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Evening star., 1937-07-17
Schacht Too Expensive Clown for Coast Loop
Mark for Louis Says

Reason Pacific Coast League fans
aren't bowling at Al Schachts
capers is that Al demanded
$500 guarantee for eight appear
ances Tommy Loughran twho
fought .Farr) says if Joe Louis Is
in a hurry to get away from there
the night he fights the English
man. it won't 90 a round Billy
Evans. boss of the Red Sox farm
system, hit the daily double at
Thistle Down the other day for
$67o Nice going, Billy.
Old Babe Herman is having one
"L' Of a time hitting 800 for To-
ledo In the American Associa-
ton Attention, Messrs. Prick
and Harridge: The Red Sox played
an exhibition at Cumberland, Md,
the other day The umpire WAS
Herb Bailey. . 73-year-oh dye
Evening star., 1937-07-17

Yanks. Luke Sewell Of the White
sox and Buddy Myer Of the Ma
tionals are the three best mana
gerial bets in the ranks Of Ameri-
can League players.
They've about run out OF ideas
on how to head of the Newark
Bears In the International League
Jack Ogden. Baltimore busi-
ness manager, put a black cat in
the Bears dressing room, but the
hex didn't pan out Henry
Cotton announced at Carnoustie
before shot had been played
that he would take care Of the
Americans single handed and
did he? Good Time" Charley
Friedman, New York fight mana
ger, who pleads guilty to import
ing both Primo Camera and Jack
Doyle. u enjoying life In Los
Angeles.
Evening star., 1937-07-17

Calvin Griffith
Pilots LookOuts
Ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. July
17-Calvin Grif1th. 2s-year-
old president Of the Chattanooga
Lookouts. today was named as
manager of the club and will pilot
the team for the remainder Of the
season. it was announced by Clark
Griffith. president Of the Washing
ton base ball team.
Young Griffith replaces Bill
Raw Meat Rodgers, who will
manage the Sanford. Fla, team.
also Griffith property. Lee Head,
former Sanford manager. will be
given his outright release.
Rodgers came from the Char
lotte. N. c.. club of the Piedmont
League June to replace the vet
eran Clyde Milan, who had re-
signed due to III health
Evening star., 1937-07-17
Major Leaders
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press.
National League.
Rat'ing--Medwick Cardinals, .4j3;
Hartnett, Cubs ass,
Ru9s-Medw Cardinals. 81; Ca
Ian. Cubs, 66
Runs batted in--Medwick. cardi-
nails 90: Demaree Cubs IS
Hits-Medwick. Cardinals. 11a; p.
Waner. 113.
Doubles-Medwick. Cardinals. ~;
Bartell. Giants %.
Triples--vaueha.n, Pirate. 10;
Home runs.Medwick, Cardinals. and
Stolen bases-Galan. Cubs. "a; J.
Martin. Cardinals. 10.
Pitching 90 or more decisions>--
Fette. Bees. lib; Hubbell. Giants.
1874.
Battins-Gthris. Yankees. .s77:
Massio. Yankees. 70.
Runs batted in-Greenbers. Tigers.
Hits-Gehrig and Di Magic. YAM
KEGS. and Bell Browns. 1O3
Indians. "6
Triples White sox, 10:
Kuhel Senators. q.
Home runs-Di Magic. Yankees,
"a: Greenbere. Tigers. 20.
Stolen bAses-Chapman Red eox,
22: Appling. White Sox. 3.
Pitchins-RufTine Yankees. and
Lawson. Tigers. liz each
Evening star., 1937-07-17
Fischer-O'Neill Fcud Flares
Mats Pitcher Starts Fuss Tribes Manager Nainl,
Tries to Finish in Clubhouse.

toward each other, and with the
aid OF several other players. sue
ceeded in breaking them up.
Later ONeill barssd into The
Warrington club house snd. ~
Piechsr was sitting on the rubbing
table, he said:
STAND up and hsi1t, yon cheap
-"
The Mats standing nearby
hustled the burly Tribal chieftain
out OF the room.
O'Neill, incidentally. is recog-
nixed as one OF the better rough
and-tumble fighters In base ball,
Evening star., 1937-07-17
Eager to See Tigers PLAY.

