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Cleveland1 Cops Ninth in Rw; Otfs Infield Playing Good Ball, Too Replace Ifonkees Atop Loop f0 u &xtam, Oragon. Wadnaa dcry - Saw our Senators play in V :, Tacoma over the weekend, and although Impressions gained after only a few games don't amount to much, listed are the highlights noted: Playing conditions were worse than any seen in the past four years' openers. In Sunday's doubleheader a gale was blow ing out of the south, and snow was actually expected any min ute. No need saying it was brutal on the players, all ot them. Most of Saturday's opener was played In a downpour in fact it was started in the rain. Kenny CUw will definitely win ball runes. He had the pener Ms hip. but a couple f calls by Amby Moraa's part ner, newcomer Ed Harris, on the bases, caused more than a little commotion. The coldness could be blamed lor the miserable showing of all hurlers who worked Sunday. Moore and Smith had nothing compared to what they showed aere in spring work. Schanz was worse than that but staggered through. Kelly and Holmes were than the wind. It was evi dent that all but Schanz had not had enough spring training. Moore was getting by splen didly on what he had until Clint Cameron forgot to touch first base on one of Johnsons perfect throws with two onto. Be could have gotten jnto the clear at that as the next two Tacoma batters tapped ground ers that could have Just as easi ly been errors, another on Cam eron and one on George, but they went for infield hits. The Ant was a high bouncer at Cameron-he tried to field it on the short hop. but succeeu ed in kicking It all over the i .nil it went for a hit. George had his In time but took too long to throw It and It went for another hit. Then the deluge started. Seven runs on what we figured was three hits, three errors, two walks and none of them earned. Moore had fanned Roy Youn ker and Morry Abbott for the first two outs, too. Steal Department Okeh The Solon sock department will do all right Gonzales, Leinlnger, Warren and Cailteaux were hit- Hn Vm on the nose, especially Gonzales. Bill Johnson had a bod day nd went hitiess in both games, fanning twice with the boses loaded, and that's unusual. . . ... aalT'mako n"threw to second . thai page, a no vac r uuwhw ...... there wasn't enough practice time. Whoever said that Abbott and Holmes were in shape were pooling, as Abbott looks Just like Ruckr Harris did most of the . m. v a u can't see his belt buckle for his midsection. . The Senator outfield of Gon sal Petersen and Leininger iook . . Very good, mey nauiea gome swell catches. But when you aeo a man tag up tnira ana score after Pete gathers one from short center, you know they're not ready yet Diminutive Del 8 careers arm Is still troublesome, out no bandied 12 chances faultlessly. and rapped two bits in his de- pat Monday night He's capable of making a lot of fans forget all nbeat Bunay Griffith's nhortstopptng. Pete Win Argument Petersen won his first argu ment as a Skipper Sunday when Del Holmes attempted to bunt a third ' strike. Amby Moran, be hind the plate, gave no indication whether he was out, still at bat or in the dugout and Holmes stayed right in the batters' box. Petersen Dew in from center, the P argument began and wound up l with Ambys partner giving Am y the tip-off mat Holmes had ctuslly attempted to bunt Alf Cailteaux looked fine at I aecond base, coming up with some nice plays. He and Schroer teamed for the Solons' first dou ble play Monday. As soon as they became keystone acquainted, they should take care of that part of the diamond okeh. v Tacoma has a fine infield Art Liny at abort looked par-. tJculariy above per. Dave Moll- tor at third has a powerful arm, but appeared weak on ground kails. Roy Tounker is playing eoandV and Charlie Benson, who led the Pioneer loop la - rapping last rear, is on lb. The Tigers definitely do aot look strong at the plate, however. Salem may not have the poten tial power the Tigers but should outhit L,cpj Appear uen ' . First series indications point to Cob Brown's Capganoa as the No. f - nina nf fhm eimiit Brown's Cock of optionees, some of whom - Salem might have had, are go- Morning, April 23. 