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Evening star., 1949-12-18
Tropical Park Results
By the Associated Press

FIRST RACE-Purse, Sl.sO0; claiming;
3-year.olds and up; lis miles. M ,oo
Honest Knave (Fisb 1890 $50
Inscroll (Boulmetis) 2.2o
Also ran-Refresh, Fair Vision souidge
Dunder. Gay Reveler and Silver Clad.
SECOND RAcEPurse, $500: claim
ing 3-year-olds and up; :. miles.
Pepper Lou tGrosso) 17.40 $50 4.40
Dive Bomber (Rivera) 200 $50
Sanchilla tSanabria) 14.70
Also ranNstride Well. Can Step. Kara
korum, .Reighaway. Rocky Play, Mackie S
" DAILY double paid s147.5o)
THIRD RAcE-Purse. s!1,soo; claiming;
3-year-olds and up; furlonss;
Blue Fedora tGrosso) 7l.70 1000 1910
efFnisale eIT;Isi (chTqebs tGqlhone' 'oo ~" -"
AIso 4Is3. an, anIchaldia. Bill Hovk' Sniff
stIfs saSsen poser 1d oar BuEy Rsv Our LOUISE
FOURTH RAcE-Purse. $1,000; 2-year-
All AT Once Chestnut, 400 5a9 $50 aso
Around (Purser) $50
Time. I:lOts.
onry. Doreen's Boy, GleneaGles.
FIFTH RAcE-Purse; 5000; allow
Spotted guli ,strsnse) $50 800 2.5oo
Royal Hello Lynch) $40 SO
Risk A Whirl tMcLaushlin) $40
Also AIe rannHappy Task. Dubious. Fuss
cat, Midchannel and Airdrome.
SIXTH RAcE-Purse, $1,000; allow
ances; Swear and up: 9 furlonss.
Irisen lCulmone) $40 34D %
BuZfuz (Butler) 4:sO BOO
Warship fBouimetis) BIO
Also Aime' ranWYazdeserd, Eagle Eye. Bug
Juice. Boo Mack and Missab. -.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse, $1,000; allow
ances: 3-year -olds and up: ,'s miles:
Artist Life tRivera> 1880 $40 800
Dinner Hour tCulmone) 7.20 $50
Pellicle tRoberts) 4.S0
Also ran-Whirling Dough, Ispahan.
Brandy Punch Happy Victor. Turbine
Grandview Stables entry.
EIGHTH RACE-Purse. $1,000; claim
ing; 3-year-olds and up: i miles.
Mil. Point lRodriEuez) 500 800 3ss9 ss9o
Fayorito tMonteirol 3.7O
Also i ran1scotch Cup. Grabro. Excel
Lad. Shadow Shot, Red Pompon and On
approachable.
NINTH RAcEPurse, 500: claim
ing; 3-year-olds and up; Is miles.
Fourteen Grand tSc'rk) 900 80 $50
Sextant (Culmonel $50 $40
Gremlin (Boulmetls) 3.s0
Aims' Hlso ran@o5k.ms.h ait0l5 cemanche. Peak.
Cioudchaser, Phara Model. Valley Stream
and Sandy Pam,
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Tropical Park Feature
Won by Artist Life;
Dinner Hour Second
Rx the Associofed Presx

MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 17.-Artlst
Life, ably handled by Angel
Rivera, won his second straight
victory today by beating nine
middle distance runners in the
Governor Warren Purse at Tropi-
cal Park.
Helen S. Reineman's Dinner
Hour, closing stoutly along the
inside, was up in time to nose
out Cherry Oca Stables Pellicle
for second. Happy Victor. coupled
with Artist Life as the GrandvieW
Stable entry, was fourth, only a
nose away.
Artist Life went the mile-and-
a-slxteenth featured race in 1:43-
2/5-a second off the track record
and won by a length and half.
He returned s10.50, $500 and
$3.50 across the board.
Spotted Bull, purchased as a
yearling for $4,000 in 1947. out
classed seven rivals as he blazed
to victory in the Alcedo Purse.
In so doing, he broke the streak
of losing choices, reWarding at
$3.50 straight. 1t was his first
start of the Miami campaign.
Favorites Take Beating.
Earlier in the day. the majority
in the crowd of 8,511 were jolted
when four straight favorites. in
Guiding three at even money,
we're beaten.
Spotted Bull opened up a five
length advantage in the first three
furlongs, then eased through the
stretch to score by length from
Bermil Stables Royal Hello. Risk
A Whirl finished well to take
third.
Spotted Bull, owned by Doc
Levy of Philadelphia, ran the six
furlongs in Ill.
Irisen ran the fastest six fur
longs of the meeting-1:10 flat
in winning the sixth event. The
mare scored by two lengths over
Buzfuz. Warship was third.
Irisen paid $50 straight.
The nine-race card drew a total
play of $476,137.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Favored Fcka Foot Captures Second at Charles Town
By Bill Leetch

