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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-01-22

W. duG Gillespie Will ClOSS Ills
shoe shop Feb. l after 27 years
of efficient service to the public.
His store will be closed for the
duration of the war. Gillespie
stated last week that he had
secured employment in Colum-
bus and that he and Mrs. Giles
pie would move to Columbus
about the first of the month.
Major Richard Gillespie, who is
serving somewhere overseas and
Bill Gillespie, owner of Giles
pie Drugs, are sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gillespie.
Directors for the ensuing year
of the Caldwell Building and
Loan company, elected last
Thursday are the following: Z.
M. Farley, Rile Groves, Jess S.
Harris, Charles Morris, w. A.
Okey, J. w. Drake and Harold
A. Smith.
- -
Capt. Franklin Craig, Jr., of
Midland, Texas, visited his faith
er, Commissioner Frank Craig
and his brother, Carol Craig,
near Summerfield last week.
Lester Pickenpaugh, FortF Sill,
Okla, was granted an emergency
furlough due to the serious illness
and death of his father, George
w. Pickenpaugh.
Marriage. Miss Ruth Hand
schumacher, daughter of Albert
Handschumaker, Cumberland
street, to Pvt. George Lawrence,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. P. c. Law
renee of Sharon.
- - -
Deaths: George w. Picken-
paugh, 80, Hoskinsville; w. H..
Darrah, Crooked Tree; Emmet
Cullen, 70, Pleasant Ridge;
George Schoeppner, II, Fulda;
Moses Vandyne, 49,. Sarahsville;
Mrs. Elmira Mohler. Buffalo Gap.
South Dakota.
- -
New Arrivals: A son to Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Fox, Fulda; a
son to Mr.. and Mrs. James W..
Tidd, Dexter City.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-01-22
JOURNAL NEWS ITEMS OF 10 YEARS AGO /. E.

Miss Mary Moore, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Moore
of Walnut street, has joined the
army nurses corps, and left last
Friday for Louisville, where she
will be assigned for duty.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-01-22

on many other points thereof. Of
course, as expected, administra-
ton Democrats greeted the mes
sage as word from a true states
man but Republican leaders
viewed it as report of dangerous
failure.
Senator Robert A. Taft contin-
ues to be known in congress and
other governmental departments
and also throughout the nation
as 'Mr. Republican" Next to
President Eisenhower, he ranks
highest among Americans, re-
gardless of political party affilia-
ton.
On last Friday was delivered
to the congress President Tru-
mans farewell budget message
asking for more than $78 billions
for the coming fiscal year which
is certain to be drastically trim
med or completely ignored and
Continued on Page 2-B)
Smyrna times., 1953-10-15

Collingdale, Pa, were guests of
Mrs. Addie Arthurs and family on
Sunday.
Mr.. Elmer Denney of Glouces-
ter, N. j., visited Miss Parl Short
on last Wednesday.
Mr.. Fred Dawson of Wilmington,
spent Monday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Len bigger.
Mr.. Frank Hurlock of Cool
Springs, Del, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Clifton on Thursday. They
also had as their Saturday evening
guests Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Gaby
and daughters of Seaford.
Mrs. Charles Parks, and grand
son Lionel Fansler, of Pennsgrove,
N. J., were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Clough on Sunday.
Mr.. Harry Clough attended the
unveiling of plaque honoring the
late Mr.. w. T. Roe of Sudlersville
on Sunday. Mr.. Roe was one of
the organizer of the Sportsman
Gun Club.
The adult class of Kenton
Smyrna times., 1953-10-15

