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CHAIRMAN
BOXING STOPPED
! EOR DRYDOCKING
We Shall Have Chance to See Knights of Padded Mill in Action
. Again in Couple of Weeks, According to Watkins; Honeyman
Gathering Data of Boxers for Blue Box.
TAY vour displeasure, gentle devotee of the
semi-monthly smoker. We are to have boxing
after all, upon the word of Frank E. Watkins,
chairman of the boxing commission, and Chair
man Watkins believes that the gentlemen of
the commission
sion of boxing for the summer meant nothing
more than drydocking ' the grand old sport,
scraping the barnacles from the bottom, giving
her a coat of red
and putting her in shape generally
the old stand.
All of which will be duly, welcome to the fan who gets off from
work early and has nowhere to spend the long evening.
"We
have learned considerable
bout the conduct of box Ins during
the winter and early spring." said
Chairman Watklng, "and we Intend
to make a few changes. Just what,
they will be we have not worked out
In council a yet. But they will be
for the betterment of the sport, you
may rest assured.
Wo M sib room Clnbs Allowed
"One thing Is certain, we are not
going to grant, permits to all of the
applicants who have filed requests.
To do 89 would be to nullify In large
measure the high plane the sport
now has In fprtland. We have
names on the list of fellows who
have never done more than attend
the smokers In casual way who want
to promote., bouts. We can't stand
for this. We must have experi
enced managers for the shows. If
any organisation wishes to stage a
smoker, We shall Insist that the man
at the head of It shall have had
soma experience In-running smokers.
It Is 'the province of the boxing
' commission to protect the patron
and creditors of the smokers and
It cannot always be done by mush
room promoters.
"I am of the opinion that boxing
will start up again In a couple of
week and will run through the
summer If there is a demand for it.
The last show revealed that there Is
a demand for good boxing and,
fortunately. Portland has a cool
place where the shows may be
staged, v If the clubs desire to make
their guests comfortable. The com
mission Is not particularly against
' summer boxing, but we thought It -might
be best to close down for a
breathlng spell."
Beeretary Want "Info"
Secretary Walter B. Honeyman
of the commission has thrown a
bomb Into the ranks of the various
managers of boxers in the North
west. It is a well known fat that
few of the boxers are able to handle
their "medal" affairs. The manager
has to go and get the "medal" and
pin tt on the breast of the boxer
in seven eases out of ten. The
boxer may know how to hit, block,
duck and keep his well groomed
figure off the canvass, but when it
comes to looking up the train sched
ule, arranging for the berths and
buying the railroad tickets, he. is
more or less to the minus.
Judging from the questionnaires
received in Seattle, from Mr.
Honeyman, opinion there Is that the
secretary of the Portland boxing
commission Is giving of his valuable
time In arranging a boxer's "Who's
,Who."
Writes to Them Personally
Writing personally to the boxers
there. Honeyman, so It Is said,
would know their age. weight,
height, color of eyes, absence or
presence of cauliflower ears, em
ployment, names of their bosses,
records In the boxing ring, etcetera,
etcetera It Is not known whether
anybody In Portland has received
any of these billet doux from Walt,
but the boys around Seattle and
Tacoma are wondering what It is
all about t Also, the managers are
wondering whether Honeyman would
eliminate that omnipresent person.
There is this to say about the
managerial, proposition as it relates
to boxing in Portland. When the
club deals with a reputable handler,
it Is pretty- well established that the
boxer will be on hand for the
smoker. All last winter there was
not one Instance of a boxer whose
services were secured through a
manager who failed to show up at
the promised date. The single In
stance of a boxer who failed to ap
pear' was that of Frankle Sullivan,
who did his business affairs directly
- with the club and not through the
usual "third party."
Handling the Temperamental
The manager usually nas more In-
ttlGHTOtiSh
DAIRY v
LUNCH
' union tkaoft imoru1
, 332 Washington St
Oppeslte Wttaiagtea street
t ranee et tae Imperial Hetel i
Tbe mo talked -ot ead-beeiV
theugni-of. eaung place la Pert
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' Have Junt opened an aanex at 't
1X4 Broadway, In the base meal, -
neubllns ur capacity. , ; . . ,
There Is a Reason !M
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SAYS
will concur with him.