1942 war -boomed, city gone crazy Meet the Solons Meet Delbert "Diminutive Del" Schroer, pint-sised shortstop of our Salem Senators. Del is It years eld, hasn't had to regis ter for the draft yet, stands 5 feet 5-inches In height and weighs 14S pounds. He's also a Portland boy, born and raised In the Kese City and calls It homo now. This Is Del's first year In professional ball, having played with Medford of the State wheel last year. He bit .325. The pee-wee shertpaich er Is equipped with speed, a good arm and has been referred to by many as the sensational type fielder. He also can hit a long ball despite his six. Del made his professional debut Monday night at Tacoma, handl ing 12 fielding chances without an error and got two hits. A sore arm has hampered his spring work, but as soon as It heals sufficiently, Del can be expected to cavort at short m commendable fashion. Should he continue to play as he has proven he Is capable of playing, he will bolster the Solon Infield to a great extent Makes an Ideal lead-off Bevo-Oak Opener I Weathered Off Tuesday night's scheduled Oakland-Portland baseball game at Portland was postponed due to unfavorable conditions. A doubleheader wfll be playod Thursday night, the first game starting at S pm. I Ing great guns, especially in the pitching department When the i rMt of th unrii--rnin4 ben of the loop get in shape it ,hould develop into an even chase for the flag. That is, if Vancou jver doesn't get too big a Jump on tne rest of the field. Petersen said Monday that When the Solons return to Sa lem next Tuesday, May f, to open the local season, they will have played themselves tn shape, found the best combina tion available, but will stOl be looking for another first base man and pitching help. With such help our Senators can stack up with any of the other three dubs. Nat Ace With Broken Leg v. . What hopes the Wsaldagtoa Senators had for a high second 3vk4oa showing this year reecrrea another Jolt when EsnU rDutch' their No. 1 pitcher receive a broken leg sliding tnU first lag a gasnu with the Boston Ked Sex tn the capital. kmuekleaoll cpectaSst, is shown foe at least a month. The aat hobble nusn the clubhouse. Hit Hapless A's For Top Rung; Bombers Bow PHILADELPHIA, Apra 28-CP) The Cleveland Indians notched their ninth . consecutive victory Tuesday and , gained - undisputed possession of first place In the American league with a 8 to 4 victory over the Athletics. The Tribe climbed into top place as the New York Yan kees dropped a S to 1 decision to St. Louis. Led by Jeff Heath who pounded eat two singles and s triple, the Indians socked two A's hurlers for IS bite while Jim Bagby gave up a similar number but was tough la the clutches. Cleveland 020 300 010-4 IS 0 Philadelphia .000 101 0114 IS 0 Bagby and Desautels; Knott, Christopher (4) and Wagner. Browns Bop Yanks NEW YORK, April teP) The St. Louis Browns bounced off the floor of a nine-game losing streak Tuesday to trip the world champion New York Yankees S to 1 and knock them out of their tie for first place in the American league. St Louis. too 902 Stl 3 S New York ..900 109 OOt 1 Auker and 8wift; Knifing and Dickey. Boston 6, Tigs 1 BOSTON, April 28-()-HaI White, rookie Detroit right hand er, who registered shutout vic tories in his first two starts, was knocked out of the box Tuesday as the Boston Red Sox beat the Tigers 8 to 1 in their series opener. White, Newhouser (7), and Tebbetts; Wagner and Conroy, Peacock (2). Bobo 4, Sox 3 WASHINGTON. April 28-(vP) Washington dealt the Chicago White Sox their fifth straight defeat Tuesday, 4-3, as Back Newsom registered his second victory of the season, permit ting nine hits. Chicago 000 200 0103 t 1 Wash. lit 000 02x 4 t Smith and Turner; Newsom and Evans. Huskies Hop On WSC 9 for 4th Straight SEATTLE, April 28 -iJPf Washington chalked up Its fourth straight northern division base ball victory Tuesday in turning back Washington State's loose fielding nine, 12-3. Bob Cummins, a first year varsity chucker on the sephe-moto-dominated Washington team, turned back the Cougars with only six hits while his mates were raking two WSC pitchers for 18. The Huskies clinched it in the sixth inning when they convert ed six hits into six runs. Norm Dal thorp, Cy Stephens and Kmmett Watson led the Washington attack with three hits apiece. The game ended a disastrous six-game road trip for the Cou gars, who bagged only one game. The score: WSC 100 020 000- 3 6 f Washington 202 108 Ql-12 18 1 Aries, Olsen (6) and Davison; Cummins and Watson. Wilhelm, Ex-State League Head, Dies EUGENE, April 28-P) George W. WUhelsa. 