which meets at Harrington next
Wednesday.
Mrs. Hanna Gallagher of Ches-
void and Mr.. David ]. Lurty of
Smyrna, we're united in marriage
Sunday evening by the Rev. Albert
Chandler of Smyrna Circuit.
Rev. and Mrs. Albert Chandler,
Mrs. M. e. Ford and Mr.. John A.
Latta left on Monday as delegates
from Smyrna Circuit to attend the
Eastern Convention in Philadel-
phia, this week at the Academy of
Music.
Mr.. A. Baynard Fowler and Mr..
Frank P. McCawley have been
elected assistant librarians of the
Asbury M. E. Sunday School.
Mrs. Arthur Simmonson of Phil
adelphia, is the guest of Mrs. w. A.
FAIRIES.
Mrs. Henrietta Tschudy, Misses
Cora and Nettie Tschudy and Miss
Rebecca Bailey left last Friday for
a ten days trip to Canada, Niagara
Falls, Watkins Glenn and other
points of interest.
The Barratt's Chapel annivers-
ary, the occasion which usually at
tracts hundreds of people from
Kent and Sussex Counties, will be
celebrated next Sunday, october
18.
After a two months run, the
John H. Hoffecker canning factory
closed down Saturday afternoon
for the season. The highest run
in any single day was 10000 cans,
and the total pack for the season
amounted to 26,5O0 cases or $780,
cans.
Smyrna times., 1953-10-15

be held on Sunday, Oct. Is. There
will be morning and evening SER
vices, IL and 7:30. Rev. o. C,
Jones of the First Presbyterian
Church of Smyrna will be the
speaker in the evening. The morn
ing speaker will be announced.
Sunday School, 1915. Frances
Downs, superintendent. The adult
class will meet in the basement of
the church on Wednesday evening
after the church service. Mrs.
Helen Rowlinson will preside
Hostesses are Mrs. Elizabeth
Hughes, Mrs. Manila Attix and
Miss Pearl Short.
Kenron Grange No. 81 held
Booster Night on last Tuesday. A
covered dish supper preceded the
program. Guest speaker was
County Agent George Vapaa. He
also showed a MIN on Bangs dis
ease or Brucellosis. After the pro-
gram the regular business meeting
was held. Master Paul Palmer
presided. Plans were made to en-
tertain the visiting Grange on
Tuesday evening, Oct. 20. Fruit
land will be the visiting Grange.
Committee on arrangements are
Mrs. Susie Knots, Mrs. Agnes
Crossley and Mrs. Blanche Jewell.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Numbers
spent several days last week in Re-
hoboth the guests of Mrs. S. G
Walker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Daniels OF
Smyrna times., 1953-10-15
20 Years Ago

Fourteen freight cars, loaded
with merchandise, and two empty
cars, were derailed at Green
Spring, a short distance north of
Clayton, at 1920 o'clock Thursday
morning when a brake rigging
dropped in the middle of the string
of cars. The cars piled up on
both sides of the tracks and both
the north and south bound tracks
were blocked. No one was injur-
ed.
The Smyrna Rotary at its meet
ing Thursday night recommended
a new lighting system on the Dual
Highway thru Smyrna when it is
built. The plan suggested, it is
said, with the consent of the State
Highway Department, is to have a
row of Ornamental electric light
Smyrna times., 1953-10-15

One of the severest storms in
twenty years visited the Atlantic
Coast last Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, that carried in its wake
thousands of dollars of destruction.
Bombay Hook Island experienced
some very high tides. AT the Light
House the water was within twelve
feet of Captain Benson's residence.
The Woodland Beach road suffered
the most and was rendered impass-
able.
A large number of people gath
cred at the Smyrna Opera House
last evening to hear the concert
rendered under the auspices of the
Choir Guild of st. Peters Church.
The program was made up from a
combination of local and foreign
talent.
A wedding of much interest took
place in Wilmington last Wednes-
day evening in the marriage of Mr..
Gilbert Startling Jones, son of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Wesley Jones of this
town to Miss Helen Countiss Scott,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ] Win
field Scott.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, wife
of the late Joseph Thompson, for
years a well-known resident of this
vicinity, died at the home of her
son, George T. Thompson, near
town, Sunday morning after a
lingering illness.
Mrs. ]. w. Clifton, Mrs. Laura
Temple, delegates, and Messrs.
Walter w. Hynson and George H.
Dick, alternates, have been elected
to represent Asbury M. e. Sunday
School at the County Convention
Smyrna times., 1953-10-15

