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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-12-15
YOU LOSE

Recent rains have reduced the danger OF grass ana
woods fires in Holmes county to a minimum for the presehe
but only after tragic and shameful losses in wild game
winter feed, potential timber revenues, property ana equip
ment. The proverbial barn door is securely locked, but wnat
about poor old purloined "Dobin"?
Holmes county citizens attending the Kosciusko-Aper-
deem High School Class A football title playoff at Greenwood
will probably remember having to slow down to 10 miles per
hour in order to drive safely through miles OF dense smoke
from forest fires.
Those returning to Holmes county after dark from the
State-Ole Miss game this year will probably remember the
ugly red glow in the sky from fires near Kosciusko and
Durant.
1t took a staggering amount of Holmes county's natural
resources to produce that smoke and red glow, and present
as well as future Holmes county citizens will pay the price
for those wasted resources.
IL a tree is killed in a fire, then you've got to start
from scratch to produce another in its place. After a fire,
each bird egg, like Humpty Dumpty, is a total loss. If a
home or barn is burned, then no amount of tears, prayers
or insurance can bring back that particular barn or home.
The danger of fires is gone for the moment, but can
return with a mere change in weather. Fires are wasteful,
and will cost you and your children dearly--S0 BE Careful.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-12-15

their calisthenics room. Then we
play the University of Edinburgh.
I still think that the club has
an Interior motive in electing me,
unseen and unheralded. honorary
president It's members could
hardly suspected that they were
getting a live-wire. if partly shop
worn, coach as well. Our ball is
of uncertain vintage and lopsided
and we could certainly use five
jerseys of the same color. The
morale is high and there is no
need to worry about training
rules because over here no one
has ever heard of such nonsense.
These amateurs would never be
accused of PLAYING for anything
except a love for the game. OBJ
viously, they get a bang out of it.
And, until the rude awakening
comes, it is bevoEd my power to
put on paper any conception of
the lift which stems from being
young once again. Watch out,
Edinburgh.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-12-15
Behind The Scenes
In American Business
by Reynolds Knight

NEW YORK, December IA -
A Merry Christmas for retailers?
Most of them say eyes," if not too
emphatically. They're hopeful
enough, but don't want to in
dulge in wishful thinking, after
a Disappointing fall season.
There's little real gloom, however,
and the majority look for a mid
December buying spree that will
help jack up overall sales for the
year to something close to 1948
marks. Meanwhile, those who
are fretting about prospects for
the new year have little cause for
worry, according to a current Dun
and Bradstreet survey. Prospects
of 1950's first quarter are definite
ly on the bright side, said most
business men queried in the
study. Forty five per cent of the
executives look for a sales volume
better than 1949's first quarter;
% per cent expect no change, and
only IS per cent anticipate lower
volume.
PILOTS PARADISE - The
king-size landing strip recently
completed at Howard Hughes
Culver City aircraft plant in CAL
ifornia is a flyers dream field.
It's runway, believed to be the
worlds longest in any private
port, stretches nearly two miles
long enough to permit a take
off, short flight and landing all in
the same direction and with the
strip "under you" all the way, an
important advantage in test hop
flights. To facilitate testing of
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ed itself as a major sport in the
country, still being in its infancy.
Aberdeen university can claim to
be a most diligent wet-nurse
(perhaps one of the wettest) to
this puking infant 1t was
thought fitting that, as an Ameri-
can coming from the home of has,
ketball, you should be asked to
accept this hon. presidency"
In such fashion was shattered
an illusion which had been rapid
ly forming in my mind. At first
l thought my reputation as the
coach of the famous Ellerbe, N. c.,
high school team Of 1929 with
out my services the boys would
have been state champion-s), or
as the star standing forward of
the Ole Miss faculty club of the
late thirties, had preceded me
into this land of soccer and Gay
Gordon reels. | was completely
ignorant of the rights and duties
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-12-15

