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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-02
RUSS J. COWANS'
SPORT CHATTER

, his birth since he left there in the
carly 1905 The nearest he has
been TO his birthplace has been q
TIP 10 New Orleans in 1886
The Grsys. ore % the hardest hit.
ting clubs in either league, has been
producing hits with more regularity
than the Birmingham Black Barons
in the world series which closes
Sunday al Birmingham. In three OF
the first four games the Grays
pounded out - hits 10 81 collected
by the Barons. The Grays included
two doubles and two triples in their
assault on The Brmin CHAM pitchers
A. the samca time the Baron slug.
gers we're n!ckinS the Grays' pitch
ers for three doubles.
AT The same time the defense OF
the Grays proved superior 10 tina.
~ the Barons. the winners OF the
Negro National league champion
ship turning in two errors, against
seven FOR the winners OF the cham
pionship in the Negro American
eague.
The only redeeming feature OF
he series up TO Sunday was the
cred table performance OF Alfred
Saylor, sterling young Highlander
who restricted the Grays' sluggers
10 five scattered hits TO win the first
game. Az. Saylor issued four free
tickets and famed four OF the
enemy.
One ~ the pitching msinstays OF
the Barons, man on whose supple
arm the Birmingham team was re-
lying for victory. This man. Lefty
McKinnies, was knocked out OF the
box in the sixth inning OF the game
Sunday Before departing McKin-
mics was touched for four hits and
three runs. He also yielded three
base on balls.
Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard
have proved to be the best assault
ers OF the ball for the Grays, Glib
son collecting two hits in five Off
cial times at bat in two OF the three
games. while Leonard raped out
three hits in nine official times at
bat in three games. McLaurin was
the pace-setter for the Barons with
five hits in IL times at bat.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-02
A. AND r. VS.. ALL-N

GREENSBORO. N. c. - The A
end 7. college zridders will o?en
their 1913 season against Allen uni
versity OF Columbus. S. c. in
Greensboro, Saturday night.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-02
California Servicemen
Net Title To DeFremery

OAKLAND. Calif.-A large group
OF servicemen participated in the
De Fremery USO tennis tournament
from September 10 to IA. Miss Lula
Chapman. Y.WC.A. executive. Off
ciated
In the singles finals. Corporal
Oscar Williams. Wichita. Kans. de-
feated Private Leonard Johnson.
So, 60.
The doubles final brought to-
gether two former North Carolina
State teammates. Seaman Leon J
Mcleod and Corporal Roy Moore.
playing Privatcs Leonard johnson
from Iowa and Private Edward
Harris from Kansas Moore and Nc
Cleod won. 6-3. 60.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-02
five TIED FOR
LEADERSHIP IN
W0MEN'S LOOP
O'DOnel Sets Pace As
League Prizes Off Lid
At Paradise Bowl

