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Ruttman Has Chance To Win AAA Crown

By Art Wright

- By ART WRIGHT NOW THE big job facing

winning auto racing's national championship title.

No Indianapolis winner has done it the year he won

the “500” since Wilbur Shaw earned the title in 1939.

“Terrific Troy” Ruttman is Boston Red Sox..

te] Grissom Hurls 5 Hitter fo | Top Bosox, 7-3

By United Press BOSTON, May 3 31'— Red{haired Marv Grissom sailed /to an easy five-hit win today \as the Chicago White Sox slugged out a 7-3 win over the

‘Grissom, ‘a Detroit Tiger castoff and then a 20-game winner with Seattle of the Pacific Coast 'League, struck out eight Boston

Eight 500-Mile classics have been] run since then, Although the “500” is the na-| tion's outstanding speed classic, it doesn’t carry the title, The speed crown goes to the driver, earning the most points in races/r, of at least 100 miles. on. mile] tracks during the season. {charger shaft twisted off. LJ # » ” - RUTTMAN GOT 1000 points for| NO. 55, BOBBY BALIL—Brokhis victory and will get a chance ey transfer gear case, The frac-| to add 200 more next Sunday aft- tyre probably started when "the

it continued, AAA officials said. No.. 21, Chet Miller — Supercharger shaft sheared off: No. 73, Frank Armi — Gear ilure in rear axle. No. 36, Duke Nalon — Super-|

ernoon in the 100-miler at the car was pushed by hand at the! four singles in five times at bat,

Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in! start of the race. * Milwaukee. Points for the first No, 27, Tony Bettenhausen— 10 at Milwaukee will be: 1st, 200; Engine stalled during pit stop. 2d, 160; 3d, 140; 4th, 120; 5th, 100;/Crew was unable to start it be6th, 80; 7th, 60; 8th, 50; 9th, 40; 10th, 30. Points earned in the “500” by|in engine. the first 10 were: 1st, Ruttman, | 1000; 2d, Jim Rathmann, 800; 3d, | pressure. Sam Hanks, 700; 4th, Duane Carter, 600; 5th, Art Cross, 500; 6th, pressure due to oil leak. Jimmy Bryan, 400; 7th, Cpl. Jim-| Nb.

nor, 250; 9th, Cliff Griffith, 200; due to sump pump failure). “10th, Johnnie Parsons, 150. | *- 8 =» ® ns = OF THE 35 Indianapolis racesfic inside thé Indianapolis Speed-|

run prior to this year, only 14] way grounds race day rates a| big salute for the Armed Forces Recruiting Service: Service peo-|

winners have taken the champion-| ships title’ the year. they won.

{could have resulted in a fire if

lcause the outside starter faileq SC0red five runs on four hits as to work, No mechanical failure 10 Men went to bat against starte

No. 34, Rodger Ward—No oll Randy” Gumpert, Ivan Delock and No. 48, Spider Webb—Low ofl 9, Andy Linden—Exces- 'singled for the first Red Sox hit

my Reece, 300; 8th, George Con-isive oil in crank case. (Probably °{f Grissom and stole second.

THE SMOOTHER flow of trat- OP Fred Hatfield's double.

batters as he notched his second win against three losses. The White Sox made it easy sailing. for the fireballing 34-year-old righthander as they pounded 12 hits off four Red | Sox hurlers. .. LEADING THE visitors’ attack were former Red Sox Outfielder| Sam Mele, who blasted homeruns! in the fourth apd sixth innings {his fifth ‘and sixth of the year. {Chico Carrasquel chipped in with

and Nelson Fox hit a*double and [two singles. | The White Sox hid thelr biggest inning in the sixth when they

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r Ray Scarborough, ‘the loser, . Bill Wight. The Red Sox scored two runs; {in the fifth. Vern Stephens

illy Goodman's fly advanced Stephens ‘to third and he scored Scarborough” then singled Hatfield. home. ‘The other Red Sox score

came on Walt Dropo's sixth |y,nkees treated Babe Ruth

Jack Dempsey Ducking Wills Was Ring Myth

By JOE WILLIAMS NEW YORK, May 31--There are two historic canards in sports which stubbornly resist truth and fact. One is that {Jack Dempsey ducked Harry Wills, the other is that the

or thelr eyes on that one , . .