MOST of Cochranes thoughts CEN
ter on base ball. but he Is look
ing forward to fishing and playing
golf He plans to leave his city resi-
dence soon for his farm, but first he
intends to SNEAK unnoticed' into
Navin Field to see his mates play.
He won't watch the diamond from
the dugout, but hopes to sit unobserved
somewhere in the stands.
Within month, however, Black
Mike said. he expects to don uniform
and resume his managerial duties.
He won't catch any this season. and
whether he ever will remains to be
determined.
I've spent lot Of years behind
the plate" he said reminiscently, and
it may not be easy to take II can't
play any more.
Evening star., 1937-07-17
Tigers Get Much With Little.

(CREW1EST of all. however, was the
show put on by the Yanks and
Tigers before the Detroits came
through with l4-7 win. Shut out for
five innings. the Tigers exploded in
the sixth and scored seven runs. But
the payoff was that they collected lust
one safe hit during the rally. Seven
walks and pair of errors were handed
then on a platter in the farce. Odd
feature: Gerry Walker striking out
twice during the inning to tie the big
league mark
Brooklyn's fans, who get queer base
ball at best, were still dazed over the
6-5 humping their Dodgers handed
the Reds. Although they knocked la
hits all over the lot, the Brooklyn
beauties had to put on a three-run
rally in the ninth TO win.
Pinkey Higgins homer gave the Red
Sox GA victory over the St. Louis
Browns. The Chicago White Sox
breezed in with 9-4 win over the
Athletics. The Indians cuffed the Ma
tionals again, lis.
Evening star., 1937-07-17
BURROUGHS IS HOT
IN TENNIS TOURNEY
Doped as Only Playground
With Two Players in
Quarter-FinaIs.
~ URROUGHs figured to b the
, only playground to have two
representatives In the quarter

~ URROUGHS figured to b the
- only playground TO have two
representatives In the quarter
- finals OF the girls tennis
tournament today. all the four quarter
rlnalists 70 far established. represent
ing ~ many Fairgrounds. namely.
Twin Oaks. Rosedale, Takoma and
Chevy Chase
With Charlotte Mataja. the only
surviving left-handed player from the
large entry, having become Burroughs
first quarter-finalist yesterday, Lucille
Mcdowell was a heavy favorite to
make it two for that same playground
when she tackled Katherine Stevens
OF Hoover this morning. The morn
ing's other match found Dorothy
Haislup of Virginia Avenue meeting
Katherine Keyes Of Hoover. neither
playground as yet being represented
in the round of eight.
Miss Gray Surprises.
MARY GRAY Of Twin Oaks, whose
game is improving right along
sprang 4 real surprise yesterday, with
the ease Of her conquest of Irma
Willard OF Takoma Park, 6-1. g.
The loser was ranked as one Of the
Fairgrounds best last season, but
Miss Gray's steadiness and fine service
wrought her downfall
Miss Mataja sent Burroughs into
the quarters with a 81. So victory
over Erma Deane of Garfield. while
Mary Simmonds Of Roeedale advanced
with = 60, SO whitewash of Ida
Burns OF Potomac.
Takoma and Chevy Chase already
were represented in the quarters by
the presence OF Hazel (Jimmy)
Bishopp and Helen Miller. Miss
Bishopp has justified her choice as
one Of the tournament favorites and
now remains a. an outstanding threat
for the title vacated by Willie O'Steen.
Evening star., 1937-07-17
ROWE'S WEAKNESS.
STUMPS COCHRANE'
Recuperating Tiger Pilot
Opines Club Will Retain
Fa|tering Pitcher.
By the Associated Press.

~ ETROIT, July 1.-THE inef-
fective pitching of Ivnwood
'Schoolboy, Rowe has Mickey
~ Cochrane mystified
The schoolboy is a mystery to me"
said the Detroit Tiger manager. who
is recovering from the skull fracture
suffered in the Yankee Stadium. May
26. when one of Bump Hadleys pitches
hit him.
"Of course. I haven't seen Rowe for
long time" he added
Mike, cheerful and looking we'll.
said he did not know of any plans to
replace Rowe, the Tigers hurting star
OF recent years whose few Appearances
this season because OF sore arm and
other ailments have been fruitle&s
He expressed the opinion the club will
hang onto TO him"
Evening star., 1937-07-17
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.

