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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-26
Ex-Dodger Pete Reiser Starts
Diamond School; Has 200 Pupils

ST. LOUIS SRs-Former outfielder
Pete ReiSer has become a cross
between a professor and the old
woman in the shoe.
The one-time Brooklyn Dodger
star, now an automobile agency
sales manager, recently started
baseball school of sorts ''to have
more boys give organized ball a
try"
1--WE hoped to have about 40
kids show up" Pete said yester-
day, but a hundred or more came
out each week and we have 200
registered.
"If we had only 40 kids, we
could take them to nearby lot
on a nice day and do some hitting,
throwing and running, but all we
can do now is teach them batting
stances and running and have
them swig at cotton-filled base
ball on rubber tee"
This is done in large service
room at the auto agency each
Saturday
1.-The kids are so eager to swing
the bats, we have to take out the
cars to make room to keep them
from hitting each other on the
head"
Reiser, to help insure the boys
interest, gives prizes for good per-
f0rmances, even his own bats.
AFTER all, they're not going to
do any good collecting dust in the
attic, and / won't need them any
more" he said.
ReiSer, a free agent since his
release by the Cleveland Indians,
added, "I'm through with base
bali as player. Four fractures
of the skull and seven conclusions
are enough"
Pete's scareer wasn't all head
blows, however. He led the Dodg-
ers to the 1871 pennant with a
.343 batting average, best in the
National League that season.
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New Faces viii
DOminateTra
Season Opener
By Ed coRRlcAN

NEW YORK R-This track sea-
son-even at such ar early date
looks like the beginning of the
end for many members of the old
guard. 1t also could mean plenty
of new indoor records if you can
take the performances so far as a
yardstick.
In the glamor distance, the mile,
for example, Don Gehrmann and
Fred Wilt will not rule the favorites
for the first times in years when
the Millrose games, traditional
opener of the New York indoor
campaign, are held Thursday
night.
Young Fred Dryer, who won't
become a senior at VillanoVa until
next week, is the boy to beat. He's
already captured two mile runs
and one 1,0OO-yard affair this sea-
son and hasn't been beaten.
And Sweden's Ingvar Ericsson,
who is one of the top milers in
Europe. should be about ready to
take his turn on the boards. The
European runners always have had
trouble adjusting to the indoor
floors, so it should not be long
before the experts get line on
what Ericsson can do. He'll be in
the Wanamaker Mile along with
Wilt, Gehrmann, Bob McMillen,
1t. Warren Druetzler and Ger
many's Rolf Lamers.
McMillen, the Olympic 1900
meter runner-up, looked bad in his
indoor debut at Washington three
weeks ago, but he high-tailed It
back to California and has been
working out there. He, too, is a
young man who can 60 with the
best of them.
Then there is Ollie Sax in the
middle distances and Charley Cap.
ozzoli in the longer routes.
Young Sax, who startled one and
all by winning three of his four
races at Madison Square Garden
last year, is back at Penn State
and apparently fully recovered
from a pulled tendon that prevent
ed his trying out for the Olympic
team.
Not much was heard from Ollie
after the Garden season last year,
but if his performance in the Phila.
delphia Inquirer Games last week
can be taken as a criterion, Herb
McKenley, George Rhoden, Ma
Whitfield and company are in fol
trouble. He finished second tC
Whitfield in the Inquirer 600, bu
he was tossed around like pigmS
lat WreStlers' convention.
| Ollie will get his chance in tn,
600 at the Millrose meet agains
all three. Whitfield, among the old
| timers, seems to be the most ad
vanced as of now. Besides, he sale
he was setting his sights on tn,
world 600 record this year.
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1Gauqrrm Holds Four Stroke Lead In Pbomix Open Golf Tourney

