your being at large when
the zoo wants specimens"
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'BEDBUG BITE KILLS BABY
CHICAGO - The 3-months-old
baby of Mrs. w. G. Murray died az
the result of a bedbug bite.
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CONVICT INHERITS WEALTH
BORDEAUX, France - Marcel
Cortois, serving a 10-year sentence
for banditry. has inherited 100000
from an aunt. -
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JAYWALKER GETS HIS
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Reprimanded
for ja~ywalking, Albert Seton ours
ed a policeman and was sent to jail.
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PAYS WIFE s6s5 no QUIZ

LONDON-Robert Marion adj
mitted in court that he had paid
his wife $685. to quit him and go
away with q man who loved her.
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GOOD AT PSYCHOLOGY OR
WHAT HAVE YOU?

Gene Mccain, scout for the
New York Yankees and former
minor league manager, had a repu-
tation as a psychologist when he
was directing minor league teams.
A college player on one Of his teams
said to him once after some aStute
baseball figuring by Gene, You
are a real master Of psychology
The manager then had his joke.
Without the semblance of a smile
he asked the player, What is psy-
chology?"
A few days later with a three
run lead in the ninth, two of the
opposition players got on the bases
and Gene sent the ~collegian who
had dubbed him a psychologist to
the bull pen to warm up. He had
thrown a few balls when the bats
men sent a line drive whistling at
the pitcher. the ball breaking a
finger and filling the bases. The
college boy came In, fairly well
warmed UP instead of cold as he
would have been had not Mccain
sent him out before the damage
was done. and disposed Of the side
without any scoring.
When he reached the bench he
answered his managers question
Of previous date. THAT is psy-
chology," he said.
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SALO'S DOGS ARE
y = *
HEAVY, HE LOSES
y = \
GROUND IN DERBY

HANCOCK, Md, April 8.-(P(-
c. G. Pyle'S BunionerS have ups
and downs this week. Beginning
with today's trek to CUMBERLAND,
they must climb the Appalachian
mountains to Uniontown, Pa,
which they will reach tomorrow.
Ed Gardner, duSky runner from
Seattle, yesterday closed up the
gap which separated him from
John Salo, PaSSaic, N. j.. police
man, by winning the lap from
Frederick here to approach to
within 81 minutes Of the plodding
policeman. Salo held to his mar
row margin on total elapsed time
by finishing second in the Fred
rick-Hancock lap.
Peter Guvazzi, Of England. helo
to third place, two hours be-
hind Gardner, with Arthur New
ton, Of South Africa coming up
fourth. one hour further down the
line, placing third in yesterdays
lap.
Four more Of the entries dropped
by the wayside yesterday. The
Belgian brothers. Karl and Jual
Cools, Thomas 3. Ellis Of Ham
ilton, Ontario. and Martin johann
sen, Of Rockford. Ill, failed to
start from Frederick.
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.AZTECS BEAT
PALME:z NINE
De Los Santos Has Better OF
Hurting Duel With
Manuel

In a game featured by heavy
clouting in the latter part Of the
contest, and slowed up in the first
five frames by errors, the Aztec
baseball team of San Benito won
ever the Palmer Hatters of this city.
z to 4 on the American Legion
ground Sunday afternoon, before a
large crowd.
De Los Santos, the San Benito
hurler, used a tantalizing curve in
the first six innings, and had the
Hatters at his mercy, but the locals
came back in the latter stages and
made a desperate attempt to over
come the lead. They fell short by
three scores. and two men were
left stranded on the bases as the
last batter hit a weak roller to the
first baseman in the ninth inning.
Errors played a big part in giving
the Aztecs an early lead. However,
some sparkling plays were made,
and the game was interesting
throughout.
The lineups: Aztecs-Diaz, 2b:
! Roberts, CT; 3. Montalvo, 3b; "A.
Montalvo, IS; j. Montalvo. RI; Welt
man, ID; Lupe, II; De Los Santos,
p; B. Lea1, c.
Hatters: Cortinas, IS and II;
Rodriguez, CT; Saenz, 2b: Serrato,
ID; Rodo1fo, ID; Cuco, RI; Moreno,
c; Manuel. p; De La Rosa, 30.
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LOCAL SKEET
CLUB VICTORS
Brownsville Shooters Score
1872 to 169 For Donna;
Seago High Man
(SueciaI to The Herald