of a "hon. president" though I
suspected that these uncanny
Scots could do with a new ball
or were anticipating a free dinner
at the end of the campaign.
After a period of modest indie
cision, I accepted the sacred trust
i'm the interest of cordial British
American relations and dashed off
one cold rainy Saturday afternoon
to see my gladiators take on the
University of Glasgow.
The game I saw simply could
not happen in America. 1t had
been advertised in obscure fash
ion and it took me thirty minutes
to find the only open door to the
Aberdeen Training school where
there was an improvised court. I
use that work advisedly for here
was a narrow old gymnasium
with exercise bars of another era
from floor to ceiling and a regula-
ton blackboard replete with a
frail little basket at each end. Fiji
teen to twenty spectators (who
probably wanted to get out of the
rainl and the substitutes scram-
bled to the top of the exercise
bars to keep from being trampled
under foot in the game, for the
walls were out-of-bounds.
The Glasgow outfit sported a
half-dozen jerseys which gave
them the glow you would expect
from the second team of junior
boys in a Christian endeavor
league. Stalwart Aberdeen field
ed a conglomeration of swimming
trunks, gym pants of various col
ors, and regulation tennis sneak
ers- The young man who had
written me was draped in d gray
wooler handknitted slipover
which would have brought on
considerable itching in the heat
Of battle, but it was evident from
the start that his chief attain
ments were strictly of a secre-
tarial ntaure. Both teams were
shooting at one of the goals with
a single ball.
Upon my arrival the players
stopped practice long enough for
me to be introduced all around.
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A Report From Britain
James w. Silver. Chmn.. Dept.
of efSstory. University Of Miss.
Aberdeen, Scotland
December S, 1949

Ttns is written only for those
people over forty who realize
they're on the down hill stretch
but who sometimes furtively
grasp al a straw which gives pro-
mise Of one more fling at youth.
Several weeks ago I was blessed
with 4 very formal letter from
the secretary of the basketball
rilA, Of the Aberdeen University
Athletic association announcing
my unanimous selection as honor
lry president for the coming sea
or took the blow in stride and
read further: Although it was
imported about ten years ago.
basketball has not yet establish
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26

ladies, comprising the firemen's
auxiliary, were entertained for
the first time, separately. This
year both dinners were COM
bined as one event.
Some of the guests were sur
prised by their mems unusual
abilities as chefs.
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Ask Attendance At
Meeting Friday To
Form Local P. T. A,

Members of the Laurel Fed.
Grated club urge the public tc
attend a meeting Friday eve
ming at the high school gym
nasium to discuss the organiza-
ton of a Parent Teacher asso-
citation in Laurel.
DR.. A. G. Peterson, president
of the Eastern Montana Normal
school of Billings is to be a
guest speaker. DR.. Peterson is
an advocate of Parent Teacher
associations and has worked
closely with the state associa-
tons for a number of years. He
was a guest speaker at the meet
ing this fall of the state asso-
citation in Billings. His remarks
are expected to be informative
to those interested in organizing
a local p. T. A.
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SPONSORS REPORT
DIMES MARCH GAIN

The March of Dimes collection
was reported this week by rep
resentatives of the sponsoring
Rotana club as progressing ia
vorably. II was said that en-
velopes which had been mailed
recently to Laurel residents for
their convenience in making do
nations were being returned.
A spokesman for the club said
"that those who have not re-
mitted are urged to do so at
an early date. Contributions may
be mailed to Mrs. Pearl Franzen,
Box 274, Laurel, Mont"
The comment was made that
"the demand for funds to battle
polio is greater now than ever
before; 1913 is reported as the
all-time high in polio cases."
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RETURN REMAINS OF
PVT. HAUETER TO US.

