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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
JURORS DRAWN
FOR MARCH TERM
CIRCUITACOURT
Judge James M. Crockett Drew
The Panel For Session Be-
ginning March 25th

Associate Judge James M. Crock
EFT this week drew the following to
serve as Jurors at the March Term
Court which convenes at Snow Hill
on March 25th.
District No. 1, Pocomoke-Herman
F. Ellis, Mervin K. Ward, Herbert r.
Gladding, Fred Mcdaniel, Walton Pill
chard, Stanley A. Parks, Malcolm G.
Matthews, Clayton H. Pilchard, Harry
w. Birmingham, George E. Young,
James r. Tilghman
District No. 2, Snow Hill-Oliver
W. Nelson, C. Henry Adkins, Paul E.
Jones, R. Edgar Dryden, Bruce Blynn,
Lawrence Haddock, Harry I. Bowen,
Harvey w. Redden.
District No. 3, East Berlin-Ever-
EFT Chopper, Robert W. Phillips, Hor-
ace Davis, George w. Cathell, Sewell
D. Chopper.
District No. a, Newark-Preston
Jones, William T. Redmond.
District No. 5, st. Martin's-Harry
r. Ringler, Charles F. Firestone, Dan
iel Selby.
District No. 6, Coulbourne-Luther
U. Timmons, Lester D. Shockley.
District No. 2, Atkinson-Norris
Fl. Pusey, T. Guy Corbin.
District No. 8, Stockton-Reginald
w. Hudson, William H. Price, Stephen
M. Payne, Dalton Fleming, Milton B.
Petit.
District No. 9, West Berlin-Ray-
mond Bethards, ]. Harry Davis, Lloyd
P. Donoway, Delos Outright, w. Lee
Burbage, Harry J. Powell.
District No. 10, Ocean City-Or-
lando Hastings, John M. Mumford,
James c. Coffin, John G. Adkins.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
STATE TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION WILL
MEET TODAY, FRI.
Regional Meeting Of The Mary
land State Teachers AssOcia-
ton In Teachers College

The Regional Meeting of the Mary
land State Teachers Association, in
Guiding Dorchester, Wicomico, Somer-
set and Worcester, Counties, will be
held today, Friday, March 8, in the
State Teachers College, Salisbury,
Md. Prof. A. C. Humphreys, Super
intendent of Schools in Worcester
county, is president of the meeting.
Prof. James M. Bennett, superinten-
dent of Wicomico county schools, is
vice-president; and Prof. William S.
Sartorius, principal of the high school
at Ocean City, Md, is secretary-treas
urer.
The program will open at 1:45 P.
M, and close after an address, slated
at 1880 p. M. Topics for discussion
include Home Economics, Physical
Education, The Library, Social Stud
les, Mathematics, Vocational Guild
ance, and these will be led by Miss
Elizabeth Amery, Supervisor of Home
Economics Education; DR.. Birch Byah
director of physical education in Dis
trict of Columbia; Mr.. Thomas C.
Ferguson, supervisor of physical edu-
cation and recreation; DR.. Roy w.
Hatch, who will deliver an address
on: Training in citizenship in a
Democracy; DR.. E. Clarke Fon-
taine, State Supervisor of high schools
who will talk on "Ways to Improve
the Facilities and Use of the High
School Library; and Miss Abilene
Pratt, State Official, will also talk on
"The Library; Miss Helen C. Wooten
Chairman, discusses Social Studies;
Mr.. Edward Walters, and DR.. T. J.
Caruthers, Mathematics; Prof. Fred
G. Usilton, Jr., will talk on "Voca-
tional Guidance" and Mr.. Floyd
Cromwell, supervisor of Educational
and Vocational Guidance; Miss Eliza
beth Mundy, supervisor of Elemen-
tary schools in Worcester; and Miss
Evelyn E. Johnson, supervisor of ele-
mentary schools in Dorchester, will
engage in the same discussion.
Dinner will be served at 6 P. NJ.
and the day will close with an address
by DIR. R. G. Steinmeyer, University
of Maryland on, Facing Reality in
194O.'.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
AN EXPLANATION