AS the curtain came up on the
women's division OF the Motor City
Bowling league last Wednesday
evening at Paradise Bowl, and after
the sixteen teams had tailed their
scores. there was a five-way tie
for first place. The w. B. o. Dom
nels girls. city champs OF last sea-
son, again took the lead by win
ming three games. The girls shot
764, 773 and 1872 for total Of 23l9
for high three games in league COM
petition. The champs OF the league
averaged 773. They also registered
the high single game, which was
1872.
Virginia Dare. the aggregation
that finished second last season,
won three games and is in second
place In the standing after regis
tering 7l3. 76l and 704 for a total
Of 2l78 for the three Not only did
they win three games but shot the
second high single team average
for three games. 726
Virginia Dolphin. national bowl
ing champ, paced ODonnel. while
Ethel Taylor, bowling in the an
Choir position for Virginia Dare, led
her team.
The other three teams to win
three were: The popular IL Horse
mems Girls who shot 707, TAO and
700 for 2l56 and a team average Of
7l8; Settles and Son. 642, 684 and
739 for 2065, and a 688 average: and
the former national champs OF 1910
and l94l, Supreme Linen, who reg
jStered $50, 6S4 and 724 for 2064 and
4 team average of 688.
Katie Graves Gets 1873
Katie Graves, star bowler with
the popular II Horsemens girls
was the star of the evening. both
70" her team and the league, when
she turned in the highest single
game in the contest Miss Graves
hit 1873. Sophia Walker was second
with 1911 The II Korsemens girls
finished in third place in the league
last season, and is expected to be
among the leaders this season.
Olivia Halves, manager OF the team.
attends all matches played by the
girls and helps to cheer them to
victory.
In sixth place in the league stand
ing is the flsshy Picket Fence. who
turned in $50, GIL and 7o3 for 2032.
Watch this five for they boast three
OF the oldest bowlers in the league.
and former members OF the origi-
nal Porter'S Cleaners girls who got
their start down at Sans recrea-
ton in 1888 and 1899. They are Will
Ia Fields. Jerry Wells, and Lena
Gaskill. The Picket Fence five won
Two out OF three. Club 666 was sew
enth, winning two out OF three
when they turned in 647. 663 and 632
for 1912 and a team average of SAT
for the three. The Mundays outfit
wone one and lost two and Cozy
Corner also won one and lost two.
Alhambras Cafe. Acmes Florist,
Floyd's Cleaners. the Regents Fig
urc Skaters, a new aggregation:
Carter's Lunch, Dr.. Owens and the
Progressive Victory club, all lost
three games.
The women's division OF the Mot
or City league will bowl every
Wednesday evening at the Paradise
Bowl,at 8 pm.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-02
Six Stars At
Fl. Knox, Ky.

REPLACEMENT TRAINING
CENTER. FORT KNOX, Ky Sol
diers in the Center's 18th Battalion,
who would like TO get tips on box
ing, tennis. basketball or horse
racing, would do we'll to interview
six Of their fellow soldiers.
Two OF the six are experts on
boxing. One of them, Private Will
liam II. Gabriel, was a professional
fighter on the west coast from 1927
to 1892 during which time he won
approximately 100 out of $50 bouts.
The other. Private Carlos Cuebas,
a professional boxer for eight years,
won SIS out OF IS bouts. He fought
under the name OF Mono Cuebas
against such men as Chalky Wright.
Lulu Constantine, Jimmy Gilisan.
Davey Crawford, Petey Della and
Joe Pueg.
The basketball star Is Private
William A. Jones. who was nomi-
mated all-state forward during his
senior year OF high school in Michi-
gan. He later played with the first
string OF Joe Louis Brown Bomb
ers' and the Ford All-Stars. He also
coached semi-pro teams for three
years.
The tennis expert Is Private Leon
Dorsey. who was tennis singles
runner-up in southern tourna-
ment held while he was attending
Atlanta university. Atlanta, Ga. in
1925 His home is in Louisville, KY
Private Elmore I. Sanders was a
jockey on various tracks in the
midwest.
Football Is the profession OF Pri-
vate James L. Mills. a'l-state Negro
halfback in Florida for three years.
He also ran the l00-yard dash on the
track team.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-02
Basketball Loon
Meets Friday At
Brewster Center

The next meeting OF the Mich
igsn Chronicle Softball league IS
scheduled for Friday. October l..
at Brewster Recreation center.
637 Brewster street The meeting
is slated for 7:30 pm.
Thus far number OF teams
have indicated a desire to join
the Junior division OF the league
The teams signed so far arc Tro-
jams. Wolverines, Royal Vizanks,
Midget All-Stsrs, Bristol g. Bris-
tol. and Brewster Cubs.
The principal purpose OF the
league is 10 develop sportsman
ship. and utilize the leisure time
OF young boys in an effort to
eliminate juvenile delinquency.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-02
Olympic Champ
Commissioned In
Army Air Force
ARMY AIR FORCES WESTERN

ARMY AIR FORCES WESTERN
TECHNICAL TRAINING COM.
MAND. Santa Monica. Calf. -
Archie Williams, Oakland, CALI
aviation cadet and sll-iime sth-
ietic star on the cinder path. sp.
peared again recently at the scene
Of many triumphs. the Los Angeles
Memorial Coliseum, to receive his
commission as a second lieutenant
Lieutenant Williams. former 400
meter world record holder. was
appointed air corps weather officer
and Is the first Negro west OF the
Mississippi to hold, such a position
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-02
Buddy Walker Was
Very Busy Fighter

