Frpak Plays
That Decide Baseball Championships
fly Hugh S.
Detroit's Tigers nml Philadelphia's
Athletics wero HtrtiKHK In tliu final
series of llio baseball senson In tho
Tigers' lair. I'iioii tliu outconio de
fended the championship of tho Amer
ican league, mid thu chanco to meet
tho Chicago CuhH for tho world'H
championship. Tho Athletics ucro
ahead In tho race, mid although
Mack's team had not ripened to Its
full strength It looked an If It would
hold Its lend. Tho gamo wan tho first
of four that wore to ho played In De
troit, and in tho eighth Inning the
Tigers were leading by tho nanov
margin of ono run. Kvery member of
tho two tenuis know that tho first
gamo probably would docldo tho so
rlcs. Detroit wan clinging desperately to
the ono run lead that was earned by
two terrific drivon by Crawfoid nud
Cobb. Donovan wan pitching mtignlfl
contly, yet ho could not prevent the
Athletics from hitting; time and again
tho Tigers wero thrown back on tho
defensive and saved by llio won
derful fielding feats of Cobb and
'nusli. Tho eighteen athlotcs wero
strained to tho breaking point nnd
each ono wnB "om his toes" every In
Btant. In tho eighth Inning tho Ath
letics got a runnor to second baso
with no ono out. It looked llko n tied
scoro, perhaps victory, when ono of
tho strangest frenk plays over seen
lntorvcned, snved Detroit, nnd turned
tho ontlro tldo of tho season. Tho
,Tattor twlco attempted to sacrifice
failed nnd was forced to hit. Ho
swung at a fast ball, high nnd out
sldo tho plato, nnd sent n twisting,
tensing fly ovor tho head of tho first
baseman, perhaps Roventy feet back
of tho bag, nnd tho ball was falling
almost on tho foul line, ono of the fow
spotB on tho cntlro playing field whoro
tiallB fall safo almost every tlmo, Just
out of tho reach of any fielder. Floss
man, tho first baseman, turned nnd
toro down tho foul lino, IiIh back di
rectly to tho plato, but from tho first
It was ovldont ho could not reach the
falling .lmll. Schaofer, who wns piny
ing second, had been playing In per
fect position to cut off a right-field hit
from tho bnt or n left-handed hitter.
Ho started tho Instnnt tho ball was
hit and sprinted nt top speed townrd
It. From short right enmo Ty Cobb,
who, seeing the victory snatched from
his tenm by sheer luck, had turned on
tho wonderful burst of speedVhat has
mado him tho mnrvel of baseball. It
looked na If Cobb might ronch tho
ball by n fent posalblo only for him,
yet Sclmefor, nlthough slower, lint!
rnado a quicker Rtart, claimed tun
catch nnd reached tho ball. Ilto final
leap, mado with hands outstretched,
brought him to tho ball Just Inside
tho foul lino and, ns ho- accomplished
tho wonderful enteh, nnd whllo tho
crowd wns roaring with opplunso,
Cobb, unnbln to check himself In his
frantic effort, crashed ngalnst Schne
for, turned n sonicrsnult ovor him and.
ob ho wont down, Schnefer nllowcd
tho ball to fall from his bands. A
groan aroso from tho' crowd. Tho
Athlotlc runner on Recond hnd tried
to get back to tho bnso when ho saw
that Schnefer would reach tho ball,
and now ho turned and raced for tho
Hal Chase,
plate. Sclmefor, dazed by tho shock.
reached for tho ball, and, In a sitting
position, with a last effort boforo go
ing "out," throw wildly to tho Infield,
In hopo that eomeono would catch It
and stop tho runnor nt third. Ho
threw without aim, but tho ball, go
ing ovor nossmnn's bend, struck tho
grass, and went on tho first bound
into Schmidt's hands nt tho plato, ro
tiring tho runner who wns stilvlng to
Bcoro from second. Philadelphia fall
ed to score, Dotroit won the game,
won tho sorles nnd finally won tho
pennant In tho last fow days of play.