In the account of the banquet OF
the F. F. A., staged last week in the
Pocomoke high school building, said
account being published in the "Wor-
cester Democrat, full credit for the
excellent preparation and service OF
the dinner was given to Mrs. Marion
Merrill.
Mrs. Merrill has explained that
Miss Mary Lambertson was the lead
ing lady Of that function, and was en-
titled to receive much commentator
for her management. The "Demo-
crat" is glad to make this announce
ment in order to place credit where
credit is due.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
ROTARY CLUB
WINS ITS FIRST
BOWLING GAME
Beats The Lions On Monday By
AZ Pins With George Bunt-
ing In The 500 Class

Well! here is news. The worm has
turned at last. The bowling team
representing the local Rotary Club
won its first game on Monday last,
defeating the Lions 1856 to 1909.
George Bunting led his team to vic
tory-the first in Is starts, by knock
ing down SOL in the three games.
Jane Mason was high roller for the
Lions with Alb.
On Tuesday, the Elks took the AL
ley Cats into camp by 1870 to 1903.
Those in the 400 class were Jack Mat
thews and Harry Mears for the Elks,
423 and Ais respectively; and Grit
Callahan for the "Cats", 407.
On the same evening, the Elks roll
ed another game with the Cats and
were again victorious, 1920 to 1899.
Jack Matthews, of the Elks was the
only man in the 400 class with 448.
On Wednesday evening the "Bulls"
and the "Works" staged close con-
test, the former winning by 2 pins,
1897 to 1890. Two men from each
team rolled over 400; Woodrow Stur-
gis and Albert Bailey for the Bulls,
447 and All respectively; and Roscoe
Bailey and Joe Mason for the Works,
472 and 400, respectively.
The standing to date ia as follows:
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
MRS. e. {. HALLPRESIDES
AT CLUB MEETING

The Woman's Club meeting was
held Wednesday, March 9Th in the
club room, with the President, Mrs.
G.. C.. Hall in the chair.
Mrs. Grady Powell was voted the
most outstanding club woman for
years of service in the Pocomoke club,
by the club members.
The Program Chairman, Mrs. W. T.
Bunting presented the speaker, Major
Henry A. Wise, of Kiptopeake. His
talk on his summer vacation in Alas
ka was both interesting and instruc-
tive.
The members were reminded of the
Community Game Party to be held
March 9th in the Municipal Build
ing and sponsored by the Woman's
Club.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
CACERS
TO DECIDE THE
BETTER TEAM
Guards And TexacOs Will Con-
test In Three Games Begin
ming Wednesday, March Ii
OPINION VARIES AS TO
WHICH WILL CONQUER

The long awaited basketball series,
which local fans have been clamoring
for all season, between the Guards
and Texaco cagers, will start Wednes-
day of next week, March 18th at the
local Armory. The second game will
be played on Thursday, March 18th
and the third game, if necessary, will
be played or Thursday, March 21st.
There will be preliminary game
starting promptly at 8 P. M. Two
out-of-t town referees have been select
ed by the coaches of the contesting
teams. However, the officials names
will be withheld until game time. A
record crowd is anticipated inasmuch
as the game last year was a complete
sell-out and indications point to the
largest attendance since the first
Eastern Shore Basketball Tournament
was conducted here, back in "a.
It is believed that the two teams
have about an equal amount of sup
porters and to try to predict the out
come would only be hazarding a
guess. Both teams have had very
successful season, meeting the best
the Shore has had to offer. In those
games the locals lost, they were not
at full playing strength.
The Guards lineup is stacked with
veterans while the Texaco quintet
boasts of youth and stamina, very i'm
portant factors in the fast game as
it is played today. For the Guards,
Tom Miller has been a consistent long
shot artist as we'll as an able defen-
sive man all season. Herman Phil
lips, their fast breaking forward, has
tailed as high as II points a game.
Eddie MCGEE, six foot five inch guard
has been able to get high percent
age of the rebounds to make the
Guards one of the best defensive
teams on the Peninsula. Johnny
Blaine Schoolfield, who has been out
most of the season due to a broken
ankle, has been keeping his eagle eye
open by taking daily workouts. Jun
CONTINUED On Page y
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
"Chiirps'' ~
from the
Democrats Pen

