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Evening star., 1953-11-22
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Co-
lumbia's Dick Carr pitched his
ninth straight complete game
today and was the winning
pitcher on his own efforts as the
Lions concluded the football sea-
son with a 27-13 victory over
Rutgers.
Carr, the only major college
player who has gone through a
full season without relief in this
year of one-platoon football, ac-
counted for all four Columbia
touchdowns with his passes.
Two went to speedy little Bob
Mercier, one to Max Primer and
one, a freak affair, wound up in
Phil Bonanno's hands and was
good for a 72-yard gain.
This play, on which one Co.
lumbia and two Rutgers players
batted the ball around in the
air before Bonanno caught it
and raced some 40 yards to
score, was the high spot of the
game for 10000 spectators.
In addition to his offensive
chores. Carr did an outstanding
job on defense. He intercepted
two Rutgers passes, recovered
one tumble deep in Rutgers
territory after tackling Steve
johnson so hard he lost the ball
and made several other impor-
tant tackles.
Evening star., 1953-11-22
ViIIanova BIockinq
Defeats Syracuse
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21.-
Tom Fitzpatrick, Villanova's S
running guard on offense, threw
two crushing downfield blocks
today to open the way for touch
downs as the Wildcats upset
Syracuse, 14-13.
Fitzpatrick, a 225-pound SEN
ior from New York City, bowled
over four Syracuse tacklers to
spring loose Ralph Cecere for 88
yards in the second period.
In the third quarter, Fitzpat-
rick eliminated two other would
be Orange tacklers, allowing
Quarterback Joe McNicholas to
return an intercepted pass 54
yards to the Syracuse 16. An
offside penalty against Syracuse
and Halfback Gene Filipski's
11-yard sweep around the right
side provided the second Wild
cat touchdown.
Syracuse -------- Q Q 1913
VtllanoVa O-14
Evening star., 1953-11-22
BY the Associated Press

If anything, the Low Pres
sure Bowl" game at Georgetown
University yesterday proved the
HoyaS had some promising ma
terial lined up when varsity foot
ball was discontinued at the
Hilltop.
The Coaches Team built
around nine scholarship players
who functioned as coaches this
fall in the intramural league, de-
feated the InterclasS League ALL
Stars, 1877, before 500 specta-
tors.
After a see-saw scoreless pc
riod, the coaches marked up two
quick touchdowns to lead, 1877,
at the half and tailed again in
the final period.
A 12-yard punt return by Jack
Walsh advanced the ball to the
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Statistics

credit must go to the potent
ground offensive generated by
Backs Walt Klevay, Bill Reich
ardt, Mel Groomes, Fred James
and Al Dorow.
1t was Klevay, former scat
back from Ohio State. who
opened the scoring with a 40
yard scamper around end in the
hrst period. aided by a key block
by Charlie Jones. John Lindsay
ex-Maryland end added the first
OF two conversions to give Boil
ling a quick TO lead.
Bainbridge fought back to
Knot the score in the second
quarter. Sparked by the shifty
running of reserve back Hugh
Prime, the Commodores moved
the ball 86 yards to the Boiling
8. There Bill Bonar. the Navy's
top offensive threat, shot a scor-
ing pass to Charlie Butler.
1t took the Generals a minute
and a half to regain the lead.
klevay brought the kickoff up to
the Air Force 27. James made
l6 on an end sweep and Klevay
slashed off tackle and ramoled
the remaining 81 yards. Reich
ardt made the first of three con-
versions to give Boiling a lat
halftime margin.
The Generals added another
touchdown early in the third
quarter as Reichardt slammed
up the middle or a delayed line.
luck and gailoped At yards down
the sidelines.
Dorow. who had been thWarted
in his passing efforts most of
the afternoon, began to open
up in the fourth period. hitting
Jones and Leo Martin with reg
clarity. His passing set the stage
t2r GroomeS touchdown from
one yard out.
An intercepted pass by Center
.AnCy Miketa. gave the Generals
the ball on the cambridge 80.
On the next play Don Wallace,
of Boston University, chucked a
touchdown pass to Dick McGin-
ley, ex-University of Pennsyl-
vania halfback.
Boiling AFB 7 14-35
MTG Bainbridge - O O o.
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Dick Carr PAGES Columbia
To27-73 Win Over Rutqers