They are: 1916, Dario Resta; 1919, [ple (includes WACs) from ail] M°Merun in the seventh inning. PAATReF. Howdy Wilcox; 1921, Tommy Mil-| {services reported traffic condi-| CHICAGO | BOSTON age ton; 1022, Jimmy Murphy; 1925, tions, to De rot snarls, via| wouthae 3 4.3 2 DiMassine TT § 4] Maybe one reason these fables’ Pete DePaolo; 1928, Lou Mejer} |walkie-talkie. The state ‘police hott ws} : oiflorsalet o # 3 o persist is that so many people pre1930, Rilly Arnold; 1931, plane reported ‘where “jams” | rad dh’ - 8 8 litenhar Te 40 i o/fer to believe Schneider; 1933, Lou Meyer; 00 ¢, might occur and trafic was di-| ele.rf 32} : ten nas 3 1% §/them than other“Wild Bill” Cumniings; 1935, Kel-/ verted to other -aréas of the in-jeiare, 3 1 3 lDrepaid = 4 } § i wise. But perly Petillo; 1937, Wilbur’ ‘Shaw; /fleld. Some 4000 cars were parked Coleman. 344 o Wilber 304 ¢| sist they do.’ It 1938, Floyd Roberts; 1939, Wilburoa the golf course, something Grissom.» iis ? Gum ad $.6 & o Seems to me I've 5 ow WA" 13d Berens o lares - The National Championship | a5 Toure sana

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apotis. C. The “drivers inde I car Troy Ruttmann drove to M5

tee 2 te; Stephens,

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life trying to set

EAC the other Day iil. heen- fighting steadily.

carries twice the points of the

victory nevér-has seen an Indian-|

5.20; Famous Corner (A. koronsky, Pulaski Count y Speedway at 7 40 4.40; Victoria Cross (J, Adams), 3.00 . Winamae | 4-My Dividend (A. Skorons hs 15.20 . 6.40, 5.00; (dh-Lueky Codine (U, Erg,

“hause pipe was hurned off and

flow of air for cleanng out gases

apolis race . . "and ¥he -didn't_see!

100 millers.

RUNS BATTED IN—Mele 2: Hattjerd, aE Carresquel, Fe alaife

Throneberry’s | is doubted, for

Bre I a Fex conversion: con-

shabbily by not naming him

| precise way he'd put it but it was! the core of his thinking. He'd been out of actiofi three years. He needed a tune-up. Wills,

at 34, six years older than Tup-|

ney, never a fast mover, fitted the bill perfectly. Besides, Wills had| had only six fights in the last three years. In '25, year before the first Dempsey-Tunney fight, he had fought only six rotinds.

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» nn. ” " DEMPSEY NEVER cared who he fought. They all looked alike! to him.. By now he was broke after a Hollywood ‘splurge and

. this one -either. But Mrs. Aga- Ea ah aur double in 4ii ves tortuous. Williams d Eafian is in Indianapolis today. *3Wo nase. HITS Hatfield, Lotlar.. : : oda (She left her West Coast home| HOME RUNS—Mele 2 D . un. Races 10 Sar. ARS Dayton early yesterday morning because ACKER RATE Smtr “a USUALLY the Dempsey myth SP Day “Aggie” telephoned her after Fri- man to Drover Goodman te 8 phens 30! lifts its matted, mildewed noggin (0.) Speedway and llams| 0 race d insisted sh t to/Drove; Carrasawel to Fox to Robinsen; Grove (Pa.) Speedway, AAA] vs an Ras . she get 0 Miran te For to Robinson. ~~ lin the course of one of those in-| sprints, afternoon. to help take ° Be Jus as postible \ BASES OX BALLS Grisso 8 &, Seer: escapable discussions of “Who- " MIDGETS —Kansas City, Mo. : STRUCK OUT~ Grissom 5. Scarborsnsh did-he-whip?” with the .accomAAA sanctioned, night. 67 Tee ce OF oY Bearbroueh . in & ; tnaines: panying inference that he plainly] STOCK CARS — Indianapolis’ ayn o oy wanted no part of the Old Black W. 16th St. Midget Speedway, In Women's Tourney a I pt ES Sertatoueh (Min- Menace. Specdrome, Kokomo Speedway; gixty.seven entrants wil] tee off, Wi NING Mie fiom (3-3): | _ Far ‘from it, Dempsey was Mt. Lawn Speedway at ‘New i,m. iow in the annual one-day! ER rca a eI n niries;| eager to meet. Wills and the. only Castle, Armscamp SpeedW2y ating and gross golf tourney spon-| Prue 2:3 thing ‘that stopped him was that Alexandria, Monticello Speedway, | sored by .the Indianapolis Wom-| ATTENDANCE—10.562. Tex Rickard refused to. make all‘ at night; Pulaksi County on. Golf Association at Broad- - : the match. Nobody would know Speedway, Winamac, afternoon. |p... Softball Notes | more about that than big Jim - ” #” !