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Buddy
Walker. Columbus (Ohio) heavy.
weight, was busy man last week.
Monday night he scored a victory
in Baltimore, and FRIDAY nigh, he
won l0-round decision over John
ny benson. Indianapolis heavy,
winning every round OF the bout.
benson was down for a count OF
nine in the eighth round
Evening star., 1943-05-12

With flock of late entrants and
postponements scheduled to roll, the
33d annual Washington City Duck
pin Association tournament will end
tonight at Columbia.
Harry Dixon, association secre-
tary, urgently requests all bowlers
entered in the tournament and still
desiring to roll to show up for alley
assignments no later than o'clock.
The pennant scrap in the Airing
ton Church League ended last night
with Presbies No. the winners by
a four game margin over Friendship
Glass. Hallman and Lupton of
Faith Lutheran led the final night S
rolling with respective scores of 141
and 371. The league will stage a
banquet May II at Arlington Pres
byterian Church.
Assumption of Section c won the
Washington Catholic League cham
pionship rollof at Brookland Recre-
alton with a score of 1850, which
included 210 free pins. With a no.
pin handicap, st. Mary's Of Section
E was the runnerup with 2685.
Holy Name finished third with IL
1869 and St. Francis Xavier of
Evening star., 1943-05-12
Raiders Protest Loss
In 11th as Umpire
Removes Player
Loves Temper Is Costly;
Riders Put Anocostiu
Deeper Into Cellar

The high school baseball series is
getting down to cases, with Eastern,
Tech, Roosevelt and Central left in
the race. Added to the list of ab-
sentees yesterday was Western, with
Central eliminating the Red Raiders
by taking a 1878 victory in II innings
that took hours and Is minutes to
play.
Yesterdays other game saw Ana
costa put further In the cellar by
Roosevelt, 81.
The Central victory is under pro-
test, with Coach Billy Richardson
of Western taking issue over the
fact that Shortstop Ray Love was
thumbed from the game after dis
play of temper in the 10th inning.
Five-Run Rally Decides.
A f1ve-run rally in the 1lth frame
won for the Vikings after Western
had taken new lease Of the game
with a three-run uprising in the
ninth. In the 11th Pete Chipouras,
Centrals hard-hitting outf1elder,
followed his two earlier doubles with
a single to start the rally. A triple
by Tom Sweeney sent Chipouras
home. A hit batter was inserted
among four more hits for the big
total.
Joe Tucker, sent to the Central
hill during Westerns ninth-inning
rally, got credit for his second series
victory, aiding his own game with
one of the 1lth-inning hits.
Nick Chanka's double that scored
two runners was the high light OF
Westerns comeback In the ninth,
and he was scored by Gene Gould's
double.
Evening star., 1943-05-12
Modge Lewis Misses A||-Events
Pin Lead, but Tops in Doubles
Fails by Six Sticks to SuppIont Lucy Rose,
But She and Dot Hershey Shoot 700

