j , Salein, Albany, Corvallis Eugene, Oregon City, ; :
; : Slilwiuikie Tussle for Loop
The annual No-Name league's track and field frolics, featuring scantclads .from; the ; Vik
Villa. Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Milwaukie and Oregon City,
Olinger oval. And to say the
title of darkhorse Salem won
this tMe, CToadi To
"Of fish tales you've heard
good ones..But we have today,
: no less at least the best we've
snouia majte you usnermen wiui ygur rous, reeis, xu
- lines, pet spinners, waders, etc.,,
toss the whole shebang in a
heap and give up in despair. . -.
Eleven-year old Carol Flesh
er, daughter of Vik Athletic
Boss . Gurnee Flesher and pupil
of the Hayesville school, is our'
Star. ? .'-" ?w :f r ' yff"M.
t Not to be denied her fishin,
now : that the season is open,
Monday Carol found her a long
willow, tied to one end a piece
of green string about two yards
long, got a medium sized safety
pin. from .Mrs. Flesher,. .dug. a'
worm or two and was off to
"fish" " an ' unnamed creek hot
over six feet wide which runs
near Claxter, hear her home
some three miles north of town.
On the first cast Carol got' hung
uig nuu unacu vuw uic iwa cuuic iu icct uuuuu uvu; a nuuj ioiuuvit
trout which measures 15 inches!!! -i'.
We say it measures because Pappa Flesher still has the prize on
" ice. Tommy Drynan, whose word can be held as authentic, swears
he saw the fish, and Flesher himself, as authentic as they come, vows
the, whole thing is the darndest
truth,' so; help him! .
So let's see some of you professed anglers with all your regalia
tie that one! .
Staggering Around:
Add another ex-village athlete who's now making good
In bigger and faster company. Don Bower, second-basing for S
Oregon State until his navy call comes, is No. 3 bitter on "
Ralph Coleman's nine with a .307 mark. And who was it said
' Bower was all field,' no hit? Andy Frailer, apparently Cole
man's ace fling er is also his best sticker. The Portland Boiler
maker server who was good enough In the National semi-pro
' tournament last summer to gain a spot on the All-America
selections, is reported to be hitting .444 . . . Graver Klemmer,
U of California's T)on Durdan in that he's also a three
sportster, has hung up bis intercollegiate -spikes in favor
of becoming a navy flier. The world's fastest human at 440
yards Joined the naval air , corps in San Francisco . V
' Bruce Hamilton, a three-sportster himself at Salem high; .
is probably all washed up for the balance' of this semester. ;
The knee injury Bruce got in the football game against Eugene ."
last, fall wu re-hurt, and badly this week when, he lit the .
wrong .way after a practice broad Jump , . . No Vik .baseball (J1 !
V, .-, team this spring denied Hamilton further culturing of bis right ,
arhC incidentally. He hurled two no-run no-hitters last year
fortbe yiks .yv .. j-'; j t '
Lt. GUmore on Subject of Fishin "
Back to fishin and word from Lt. Vern Gilmore all about fishin'
what am fishin' and stuff. i
. Writes Tern from somewhere in the Pacific, "Two days ago
fa few of us put out In the motor whale boat for a couple hours
at day-break and came fat with about 71 pounds of very choice
. fish. We, had tuna, red snapper, sea bass aid a 17-pound kingflsh.
Oti, yes, I caught a 32-pound kingflsh, which I hear is plenty
big as kingfish go. Jealous, eh? i; . 1 -"There
are more fish out here than I ever new existed.' I
haTO seen some that I don't want aaytltlng to do with they
grow about It to 14 feet long and they ain't tame. either!
. "Sure will miss those Saturday trips lip on the Santiam with
Gurnee Flesher and Joe Himmell. Funny, isn't, it? Here ali i have
to do is drop a line over the fan-tail and catch all the fish I want
but just don't take the time. . " ; x,
: i "Incidentally, Tm sure going to be . behind the eight ball -when
I get home as far as physical education is concerned. All .
the new trends, philosophies and methods will be in yogue and -ni
he calling out, fby the deep six" or "Coxswain, carry out your
orders. or some other darn thing like Uiat. Afraid IU be "in
Irons' for sure.' " : : j ;;: :f i ' " r ; v ".r . " r
, "We'could .use a guy like Himmell out . here, with his wind he
could blow our tubes.. Tell the gang hello fr me and pass the word
to the kids in school that I think of them often and pray that they
wont have to get Into this mess, It isnt all USO clubs and brass
bands. And do let me know how the fishing js in good old Oregon.