& NJ and a pro since last April,
had a sizzling 1856 himself.
Hebert, IS, with 69-6s-7l-209,
was one stroke ahead of three
veterans. Dutch Harrison (e9: Vie
Ghezzi (69). and al Brosch (72).
Johnny Bulla of Pittsburgh, who
had a two-stroke lead over Hebert
and Brosch, and three over Man
grum and two others going into
the third round, tripped up with Q
rs. It landed him in a tie at 2l2
with Ted Kroll (72), John Barnnm
(7O) and Worsham.
Jimmy Demaret, another threat
after a second-round IS, lost two
strokes to par in a trap on one
hole and took a 70 for fifth. Tied
with him were Cary MiddlecoH
(72), Doug Ford (74l; Jerry Bar.
Der t70), and Art Wall Jr. (72).
Low amateur was Frank Strana.
han, Toledo, with ~ for 2ls.
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Georgia Woman
Tops Field In
Golf Tourney

MIAMI, Fla. B-For the second
straight year, Mary Lena Faux,
Thomasville, Ga, won the Helen
Lee Doherty Women's Amateur
golf championship Sunday, defeat
ing Barbara Romack, Sacramento
Calf, and 4 in the 36-hole final.
Miss Faux spotted her opponent
a Sup lead on the first nine but
allowed her only one hole after
that, the 26th, as she came back
to square the match at the 10th
and win going away.
Miss Romack, 20-year-old Cali.
fornia state champion, won the
third, fifth and ninth holes while
shutting out Mary Lena on the
first nine. But Miss Faux reversed
the procedure on the Second
stretch, winning the 18th and 18th
to cut the margin to one hole as
Barbara failed to score.
The match was even when Miss
Faux captured the 10th and the
Georgian went ahead for the first
time at the 23rd by stroking in an
eight-foot downhill putt. She made
it pup at the. 25th when Miss
Romack three-putted from IL feet
away.
Barbara won the 26th when Miss
Faux trimmed the cup with a two.
footer but thereafter it was no
contest as Mary Lena pulled grad.
ually farther ahead.
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SportsTV Case
Goes To Court
By RALPH BERNSTEIN

PHILADELPHIA U,-The holly
disputed issue Of ''how much tele-
vision in sports" goes to court
today in case that could settle
the question once and for all.
The government opens its anti
trust suit in U. S. District Court
here charging the National Foot
bali Leagues televisi0n policy vic.
lates the Sherman antitrust law.
This case win be watched by
sports promoters-both professional
and amateur-throughout the ma
ton. The National Collegiate Ath.
letic Association is vitality interest.
ed in the outcome as its restricted
TV football program could be the
next government target should
Judge Alan K. Grim rule against
the NFL.
Grim is hearing the case without
a jury. Although the judges de.
cision viii have an important bear
ing on the final outcome, it will
not be the last word. Both sides
have said they'll carry the matter
TO the u. S Supreme Court il
they lose in District Court.
The case has magnified in i'm.
portance because Of the growth of
television to the point where sports
promoters claim it has hurt their
attendance even professional
baseball. heretofore leading ad.
vocate OF live TV in their parks,
recently sci I'D a committee to
make a new study Of television
and its effects.
/ Should the NIL lose all the way
down the line. ii is not exaggera.
ton to- say that feievis m err.
find i difficult to do business with
sports.
The NIL. for example. might
give I'D " completely. Commits
si1aer Bert Sell says ~ hurt.
the gate ii shown IN city wher,
. lea slie game IS being played
The government contends thu
NIL violates ihe SaeTElsn Act b.
setting 20 3 rue which prohibits
/ 6rCadea stang an5 u telcviSini
!. gsBeS IA Cans petlIg0a &its an0shel
T same oeiag played or teleyiseS
n a certain city.
+ WnEn the suit was filed in DC
tober Of 1851. the Department @
Justice said Il expected this cas-
60 clarity tea e ~ Ct c-o-
lag ard Ie.ee Ssin In relation &
sporss Il. Graham Mag1son. a.
asslsts1 3 ataaFnsx general
Sas3 At aaae t.ue tast IL TIRE Eos
/ ernmeat as SaeecsStlzl &gainS
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Photo courtesy q MacGregor COLI C.