Well, Sir, see by the papers that
the Old Dominion is out to effect a
small-sized spelling reform. Inc
State that claims to be the mother
of presidents" objects to the way
their beloved Commemorative name
is spelled in the title-and also IN
the main compassionate that I'M
mortal verse Garry Me Back To Old
Virginny."
By gosh! sub, they want it spelled
"Virginyuh", and not "Virglnee" !;
they don't seem to recognize the w.
at the end of the songs version and
they demand a return to the original
and legitimate photography. So here
after it must be "Carry me back TO
old Virginia., instead of "Virglnny.
All right, so far, so good. But 1
was Just wondering what they were
going to do with the rest of it. How
are they going to arrange about the
word caters, in the second line; ana
W1dC are CHGy SO1AlS W w "A
old darky's heart am long to go :"
Those two words "dis and am" are
going to look bad hooked up with
that patrician and aristocratic "Vlr-
gini-a."
You see, if you substitute the word
POTATOES for caters, you knock the
meter into .smithereens and do vlo-
lence to the local color of the mucn
chanted poem. If you discard dis"
for the tongue-twister "this", I don't
believe the ghost of the author would
recognize it, and I'd like to know what
one could substitute for that homely
outburst of loneliness cam long to
CO." Would you say us longing to
go?" The entire harmony would
pass out of it, to say nothing of an
other wild breakup of metric feet.
Don't know exactly what's the idea.
Maybe our neighbors are seeking pur-
ity in the title alone. Well, Garry
me back to old Virginia" in the cap
Continued on Page g.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
WOMAN'S CLUB WILL
MEET In HIGH SCHOOL

The Worcester Woman's Club will
meet in the High School Auditorium
at Snow Hill on Thursday afternoon,
March IA, at 2:30. Plans will be dis
cussed for a proposed Garden or Old
Homes Tour, to be sponsored by the
club in April or May.
Mrs. Charles Corddry, program
chairman, will present DR.. Dichard
Currant, of the State Teachers Col
lege faculty at Salisbury, who will
lead round table discussion on Cur
rent Events. This promises to be both
and instructive.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
UNION SERVICES AT
SALEM meth. CHURCH

Now that the Union Services are
over Salem Methodist Church will
have full day, Sunday.
The pastor Rev. J. w. Wootten will
preach in the morning on the "Nar-
row Way" and in the evening at 1880
he will have as his theme Religion
from Within.
Sunday School will convene prompt
ly at 10 o'clock and Epworth League
will be in session at 6:45 in the even
ing. The public is invited to all these
meetings.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
PARENT-TEACHERS
REGULAR MEET

The regular meeting Of the Parent
Teachers Association will be held in
the High School building on Thurs
day evening, March 14th at eight
o'clock. The Glee Club, of Salisbury,
State Teachers College will be guests
Of the Association. A good attend
ance is earnestly requested.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09

Florida substitutions: Carter, A
Cant, J. Gardener, E. Gillian,
Jackson, T. C Jones, Mike, Rogers.
Sheffield, Simmons and Smith.
Score by quarters: 2 8
Florida ............. ! 0 0 O-7
Lane ........... 0 6 0 O-6
FLORIDA: Touchdown Harrison,
point after observation-disclosures.
Lane: TOuchdOwn-Perry.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
BY IKE ADAMS