Z " 4AAC
DONNA, April 8.-The Batsell-
Wells Skeet club Of Brownsville
carried off high score in the match
with the American Legion club IN
this city Sunday afternoon, by a
score Of 1872 to 169. X
H. D. Seago, Brownsville, was
high scorer for the day, breaking
the cIay-like ovals ~ times out OF
so shots, and w. E. Arnold. with q
score Of 80, was high for Donna.
The meet, first to be held by the
clubs, was an interesting affair.
The club grounds. located just off
the highway south Of Donna, Is
one Of the best in the Valley.
A number of fans from both
cities attended the meet.
A return match, to be held IN
Brownsville, Is on tap sometime IN
the next two weeks.
Manager j. F. Dykema, Of the
Donna club, and Charlie Burton, OF
Brownsville, we're judges.
Following are the scores Of the
match:
Donna: W. z. Arnold, SO; W
Anderson. IS; Bethel Cole, "a; J. A
Taylor, 80; w. G. Weaver, %. To-
tai, 1859.
Brownsville: H. D. Seago, 40; J.
H. Batsell, SO; Harry Richardson,
81; z. ". Markussen, "a; Bob Wade,
81. Total, 1872.
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Will Be
RIVALS GIANTS
Ruth Mobbed With Kind
ness In Oklahoma City;
Robins Unfortunate

NEW YORK, April 8.-(P-John
McGraW is convinced his New
York Giants are improved and Will
be in the thick Of the National
league pennant struggle. McGraw,
who celebrated his 58th birthday at
Memphis yesterday, believes the
Giants have their best chance in
some years to make away with the
league gonfalon. He thinks the
Cubs are the most improved Of
the Giants rivals.
B~rooklyn'S gift for hitting into
double plays still is with them
much to Wilbert RobinSon's dis
gust. The Robins outhit Cleveland
and got most Of the breaks as well
at New Orleans yesterday, but they
hit into four double plays and
bowed to the Indians, 5 to l.
Baseball fans will kill Babe Ruth
with kindness yet. Sixteen thou
sand persons at Oklahoma City
yesterday saw the Yankees down
Oklahoma City 13 to 5 in a game
called at the end of the eighth
inning. In this frame the crowd,
eager to get as close to Ruth as
possible, SWarmed out on the field
and nearly mobbed the big fellow.
The game was called, but it took
Ruth some minutes to get out Of
the field. AS Ruth sought to force
his way through the mob, some
body started q cushion-throWing
barrage. Finally with the aid Of
police and a taxi cab driver, the
Babe got back to his hotel with no
more damage than a torn baseball
suit.
Artie Nehf has joined the Cubs
physically fit. He proved to Man
ager Joe Mccarthy he is ready for
the championship campaign YES
terday by holding Houston to two
singles in four innings of hurting.
Aided by homers by Rogers Horns
by and Hack Wilson, the Cubs
walked away with the game, II
to 3
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Senior Girls Ball
Team to Play First
Game On April II