Rev. and Mrs. James II.
Haueter have been notified that
the remains of their son, Pvt.
Reuben James Haueter, have ar
rived in the United States from
the Pacific theater of operations
for reburial in the Fort Smelling,
Mimi, national cemetery. The
parents are to receive further
information as to arrangements
and date of burial. They will
go to Fort Smelling to attend the
funeral.
Private Haueter of the marine
corps was killed by an enemy
sniper during the mopping-up of
Okinawa, June II, 1915, a short
time before the end of the war.
When notified some time later
that the military cemetery where
he had been buried was to be
moved, his parents chose to have
his remains returned to Fort
Smelling. Minnesota is the fam
ily's home state.
In addition to his parents,
Private Haueter is survived by
daughter, now nearly six years
old.
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GROWERS GETTING
ADDITIONAL Sl.20
FOR SUGAR BETS
Great Western Sees Pros
pect For S13 Ton Here
From All Sources

Denver, Jan. &c. - Conditions
under which Colorado, Nebraska
and Wheatland, Wyo., farmers
may finally receive $3.50 per
ton for 1913 sugar beets test
ing 16 per cent, and yer $11.50
for Is per cent beets, are set
forth in a letter accompanying
checks to be mailed to all beet
growers by the Great Western
Sugar company Jan. %, accord
ing to Frank A. Kemp, presi-
dent.
Under the same conditions, a
prospect of $13 per ton in the
Billings, Mont, and Lowell,
Wyo., factory districts is justi-
fled, he said.
The checks to be mailed Jan.
% total $1,908,802 as first ad-
ditional payment on the 1948
crop.
In the Colorado Nebraska dis
trict the payment ranges up or
down from SLOT per ton for a
16 per cent beet, with a flat
payment of $1.20 per ton in the
Billings-Lovell area.
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DOrcas Club Hears
Lecture On Origin
OF Early Societies

The regular meeting of the
Dorcas club was held last
Wednesday, evening in the Con-
gregational church, with Mrs. H.
c. Haemmelmann presiding. Year
books outlining the coming ac-
tivities of the club Eel distrib-
uted. A box of gifts was pack
ed for the Shodair Crippled
hospital at Helena. Plans in
clude making new robes for the
Junior choir and buying dishes
for the kitchen. A food sale is
to be given by the group some
time in March.
Rev. Haemmelmann was a
guest speaker and his topic was
the origin of the Dorcas soci-
cites. He gave a scripture read
ing from Acts g., SO to 40 which
told of the Biblical Dorcas, who
with a few other women made
clothing for the needy. He said
that is the only place in the
Bible where the name Dorcas is
mentioned.
Group singing, accompanied by
Rev. Haemmelmann, was follow
ed by a lunch served by Mrs.
Alex OSWALD and Mrs. Henry
OSWALD.
The next meeting on Feb. 9,
is to be a pot-luck supper, with
husbands of members as guests.
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CARE NOW OFFERS
SEED PACKAGES
Guarantees Delivery In IL
Countries Of Europe At
Cost OF 81 Each

New York, Jan. 26-Packages
containing vegetable seeds suffi-
cient for a vast harvest of food
for needy families in Europe,
have been announced by Paul
Comfy French, executive secre-
tary of CARE. They are en-
dorsed by Charles F. Brannan,
L. S. secretary of agriculture.
Each package, costing 81, con-
tains % selected varieties of
vegetable seeds, enough to plant
a garden as large as so by $50
feet. Delivery is guaranteed in
IL European countries. Orders
may be sent to CARE, so Broad
Street, New York a, N. Y; and
should be placed at the earliest
possible date to insure delivery
in time for the planting season.
CARE is also offering a field
corn seed package, principally for
use of farmers in raising feed
for livestock. In some parts of
Europe this type of corn is al
so used for grinding into meal
and making cornbread. For the
present this package. also priced
at 81, is only available for dis
tribution on a general relief bas-
is to small farmers in Italy,
where the best conditions exist
for cultivation.
The vegetable selection con-
many types suitable for
canning or storage, so that the
benefits of next spring and sum-
mer's gardens may be extended
through the winter months. Con-
tents, with slight variations for
north and south, include:
Beets, broccoli, beans, cabbage,
carrots, celery, celeriac, cucum-
Der, dill, endive, kale, leek, let
,uce, onions, parsley, parsnip,
peas, radish, spinach, turnip, sweet
,orn, Brussels sprouts, SNOWFALL
.auliflower, rutabaga, Veitch au-
.umn giant cauliflower, hot pep
,er, squash and tomatoes.
Each package of seeds is i'm
with the name of the
'egetable it holds in the Ian
.uage of the countries in which
ARE operates, together with a
.rawing. The packageing is of
he CARE standard-heavy cor
ugated cardboard with steel
trapped to insure protection
gainst damage or differing.
The vegetable seed package
nay be ordered for Austria,
;elgium, Szechoslovakia, Finland,
hungary, Italy, France, Greece,
he Netherlands, Poland, the
american, British and French
ones of Germany and Berlin.
eeds are not being delivered in
ireat Britain because authorities
mere feel that the present supply
; ADEQUATE.
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Laurel Creamery Is
Given Merit Plaque