It now appears that the announced suspen
lead, washing the busy boilers
for resumption of business at
No Tipping Was
Necessary for
This Personage
When John E. Madden, the noted
breeder and trainer of race horses,
was In England some time ago, he
was on a visit to Charlie Mitchell,
who was training for his fight with
John li. Sullivan that was held In
France, when the Prince of Wales,
later Edward VII of England, walked
Into the training headquarters.
Ultchell, who who well acquainted with
the then prince. Introduced Madden
to htm, and a moment later, as the
prlnee sauntered away, Mitchell said
to the famons horseman :
"Well, what do yon think of him,
John!"
"He's all right," was Madden's
reply. "He's the first man I've met
In England that I didn't expect to
tip."
The prince overheard the remark
and told the story on himself to all
bis friends with great delight.
J
fluence with the boxers than out
side persons and in the case of
temperamental mlttslingers, of which
the woods are full. Is able better to
assure his presence In the ring at
the appointed time.
There la this excuse for the mana
ger, he sees that the boxer gets in
condition to put up the best scrap
that is In his system, secures the
proper kind of seconds and keeps
him in the proper frame of mind
Just preceding and during the con
test Besides that he looks after
his financial affairs, arranging his
dates, etc. Outside of that there is
not much use of having a mana
ger about.
BUY W. S. .
ZENT.WILSON IS
SHOWING HEELS
TO SPRINT BOYS
Oregon Athlete in France Is Win
ner Against Eastern Col
legians on Track.
Oregon City, June 29. That the Ore
gon boys are giving good accounts of
themselves not only in the fighting, aa
has been recorded in the dlSDatchea and
letters from commanding officers, but in
athletic events Is borne out in the fol
lowing self-explanatory communications
received in Oregon CUy today by Sheriff
and. Mrs. V.J. -Wilson and their son,
Gordon., parents . and brother of Kent
Wilson, sergeant first class, medical de
partment camp hospital No. 43, Amer
lean Expeditionary Forces. Acaualnt
ances and colleagues of Kent Wilson at
the University of Oregon, where he was
a leader In football and track circles for
two or three years, and which he was at
tending when he enlisted In the Orea-on
regiment, will be intersted In learning
that he Is making the "swifts" of both
America and France go some.
Meet Held at Blals
Blals. France, May 80, 1918. Dear
Sheriff I had the good luck to run on to
Kent today at a track meet between the
troops stationed around here, held at
Blals. He Is looking fine and seems to
be in his usual con dl ton. He won second
place In both the 100 and 220-yard dashes
aa well aa a place on the winning relay
team. He had a great deal of compe
tition from the French as well aa the
Americans, so you can see he did mighty
well.
The Second Oregon band waa also over
here to play for the event.
BEN HARDING
Decoration Day. Dearest Gordon : We
drove 75 miles in automobiles today to
attend the big A. E. F. track meet at
Blals. I won first place in the 440 and
second place in the 100 and 220. thereby
winning a medal from the French min
ister of war for second highest individual
point winner. . . r
Beat Cross and. Orertoa '
" I won the 440,. beating Cross of Chi
cago and Overton of Tale, who formerly
neia the world's record in thia event I
saw Major Marcellus there and also quite
a few of the Oregon boys, also Ben Hard
ing, who la stationed there at present.
"Will write all about my trip when I
get back. Loads of love. KENT."
i . BUY w. a. .
Wiy Would They
, Steal the Decoys?
Oakland, CiU iuna' 29. Meat is get
ting so scarce and high that thieves are
stealing decoy ducks. Jacob- Pantosky
reported to the-police that someone stole
85 decoy ducks from the Free. Market.
' Pantosky thinks that the! thieves will
try the German scheme of making duck
soup out of the sawdust with, which the
ducks are filled. i
MAY HE MOW
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Here's national pastime's greatest pitcher and his bride of a few weeks.
Cubs. He married Miss Amy Arrants ot Omaha, on his first furlough
until recently he was a buck private in the 342d field artillery. The
Alex may be in training with the "four point sevens" in France.