the sale of licenses. AdmlnlStra-
tive costs have scared and only
cutbacks in capital Improvements
have enabled the commission to
carry on during recent years.
Whether the resident hunting Ii
cense will be increased is moot
question, but it is almost fore
gone conclusion that nonresident
fees will be raised all around.
Local nimrods who do not SUBJ
scribe to the various State pub
locations on conservation which
monthly give one all the latest
news pertaining to our neighbor-
ing States, are missing a good bet.
All are inexpensive and source
material of the finest sort for the
hunter and fisherman.
West Virginia's is called West
Virginia Conservation" and may
be obtained at so cents for a years
subscription. Send requests to
the Conservation Commission at
Charleston. w. Va.
Maryland's little booklet is
called the maryland Conserva-
zionist" and costs 81 per year. 1t
may be obtained by sending a
dollar bill to the Commission at
Munsey Bldg. Baltimore 2. Md.
Virginia's monthly magazine,
Virginia Wildlife" also costs one
buck a year. Send your subscrip-
ton to the Commission of Game
and Inland Fisheries, P. o. Box
1642, Richmond, Va.
The pennsylvania Angler"
which covers activities in that;
State is published monthly by the
Pennsylvania Fish Commission.
South Office Building. Harrisburg,
Pa. and costs only so cents per
year.
We know of no publications
which give you more for your
moneys worth.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Pontchortroin Hondicop
Taken by Love Sonnet

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. II (P).-
Mrs. Rose Popovitz' Love Sonnet
staged a driving finish at the Fair
Grounds today to win the $500
Pontchartrain Handicap by a nose
from Fantasy Farms Grand En-
try.
Grand Entry held the lead in
the mile-and- -one sixteenth fea-
ture for the first half-mile and
then engaged in a duel with Love
Sonet which forged ahead in the
stretch. Edward Werber's Va
manos was third in the fve-horse
field.
Love Sonnet, ridden by Jerry
West, paid S12 and $3.50. There
was no show betting. The winning
time was 1:464s.
The crowd of COIL bet S209,-
735.
The first race was delayed about
20 minutes by a dispute among
the jockeys arising out of the
suspension of Jockey P. S. Boyle.
William Carroll, representative of
the Jockeys Guild, said the mat
ter would be discussed by the
Guild and Fair Grounds officials
next Monday but that racing
definitely would not be Interrupt
ted that day.
Boyle was suspended on the
grounds that he had given an
Indifferent ride earlier this week
to Plieto. which finished last.
The Fair Grounds announced
the dates for important 1850 races.
They include the $4,000 Louisi-
ana handicap on February 4. the
$4,000 Lecompte Handicap Feb
ruary rs. the $4,000 Louisiana
Derby March 4 and the SIS, 900
New Orleans Handicap on March
II, closing day.
lac fshrdlu cmfwyp vbgkqj SHIN
Evening star., 1949-12-18