The Laurel creamery, of which
Joe Larson is manager, was one
Of 10 Montana creameries which
were awarded plaques at a con-
vention of creamery operators
Jan. 16 and II at Bozeman. The
plaques were furnished by Palm
Brothers of Minneapolis, equip
ment manufacturers. The judging
of plants was by the state dairy
department, which based its deci-
sions on quality of products, ap-
pearance of plant and other fac
tors.
Larson, who attended the ses-
sions in Bozeman, said about $50
wer in attendance. A banquet
at the Baxter hotel was n of
the closing events.
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MRS. IDA LEW|S,79,
DIES At HOME HERE
Resident OF Laurel Over 80
Years SuccumbS Saturday
After Long Illness

Mrs. Ida Bell Lewis, 70, wild.
ow of the late l.. A. Lewis
died Saturday, Jan. %, at 1926
a. m. at her home, 610 Juniper
avenue. Her illness was of sew
eral months duration.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 o'clock Tuesday after
noon at Our Savior's Lutheran
church, with Rev. R. o. Ander-
son, pastor, officiating. Pail
bearers we're George Shearer,
Tennis Milligan, Nolan Gunter,
Charles M. Wood, Edward Dull
and Allen Conrad. Burial was
in the Laurel cemetery. The
Laurel funeral home had charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Lewis, a resident of Lau-
rel more than 80 pears, is sur
vived by a son, Paul Zimmerman
of Worland, Wyo.; three sisters,
one of whom resides in Florida;
a brother; two nephews; four
grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
The seventh child of a family
of II, she was born to John
Richard and Ruth Matilda Hust-
Ter March II, 1869, on a farm
in Green county, Ohio. She spent
her childhood in Ohio and re-
her education there.
She was baptized a member
of the Christian church at the
age of IA at Grape Grove, Ohio,
and throughout the remainder of
her life was active in church and
Sunday school work. She is re-
as having been a singer
of some note in younger life.
She married L. A. Lewis Nov.
10, 1893. He died in March
1893. Mrs. Lewis son, Paul r.
Zimmerman, was by a former
marriage.
Mrs. Lewis was a member Of
.idonian chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, and of the Degree
If Honor lodge.
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Years Officers Are
Installed Tuesday
ByROyal NeighbOrs