standards down the middle of the
grass pltos between the north and
southbound lanes, equipped with
sufficient lamps to light both roads
Final preparations for the Mardi
Gras to be held in Smyrna on Hal
lowe'en the evening of October 81
are being worked out and all indi-
cations point to big even. $50 in
cash will be given away as prizes
for the affair.
Mrs. Herman johnson and
daughter, Miss Myrtle johnson
who have been spending the past
three weeks with Mr.. and Mrs
Edward r. Dawkins at their home
at Honesdale, Pa, returned to
Smyrna on Saturday accompanied
by Mrs. Dawkins and daughter
Fay.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. ]. Farlow re-
turned home on Sunday evening
from a visit with Mr.. Farlow's
mother, Mrs. Mary Farolw, at her
home at Greensbug, Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardiner w. Beck
EFT and son, Gardiner, Jr., of Jack
sonville, Florida, are the guests of
Miss Anna B. Beckett.
Mrs. May FAIRIES Jones of
Swarthmore, Pa, is the guest of
MIR. and Mrs. Ernest P. Collins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Slaughter,
Mr.. Paul Slaughter and Miss Anna
May Kephart of Philadelphia were
weekend visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Slaughter.
Mrs. Addie v. Long) Johnson,
widow of Alfred Johnson, passed
away at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Vernon A. Westfall and Mr..
Westfall yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Johnson had been i'll for some time.
She had been a resident of this
town practically her entire life.
Mrs. Gertrude Snyder, who has
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlse Hanratty, returned to her
home at Holmesburg, Pa, this
morning.
Smyrna times., 1953-10-15
KentOn

This week evangelistic services
will be held in Kenton Church each
night through Monday to Friday,
time 1880 to $50. Rev. Walter
Beckwith of Smyrna will be the
speaker. Special music, and song
service will be led by Mr.. Ed
Hughes. Friendship choir will have
charge Sunday and Monday; Hart
ly choir Tuesday and Wednesday,
and Kenton choir Thursday and
Friday. Homecoming services will
Smyrna times., 1953-10-15

conduct the weekly prayer service
this Thursday evening at 7:3o-
The Sunday School Superintendent.
Mr.. Edward Garrett, who has been
visiting his mother in Virginia, win
be back to take charge of the Sun
day School at 10 am. Mrs Delsie
Bessinger will supervise the young
peoples service Sunday evening at
a. The pastor will speak at II
am. and at 7:30 pm.
Smyrna times., 1953-10-15
Church of the Nazarene

The pastor of the Smyrna Naz-
arene Church, the Rev. ]. c. Reedy.
and wife are attending the annual
ministers conference at Cumber-
land, Md. Miss Anna johnson will
Smyrna times., 1953-10-15
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
so YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature Of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1953-10-15

Church will hold a bake and food
sale Saturday, Oct. II at the Acme
Store, Dover, 10 am.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Irish Draw Plenty
OF Trains for Not
Being on Timetable
By the Associnted Press

NOTRE DAME. Ind. - You
won't find Notre Dame. Ind,
listed on any railroad timetable
or flight schedule. Nevertheless
it's the destination of as many
as % special trains and ITS
private planes on Saturdays
when the Fighting Irish play
on their own gridiron.
Many of the special trains
unload passengers on spur tracks
on the campus. Other trains
transfer passengers to campus
bound buses in nearby South
Bend.
The four railroads serving
South Bend hire up to 400 extra
employees to service the specials.
Arrangements for some of the
special trains are made a year
In advance.
Specials come from such dis
tant points as Denver, Atlanta,
New York and cities in Texas
and Oklahoma.
In 1947 for the last Army
Notre Dame game, a record 81
special trains arrived at South
Bend.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Eagles Help Mangrum
Keep MontebeIIo Title
By the Assoe,used Pres.