The first tee trio. of Mrs. Louis! W. 16th ST. Speedway elimi- Bolg, Mary Jane Bannerman and!

nates its Wednesday night stock nrg. Charles EE, Ray will tee off] meet

car racing this week and goes oniat 8:30 a. m. Teeing off from a two-nights-a-week schedule.|the 310th tee at 8; Randall Mitchell, track manager, | Walter Reeves, Mrs. Iph Cole! says it’s because the roughneck!snq Mrs. John Hendricks. En-| competition is taking a heavy toll tries will be accepted at the ‘ees.

dll be Mrs. | Onto:

i Farley, who was running hoxthal] 5 joday starting ing in New, York at the time

« +o and pretty soon running Wn = Aman Turns. in The opener. Dempsey, Rickard ir Tunney rst of

& three game : ‘The Emmert Grain Girls of Cincinpatt| out of New York, at a cost of

Four

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Ri 17S have won’ the Mette Cioey! nobody kiibws how much to the Ss - tau urant Girly at i: a 1 os 3 Night| city in taxes, pleasure money |CA T t [Fiorlsts, Go i enaen'® champs. Allied and. tourist trade. agles

Farley was using the boxing

competition and thus more thrills] for the fans... if that's possible.

The record crowd which turned out for the AAA midget |

of cars. He predicts the new

schedule of Saturday and Sunday night races will result in closer By United Press AT SUFFOLK DOWNS

races there the night before the |, L-Lefty Jim (I. Spinale, 940. 4g “500” has the fans talking aby Hl "®. Sorpemente; 3. 55

about the “terrific comeback” of the midgets, The drivers got a $7800 purse, the largest ever paid for midgets on a quarter- |8,40, 4.80 6. mile track. At least 11,000 fans | Sant Buy’ (D. Madden). "14.60, 8.40 1

2—Lusmores (J. Smith), 17.40, 9.20, 5.20; Annar (R. asst 11.60, 7.60; [sie McCabe (M. Wilder), 5.00. | Daily Double $94.48 |

0 ep a

| | (including those who *crashed” [4.4 Won (R. Borgemenke), { (3:00; Preate Jean (C. Roberts), 4.80, the gate) saw the midgets go. ls Su Rusher | ®. Gonrales). 1 v . - ay K. 1 er), 8.40, Note to gate crashers: It prob- [3.60 3.80; Ra La ably -won’t be possible to |; 3-Crand Demand (PF, Young), “speak in” to the next one. (120: salpio Sorted of mw

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7.40. 4.80,

Sunday afternoon,

80; opep (

Im 2—Hard to .Get, (W. E. Snyder), 41.00, Ik { Pern 100-Mile AAA {1580 880; Hal's Linda. (A. Bopara), re pl Bob egnander, i

commission as a show window for his political ambitions, a {blueprint his successors have fol-/ lowed without deviation but with-| jout corresponding success, not| {having “the sagacity 418. 3.20: ‘master, and his energetic espousal | jof Wills was no more thag a!

ESULTS

13.30; Striker Pilot (E. Araron Dally Dauble $1 118. 5.30 3—Model Quest (E. Arcdr Bellare Jet ‘q aporen), 2 26,

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2.40.

