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25 Professional Exhibition onuinees Boston Fans That Football a ollege and School ame i THE BOSTON GLOBE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1025 ANYWAY, RED GETS THE MONEY, $14,000 Bv GENE MACK Grange, Like President, Expected to Have Personal Physician EXPERTS DISAPPOINTED IN BRAVES FIELD GAME RED grange stopped AND HIS TEAM BEATEN steam Rollers Outplayed Chicago Bears Crowd of 18,000 Disappointed at Stars Failure Red Grange was stopped almost repeatedly whenever he attempted to gain. "Grange did make a couple of nice tackles on plays which might have resulted in touchdowns for the Steam Rollers, but outside of that he was a dismal failure. Professional football Is not nearly as hard as school or college football whjen it is taken Into consideration that all of the members of the former teams have completed four years of college football. Football was organized primarily for the school and colleges and after the exhibition yesterday professional football does not offer the same spirit and fight. scoring the winning point because Gar-ey a former Holy Cross player, gal- kntth Fumble Helps Bears The Bears also were aided in making their only score by a mistake of their opponents.

Bate in the game Anderson, a -Notre IJame product, scooped un the ball on the Rollers' SVyard line, where Baird, from Colgate, had fumbled One Chicago pass failed, but on the next J. Sternainan. formerly of Illinois shoot! a long pass to Bryan, formerlv of Chicago, who a little earlier had entered the game as Oranges substitute and who caught- the ball uncovered and then proceded to race across, the Bollere goal line without even being slapped by an opposing tackier. The crowd would have enjoyed the game a little more had it not gone out expecting great things of Bed Orange and then been disappointed The athletes out on the field were not nlav iny any great shucks as teams nor was either outfit displaying an at all exceptional brand of football. There was little interference for the men earning the ball.

The gains were largely in dividual. Even the carriers seldom had the appearance of fighting for ground when tackled or partially tackled It may have been that the ground was hard, and of course, by agreement, the referee blew his whistle to stop the play when a down seemed anywhere near at hand. The tackling was high, usually well above the waist, and it was seldom indeed that npre than one player had hold of an opposing back at one time. At least 20 times during the progress of the match the carrier was not on the ground when the play stopped. Plays Often.

Smothered The lack of interference made it easy for the linemen of both teams to slice through and smother the plays. When a back did get through, it was mainly because of some behind-the-line strategy that caught the opposing rushers i barging the wrong way and opening holes in their own ranks. Chicago had no attack worth the name. Grange could not gain, and soon most of the rushing was done bv Wal-quist and E. Sternman, both from Illinois.

llanny, and later Britton, both did some fine kicking, but not to out-maUh that of Slaloney, former Dartmouth player, whose punts were dandies and who, time and time again, sent the leather off the side line and near the goal. Boston's football fans have, seen too AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS Poors open 10.45 A. M. Bargain prices to 1 P. M.

I nil WaOM A TRMONT ST Hurry Boston jest 4 more days of COCLEEAf AfOORFs'WE MODERNS' of John Murray Andersons Uypny Follies," of Kinston's presentation, of tha brilliant show thats tha taJlc of tha REFEREE HALLAHANS SIZEUP OF RED GRANGE Far From Top Form Acted as if He Has Been Playing Too Much Starts next Monday What the apple is to apple sauce What Red Grange is to football THE BQK is to laughter! Front Harold, MacGrath'a hilarious flay plus a Metropolitan, ensemble of stage an I screen novelties tcith surprises galore! DANVILLE. 111. Dec 10 Another addition to Red Granges retinue is contemplated. Dr E. B.

Cooley may accept the position of personal physician to the football player. Red Grange Insists on Father Taking $1000 From First Receipts CHICAGO, Dec 10 (A. Part of Red Grange's first proceeds as the champion football moneymaker wen to his family. Red pressed $1000 on his father immediately after his first two appearances with the Bears, as part payment of the debt incurred to send the eon through college. Brother Garland received a $100 bill as a birthday present and still has it.

ifarold Insists that he Intends to buy a house for us to live in, but I really do not want it, said Grange Sr, a deputy sheriff in Wheaton. many good games played by ghting and spirited teams, to be carried away by the professional exnibition yesterday at Braves Field. FootbaU xvith-t out every man doing his best to get into the play is a very different thing from a game in which there is a rallying about the ball the players taxing chances and' giving all they have to give. This feature lacking, even the fine individual performances of such players as Miller and Crowley of Notre Dame, Oden of Brown, Wentworth of New Hampshire, McMUlen of Illinois, Koz-lowsky of Boston College, Gullan and Eckstein of Brown, did not bring a leal thrill over the match and yet the individual playing of these men at times was brilliant. Really, the game was one that was left to the work of the individual performer.