8f . for many years president of the 8tate Baseball league, died here Tuesday of a heart attack. At the time of his death he was chairman of the Lane ty TJSO drive. la a Washington haspttsL his est the aed was used hy Leonard, to Imedur- - - Maple Applies For Work on 6 Alaska Road ' Howard Maple, business man ager of the Salem Senators base ball club, and track and basket ball coach at Willamette univer stty, is applying for a position on the highway being built to Alaska, it was disclosed Tuesday. The nature of Maple's application was not disclosed, however. Pres. Carl Samner Knopf, of Willamette, said Maple had ask ed for a leave of absence until the beginning of the fall term, but Knopf said he doubted that Maple would return to Salem by that time should he be ac cepted to work on the road Job. Maple had nothing to say for publication late Tuesday .night other than that he had applied for the leave of absence. He said that it had not been granted yet Mrs. George E, Waters, owner-president of the ball club, said Tuesday night that she had "nothing to say at this time." Maple also is a Salem city councilman from ward seven, by appointment, and is a candidate for election to the position on May 15. Vikings Handed 1-Hit Shutout By 0SC Rooks CORVALLIS-(Special)-Held to one lone single, Coach Harold Hauk's Salem high baseball club chinned a 5 to 0 defeat from a heavy lumbering gang of Oregon State Rook swatsmiths here Tues day afternoon. Bespectacled Jim Larson, Rook righty, shutout the cap ital city club for six Innings without a blow. Hurler Scheble, swift southpaw, then took the hill and Gordy MeMorris quick ly drove out the only Vik hit, a sharp single to right The loss was the fourth straight m regular scneauiea games ior the Haukmen who now trek to Albany Thursday night for a non-divisional No-Name league battle with Dwight Adams' Bull dogs. Larson whiffed nine Salem swingers and only Keith Lang and Dlek Highberger of the starting nine failed to fan out at least once. Highberger struck out four but passed six and kept fas constant trouble via walks or team mates errors. SALEM (0) Lang, m Toomb, c AB S 3 3 3 3 2 0 - 1 1 . 1 2 .22 H 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 H 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 MeMorris, 1 Graham, If Butte, 3 May, r Rleen, r Whittemore, 2 Cross, 2 Hough, s Highberger, p Total ROOKS (5) AB Churchill, 3 Johnson, 1 . Wagner, c Frahler, r Martinson, s Michaels, 1 Kohler, m Kruger, 2 . Larson, p Scheble, p 0 Total -25 Salem 000 000 00 Hits Rooks Hits 000 000 11 In lj Winning pitcher, Larson. Inn- ings pitched by Larson I, Scheble 1, Highberger 0. Hits off Larson 0, Scheble 1, Highberger 6. Runs scored oft His-hbereer 3. Kuns re - sponsible for, Highberger 3. Struck out by Larson 9, Scheble 2, High- berger 4. Bases on balls off Lar son 1, Highberger . Three-base hits. Churchill. Two-base hits. Kohler. Umpire, Paul ValentL Field Meet Postponed GK AND ISLAND The aasaal' fleM sneet which was scheduled to be held here Fri day, April 24. but was again bee set up to a date due is the same thing. School districts Included fat the oven are tiopewcu, a-aarvssw. Wheatland. TJnionvalc. Fleas antdale, Webfoot and Grand Is- Applies for Enlistment PORTLAND, April 28 (Wesse Truax. 