there are some who say he is now
painless.
Another was Big Yank, who got
his stake as leader of a dance
band. Yank never bet more than
s40O or $500 on a horse, but he
won some good bets because he
wouldn't play a horse that was
less than to l. However, Big
Yank has taken to the woods,
to. The last time anyone saw
him at a race track, he was wrap
ped in a seedy overcoat. betting
deuces.
Believes What He Sees.
The lush 'twenties were sup
posed to have spawned a flock of
plungers, but, Walger says, Gin
this business, you learn to believe
only figures. The biggest bet I
ever saw in the mutuels during
the 'twenties was $4,000. That
was bet at Pimlico on a favorite
to show"
The mutual system Of betting
doesn't lend itself to large wagers.
It's strictly a cash-on-the- line
business. and the more a man
bets the shorter he makes his
price. In a handbook. man
knows exactly what price he is
going to get before he bets his
money.
New York in the 'twenties was
operating under a system of oral
bookmaking. and there was more
fancy betting. A man whose
credit was good didn't need cash.
He could bet markers and settle
with the bookmakers the next
day. This was a state of affairs
inclined to breed plungers, for If
a man got hooked, he could bet
on the cuff for a time. and oc-
casionally he'd be lucky enough
to bet himself out.
The leading stables of the period
were owned by Harry Payne
Whitney and Harry Sinclair, and
they frequently bet $4,000, and
sometimes $4,000, on a horse With
the bookmakers.
Small Bets For Wright.
But today. even the owner Of
the Nations leading stable, Calu-
met Farm, is not q plunger. War;
rem Wright is a very practical man
who considers betting large sums
on short-priced horses which are
running" for. $50,000 purses bit
silly. The biggest bet Of Wright's
horse-owning career was $4,000.
He bet that in the early thirties
when he was new in the game
and he thought that when train
er told him q horse was going to
win, it would win. Now, Wright
is extending himself when he bets
$500. His usual bet is 500, and
very often he doesn't bet at all.
He feels that the tremendous
investment he has in horses is
gamble enough.
And, of course, there's that man
with the whiskers! His presence
was hardly noticeable in the
twenties, and he was unknown to
the preworld War I crew Of plung-
ers.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Racing May 60 Modern
In EnqIand Next Year
BY the A.seeiutsd Press

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Jockey
Club is going to experiment with
an electric timer for horse racing
at Newmarket next season.
The timer includes a switch at
tached to the starting gate which
controls clock in the photo
finish camera. The time to a
hundredth of second will be
printed on the official picture OF
the finish.
Timing never has been an i'm
portant factor in English racing.
The numerous tracks vary so
much in shape and contour that
a comparison of times is not
practical.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Four BoIIston Teams
Win Arlington Games

-Four Ballston Indian basket
ball teams scored victories yes
terday in the Arlington Recrea-
tion League. The l2-year-olds de-
feated Glen Carolin, 23-7: the
105-pounders crushed the Bran
don Bulls. 50-14; the 125-pounders
won over Episcopal Boys Cluo,
1920. and the 14o-pounders de-
feated Arlington Forest. 25-17.
High scorers for the Indians
were Phil Peterson for the H.
year-olds, with 8 points; Tommy
Haislip for the 105-pounders. with
Is; David McKeown,. 1875 pound
ers, IA, and Milton Kingsbury,
l40-pounders, 7.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Mercer, Austeri Meet
Wednesday at Turner'S S

Marvin Mercer will meet Jim
Austeri Of Newark, N. j., in the
second round of the Junior heavy
weight elimination tournament
Wednesday night at Turner's
Arena to settle the championship
In tournament competition over
a three month period. Mercer and
Austeri possess clean records, hav-
ing been undefeated in IA bouts.
The winner of this match. to veri-
fy his title, will be awarded the
gold-encrusted belt given by Ed
"Strangler" Lewis, present car
of graphing.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Frank MegIen Heads
D. 6. Grid Officials

Frank Meglen, star back at
Georgetown a decade ago, heads a
new slate of officers recently
elected by the District Football
Officials Association. Tom Sulli-
van was chosen vice president and
John H. Roper secretary treas
urer.
Directors for 1850 include
George Becker, director of intra-
mural sports at Georgetown;
Harry English of the District
Recreation Association, and Fran
els I. (Horse) Holbrook, former
Catholic University lineman.
Evening star., 1949-12-18