There was interference formed, but it did little in the way of clearing the path. This was true even on run-backs and on end sweeps. Grange had no interference whatever and was powerless against an avalanche of Providence linemen. Boston probably never ha 3 been, so many fine exponents of football In action on the same field and on the same dav before. Still almost every play seemed to bring an anticlimax.

It was lack of cooperation, of cohesion, of drive, of getting into the game for all it was worth, really, that made the teams appear to be made up of units and as often impotent as effective. The Bears were crabby all through the game. They were unduly rough too, held a lot and got away with it, kneed and piled up. On, the other hand the Rollers played a strong clean game orje calculated to do thq came of professional football a lot cf good- him. When a back does not get any aid he Is helpless.

But, I judge by his mannerisms that, were he given the necessary aid, he might be all that he has been said to be. The game showed that 11 players playing as Individual units, no matter how great they may have been, or how well they may have played as college nieu cannot get very far in the professional game. Thats to my mind the handicap that Grange suffered yesterday. His mate. I-arl Britton, the man who is said to have been responsible for the wonderful feats that Grange turned in during his college career, did not get into the game until the third period and then only for a short time whilf Grange was in.

Britton, however, played the entire last period. Granges play was a disappointment, but he, like every other mart who plays football, is only human after all. I also have been asked how does professional football compare with that played by the colleges? I went to Providence a few weeks ago and saw the Steam Rollers against the Cleveland Bulldogs. That game slow compared with that of yesterday, but the same style of play was followed. Players do not get into the play or knock down opponents as do the college players.

They tackle high and around the waist; also seem to be satGfied to stop the attack rather than bang- into it fiercely as the same players ha done as collegians. This undoubtedly is done to save the players. They do not block so well as the college men. and while the holes were opened for the backs yesterday, the runners were unable to get up to them and go through. This may have been due to the frozen ground wnioli not permit cleats catching Yield.

Fail to Pile Into Play As was the case at Providence, there were many players standing up, and out of the play. The general style of play is no different from that used by the colleges, as the men are all ex-colle-gians. There was very little taking out of players; generally the man who might be considered the man to clear the way ran high and just bumped the opposition. The linemen did very -little pushing aside of offensive players; they generally reached over and tried to grab the players by the head. This was vei prominent yesterday, yet there was little left to be desired in the way of defensive play.

The stand made by the Bears was a rea; defensive stop although it might do Baid that the offensive tactics used by the Steam Rollers were not of the best. Nothing better could be wished than the punting of Hanny and Bruton of the Baars and Red" Maloney, the old Dartmouth end, kicking for the Steam Rollers. The latter kicked well and out of bounds, often placing the ball within the shadow of the Bears' goal. AVhen the bali did not go out of bounds, one of his players, who was offside, would rush down and get the full benefit of the kicks by touching the ball down. When two evenlv matched professional teams get together it narrows down to which gets the benefit of the breaks, or the pulling off of a long forward pass, so powerfully do they play defensively.

The Steam Rollers, a team that has ben playing together all season, played more as a unit and had as stars Jim Laird. Cy Wentworth. Curley Oden. Jim Crowley and Don Miller, while in the line, Eckstein's passing was remarkable, although he made two. poor passes ayainst the wind that did not carry.

Mike Gulian and Joe Koslowsky of Frown and Boston College, respectively, were a sturdy pair of tackles. The end plav of Garvey and Maloney, too, was good. The Bears departed at 5 yesterday afternoon for rittsburg, where they play to7ay. They go to Detroit for a game Saturday and will play in Chicago Sunday; wish four games following next Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of next week and the Sunday. No players can stand such a pace.