by EHe HAKoCIWteQ PT6Sy.
Today 4 year aRo-An United
States Olympic teams worked out
on deck for first time while en-
route to Berlin.
Three years ago-Bob johnson.
Jimmy Foxx and Frank H1ggirs
OF Athletics hit successive homers
to tie Major League record. Jan
Jusocinski Of Poland ran 2 miles
in fast time Of 1904 at Cologne.
Five years ago-Unitad States
Olympic track and field team
selected following completion OF
trials at palo Alto
Evening star., 1937-07-17
nv EDDIE BRETT.
Associated Press Sports Writer

"A YEw YORK. July ia GER
n tain big league club has its
eve on Rabbit Maranville
A y for manager . Three
euesses The Yankee winning
streak f nine straight is the rich
est since 1888, when the club won
nine In a row . Hope the report
that Mickey Cochrane isn't getting
we'll quite as fast as the doctors
hoped is all wet Mark Hellinger,
the columnist. and Tom Yawkey,
owner OF the Red Sox. look so much
alike they could pass as brothers
n any league.
Mule Haas OF the White Sox is
ana Of the worlds worst base steal
ess HIS average over a nine
peaY stretch Is one per season (, d.
Evening star., 1937-07-17
RISKS SOFT BALL RECORD.

Undefeated in II games, Old Mil
vaukees soft ball team will risk its
clean slate against the crack Procure
ment Club tomorrow at II o'clock on
diamond No. IS, Lincoln Memorial
Grounds. Bob Plaisted will pitch for
Old Milwaukee, while Tom Steffes will
twirl for Procurement.
Evening star., 1937-07-17
Short Walks Only Exercise.

NEXT Spring I'll see whether I
have the right confidence and
mental attitude toward playing again.
It's too soon to tell this season. Right
now just feel lucky that I'm here. p"
He mentioned that at his age-34-
he should be able to play several more
years, commenting that most non-
playing managers were past the
normal ball-playing period.
Just now Mickey's only exercise
is short walks. He reads, listens occa
sionally to Tiger games on the radio
but get excited after few innings
and is enjoying . new candid
camera.
Cochrane praised Coach Del Bakers
handling OF the BengalS and said De-
troit "is doing well considering all the
bad luck its had"
Evening star., 1937-07-17
NATIONAL, LEAGUE
CANADIANS CLEAN UP
Sweep First Seven Contests Of In.
ternational Oar Meet.

ST. PAUL, July II (P).-Canadian
oarsmen took complete charge of the
first days races of the International
Rowing Association regatta yester-
day by winning all seven events. The
Fort william, Ontario. club gained
a commanding lead of SO points to
the 47.25 piled up by its closest chal-
leneer, the Winnipeg Rowing Club.
The Minnesota Boat Club, St. Paul's
representative in the two-day meet
which is being held on the Mississippi
River failed to gain a point.
Evening star., 1937-07-17
TRAVIS NEARS TOP
IN DRIVE AT PLATE
Gains 13 Points in Week,
Presses Gehrig for Lead.
Medwick Sp|urges.
Fy the Associated Press.