The Sports Front Fifteen Years Ago j : -vr :
. April 22, 1928: "Frank Haberman was awarded the 315
shooting jacket as a result of his first in the six weeks long- Tad
R. Shelton sponsored trapshoof finished yesterday ; . , Robert T. -"Bobby
Jones, AtlanU golf wizard, will captain, America's -Walker
cup team this summer In defending the amateur trophy
against Great Britain . . Lafferty, Hag, L. AHey and Needham
paced Salem high's swimmers to a 39-11 win over Eugene yes- '
terday . . . Manager Leo Edwards will take his Salem Senators
to Eugene next Sunday, for a State league game.
Another Ted Meredith?
Future Track Great May Be
m Today s
PHILADELPHIA, April 22-VPl
Take all 2500 athletes competing
m ' the Penn relays Friday, line
them up single file and pick the
one who looks the least like ' a
great runner, and you'd probably
hit upon a bespectacled, 19-year-old
divinity student named Jef
frey Kirk.
Bat the experts say Kirk Is
potentially "another Ted 'Mere
dith (the old-time Olympic
champ) and may develop Into;
i
CHAN ; LA5I
I'orarJ C.i-. I peetrlc
c -ce r iitury only j
., to i to 1 ti-m, Con-
- j cl t:-arge.' Practiced
n
League Ciiiderfesl
for ; Olinger
least, it looks like every "spike team entered. this year bears the
the title last spring handily, but with only, a gang of .greenies back
many and some no doubt very
the best ever -the one.for Ripley
ever heard. If nothing else : it
! ; . DON BOWER
up,' she thought, so gave a hard
thing he ever heard of, but is the
Penn Relays
one of the' fastest middle dis
tance runners of all time.
The quiet, scholarly Penn soph
omore gets the first big test of
his career in these 49th annual
relays, and Coach Lawson Robert
son will be watching him closely.
The old scot picked Kirk to run
anchor in the 880 and mile re
lays.' .:..
He's tail ft.), strong., and
has a long powerful stride and
plenty ef endaraBce,, Robert
son said, "ne's one of the most
I premising boys I've seen. '
Kirk now. runs the 880 in 1.57.2
and the 440 m 48J.
Hammer's Luck Good '
At Valsetz; 15 Fish
. IiTNCOLN -- Upon , returning
from Valsetz on the 'opening day
of the fishing-seasorii Roy Ham-
Imer displayed 15- fine trout he
had caught. With him on the trio
v.-ere Lloyd .Mitchell andj Herman
Ilamrr.er. -
-Jf " -
: : .......vs.'" " :
V
Romping
will be battled off today on the
strongly oafetaioing; their title.,
: NM.wt inuii is known about
the visiting teams today except-?
In- that Dan Janes, is eeaehlng .
Oregon City; John Sutherland,
-Mllwaukie; Jesse Leonard, Cor-j
vallis; . Bob : Buchanan, Albany,
and Frits Kramer, Eugene. Mll
waukie beat Oregon City ! re-cently,-
Salem trounced Corral-4
lis in the Hatter's only meet,
AIbany : just started' workouts'
this week and claims , to have
nothing stromr, ' nothing period
has been heard of the Eugene'
' team, and Beaverton, not an en-:
try today, smashed Milwaukle
and Hillsbore Just about as
badly as it did Salem a while
back. i:V .:-; -y.; 4 f -fyi
- So for the first time in 'a long
time there are no favorites today.
After Coach Drynan exam-'
ined the meager reports on the
opposition Thursday, he allow-'
red as how his Red and Blacks'
"should be in the running- for,
.! one of the top spots If Eugene
isn't too strong." 1 f--- I
Qualifying heats in the 100 and
200 . yard dashes, both ' hurdle
events and all field events will
take place starting at 10 this
morning. The, main event starts
at 1:30 p. m, :
- t
O
m,
Cougars Handed 6-2
Defeat; 4th Straight
. NORTHERN DIVISION
-- W L Pet. W L Pet.
wauungt s o 1.000 wsc e e .000
Ore. Stat S 1 .833 Idaho 0 S MO
vregon .s i jb33
Thursday result:
At Oregon . WSC 2. ,
EUGENE, Ore., April 22.-i!P-
oregon's f defending northern di
vision baseball champions defeat
ed Washington State 6-2, Thurs
day and moved into a second
place tie with Oregon State be
hind the pace-setting Washington
Huskies.