There were so many men prominent In football as coaches and officials at the game at Field yesterday drawn by the reputation of Red Grange and a desire to see what football as played by professional league teams was like that Globe reporters sought their impressions and reactions. These are given below: lilt E. J. OHRIEX Noted Football Official If yesterday is any criterion of the success of professional football it was a dismal failure. It lacked the effort that is so noticeable and conspicuous in the school or college game, especially the brand of football uncovered by the much heralded Chicago Bears with Red Grange as its headliner.

Hanny of the Chicago Bears proved that he lacked effort when he started after a bad pass with a dont carq attitude and permitted Garvey, the ex-Holy Cross star who was lyith the Steam Rollers, to scoop up the ball and race 40 yards for the first touchdown of the contest. ttianny not only loafed but he aleo failed to make the tackle which the ordinary college player would have accomplished alter Garvey picked up the fumble, "The Steam Rollers, however, played heads-up football which accounts for their ability finally to win the game. The Providence players as a whole played much superior' football in all departments of the game but it was noticed throughout the game that neither team offered the Interference which always is so evident In both school and college football. The tackling was not nearly as hard and fierce as the tackling in -big college football contests. The professional players have no ideal to work for In football games like the college player and as long as football Is played it is and probably always will be a college sport and nothing more.

COACH FRANK CAVANAUGH Boston College Football as displayed by the Chicago Bears and the Steam Rollers is no different from that -0 or 25 years ago when played professionally, like the game of yesterday. Grange is a hard worker, but hre was more o-f a handicap than a help to his team. He was cmopletely smothered almost I every time when he was elected to cany. "In fact Grango or any other heralded star would have had difficulty In gaining consistently for the Chicago Bears because the team lacked the interference for the carrier tbrat usually is so conspicuous in the school or college game. The professional player remembers tomorrow, or in other words does not give the same brand of football that is expected of him in the collegiate ranks.

The professional football players of the type of tha Chicago Bears or teams that are barnstorming throughout the country composed of college stars dont give thejr all like regular varsity players and it only goes to prove after the exhibition of yesterday that football is and always will be a collets game. The tackling was not hard and clean cut like that which always mark3 the foremost college battles every Fall. The Sjteani Rollers wtie a far better machine in every respect and they played the game for all that was within them and deserved to win. Curley Oden. Cy Wentworth and Kozlowsky were the members of the Steam Rollers who individually did brilliant work and were far superior to the Grange of yesterday.

Grange was a 'big disappointment to the thousands of football lovers who attended the contest but. unaided bv interference. It is rather doubtful whether any other player reputed to be such a brilliant performer could have accomplished any more than the Illinois captain of the past Fall did tne battle yesterday. HERBERT TREAT Ex-Princeton Mar Tackle "Professional football has improved wonderfully of late years and offers wonderful possibilities, provided the game is played as cleanly and as hard as that between the Chicago Bears and tlie Steam Rollers yesterday afternoon. "True, the players dont give their all, similar to the college player, but it appeared to me to be a w-onderful spectacle and has wonderful possibilities 1 of being developed into a good sport I professionally if the players are so well i drilled as the Steam Roller eleven.

"Grange was a disappointment to all who saw him play, but nevertheless it I is raiher' doubtful if any of the other All-American backs could have accomplished much more against such a fine collection of football players as the Steam Rollers had in their lineup. Of course there was not the interference for the carrier that is offered in the college game nor was there the hard and sure tackling that predominates in the college football battles. There was much individual effort by those carrying in yesterday's battle, but the Steam Rollers gave all that was within -them, while the Chicago Bears failed to make much of an impression. College football is far superior to ways will be. but I personally believe professional football and probably al-that professional football can ana will be encouraged, though it may be a matter of time before it will prove satisfactory to the dyed-in-the-wool football DR CHARLES IIELAX Ev-ltoston University Coach Professional football will never be a success because football is a school and college sport and nothing else.

Yester-! days game between the Chicago Bears and the Steam Rollers proved that fact to the letter. "There is more interference, more dash and more tight in an ordinary small college football contest than was evidenced in the Chicago Bear and Steam Roller game. It was very noticeable that the professional football players pave themselve.3 as much as possible because they realize that they are not playing for the same ideals that the college player seeks for the college which he represents. The tackling is not hard and sure in professional football as it is in college football and If yesterdays contest Is any criterion of professional football it was more or less of a failure and a big disappointment to football coaches and experts. The first half occupied 35 minutes elapsed time which goes to prove that the play system after all is, in my estimation, the best possiole solution to make the college game superior to anything else.

