EL PASO HERALD Sport and Society Section Sport and Society Section Yes, He's A Distinguishing Cuss He's the Boob That Put the Con In Connoisseur. Turn On the Water Under the Gas Tank, I Want To Take a Bawth This Month. . L w vtetk JB. r &cj I MAI DREES, Tales Told At By W. I T IS'T a I way the boxing skill or a battle. Sometimes the better fighter tarns his nnkle and sometimes cir cumstances entirely unforeseen cut more ten than half a 1oi-rn winter vryers. Mntt IJree. Tvhose very name is now forgotten "by the lovers of the game, was an unforeseen circumstance and while he lasted he surely upset the "dopc like a mastiff flicking his tall around in n drug store. Mr. Drees broke Into the limelight In Chicago many 3 ears ago. One night the Chicago A.thIetlc association, which was pulling off n tourney, found the card shortened up because some kid who was to meet Harry Griffin had failed to show. Griffin was a good lightweight, who in later days, even defeated Johnny Thompson, and, at this time, was a "terror to the younger stars. He could hit like mnIe kick, was game as a lion, and loTed rough going. Hence, when it wag announced that Griffin's adversary and defaulted, there was no wild eagerness to take the Job, and it looked as If Mr. Griff la would go through the evening merely as a spectator. A small boy who had slipped In with some fighter piped up: "I know where dere's a light v. eight wot'JI fight Griffin," said he, "an yonse can get im on de phone right away3. His name's Matt Drees: he's Just de size up Grifrin. an' he'd fight an ellyphnnt fer $30." And, taking a despcratechance, the matchmaker called up 3Ir. Drees, got him ail right, and secured his promise to be there In half an hour. When Matt Drees appeared beforc the matchmaker, the official threw a fit and began to give tongue like a bloodhound, but there was no time to choose. Griffin, having heard that his foe was on hand, was already In the ring. Presently Mr. Drees appeared, ana then a whoop went up that shook the building, while Mr. Griffin stood up, gasped, and bulged his eyes. Matt Drees proved to be a man with red hair falling in wild locks around his shoulders. A huge red mustache swept across his face. Ills eyes were fierce and blazing. He dnnce,i np and down upon the padding, and front the great mustache came low, lahuman growls of fury and antic ipation. Griffin looked at this creature and his blood ran cold. The gons rang, and Mr. Drees, with cries of benstlike frenzy, launched himself across the ring. Mr. Griffin made one ineffectire pass at the monster, then turned hJs back and ran for his life. Round and round the ring they went, vrlth the red mustache growling .in pu rguit. At last Mr. Drees got close enough to land a light swipe on the retreaOngback of Mr. Griffin and Mr. Griffin immediately leaped the ropes, never stopping his flight until he hit the dressing room. NeTer again In ten years of fight I oc and 200 battles did Griffin quit or show a trace of yellow, but that object-with the red mustache and scar let mane got his goat before the gone pang. During the next month 3Ir. Drees fought five men, and cveryone f them curled up, quit, or dogged it till he had a chance to flee. Xot One of them was even bruised by the demon he dldn t have to hit them. Then, one fatal night,- poor Drees, complaining that it was hot -weather, shaved off the big mustache and parted with the crimson mane. And the next time he fought his nntagon 1st, a second-rate pug, beheld a timid little man, with a weak Jaw and apologetic features confronting him Instead of the devil he had banked on meeting. The second-rater went straight at Drees, drove him round the ring ana flattened hlra in tbxec rounds without the slightest trouble. Drees never fought again, but the reputation he built up v with his mustache and hair was a topic ot mirthful conversa tlon round the town for many and many a day. Tris Speaker May As the Best 1 F TRIS SPEAKER does as -well with the stick in the series with . - .