Two freshman hurlers Har
old Saltzinan for Oregon and
Ward Rocker for the Cougars
battled on even terms, each al
lowing eight hits, but the . Web
foots bunched their blows more
. effectively." " 'y X r i '
Captain Johnny Bubalo put the
nlng home ru n witti ap mate
aboard and" the lead never was
threatened. The defeat was the
Ccoigars; fourth, straight oh their
Oregon road trip.
,WSC JL,
Oregon i.;
.919. 099 919--2 t 1
210 219 00-9 S 2
Sockey and Cranston;
man and 'Carlson.
Salts-
Silverton 21-5
WOODBURNApril .22--Wood-
burn's Bulldogs moved into, un
disputed' possession of first place
in Duration league-baseball play
here Thursday afternoon as they
squashed the Silverton. Si 1 V e r
Foxes? 21-5. f The Bulldogs how
have four vftnsT and an unbeaten
slate in league play. Uf 1
Thirteen hi,ts, five Silverton er
rors and . numerous walks from
Pitchers Ray Elliott, Anderson
and Johnson helped pave the way
for..Woodburn -Thursday. -Meanwhile
Matthews and . Sauvain di
vided the Bulldog hill chores and
set the Foxes down with eight
scattered hits. - "
Silverton 909 219 .209 5 f S
Woodb'rn 379 962 21-21 U
Elliott, Johnson, Anderson
and ,- Burr; Matthews, Sauvain
and Reed. .
for-Third
BuJldog
Bob
Action in Angel-Oak Game
'
Ilagh Leby,1 Oakland second baseman. sTides.iatejLhlfdunder Charlie
.English, of "the Angels. Umpire Is' Jack PowelL' lMctore was taken
la yvruley sUdlam, Ixs Angeles.
Fighting M en
NEW YORK, April Z2-(X)-Uncle
. Sam: has made certain
that his fighting- nephews,
wherever they, may be, will
know all about the baseball sea
son' that got under way "t his
week.- : i " j. '
- Both the office. of war. Infor
mation and the army Itself will
broadcast vocal accounts of all
games this season - while the
OWI also will send the. scores,
: around the world by wireless;
, telegraphy. : -r - fx -
Under; the guidance of , Paul
SUwart, head of i the V lee
Broadcasting- dirlslon, the OWI
.will beam nine programs a day '
to all parts of the globe.
: : In these such announcers as'
Red Barber,- Stan IiomaT, Paul
Dougias and Don Dumphy wUl
give the scores and brief ae-.
counts, of the games. No play-.
Owen Garland (left), Richard Taw
points in the No-Name league
r, relay man. Taw a sprinter and
YE'R
OUT!
Senators', catcher Jake Early tossed
'baseman Dick Slebert, as he tried
I ' 1
-. delphia opener, the Nats winning;7-i.(:,'''5:'" A " f- " ' ;v
How They
STTAMDD.
COAST LEAGUE ,
Wt Pet. : WL Pet.
Sn Die 4 ; O-LOOff to Aam S 2 00
Portland J 1 .750 HoUywd t 3 -250
San Fran 3 1 .750 "Sacramt 1 3 JOQ
OakUnd 2 1 M -Seattle 0 .4 . .0OO.
Thursday results:.,
At ' Sacremento Portland S. - v
At San Francisco 1, Hollywood 10.
At San Lhego 8, Seattle z. -At.Los
Angeles 0. Oakland 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W I. Pet. W L Pet.
New Vrk 1 0 1.000 Cleveld 11 JSOQ
St. Louis 1 0 1.060 Washing 1 1 .500
Boston .1 0 1.000 Chicago 9 1 JD00
Detroit 1 1 -00- Philadel 0 ? 9 J0O0
Thursday result!: - v
New-York 5. Washington 4.