BABE RUTH
BRINGS UP
HIT VALUE
Flingers Are Not Rare Who Can
Hit Ball, but Bostonian
Is the King.
KTEW YORK, June 29-
Babe Ruth's
11
feats in the outfield for the Boston
Red Sox brine to mind the pitchers of
the past who changed from hurlers to
outfielding demons, and present day
flingers capable of wielding a fearsome
stick at the plate and chasing a fly with
the vigor of a Felsch, Cobb or Speaker.
Fltneists are not rare who can step to
the plate in a pinch and swat the dust
off the ball. These pitchers become
doubly valuable to their ball clubs when
they are pitching, for they supply an
unexpected and worrysome puncn to
the batting order.
Johnson Always a Hitter
Walter Johnson, once called the great
est pitcher in the world, and undoubtedly
a leading candidate for that honor Just
now. Is one of the best hitters in the
American leasrue.
In Cleveland we have the spectacle of
a pitcher being made over into an out
fielder, since Joe Wood cast aside the
fllnger's duties and began" patrolling the
outer' work. Like his brother successes,
Wood's greatest value lies In his ability
to hit 'em far. Ray Caldwell is another
Ben Tlncup is a fine hitter.
Alex Could Hit JtoO
Grover Alexander was a .250 swat-
smith at all times. " Eddie Cicotte adds
to his other claims to fame an ability
to crack 'em at frequent intervals. Earl
Hamilton was a good ' hitter. Gene
Packard knows how, and Claude Hen
drix of the Cubs is often thrown Into
, the- fray as a pinch" hitter.
Clarence Mitchell, now in the army,
was of sufficient value as a hitter that
he rarely had an off day when not
pitching. Lefty Tyler of the Cubs can
stlne them with the best of the National
league's hitters. Earl Tlngliner once
topped the National league. Burleigh
Grimes and Larry Cheney are good
hitters, George -Staler, remember, was
a pitcher first.
uv w. a. a.
World Famous Bouts
Brought Little Coin
The high cost of living may serve as
a; partial excuse for the -exorbitant
financial demands of the present crop
of fighters, but the true friends of the
game would like to see the fighters man
ifest a little more sporting spirit and a
little less commercialism. In the old
days real world champions were satis
fied with smaller purses than are now
demanded by third rate has-beens or
never-wlll-bes.
For example, there was the Paddv
Ryan-Joe " Ooss battle for the heavy
weight championship of the world, which
was pulled off at Collier Station, W. Va
ss years ago. xaay su, 1880. it waa
fought out with bare knuckles and went
87 rounds before Ryan won the victory
ana tne title. There isn't a heavyweight
living today who would go through such,
an ordeal for less than $50,000, and you
can't blame them a great deal, at that.
Tet Ryan cleared up less than $250 for
his hard, won victory.
, Ryan's case was by no means excep
tional- ? Nonpareil ... . Jack" . Dempscy
cleared only $10 or so from one of hla
hardest battles. Heenan made a trip to
England to right Sayers for the cham
pionship of the world, for which he got
a thousand dollars, out of which he had
to pay his own expenses. Sullivan re
ceived much less than that for whipping;
Ryan lnMisslssippL v ;
DOWN HUNS LIKE
'A'ThoughtltWasPalestine
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BILLY
STEPP WRITES
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NoNeedforMorn'sExercise
WE HAVE with us again this morn
ing another of the Inimitable let
ters of Billy Stepp, the Portland semi
pro ball player, who is fighting on the
French front with the boys of Battery A
of Portland.
Readers of humor will tell you that
Stepp has the highly paid Ring Lardner
and H. C. Whitwer backed off the
boards, when it comes to using the bush
league patois. Stepp may not know a
participle from a split Infinitive, but he
writes the, way he talks, and there are
hundreds of baseball fans who know how
Billy talks, which is not an attempt to
be funny.
Well, here goes :
The First Inning
Over Here. Sometime in June, 1918.
