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bag. He stammered. He flushed.
He, then charged the subject,
and told the farmers what a COM
moner he is; that tho a lawyer
by profession, he WIS a farmer
toO-just a plain old sodbuster;
that he liked the sons of the soil;
and then he invited any farmer,
especially any holiday farmer, to
just drop into the Governors Of
flee any time he happened to be
over to Bismarck, to have "a smoke
and a chat with him; and also, if
by chance, any of the farm wives
ever came to the capitol, they
should come right out to the Gov
ernor's mansion TO- see his 'Missus'
who is very fond of farmer wo-
men, for a visit ard a lunch, and
to stay over night if it were to
lite to go home tina day.
eyes, sirl Come right over
Continued en- Pig, rwo)
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RUMORS OF DOLLAR
IMITATION RESULT
IN VALUE DECLINE

New York, Aug. 2.-The gold
valuation of the dollar which on
Tuesday was 751s cents fell to 70
and one-fifth cents on Wednesday,
The gold value of the dollar had
been bouyant for some time due
to "soft padding" by the RoOse-
welt Administration of the idea
that initiation would be resorted to
in the near future.
Despite the "soft padding" ru-
more have become more persistent
again that the new deal is going
to try to save its hide by printing
press initiation.
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ENGINEER TESTIFIES TO BRUTAL BEATING OF
UNEMPLOYED, NOV. Fl BY FARMER
LABOR POLICE

ign the release of the Is arrested
came pouring in On him, when the
meetings in the neighborhoods
called by the LID came to the az
tention of Judge Wright, when the
workers came In large numbers to
the courts, Judge Wright backed
down, and dropped the case of the
Is arrested like a hot coal.
In fighting for the release of
the Is ARRESTED and appealing into
the state supreme court, the In
ternational Labor Defense of Dis,
trict No. 9, was put to a large
expense. There is oven 5000 due
at the present time in connection
with loans made to the Intema-
tional Labor Defense. The Inter
national Labor Defense urges al
sympathizers and Organizations tc
Immediately send in funds to tht
International labor Defense Il
liquidate the debt. to place the
L. d. on a better functionine
basis. Send funds Immediately t.
the International Labir Defense
Dist. No. 9. 10 s. Third St. Room
4. Minneapolis. MINI. care Of s
N. Davis. secretary.
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SOLTIS ORGANIZES
NEW LEAGUE LOCAL
OF IL In DAKOTA

Forbes, N. D., Aug. AT
a NEE ing of farmers held in
Elm Creek hall which was adj
dressed by John G. SOltis, a
local ef the United Farmers
League was organized with IL
members. Steps were also
taken to organize The town.
ship sOlidly by a canvass of
the farmers.
SOltis spoke ON the militant
program of he League and
STRESSED the Importance of
mass action. He also spoke
of the war danger.
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world War Impending" Says MOrgenthau

Il am for my country right or wrong" shouted Gov
William LANCER, in a burst of fervid OratOry when
speaking before the North Dakota Holiday AssOcia-
tn first annual convention in the pavilion at Lakewood
Park near Devils Lake, North Dakota Friday evening"
June 49, last.
Il promised President Roosevelt that l would CO.
operate with him to the fullest extent and that when
war was declared, the state of North Dakota would
lead in Red Cross contributions; that North Dakota
would lead in the purchasing of bonds and that the
State of North Dakota would lead all other states in
furnishing its quota of young to fight the nations
wars just it did when Lynn j. Frazier was governor
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Billion Dollars to
be Given Big Banks
REC. WILL DOLE OUT BILLION TO RICH BANK
ERS WHILE NEW DEAL REFUSES RELIEF
TO WORKING PEOPLE

Washington Aug. Lone billion dollars is GO
ing to be handed the bankers by the Roosevelt admin
sraOn as one of the major relief steps in the deal
program This is going to through the purchase
by the Reconstruction Finance Corp of the preferred stock
OF these banks.
Up to now the chief for handing out millions to
the banks has been to lend it them their Now
the R. F. c. will lend up to $5OOOOOOO to any bank
through the purchase of preferred stock from them.
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STRUGGLE GETS
RISE IN RELIEF
Brown Co. S. D., Budget
Increases Poor Relief to
$15O,OOO