This play roveals tho manner In
which ono turn of fortuno may chnngo
nn ontlro season's outcome "nnd upsot
all tho calculations of tho baseball
world. No ono ovor has beon ablo to
figure out tho percentago of luck In
mo national game. I have heard play
ers eatlmato that luck Is 20 per cent,
whllo others claim It 1b at least C5 per
cent
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Oddly enough, when ono begins to
study tho freak plays that dccldo
games and not Infrequently settle pen
nant races, It will bo found that most
of tho strango bits of piny that seem
Inexplicable, happon to clubs during
their winning streaks. In looking
over tho queer plays of tho last two
seasons In my records I picked out
twenty and discovered In every In
stance that the "luck broko" for the
club that was at the tlmo having a
"winning streak." Thero aro times
when "everything brenks for" ono
club, when nothing nnother club may
try will win.
During tho early weeks of last sea
son It seemed as If, no matter wheth
er they did well or III, tho freak plays
all resulted In their favor. "It's tho
only team I over saw," mourned Fred
Clarke, "that ran win games by mak
ing errors." Thero wns ono play that
must still remain Impressed upon the
memories of thoso who Bnw It. Tho
gmno was nt Chicago nnd hnd gotio
Into extra Innings. In tho tenth, I
believe It was, Chicago had a runnor
on third bnso with two out. Tho bat
ter fimnshed n flerco drlvo Just Insldo
tho first bnRo, tho gamo seemed over
and tho victory Chicago's. Konotphy,
tho Cardinal first baseman, dived nt
tho ball nB It was passing) slapped his
mitt down nnd by this despairing ef
fort, ho mannged to mako tho glovo hit
tho ball. Out Instead of stopping, tho
ball rolled slowly back Into right field
on fair ground nnd stopped perhaps
twenty-flva fet. behind tho bag. Llko
n flash Konctciiy leaped In pursuit of
tho ball, retrieved It and whirling ho
throw to tho pitcher who woh cover
ing tho baso nt top speed, only'n stop
aheiul of tho runner. Konetchy
IK
ono of tho most powerful throwers
tho business nnd ho throw with nil his
forco In nn effort to mnko tho play
and snvo tho day. Tho ball flashed
past tho pitcher bo fast ho hadn'J. tlmo
to put up his hands, shaved tho head
of tho runner, who dodged, and bound
ed perfectly Into Hresnnhan's hands
at tho plate. Tho runner coming homo
from third with tho winning run had
been loitering, nnd when to his amaze
ment ho saw tho ball beating him to
tho plato ho mado n belated effort to
slide, but Hrosnnlmn blocked him nnd
touched him out. It perhaps was tho
only tlmo on record when n wild
throw to first bnRo ever caught a run
ner nt homo and saved n ball gamo.
It was moroly an exaggerated exam
plo of tho manner In which fortuno
followed tho Cnrdlnnls during that
period.
Tho most sensational gamo I hnvo
over seen during twenty seasons of
watching mnjor league baseball was
that between the Washington team
and tho Chicago Whlto Sox lato in
19tl. It was filled -with freakish plays
from start to finish. Tho Washington
team Just then was In tho only lucky
streak It enjoyed during tho senson
nnd seemed a certain wlijnor. First,
Wnlter .lohnson hit ono of tho longest
drives I ovor snw, a ball that on n
still day would hnvo cleared tho deep
center-field fence. A high wind, how
ever, was blowing directly from cen
ter toward tho plato and tho ball, Boar-
Ing high, wns caught by It. Tlodto had
started straight outward at top speed
seemingly without a chnnco to reach
tho ball, but nn tho wind checked tho
forco of tho drlvo, tho ball began to
Blow up and then fall, nt first directly
downward nnd then backward toward
tho pifrsulng fielder, who actually
overtook It, and made a spectacular
catch. A fow moments later Walker,
In loft field for Washington, raced to
left center In pursuit of a vicious lino
drive. Thero was a puddlo of water
In his path and Walker appeared to
bo watching that puddlo jiioro thnn
ho was tho ball. Ho skirted tho wa
ter nnd turned ns If In pursuit of tho
ball and, glancing up, ho saw that the
high wind had broken tho lllght of
tho pphore nnd "Mint It was coming
straight nt his head. 'Ho ducked,
throw up his bare, hand ns If to ward
off tho blow, and tho ball struck his
hand and stuck there.