been working out and is scheduled
for limited action. In the last pre-
vious game he played a month
ago Tulsa held him to IA points
about ten shy Of his average.
Tulsa's point -maker guard Dick
Nunnelly poured in, 10 in Saturday
nights losing effort
Other games on tap tonight in
the SEC are Auburn at Tennessee,
Tulane at Georgia and Vanderbilt
at Georgia Tech.
Vanderbilt, incidentally. is the
ninth-ranked team in the nation
on scoring, averaging S0.6 points
in its first IL games.i Much of the
credit goes to forward Dan Finch,
who is averaging 81 points a game
and ranks fourth among SEC
scorers. Tulane ranks ninth ma
tionally on defense, holding rs first
IL opponents to an average Of 5S.l
points per game.
The SECS top scorer is Zippy
Morocco, a Georgia guard who has
piled up 1913 points in is games
for 22.2 average.
But Mississippi forward Cob Jar
Wis has the best average in the
conference.-the. Jarvis has hii for
299 points in II games.
Others with high averages are
LSU's Petit. 2i.9s; Jerry Harper
Alabama, 17.3; Ed Wiener, Ten
nessee, II, Pete Slas. Georgia
Tech, 1876: Fritz Schulz, Tulane,
| Is: Curt Cunkle. Florida, IS, and
Hank Bertelk2mp, Tennessee, IL.
In the title race, LSU still has a
comfortable lead with q so confer
ence record. Florida is second with
81, Tennessee and Mississippi
State are tied for third al 81, and
Vanderbilt is fifth with 80.
Tennessee's 1919 victory ovef
Vandy Saturday night dropped the
Commodores from the No. , spot
and enabled the Vets and Missis-
sippi State 10 edge ahead In the
only other Saturday night game,
Tech dropped lis second game %
South Carolina. 7o-6a-s
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His Eight Under
Par 63 Equals
Course Record
On Sunday
BY BOB MYERS

PHOENIX, Ariz. R - Just as
here one year ago and three weeks
ago at Los Angeles, golf star Lloyd
Mangrum figured to have a diff
ficult time today losing the $4,000
Phoenix Open tournament.
Last year the handsome 38-year-
old Mangrum man went into the
final round here with a comfor-
table three-stroke lead over the
field. He finished the 70 holes five
strokes ahead and, at ga, 10
strokes under par.
In the $50, 900 Los Angeles Open
last Jan. S, Mangrum at 81 holes
was five shots in front, and he
finished five strokes in front.
Today, Mangrum was four shots
in front of his nearest threat,
rookie pro Bob Wininger from Ok
lahoma City, and seven ahead of
the. next nearest and another
rookie, Lionel Hebert of Pittsburgh.
Mangrum staged a triumphant
tour of the 6,57s-yard. par 36-35-71
Phoenix Country Club course yes.
terday and when he was through
he had knocked eight strokes off
par.
His 32-31-63 tied the course rec.
ord and with previous rounds Of
71-6S, gave him a 54-hole total
of 202.
Mangrum, already winner of the
Los Angeles and Bing Crosby
events this year, birdied the first
hole and banged out seven more
on the trip around the course.
Lew Worsham set the compel.
tive mark in the third round when
he won the Phoenix in 1851. Yes,
terday Worsham had a 70 for 21z
to tie three others.
Wininger. youngish guy of 30,
four-toe Missouri Valley Confer
ence champion from Oklahoma A
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VlZLquo1u And Noytb Carolina

If Seton Hall does win it may
owe a lot to North Carolina State.
The Southern boys aren't apt to
be very sociable for the Wednes-
day meeting. They got whipped,
1859, on a closing seconds field
goal by the University of North
Carolina Saturday night and it hurt
bad. 1t was the first time such
a thing had happened in is meet
ings with North Carolina. ViIlanova
may well feel the brunt of their
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SPORTS
MIRROR
BY The AssoeIalsd Press