12.50;

AGRmE ph

man), 3.80. |

2.40. 2.10; Devilweod (T. Atrinseny, 330|COquettish” bid for the Har em 12.30; Jamie K.. (A, Widman), 2.40. vote. aBelalir-Stud-Phipps entry. = = = 5—Heap Big Chief (C. McCreary), 310 1330: Grover B, (E Arcaror 186 21%! CONTRARY TO A continuing 303 TO > ‘CATO 5 5.00: Golden Gloves" Wail), 3.36, 44d9;| Impression, Dempsey at no time i En Boland), 5.60. on os held Tunney lightly, Never once ~pBenna ICRro o {2.80: Gillie olny (8. Dimauro), 3.90, | did I hear him make a belittling {3.10: Novel Request (T. Atkinson), 3.60. |

comment on Tunney as a fighter and I was the first sports writer] {in his camp when he started to

8—Props (J. N. Hardinbrook), 19.50,! 9.40, 5.20; Ellen Deas (W. Boland), 11.40, 6.30; Brown Dalton (D. Gorman), 3.40

first. . . .

> " 1, 3 AT DELAWARE They've “tightened up” the sit- rr Nddle Bus (H, Keene), ag 380: 280: 4 Prince Dare (R. Sister, 15.30, 7.50. train for his comeback. rif uation which existed with this [Songbird (D. Madden: 240 SMwilony Dick (M. Basle), 420. 300: qu, eehoes of the Wills | week's overflow—erowd 8—Idio (A. Tavares), 7.40. 4.80, 3.60: G-Two (P. McLean), 10.60. 3 hoes ol the camP > - [Power Drunk (A. P. Martines), 4.80, 3.40; |_3—Snofun (P. McLean), 11.30, 6.70, 5.10 ‘| paign (Farley had considerable. | The next AAA midget cham- |Dr. Moore (J. Spinale). 3.40. |Barquette (C. Erickson), 13.30, 7.60; Inch- . lonshi t 16th St. Is set |¢ fo Camoalmer (HL Keenel! 780. 440 cobar (E. Wood), Desble fist. | suport in the New York press) | plonshlp race a # BCT 1330 Rosy ‘scene ‘hx. Wonder) 380. "| 3 conty Bay F. Mcleasyr 570, 330. had net yet expired. More than | for June 28. [2.90; Star Of Persia (J. Servis), 6.70. once the subject came up in ow. AT DETROIT (450: Andre (R_ Nash): Si. © C0 -. atodly D Pp : l—Chevron Ace. (E. Van Hook). 680.|3 3. ed Nor | camp and repeated umpaey | Future Races [430 300 Lag Royens, B wancantoresh| 3 Be he oh) apo ndes) 3:30. 2.50: 4 dicated by indirection his rea ae SPEEDWAY CARS — Next 640. eMac wrrero)| Fide" on gal i 2 5%: Jou gret he wasn't meeting Wills | I

1; Saturday night, Toledo, O., Sunday night,” Kansas City, all| AAA sanctioned.

{ Mock liattle (E. Danhaueri, | Double Blush (R. Spencer )ag.20 T—Big Jet (E. Van Hook),

90 0 7.60; 28.80. 1120,

{ 4.86, Proudly oF: Billigton); "Lda. 3.00, 2.80: 5.40. 400: Lochlady (H. B. Wilson), 3.40.!

{had enough common sense to

needed dough desperately. But he

realize Wills, old, rusty and slow, would give him much less trouble than the younger, sharper, more ambitious Tunney, who ‘was also ~—as Dempsey always argued--a| much better fighter than most people believed. So if you don't mind we'll call the undertakers in and let them dispose of the remains of the Dempsey - ducked - Wills fiction for all time. From the beginning it was a hoax. Rickard had found the aftermath of Johnson-Jefferies so unpleasant he had fears there would. be more of the same if Dempsey met Wills. That's the reason and the only reason the match was never made. » » ~

TO GET TO the Babe and managing the Yankees. This _subject was exhumed at the Wykagye Golf - Club the other. day and I was surprised that one of the] round table guests, Paul Carey,

of the old/the distinguished coachman, and |

{head of the Ruth Foundation, was, not even fully informed.