The Steam Roller team won because it was the better eleven of the two and played more like a unit than the Chicago eleven. Of course the Bears are playing many games on the present trip, but it impressed ihe that the brand of football which the Chicago eleven uncovered yesterday was not nearly as hard as the scrimmages which the college teams have to go through." COACH RODGER CARROLL St Janies High Football Team After watching the Bears and the Steam Rollers jesterday I am more firmly convinced that school and college football is and always will be where the greatest good will continue to predominate. The schoolboys and the collegians have a real Ideal ahead of them on the field and they give all that Is In them in order to win. The professional player does not enter into professional football with the same ideals that he carried into school or college football. The professional player is thinking of the money remuneration- which he receives for participating in games similar to the one of yesterday, whereas the schoolboy or college player gives all for his school or college for the sake of sport and not for any glory that mav result due to his efforts.

The school or college player plays for the love of the sport and that is not true of the professional player. The lack of teamwork was most noticeable in the professional game, and it was more Individual effort or tne halfbacks than anything else that characterized the professional game in which By MELVILLE E. WEBB Jr 'ned Grange has come to Bo3-w2, has been seen, and has been pottered. Xie Western football star, with jCew cheek books and his Nation-advertising, did his best but yitaway with nothing. perhaps he was like the pitcher it was taken to the well cnce too 0ea Really he was more like the unir bat that was blown in front cf a steam roller.

The hat was flatbed, and so was Grange yesterday, cost of the time; and it was Charley f-'ppen's Steam Roller football out-. fr0r) rroti'Ienee that did the flattening- The Rollers also flattened the E. ars.Sto 6. ptere were about 1S.O0Q out at Braves Field yesterday. Some of them paid 51-30 to see Grange; tome of them did not pay so much some did not pay at all, but had to stay notwithstanding that they wanted to go home.

felt that Barnum was and that One is born every minute." Also there was a big agreement with Georgie Cohan that Two re born a minute to take em. Yet it was football circus day nevertheless, and one doesnt expect to get more than seven glasses of lemonade out of one lemon at a dreus. And it was like that, in a big measure, out at the Wigwam football field yesterday afternoon. Easy Money for Grange 3cal statement made about ti.e i ef u'n except that the scoreboard flowed that the Ito.Iers won the game, to It may have been that there in the house. Perhaps not much.

Ma be Grange got 14.000. If he did. It was easy picking. It is hard to he a hero the time. 'rarge l.as flayed wonderful football jear.

At Illinois he waa regarded as no fash by scores football men an.i who know their business. II siiosrd the goods at college, ar.d h-n he scent out into the world of p.et teionalism it was because his of the profits, large as It was ex-re t-d ta be, was no larger than the Mu: the promoters expected sal th. themselves could reap. Gratae was the headiiner. Orarce had simply to go through the nettoiis and show himself.

If he played iriKart football, so much the better r. If i.ot, the golden dollars were In he batr Just the same. Teaterday Bos-t s- was another contributor i tewtldering amount. It i -s wiull have been more a.Vili. Grange performed bril-1 .1 that he did not.

The boy hi- be, i a tremendous strain, r. i that he has been so pa d. He hi-, b.n barnstorming at Amer- -'t game, has had no M-t r--t from the matches in it h- ha, be-n picked out a the a.an to and in consequence has had rru-re than mans share cf the iaunrg. Tried Hard, But In Vain The-e- n. question about Granges rru lie gave Boston al! he had -but It could rot have been the fee all which be is capable of playing when just r.vht.

Grange yesterday rohab'y would not have been con- dered In shape to start a game for his college by the coach at Illinois. Yet he had to start and had to play. At the Wigwam about all there was to of Grange yesterday was his Yellow j- rsev with its famous- 77. He rtal not do a thing the Steam Ro" s.w i that. The crowd went to the id expectant.