Brownsville senior girls basket
ball team will play Rio Hondo In
its first game Of the season, April
Il, here.
Coach Margaret Valenta made
this announcement Monday.
At 2 meeting Of the coaches held
at San Benito Friday night a
schedule was made out, and the
following dates we're assigned to the
local team:
April 12-Rio Hondo at Browns
vile.
April 16-La Feria at La Feria.
April 23-San Benito at Browns
vile.
April 26-Rio Eondo at Rio
Hondo.
April 3O-La Feria at Brownsville.
May 3-San Benito at San Benito.
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DALLAS, Texas, April 6.-(P1-
The Wichita Falls Spudders began
five days of routine training today.
They embark next weekend on
their final exhibition series. Games
are scheduled at Wichita Falls Sat-
urday and Sunday with Fort Worth
to wind up the exhibition program.
Although the Spudders lost three
games to the Chicago White Sox.
fans saw their team play some good
baseball. Outfielder Red Benefits
hitting and fielding featured in
nearly every game and excellent
pitching was turned in by George
Payne, Milt ~Steengrafe and Cy
Smith.
The Houston Bluffs were sup
posed to be "riled" yesterday be-
cause Dutch Hoffman, catcher, was
badly cut by Grimm's spikes Sat-
urday as the Pirate first sacker slid
into the plate. However, if the BIZ
sons were nursing a grudge because
they thought the spiking intention
al they didn't show it. The Cubs
had no trouble in winning, Il to 8.
Rose, Wachtel and Webb, the three
Buffalo hurlers, issued Is passes.
The fate Of a number of young
ball players on the Fort Worth ros-
ter hung in the balance today as
the first cut was planned. Presi-
dent Will Stripping, Manager Jake
Atz and Jack Zeller met to decide
who's who and why. 1t is expected
most of the young Cats will go 10
Evansville in the Three-Eye league,
Fort Smith in the Western associa-
ton, Phoenix in the Arizona State
league.
Lengthy batting sessions head
lined this weeks training for Beau
mont which looked none too i'm
preSSive with the stick in their
weekend games with the DR.. Pep
pers, semi-pro club from Galveston.
The Exporters won the first tilt
Saturday, 4 to 0, with five hits, and
took Sundays game, 5 to 2, with
eight hits but most Of the blows
were scratch singles.
Nine Waco players have felt the
edge Of Manager Del Pratt's axe
which cut into the Cubs for the
third time this weekend. Eight
men were made free agents, and the
ninth, Rudy Shelton, left hand
hurler who captained the Baylor
University nine last year. was
farmed out to Vicksburg. The Cubs
today prepared for games with Fort
Worth Wednesday and Thursday.
The eight released outright by
Waco included Walter and Charlie
Meme. outfielder and pitcher from
the sandlots Of St. Louis; George
Farquahar, southpaw who came
here as a free agent and who spent
the 1925 and 1926 training seasons
with st. Paul; Wagner, catcher,
Galveston; Jack Sherron, catcher,
San Antonio; Melton, hurler; Earl
Mckinney, infielder, and Franken-
field, outfielder, from st. Charles,
Mo.
Having whipped the Luling Oilers
at Luling yesterday, Il to 1. the San
Antonio Indians took a days rest
because Of a muddy field today, and
Tuesday, they will 60 to San Marcos
to meet Southwest Texas State
Teachers College. Pat Shea pitched
the nine inning route Sunday and
yielded four hits.
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S6COND GUEsslN6~SPORT
= ~ BRIAN Bell s.
(AsSSeixrgo Gsasss srocTs ~sarrEso

The debate continues as to
whether these plays started as they
ended. The experts were divided
ct the time. some taking the posi-
tion that the fleet eagle was
thWarted in his efforts to get out
perate effort to avoid heavy loss.
The noes" however, persisted and
Coach Bill" Jones has had nu-
merous inquiries directed to him
as to the plays.
"They were not planned" said
Captain Jones. "On all eagles
runs, the ends went down and If
he could not get away, he passed.
That was the case in the Stanford
game. I do not deserve any credit
for strategy in connection with
these passes"
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YANKEES

Handsome Gordon Rhodes, with
his youth and inexperience, looked
a bit out of place with the Yankees
when he first reported. He is only
20 years old and some Of the ex-
perts with the world champions
announced that Young Gordon
would have to wait a year or two
before breaking into a steady job
in the majors.
Rhodes turned on the steam be-
fore most Of the pitchers had
scarcely warmed up and has had
the Yankee troupe talking about
him ever since. Now he is assured
Of a job as second string pitcher.
Gordon, a right handler, won II
and lost 10 for Hollywood last year.
He is a six-footer and weighs 1874
pounds. And he Is the best look
ing player or the Yankee squad.
His home is in Salt Lake City,
Utah.
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A. A. u Takes Leaf From,
BdsebaU;s Commission

CHICAGO, April S.-tP1-A move
ment, which may change the COM
plexion Of the Amateur Athletic
Union Of the United States and Its
policies toward amateur and pro-
fessional sports, has been started by
Avery B%rundage OF Chicago, presi-
dent.
Brundage has addressed a lengthy
QUESTIONABLE to the 157 governors
Of the A. A. u, and when their an
swers are in, he expects to e a
change in the constitution.
At least five results r expected
from the QUESTIONABLE, Brundage
said. They are:
Contamination OF close harmony
between the A. A. u, and the Ma
tional Collegiate Association.
Formation Of a high judiciary
commission Of five or more men to
be supreme in all matters Of anna
teur eligibility, the commission tc
function for amateur athletics as
Commissioner e. M. Lands does In
baseball.
Creation of a better understand
and keener appreciation of the
A. A. u, by the public.
Recognition of the A. A. U. by
kindred organizations al the govern
ing body in all amateur athletics
excepting that which Is strictly col
legiate.
Revamping the A. A. U. constitu-
ton and rules to fit present day
needs and to accomplish fulfillment
of the foregoing detectives.
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Yesterdays Baseball
Results