20. Corvallis, Oregon in- terscholastic sprint champion in 1839,' applied for enlistment Tues day in the navy's new flying ca det group. J SSBBBSBaSSSBaSJSSiaBiSS00SUi ( Blotorist Fined SILVERTON Talmadge L. Shipp, who was picked up for speeding without lights Saturday night, was fined (3 In police court by Bert Terry. "Shipp gave his borne address as Portland. The ar rest was made by Chief Vk Gross nicklev. - i, . -a. . Cincy Riddle No Riddle to CINCINNATI, April 28 -WV-I The Brooklyn Dodgers showed their wrath to the west Tuesday for the first time this season and routed Elmer Riddle in less than two innings to beat the Cincin nati Reds, 7 to 3. Brooklyn 231000 001-7 2 1 Cincinnati -300 000 000-3 I 0 Wyatt, Casey (2) and Sullivan; Riddle, Beggs (2) and Lamanno. Braves 6, Cubs 3 CHICAGO, April 2S -(jP) The Boston Braves ganged u on big Bill Lee for four runs In the fourth Inning Tuesday to defeat the Chicago Cubs, to 3, oa a total of 12 bits against three pitchers. Boston 601 401 S01-4 12 1 Chicago -.001 10S 104-3 g 2 Tost, Errleksoa (7). and Kluts; Lee. Flores (8), Fleming (S) and Hernandez, Scheffing (7). Bucs 7, PhUs 1 PITTSBURGH, April 28 Earl Naylor. a made-over out- fielder, was assigned the thank less task of pitching for the Phil adelphia Phils Tuesday but his teammates helped to make his first mound start a weary one as the Pittsburgh Pirates romped to a 7-1 victory. .Philadelphia 000 000-100-1 9 1 Pittsburgh J)0 1 023 10-7 13 0 Naylor, Beck (6) and Warren; Butcher and Lopez. Cards 5, NY 4 ST. LOUIS, April 28 Johnny Hopp, who had been held hltless in four earlier chances, banged a stinging dou ble through Second Baseman Mickey Witek In the tenth Inn ing today to score Terry Moore from second and give the St Louis Cardinals a 5 to 4 victory over the New York Giants. New York 029 100 100 0-4 11 2 St Louis 010 210 000 1-5 t 1 Melton and Dannlng; Gum- bert, Lanier (7) and W. Cooper. How They WKSTEBN INTERNATIONAL W L. Pet. V9 L Pet. Vancouv 4 0 l.ooof salem l s Jso 4 .000 Tacoma S 1 .750-Spokane saiem at Spokane (Postponed) Vancouver at Tacoma (Postponed). COAST LEAGUE W L Pet. W T. Pr SeatUa 14 7 .87 HoUywd 1311 .500 Los An. U S .619! Portland 11 IS .456 Oakland 1210 345 Sn Fran. T 14 .333 S. Diego 1313 J20 Sacramen 714 .333 iHMir i nesaits At Portland-Oakland (Postponed). m seama i, ctoujrwooa S. At San Francisco 4, Sacramento 7. At Los Angeles S. San Diego 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE W L PCt. W I. Pet Brooklyn 12 3 .900 St. Louis S S -50 Pittsbrgh S S .81 5, Boston 7 S .467 New York 7 7 .500! Cincinnati S .385 Chicago 7 7 SOOlPhUadel 111 J14 Tuesday's Basalts Brooklyn 7. Cincinnati 3 St. Louis S, New York 4 (10 innings) rrasDurni i, raiiaaeipiua l, Boston S, Chicago S. AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. W L Pet Cleveland 9 S .750 Wash. S 7 .462 New York S 4 .867 St. Louis 6 S .42S Boston S 4 .667 Chicago S 9 .250 Detroit S J71 Phlladel S10 Xil Tuesday's Results St. Louis , New York 1 Boston 6. Detroit 1. Cleveland S, Philadelphia Washington 4. Chicago 3. 1 Pacffic-Unfield Split Conference Openers McMINNVILLE Ore., April 2t I (jpy- Pacific university and Lin- field college opened the north- 1 west conference baseball season I here Tuesday by splitting a dou- bleheader. Pacific won th onener. 4 to 1. behind the five-hit hurling of Lee. Hagedorn of Linfield revers- ed the procedure in the nightcap, limiting Pacific to five blows and winning, 9 to 4. Brooklyn "tie in i u"- Kizer Winner of Sizzling Battle Royal at Armory Jack Kiser, speedy and emerged as the final victor in ever staged at the Salem armory Tuesday night. The largest crowd of the current season was treated to by far the best free- for-all seen here this year, de spite the fact that no less than four of the wrestlers were substi tuted for. But those who did par ticipate displayed a slam-banger if mere ever was one. at the grap ple temple. - ? ' Kiser, Tex Hager. EasQ Kal Bo, MSt Ohm and Noel Fraak Ua were the starting five, hut Franklin left momentarily when they , all ganged z him. Chairs, fists and epitheU-front the ringside were hurled during the wild snelee that followed, and as aroch action took place outside the ring as Inside, Franklin la the thick of ttV The Battle Royal lasted 23 min- - J utesv and hated KaHio had belted A his way Into the Ilnal with Hirer. i ( 1 Four men tried and true that's New York Giants. (Left to right), Johnny Mtee, ex-St Louis Card, first base: Mickey Wltek. up from Newark, second base; Billy Jurges, ex-Chlcage Cub, shortstop, and Billy Werber, ex-Cinclnnatl Redleg. third