n Jew YORK, July 17,-cecil
N Travis is making his comeback
" so hot these days that he's
a threatening to take over the
American League batting leadership
The Washington shortstop. out for
several weeks early in the season with
broken bone in his ankle. climbed
from fourth place to second in the
hitting race this week, and by boost
ing his average l3 points, raised his
mark to 1868, thereby coming within
nine points of Lou Gehrigs pace.
While Gehrig was dropping one
point to .377 during the week ended
with yesterdays games. Travis and
Gehrig's Yankee teammate, 1olting
Joe Di Maggie, continued their chase
after him for the second seven-day
period. Travis, with this weeks in
crease, made gain of % points in the
last two weeks Di Maggie. boosting
his mark to 1862 for third place in the
league. raised his average rs points in
the last two weeks.
Medwick Increases Lead.
M EANT1ME, the National League
race found Ducky Medwick of
the Cardinals more firmly entrenched
than ever. He boosted his mark four
points to .4l3, while Gabby Hartnett
OF the Cubs took over second place
from Paul Waner. with .388 to 1877.
Through this development, Medwicks
league lead was raised to IS points.
Standings of the first 10 in each
league:
Evening star., 1937-07-17
MAJORS CO BACK
TO SANDL0T PLAY
Cubs. Giants. Yanks Beaten
in Dizzy Offerings of
Bush Base Ball.
BY SID FEDER.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~HE national pastime had a
somewhat screwy slant today.
Base balls alleged big-time
L looked like the bushiest bush
league and as whacky as padded cell.
II IT. was base ball most OF the l6
major league clubs put on for the en-
tertainment of the faithful yesterday,
then there ought to be more bull fights
and piano throwing contests.
The National League gave signs Of
falling apart In vital spots like a 1910
model car, the Yankees and Tigers put
on burlesQue that may have been
entertaining in circus sideshoW, but
certainly not to any fan who paid to
see ball game: 43 pitchers paraded
from bull pen to mound to showers in
nine games; 1875 runs were scored and
224 hits banged out; there were more
daffler finishes than a jie-saw puzzle
Out Of the merry-go-round. the Cubs
staggered with their same 3-percent-
age-point margin over the Giants in
the National League race. although
both nose -dived to defeat. The Yanks.
soundly whipped in the freakiest
fenaging of the year. had their Amer
ican League lead cut TO 6,a games,
Cubs, Giants Again Upset.
10Th the Giants and the Cubs. by
their performances of the last few
days. seem to be out to out-lose each
other in their close fight for the Ma
tional League lead The Cubs were
crippled by Lou Fette's three-hit pitch
ing yesterday and lost 6-l decision
to the Boston Bees. It was their
fourth beating in six games.
The Giants. given chance to climb
back into the drivers seat, threw it
away by handing the Pittsburgh
Pirates an unearned run in the eleventh
inning. and a 43 decision. That set
back was the Giants second in four
starts
AS a result. the Bucs and st. Louis
eas-house gang OF Cardinals are back
within shooting distance of the pace
settlers again. The Cards knocked the
stufhng out of eight pitchers Yesterday
and clubbed the Phillies 1913 and
1910, in double-header to move hack
INTO third-place tie with the Pirates.
81 Johnson was the winning pitcher in
both ends, going the route in the
opener and the last two frames of the
lo-inning nightcap. The Cards scored
eight runs in the extra frame of the
afterpiece.
Evening star., 1937-07-17
"POPPlNG >r'71(
Off"vJtGf on@@zzz;s'efy s.: -
CHARLOTTE MATAJA
Pot POurri.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

ETROIT. Mich, l7Inu
| I he Judge of ball n a o
49, Jacob
1927 the OF all
m
before grabbed
asked And
Evening star., 1937-07-17
WASHINGTON
Tlo,tAIs~A

Runs batted in--Trosky t2>. Solters t2>.
Campbell t2l. HUGHES. Averill. Hale sulli-
halle. Two-base hits-Kuhel. Hughes Sol
ters. Campbell. Sullivan. Harder. Lewis.
Mihalie, Hale. R. Ferrell. ,Three-base
Double plays-Lary to Hughes to Trosky;
Hale to Hughes to Trosky. Left on bases
balls-on Harder. 3: Of VI. FerreIl 3 of
Linke. ., Strikeouts-By Harder. 3: by
". Ferrell 3; by Jacobs, l. Hits-On W.
2ls innings: OF Jacobs none in 2 INNINGS.
Balk-Linke. Passed baIl-R. Ferrell.
Mes.rs Meslns PsI1nhrrww Eerre,d umpresA
tendance-6 000. Time-2:1R
Evening star., 1937-07-17

worker The Sox are unani-
nous in saying he has the makings
OF really fine Arbiter . DR.. Nal
Stevens New York u. foot ball
coach, says you'll see more for
ward passing next season than ever
before Paul Deans arm still
puzzles the Cardinals.
Evening star., 1937-07-17
Every Hitter CataIouxed.