gain the all-events honors went a
glimmering in the final frame when
she picked the front pin of the
36-1o spare break.
Despite her disappointment the
Clarendon star made a commendable
showing In her first city tourna-
ment. Besides sharing the doubles
lead she stands second In A singles
with 1856 and her runner-up all
events score Of 1.108 promises to
give her some extra coin.
New Class B Leaders.
Two more duos shot to the front
in the 22d annual championships
when Lucille Young. veteran Chevy
Chase Ice Palace roller and Dot
Barr OF Hyattsville gained first place
in Glass B with 673 while the Prince
Georges County combination of
Evelyn Sebastian and Betty Zion
totaled 693 for the c doubles lead.
Annetta Behan and Isabel Reifen-
berg Of Rendezvous counted 664 FOR
third place in A.
Corlnne kallo OF Takoma Is the
Glass D all-events leader, climaxing
a 978 count with a third place
singles tally Of 325. Kathryn Ash
of Brookland is the Glass F all
events pacesetter with BOG.
A 1,345 score gave the Gogetters
of the Post Office League third place
In Glass F while Rustic Cabin quint
of the Hyattsville ladies' loop moved
to fourth place in Glass D with
1,467.
Making a bid for the Glass A
doubles title tonight at $50 will be
the formidable Lafayette twosome
Of Jessie Sacrey and Georgia Hays
and the Rena Kitty Null
roe duo.
Evening star., 1943-05-12
McCadden Pilots Five
Victors, Three Show
Horses al Beu|ah
Feat, Riders Third Big
Day in Two Seasons,
Is Best Of Campaign
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Jockey Willie McCadden, for the
third time in q little more than 10
months. has dominated q racing
program.
Riding at Beulah Park, near Co
lumbus, Ohio, yesterday the 26-year-
old native Of Lynn, Mass. triumphed
five times and was third In the re-
naming three races on the eight
event card.
On September S, 1912, he guided
four thoroughbreds to the winners
circle, falling to make the charmed
area only twice that day, while on
July 2, 1912, he won with five out
Of six. He put on the former display
for the customers at River Downs
and the latter at Thistle Downs.
His feat at Beulah is the best OF
the 1943 season, although he was
overshadowed by Willie Turnbull in
1942. The latter had nine mounts at
Rockingham Park on July 81 and
crossed the finish first with seven
Of them.
Numerous United States jockeys
have ridden five winners in a single
day. but the record Of flve victories
in five attempts was set by Walter
Miller, once the foremost rider in
the Americas. He trrned the trick
three times and at Benning on April
3. 1906, was astr1de the winners OF
the last five races and then came
back the next day with triumphs In
the opening three.
The American mark for consecu-
tive wins now Is held by Albert
Adams, who had nine In two days
at Marlboro, In 1890 Gordon Rich
ards Of Great Britain is the world
champion with IL.
Evening star., 1943-05-12
Army 10 Add 10 Years
To His Golf Career,
Horton Smith Says
Now Is Getting Training
He Neglected to Take;
Will Be Officer Soon
BY the Associated Press.

oS ti'S fASpOSlatcu EICb0s
MIAMI BEACH, Fla, May 12-
Horton Smith, master OF the putt
and winner Of more than 500 900 In
tournament prizes, is convinced that
his Army training will add 10 years
to his golnng career.
The lanky Joplin Ghost" now is
In the Air Forces Of1lcer Candidate
School at Miami Beach. He will be
graduated May % with the rank of
second lieutenant.
At IS, Smith has reached the age
when most competitive golfers be-
gin to look around for a good club
connection where there's a living
to be made by giving lessons and
selling equipment. But Soldier
Smith has other ideas.
For the past year or so I felt
myself weakening" he said. Il al
ways planned to go down to one Of
the athletic clubs for a bit Of exer-
else. But I never seemed to get
around to it. Golhng, tournaments,
lecturing and other business took
up all my time.
when I enlisted In the Army
last November at Jefferson Bar
racks, Mo-, felt that never would
be able to play \ subpar game
again. I was under the. impression
that Army life would ruin my game
for keeps.
They sure proved me wrong. The
training I have received. especially
here at the beach, has revived me-
1t will help me retain my stamina
and competitive power for another
10 years. It will also help my tim
Ing and coordination"
Evening star., 1943-05-12
were rained out.

Madge Lewis and Dot Hershey,
strong Clarendon. Bowling Center
twosome, today sported first place In
the Class A doubles event OF the
Washington Women's Duckpin Asso-
citation tournament with an even
700-score, but for the second time
in four days Mrs. Lewis has missed
the real target at which she was
aiming-the Glass A all-events lead.
Last Sunday the raven headed
feminine bowling howitzer was
beaten by Helen Roberts, a Claren-
don teammate, in the final round
for the women's metropolitan
match-game championship and last
night at Lucky Strike Madge let the
coveted all-events title slip through
her fingers after having the much
sought after championship well
within her grasp.
Starts With $50 Game.
Needing 1862 for nine game tally
Of lila which would have given her
the top spot by one-pin margin
over the score already posted by
Lucy Rose of Rosslyn, the defending
all-events champion, Madge's best
efforts netted her only 356. Of to
a whirlWind start with a double
header strike, and a first game of
$50, Madge could not buy a spare
break in her second game Of 80.
With 50 in her fifth frame of the
last game, she struck in the sixth
frame. A head-pin cut In the
seventh box netted five pins and her
next two throws missed their mark
for five out, Still plugging despite
her misfortune in the previous frame
she spared in the eighth. but left
three back pins for a split In the
ninth and her courageous effort to
Evening star., 1943-05-12
Only Eastern Tec Roosevelt Central Mines Race Nknqs Beat Western