Hecla, S. D., Aug. 6.-The
provisional budget of the
county commissioners of
Brown county for the next
fiscal year calls for an in
crease of about $4,000 for
poor relief. bringing the to-
tai for this department to
-,CN1l- SIZE 900, it is re-
pOrted. Final approval of
the h'-doNo" =, e"hOduled for
the Au"'F7t meeting.
This increase in the relief
budget is no doubt due to the
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Park with the bids which
they had already approved
for the Navy.
The $19O,OOO,OOO approved in
the bids covers only the hulls and
machinery. Armaments and fit
tings for the war ships will take
additional hundreds of millions out
of the federal treasury to prepare
for the next world war.
The dealers ARE stacking the
cards for the next deal. This deal
will be war to dissolve the crisis
of capitalism in the blood of the
workers and farmers.
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Burdick did not disturb them.
CHRIST AND
WAR
The governor before making his
war statement had just finished
telling what a Christian he is and
how he always kept a crucifix
hanging in his private Office, where
he could keep the image of the
crucified Christ always before him
for he was a christian ruler of a
christian state.
Governor LANCER realized with
confusion that he had blundered,
that he had published state secrets
that in his super efforts TO be
sensational, that he had let Presi-
dent Roosevelt's war cat out of the
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Navy YARDS.
At Hyde Park, New York,
Roosevelt yesterday approx
ed the contracts which call
for the expenditure of $780,
100000 of the total of $685.
100000 which had already
been allotted from the pub
lie works" appropriation for
naval war purposes. Admiral
w. H. Standby, Chief of OPP
erations: Rear Admiral E. S.
Land. Chief of Construction,
md Rear Admiral S. M. Rob-
inson, Chief of Engineering,
flew to Roosevelt at Hyde
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bring pressure to bear to see
that his all goes to the needy
workers and farmers and none
of it into the political "pOrk
barrel"
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BANKERS WILL
GET GOVT AID
Amy of Appraisers Viii
Help Bankers Liquidate
Frozen Mortgages

Washington, Aug. IA
small army of federal en-
PIoyees has been organized
oy Henry Morgenthau, gov
eIaor Of the Farm Credit Adj
mnmlstration, to carry t hru
cue federal reinancing of
''rm mortgages for bankers.
.. a staff of between $500
ana Il. 5000 appraisers is being
Tult up at the IL Federal
a. n~uu l. Banks. These apprais-
c ooS Will carry on a county-to-
ir uIIy campaign for refnanc-
"S loans for the bankers.
FOR THE BANKERS
,.t taere are already 1000 appli-
sIc SO0 ms IN for loans totalling over
'"OV'VOO. The farmers will
- ~ nothing out of this refinanc-
"a A. Inc financing is being done
~ NE bankers. Only those farm
b.s,. VINO get the consent of the
vn Ayrs or other mortgage holders
lo.u. Y hoie to refinance their
b.. nn0Se who do refinanoe then
an. viii get nothing but !
Of masters. In the place
I COME, me local bankers. machine
VIM paaies' Insurance Companies
3 rs, s!ep the federal government
FARMERS GET NOTHING
no; - bankers and insurance com.
wTl M =. and other mortgage holder,
ios So 49, guaranteed federal bond,
desl-..a1,a another sample of the new
dsS,se for the bankers "a and d .
en-. IN masters for the farm.
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rested 10 of the workers. Then,
a number of the Is were taken
into separate cells and there three
and four cops beat them again.
Spectators to the brutal beating
given the marchers by the cops
told of the brutality of the police
of so-called "Farmer-Labor" adj
ministration.
Robert w. GOchan, a mining
engineer, testified ON the wit
ness stanl as follows: 81 saw
instances where they (the pO-
lice) hit men from the back.
Later STILL l saw six police
men, two of them were sit-
ting On man who was in the
gutter and the other four
grOuped around his head /
don't know whether he is here
or not but he was a rather
small man, laying IN the gut
ter In front Of the parking lot
and two policemen were hold
ing him while four gathered
around his head were beating
him with saps on the head"
Gochan was arrested when m
protested to the police against tn
viciousness. On the elevator to
the jail. he was beaten IN. Whe'
TIE notice determined that ne wa
. COLLEGE graduate and had II"
fluen~e" Coclrar WIS released.
SUPREME COURT UP
HOLDS VERDICT
8R&~~&n CFT
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miIitancy of The relief work
ers as shown by their strike
and other activities and In
support given them by Brown
county farmers. We must
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STAY OF EXECUTION FOR YEAR MEANS DIS
MISSAL OF CASE; TWO u. F. L.
MEMBERS AMONG 1S