SINCE camp I've called battervmen
together for talks twice a week.
We have every league batter cats-
lo9ued and keep revising. A man will
suddenly start hitting pitchers he
could never get before
So we keep a young pitcher from
just aimlessly releasing the ball.
which is his ruin. He must never Jet
himself be lost in game. He must
have a purpose behind every pitch.
Once he starts throwing ANY old
thing he's on his way out.
I often tell them of Eddie Plank,
who looked hopeless his first season
with me and was A star on his way
to lasting fame the next.
He got there by learning the magic
formula in thinking with every
pitch" II you're learning to pitch
paste that in your hat; II you're
fan, watch the pitcher do his thinking.
lcopyriRht. 1a37D
Evening star., 1937-07-17

Mrs. Pedro Montanez. wife of
the lightweight star. wants q di-
vorce Gene Venzke, the rum
ner, shoots golf in the lows 70s
and plans to enter the big tour
naments from now on Mike
Jacobs says that blast from the
District Of Columbia Boxing Com
mission Is just an effort to club
him into signing for a James J.
Braddock-Jorge Brescia match in
the Capital Smart base bali
writer's say Tony LAssen Of the
Evening star., 1937-07-17
PTFDMONT.

Charlotte. 10: Durham. 2.
Asheville. q: winston Salem z.
Richmond. II: Rocky Mount. 7.
Evening star., 1937-07-17
Pitching Most Important.
BlameleSS In Defeat.

IN THOMAS, Caster, Ross Fink.
Turbeville. Kelley, Gumport and
Nelson, righthanders. and Smith,
lefthander. I have nine men turn
ing In well-pitched games. They're
blameless in defeat
The beauty of it Il only Ksllev
and Nelson have passed 3d. the rest
average around "a.
OF course. young pitchers are more
work. You must be patient and
vigilant: they're easily upset and dis
couraged
/ always remind young pitcher
that ba tier won't average more than
one hit in three times up. Walks help
him to beat 1888
No one hits 500 through a sesson.
An extra high average is 400, but.
With passes thrown in. that's not
much more than one out OF three,
Remember that.
This way show my young pitchers
they always have the edge over the
batter. Any batter is more apt 10 be
retired than to hit safely.
Evening star., 1937-07-17

american League SO-C6lle0 race. Lou,
you know. has been playing first base
for the Yanks II years now. Since
the day he stepped into the job in
June of 1925 he has not missed
single game
Gehrik had no Tentative but
to include himself in the infield.
since he was the Yanks' only
first bA$eman over this stretch.
Joe Dugan At third. Fra nike Gro
setti At short and Tony Laxzeri
At second rounded 1t out
In the outf1eld he placed Ruth. Earle
Combs and Joe Di Maggie. Behind
the bat his choice. OF course. was Bill
Dickey. For pitchers he named Lefty
Gomez Red Rufnng, Waite Hoyt and
Herb Pennock.
OF the II players named. seven
are members Of the 1887 cast. Or
doesn't it mean anything?
Oh Well, 1t All Evens Up.
IT IS interesting to note that on the
very day that Jack Curley WAS laid
to rest, the raMling trust offered Joe
Louis \ guarantee Of $4,000 to meet
Bronko Nagurskt in a mixed match
The Bronko now Is one of the mat
champions
It may Be strictly coincidental. but,
by the same token, rAssling has made
habit Of issuing challenges when the
going has become rough. And. with
Curley gone, the racket indeed Is de-
prived Of its one real champion
Back when Dempsey wAs in
heyday and boxing was In the
million dollar gate era, the mat
trust tried In vain 70 ret Jack In
the ring with Stranger Lewis.
A stimulus was needed and the
oauliflower crowd figured and
probably rightly that Mr.. Lewis
would have made short work Of
Dempsey. Any rasslsr figures to beat
boxer close to his own weight.
Later. when rassling made 4 great
comeback around 1880. boxing became
more susceptible to 4 mixed match.
Fellows like Schmeling. who was Sit
ting down" then. Sharkey and Car
nera were breaking no gate records
and ring promoters even encouraged
match with Jim Londos facing
Carnera. . reformed circus rassler, but
the mat gang snickered and would
have none Of It,
Now It's q different story.
Evening star., 1937-07-17
YOUNGSTERS YEAR
BEYOND HIS PLANS
Thinks He Can Land Stick
Talent Next Winter to
Make a Winner.
BY CONNIE MACK.