Dear rlend Bob : We are at last on the
American front, where bullets, gas and
airplanes are the features. We have
-done away with the overseas caps and
have donned the steel Stetsons and, be
lieve me, they are not like wearing straw
hats like we generally have at home at
this time of the year. Thy are made out
of tin' that Henry couldn't find. to put
Into his Fords.
"We wers called at 4 a. pi. and packed
up and on our way by 10 a. m., on a
long ride through France to the Ameri
can front The boys were piled on flat
cars that would make the Southern Pa--clfic
- weep, while some were lucky to
draw side door Pullmans "1th stems 40
hommes or 8 Chevoux. The roads re
mind one of a trip to Columbia beach
over the St. Johns lines.
If They Ever Get Him
"We drew rations consisting of canned
"WoUy. "or the soldier's pride, and If we
ever get the guy that invented that stuff
he'd better start now and make tracks
hor an interment camp. Canned beans
and a hunk of bread and it was all Jake.
At 1:30 o. m.. we arrived at . We
were given hot coffee by some real live
swell looking American Red Cross
nurses and believe me they were swell. I
I mean the coffee. We must have passed
a million Americans at different camps j
we could see from the flat cars and It
re did make our hearts feel pood. Alone
about 1 9 o'clock we were again dished
out coffee that would make the Million
aires club sick with envy.
Around about 9 n. m. we were treated
to an aerial battle by the attacking
Huns who were trying to bomb Paris but
were chased away by our planes. It
was a wonderful slfrht to see the battle
In the air : It was Just like watehlntr a
Fourth of July celebration at th Oaks.
to see the flaming Mack crosses fan.
Talking It AH Over .
" 'Good morning How did you sleep,
soldier T "Great, only hope I don't get
another night. "When do we eat?" 'Aw,
shut up. lemme sleep!' 'Here comes the
mess sergeant with a box of celebrated
canned corned Wolly to anyone who can
eat it, and also a side order of 'Motzas
celebrated.' and cream, less the cream.
I. didn't ,rJv think we'd come to this,
as we are all Oregon boys, not New York
ers, so the rumor was spread that they
were feeding us 'Motsas to prepare for
the Palestine front. You ought to have
seen the rabbis in our outfit go for it
we have only two and they ate the issue.
We were looking out for our next coffee
station, as the mess sergeant told, us
we would get it in a few minutes, but it
was nine hours later that we got the
coffee.
' "At this coffee station we got bread,
cigarettes (both of 'era) and coffee by
some beauties, believe me. as -Bob, you
don't realise how good It makes you feel
to ses a real, live American girl that can
say Hello' instead of "No com pre. '
-At this":Dase they must have 4000 or
6006 German prisoners and the boys
wanted to get ' at 'em, : as the 'feeling
HE 'DID NATIONAL LEAGUERS
( rhoto l mon Pcif ic Pre Buru
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Cleveland Alexander, late or the Phillies and the
aMer being inducted into the national urnij at Camp Fiinslon. where
couple Tirst met in Alex's home town of St. Paul, Neb. Uy this timo
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AGAIN FROM FRANCE
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among the Yanks is certainly much
stronger Against the Germans than what
the folks at home think.
Some Mansion, Yea, Bot
"We arrived at this place, a midget
French burg where we were billeted out
and you ought to see our new homes.
They have never been used since Noah
was a corporal. They are' old bams with
cobwebs a mile long hanging from the
ceiling. No cots a piece of straw and
some have two, with big, fat. Juicy
"cooties' to entertain you during the
evening. Battery headquarters Is in the
town play house and our top cutter ole
Tom Gorrie has to pass his orders
through the windows, as .the ceiling Is !
too low for him to get in.
"We have turned in all our surplus ,
clothing and are ready to go over the
top on a minutes' notice. We used to
sing, "When Yankee Doodle learns to
shoot the Soixonte Qulnze at the Alla
man,' but now we sing, 'We're going to
raise hell with the Allaman because
Yankee, Doodle sure can shoot them
Soixonte Qulnze.'
Got to Keep Heads Up
"Three of us were sent up after rations
within bullet -range of Mr. Hun and we
were treated to another air battle, where
the yanks put up a barrage of 100 rounds
and brought said planes down, but really
didn't think it was a good place for a
nice, young, healthy Oregon boy to play.