Inning after Inning of sensntlonnl
catches, startling stops, lino smashes
aimed straight nt fielders, rapid dou
ble plays, followed, keeping tho
crowd rolled up and wild with enthusi
asm. Flnnlly "Prince Henry" Schaof
or capped tho climax by starting n
play thnt became historic, nnd started
never, ending discussion. Clydo Milan,
n fnst and clover runner, wns on
third, Schaofer was on first, two men
wero out nnd a weak bnttor wns at
tho pinto. On tho first ball pltchod
Schaofer stole second, loitering pur
posely nnd trying to draw n throw
from tho catchor .that would give
Milan n chance to score. As two runs
would not do any moro damngo thnn
one, the Sox lot him run unmolested,
feeling certain tho batter could not
hit. On tho next ball pitched, nlso a
Bttlko, Schaofer stole from second
back to first, again striving to forco,
uucngo to throw. Tho Whlto Sox in
stantly ralBod n protest, Tho umpires
wore sllont. They could not toll tho
Chicago players what to do, although
palpably tho play was for' tho first
baseman to run ahead of Schaofor,
tako tho throw from tho pitcher,
forco Schaofer back to tho flrBt baBo
and touch him out. Milan hadn't a
1 chance to go home it the play was
mado that way Rchaefer had no
right to first bono but was fr'o to re
turn to second If no could escnpo be
ing touched, as no runner is out on
the bases unless touched or forced.
Chicago, evidently Ignorant of tho
rules, wan arjjulng heatedly nnd Man
ager Duffy ran from tho third bnRo
coaching lino to tho pitcher's slab to
appeal to tho assistant umpire. Final
ly tho ball wns thrown to first baBo,
but behind Schnefer, who InBtnntly
started for second nnd when tho ball
wns thrown to second Milan mado a
dnsh for tho plato. Schaofer achieved
his purpose, oven though Milan waB
caught at tho plute. Then Washing
ton protested the game, In enso of do
feat, on tho grounds that, when the
piny wns mnde, Chicago hod ten mon
In uniform on tho plnylng field.
Tho game went to tho twelfth In
ning nnd finally, with n runner on
third baso, and Schacfer again on
first, tho battor drovo out n clean sin
glo that ended tho contest. Still
utiBntlfl'npd with tho frcakn of the day
Schaofer ran from first down to sec
ond, stopped, looked around to seo If
nnyono (especially nn umpire) was
looking, wnlked nil tho way around
second baso without touching It, and,
satisfied that ho had duplicated Mor
ale's famous play, came off ,tho field
grinning. That evening ho held n
celebration to gloat ovor the White
Sox nnd.the umpires, not one of whom
ad observed his failure to touch tho
bag.
Among tho abnormal Incidents that
(Igured in tho curlier history of tho
Germany Schaefer.
national gamo, perhaps none Is as
well known to old-timers ns tho ono
which happened to CHIT Carroll, on
tho St. Louis grounds, when ho was a
member of tho famous "Browns."
Pel Imps you havo wondered why base
ball players have plain shirt fronts,
nnd why so fow players havo breast
pockets. Cliff Carroll Is tho renson.
IIo was running forward to tnko a
baso hit on tho first bound. Tho ball
bounced crooked and hit him on the
chest. He grabbed at tho ball hastily
and, ns ho clutched It, ho shoved It
down Into tho handkerchief pocket on
his shirt front. Tho runnor saw Car
roll tugging nnd straining to tear tho
ball out of the pocket and instead of
stopping nt first, he sprinted on to sec
ond whllo Carroll, still trying to dls
lodgo tho ball, ran to second. Tho
battor passed tho fielder and turned
for third with Carroll In pursuit. At
third Carroll stopped and tried In vain
to release the ball, nnd tho runner
kept on aorosa the plato and scored
tho winning run. ChrlB yon der Ahor
who at that time was at tho head of
,tho euphonic trio. Von derAho, Muck
enfuss nnd Dlddlebock, whlch operat
ed tho club, was furious nnd ordered
nil pockots removed from baseball
shirts. Other teams followed and the
pockots novor havo been restored, ex
cept by a few plnyors who nro willing
to risk tho repetition of tho accident
Of nil tho good luck freaks that 1
ever heard recounted, tho best was
that which happened to Frank Isbell
when ho was plnylng with St. Paul In i
tho old Western lcaguo. In thoso '
days baseball on Sunday was not per-,
mltted within tho corporation limits
or mi. I'aui, anu n auiuiay pnrK nan
been erected outside tho city's Juris
diction. Tho ground was extremely
Binall nnd wns Inclosed by n high
fonco. So small was the inclosure'
thnt batters hitting tho bnll hmd
against the fences wero compelled to
spilnt to first, because If tho ball Imp
poned to rebound directly to tho field
er, ho could throw n slow runner out.