Actually Ruth had no one to | blame but himself that he did | not get a chance to manage the | Yankees. All he had to do was to sit still and the 0b would | have fallen into his lap. Instead he demanded a show-| down between himself and Joe Mc-! Carthy (who by then was being derisively called “Second Place Joe”) and the late Jake Ruppert, shocked by the explosive ap-| proach, decided then and there that Ruth did not have the proper

{temperament to run his ball club. |

Diplomacy was never one of the!

|Babe’s sterling virtues. A similar-|

(ly demanding attitude cost him

|whatever chance he’ might have

3.40; Burnham Wood (

3—-Maudeaux (R. L. Stevenson), - 26.20, 11.60, 8.00; Wily Willie*(J. A. Regalbuto), 10.40, 7.00; Zusie B. (R. Permane), 8.20.

6.40: Rigmarole (W. Zakoor). 8.80. 5:00: b STOCK CARS—Friday night, Bisck Bantam (K. Robero). 340. AE Re ere SAT vi 2200 ~~ 8—-Turban . (A, oF onaral, 21.00, 30. £0:11080: R : a = Richmond (Ind.) Speedway andterry’s Cane i% “M:. Cooks i 80: | Secnay AR 2 vera, a. +90. vio: — Lafayette Speedway; Saturday Miss 8 Razoo JR. Lawless), 2. jo en » o-DAnEer Abend, ir Solimens.. 13.80. pr night, Indianapolis’ W. 16th St. Queen Apache (K. Ruberison), 10.40. 7.40.1 3.00. and, 7H. 1 son), § Speedway and Sun Valley Speed- [Andy Joe (A Fagare). Lo Is. Saat Yarmouth, wo Mann). 14:40. way at Anderson; next olis W.| L-Sgecific (8. Baldwin). 6.60. 3 a0. 380: 34; Rotliexin Lad. (k, Rodrigues, a3 (June 8), night, Indianapolis W.!| uch" Favor (7. Heckmann: 460 330;{, S-Tlest FAA en e . 16th St. Speedway; Speedrome, | Rare Jewel (H. Lindberg), §.60. (330. B40: wisusst c. Bierman), 11.80, Kokomo Speedway: Mt. Lawn —Jamal-(K. Church), 19.40. 9.40, 7.30; |°%) Fresle, of Bu wl. 10. 1. 132 N. EAST ST. : Auto Message (W. Cox). 7.80, 5.60; Roman 3 go; Primate (P. Anderson), 0 2% Speedway at New Castle; Alex-| Vulcan (J, Adams), 8.40. | Topetd (R. Perman andria Speedway at New Castle; Daily Double $58.60 1rk-of Panneli),

Monticello Speedway; afternoon; %g Teh Ram J. Heckman

2 » » 14.20, 5.90; pa Like Hover A. e. MAI, 6.60,

7.80; Dead Heat Jor

x 3—-Wye River a), 9% 00, v ! Bella ure DANI, 5.60, HERE'S the official word from | 3 "730: Fancy Sten ai pond. h So; Crank Handle sino $48. pecs the AAA on what caused the 13| 19.20, 8.30; Roxy Waser, 10, prob #), 4.40.) Dally Double cars to be elmiinated from the's so Piyamamin ‘1 CB Cisco: a 4; = Floeinas 0. Risse), 0.0. “500.” [9-9: Siafecats AL Jieckmann. 3 ag 2d. 3.00: Atware Late iJ, Fitegerald), No. 28, Bill Vukovich--A loose seward (K. Church). out. out; Andy’ BW. Meee Ms ML." Sotrentinods. 3.40 tJ. D. Jessop), out (D. 3%: i bracket on steering arms caused '’j “Vantage (J Heckmann: 7.80, 4.40, 3.80. 180; Bills sun Seaces), 1 the car to hit the wall and a|300: Constant Susan of Adams: 4.80. “5 Sele “I "feague) 5.80,

2: R 8 (A, PF fuol 4 pivot pin was sheared in the im-/>5 morn io Win 4, Skoron hit 1 pact, i 5.20

830: Slbbering 3 Hom i. Hee a No. 12, Alberto Ascari—A right .