SCOTLANDVILLE, La.-(SNS)-
For the first Time IN slA years,
tne Southern University Jaguar
Cats came up out of the Mississippi
River loWlands of ScotlandvillQ
and met and conquered the mighty
Wiley Wildcats of Marshall, Texas,
Sparked by the brillian play OF
Quarterback Barnes the mighty
mite from Bougalusa, Southern
outplayed Wiley all the way fo,
sixty thrill-packed minutes, but an
air of expectancy hung over the
stands lest Wiley live up to tradi-
ton and unleash some unheard Of
power in the last minutes and
triumph, but the Jaguar Cats OF
s.. U. were determined to win
and every mar on the field played
inspired football. The backfielC
clicked like a well-oiled machine
while the line charged, blocked and
tackled with the fury and force Of
savages on the war path.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
ATLANTA, GA.-(SNS)

ATLANTA, GA.-(SNS)-
MorehouSe and Clark, local rivals,
battle at Ponce de Leon park Sat-
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock This
is all fans in the city and vicinity
need to know. Everything else is
understood as athletic history of
traditional rivals shows what a
game between them means. II is
a grudge battle that packs more
dynamite than a time bomb. and
Clark, rated the underdog, has an
excellent chance for victory
This is a game in which anything
can happen The two aeams in
volved have fought stubbornly-con-
tested battles with hea led fervor
ever since their athletic relation
ship began. The city will divide
half -and-half as Warring sup
porters get ready to back their
alma mater and choice in rilis
game It will be a week of intense
preparation by the two coaching
bodies. Both teams have been
scouaed through two or three times
and each knows what the other has
in the way of a football team.
Anyway you care 10 look at it, Sat-
urday's encounter looks tops"
The Panthers, playing stellar
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09

The SNS "One Hundred Per
Cent Wrong Club" is running into
snag after snag in its attempt to
call the turn on the upperdogs of
the STAG. During the past fort
night the club has been right but
s times, wrong %, in calling games
involving Alabama, Florida, Xavier
and Morris Brown-quite the abless
and most treacherous forces in the
loop.
Look at the STAG standings as OF
Sunday morning, November g.
1910. Not in the loops history has
every team been worsted within
the circuit by the first Saturday IN
November.
Look at the results of the past
weekend and consider how con
founding" the results were. Coach
COX" Clemons says Florida's two
wing system is the bunk and proves
it right down in Tallahassee where
the Rattlers barely last to win, 7-6.
Move up to Atlanta and see what
happens to Alabama when Rufus
Lewis strategy backfires. He starts
his mastodonic varsity against the
Big Purple, keeps it in there until
five minutes of the half-time
whistle
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
Fireworks Seen In
M0reh0uSe-cIark
Classic SATURDAY.

ball, were able to Steamroll the
Knoxville Bulldogs in decisive
fashion. They looked like a million
dollars behind the senSa .donal
running of Ernest White and
Charles Coleman They moved
about on the field like champions
and scored at will. Knoxville never
got in tGle ball game because the
Panthers had taken all the fight
out of them in :lnat first six min
utes when they scored II points.
Clark's wide-open play stamps her
as the mos dangerous scoring
team in the city and she is hoping
to continue that march against her
arch rivals Morehouse Saturday
afternoon.
Out On the Red hill, where the
Tigers are preparing, there is just
as much interest as out In South
Atlanta. Morehouse feels :hat she
has better team than Clark and
believes her men have had much
harder schedule to face than the
PanIhers. This may or may not
be a deciding advantage in this
contest, but, if tradition runs true
to form, compare I'VE scores will
mean ~ Nsolutely nothing.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
Southern Cats Trim
Wiley Wildcats, 1910

Many attribute Wiley's loss to
the inexperience of the players, but
although it is true that Wiley had
only few letter men on the
field, it is also true that Southern
had only a few lettermen; so ii
Was not question of players ex-
perience but of spirit.
Three hundred Southernlte5
journeyed to Shreveport on spec
ial train to back the Jaguar Cats
while members of the alumni pour
ed in from all corners to cheer for
alma mater dear. So it is sma4
wonder that Barnes, Hill, Hoover
Bjggs, Gordon and Scott, Southern
backf1eld aces, slashed their way
through all opposition to a 19-o
victory while the boys in the line
gave their all for S. U.
All the way Wiley played great
football but the team was unable
to match the superhuunan efforts
Of the Jaguar Cats,
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09