As It required nbout foitf hlis of their
equivalent In errors to yield n run,
small scores wero the rulo. In tho
ninth Inning of this gamo Milwaukee
had two runs tho ndvantago and thero
wero runners on first nnd second with
isboll nt bnt. St. Paul's only logical
hopo wns for a homo run over ono of
tho high fences. Isboll hit n hard
lino smash to right Held against tho
fenco. Tho runner on first was i
slow man and tho fielder squatted,
expoctlng tho ball to robound to him
and to whirl and forco tho slow' mnn
nt second base, ending tho game. Hut
tho ball didn't rebound. It Impaled
Itsolf on a wire nail about ten foot up
tho fenco, and whllo tho Milwaukee
outfielders woro hunting a ladder, Is
boll circled the bases and won tho
game.
Another peculiar,, play once gave tho
Chicago Whlto Sox a game that
ser.mert lost, llnrvov, a left runne I
pitcher, was compelled to play tlrd
base because of tho badly crlplded
condition of bin team nud In the sev
enth inning, Chicago being one ahead,
tho opposing team got runncr to
first nnd second before nnyono went
out. Naturally tho play was for the
batter to push down a sacrifice bunt.
Tho Whlto Sox had n systehi of play
designed to kill tho hncrlflco In that
situation. The shortstop nnd aecond
baseman, nldcd by tho pitcher, wero
to hold tho runner nt Recond ns closo
to tho baBo na possible, Tho third
baseman wan to play closo. as If In
tending to tnko the bunt, but aB tho
ball wns being pitched ho wiib to run
back, cover third, while the pitcher
fielded tho bunted ball, threw to third
nnd forced out tho runner nt that
point. Harvey had boon carefully
coached how tho play wan to be exe
cuted, but tho batter, detecting tho
play from tho actions of the short
stop nnd second baseman, changed
signals and decided to try to drlvo tho
ball past Harvey hard Instead of
bunting. Ah tho pitcher wound up
Harvey whirled and sprinted back
to third. Tho battor chopped the
ball hard and sent a lino hit straight
toward third baso. Tho ball struck
Harvey on tho back of the head, and
bounded high; the. sub-thin hnsemnu.
as ho went Btnggerlng on over tho
baso, caught -tho ball and, by a fast
throw to bccond, doubled tho runner
off. Ab Harvey camo off tho field
nursing tho bump on his head Mana
ger Jones remarked: "That'B using
your noddlo, Old Mnn."
Iccford Tannehlll was tho hero of
a remarkable play lato In tho season
of 190G, and, as tho play Raved tho
gamo for Chicago, and aB tho White
Sox won the pennant by a one-game
margin and then beat tho Cubs for the
world's championship, tho freak play
might bo said to have given tho Sox
tho world's championship. The game
was ngatnat St. Louis and with tho
Whlto Sox ono run In tho lead, nn
error and a two-base hit put Drown
runners on second and third with one
out. The infield was called close to
cut off tho runner at the plato and
provent a tied scoro, aB Jones, tho
manager, saw his team could not hit
tho St. Louis pitcher and figured a
tlo probably meant n defeat. Tho ball
was hit fiercely nnd straight nt Tan
nehlll, who Is ono of tho surest field
ers In tho business nnd possessed of
a wonderful pair of hands for block
ing hnrddrlven balls. The ball ap
peared to bo bounding true but on tho
short bound, It struck something,
shot straight, nt TnnnehlH'B chin, lilt
him nnd, ns he reeled from tho knock;
out blow, tho ball foil back directly
Into his hands. Ho throw to tho plate,
then sat down looking foolish and took
tho full count before he was ablo to
get up.