ut. LOUIS. July 17.-RiRht non
the policies OF the bj2-leaeus
managers are ~ far apart a.
~ their standings. The only plan
a leader Of a pennant contender has
Is today's game. Win today!" II his
cry and his teams. It's different with
. manager packed down in the second
division, with poor prospects. Hes
thinking OF tomorrow. and tomorrow,
TO him. is next season. BY now he
knows the truth about his men.
I don't mean he isn't Just a.
anxious TO win today, but his prob
lem Is deeper
It's up to him to build almost a
new team, so he's thinking ahead.
Win or lose now is secondary.
Pitching Most Important.
Asst Winter l planned 10 build
pitching staff this year. 7
said If I could put together a set
OF young men who would stand IN
1 could 90 out next Winter and get
the necessary power in other depart
menH to have chance for the 1898
pennant.
l reasoned the quickest way To build
an Athletics team my city would he
proud OF was to get he pitching FIRST.
Ihats always been the short cut to
success.
so I'm glad to say my staff has
exceeded all my dreams. In base ball
language, they're a year ahead of
where I'd figured they'd be bv now.
II our hitting hadn't sagged. We
wouldn't have fallen so far from
nrst place. Maybe you'd like TO know
how we ripened these young pitchers,
Even If you're youngster pitching
for town or playground team. there's
A lot here to help you II you can
remember 1t out there.
Evening star., 1937-07-17
League Statistics
JULY ~. 1897.
AMERICAN.

1ESULTS YkSTERDAY.
Cleveland. IL: WaIhineton, 3.
Detroit. -: New York. :.
Chicago. .; philadelphia. 4.
Boston. +; et. Louis, 4.
eTANDING or THE C1,I1ns
Evening star., 1937-07-17
COASTAL PLAINS.

VVASTNT FEHJNS.
Ayden : Snow Hill. =.
New Bern 4 WILLIAMSON, 9.
Tarboro p. KInston, S.
Goldshoro. A. Creenvtlls. 4.
Evening star., 1937-07-17

GAMES TODAY.
ST. L. at n. Y.
Chicago at Brooklyn
Pitts. at phtla.
ON. at Boston.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1937-04-03
SIGN THE REFERENDUM PETITION

Petitions being circulated throughout the state IN an eIIO
to prevent Bill 196the saloon aw-trom 6econne
effective Every rightmnded Montanan should sign tins pe
ton which merely gives the people the opportunity OF voting
on the saloon the general election Whereas II is pos
be that the people will favor of return of the saloons
doubt it.
1t difficult find who sponsored this legislation is
certain that sponsored by the booegge The church
element desiring of prohibition might have justly spOn-
sored it, would prohibition again within five years.
Cburchnen such tactics SOMEBODY put money
to sponsor this bill indictment indicates it the dsers
1t is hard to imagine them hort-sighted
Under the proposed the saloon keepers compelled to
nav license addition buy their liquor at the state
liquor which add heavy profit There would be no money
in selling drinks at 25 the bar What would be the
resutP moonshners already firing their stills to pro
vide bar LIQUOR liquor will not get increased busl
ness and we will have another wood alcohol blindness
Except the feature the measure would never nave
passed the legislature that the legislators erred 1t doubtful
whether would increase We have talked with
who adeny fought prohibition Not one of them is IN favor
the saloon measure any people of Montana should
have the right to the issue Meantime should set
bear trap predatory interests which have financed the
Montana oil and mining journal., 1937-04-03

ing Cut Bank crude from Cobb, Par
dee and Nadeau Brothers for a
price understood to be around $1.1O
per barrel which price has cause no
break In the market.
There is no further explanation
or statement to be made, said L.
B. O'Neil, president of Santa Rita,
this week. THE Northwest Refin-
ing company is willing to pay S1.26
per barrel and Santa Rita Is willing
to accept that price. AS to the roy
atty owners, we have already stated
that they may sell their oil along
with ours and have a market for
fun production or if they can do
better elsewhere we will be happy
to deliver their oil to any other
buyer they may secure" He further
explained that Santa Rita is mere
~ minding its own affairs and has
no desire to fix prices or alter price
structures.
Imperial runs have been increased
from so per cent up to 80 per cent,
during tie past week, marking the
beginning of the season of increased
demands for crude for the Imper-
ial's refinery at Regina.
Threats that price cuts would be
made by International Pipeline and
Toronto Pipeline have failed Of
fuIfillment. About so per cent of
the production of the field is be-
ing sold at posted price.