He then moves in his fast, light
shock troops whose speed and zip
and cleverness has the Purple
corsused and backing up as the
half ends-so much so that the US
ually composed Charles Dunn rush
es up in surge of passionate
emotion and says: "Why Morris
Brown has absolutely nothing out
there save Moody, pass and a
prayer. Well score 81 points Oh
them this half-you may have q
box of fine cigars if we don't!"
THE GREAT STAMPEDE
Coach Rufus Lewis starts the
second half grinning. His shock
troops are still in there and they
continue to lock up the Purple
backs, continue to make first
downs. In the final minute of the
third canto rollie John Wright
fires a 37-yard placement on fourth
down. Just fifteen yards from the
northern sideline, to lead Tor
'Bama, 3 to 0.
The kick was barely good-skim-
ming over scarcely foot in the
lower left corner of the uprightS
at the east end. The Alabama
bench screams out delight and Ru-
fus Lewis. grinning wider and
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
uCLA's Jack Robinson
Stars As Team Loses

scores in the first, second and
final quarters. The Stanford line
was a wall of steel for the men OF
Westwood to crack. And they
didn't. The Bruins got their tai
lies only when they took to the
air.
In the third quarter UCLA scored
On a pass from Cantor to McPher~
son. Robinson converted. Inc
Bruins responding from the spark
ling of Jackie Robinson's brllllan'
running attack, leaped into the
tussle in the final quarter with re-
newed vigor. Robinson BOX Albert's
punt on his own 80 yard line and
ran to the Stanford 81. The next
play he faxed pass and shot OH
tackle to the Stanford IL. On the
next play, he passed to Smith, end
over the goal line for a score. he
converted for the extra point.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
r. LAWRENCE F. LAMAR

LOS ANGELES, Calf, (NPB)-
Here in Memorial Coliseum Where
scenes of magnificent splendor
have We'd with thrill-packed sports
events for the edifcation OF the
public Jackie Robinson, UnlVer-
si,v of California at Los Angeles,
put On a show in a conference tooG-
ball game that had an estimated
crowd of 10000 cheering fans dizzy
on their feet. II was a great game,
won by a superior Stanford Uni
versity team from Palo Alto, Cah1'
The defeat chalked up by Stan
ford, undefea ied conference eleven,
was the 5th straight for the
Bruins this year. Small scores
characterized the Uclans defeats
this wear. They were beaten by
Southern Methodish University,
Texas A. g. NJ, California, ana
Oregon State u. in the order
named. The last two games with
this one. were all conference games.
The tail end OF the 1U-l4 SCole'
was not as dismal as the score
might indicate. Both teams were
in shere battling all the way with
little to choose as to supremacy.
Jackie Robinson, the Jltterbug
threas, was just that elusive IN
returning the Stanford booters
long punts. However, UCLAs ace
ball carrier was up against whole
team of champions.
II was that brace of backtleld
stars, Albert, Kemtovich and Stand
lee, that literally tore the UCLA
line to shreads in chalking up
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
BAMA MBC FLORIDA XAVIER STILL in F0UR-WA SCRAMBLE
Tuskegee's Inevitable March TO
First Division To Prove Vital
Factor In Stirring Title Chase