Larry Doyle's lucky kick which al
most gavo the Giants tho National
league championship In 1908 Is an
other historic freak of play. Thoso,
perennial rivals, tho Giants and Cubs,
woro playing what scorned tho decid
ing Borlos of tho year; the Cubs need
ed ono run to tlo nnd had two men on
bases, when tho batter hit viciously
betweon Doylo and second baso.
Doylo reached tho ball but It broko
through his bands, nnd It scorned as
If tho error had given Chicago tho
game. Instead, tho ball hit Doyle's
bhln, bounded straight into tho hands
of Ilrldwell, who wns on Recond wait
ing for tho throw, and an easy dou
ble play retired tho Chicago team,
Now York winning by ono run.
Tho tnlcs most ofteu told aro those
Illustrating how HI fortuno will pur
suo teams and tho Instances of "runs
of luck" and "tough breaks" aro aa
numerous ns thero aro games multi
plied by players. Tho Chicago Cubs
never will cease mourning tho fact
that George Rohe, of tho White Sox,
ono of tho weakest players that ever
broko Into tho American lengue, and
n weak hitter, beat them out of ono
world's championship. Rohe, who
wasn't strong enough to hold a sub-
Ty Cobb.
Btltute position on tho team more
thnn ono moro soason, mado two
threo-baso hits and each of them gavo
tho White Sox a victory.
Hal Chase lost a game for New
York last season In a peculiar fash
Ion. Two runners wero on tho bases
and two men woro out when nn easy
bounder vub hit to third. Hartzoll
mado a perfect throw nnd tho Inning
scorned over, but ns tho ball camo
noar to him Chaso dodged suddenly,
throw up his hands as if to protect
his face, two runs scored nud tho
Highlanders recorded nnothor hard
luck defeat. It dovoloped later that
a photographer was squatting on, tho
ground outsldo the coachers' box nnd
the sun rofloctod from tho motal of
the camera dazzled Chaso Just at tho
critical Instant and caused him to loso
sight of th ball.
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ANCIENT CITY TO HAVE FETE
Wltham, England, Near London, Will
' Celebrate IU 1,000 Years
In History.
London. Wltham Is a Ilttlo town of
Rssex, thirty-nine mllca northeast from
London, which Is to celobrato Its
millenary this year. It haB a popula
tion of about 3.E00 and Is situated on
tho River Drain, nlso known as the
Gulth, a form Indicating the origin of
the name of tho town. In tho days
of tho ancient Ilrltons it is said tho
place was called Gulth-avon.
In that part of tho town caUed chip
ping Hill nro earthworks thought to
bo the remains of fortifications or
dered mado by Edward tho Kldor In
913, but held by some to bo of Hrltlsh
origin. Roman bricks appear In tho
old Church of St. Nicholas. The
tower of tho church formerly was of
Chipping Hill.
wood, but was rebuilt with brick In
1743. An old smithy thero is pointed
out aB ono whero Dick Turpln stopped
to havo his horses shod when on one
of his pilgrimages for plunder. Tho
Spread Eaglo hotel Is bIx centuries old
and has been Bald to be tho only four
gabled inn to bo found in England.
Wltham will recall events of 1,000
years ago, Including tho reconqucst of
England from tho Danes.
DOLL SOLACED DYING MOTHER
Kansas Woman Took Substitute for
Her Dead Baby Down to
the Crave.
Trinidad, Colo. It was only a doll
a big, golden-haired, "shut-cyo" doll;
but to tho fever-racked mother who
tossed on tear-stained pillows in tho
county hospital, it took tho placo of
another Httlo doll In a Kansas cemo
tcry. She cared for It aa sho had cared
for tho baby which death had taken
front her. And as death approached
Bho hugged tho waxen imago to her
breast and begged that it sharo her
grave
Sho was penniless, a county charge;
she looked forward only" to a tiny plot
in tho potter's field. Dut her pleas
touched tho doctors who attended her
and a Httlo group of hospital attend
ants afterward stood besldo a now
mado gravo in tho Catholic cemetery
whero lay tho woman and doll.