,spinners, ETC., and there is no
danger of the ever popular
"birds-nest" (backlash to YOU'D.
Spinning Rods may be had in
Glass, Bamboo and Steel, and
the average length is about 7 IT.
Spinning Reels usually are Of
100 yards capacity, and lines are
of either braided or monofila-
ment nylon. The Monofilament
(single strand) eliminates twist
ing, and in the braided lines the
center core is generally taken
out to accomplish the same.
For any additional informa-
ton on Spinning, we at Mills
Co., 9Th and E, "Sportsman's
Paradise" will be more than
happy to offer help. q
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Hottest Bowl Game
Should Be Bamboo
ey the Assoeioted Press

MANILA, Dec. 17.-Counting
up the football bowl games?
Don't forget the hottest Of
them all-the Bamboo Bowl at
Clark Field, go miles northwest
of Manila.
The temperature was 106
degrees last New Year Day
when Clark Fields Mustangs
defeated Japan's 1st Cavalry
Division, 1875.
There is no reason to expect
cooler weather when the Guam
Depot Operating Base team
plays the Mustangs New Year
Day. However, the Guam play
ers probably won't suffer so
from the heat. The horseless
calvarymen practiced under
the snow slopes of Mount
Full.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Racing PIungers Gone, Mutue|s Manager Says
They Went Out with The Block Market Woaer Tells Of 900 Bet

of 1947 at Belmont Park on Calu-
met Farms Bewitch. That
money was actually bet" Walger
declares. II saw it,"
Bewiteh, voted the best 2-year-
old of 1947, was running in the
Matron Stakes, race exclusively
for 2-year-old f1llies. She had
won her last eight starts and was
so much the best in the field that
a bet on her looked like money
in the bank at 5 per cent interest.
Under the rules of racing in New
York State, the track has to re-
turn 5 cents on every 81 bet on a
horse in the money, as well as
the original dollar. If SO many
people bet on the horse that after
the percentage for the State is
taken from the pool there remains
Ia minus pool" the track must
add to the pool the money needed
to pay off.
The day before the race; a man
flew into New York from Cali
fornia. He called the mutuel de-
partment at Belmont Park and
asked if he could cash a $50, 900
bank draft at the track. Walger
knew him and said yes. The next
day the man came to the track
and cashed his draft. He bet
$4,000 on the favorite to show in
one of the early races. The
favorite finished out of the money.
He kept the rest of his capital
in his pocket until the Bewitch
race. Then he bet $4,000 to win,
$4,000 to place. and 100000 to
show on BeWitch-and went out
to watch her draw fast interest
for him.
Winner Disqualified.
Bewitch broke slowly, but she
came on, to win handily. The
man put down his glasses and
smiled family. Then, just as he
started in to collect, the red
lights on the tote board flashed
inquiry" In few moments,
inquiry" changed to "disqual;fi-
ton" The official numbers
went up. Bewitch was out of the
money. The stewards had placed
her last for interfering with an
other horse at the start Of the
race!
THE fellow took it like a
major" Walger says. "He didn't
bat an eye" But he departed for
California that night. And he
hasn't been seen around Belmont
Park since.
During the past 80 years. there
have been a few horse players
who have bet large enough sums
and lasted long enough to become
known as plungers. They were
handicappers who pored over past
performance charts and workout
sheets and assigned ratings to
each horse in a race. They
played only their own selections.
One was known as Hatless
Harry. He used to bet two or
three thousand dollars on out
standing favorites to show. But
Hatless Harry has vanished from
the Nations horse parks, and
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Dezzoni, Clark Spark
EoqIes Win Over Taft

The "Y" Eagles defeated Taft,
36-16, and Ingram won, 1920
over Circle T in intermediate Bas-
ketball League games in the Boys
YMCA. Charles Dezzani and Or
val Clark paced the Eagles with
IL points while Sheck Jew led
Ingram with 10.
There are two openings in the
intermediate League, which plays
on Saturday mornings. and two
in the Tuesday afternoon league
in the 13 and underclass. Teams
interested should contact the "Y.
Evening star., 1949-12-18

are being re-
por t ed from
various points
along CheSa-
peake Bay. Not
m a ny h a V e
been observed
up in the Po-
tomac as yet,
but all that is
needed is a lit
tie ru G G e d
weather along
the coast and
they'll come in
any day. With
any sort of
Evening star., 1949-12-18
By HombIo Bouer
North American Newspaper Alliance