Boston 1; Philadelphia 0.
Detroit 4. Cleveland 0. .
St. Louis-Chicago postponed weath
er, t..--- -v - "I .s.trrs.. . I
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W It Pet. W L Pet.
Cincinntl 2 0 1.000. New Yk 1 jOOO
Brooklyn .1 t l.ooa Ptuiadel 0 XOO
Pittsburg 11 .500 Boston e jdoo
Chicago .11 MO St. LouU f 2 J000
Thursday results;
, Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 0 (10 Innings)
Brooklyn S. New York X.
Chicaeo 4; PitteburKh S.
Boston-Philadelphia postponed '
weather.
f I
r
. ,ujir x,
' '
Getting Full Baseball Reports
by-play wCl be broadcast, Stew
art said, because ' trans-oceanic
statie might combine, with the'
noise of the crowd at the gameS
to drown, out the speaker. ".Ilej
added the two hours needed to;
play the"; arwrage - game also
helped to-fmake t play-by-play
broadcasting impossible. ' J" '
- In -addition to the pare 1 y
baseban ..broadcasts the ..0VI
also., Is providing the - soldiers,
with a program labelled Sports'
News Prom nome, In which 47 .
announcers t h r o u g h out ( the'
VIKING
..... '. .:,
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' - Lf - i A" t
1:" j i JX
mmmlmmmmmmmmmm mi nmi nn iiiinri iii ' ,1. 1. , . 'inn v. miii t i run n"rij
, (center) and . John Wehrli (right); Salem high thlnelads out after
meet on Olinger oval today. Garland
relayer and - Wehrli a 220 and relay man.- - ..f'-'rx
hb mask toto the -air and then
to score ona hit. It ail happened. during "the Washlngton-Fhlla-
Oettin to Be a Habit
Reds aiii Polish X)ff(ras
1-0; This Time in 10 Heats s
their fourth straight extra-inning," one-run victory Thursday
a ' Ji 'a.; . J a ..t - f- l a- i m i .
iwu exiuDiuon una iwo reguiax?
of the new 'dehydrated ball to
War-WiseKin&
Returns
- Remember Christmas da y,
1941, When Willamette unl-
f versity's ag gregatlon vef ..boost-1
ers and ' athletes, came, home
from - lea;;HarborT.; -
Another,, one -is here, - arriv-
Ins; without fanfare . early this
jweek to vlsty his parents, air.
i an d Mrs. . BL O. ;kmg."4 Pfc
Thomas -W. King, football play-
i t and graduate of Salem high1
school, left Willamette In' feb-.
ruary of . 1941 U enlist In the
marines through, the Salem j
eruitlng office. lie was In the
vicfailty of Pearl Harbor at thfT
outbreak of the war In the Pa-"
. cifle and has been ' In , every
major naval engagement In the
Pacific since, but, under war
- time mllitajry . orders talks lit-'
tie of his experienees outside
; the . famfly elrelev " f - . v "';: HV
are
Bucco
CHICAGO, April 22 -(P) - Al
lowing Pittsburgh, only five hits,
Claude. Passeau and Eddie. Hany
zewski .pitched the Chicago Cubs
to a 4-3 victory over the .Pirates
Thursday, evening the season's
opening series, at a game apiece.
Passeau pitched- two-bit 'ball
for six frames, but weakened In
the' seventh 'when the Pirates
bunched three- singles . and a.
pass for two runs and a 9-9 ties.
The Cubs came back In their
half to fill the bases -of Lloyd
GornkkL Phil Cavarretta drove jn
the edge run with a long fly.
Pittsburgh,1 i.91t C89J.S3--4 8 1
Chleage i 129C?910x 4 19 9
, Gondckt.and .Bakery. Passeau
and nernandea,' ' .
Sou
country are cooperating.
On open dates In the baseball
schedules ' columns by ' various'
sports writers will be read on.
the broadcasts. ;
ff "This service, In -operation
since .1942, really " Implements
the findings of the Spokane
Athletic Bound Table poll. said
- Stewart. -""The .Round. Table
asked everyone to .write to It
and explain his or her views on
whether baseball - should ' con
tinue or not during- the war."