- the Aew Torn Giants this month . . as he did three years ago, many Bos ton fans are sure to go Insane from pure delight The Red Sox outfielder, "whose name has been frequently men tioned as the likely -winner of the Chalmers car to So presented to the American Ieague player most valu able to his team, ran up a batting average .571 against Mattbewson, Marquard & Co. in the five-game se- ! ries staged between the Speed boys i and the Giants in 1909 a series, by the way, that took 91.001.38 out of the National commission treasury, the re- ceipts not equalinr the expenses. pcttacc indue .1 una in x uuies il i bat In the last Boston- New Tork se- ' ries, three of his drives being for ex- I tra bases. He touched Mathewson j and Ames lor home runs and Jarred Crandall for a triple, his total base average being .952. He was not the only player to hit .500 in that series, for Harry Hooper had the half century mark. Manager, then captain Jake Stahl, batted .300. Charley Hall turned in an average of .200, and Bill Carrigan's figures were .083. Pape. Wood, Collins, all of whom will play for Boston in the coming series, failed to get a hit three years back. New Yorkers Still on-Team. Twelve of the New Yorkers who were in the 1909 series still remain with the team, these being (VHh the averages they then made) Meyers and Merkle. .375, McCormick and Mathew son, .333; Crandall. .250; Murray, .190; Doyle, .182, and Snodgrass, Herzog, Marquard, Ames and "Wiltse. .000. The Giants have this year, unless the figures lie, benefited more by errors of their opponents than have the Red Sox. At least, one would deduce that from the number of runs each team has scored and the number of runs each team has batted in MeGraw's men, up to last Friday, had crossed the plate 773 times, 457 oi these tallies being batted home on safe hits, 58 on sacrifice flies and 38 on inield outs. That leaves a bal ance of 220 markers obtained either through errors, battery and fielding, through wild pitching and through steals. The Stahlwarts, up to the same time had reached the registering bureau 714 times, batting in 595 runs 504 on safeties. 45 on aerial sacrifice and 46 on infield outs. Boston' Dependable Man. Duffy Lewis has been Boston's de pendable man in the Pinches this sea son, he having been responsible for 4 i runs, oi wnicn 13 were recorded through the medium of sacrifice flies. Us Boys -- j - Registered United States Patent Office. TERROR1ZOR the JRingside A. Phelon eren the heaviest Trollop that wins Win the Auto Batsman This Year Tris Sneaker has batted in 90 tallies. S2 of them coming over on safeties. T.arrV HorrlnAH rin -m-mnA nA Vv CC "-' rr t V Si J"""vic" "L"B , runs and Jake Stahl and Charlov Wagner with 56 and 55 tallies hatted home to their credit, also are aboTe the half century notch. The Giants have the same number of men as the Red Sox with records of having batted in 50 or more runs. Larry Doyle excels with 96 and Jack .Murray comes next, with S3. Chief Meyers, Fred Snodgrass and Beals .Becker ate the other half century ?,"??,"?? -respective records being Tin. " m , .,j ., i. wn?t2rilI e f""fcLtfle3 s,nowlnS WMld'-HprtZ? f ioV8" "e nT,ShVSl tn iii-aVe ,,acc?m" season- hitting line this New York Giants. Safe Sac'fce Infield , Hits. Flies. Outs. Total Doyle S4 6 6 96 Murray. ..... 62 13 9 83 Meyers ....... 51 5 0 50 Snodgrass ... 44 . 8 4 &6 Becker 43 5 3 51 Herzog ...... 38 7 1 46 Fletcher ..... 26 6 7 39 Devore 26 2 3 31' "Wilson 16 3 0 19 Sharer 11 1 1 13 Crandall 13 0 0 ' 13 Mathewson. . . 10 1 , 1 12 Marquard S 1 1 10 McCormick. . . 6 0 0 6 Hartley 6 0 0 6 Tesreau.. ..T. 4 0 1 5 Groh . 2 0 1 .3 Ames i 0 0 3 "Wiltse .2 1 0 3 Burns 2 0 0 2 ,Total 457 58 38 553 Boston Red Sox Safe Sac'fce Infield x Hits. Flies. (Juts. Total Lewis.. ...... 73 12 9 94. Speaker. 82 4 4' 90 Gardner 73 4 S 85 Stahl 46 7 3 so Aagner. ., .. . 51 1 3 55 Hooper 38 3 2 43 Yerkes 31 3 1 35 Carrigan 19 0 3 22 Bradley 15 2 3 '20 Hull 17 0 0 17 "Wood.. .. .... 11 0 1 12 Engle 9 2 0 11 Bedient.. ....9 0 0 9 Henriksen. . . 5 0 3 S Cady 4 3 0 7 Nunatnaker. . . 5 1 1 7 Ball .'.. 4 0 3 7 O'Brien.. .. ,.. A 1 0 5 Krug.- 2 1 0 3 Pape.., 3 0 0 3 Collins 2 0 1 3 Thomas... ... 0 1 1 2 Cicotte..' 10 0 1 Total 504 45 46 595 n- hArf 7rISS5SS-J&oo os N. ,..