White marlin are running the
waters in the area around Miami
In such numbers that one day re-
Gently flve were brought in to No. 5
pier. Top fish was a 126-pounder
caught from Capt. Bill Hatch's
PATSY" 1t will take first place in
the current George Rupert fishing
contest.
Striped bass are where you find
them at this time. From a perusal
Of reports, the boy fishing from the
sea wall in Potomac Park has Just
as much chance to hook and land
a big one as the plutocrat with
enough A gas to get down to the
Chesapeake and back.
For the next several weeks the
run up to the barrier Little Falls
near Chain Bridge will increase.
Indications are for some OF the best
fishing river fishermen have had In
years.
In Chesapeake Bay hardheads
have reached the Choptank area,
which means that with the right
kind Of weather we may hope to
be catching them on this side in
the Herring Bay and West River
areas within 10 days or 2 weeks.
The size of the catches in the
Patuxent increased materially over
the week end.
Albert Powell's stocking crews
have been making the rounds of
Maryland streams the past week,
continuing the policy OF stocking
waters close to centers of population.
Fishing and Big Owens Creeks
were planted with hundreds of
above-legal-size trout Friday, while
Beaver Creek, the Washington
County stream set aside for special
Evening star., 1943-05-12
Women's Pin Card
Tomorrow Night

TEAMS-1:30 PM.
CLASS C-covinston Motors (Bethesdal
Garvin,s Grill rwashinston), Edmonds
CLASS D-Kocsis Furrier (Takoma,
Continental Life (Brooklsnd, Standards
National CapitaD, Essex Construction
(Bethesda)
CLASS EMiscellaneous (National Cap.
itan, Gibson Grays tRosslyn).
DOUBLES.
CLASS C-M. Payne-H. ODea, II. Jar.
CLASS EM Fox-M. Walker.
SINGLES.
CLASS A-Jessie Keith.
CLASS B-Florence Sabean, Kay Caul
CLASS C-F. Crovato, M. Rohrbaugh. F
LOTUS. ]. Egan. L. Dwyer, M. Hamilton
CLASS E-K Jones.
SNGLES-o:3O PM
CLASS BIB. Halvorsen.
eEAss s So: snens; Fseserscn. !. sassaan' kiein.
CLASS EP. Kee. G. Farrell, G. James
E. McGuvray. Z. Cooney, H. Nelson.
DOUBLES-8:3O Pm
CLASS A-Jessie Sacrey- Georgia Hays
r. Ridenour-C Mulroe
CLASS c-M. Miltner-A. Smith, J. Egan'
1. DwyeI: E Burton-D. Goodall E. Lime
CLASS ID. NJ Mulouin-v. Koiner.
Evening star., 1943-05-12
Two Toss Hit|ess Ball
In Five-|nning Game
OeIe, Brown Of Wilson
Shine in Preps' Rout

Another high school no-hit pitch
ing performance, third one this sea-
son. is on the books This one Is
credited to the combined hurting of
Jack Ogle and Stu Brown of Wilson
as the Tigers set down Georgetown
Prep, 22-1, yesterday.
The game went only hve innings
because of the lopsided score, with
the Tigers tallying seven runs in
the f1rst. 10 more In the second and
five in the third.
Monk Barbee's double and Mike
Runnels' homer were the high lights
Of Wilson's 14-hit assault.
Evening star., 1943-05-12
Tunney Is Guest Tonight
As JCC Makes Awards

Comdr. Gene Tunney. former
world heavyweight boxing cham
pion, will be the guest Of honor
tonight at the third annual awards
night at the Jewish Community
Center. Festivities begin at SIS.
The event erroneously was an
nounced In The Star as scheduled
for last night.
Several other prominent sports
figures have been invited. The pro-
gram includes movies, refreshment
and entertainment.
Evening star., 1943-05-12
With BILL ACKERMAN.