In the second quarter Rutgers
broke loose on some fine passing
by 150-pound Ronnie Mastrolia
and strong running by Angelo
Iannucci to take a 1877 lead.
Columbia came right back with
its fantastic pass play to regain
the lead at 14-13.
Mastrolia had just scored the
second Rutgers touchdown when
Carr fired a long pass from
Columbia's %. Dale Hopp, the
intended receiver, got his hands
on the ball at about the Rut-
gers as and batted it into the
air as he lost his balance. Two
Rutgers defenders, Joe Triggs
and Mastrolia also knocked it
around in the air. Then Bonan-
no caught it on the fly and raced
some 40 yards to score.
From then on it was all Co.
lumbia's game with Carr's accu-
rate passing and the strong Lion
defense making the difference.
The only time Rutgers came
close in the second half, Carr
intercepted a Mastrolia pass near
his own goal and ran it out 25
yards to start Columbia's final
touchdown drive.
Rutgers " o 13 q Ola
Columbia - z & -
Rutgers scoring: TouchdownS-Ian-
nucci, Mastrolia. Conversion-Duncan.
Columbia scoring Touchdowns-
Primer, Bonanno, Mercier co. Conver-
sions-Hoffman, Dillingham; (2).
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Landon Wins Title,
Ends Perfect Season

Landon won its second Inter
state Academic Conference foot
ball championship in three years
Yesterday by walloping winless
ST. Andrews of Middletown, Del,
46-7, at Landon.
1t was the Bears seventh and
final victory of an unbeaten un-
tied season. Their same with
Sanford showed out November 7
and re-sche0uled for next week,
was cancelled.
Quarterback Blackie Bruner,
Haifbsck Paul Kern and Jon
Sullivan, second-string sopho-
more halfback, led the Landon
attack Center Bill Banks, who
was brought up from the ,unior
Varsity for this one game, inter-
cepted a pass and piayedpan OUT
standing defensive game.
Landon - Z IA 10 6-46
.u, St., Andrews scoring: Touchdown
Landon scoring: Touchdowns--Br Bruner.
Phi, .sI, .aoooSon, sullivan CO. Kern
CD. nversons-Jacobson a..
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Groat Leads Fort BeIvoir
To Fifth Cage Victory
Speeiol Dispoteh 10 The Star

OWENSBORO, KY, Nov. 21.-
Fort Belvoir's Engineers won
their fifth consecutive basket
ball victory by defeating Ken
lucky Wesleyan 1922, in over
time here tonight. The Engi-
neers have not lost a game.
Dick Groat, former All-Ameri-
can at Duke. scored so points
for Fort Belvoir. Groat now has
scored 148 points in five games.
Wesleyan had the game all
but wrapped up with an 1919
with two minutes to play. How
ever, Groat and Belvoir's Dick
DAILY each contributed four foul
shots and with but a few seconds
to play Groat dribbled the length
of the court and laid up a shot
which knotted the count at SO
all. Fort Belvoir scored 10
straight points in the overtime.
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Staunfon Military Beats
Columbian Prep, 10
By the Associated Press

STAUNTON, Va, Nov. 21.-
Staunton Military Academy,
sticking to straight football,
powered 73 yards for a touch
down the first time it got the ball
here today and played it close
the rest of the way to score a
TO victory over Columbian Prep
of Washington, D. c.
Don Voorhees,, substituting at
fullback for the ailing Dave
Buck, banged off right tackle
from the l on fourth down for
the games only score. Halfback
Ronnie McUen did most of the
running in the drive, picking up
AZ yards on eight attempts. s.
Columbian -.s 0 0 q 90
Staunton r. u q O--7
Staunton scoring: Touchdown-Voor
heeS. ConverSion--MichaelS.
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Wildcats Win First
Over Tennessee
In 18 Years, 27-21
BY the Associoted Press

LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. 21.-
Bob Hardy, a babe in arms the
last time Kentucky defeated
Tennessee, engineered the Wild
cats to a 27-21 victory today,
their first in 18 years over the
Volunteers.
The win, attained in a see-saw
thriller, kept Kentucky hot in
the running for a post-Season
bowl bid.
The clinching touchdown came
on Ralph Paolone's 25-yard gall
lop with 7 minutes to play.
Wade Takes to Air.
TenresSee'S Jimmy Wade,
stopped cold on the ground, took
to the air for three key plays
that produced scores and seemed
for a while destined to keep the
Vols moving in a streak which
had held Kentucky winless in
the series since 1885.
TIE Wildcats had the guns to
come from behind twice, how
ever, and stretched their 1853
comeback streak to seven VIC
tories and a tie since losing
their first two games.
Kentucky built a 1870 lead in
the first two periods. Then they
watched the Vols click for a
score on the last play of the
half and go ahead, l4-13, early
in the third. After the kickoff,
Kentucky went So yards in 10
plays to grab the lead again,
20-14.
Needed Break; Got 1t.
At the outset of the final
period, Wade connected on a
15-yard scoring pass to Dan
Sekanovich, and the Vols were
out front again, 21-20.
The ard-charging Kentuck-
ians got the break they needed
when Harry Kirk blocked a Vol
punt on the Tennessee 25. On
third down, Paolone took a lat
eral from Hardy and zig-zagged
untouched for the big touch
down.
Evening star., 1953-11-22
BY the Associated Press

CLEMSON. S. c., Nov. 21.-
Auburn's bowl-hungry Plains
men overwhelmed Clemson, As
10. today to win their seventh
football game of the season, their
highest victory total in II years.
Auburn, which closes its sea-
son against Alabama next week,
kept alive its hopes for a bid to
the Sugar, Cotton or Gator bowls
by turning two Clemson passes
into touchdowns in the opening
minutes. After that, it was a
steady stream of Auburn touch
downs, two in each of the first
three periods and one in the
fourth period.
The victory was Auburn's fifth
in succession, the first time in
Il years an Auburn team has
accomplished that feat. Only an
early-season tie with Mississippi
Evening star., 1953-11-22

lifted Coach Skies onto their
shoulders and carried him out
onto the field. Skies said he
had no plans beyond wanting to
stay in the coaching game, but
had no offers of a coaching
job at present.
Skies a lean, tall and likeable
native of Texas, took over as
head coach at Kansas in l948.
He succeeded George Sauer. who
in 1947 coached the JayhawkS to
a Big Seven co-championShip
with Oklahoma and an Orange
Bowl engagement with Georgia
Tech.
Except for a stretch in the
Navy, Skies was a member of
the University of Georgia foot
ball staff for 10 years prior to
his coming to Kansas. He
served as end coach and scout
for some of Georgia's greatest
teams.
The season completed today
was the first losing one for a
Sikes-coached team. The Jay
hawks wound up the 1853 cam
paign with only two victories
against eight losses.
Evening star., 1953-11-22
West Virginia Boosts
Hopes Of Bowl Bid
By Rolling Up Score
BY the Assoeioted Press

RALEIGH, Nov. 81. - West
Virginia's big Mountaineers, with
an eye cast on Sugar Bowl bid,
broke loose for 81 points in the
second period and went on to
smother North Carolina State,
CLIO, today.
A small crowd of $500 saw
West Virginia close it's best sea-
son since 1925 with an 81 record.
The only blot was 2O-14 loss to
South Carolina last week.
Unconfirmed press box reports
said West Virginia had been told
1t might receive a Sugar Bowl
bid if it made an impressive
showing today. There was no
doubt about its impressivenesS.
Paced by Fullback Tommy
Altman, who scored two touch
downs, the Mountaineers put
across one touchdown in the first
period, added four touchdownS
and safety in the second quar-
ter, scored two touchdowns in
the third, and closed out with
two more scores in the final
quarter.
The Wolfpack, completely
throttled by the hulking West
Virginia line, never got a single
down in the first half, and made
only IL yards rushing in that
time. 1t was States eighth loss
against only one win this season.
West Virginia took the opening
kickoff and went 81 yards for a
touchdown in Is plays with ALI
man scoring from the 81.
Two attempted quick, kicks by
North Carolina added up to eight
points for the Mountaineers. On
the second play of the second
period, Guard Frank Federovitch
blocked Quarterback Eddie
Vests kick and West recovered
to be tackled in the end zone for
a safety. Another gift score came
when Guard Phil Canton blocked
Reserve Quarterback Carl Wiles'
attempted quick kick on the
State Is and recovered in the end
zone for a touchdown.
Between those scores, reserve
quarterback Ed Anderson raced
80 yards for a touchdown. Be-
fore the half ended, reserve full
back Danny Williams burst loose
for a 63-yard score and Quarter
back Fred Wyant tipped 30
yard pass to Stone for another.
The Mountaineers scored twice
in the third period with Captain
Bill Jarrett going over from the
5 and Altman from the 26. In
the final chapter, reserve full
back Don Wilson scored from
the l and Halfback Joe Marconi
took a pitchout from Wyant to
tally from the 10.
West Virginia - T 27 IA I3-61
N. c. State o o o O. o
West Virginia scoring: Touchdowns-
Altman C2l. Anderson, Canton Williams.
Hllen. Wilson. Jarrett. Marcon Con-
versions-stone CO. Donaldson t2),
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Quontico Beats Fort Lee, 9-O>
On 2 Bad Passes From Center