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 21.-For
the fourth time the Montebello
Open golf title has been won by
Lloyd Mangrum. He fired &c
on the final round yesterday for
54-hole total of 202, 6 under
par.
Mangrum eagled the 476-foot
18th hole for the third successive
day yesterday, when he holed a
50-foot putt for a 3.
In second place was Fred
Hawkins of Ell Paso with 205.
zell Eaton. the host pro. and
Charles Sifford, Los Angeles, tied
for third at 206.
Tied for fifth with 207 were
Bob Rosburg, San Francisco;
Ted Rhodes and Bob Harris,
both of Los Angeles, and Ralph
Blomquist, Glendale, Calf.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
North South Squads Prepare
For Spectacular Aerial Battle

Split-T attack the South will
use. Both these boys have
worked out of the split-T before
and are capable ball handlers" :"
Navy's Eddie Erdelatz, another
of the South coaches, busted
himself with the linemen and
was particularly pleased with
Duke Tackle Ed Meadows.
Hes big boy 1913 and 21T
and moves around pretty fast, I"
Erdelatz commented. "1e could
play on my team any day."
Over in the North camp, Hol-
comb had praise for his squad
after yesterdays workouts.
81 think we looked much better
today" he said. 1.-The boys are
showing considerable improve
ment. All our quarterbacks were
throwing well and the receiving
also was good"
Polish Passing Combinations.
Holcomb and Kansas State
Coach Bill Meek spent a lot of
time with their aerial combina-
tions. Quarterbacks Early Fal-
kenstein of Illinois, Fred Davis
of Butler and Ray Evans of Pur-
due hit their receivers regularly
with short passes. Bob Balder-
ston, Kansas State fullback. and
Dusty Rice, Iowa halfback, made
numerous catches.
Ivy Williamson of Wisconsin,
another North coach. worked
with the line and said the squad
seems "eager to start hitting. I
think the boys are anxious to
play football. That's a good sign.
If they are as eager as they seem
to be they will play a good game. ="
The game. played in the
Orange Bowl. is sponsored by the
Mahi Shrine to raise funds for
its crippled children charity
work.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
MoryIond's Band
To Salute Sections
In Miami Proqrum

The 118-piece University of
Maryland band will join the
Oklahoma band. two Orange
bowl bands, and a number of
Florida high school bands in
ceremonies at half-time of the
Orange bowl game New Years
Day.
The Maryland band will salute
different sections of the country
with ITS formation. The first
selection will be your Land
and My Land"
The band will form a horse
drawn sleigh design and play
Winter Wonderland" in honor
of the North. Dixieland will be
honored by several selections,
and the band will form a bow
and arrow while playing music
representative of the West. Por-
traying the Statue of Liberty.
the band will end it's display
with This Is My Country"
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Fines Follow Hockey Fight
Breaking Players S Jaw
BY the Assoe,ated Press

Another brawl involving Ber-
ME Geoffrion held the National
Hockey League spotlight today
following last nights hectic New
York Montreal game which sent
Ron Murphy of the Rangers
to a hospital and the Canadiens
into second place.
Geoffrion, the Canadien right
winger, who was fined $3.50 for
charging Referee Frank Udvari
last November IL. swapped sticks
with Murphy in a wild second
period at Madison Square Gar
den. Ron came out of it with a
fractured jaw bone and a con-
cussion. Each received match
penalties from Referee r e d
Storey which calls for an auto
matte $100 fne.
The Rangers, with little Wally
Hergesheimer scoring twice, tri-
umphed, 81. In other games,
the Detroit Red Wings moved
into the lead by whipping the
Boston Bruins, AZ, and the last
place Chicago Black Hawks
trounced the Toronto Maple
Leafs, Al.
The fight, which started with
some minor scuff1ing in the Mon
treal zone between players of
both clubs, suddenly erupted into
q duel of sticks between Murphy
and Geoffrion. The latter sub
sequently struck Murphy across
the face and the Ranger fell.
Geoffrion also received a cash
on the right side of the head and
Ivan Irwin, New York defense
man. came away with a cut re-
curing four stitches to close.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Rice Squad Announced
For Cotton Bowl Game
BY the Associated Press

HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. 21.-
Coach Jess Nicely has announced
his 37-man squad which will rep
resent Rice Institute in the New
Years Day Cotton Bowl football
game at Dallas.
All but one player. Halfback
Morris Stone, are expected to be
in good physical condition for the
game with Alabama. Stone re-
joined the squad only last week
after receiving a leg injury in
early october.
The Rice team resumed it's
two-a-day workout schedule to-
day. There will be a brief Christ
mas holiday December "a and
25. The team will fly to Dallas
the morning Of December 30.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Woman Tops Big Duckpin Field
As First Winner of Burns Cap

Millie Stadtler, District wom-
ems match-game duckpin cham
pion, today held a new distinc-
ton. She is the first winner of
the Jimmy Burns Handicap. to
be made an annual affair.
Moreover, she whipped the big
geSt field of the season when
1O4 men and women bowled in
the inaugural event last night
at the Bethesda Forty Alleys.
The tournament was organized
by George 10th to honor the
memory of his long time friend,
James Madison Burns, for years
a prominent bowler.
In one of the seasons top per-
formances for women, Miss
Stadtler put together games of
129, 127, 143, 140 and 122 for a
tally of 661 and added a 64-point
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Whip LitchfieId Die,
AT 48; Star Bowler
For Many Years

Frederick w. (Whip) Litch-
field. 48. for many years one of
Washington's topflight duckpin
bowlers, died yesterday in Doc
tors Hospital which he entered
;wo weeks ago following one of
a series of strokes. He was
stricken first in October of last
year and had been in poor health
since.
Litchfield, noted for the unor-
thodox style in which he deliv-
cred the ball off his right foot.
was a member of the Winchester
Packard team which set world
duckpin team record of 1877. The
mark, set in District Major
League match November II.
1948, at the Greenway Bowl, still
stands.
In this performance Litch-
fields score was 1913, while Sam
Shreve contributed 1873 pins.
Sam Simon lit; Julie Singer
159, and Tony Santini 155.
Litchfield also was member of
the Occidental team. famous in
the early 1930s. 1t was the first
team in duckpin history to roll
two 700 games in one league.
A high point in Litchfield's
career was his victory in the
Howard Campbell Classic in
1888, with a 15-game score of
1888. A member of Lebanon
Lodge and a Shriner. he was for
years a leading performer in
the Masonic Bowling Associa-
ton.
He was a partner in the Eek
ington Building Supply Com
pany He resided at 2407 Fif-
teenth street N. w.
Surviving are his widow. son,
Donald; two brothers, Charles
and Orbin, and three sisters,
Miss Janet E. Litchfield, Mrs.
Margaret Pollock and Mrs. Helen
Riley. all of Washington.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. Wednesday at the Lee
Funeral Home with burial in
Congressional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
BV the Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-H its
statistical behavior is a reliable
guide, Texas Tech, which meets
Auburn in the Gator Bowl at
Jacksonville New Years Day, will
probably recover flock OF
fumbles, get penalized right aro
left, push across a stack Of
tcuchdowns and miss a mess Of
extra points.
NCAA Service Bureau figures
covering miscellaneous cate
gories shows that the Raiders set
an all-tine major-college rec
ord in tumble recoverieS, were
penalized more times and for
more yardage than any other
team, and had the odd distinc-
tion of trying most, making most
and missing most extra points.
The Texans were the highest
scoring team in the country 20
they got most conversion tries,
64. They made "A and missed 20.
But their biggest satisfaction
came in the tumble department
Last year Texas Tech led the
Nation in fumbles lost, with 81
and won three games. lost seven
and tied one. This year. it not
only clung to the ball but picked
up 80 enemy bobbles-and wor
10 of ii games.
Those 80 recoveries wiped oul
the record of 80, set in 1949 BY
Colorado ASEM and matched
in 1851 by Detroit and New York
University. Since the Raider:
fumbled only II times them.
selves. their profit" of Is fun
bles was the largest in the coun'
try.
Less profitable were the 81
penalties meted out against Texa!
Tech for 760 yards.
In avoiding penalties, Brigham
Young compiled the lowest mari
since 1948. being set back 20.'
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Baker 1-fo-1 Choice
Over Clarence Henry
In N Fight Tonight
By the Assoeio,ed Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Bob
Baker. the big Pittsburgh heavy
weight. is a surprising 2-to-1
favorite to even an old score
with hard hitting Clarence
Henry. of Philadelphia at the
Eastern Parkway Arena to-
night.
Henry. once the worlds third
ranking heavyweight. came from
behind to knock out the 6-foot-4.
220-pound Baker in the eighth
round at Madison Square Gar
den November %. 1851. That
was the first defeat OF Bakers
pro career. He blamed bad
hands for the loss.
Baker has been bothered with
swelling hands all through his
career, but an operation is sup
posed to have made them sound.
Henry returned to the ring only
recently after. a long layoff
caused by an eye injury
The big boys will start swing
ing at 10 pm. (EST). Dumont
will telecast the 10-rounder to
some parts of the country. ut
will be seen in Washington over
WTTG.)
The international Boxing Club
is passing up it's usual Wednes-
day and Friday night network
television fights because OF
Christmas week.
The only coast-to-coast net
work TV fight of the week will
be beamed out of BoSton's Me-
chanics Building Saturday
night when welterweights Livio
Minelli of Italy and Wilbur Will
son of Boston meet in a 10
rounder. Minelli is substituting
for Danny (Bang Bang) Wom-
ber of Chicago. ABC will handle
the telecast starting at 9 pm.
The IBC will get back on the
TV beam Wednesday, December
80, and Friday, January /. The
Wednesday show out of Mime
apolis will match welterweights
Del Flanagan of st. Paul and
Johnny Saxton of Brooklyn.
FeatherweightS Lulu Perez of
Brooklyn and Davey Gallardo of
Los Angeles will meet in a rub
ber match at Madison Square
Garden on New Years night.
New Orleans joins the Satur-
day night parade on January 2
with a hot attraction. Ralph
Dupas, the fighting schoolboy
from New Orleans, takes on
Paddy DeMarco of Brooklyn in
a pairing Of ranking light
weights.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
-AP WirephOto.