base. Mise hit .317 last year and has been whaling 'em hard and far this season. Our Senators TT CcllllCl til M Home May 5 The Salem Senator-Spokane Indian baseball game which was to have been played at Spokane Tuesday night was called off on account of weather conditions. Right-hander Con Rasmussen was scheduled to twirl his debut for .tTie Solons, and weather per mitting, will climb the Ferris field mound tonight The Solons play Spokane the rest of this week, winding up the series with a doubleheader next Sunday. They return to Salem to open the season here next Tuesday night May 5, playing against Tacoma. Day Hurls Fox Nine to Title Withl-Hitter SILVERTON Behind the bril liant 1-hit mound performance of Lefty John Day, Silverton's Silver Fox ball club won the lower half of the Big-9 league here Tuesday with a 4-0 win over Molalla. Day had a perfect no-run, no-hitter with two men out in the ninth inning, but gave up a single to Gribble. He walked only one T3 unlrn vwrv KiftA an1 fonnoyl 1 I aveaa w tsfu;aa emaau uuiuw M.m The big lefthander iacea emy si kt The win marked the seventh straight for the Foxes, who now await the league playoffs here Friday with a clean loss slate. Woodbura and Molalla, tied for second place, will play today to determine the lower division's second entry in Friday's playoffs. R H E Molalla 000 000 000-0 1 3 Silverton 310 000 00z-4 6 2 Larson, Nicholsen and Gribble; Day and Simmons. Oregon Snows Idaho Under 8-0 Score EUGENE, Ore., April 28-OP) Bob Rieder limited Idaho to five scattered hits Tuesday, and the University of Oregon baseball team converted his efforts into an S-to-0 victory. Eieder also took part in the run-making. He, Ted Filip and Dick Bums each collected two hits. It was Oregon's third coast con ference northern division victory in five games and the fourth straight defeat tor Idaho. Idaho 000 000 000-0 3 4 Oregon J 011 330 OOx-S 9 1 Crowley, Parks (6) and Knop- I ka; Rieder, Taylor (9) and Pulp. popular grappler from St Johns, one of the wildest Battle Royals Olsen and Hager were victims of a gang-up and battled in a crack semi-windup that brimmed with speed and thrills. After each had taken a fan, Hager slammed Olsen with a flying scissors for the win. Both Kallio and Kizer had fan in the final when the latter suddenly maneuvered Kallio Into the "skin the cat" hold and pin ned him. The snatches were : the best er Battle Keys! is expected 1 take place a week tram next Tsrsdiy --"srfjfc, Mstehmihw Owes said he would withdraw the matches next Tuesday night due ta the opening af the base- ban season ta Salem that sdgkt. , rnv'Vn'V'4 Ov V TV the stalwart group making up the Now There's Among Major League Skippers-The Jitters By WHITNEY MARTIN WIDE WORLD SPORTS COLUMNIST NEW YORK, April 28 -05V It may be just imagination, and again it might be an actual trend of the times, but it seems there is more than the usual mental fluttering and uncertainty and downright desperation on the major league ball fields this year. . Not so much among the play ers as among the managers, who seem to be wearing their fright wigs continually and through their Jittery manipulation of play ers get themselves into more jams than a kid in a pantry. We watched tough' old Casey Stengel, usually about as excit able as a bin of oats, get himself all tangled up in his lineup the other day so it took him about five minutes to get straightened out That might have been Just aa exception, but when Frank - le Frisco, uses up all his catch ers as pinch hitters and then must send out a call for volun teers and some up with Frankle Gustlno behind the plate; when Jimmy Dykes gets his batting order scrambled so that Harry Sketchier misses his turn, and when practically every pilot uses so many men It looks like they are trying out a new un limited substitution rule, well. maybe It wasnt so exceptional after alL Just glance back through the box scores and youll get an idea of what we mean. Measured for length, they look like a delin quent tax list. An 18 -man ball game is about as common as a no-hit game. The Pirates used 20 asea the day CiusUao suddenly found himself all padded up behind the bat and wishing