-- x.v . - w. s- - Millers Are the Champions' Of the City League; Win EI Paso Pennant Soldiers Outclassed in the Last Game of the Season of 1912 The Millers are the City league cham pions of 1912. In the final game of the season, played Sunday at Washington park, they completely outplayed the 22d infantry team and decided the City league title by a 5 to 2 score. For the tntire nine Innings the teams played ball that was the best seen in the city this year and which was in a class far surpassing that of amateur balL Both teams were, in the game every minute, playing sensational ball, pulling off thrillers in the fielding, hitting and base running line and the pitching work; especially was that of Hill of the highest order. The Millers did fine work through out the .ame, and" in ' winning their title played- baseball that deserved to win. As during the other games of the season, thev showed, a gameness and fighting spirit which will win games for any team, and when things were going against them at times, they buckled Into it with the result that they had the big end of the score. Likewise, when they started anything during the game, they finished it, and when a man reached a base, the batter following generally sent him along. uinr -will's wonderful pitching as sisted the Millers in winning the decid ing game of Sunday! Ten different times he fanned men and he made the batters bite the air at critical times and generally with men on the bags. His hits, too, were kept well scattered, and only in one Inning did they play an im portant part in the scoring. Hill's no hit game of a week ago and his defeat of the soldiers in the final -game which decided the pennant Sunday has put him in the leading class of the local twirling artists. Claiborne Adams, the foster father of the Millers, was near the diamond Sun day and at all times was encouraging his. team to win. . Soldiers Not Up to Kcfrm. ' The soldiers were not up to their form in Sunday's game and neither at bat nor in the field did they do the things which they have done in other critical games of the year. Their field ing in many cases was mediocre and the pitching department was poor. Scamerhorn was hit" so hard and was so wild that Lieut. Garber had to pull him from the game in the sixth inning and sent Kay in to replace him. Kay pitched much better ball than Scamer horn and possibly if he had pitched the entire game the Millers- might have been held down closer by the soldiers, but it Is not belieTed that the soldiers could have beaten them, because of the form they were In for Sunday's game. Besides the honor which goes with the winning of the City league cham pionship, there is a pennant fund amounting to about $350, which will be divided between 15 players and a final banquet which had been promised to the Millers earlier in the season if they should win the pennant. Claiborne Adams will be the host at the banquet which will be given to the victorious. Millers. Millers Start Game Lively. With the opening inning, the Millers started off by kicking away ivso neat li tie run3, -which gavi- them a nice margin to play on during the game. 1 - I , oreat rnotograph or the 1 ail-enders , A Champions of the City league, the , Dave Crockett, manager; H. Kiefer, en Grady, J. Fassctt. H. Darker. I. Leyva, Chenowetb, II. E. an Surdam, coacu. Darnell, who was taking Barker's place in left field, flied out to Lamb, but Har ley Kiefer, the Millers' captain, was hit by Scamerhorn and sent to his ,base. And by the way. Harley was in the game for all of the nine innings and his spirit helped the Millers greatly. Weiss, because of soldiers pitchers wildncss, was passed to f.rsi ann tnen he and Kiefer enacted a successful double steal. Hill was the second out, but H. Grady singled and Kiefer came home for a score on Grady's hit -with Weiss closely ! following him for the second run. Only j one hit played a part in the -scoring. 1 Gurtz, the first soldier at the bat, made a hit off Hill and was sacrificed by Grady to second. He went to third on a passed ball, but Hill came into form tltiA farmprl Art&ms and Trpmn. thp two remaining batters-to face him durT inp the-Inning. One hit was made off" . Hill but a--score-could not be -squeezed in. Millers Fall to Score. W. Grady, the first Miller at the plate in ' second, was given a walk, but c -liough he stole second, his team na o did not assist him and he died at second. Fassett and Leyva both filed out and Campbell, who took Coming's place, fanned. In the soldiers half of the inning. Lamb and Yost both went out and, al though Fisher got on a base by an er ror, Erickson could not help him any and the inning was over. The 22d infantry band, which v,zx. present, tried to bring the soldier play ers back to life by playing and .the crowd stretched, but it didn't seem to "be in the soldiers on Sunday and their efforts were"Useless. In the first of the third Inning, the Millers went out in one-wo-three or der and the soldiers did likewise. Um pire De AVigens was hit in the shoulder b a pitched ball, and Grady's hot liner, which H. 