The Is farmers were arrested
November 81. Among the Is were
a number of workers from the
West Coast who were on their way
to washington, D. c., for the Ma
tional Hunger March. organized
by the Unemployed Councils OF
the United States. In line with
the instructions sent out by the
then president of the United
States, Hoover, to discourage
the mobilization of the national
hunger march, the Farmer Labor
Mayor of Minneapolis, William A.
Anderson, who since then, has
been badly defeated in the NUM-
cipal elections, modified the po-
lice department. for his part In
"discouraging" the militant work
ers.
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FARMERSDUMP
ALLSCAB MILK
mo Violence" Propaganda
of Leader Bewilders
Strikers
DEMAND Sc A QUART
Rich Farmers, Leaders In
I Politics, Are Main
Scabs
DEMAND Sc A QUART
(By a Special Correspondent

(by special COrIeSpOnuenCJ
FonGa, N. Y, Aug. 4.-On the
fourth day of the strike three
fifths of the counties of New York
state are involved. Practically the
only scabs are members Of the
Dairymen's Cooperative League.
Today the pickets are well enuf
organized and militant enough to
stop trucks guarded by the state
troopers. The result is that in
Montgomery county where I am
now there will be no milk in the
plants.
FIVE CENTS A QUART
The farmers are fighting for
five cents a quart and no CLASH
fled price plan. We are urging
, also thai the following demands be
included:
Rank and file leadership.
No check-Off 10. Organiza-
items.
The state to give one quart
of milk daily to each child of
an unemployed worker, the
milk to be bought direct from
the farmers at five cents a
quart.
On the first two gays, the
pickets who are all busted farm
ers and farm labOrers, were be-
wildered, especially because the
leaders urged "nO violence" The
milk of the scabs was then dumped
Pnd on the third day the troopers
started to ride the scab trucks tt
the plants.
TROOPERS BEAT UP
DEPUTY
: The farmers did not hold bacl
: the troopers that day but after al
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FARMER-LABOR POLICE
REAT WORKERS

Because of the fact that the
march to the city hall on Nov.
81 was small in size, consisting OF
200 to 500 workers. 40 to so po-
lice with riot sticks were rncbi-
lived in front of the city han and
when the marchers came abreast
of the citv hail. The cors formed
a flying wedpe and WELDING clubs
hnoke heads ana jaws and ar
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NOT A RIPPLE OF
APPLAUSE
One could nave heard pin drop
IN the huge pavilion. The audi
ence held its breath in silence.
There was not a ripple Of APP
pause. Even Usher L. Burdick,
the slick lawyer politician presi-
dent of the North Dakota Farm
ers Holiday Association sat dumb
with amazement. He had up until
now applauded enthusiastically
every high point in the Governors
cOlorful ard demogogic speech to
Holiday farmers and administra-
ton job holders composing a large
part Of the audience, who had ac-
Companied his excellency in his
progress to Devils Lake to act as
the cheer brigade.
lawyer Burdick did not lift the
crowd to its feet cheering this
time. He held his breath with the
farmers and the governors camp
followers. His hands lay motor
less in his lap. Usher L. Burdick
besides being the president of {
militant (?) farmers org 2nization
is candidate for Congressman
James Sinclair's congressional
shoes. and he was not so sure bu
that LANCER had hit a sour note
The audience remained seated ihi'
time silent as the tomb, and MI
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This plan was made public
tonight over a coast-to-coast
radio hookup by Jesse H.
Jones, Roosevelt : appointed
chairman of the r. F. G.
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MASS PRESSURE FORCES RELEASE OF HUNGER MARCEERS

preme court was taken In the case
by the International Labor De-
tense, but the Stale supreme court
hanoed down a vicious verdict
sanctioning the brutality of the
police. Although the evidence
produced In the trial was that the
police without provocatiOn of any
sort made the attack, for which
they had been modified in front
of the city hall, yet the supreme
court held 1--WE think the trial
counts finding that the defendants
were guilty was clearly justified
by the evidence"
Immediately after this decision
was announced by the supreme
court, the International Dabor De-
Tense, initiated a more intensive
campaign for the release of the Is
! arrested. Though there were two
members of unions affiliated with
the American Federation of La
Dor among the Is that were ar
rested, yet when John Conner, one
of the two. who Is a member OF
the Lather's local, went to the
Central Labor Union for creden-
tials that he might address the
unions on the case to get their
support. the leaders IN the Cen
trail Labor Union refused TO grant
him permission.
A r ONT VN~AY cTYpp0pTc
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Greatest Naval War Plan
IS Approved by Roosevelt

Washington Aug. 3.-The greatest program ever
started by the u S. Navy ordered today when the Navy
Department awarded contracts for Fl ships be built by
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RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
TODAY-s2 . year.
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At CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS
AT WHITE HOUSE ON MARCH 9th
RAGS of Promises in Speech at North Dakota Farmers
0'' Halliday Association Convention at Devils Lake,
North Dakota, Friday Evening, June 20
IngersOn Asks Governor to Explain