wider. warns up his big guys, his
titanics, to go back in there and
hold the margin.
They come in to start the last
canto and they look grimly deter
mined. Yet, they have nothing
and are outcnarged. Passes envelop
them and Morris Brown suddenly
winds up on the Alabama 2-yard
mark after an 82-yard march
Moody bulls through to score and
the panic is en-. Wild passes wind
up in the arms of Franklin and
Moody who ankle 60 yards each
to scores and a rout of the cham
pions (worst for them since MBC
did it 25-7 in 1880 by score of
81 to 8. That this is the piece de re-
siStance of the STAG week.
Tuskegee's 1876 slaughter of S
G. State has an ominous ring.
MorehouSe invaded Tennessee
again to give LeMoyne a difficult
day-finally tumbling and stumb-
ling the ball game away, 6-3, after
leading most of the day. Clark
brought brow lifting higher by scut-
tli2g Knoxville's ship, 25 to 7. Xa-
vier's Gold Rush" let us down
against punch drunk Langston, z
0.
Alabama, by virtue of two VIC
tories over first-division entries,
still clings to the STAG lead with
22.00 points. From here to the fin
lsh her chances are mournful. If
she defeats Morehouse on Novem-
Der 16, her quotent will still be the
same as today so Rufus Lewis lads
should sleep these nights with but
one thought-BEAT TUSKEGEE
on Turkey Day! Tuskegee is first
division certainty for 1910 because
for, the next two weeks she has
business with Knoxville and Bene.
dict. ~ ,r
Florida, Xavier and Morris
Brown are tied today for second
place with 21.25 each. LeMoyne has
21.67 points but will not figure in
the final standings because she is
playing but tour STAG contests.
This discussion wound up in All
argument of fervent intensity at
the SNS portals Saturday night
Dignified AME ministers, totally
unacquainted with the Dickinson
system or its psychology, followed
few of its deductions, said 1t was
the bunk.
Nevertheless, and they shall fin
ally see, the plan is definitely fair.
Right now Morris Brown has the
best outlook because she defeated
Tuskegee before Tuskegee became
a first division team-Alabama has
% defeat Tuskegee after she be-
comes one. .FF
Alabama can, realizing her re-
naming chances to the full, close
the campaign with 24.00 quotent
Morris Brown can touch $500 by
handling Xavier, Clark and Knox
vile. If Clark edges Morehouse,
MBC has chance to touch 27.o0.
Xavier, if she can worst both
Morris Brown and Florida, will
boast 25.00-she can touch 24.00 By
splitting the two assignments. The
best Florida can do is 23.00. r
1t is plain, then, that the Big
Purple has the best chance; Ala
bama second best chances while
Xavier and Florida are about
evenly handicapped. 1 think 1t
will end this way-Morris Brown,
$500; Florida $500. The other
two, Xavier and Alabama, have
the toughest roads from this vista.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09

Florida with three first division wins 1lrst dVISlo
full Alabama 1889 SIAC champion and fourth ranker
onay the most impressive achievement record In the
nation thus far When the other powers get down to the
bsness end of their schedules starting this week end
it may different story But, through November g. that
was the picture - ---- -----
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09

South Side, before 5000 fans, the
Gunners tying the score in the
last firty-five seconds on Red
Gleason's pass to Willie Phillips.
The try for the extra point was
missed, but the Gunners got Sec
ond chance when the Bombers
were offside and made good.
The Bombers' two touchdowns
came on Jefferson's fifty yard pass
to Bill Atwood, ex-Kentucky State
star, and one of the forty fvie
yards to Bill owens, former Ten
nessee State backfielder. Jefferson
provided the games features with
the most phenomenal punsing ever
seen in Chicago, getting off one
punt of 96 yards, one of 80, another
of rs, and so yarder that went
out of bounds on the one yard
line.
The Gunne's led at halftime, z
to 0, Phillips scoring from the
three yard line On the last play of
the first quarter. Included in the
white clubs personnel we're Ell
SkoronSki of Purdue, Fred Mundee,
Red Gleason and Tony Mazzeatti,
of Notre Dame, Lou Hamity, Saul
Davis and Mort Goodstein of the
University of Chicago, Mike Nc
Partland of Marquette, Les Schrei-
her of Northwestern, and other
major ex-collegiaFe stars.
The teams are scheduled to play
again "wednesday night. The Brown
Pombers, new consolidated with
the Panthers, are headed by Shag
Jones, former Morris Brown star.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
Bernie jefferson
Stars For Shag
Jones' Bombers

CHICAGO-(ANP)- The Chica-
go Gunners powerful white pro-
fessional team, are still unbeaSen,
but they got the scare of their
lives Wednesday night. Bernie
jefferson and his Chicago Brown
Bombers held them 10 IA to IA tie
at Rand stadium on Chicago'S Tar