Officers for the year were in
stalled at the meeting of the
Royal Neighbors Tuesday evening
at the Odd Fellows hall.
Mrs. Ann Ryner of Columbus,
district deputy, served as install
ling officer. Mrs. Ethel Rodg-
ers was installing marshal, Mrs.
Bernice Dobson, assistant install
ling marshal, and Mrs. Christian
Keck, installing chancellor.
Officers seated were Mrs. Marie
Weber, oracle; Mrs. Bertha
Strand, vice oracle; Mrs. Mar
garet Freed, past oracle; Mrs.
Veronica Sekora, chancellor; Mrs.
Frances Fisher, recorder; Mrs.
Olive Cook, receiver; Mrs. Edna
Sherrow, marshal; Mrs. John
Little, assistant marshal; Mrs.
Lucille Rarick, inner sentinel;
Mrs. Vera Motzko, outer senti-
mel; Mrs. Cora Pomroy, three-year
manager; Mrs. June Rude, faith;
Mrs. Mildred Smith, modesty;
Mrs. Wilma Herman, unselfish-
ness; Mrs. Grace Bird, endur-
.nce; Mrs. Beatrice Ricci, cour-
age; Mrs. Kate Rodgers, flag
bearer; Mrs. Christine Speare,
musician, and Mrs. Ryner, cap
tain of the degree staff.
Plans we're made for a men,
bership drive and Mrs. Edna
Sherrow and Mrs. Joan Little
we're appointed chairmen of the
teams.
The refreshment committee for
he lunch which followed the
meeting was composed of Mrs.
Elizabeth Vanberg, Mrs. Lucille
and Mrs. Vera Motzko.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
PLANS FORM FOR
1913 R. c. DRIVE

Mrs. George o. Pratt of Bill
lings, public information chair
man of the county chapter of
the American Red Cross, stated
while in Laurel Friday that c.
). Carroll as chairman of the
county chapter has been confer
ring with volunteer workers re-
garding the approaching annual
solicitation for funds, which will
open March /. The county goal
is $4,000, of which $5,915 will
be sent to national headquar-
tiers.
David G. Drum will head the
Billings drive. In Laurel the
campaign will be sponsored as
usual by the Federated club,
which will have an acting chair
man substituting for Mrs. H. R.
Russell, the club president.
Hopes have been expressed
that the work will be completed
by March Is.
Mrs. B. C. Moses of Billings,
knitting chairman for the coun-
ty chapter, has received a re-
quest for coat sweaters for pa
tients in veterans hospitals. Mrs.
Pratt said that Laurel knitters
who wish to help may write or
telephone chapter headquarters
in Billings, 3O3 North Twenty
seventh street, phone 1912, for
yarn and instructions, which will
be sent them by Mrs. Jean Ka-
brich, executive secretary.
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CARNEGIE MEDAL IS
AWARDED KELLEY
FOR SAVING CHILD
John Kelley Saved 2-Year-
Old June IL, 1947, From
Burning Apartment

John Ralph Kelley, 33. of Oh
Trace Tract, Laurel, was one of
IS persons cited Wednesday by
the Carnegie hero fund commits
sion at Pittsburgh for heroic eff
forts to save the lives of others.
Award of the Carnegie bronze
medal was made to the Laurel
man for his escue of Diana |.
Siegfried, 2, from a burning
apartment June IL, 1947. The
fire was discovered about 10 p.
m. in a two-room apartment in
the 600 block of Juniper avenue.
Pamela Siegfried, 3, sister of
Diana, died. A brother, Freddy,
5, was severely burned. All were
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Siegfried.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelley were liv-
ing in an adjoining apartment.
Kelley, scantily clad, forced his
way into the burning Siegfried
apartment and with difficulty
rescued Diana from her crib,
after cropping his way through
smoke and flames. He sustain
ed painful burns.
The Siegfried family moved
afterwards to Idaho to re-
side. Kelley is a railroad en-
and now lives on a tract
Of acreages adjoining the west
,ity limits.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
LOCAL JEWELER IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
C.. l.. Galloway Succumbs AT
Laurel Home Monday After
Several Months Illness

Funeral services for Clyde L
Galloway, 62-year-old Laurel
jeweler who died here Jan. "a
after an illness of several
months, will be conducted Thurs
day at the Settergren funeral
chapel in Billings. Interment will
be in the Laurel cemetery. He
had operated a jewelry store
here nearly 80 years.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Galloway, he was born Oct.
~, 1886, at Beetown, Wis. He
entered the jewelry business at
the age of II when he went to
Sheldon, Iowa, to study watch
making and engraving. Later
he attended the Elgin watch
school in Chicago. About 1921
he came to Laurel, which had
since been his home.
Fishing was one of his chief
pleasures and as a consequence
he was one of the charter men,
bers of the Laurel Rod and Gun
club, in which he was active
until the time of his death
He married Miss Lynne Jor-
dan here Sept. 6, 1941. The
and a daughter by a
former marriage, Mrs. j. C. Ire
witt of Bay Village, Ohio; two
sisters, Miss Lou Galloway and
Mrs. Myrtle Grimm, both of
Cassville, Wis.,, and two grand
children survive him.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
KIWANIANS ADJOURN TO
ATTEND COMMERCIAL CLUB