The Quantico Marines capi-
talized on two bad passes from
their opponents center to score
a 90 victory over Fort Lee at
Quantico yesterday.
Midway of the first quarter a
bad pass by Fort Lees center,
Jim Dooley. sailed over the head
of punter John Green into the
end zone. Green recovered, but
was tackled behind the goalline
to give Quantico a safety.
Oddly, the Marines scored
their only touchdown as the re-
suit of another bad pass from
center. 1t came in the second
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Johns Hopkins Wins
Cross Country Title

Don Manger and Robin de Ia
Barre of Johns Hopkins ran one
two in the 18th annual Mason
Dixon Conference cross-country
championships yesterday as
Hopkins ended BridgeWater's
three-year winning streak and
underscored eight other schools
on Gallaudet's new 3.1-mile
course.
Hopkins had low-team score
Of 81. edging Bridgewater by
two points.
Manger, who now has won
the annual event three straight
years, ran the distance in 1852.
De la Barre's time was 16:04.2.
The new course is more than
a half-mile shorter than the old
course at Gallaudet College.
Other team scores included
Roanoke, Sc; Washington Col
lege, 88; Towson State Teachers,
lis; Gallaudet, 1873; Catholic
University, 155; Lynchburg, 2O4;
Loyola of Baltimore, 239, and
Randolph Macon, 266.
Ronald Hirano of Gallaudet
finished sixth. Fred Favo of Gu
came in 10th and Steve Kugel
OF Gallaudet ran 18th as the
only runners from the two Dis
trict schools to be among the
Is medal winners.
Finishing behind Manger and
De la Barre we're Keith Wilson,
ToWson, 16:13.5; Bennie Irwin,
Roanoke. 16:14.5; Ronald Hi
rano, Gallaudet, 16:18.5; Lou
Buckley, Washington College,
16:37.1: Mickey DeMaggio,
Washington College, 16:37.9; Ken
Wray, Towson. 16:47.5; Fred
Favo, Catholic University,
16:55.3; Bruce Fariss, Roanoke,
1854; Ed Colbourn, Loyola,
1905; Stephen Kugel. Gallau-
Diet. 17:19; Roy Cunningham,
Bridgewater. 17:27.5; Doug Mil
Ter, Bridgewater, 17:27.6.
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Episcopal Defeats
Woodberry, IS 10 0,
For Unbeaten Year