TODAY A YEAR AGO - Don
Gehrmann won the Wanamaker
Mile in 4:11.3, defeating Fred Wilt
for the 14th time.
FIVE YEARS AGO - Marcel
Cerdan, European middleweight
champion, knocked out Giovanni
Manca of Italy in the second round
at Paris.
TEN YEARS AGO - Vernon
Lefty Gomez, pitching ace Of the
New York Yankees, was sold TO
the Boston Braves for the waiver
price of $500.
TWENTY YEARS AGO = Be.
cause of $20O, 900 loss in football re-
ceipts, Yale University announced
il would cut the l9s3-s4 sports
budget.
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I60-4s, and Kansas State thunlped
Missouri. 94-s5, in some Of TIE
other top games Saturday.
The conference races around tho
country didn't change much during
the week. Texas gained sole pos.
session of the lead in the South
west Conference by the simple
method of not playing any league
games. Oklahoma AIM did the
same in the Missouri Valley.
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Aggies in Chicago Friday and NC.
State was strong favorite over
North Carolina Saturday. Tulsa,
leading the Missouri Valley Con-
ference and ranked No. II, was
upended by Houston Saturday,
61-56.
Dayton edged Duquesne,, 6S-66,
in two overtimes; st. Louis de-
feated Detroit, 92-SS, in one extra
period; Washington made it two
in a row over Washington State,
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sv BEN PHLEcAR

NEW YORK R-Villanova, first
On nobody's list of the best college
basketball teams, will have a lot
10 say this week about who tops
the rankings.
The Wildcats from the Philadel-
phia suburbs tangle Wednesday
night with North Carolina State,
eighth in last weeks Associated
Press poll. And on Saturday they
meet Seton Hall, the nations No.
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Mervyn Rose Cops
Aussie Net Action

ADELAIDE, Australia R-Lefty
Mervyn Rose of Australia defeated
Vic Seixas of Philadelphia, GA,
3-6, ga, rs, 11-9. today to win
the South Australian tennis cham
pionship.
Maureen Connolly of San Diego,
Calf, continued her triumphant
tour of this country by winning
the women's singles title. She de-
feated Julie Sampson of San
Marino, Calf, SO, go.
None of the players on the New
York football Giants halls from
New York City.
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Trial Of Ky. :
Court Star WiUGO
IntO Eleventh Day
On Bride Charges