But the boys can't; wait till Cap Dorer
gives 'Fire.' They want to go over now
and get. a few German ears. A fellow
has to keep his head up here as traffic
is thicker than it is at any time at
Thirty-third and Broadway, N. Y., or
Fifth and Washington, dear old Port
land town.
"Well. Bob. old boy. tell the folks at
home not to worry about the boys of
old Battery A aa each and every one is
ready to do his bit to help crush Kaiser
cm.
Yours truly. BILLY STEPP.
Battery A. 147th F. A.. American E. F..
Somewhere, God Only Knows.
my w. a. t.
Jim Hall Goaded F.'
Slavin Into Battle
Jim Hall knocked out Frank Slavin
in the seventh round at London 24 years
ago. May 29. 1894. Both men wye Aus
tralians and both stood well over six
feet in height, but Hall weighed little
over the middleweight limit, while
Paddy, as Slavin was commonly called,
was a full-fledged heavyweight. Slavin
had little desire to meet his countryman
in the ring. Paddy was then running
a sporting resort In London and Hall
often visited the place.
Before drinking his liquor. Hall
would say : "Here's hopln' Paddy Sla
vin will muster up enough, courage tp
fteht' me." At first Slavin nald no .at
tention to these public insulta, but at
last Hall got his goat and the match
was arranged. The London sporting
gentry made Slavin the favorite and" the
ringside odds were 8 to 1 that . Paddy L
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wouia wni) ills nnwr opponent. - In
the first round Slavin waa the aggressor
and chased Hall all over the ring, until
Jim suddenly turned and landed Ms left
on Slavin's chin, knocking him . down.
That blow practically finished the fight,
and although Paddy "weathered ' the
storm until the seventh round, he never
had a chance to win. ? -
That was Hall s last -important vic
tory. On "his return to America he was
knocked out by Joe Otheynskl and soon
afterward retired freak the game.
Fred Mitchell Uses
Stallings System
"There is no secret about my method
of selecting pitchers," said Fred Mitchell
of the Cubs. "Every one knows in ad
vance who I am going to use, for I select
four men and work them every day.
"My idea Is to work the hurlers every
fourth day and the men can get them
selves in shape for their battles. At pres
ent my first string consists of Douglass,
Vaughn, Tyler and Hendryx, with Carter.
Aldrldge, Walker and Weaver in re-1
serve. The last four are used in emer
gencies and they can be seen in the bull
pen, warming up every day."
This Is the same system used by
George Stallings when he won the pen
nant with Rudolph. Tyler and James in
1914. It worked once and. Judging from
the standing of the Cubs In the pennant
race, It is likely to come through again
BUY W. S.
Many Hones in Training
Over 200 horses are located at North
Randall to compete in the opening events
of the Grand circuit, which will be held
there July 8 to 12.
BLAZE FORTH
ON THE FOURTH
In One of My Snappy Styles in
MEN'S SUITS
at $20, $25, and $30
Be as sane as the sane Fourth by com
ing upstairs to my second floor low
rent store and saving dollars in your suit
selection.
(Broadway&AldeI
Trade Upstairs
Save Your
Lt Open Saturdau Until 8 R M.
PENINSULA
WITH FOUNDATION I
ON VAUGHN ST. LOT
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Winner of Shipyard League Contest
header Scheduled to Be Played
ifer-Clarkson Team to Battle
WO of he three leadingtcams of the Columbia-.
Willamette Shipbuilders' Baseball league the :
Standifer - Llarkson and the Mccormick Ship- ;
building company teams of St. Helens will bat-
tie this afternoon on the St. Helens jjremnds. . The
contest is expected to be a pitching battle between a,
Herman Pillette of the Standifer team and Oscar -Harstad
of St. Helens.
The Corn foot club, the other undefeated team '
in the shipyard circuit, will play the Grant Smith- -Porter
club in the second game on the St. Johns
grounds this afternexm. the Supple & Rallin and Columbia River
teams being scheduled to meet in the first game, which will start
at 1 :.'50 o'clock.