The woman was Mrs. Florcnco Stan
col of Great Hcnd, Kan. Sho camo to
Trinidad two months ago, Just n
month after her three-year-old girl
died. Sho had quarreled with her hus
band, she said, and left her Kansas
home.
Ono day sho saw tho big dolMn a
store window. It was Just the" slzo
of her dead baby. Sho bought It, nnd
from a trunk took tho Httlo clothes
her own baby had worn. With them
she dressed tho doll. Around Its neck
sho placed a uecklaco of beads and
earrings adorned Its waxen cars. It
was only a doll, but when her consti
tution broko down and peritonitis set
in, she took it with hor to tho hospital
to romind hor always of her own little
one. And thus It lay beside her body
InHho morguo; and thus it was burled
by her side.
MEMORIALS ARE RESTORED
Damage by Vandals on the Gettysburg
Battlefield Almost Obliterated by
Skillful Repair Work.
Gettysburg, Pa. Successful efforts
at tho restoration of tho nine mem
orials on tho Gettysburg battleueld,
defaced by vandals on the night of
March 5 last, aro now being made by
Lieut. Col. E. I). Copo of tho national
park commission. Several of tho mem
orials havo already been placed In
their original condition, and tho others
aro expected to bo completed before
tho battlo anniversary celebration in
July.
The day after tho vandalism many
of tho largo pieces which wero chip
ped from the granlto monuments wero
found nearby and preserved. Whero
thoso are sufficient slzo tboy aro being
tinted to correspond to the stone.
Missouri River Gets His Farm.
Atchison, Kan. Joseph Frakea, who
four years ago owned a 260-acro farm
near hero, will cultivate a rented farm
this year, ns nil his own placo has
been washed away by tho Missouri
river. Two mouths ago 20 acres of his
land remained, but tho last aero of this
recently dropped Into tho river. s
Woman Weds Three Brothers.
St. Louis. Although sho married
thrlco, Mrs. Jessie Young did not have
to chnngo her namo. All her husbands
were brothers. Tho first and second
husbands wero killed in mlno acci
dents. Sues for $100,000 Damages.
Newark, N. J. Damages of 9100,000
woro asked by tho executors of Louis
C Green, who, they claim, was fatal
ly injured when caught In the suction
3f a speeding Pennsylvania express
train. - .
A Difficulty.
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"What Is I t?"
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A man's Bins find him out eventual
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Now York usea $70,000 worth of
postage stampB every day.
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In the Park at Night.
First Broken-Down Actor Not a
seat to spare. It reminds mo of my
palmy days. Stalls full! Circle, gal
lery, pit all full Just like that.
Second Broken-Down Actor And all
qI 'em fast hsleep. What?
One thousand families control near
ly all the' soil of Mexico. ' .
BEGAN YOUNQ.
Had "Coffee Nerves" From Youth.
"When very young I began using
coffee and continued up to the last six
months," writes a Texas girl.
"I had been exceedingly nervous,
thin and vory sallow. After quitting
coffee and drinking Fostum about a
month my nervousness disappeared
and has never returned. This is the
moro romarkablo as I am a primary
teacher and havo kept right on with
my work.
"My complexion now is clear and
rosy, my skin soft and smooth. Ab a
good complexion waB something I had
greatly desired, I feel amply repaid
even though this were the only benefit
derived from drinking Fostum.
"Before beginning its use I had suf
fered greatly from Indigestion and
headache; these troubles are now un
known. "I changed from coffee to Fostum
without the slightest inconvenience,
did not oven havo a headache. Have
known coffee drinkers, who, were
visiting mo, to use Fostum a weoK
without being tawaro that they wero
not drinking coffeo."
Namo given by PoBtum Co., Battlo
Creek, Mich. Wrlto for booklet, "The
Road to Wellvlllo."
PoBtum comes in' two forms.
Regular (muBt bo boiled).
Instant Postum doesn't require boil
ing but is prepared lnstnntly by stir
ring a level tcaspoonful In an ordinary
cup of hot water, which makes it
right for most persons.
A big cup requires moro and somo
peoplo who like strong things put in
a heaping spoonful and temper it
with a largo supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate and
have It served that way in the future,
"There's a Reason" for Fostum.
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