Members of the Laurel XII
wants club, with Pres. j. Willard
Baldwin presiding, held a brief
business meeting Wednesday eve
ming, following their usual week
ly dinner, and adjourned to at
tend the annual meeting of the
Laurel Commercial club at the
Odd Fellows hall on West Main
street.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
FIREMEN ENTERTAIN
LADIES AT DINNER

Laurel volunteer fire depart
ment members staged their an
nual steak dinner Saturday eve
ming in their quarters at the
city hall, with most of the de-
partment's personnel of 10 at
tending.
A departure from custom was
the inclusion of the members
ladies as guests. Last year the
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
SLATE BEARCREEK,
COLUMBUS T|LTS
Two Important Games Are
EventS-CabOOses To Meet
Park City Team
COMING BALL GAMES

CUNNING BALL GAMES
Friday, Jan. 28-Bearcreek al
Laurel; B VS.. Park City.
Saturday, Jan. 29-Laurel al
Columbus and Junior Highs;
Park City VS.. Bridger.
Thursday, Feb. 3-Sidney at
Laurel; B at Billings Junior
High.
Friday, Feb. Roundup at
Laurel; B VS.. Joliet.
Saturday, Feb. 5-Laurel at
Hardin.
Two conference games are on
the slate for this week end, with
the rugged Bearcats from Bear
creek meeting the Locomotives
Friday, and a second game at
Columbus the next night. Fri
day the B team will match shoot
ing eyes against the Park City
Panthers in the curtain raiser to
the Bearcreek tilt.
At the last official release of
Tri-county League standings, the
Bearcats and the Locomotives
were tied at 500 percentage
points each. Since that time
the orange and black have added
two more victories to their list
while losing one. Laurel has
onlv tangled with two confer
ence foes to date, having lost
to Red Lodge 81 to 33 and turn
ing back Columbus 46 to 20.
Fridays tilt against Bearcreek
and Saturdays meeting at Co
and Saturdays meeting at CO.
lumbus leaves but one game e
naming in league playa home
game in two weeks with Red
Lodge.
The Locomotives, who seem to
have a difficult time playing two
good games in a row, will have
to be on their toes for this
week end if they are to hang
to any hopes of keeping or
reaching the top rung in con-
ference standing by the close of
the season A clean sweep of
their remaining games would
leave them with only nj loss,
but unless someone else other
than Laurel dumped Red Lodge,
a heavier win record would
throw the title to the Coyotes,
who at the present are undefeat-
ed.
Bearcreek is a formidable foe
year, with all nine men,
oers of the team standing just
lnder the six-foot mark, besides
outstanding scoring power in at
east four of the regulars. Jo-
ranavich, who lead the league
asst year in scoring, has been
the nets at II points per
game, with Maurich and Backich
in the teens consistently.
As for common opponents, Bear
.reek has lost twice to Red
.odge-once by three points at
lone and by ~ on the Coyotes
loor. Laurel was dropped by
a points at Red Lodge.
Laurel will likely attempt to
,lay the Bearcats with a fast
but may have to slow
he pace since the pass and cut
,ame with carefree tries at the ,
let is the favorite style for ,
he visitors. !,
The curtain raiser with the B
cam and the Panthers offers
second chance for the Caboos-
S to avenge an earlier defeat {
them by the Park City {
Tub. The B boys have been i'm /.
with each game and of
ate have been showing consider /
BILE scoring punch that was
at the start of the sea s
on. The games does not count ,
n conference standings. 4:
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