Episcopal High rolled to it's
first undefeated football season
since 1947 in Alexandria yester-
day when the Maroons defeated
Woodberry Forest, $50. in the
SD renewal of the oldest prep
school rivalry in the South.
A Homecoming Day crowd of
about 1,500 saw Episcopal grab
a quick two-touchdown lead in
the opening minutes of the game
and then power g., 43 and AZ
yards again for second-half
scores.
Episcopal's double running
threats by Fullback John Burress
and Halfback Fletcher Carter
divided four of the touchdowns
between them and the other was
tailed by End Robert Wilson,
who picked up a blocked punt
and ran 25 yards for the opening
score.
Three plays after Wilson's
touchdown, Halfback Jack Jones
intercepted a pass from Tom
James, Woodberry quarterback,
and ran 80 yards down the side
lines to the 8. Carter scooted
through a big hole on the next
play for the touchdown.
Off-tackle slantS by Carter
and Burress and a 27-yard pass
from Lee Putney to Mort Boyd
supplied all the yardage of the
scoring drive following the sec
ond-half kick off, Burress going
over from the 4.
Carter went the final five yards
Of 43-yard march minutes later
in which another pass from Put
ney to Boyd ate up 35 yards.
Leland Lawson, sub quarterback,
intercepted a James pass at the
start of the last quarter and five
plays later Burress bulled 7 yards
into the end zone.
Bill Ferguson, who started
kicking Episcopal's extra points
only three weeks ago, booted all
five conversions to run his un-
broken string to 81, two short
of the school record.
Woodberry Forest q O O. q
Episcopal scoring: Touchdowns-B
ress G), Carter t2D. Wilson. Con-
versionS-Ferguson t5).
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Coaches OutcIoss AHStars
Hoyo Low Pressure Bowl

All-Stars' 18 and set up the first
score, with Quarterback Lee
Bradley tossing to John Hogan
in the end zone for the last nine
yards.
On the next play from scrim-
mage, George Drescher of the
Coaches intercepted a pass on
the All-Stars' 80 and was downed
on the 2. Hogan failed by inches
to score, but John Maiocco
ploWed across.
In the second period the ALL
Stars recovered a. tumble on the
Coaches %, picked up 20 yards
on pass from Halfback George
Gerard to End Dick Sinclair,
and registered on a plunge by De
MaSSi.
Maiocco scored for the Coaches
in the final quarter on a 25-yard
run.
Evening star., 1953-11-22
BeIvoir Routs Norfolk, $40,
After Scoring on First Play

Jim Leftwich, leading ground
gamer for Fort Belvoir, went so
yards &for a touchdown on the
first play from scrimmage and
the Engineers went on from
there to rout Norfolk Naval Air
Station, $40, at Belvoir yester-
day.
Gene Gribble of Belvoir scored
twice and Bob LangeS went for
touchdown on a 14-yard pass
play from Ed Kissell to make it
27-0 at the end of the first quar-
ter. Coach Al Davis emptied his
bench at that point but the En-
gineers continued to pour it on
to hand the Tars their worst
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Skies Resigns at Kansas
After COACHING 6 Seasons
By the Associated Press

by the ASSocIofed Press
LAWRENCE. Kans., Nov. 81.
j. V. Skies today resigned
as head football coach at the
University of Kansas after six
seasons.
DR.. Franklin D. Murphy,
chancellor at the university,
said in accepting the resigna-
ton:
1--WE are grateful for the six
years of untiring service which
he has given to the University
of Kansas"
At the end of the Kansas
Missouri football game, won 1916
by Missouri, the Kansas players
Evening star., 1953-11-22

quarter when Lees center, Bob
Lusk, who had replaced Dooley,
passed over Green's head. Again
the ball went into the end zone,
but this time Green fumbled and
Quantico's Bob Trout fell on
the loose ball for a touchdown.
Ken MacAfee converted.
Quantico, which inflicted the
first defeat of the season on Fort
Lee, now has an 81 record with
six of its wins by shutouts.
Fort Lee - O o o 90
Quantico . Z o O-g
Quartico scoring: rout.
Conversion MacAfee. (Quantico
awarded safety when Green Of Fort Lee
was tackled in own end zoneD
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Auburn OverwheIns Clemson
To Bolster Bowl HOPES

State and loss to Georgia Tech
mar the teams record through.
nine games.
Using its two-team system.
Auburn sent six players over the
goal for its seven touchdowns.
Quarterback Bobby Freeman
scored twice and threw one
touchdown pass while directing
the so-called "Y" unit. Capt.
Vince Dooley, quarterback of
the *" team, scored once and
threw a touchdown pass.
Quarterback Don King and
End Dreher Gaskin accounted
for Clemson's three touchdowns
on pass plays of 5, SO and 80
yards, Gaskin making spectacu-
lar catches on the latter two.
Auburn 10 Ia IL 6-45
Clemson u Il IL do
Auburn scoring: Touchdowns-Freeo
man CD, James, Atkins, Dooley, Pybura.
Middleton. Conversions - Davis t2).
Clemson scoring: Touchdowns-Gas-
kin go. Conversion-L. Gressette.
Evening star., 1953-11-22