regulations, was stocked the second
time this season Thursday. All
western county waters are getting
much attention from fishermen
nearby, but Washington and Balti-
more fishermen are few and far
between. The reason hardly is any
secret.
Evening star., 1943-05-12
Two New Stokes Added
BY Garden Stote Park
By the Associated pres,

oJ 3tssUCIdCSu Pr6Sy.
CAMDEN, N. j.. May 1.-Two
new stakes, making a total of II,
have been announced for Garden
State Park, which opens July 7, with
so days Of racing scheduled.
Additional stakes, each for S. 0O0
added, are the Rancocas. a 6-furlone
sprint for 2-year-olds on July 10,
and the Princeton Handicap, also
at 6 furlongs, for older horses, on
September 4.
Evening star., 1943-05-12
Henry's Hurting, Hard
Hitting Win for Colts
Enjoy Two Big Innings
In Beotino Gonzuau

Four-hit pitching by Buck Henry
helped Coolidge to An ll-4 victory
over Gonzaga yesterday, with the
Colts rapping out 13 safeties against
Gilbert Lansdale. Eagle tosser.
Coolidge had two big innings, get
ting four runs In the first and lock.
ing up the game with three more In
the sixth.
Chuck Greenbaum, with q triple
and single. and Dale Martin and
Buddy Webb, with a double and
single each, paced the Colto' attack.
Evening star., 1943-05-12
Flag Winning Manager
Busy Selling Timber

BY the Associated Press.
Dusty Rhodes, manager of Charles
tons 1912 Sally League pennant
winners, is too busy selling Pine
timber to play ball this year.
He was to have reported to Ports.
mouth in the Piedmont League.
Evening star., 1943-05-12
Central Meet Brought
Forward to Nav 29
~ the Aseonisfad pyaes

BY the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, May 12.-The 18th
annual Central collegiate outdoor
track and field championships at
Marquette Stadium have been
moved up from June 5 to May 20.
Wisconsin is the defending cham.
pion
Evening star., 1943-05-12
Mems City Duckpin Tourney
Will Be Concluded 7oniqht

Section B was fourth with 143-
1855. The third-place Holy Name
was tops from scratch, with scores
of 586 and 2,652 Fred Mohler of
Holy Name led with 56l and T.
Geising of Assumption was high
with 1874.
Evening star., 1943-05-12

Today year ago.-Junior
Thompson held Brooklyn Dod-
gers to Lew Riggs double as
Cincinnati took fourth straight,
5 to |.
Evening star., 1943-05-12

RunsMKoenis to7 t2o, Greenbsum t3).
loux CD. Smith. Lansdale. Errors-Koenig,
Greenbaum (2l, Clark, Claveloux (2).
0Keefe: Raba 60. Two base hit-Martin,
Sickle. Bases on balls-On Henry. 4
Struck oLr-By Lansdale, 8; BY Henry, 8,
Umpire-Mr Priest
Evening star., 1943-05-12

Totals 30 1913 Totals . O1b 8
Ran for Osle In fourth
esoHaetovn G.n9n Prep 3 g &a22
Runs-Ovens (2), Torrey (3). lavish
{3}. Hsrbee a.: Runnels 90. Aenshaw
osl;e. beyer a.. sroviey o. g. rxoobs,e ro
hit-Barbee. Home run-Runnels stolen
bases-Runnels. lavish f2). McLarney t8
Evening star., 1943-05-12

TEAMS.
Glass c.
Hyattsville maryland Surburban).
5l3 525 470-1,5Os
investment BLDG, Garase (Wash. LadiesO
sos $40 503-l 519
Whittleseys bethesda LadiesD.
4s2 b12 b2o-1,5l4
Agriculture No. l (FederaE.
500 534 4ao-l.b27
4el 40 45s-l ,ses
Class D.
Rustic Cabin (Hyattsville).
4ss 4ss 4s3-1,4e7
Pare Hufty twash. Lsdies).
467 4e4 472-l ,423
Glass r.
Iee &22 l57-i.s4b