A fast game is expected to be
played on the Vaughn street grounds
between the players representing the
Peninsula and Foundation yards.
''Buck" Keith is hopeful of winning
so that his team can get another
crack at the Portland Buckaroos.
The defeat handed Peninsula by the
Bucks two weeks ago Is still stick
ing In "Buck's" craw, and he is
anxious to turn tables on Judge
McCredle's salaried youngsters.
LaCloustra will do the hurdling
for Peninsula and opposing him will
be either James or Evans. Peninsu
la's Infield has been weakened by the
loss of Downey. The Foundation
team has been playing great ball
during the past week under the
spangles of the Vancouver, Wash.,
club.
Two Games At St. ohm
The two games at St. Johns should
be well worth Beeing. The t'ornfoot
team under the leadership of Pearl
Casey, the veteran player and um
pire, and If they centime to dis
play the form shown In the first
two games of the season they will
give the other clubs a hard race
for the top position. "Suds" Suth
erland will do the pitching for Corn
foot and opposing him wilt be Wayne
Barham.
The Grant Smith-Porter team has
been weakened In the past week by
the loss of "Brownie" Prichard. Who
entrained with a contingent of draft
men for Camp Lewis, and Primely,
who is working for the Cernfoot
tean. There is no chance of Primely
playing with Cornfoot.
Menth will pitch for Supple ec
Ballin against the Columbia, team,
while Jack Randall will probably
start Cronln or Madison against
Emmett Oogers outfit, which will
be strengthened within . the next
week by several players from the
Pacific Coast International league.
Bogart C'ansot Flay
Practically all the clubs In the
league are dickering for players of
the P. C. I. circuit. Eddie Bogart.
who Jumped the shipyard circuit,
wants to come back, but President
Bay has taken the stand that he be
kept on the suspended list as he waa
given ample notice that he would
not be allowed to play any games
In the leagues If he should Jump.
Seven days remain In which the
league teams can secure players
from leagues of higher rating than
class B. This means that .any
players of the Pacific coast league
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You'll Find Quality,
Style and Value
All Here
One of My $3 HATS Will
of July Outfit
PRIGINAL
Dollars
TO VIE
to Battle Buckaroos; Double-;-
on St. Johns Grounds; Stand- v
McCormicks at St. Helens. f
Lee Magee Goes
Well Any Place .
They Shove Him
Lee Mas, seennd bairmta et the
rinclsaatl Reds, U after the versa
tile player rrown held by Hy Meyers
of the Dodgers. Mage seems te
at borne at any poiitlos on the field.
Ranking at one of tbe tbree best
nntflelders In tbe National leagse
fonr year ago, Magee Jemped to the
Federal, where be was plared at
Krrond bane and led tbe leagae Is
tbat position. He Is now playing
tblrd bar, for the Reds bereave
Heinle Grob l ill. Lee is also pail
Ing the ball sronnl tbe JM mark.
Iiifr this week if they want to play -
Several of the. teams are known .
to be after coast league players
and before the time limit expires ,
some deals are expected to be made Y.'-v
known.
SUV W. a. a
Half-Shot Difficult ',
One for Golf Player
The half-shot, with either mldiron or
mashle. which so few golfers master, is '
recognized by Francis Ouimet as the
most difficult stroke In the game. In av ,
recent article credited to the Woodland -"
golfer stress Is laid on the necessity for .
keeping at this department 'until It Is
mastered. Once realising the value of
the half-shot. Ouimet says that for s
time he played little else. He declared
that after watching Hilton and other
stars in England he became convinced .
that the half-shot was the one to work -.
for. In the opinion of the western tunc
- teur champion, the reason why the pro--, .
! feasionals as a class outrank the ama-
teurs is because they know how to han
dle the mldiron or mashle for the half- . ..
shots.
BUY W. S. t.
Minnesota to Play fSevcn Game , -,
University of Minnesota favors play"",'
Ing football next fall. Seven gamss are ';
on ita schedule, beginning September
I 28 with North Dakota and concluding.
November 23 with Michigan. The latter
game will be played at Ann Arbor.
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