There were ki- sar p-ivers. many of them, out ei Wi-Aam football field. Moat t'- 1. i t' inus. too.

and Miller and Notre Dame, and several ot.i-rs were worth seeing ir r.en at the price. Bui Grange -r get away. -i tl.e start the Steam Rollers Vtrt hi-n marked. He fought and fought Ns 1 tor a time, but could make no mav. Perhaps he gained 20 yards 'y nisliug.

a fourth of it on a runhack In got one swift straight-r-n 1 passed, instead of ran with tf-' whe-i knew it was of no use tn I i 11. of the chse-uP sorim-'-ts i.r it made several tackles in -a c' apparent that hr was playing fo-'t tall bv the wav he handled hr h-n in the back field as a pro-f h.s own punter. In this he was cf no value at all. Cheert for Red" at Start 't tirn the crowd was with Red hl-a p) percent. When he started the the (hvering would start i'O.

jut always he was stopped. Soon it an ap ni th.it he was a marked plwjer was going to stay Marked. Ar.d then the temper of th v. a k.dd rs" appliuse that n- ted after that. If ha made wey u.wle forced a man outside crjw.is thecri were just joke -i -r-'.

f. 1, range chased a bull that 1 t-eet kit ke.l outs.de the playmg J. lie 11 alone, but wnen he I 'J up the there was a rt cf ihrtrs but they were -not on t' li el. Tfcn there came boos for Grange as i.i-r sometimes come at a star baseball player who t.n-.r.g an eft day. Ar.q finally y-s-o-ritay.

to ri Grange left the playing o-U a''-r doing his unsatisfactory there were many Jeers aj there re clirrrs ui.l Grange had to tare hi a 1 p- G-on in the dayj hutii- a bang account. Grange mates seemed tired, too. G1! I Ged line a team far off edge. rji in great amount of heart Just an oui.it that had agreed to put in 1 1 and was flunking of the and the shekels ahead lh Bunied-ately JJ 4 ffrent with the Steam Roll-' eleven had no exploit, but went "l' 'T diffpraiK spirit than outfit really th tMratr uuuh more than th more nu more Judgment in the I0 p.uy rear the opponents goal hv been Rrov won bv fclock- gaming two points be-n safetv. and later CARL FLANDERS Formerly a Tale Star After having witnessed several professional football games.

In which the New York Giants have played this Fall in New York, and the game between the Chicago Bears and the Steam Rollers yesterday afternoon, I would say that the contest yesterday was not a fair chance to Judge professional football at its best. It must be taken Into consideration that the Chicago Bears have been playing almost dally since Grange has joined the club and how many football teams can participate in three or four games each week and still be in top form? Thousands were no doubt disappointed in Red Granges Inability to electrify the 18,000 who witnessed the game, but he did not have many chances to show his real worth because his team seldom had the ball in the Steam Rollers territory. Team for team the Steam Rollers were the better of the two yesterday, but the result might have been vastly different had the Bears been as fresh as the Providence outfit. Professional football has a bright future, providing the players offer better interference for the carriers and tackle low and harder. It was quite conspicuous among the Bears that they were inclined to tackle by the shoulders, by grapplng belts or by jerseys.

Whatever Interference was uncovered during the game was displayed by the Steam Rollers, who played harder and better football throughout. Professional football can develop Into a splendid game now that more college men are joining the teams, but aside from that fact It can never replace the college game of football, because professional and college football are entirely different. One thing very noticeable is that there Is not the piling on after the referees whistle sounds that crops out In bitterly contested school and college games. By CHARLES LINEHAN Ex-Suburban League Coach and Harvard Scout There were many things lacking in the professional game of yesterday which predominate in school and college football. There was no running out to the secondary, no fierce tackling.

In fact the tackling was more or less of wrestling style, and naturally, those with the most strength and power in their hands downed the player carrying. The interference was sadly lacking. In my opinion t'he professional game will never take the place of college football because the ideals of the college player and the professional player are vastly different. The college players have an ideal to work for in participating in footba'l, while the professional player does not play with the fiereeness of tne collegian and is looking ahead at the receipts as his go.al rather than anything else. Tne professional phtjer will not risk being injured, which is untrue of the college player which, after all.

shows that the pro Is only a paid workman. "It was noticeable the number of players on both teams still standing on their feet while plajs were under way which one seldom sees on any first class college team. They also enter the games with poor spirit and fail to extend themselves. "Red'J Grange proved that he would be dangerous once he was in an open field, but the Chicago Bears did overy-jhing to protect him, realizing that if anything happened to him the remainder of the barnstorming" trip would be a complete failure without the much-heralded Illinois Univereity backfield player in the lineup. "The Steam Rollers played good hard football and were easily the better machine.