Al : a Grant) sed, AT BELMONT -Ballinakill oh. ’ { rear wire wheel hub collap ~The Dervish (N. Wall, "89.50. 1390, 3.80: ley Ba Carrillo) i 3 a0 No. 33, Bob Scott Broken drive Hipey (hun Su Beast, ‘is ||P tp tii Toe. 3 2 No. 93, Bob tt— en drive Ha i TE RACY a Tlancre fantinos, h Lens (N, uk', 12.20, 540,340; nn .20, shaft, 3 to hake ans N, Shull 330. 24k |3e Same. 1. amon Tart

25.40, 18.407 Wise Miwe (PF, ear Si, Platoon (8S. Williams), 3.80,

8.00; Kroesette Honor (J, Purser)

12.00, Ct Yuma (A, Russo), 520, 4.30; Mams *18an (F, Law), 6.60,

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jh flubbed into 11 bunkers, traps or Bf roughs during the 31-hole duel. |

margin in 18 years.

playing a man who already,

lateurs. But on this treacherlous seaside course today, it was

IStranahan, the “amateur pro,” who collapsed under pressure and

He drove into thé river once and] lost his ball like a Suriday duffer.

Young Ward blew putts of less | than three feet on three of the first six holes, but then pulled] even and took a 2 up lead by| winning four of the last five holes! on the morning round. In the aft-| ernoon he methodically chopped| down the Toledo, O., strong boy | by winning five out of the first | nine holes. ; er] » - » LAWSON, LITTLE beat J. Wal-| lace, 14 and 13, in 1934, and since then there has been only one final |as lopsided as the one played to-| day, It was won, ironically, by| Stranahan, who beat Dick Chapman of Pinehurst, N. C,,.8 and 6, for the 1950 title. ‘ ; Stranahan never stopped fighting before today’s sparse gallery of 1000, and he scored an eagle three on the 503-yard 30th hole ito stave off an even worse beating than he finally took. But o the very next hole, the end came. Stranahan overshot the green with a too-powerful third shot, and then chipped back short, reaching the green in four. Ward |

{sank a 15-foot putt.

College Star H alts Jitters to Crush Stranahan, 6 and 5

By United Press

PRESTWICK, Scotland, May 31—Harvie Ward, a year-old ex-U.8. collegiate champion from Tarboro, N. C., overcame a case of first - round putting jitters today to crush veteran campaigner Frank Stranahan,6and i9, to win the British Amateur Golf Tournament by the second biggest

The title was Ward's first international crown, and to get it he was

(

when Ward missed a two-footera 15-foot putt for a birdie, thad won two British am- ‘Ward got it back on the next - hole by holing a 10-footer for a the pirdie of his own.

for another bogey.

STRANAHAN T OOK seventh when he was on in two while Ward was” trapped, but {Ward went 1 up after the first

{nine by taking the eighth when

he sank a four-footer for a birdie! and the ninth when Stranahan’s| second shot bounded into the rough. Stranghan took a i-up lead by winning both the 10th—when his second shot landed eight feet {from the pin—and the 11th—when he sank an l11-footer. But Ward started a string of four straight on the 14th. He won 14 with a birdie when he was on in two and He won-15 dt par four when Stranahan missed a three-footer. He won 168 with another birdie on a sixfoot putt, And he won 17 when| Stranahan drove into the rough and then lost his ball on his| second shot. ’ Ward now was away and wing ng.

HE LOST the 19th when he over-shot the green but took the next three straight, He won 20 and 21 at par when Stranahan | missed a three-footer and then hooked his tee shot. He won 22 with a birdie when he went on in two six feet from the pin for a {putt dead to the cup. He won 25 | when Stranahan hit a bunker

Stranahan’'s eagle camé on the 30th, He used a No. 3 wood to put his second shot eight feet {from the pin, and he sank the putt, - But the next hole was No. 31 —and that's when Ward finished iit off, Stranahan smiled wanly, but was undaunted. “I've got to catch a plane tonight,” he said, “I've got to qualify for the ue 8. Open Monday.

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