The Round' Table received
some 145,099 answers. Of these,'
38,000 came from ' sailors with
99 per cent asking that base
ball continue; 95,000" came from
soldiers with 93 per cent ap
proving the "sport's : e x I s t ence
and the remaining- 12,009 came
from civilians with nine-oat of.
19 asking for basebalL"
is a sprinter;-broad Jumper: and
1
i ;
"I
tossed a block at: Athletics first
- ' -v v ' :
us nay ouut vooa; xuu aa vantage
blank the 'world- champion St
lauis. carcunais again, l-o. i j - r - -
v-'fi!li?!!l( Hashed
. terrors vof the' National fleague,
tl consecutivelseor eless in
nings, "11 ,of them Wednesday
at the mercy of Johnny Tander
Meer. ' : :
.Lonnie Frey . opened. Thursday's
tenth I inning with- a single I and
went to second, on Mike-McCor-rhick's
' sacrifice, v ; Max Marshall
. . - . ... . ; . ' . l
.Btalti!ntir ml4ec?n?
u ic uuMw . wure,
frey -puueu up .at- uura. .lam
Frank McCormlck received-, Ernie
"White's ' third ' intentional bass of
the day; Eddie Miller-popped to
"Ray Sanders," but" "Bert Haas sin
gled Frey in with the ball game
St. Louis 000 000 000 0--0 S 9
Clncln. 909 900.000 1 1 C 9
r, - White and W. - Cooper; -Starr
.and. Mueller.',
Stengel Down,
But Not Out
StehgeL manager;of the Boston I
' Braves, Is lying: In a hospital
bed with a broken leg suffered
'in an aotomoblle accident Mon
day night but be has not lost his
sense of humor. .
A photographer at - Casey's
bedside remarked:
Tough Luck, Casey,' but
there's some good news. Ernie
Lombard! ' (who had been a
holdout) is en his' way.
TeaV snipped .Stengel. but
XH probably stfli have to
for. him. ' t- ... r
WSC Riflera Defenders"
PULLMAN, April 22-i!P-Wash
ington State college's rifle team, ;
which took second honors In--the
nation .last year; has again,, won
fiie right to represent the ninth
service command in .national com
petition this year, Capt Jerry A.
Kaimy, 'rifle:.; team coach,' announ
ced Tnursaay.
K:-::ff-:::'
Salem. Oregon. rrMcrjlMoniing Apr3 23. 1813 - :
5-4 - Win: Over Natt& .
Smallest.Openiiig Day Crowd Ever i
At Yankee Stadiiiiii; Gordon Homes: '
NEW YORK, April 22PhThe New York Yankees weren't
able to get their American league pennant raised Thursday be-
rancA n( a fimlron.Tnfllvarrl. on-the
went on to win their opening game from the Washington Senators
5 to 4 before 5,860 fans. .- ;
Dodger Debut
1 A 5 to 2 Win
1 Thump Giants ' Before
Crowd of 16,775
v BROOKLYN, April 22-(fl:-The
Brooklyn Dodgers got away on the
right foot Thursday in their Na
tional league pennant campaign
by belting the New .York Giants
5 to 2 before 16,775- fans at Eb-
bets field.. ,., .- -- : : - -
Ed Head held the GlanU to
six hits and after, the first ton
ing' was never In danger. In the
opening frame he fanned -three
batters but allowed a couple of
hits to get mixed In between
for a New York run. 1
Manager Mel Ott made four; of
the Giants hits and drove in both
their runs. ,
New York 100 009 100 2 6 2
Brooklyn . .912 909 19 5 S 2
Lohrman and Poland; Head
and Owen. .r.- -
Johnson Bests
Jonas, 5 to 2 ;
SAN DIEGO, Califs AprU
A 5, four-run. splurge in the sixth
inning; enabled San Diego - to de
feat Seattle, '5 to 2, Thursday and
hand the Rainiers . their fourth
successive ioast .league v reverse.
None of the seven runs were earn-?
ed: - - V''- . "CAs-j---'' 'JX Vj
Seven errors." four by Seattle.
made the maj3r contribotiott to
e scoring. Chet Johnson, '
rookie acquired by the Fadres
from Tacoma. twirled sv steady
came- and. scattered 'Seattle's ,
eight hits. -4: - -
San Diego ..pounded Fete' Jonas
from the mound in the sixth to
score ' four" runs 'anbl - clinch the
game. .