NEW YORK TIA General SEES
sions court jury is slated to start
bordering its verdict today in the
perjury trial of William Spivey,
aorner All-America basketball star
at the University of Kentucky.
Judge Saul S. STREET was sched-
siIed to deliver his charge to the
Jury of eight men and four wo-
men soon after court convened.
Spiyey, %, Seven-foot center, IS
ACCUSED of perjury in the college
basketball scandal as a result OF
IDS testimony before a New York
County (Manhattan) grand jury
last February.
He is charged with falsely deny
Ing that he accepted brides to rig
scores for the benefit of gamblers
and that he ever discussed "fixes"
before games.
The trial, which goes into its
ninth court day today, was high
lighted BY the testimony last week
Of Walter TIirsch of Daa$iu,?.,
and jim Line Of Odessa, Tex,
both former teammates of Spivey.
Line and Hirsch both testified
that Spivey agreed with them to
rig the score Of a Kentucky game
during the 1850 Sugar Bowl activi-
ties at New Orleans. They said
Spivay received $1,000 for his part
ia the alleged deal with gambler
Jack West, now in prison for his
part IA the scandal as a briber.
Under cross examination by
.ohn Young Brown, Spiyey's at
iorney. both Hirsch and Line adj
njtted some Of their trial testi-
faenv sdia not correspond with
t they had made to the
Hirsch conceded that
grand jury he did not
Spiyey ever got money for
s,lgey took the stand in his own
license at the trial, and denied
ever agreeing to rig scores OF
ever taking brides from gamblers.
Former Baseball Commissioner
4. II. (Happy) Chandler testified
rs a character witness for Spivey
Chandler, a former U. S, senator
and Kentucky governor, said he
saw The Sugar Bowl game in ques'
lion and that Spivey played sen
sationally.
The players allegedly did moi
agree to lose the game but t.
keep Kentucky's winning margin
within the limites-the so-called
.'point spread" set by bookies il
quoting odds before game
necessary for West to win his bets
Both Brown and Asst. Dist. Atty
Vincent A. G. O'Connor spoke O
the testimony by Hirsch and Lin,
admitted lying to the grand jur,
and that it was their word againS
Spivey's. 0'Connor conceded in
constituencies in the two players
testimony, but said they showet
character and rehabilitation ii
coming here and telling the truth.
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Ire.
Philadelphia will be the scene of
another of the top games this week
when fifth-ranking La Sale plays
Eastern Kentucky, No. IS, Satur-
day night.
The weeks choice contests gen.
orally are few and far between
since many of the squads still are
engaged in mid year exams. Sec
ond-ranking Indiana is idle along
with sixth-ranking Illinois and Kan
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/ club and the only major unde-
feated team.
Seton Hall hasn't had a real
good testing since it took sole pos
session of the unbeaten ranks two
weeks ago by pasting Fordham.
ViIlanova with its respectable ia
record will be no easy hurdle, espe-
cially since the game marks one
of Seton Halls infrequent trips
away from its South Orange, N. j.,
campus.
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Tulsa To
Battle Tonight
BY MERCER BAILEY
Associated Press Sports Writer

Louisiana State and Tulsa, two
of the nations basketball powers,
tangle tonight and each team has
an incentive to win.
National prestige is at stake for
both teams. LSU would like to
avenge an early season loss to
Tulsa, and Tulsa would like to
bounce back from its 61-56 loss to
Houston Saturday night which cost
it the conference lead.
Tulsa whipped LSU 1888 a
month ago and that defeat is the
only blemish on the Tigers b.
game record. Tulsa is the second
team in the Missouri Valley Con-
ference and LSU is leading the
Southeastern Conference title race.
Tulsa ranks 18th nationally, LSU
I4th.
LSU's scoring ace, center Bob
Petit, who missed the last three
games because of pneumonia, has
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Fourth-ranking Kansas State
meets Iowa State in Big Seven
Conference game Saturday and
Fordham, No. 10, engages st.
Johns of Brooklyn Thursday and
Yale On Saturday.
The showdown in action didn't
slow down the upset pace very
much. Colorado didn't figure to
have a chance against Kansas but
it won handily. The same went
for DePaul against the Oklahoma
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sas, No. 8 last week but due to
slide down after being licked by
Colorado last Tuesday.
Senton Hall warns up for its
Philadelphia trip by meeting Al
bright Wednesday night. Oklahoma
AIM, No. z, takes on Wichita
Wednesday and Tulsa Saturday.
Undertaking University of Wash
ington travels to Hawaii for three
games, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday nights.
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pro football, it would take steps
against restrictions in other sports,
notably college football.
Bernard Nordlinger, Washington
attorney who heads the NIL legal
staff in this case, says he is hope
full that the suit will be thrown
out Of court after the government
has presented its case. Nordlinger
says. he is going to try to have
the case tossed out on the grounds
state commerce.
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Roy Mcmillan OF the Cincinnati
Reds was the National League
leader among shortstops in assists
t495) and total chances tsl6l dur
ing 1852.
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John Hurry Cain. assistant
football coach at Mississippi was a
star player at Alabama in l930-3I-
81. During that period the Crimson
Tide won n Of 30 games.
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'sse s 9 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN
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Monday. January y. ISs,
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Patrick ]. Donovan,
Manager Of 5CIubs.
In Big Leagues, Dies
sy me Asseeiossd prsss