Secretary of North Dakota Farmers Committee of Action
IN Open Letter to LANCER Demands Further Infor-
nation Relative to the War Conversations
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A. r. OF L. LOCAL SUPPORTS
DEFENSE

In defiance Of the leadership.
the Painters local Of the A. r. Of
l., ore IF the bargest elected a
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TROOPERS BEAT UP
DEPUTY

The farmers did not hold back
the troopers that day but after an
tCunlinucd on rage TWo)
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SUPREME COURT UP
HOLDS VERDICT

An appeal to the Minnesota su
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
New York 6, Pittsburgh 5.
Cincinnati 3, Brooklyn 2.
Chicago 4, Boston 3.
st. Louis 5, Philadelphia 4.
roAcr UEACUTE
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-27
MARTIN HEADS
LOOP HITTERS

NEW YORK, May 81. W.P)-Pep-
per Martin, third baseman of the
st. Louis Cardinals and hero of the
world series in 1881, continued his
comeback campaign during the
past week and replaced Johnny
Frederick of Brooklyn as leading
batsman in the National League,
with mark of .371.
Figures released today including
games played Thursday, showed
that Frederick dropped to second
place with an average of 1856.
Sam West, outfielder of the St.
Louis Browns, displaced Ben Chap
man of the New York Yankees as
head batsman of the American cir
cult with .381. dropping Chapman
to second position with .370.
Wally Berger of the Boston
Braves led the National home run
procession with 10 four-baggers.
Lou Gehrig of the Yanks, headed
the American League with eight.
Don Brennan of the Yanks, and
Leroy Parmelee of the Giants top
ped their respective league with
pitching records Of four victories
and no defeats.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-27
By JACK CUDDY

l nlted Press Stair correspondent
NEW YORK. May 27.-Chelk up
z2o;her narrow escape for hungry
Lou Gehrig-the chap who's called
ihs luckieSt man in baseball, not
because he survives repastS on pick
ls6 eels. but because he sheds in
---ssS like an armoured cruiser.
Coincidental accidents yesterday
10 Gehrig and Jimmy Foxx, the
o11sr ace first bsseman of the ma
9o- leagues. emphasized Gehrig'S
charmed career. One of the mar
yels of modern baseball. he has oc-
oupied the dangerous first corner
cn the Yankees diamond for slight
ly more than eight seasons without
missing single game.
Lou will continue his marathon
attempt to break Deacon Scott's
all-time record of 1907 consecutive
games, despite yesterdays close
shave when he crashed into a box
at Yankee stadium. almost break
ing his right leg. Foxx of the Ath-
letics, the 1882 home run king Of
the majors, will be idle for a few
days because he twisted his ankle
seriously sliding home.
If the luck of these two great first
basemen had been reversed, Geh-
rigs string of successive games
wouldhave been snapped at No. 1929
just when he need only 79 more, a
mark he will achieve this season if
Dame Fortune continues to simper
at him.
Gehrig's crash came in the third
inning against the Chicago White
Sox, when he was chasing Lou Fon-
seca's foul. The leg was SO badly
bruised, he was forced to retire in
the eighth inning. The Yanks lost
to the Chisox, 8 to 6, and the VIC
tory gave Chicago undisputed COM
mand of third place in the Ameri-
can league standing.
Athletics Drop
Philadelphia dropped out of a
third place tie when crushed 10 to
l by Detroit, breaking the Athletics
winning streak at seven straight
games. Rookie "Schoolboy" Rowe
held the AS to six hits.
Boston downed Cleveland, 6 to s.,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-27
BOTH BOXERS
READY To GO

LOS ANGELES. May 27 U.P)-
Young Corbett III, who defends his
worlds welterweight championship
against Jimmy McLarnin here next
Monday night, today celebrated his
9th birthday by engaging in
light gymnasium workout.
The Fresno, Calf, Italian was
born in Naples, and christened
Ralph Giordano.
Corbett has been installed a 10
to favorite to retain his title in
the l0-round bout.
Both Corbett and McLarnin en-
gagged in spirited boxing sessions
with sparring partners yesterday.
The showing of McLarnin was es-
pecially impressive. He continued
to work on an attack and defense
against the left-handed style Of
the champion.
McLarnin was outspoken in his
conviction that he will win the
championship. u feel wonderful
" trim and believe I will win the
title from Corbett by a knockout. -
he declared "All l want Corbett
to do is make one mistake. This
may be my hardeStf light, and it
may be my hardest fight, and it
any mistakes early in the fight.
"I'm down to weight now and
I've got nothing to worry about, -
was Corbett S comment on the
fight.
The champion has an impressive
record. He has fought 14l fights,
winning 48 by knockouts. Only
twice has he lost.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-27