defeat in four years.
Fort Belvoir gained 1913 yards
rushing and 164 yards through
the air. Norfolk was held to 50
yards on the ground and 81
yards on passes.
The Engineers, who meet
Quantico Thanksgiving Day at
Griffith Stadium, now have an
81 record. Their only defeat
was by Boiling earlier in the
season and the tie, 1913, by
Fort Lee last week.
Norfolk MAS - o o q o. o
Fort Belvoir 81 z q 14-54
Belvoir scoring: Touchdowns-Gribble
(2l, Leftwich, Langas. DiPietro Kissell
DeLonZo Smith. Conversions-Kissel
(3). Meyer, Lauricella, Tinsley
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Lafayette Beats Lehigh
On Sophomore's Passes
By the Associoted Press

BETHLEHEM, Pa. Nov. 21.-
Lafayette scored in every period
to win a 1913 victory over Le-
high University today with
Bryan Satterlee passing for two
touchdownS and scoring another
on an 87-yard run.
Satterlee. a sophomore half
back from Troy, N. Y, sent
Lafayette off to a 13-point lead
in the first period and added
the clincher early in the second
1t was Lafayette'S 56th victory
in the 89-game series, longest
unbroken string of games be-
tween two college teams in the
Nation. 1t was the Leopard's
first win in four years and pro-
tected a tradition that no La
fayette senior ever goes through
his four-year college career
without seeing a victory over Le-
high.
tehirS Ld1hSs''s ------- --- g 3 : IA IA
Lafayette scoring. Touchdowns-Bur-
Conversions-Mears, (2l. Mattison
Lehigh scoring. Touchdowns-Wal-
teFs. oloede. Conversion-Westfall.
Evening star., 1953-11-22
NevaY PAGES Boiling
In 35-7 Triumph
Over Bdinbridge
Special Dispatch TO The ster

BAINBRIDGE. Md, Nov. 21.-
A powerful Boiling Air Force
Base football team chaulked up
its seventh straight win today,
by routing good Bainbridge
Navy eleven, 35-7, before $500
at the Naval Training Center.
The Air Force team had many
stars today. but much of the
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Kansas Coach Quits
After Missouri Wins
In Fist-Fioht Finish
BY the Assoclateo Press

LAWRENCE, Kans., Nov. 21.-
Missouri smacked over a touch
down in the second quarter and
scored a field goal in the fourth
today to defeat it's traditional
enemy, Kansas, 1916. The game
featured a free-swinging melee
involving players and spectators
in the last half minute.
The victory gave Missouri a
tie with Kansas State for second
place in the final Big Seven Con-
ference standings with four sue
ceSseS and two defeats.
Missouri had II fresh players
most of them second and third
StringerS, in the game when
Quarterback Dick Sandifer
whipped long pass to Harold
Patterson who scored for Kansas
with 81 seconds remaining.
A personal foul was called
against Missouri on the Kansas
touchdown pass that originated
on the Jayhawks' 47-yard line.
Players rushed onto the field
from both benches and hundreds
of fans poured into the fray.
Officials restored order quickly.
Missouri - O 7 @ 40
Kansas q q
The frontiersman., 1953-08-20
CITY RECEIVES FINANCIAL REPORT

In the financial report read at the August 18 city council meet ing the city's bank balance was given as $33, 3,880.79 as of July 31. Qualified, the figure would be re- duced by approximately $2,000 in outstanding checks; other com- mitments such as $2,000 payment on ARRC water system; $2,300 for Civil Defense equipment and $7,800 for telephone rehabilita- tion-
 Genera fund figures showed a total income from city sales tax and other revenues as $67, ,289.72 for the period of October l, 1852 to July 31, 1853. Expenditures for the same period included S13,319.- 96 for streets; $7,743.55 for police; S2,109.49 for fire; $14,26289 ad- ministration and general (this includes such expenditures as for city clerk, insurance, electrical expense, auditing and other ad- ministrative costs).
 Since March l, 1852, the tele- phone system has operated at a deficit of $9,13096, averaging ap- proximately $536.00 per month.