LAWRENCE. Mass. Dec. 26.-I
Patrick j. Patsy Donovan, SO
who managed five major.
league baseball teams. tOtaled
more than 1000 hits In his Is
year career and had q lifetime
batting average Of .30l-died
yesterday.
He often claimed in later years
that he was instrumental in
bringing Babe Ruth to the Bos-
ton Red Sox in 1914 through
friendship with one Of the Cath
olic Xaveran Brothers who
coached Ruth at q Baltimore
orphanage.
A native Of County Cork, Ire
land, Donovan broke into organ
lied baseball in 1885 with Law
renee Of the old New England
League and went on to a long
and, notable career in the majors.
Once Managed Washington.
Donovan managed the Pitts
burgh Pirates. st. Louis Nation
ais, Washington, Brooklyn and
the Boston Red Sox, as well as
Jersey City and Buffalo in the
international League.
He got his first major league
job as an outflelder with the
Boston National League club in
1890 and moved from there in
turn to Brooklyn, Louisville,
Washington and Pittsburgh. He
totaled 2,26l base hits in Is big
league SeaSonS-in 10 of which
he batted above 800.
In 1899 he was named man.
ager Of Pittsburgh. but moved
to st. Louis after Millionaire
Barney Dreyfuss bought the
Pirates and hired Fred Clarke
as manager. Donovan piloted
the st. Louis Nationals in 1901
02-03. He managed Washington
part Of 1904 before going to
Brooklyn as manager in 1906
07-08.
Donovan joined the Red Sox
IN 1909 as q scout and became
manager the next year. He also
managed the Red Sox in 1911,
but again a change Of owner
ship put him out Of a Job.
Two Pennants in Buffalo.
In 1915 he moved to Buffalo
and led the club to two pen
nants. In 1918 he invested his
savings in the Syracuse Inter-
national League club, but the
venture proved unsuccessful and
the franchise was transferred to
Hamilton. N. Y.
In 1880 he came out of retire.
ment to coach baseball at Phil
lips Academy. Andover, Mass.
He also managed the Orleans
club IN the old Cape Cod League.
The funeral will be from st.
Mary's Catholic Church tomor-
row with burial in st. Mary's
Cemetery. Donovan is survived
by his widow Terese M; three
sons, William j.. a Lawrence un-
dertaker: John M. a General
Motors Corp. official in Bombay,
India, a former Dartmouth base
ball player and hurdler, and
Charles NJ, Pottstown, Pa: and
a daughter, Mrs. John S. GEL
lenora) O'Brien of North And
over; three sisters and several
nieces and nephews.
Griffith Expresses Sorrow
At Death of Donovan
Clark Griffith expressed sor-
row at hearing of the death nf
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Nine Games Scheduled
In CY0 Tournament

Nine games were on the sched-
ule this afternoon as the sixth
annual Christmas Basketball
Tournament, sponsored by st.
Johns for junior teams of the
Catholic Youth Organization,
got under way at the st. Johns
gymnasium at 1928 Vermont
avenue NV.
Another seven teams, includ-
ing defending champion Blessed
Sacrament, which received byes
today, will begin play in tomor-
rows second round. The tour
nament will continue daily until
the finals Wednesday afternoon.
Today'S schedule:
Apostle.
=. p.m;-Mount Calvary VS.. Our Lady
8 p.m.-st. Marsarets vs.. st. Am
hrose.
4 p;m-st. AIMS VS.. Immaculate
. 5 p.m.-Little Flower vs. st. Mat
thew's.
p.m.-Holy Trinity VS.. Campus.
p.m.-St. James (M. r. VS.. Ma
p.m.-st. Peters VS.. Holy Name.
p.m.-St. Anthony VS.. st. Berna-
dette'S