At Observation-Disclosures (A)
4; Montgomery i.
At Memphis-New York (N) g.;
Memphis 5.
At Oklahoma City-New York
CA) IS; Oklahoma City 5 % in
nings).
At DaIIas-Pittsburgh CN) 5;
Dallas 4.
At Norfolk-Boston (A) 10; New
Haven CE) 4.
At Wichita Falls-Chicago "a
8; Wichita Falls 4. ~
At Houston-Chicago NO
Houston 3. aHHmmu
At Baltimore BaltimG
Philadelphia CA) 2.
At Kansas City-St. Lou. D
Kansas City I.
At Fort Worth-Detroi ~:
Fort Worth 2.
At Newark-Newark 8; EEL
phia N) 4. on
At Chattanooga-Chatta 8;
st. Louis CN) 8. HEMzHM
At New Orleans-Clez CAJ
5; Brooklyn O) 1.
At Observation-Disclosures (N 8;
Nashville 3.
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BY
Big IRagne Scnnt

"
The practice of a batter de-
handing an inspection of a ball
frequently becomes a nuisance be-
cause of the delay. The fans be-
come tired Of watching some dinky
hitter carefully inspect the horse
hide and then proceed to strike out
But there are times when usual
situations arise from the curiosity
Of a batter in this respect.
I remember n time last sum-
mel when a club won a game be-
cause Of the batter asking for a
free pepp at the ball.
1t was during n Of those pitch
ing battles when every effort was
being made to upset the rival hurl-
er. One Of the teams finally got a
base runner on second with two out
when a single would likely win the
game.
The baserunner was taking a big
lead off the bag, watching for any
opening to sneak down to third.
The batter missed two swing and,
angered, asked the umpire to ex-
anime the ball.
The catcher was just throwing to
the pitcher when the umpire called
for the ball. He foolishly tried to
check this throw and instead the
ball slipped out Of his fingers to
sail over the shortstop's head.
The runner scored standing up.
Naturally there was a trer1en-
douS yelp when the umpire allowed
the run. He said it was not his
fault that the catcher should throw
the ball to the outfield just because
he asked for a look. The game was
protested but the league upheld the
umpire.
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College Broncs To
Play State Teachers
Of kingsville, 1911

EDINBURG, April 8.-The local
junior college baseball team will
play the Kingsville State Teachers
college nine on the local diamond
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week.
The Broncs have been undergo
ing strenuous training for the past
four weeks, and are in excellent
shape for the games with the
strong teachers team.
The games are scheduled to get
under way at 3:45 each afternoon.
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THREE AND TWO BALL BRINGS
NERVE STEAM

Wilbert Robinson was chatting
Of the horror Of sitting on a bench
at a major league baseball game
and wondering what would happen
next. The conversation had turned
to President Manager Emil Fuchs,
who will direct the destinies of
the Boston Braves from the bench.
It was suggested that Mr.. Fuchs
tailor will have a busy summer If
the new leaders experiences paral-
lei those Of a former Boston bench
manager, George T. Stallings, who
Wor out many pairs Of trousers
during a season, sliding up and
down the bench.
"Yes, he will need some extra
pairs Of pants" said Robbie. Tho
old three and two ball will wear
'em out" The uncle Of all the
Robins spoke from experiences.
With the count three balls and
two strikes a manager is called on
10 exercise all MS powers OF nc
tional control, especially if the bases
should happen to be filled with
ambitious base runners, all going
full speed ahead with two out.
President : Manager Robinson
dresses the part Of a president Oh
the bench. He has not worn q
uniform for several seasons, al
though when he was younger and
lighter, he was one Of the games
great catchers.
Il am not built to wear a uni
FORM" he said when asked why
he no longer put on the conven-
tional garb Of the player. Presi-
dent Fuchs will not wear a uni
form either, although he may now
and then slip into a golf suit for
his afternoons activities on the
baseball field.
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HEAVYWEIGHT r
TONIGHT IN WICHITA

WICHITA, Kan, April 3.-P)-
Angus Snyder, Dodge City. and Big
Boy Peterson, Minneapolis, MINI,
heavyweights, meet here tonight in
a 10-round fight.
Two other heavyweight matches
are on the program. Dempsey
Moore, Waco, Texas, will meet
Buckley Harris, Hutchinson, in the
semi-fina1, and Charley Nashert of
Oklahoma City, will meet with Fred
Reese, Fort Scott. in a special bout.
Two welters, Duff Stanley. Wichita
Falls, Texas. and Kenny Hill, Wich-
tia, are slated for the preliminary
match.
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Hinojosa And Leach
In 10-Round Battle
Tonight At Donna