8eatU ... 020 909 000-t f 4
San Diego 909 914 00 4 7 S
Jonas, Speece (),' Marshall
(7) and Soeme; Johnson and
Balllnger. :
I TT ' '-FTX Tk 11
VVflr- I llTlft Knll
CHICAGO, April 22.-kV-The
core of the 1943 wartime baseball
: has developed Into quite a ' storm
center In the new; season, with
critics -teaming up to "debate whe
ther the snhere is as livelv as the
jack rabbit baU of 1939.
.All the talk, however, is justa
milium , ujib ala us 4 ui v. jvl.
Landis, commissioner of the na-
fsmlll.. tn t U- v
ucal pastime.
As long- as - baseballs have
"been used," he said Thursday
night. There have been ues-
' tlons - about their bounces
liveliness.' , f
Landis said he had received
disapproval "from Warren" ' Giles,
general manager of -the Cincin
nati Reds and: National learue
representative on the commitee
which adopted specifications for
the new- ball.- ' i.;L
"It ' was. my ' understanding
'that - manufacturers would re
produce a ball equal in resilaa
ey to, the so-called rabbit ball,
of .1939, Landis said.
lailllllll L.fOWll ,
To IclMinnvilIe
McMINNVILLE, April 22 - ipl
jMcMinnville high school took five
first places to win 'the annual
Yamhill . county track : and field
meet Thursday with 38 points.
WiUamlna was second with 27
points. Newberg scored 20, Dayton
17, Yamhill 6 and Sheridan 1.-
.t
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f ...
1
S & N
Clothiers
459
State- -. . . Saleti"
AL LIGIITNE1T
Statssmao BporU Editor
CintirfiWflafnnl hut tfiv
It, was Roy Weatherly, the lit
tle centerfielder obtained . from
Cleveland to fill1 the vacancy left
by Joe Di Maggio's entry into the
. . a ... t .
army, wno cjjricnea uie victory.
; With' the Tankees trailing by "
one run, .the bases loaded and '
one out In the last ef the ninth, :
Weatherly delivered DI Mag-
' gio touch' by doubling Into left
field for two runs and the hall
game. - .'; ' '
In the eighth the score was
tied at 2-alL Joe' Gordon . smashed
the season's first home run in the
major leagues to 'put the tYank
ees ahead again, but the Senators
refused to give up easily, tallying
twice in their half of the ninth. '
' The crowd . which saw ' Mayor
LaGuardia : throw out:, the -; first
ball was the smallest.- inaugural
turnout In the history of Yankee
stadium. , : . - " i . .
s Washington 909 919 912--4 S 0
New York . 000 929 012 S 0 2,
Wynn and Early;
and Dickey.
Bonham
Pace-Setters
OSC Victory Today
Brings League Lead
S E ATT L E, April 22.-(PJ-Washington's
baseball' squad
headed 1 for . CorvsllJs Thursday Xa
attempt to defend Its northern division-
lead' on the' hardest road
trlip of the season., Washington
ops : the d I vis l b n '': with three
straight wins over Washington
State and Idaho, but j a win, by
OSC. In the opener Friday , woujd
put the Beavers on top. .From.
Corvallis, the Huskies i will move
to the University of Oregon, for
Monday and Tuesday games. . -
OSC and Oregon are. tied- for
second place. f -
OSC Sportsters
Off for Meets . .
CORVALLIS, Ore., Aprfl
Oregon State's tennis and golf
teems departed Thursday for- Pa- -
cific Coast northern division ' en
gagements this weekend in the
Inland Empire and Seattle. .
The tennis team opens Friday
against Idaho at Moscow ,and
meets -Washington State at Pull
man Saturday. The golfers play
Washington at Seattle Saturday.
1
uperfiae. hot.
low-grouod Made coats a
little more; but isn't it
worth it to enjoy the'
finest pOMible shaving1
1-etalt? YomII prefer
: Pcrsouna for HOW COOD
, your jhares can be . . .
not how cbesp. Fits any
taadard dooble.edge
rasorw.; , ; , .
10 DLADC5 1
and trorth tt
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:'FnED-r.:HYn
KS N. Liberty
Meet
Beavers
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