he'd kept his big mouth shut, and Jus last Sunday the Cubs, Cards and Phils each used 18 atea, with most of the other dubs not far behind, la fact. 14 players are about par. Even Joe Mc Carthy, who would seem to have nothing to worry about but the price of eggs, seat 17 men into a game the other day. ine diengei anair was a mas terpiece of confusion, with play ers galloping about every which way like kids on an Easter egg hunt and not sure whether they were going in the lineup, had been in or still were in. The game had progressed in more or less orthodox fashion un til the seventh. That is, the Braves' were losing and there didnt seem much that could be done about it. The first two Braves up in the seventh hit safely, and immed lately Stengel, master-minding in the third base coaching box, went into -frenzied action. The reliable Johnny Cooney, who had gone Into right fleM the tuning before, hadat touch ed the baU and hadat batted yet. was removed for a pinch hitter. Ernie LombardL aa i Pinch Utter, was struck amid ships by the first pitch, trotted down to first and left the for a pinch runner. Things were happening so fast that Casey was wearing a path from the coaching box to the bench to peer, at his squatting Braves and select one at random to go to bat. The 'Braves filled the bases. but couldn't score, and then came the job of getting the lineup un tangled. Casey went into a hud dle with the umpires and bis own assistants, and after much sema phoring to the buU pen, and checking of the players still re maining on the bench finally got a team on the field without break ing any rules. He flagged down Phil Masi just as the catch was half way to- the clubhouse and br means of smoke signals and finger pointing got him located in right field. And that's Just a sample of what's going- on in the- majors these days. Or maybe it should be daze that's going on m the majors. new Infield oCjtfanager Mel Otfa ISeiv Trend Hollies Halt Seattle Drive With 6-2 Win SEATTLE, April 28-)-Hol- lywood unloosed a 14-bit attack to defeat the loop-leading Seattle Rainiers Tuesday night in the opener of their Pacific Coast league series. John Bittner had his fire-ball working nicely as he held the champions to six hits while his mates were keeping Carl Fischer in continual trouble during his six innings on the mound. Hollywood 020 013 000 14 1 Seattle 000 100 1002 8 2 Bittner and Atwood, Brenzel (4); Fischer, Libke (7) and Col lins. A Sacs 7, Seals 4 SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 (P-Night game: Sacramento -000 032 101 7 18 4 S. Francisco.-.Ol! 002 0004 10 4 Schmidt and Mueller: Gibson. Epperly (7), Joyce (9) and Ogro dowskL LA 5, Padres 4 LOS ANGELES, April 28-Up) Night game: San Diego 000 100 0304 14 t Los Angeies100 300 Olx 5 8 1 Hebert, Thomas (8), Olsen (8) and Salkeld; Mallory, Davis (8), Raffensberger (8) and Todd. Salem Mermaids Place in Meet Two Salem mermaids placed aoag the winners of last week 's State AAU Invitational swimming meet at the Multae atah Athletic dub. Janet led gers took second ia the ltO-yard breast stroke for girls 18 years and under, and Leah Smith aba had a second to Breads Heloor la the ltO-yard women's free style. Miss Smith was also a mem ber ef the MAAC B team which Placed third ta the National Sealer relay. The third gave Miss Smith her second National iimiag- mrlal she worn her first ta the National Junior relay and the second ta the Principal at School Parley WEST SALEM Tre Oregon state supervisor's dinner st Moa mouth Friday was attended b) Principal Dashiell of the local school. All the other members of the faculty with the exception of Ralph Nelson and Ira Dueltgen, were present at the session held on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood have moved back to their home on Pla za street Wood returned from Pendleton and. witt take up his former employment here. Principal and Mrs. Leigh toa Dash 'ell are receiving felicitations on the birth of a son Friday at the Bartell hospital in Dallas. The baby has been named" Larry Leighton. . " . .-i v Rev. and Mrs. lwo n. who visited the past ten days at the home of Mrs. Huckabee's par eats in Oklahoma, returned rt