All of its players tried and worked hard to win. Curley Oden, the old Brown University star, gave a wonderful exhibition of running back kicks and off-tackle smashes which enabled the Steam Rollers to have the ball in the visitors territory most of the time Cy Wentworth, th old Salem High and New Hampshire University backfield star, provbd himself a star of the contest and was a hard man to check once he was In action. Neither eleven offered any Interference to the man with the ball, and many times the Chicago Bears obtained the ball by knowing it out of their opponents hands, which is onlv a part of the game. The Chicago Bears did not really extend themselves, except the early part of the game, vv he 1 the Steam Rollers had the ball on the formers one-yard line. The visitors presented a beautiful goal line defense, and finally took the ball away from the Steam Rollers on downs less than one yard from the goal line." AMUSEMENTS SYMPHONY HALL TONIGHT AT 8:15 HARVARD GLEE CLUB SOLOIST, SIGRID ONEGIN Ticket S2.B0, S2, $1.50, $1, no tax Traveltalks Color Views Motion Pictures Tcmw Eve, at 3:15 Sat.

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EXETER D. GRIFFITHS THAT ROYLE GIRL ESSIE LOVE IN NEW BROOMS By JOHN J. HALLAHAN The great Red Grange, the most talked of athlete in the world today, was in Boston yesterday. He and the other members of the Chicago Bears, profesional foobtall team, were on trial before a critical crowd of about IS.Oik) at Braves Field. And in Boston I believe that they know more football than in any other city in the country.

Po Grange. 77, came under close inspection of real students cf the game. I have seen some of the best, acting in the capacity of an ofiicial, and because of this I am to tell something about this wonder man of the game. Many in the big throng bad expected to st-e a superman, a man w-ho could do things that no other player has ever done. But he, like such great players as Jim Thorpe, Ned Mahan, Willie Heston and George Gipp.

is only human after all. He had done wonderfully against college teams a year ago, but was not so successful this year outside his romp through the Pennsylvania eleven at Philadelphia. However, he is credited with being the best player who has ever played in the Mddle West. That is by some, he is so Judged, hut his work against the Steam Rollers, Is all I have by which to judge him. Little Running by Grange Grange was expected to run wild.

But he didnt. anJ in that the crowd was disappointed. He not only did not run wild, but he ran very little with tlie ball in the three periods, the longest time he has played since he joined the professionals In the East. Grange looked as If he might be a good hurdler, has a good pair of legs, and stands up when taking the ball on a direct pass from center. He acted like a man who had been playing, too much, had little pep, and he never was able to get clear or get away the forward passes that one might expect to see after hearing so much about him.

The Galloping Ghost did not gallop at any time during the game and did not compare with what we have seen Oberlander of Dartmouth do in throwing forward passes. He never got the ball away well, always being hurried and I dont recall that he side stepped or turned away in making his passes. He is the type of player who ist be gotten past the line of scrimmage to be good, 'but the strong defensive plav of the Steam Rollers never permitted him to get away. It may have been the long ride from Washington to Boston on the sleepers and the fact that his sleep was broken en routs that made him appear only as an ordinary player. Grange played left wing defense, and defensively he did not Ret into the tackles.

In fact the tackling of the professionals was not that hard, fierce kind that one sees among the college players, so he was no different from the other players In this respect. Interference Ragged The first appearance of Grange In Boston. I hardly feel, was what one might have expected. He was not favored with any kind of plays to make him the svnsation that he is reported to be and when he was called upon to carry the ball ihe interference given him was ragged. It lacked cohesion, and the men did not clear the way for him as they do Jn college football, so it was up to him to do the little ground gaining he was asked to do.

on his own. He is a quiet, unassuming player, and one hardlv knew he was in the game, considering all the talking that bis team mates did. Grange was unaided by any such team as one might look for wUh me kiars allied with Sensational win Bill of KEITH-ALBEE BOSTON THEATRE Week Dec. 7. Contlncous.

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