MIAMI, Dec. 1.-THE days of
the big race track plungers-like
Bet A Million Gates, Pittsburgh
Phil and Chicago O'Brien-are
gone, if in fact six-f1gure plungers
ever did exist. Even the charac-
ters who used to bet several thou
sand dollars on horse race have
disappeared with the black mar
ket.
At the race track now money
has moved into the hard-come,
hard-go department. Lou Wal
ger. mutuel manager at the five
New York tracks and Tropical
Park in Miami, reports only one
big bet. last year. 1t was during
the fall meeting at Belmont Park.
A young man no one had ever
noticed around the track before
came to the $100 window. He
was carrying a black bag, and was
accompanied by another man who
appeared to be acting as a body
guard. Carefully he emptied the
bag Of it's contents-$10,000-and
with the money bought 100 tickets
on an odds-on favorite to win.
The horse won and paid $3.50.
A Jittery Winner.
The man, bodyguard and bag
returned to the window. The man
was so nervous he could hardly
talk. Trembling. he counted his
money, $4,000, and showed it into
the bag. Then, clutching the bag
under his arm, he walked quickly
away, followed by the bodyguard
They headed for the nearest exit
and vanished. No one has seer
them around the race track since
"It was the middle of the after
noon. and there were still four
more races to CO." Walker says.
During the black market era
every day brought out few un-
knowns who bet from $4,000 te
$4,000 on a race. The mutuel de-
partment called them "drop-ins.'
They'd swagger around for short
time, then fade away. Obviously
they were black market operators
with quantities of ill-gotten gains
who thought that beating the
races would turn out to be the
same soft touch as beating OPA
controls. When 1t developed that
such was not the case, they quit
the races.
When OPA controls were re.
moved in 1946, the "drop-ins" dis
appeared. The percentage of $10C
bets at the New York tracks fell
from 90 of the total handle ir
1945 to 3.4 in 1949, and the av.
erage handle fell from just under
$4,000 900 a day to $1,500,000.
S45,0OO Biggest Mutuels Bet.
Walger has been mutuel Off
cial since the early 1920s. He has
worked at tracks all over the
United States and heard all the
tales of the plungers and theil
huge bets. Nevertheless, he is sure
that the biggest bet ever made in
the pari-mutuels at a race track
was $4,000. wagered In the fall
Evening star., 1949-12-18

t q c x ! e COM
bines the ac-
tion of Fly
fishing W l t h
that of Cast
ing. It enables
the Sportsman
to place live
b a / t I'm ! n
n O W S, e t c.
fur t h er and
more accurate
without injury
to the b a / t.
The action is
b e t t er with
lirht er lures.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
OUTDOORS

Best news of the week for local
nimrods is that the Susquehanna
Flats have started to freeze and
large numbers of canvasbacks now
Evening star., 1949-12-18
ADVERTISEMENT.
TACKLE FISHING
by "Salfy" Mills

Light Tackle is a real Sports
mans delight. Therefore, if you
want light tackle, how about
trying Spinning? Spinning
Evening star., 1949-12-18
GuI|uudet " Mutmen
Defeat St. AIbons

The Gallaudet Junior varsity
wrestling team edged st. Albans.
1914, yesterday at Gallaudet.
Three bouts failed to 60 the
distance. Bob Elwell of st. Al
bans pinned Sanford Diamond in
a 136-pound match at $40. Cliff
Bruffey of the host team stopped
Mike McCabe at 5:57 in a 145-
pound bout. Gallaudet's Dave
Halbert. 165 pounds. won over
Nick Mccormack in 2::25.
Other results.
1c1 pounds-Malcolm Meader est. A)
decisioned Paul Snyder. l2S pounds
John, .Broome lst. A. deeiisioned Frank
Hutchinson. 1856 pounds-Clyde Ketchun
tGl decisioned Pete McGehee. l15
pounds--Voris Conrad (st. A. decisioned
Buno Friesen. Unlimited-Floyd Hinson
tGb deciSioned Joe Dittmar.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Charles Town Entries
BY the Associated Press