handicap for a gross Of 725,
worth 500.
Miss Stadtler, who averages
ia in the Capital Women's Ma
jor League. finished 16 pins
ahead of Clayton Reedey, whose
runnerup score Of 96-709 netted
him $50. Lawrence Pugh, CO.
704, and Harry Worth, 24-704,
won $50 each in tying for third.
Other prize winners were:
Johnny Ressa, 36-699; Earl
Roberts, 100-691; Ernie Lee,
36-690; Mike Avon, 20-688; Guy
Cavallo, 1886; Charley Page,
52-686: Ray Watson. 24-685; Fred
Lazzeri, 68-683: Bill Bursey.
32-682, and Joseph Hintersehr,
1862. Ashley Mitchell, SAG,
and Frank Aquino, 161. won con-
ISOLATION awards.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Statistics Reveal Texas Tech
As No. ! in Odd Distinctions

yards a game to Boston Colleges
1913, Kansas 24.3 and Nebraska's
$50.
Other miscellaneous leaders
were Wisconsin. Notre Dame.
George Washington and Colo
RADIO. Wisconsin lost fewest
fumbles, Notre Dame made most
first downs. George Washington
gave up fewest first downs and
Colorado had the best extra
point kicking percentage.
Wisconsin gave the ball away
eight times, Wake Forest nine
and Princeton and Michigan 10
each.
Notre Dame ripped of 206
first downs to Utah's 1876. while
George Washington allowed IS
and Wichita and Texas Western
80. From the unenviable point
of view, Virginia and Idaho made
only 81 each.
Colorado booted IS extra
points in 90 tries for 86.2 per
cent.