DONNA, April 8.-RaIph Leach of
Yeslaco and Robert Hinojosa Of
Brownsville. are in fine fettle for
their 10-round bout here tonight,
opening the new Donna stadium.
The boys are heavyweights, and the
bout is attracting considerable in
tereSt.
Promoter Jack Payne has lined
up some goor preliminaries, among
them being a battle royal between
negroes.
The card tonight will be the first
one held in this city in seevral years,
and preparations have been made to
handle a large crowd.
The program gets under way at
$3.50 sharp.
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TALK OF FOOTBALL LIN
GERS ON

With baseball teams getting
ready to charge at each other in a
score OF leagues, golfers all set to
launch another full campaign and
the sports Of spring very much in
the saddle, talk of football, past
and future, hobs up at intervals.
One of the games of last season
being played all over again from
time to time is the Army-Stanford
contest at New York, with partic-
ular emphasis on two plays by
Keener eagle. The Louisiana rice
planter twice was chased far back
toward his own goal as he started
what appeared to be end runs and
each time he cut loose long for
ward passes to ends waiting far
down the field
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There was a rounder day flavor
to the Athletics clash with Mon
treal on March %. When the tabu-
lations were completed, and the
various columns pointed off, the AS
had q runs and the International
League opponents Is. Yet, this
game was a tie at 18-all when the
ninth inning was completed. Eddie
Collins. who was in charge Of the
AS had to get into the game him
self to see that dignity was pre-
served for the big leagues. In the
tenth inning the Philadelphians put
over nine runs.
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Pentagons Lose To
Edinburg Panthers;
Play Again Sunday

EDINBURG, April 3.-Cavazos
hurled alright ball in the pinches
for the Panthers here Sunday aft
ernoon and the locals grabbed the
long end of a 6 to 4 score from
the Pentagons, Central Power and
Light company team, OF San Be-
nito.
Marshall and Lawrence did good
work for the visitors.
A large crowd witnessed the
contest. The same teams meet again
next Sunday at San Benito.
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Athens Advances New Style ofPlay
.SPUDS PREPARE
FOR TEXASRACE
Lefty Webb Hurls For Bluffs
Against Cubs; Cats Cut
Squad

Lefty Webb. who hurled q
couple of innings for the Bluffs
Yesterday against the Cubs, Is
the same player who pitched for
Brownsville in 1925 and Wesla-
co in 1926. He is making a
strong bid for a regular berth on
the Bison hurting corps.
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EGG LAID IN COURT

HULL. Eng.-A stolen men, pro-
dueed In the local police court. lald
~ esr while her ownership was De-
irg determined
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PASSING GAME
Is SUPERIOR
Jimmy Kittss Hornets De-
clared Greatest Quint
Ever Assembled

CHICAGO, April 8.-(P1-A team
of young Giants from Athens, Tex
as, with a distinctly futuristic style
Of play, today held the most cher
ished prize of high school basket
ball., the National Interscholastic
championship.
The title fell to the Texans Sat-
urday night as they capped a spec
tacular weeks campaign IN the Uni
versity of Chicago's eleventh annual
tournament by a Is to q decision
over Classen, a fast, scrappy team
from Oklahoma City.
Coaches and critics of basketball,
who watched the Athens march TO
the crown, were interested in It's
style Of play, which they termed fu-
turistic in pattern. Averaging ap-
| proximately six feet two inches
each, the Texans played a peculiar
| overhead game, which none OF their
| opponents could solve.
This game with its high passes
aimed at leaping mates is difficult,
and the percentage of errors is high.
For that reason, the champions were
superior throughout extensively. Too,
they covered rebounds off their OPP
ponents' basket with hawklike ten
acity. tipping many Of them back
for field goals. On defense. too, they
excelled. Their weight gave them
several more chances at being fouled
and consequently more free throws,
while they employed three or four
men for defensive purposes around
their own goal.
Third place in the tournament,
which attracted 40 teams from 33
states, went to the most picturesque
team in the competition, Joes, Colo
RADIO. This team from a mountain
village of 80 persons was showed out
Of the championship running by
Classen high in the semi-finalS, but
came back to win third place by de-
feating Jackson, Michigan, 81 to 7,
after making a brilliant rally in the
last DeriOd.