CHARLES TOWN RACE TRACK,
Charles Town. W. Va, Dec. ~.
Weather, Clear. Track, Fast.
First Post, ! Pm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-24

conditions, the Game Commission received a number or requests for continuation and extension of the wolf control program. The Commis- ion is recommending it's extension in the Interior and on the Alaska Peninsula.
 Enlargement is planned of the program. now two years in effect, ot controlling beaver where they are destructive to salmon, especially along Cook Inlet and on Kodiak island.
 The Commissions policy is to keep the streams open where essen tial to commercial fishing, and give the beaver precedence elsewhere.
 As to the two memorials in which the Game Commission had been asked to concur: The group takes the stand that far from taking linn it's off the bag of brown bear, there is room in most areas for both brown bear and salmon"
 Members recommend continuation of present regulations except for the few small areas where the situation is critical for about three weeks Of the year.
 SEEKS LEGISLATION
 "The brown bear" said Clarence
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-24

made necessary by the very things 6ein done for Alaskas developments such as increased road construc- ton. With each new development, there come new problems of pre- sery ing the game which nature had protected before.
 This situation is especially true on Benai Peninsula, the heart of the Alaska game population. For instance, moose gather on high ground where birch and alder give good trowse, but which also is the most suitacle terrain for the road which will be connected with the chief Alaska highway system.
 Each year, there is the problem of adjusting regulations in pro- portion to increase or decrease of same.
 The commissioners commented to- day on the fact that, while shorter limit and smaller bag have been in some areas, there are many more cases where the game population having been re- built, recommendations are beine made to open areas which have leen closed for years.
 FOR WOLF CONTROL
 Along with reports of improved
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-24
NLRB CONDUCTING
 HEARINGS ABOUT
 CANNERY WORKERS

With nine salmon canning com panies specifically concerned, the Alaska Salmon Industries. Inc, and epresentatives of opposing AT or l. and CIO unions are participant ing here in National Labor Rela- sicns Board hearings conducted by F9uhert J. Merrick. NLRB attorney.
 The Juneau sessions, which open cd this morning, are being held daily in the District Courtrooms. Later meetings will be held in oth- sr Southeast Alaska cities. These preliminary hearings arg expected to last about two weeks.
 According to Merrick, the sole purpose is to ascertain what the rcsition of the parties is. The hear ng's official makes no decisions The official transcript taken by Bernard Ayres of Seattle Will be forwarded to the NIRB in Wash ington, and the Board will make the decision.
 The Alaska Salmon Industries $ representend by w. c. Arnold and Pete Gilmore; the United Alaska Fishermen and Cannery Workers Jnion tAFL), by Duane Vance and kenneth Bowman, and locals of the rood, Tobacco, Agricultural ano Allied Workers Union (CIO). by Robert Kinney.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-24

i Rhode. F.W.S. director and Game Commission secretary, lis found nowhere else under the United States flag. It is the prize big game
 nirnal of the Territory, and, indi- rsctly. brings n thousands of dol lars annually
 The Game Commission goes righ. along with the second memorial, asking legislation to control sea- lions natural salmon-burners which are highly destructive to sal mon. Protection of the sea-lion was established for native communities almost entirely dependent on the creatures for food. That situation does not now exist.
 Re- concentrations go to Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug for ap- rroval or changes.
 Members of the Alaska Cams commission plan to return to their somes by the earliest available iansportation, as do FWS agents
 nd others who gathered in Juneau Incident to the meeting.
 E sides Rhode, whose position makes him executive officer and -ecretary, members of the Alaska Game Commission are E arl N Osmer of Petersburg, chairman; Garnet w. Martin, Nome; Andrew 4. Simons, Laksyiew, and For@es l. Baker, Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-24
GAME COM. iS CONCLUDING HIS
 ANNUAL SESSION
Asks More openings ihan Closures, Further Con-
 ir0l Programs

After a week Of concentrated work, even on Washington's Birthday, the Alaska Game Commission expected 10 be through with thetannual meet ing this afternoon.
 Its members have not only read and studied the fine print Of l948- 4a regulations, and considered pos sible changes. They also have stud Jed reports from Fish and Wildliie Service agents. conferred with them and with Federal Aid leaders and Game Refuge managers, and heard numerous suggestions from other interested parties.
 The most important changes were