half an hour after we arrived in
indianapolis and served as our in
PRODUCTION TO the speedway over
which the classic 500-mile race will
be run Tuesday. Knowing Mr..
Steve Hannagan's ability as a press
agent, we suspected that the crack
up was merely a part of the bally-
hoo. as was our arrest by three de-
teetives as a fugitive from justice
when We stepped off New York
plane.
But il wasn't. It seems that plow-
ing through concrete walls with
your lap full of automobile is a
popular paStime in Indianapolis.
Like you and YOU, we couldn't fl
gure out its appeal. so we asked Mr..
flanagan. He didn'e know, but
suggested we ask one Spider Mat
lock.
Matlock Knows
Mr. Matlcck. 1t seems is one OF
the most talented wall-SmackerS in
automobile racing circles. 1t was
the Spider. who, as Billy Arnolds
that young man in high dive over
the outer wall of the track a.
something like 100 miles an hour.
Spider discounts this accident be-
cause he was in the hospital only
two months. In 1882 Spider and
Arnold went over in the same place.
This time Spider travelled $50
yards in the air and wound up with
compound fracture OF the SSSsl,
which required more stitches than
a crazy quilt. Tuesday he'll go
again.
So we asked Spider concerning
racing's allure.
The answer is a simple enc ne
replied.
Guys who race are Scrssy. I'm
screwy, and those other guys goG
see out there trying TO qualify a-s
screwy. Otherwise they ToG2o1E
be risking their neckS 70 ge. -
race to risk their necks Soais more
The screwier you are ths oesls-
driver and mechanic you make. LooS
at me. In the last seven wears zTs
spent three in the hospital
We told Spider that = -sc-eET
guy couldn't drive a car Ike zAzi
fellow in the little red car-zAzi Il
took plenty of everything, ioclDo--E
brains, to keep a runaway esa- r-E-.i
side up while going through
couple of fences.
HUH" the Spider ETZ1f5,--.
You're giving the wrong guy c-S-
dit. When a car going that 1ssi
goes into a skid it's Old Man Cab
riel himself who eases over am
takes the wheel. Yes sir. Old Gsoe-
himself
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-27
BY HENRY McLEMoRE

United Press Staff Correspondent
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May ~
The little car, not much larger
than the thing you wheel junior
around in, whammed down the
straight-away at better than no
Just cracking, swapping. roaring
flash of red. For an instant it dis
appeared into the depths OF the
curve and h-h-h-h-h-mn
it screamed into the backstretch.
Hes getting around in a hur-
ry', We said to the guy in overalls.
Yep" he said, hes going like
hell"
Then it happened. Somebody
made a mistake, something went
wrong. The little red car turned
sideways. and. with its tires sing
ing a symphony of distress, Skitter-
ed broadSide down the track. A sec
ond later it swung across the track,
careened through the concrete re-
tanning wall, smacked headfirst
through a wooden fence and dis
into the ditch that par
allels the racing strip, carrying a
driver and mechanic along with 1t.
The little red car went haywire
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-27
DAME FORTUNE HELPS GEHRIG
KEEP PLAYING RECORD SAFE

aided by George Pipgras' excellent
relief pitching in the ninth. Roy
Johnson made homer for the
Red Sox with one aboard. Harley
Boss connected with one for Cleve-
land. The second place Washing
ton Senators gained on New York
by beating st. Louis, to 2, in
game called in the seventh because
of rain. The Senators clicked Oft
four runs in the first inning.
In the National league. Ernie Or
sattis single in the 14th inning
drove Dizzy Dean home with the
winning run as st. Louis beat the
Phillies, to 4. Chuck Klein and
Art Whitney made four baggers for
the Phils, and Pepper Martin did
likewise for the Cards.
Chicago nosed out Boston 4 to 3,
when Bill Herman's 10th inning
sacrifice with the bases loaded
scored Lynn Nelson with the mar
ginal tally. Babe Herman and Ran
dy Moore homered for Chicago and
Boston, respectively. Chick Hafey's
homer in the ninth gave Cincinna-
ii a to 2 win over Brooklyn, tag
ging the Dodgers with their seventh
defeat in eight starts. New York
downed the leading Pittsburgh Pi-
rates to S, when Gus Mancuso
made a home run in the eighth
frame, after three run rally in the
fourth.