'Grady did away with, brought back the old "pep" to the game in this Inning. - Plicher Proves a Hitter. Hill, the great little pitcher of the Millers, started the fourth inning off with a two-bagger and H. Grady sent him to third with a sacrifice. W. Grady sacrificed Hill home for a score and then beat out the ball to first, landing at that section safely. Fassett and Leyva both went out -with the Millers one run to the good for the Inning. The soldiir It, th!s Inniner rront tS route as previously. Kemp, the first ! up, sent a not one. which Kiefer swal lowed and had him out. Hill fanned both Adams and Limb. Off of Scamerhorn in the fifth, Camp-J Den drew a quartet of Dalls, but was declared out while stealing second. Dar nell was hit by the pitcher, bat Erick son, the center fielder of the soldiers, by a wonderful catch, put Kiefer out and the Inning ended with no hits and no runs for the Millers. Yost made a crack to deep center in the soldiers' half of the inping. but Leyva made one of the greatest catches of the year when he pulled it down out of the clouds after a long sprint. Erick son was again in evidence, as he was many times during the game, with a screaming three bagger to right field. There were no runs made by the sol diers. ' Millers Mnkc Tvo More. Two additional runs were made bv the Millers in the sixth which resulted in Scamerhorn being pulled and Kay sent in to replace him. To begin with, VESTEROAY WE TRIED To LING UP SKINNY SHAMED STARFISH CfANTS AND SNAP A NICE PICIURE OF THEM FOR. To-iytfS PAPER BECAUSE THEY FNISHED LAST" THtS SEASON BUT EXPECT roVUlM THE PEMMAMT AlEtfT SEASON. THIS IS THE BEST OF THIRTY S Kl Ww? mcTJ"!: STRAM6E KIDS KEPT BUTTN6 IN AMD 5TARTN6 FIGHTS TEAM Sn JLf? T AU GAV3E OP. THE" OMLY TUO MEMBERS CF THE CaStaiisJ SSwSvuii1 AY S0RT 0F A RESPECTABLE MANNER. IM THIS PRNT Afc. eAPIAN SKNNYSHAMER.AMDTHEMAR1EL0DSTU)IRL6R EAGLEBEAK SPRODER. Millers. From left to right, they are: jiinln; W. Grady, G. Corning, C. Hill, H. A. Adkin, A. Porter, J. Weiss, TV. Billy Grady was safe, on an error and on -Fassett's two bagger scored. Leyva followed him with a clean single over second and Fassett romped homeward for the second score. Campbell was de clared' safe at first and Darnell singled, and. with the bases full, Lieut. Garber sent Scamerhorn to the bench and put Kay in his place. It was a critical po sition for Kay, but even with the bases full, he fanned the remaining Millers who faced him. Hill slowed up a little in the second half of the sixth and gave Gurtz a base on balls. Grady followed with a little bmgle, but he slid into first and spiked Kiefer. the. injury nearly causing him to quit the game. Kiefer, however, stuck it out. With the two men on the bags, Hill closed down on the othpr hotter"! -and no-1 runs -were made. Soldier Make Near-Rally. A near-rally was made by the sol diers In their half of the eighth inning, when- they scored two runs. Grady be gan the inning with a single and Kemp's fielder s choice put two on the bases. Grady went to third but was out- at the plate, but on a neatly exe cuted, steal, Kemp came home for the first score for the infantry. Lamb landed a safe one down near second and scored for the second run of the game, when Yost singled. Campbell's sensational catch of Fisher's flv over second saved the soldiers from" doing any mor&damage. The ninth Inning went off with the usual outs and nothing was pulled off by either team. Art Wood's find in the umpire line. De Wigens, was again on dutv and did not meet with a single kick from either the fans or players. The crowd -rohleh witnessed the game was the largest of the year, and it is estimated that there were 210 people there. IIoiv It Happened. The score: Millers. AB. R. H. PO. A.E. Darnell, If. 4 02 0 0 0 Kiefer, lb. . 4 118 0 0 Weiss, rf. 4 1 0 1 0 0 HH1. p. 5 110 4 1 H. Grady, ss 3 0 1 2 0 13 W. Grady. 3b 2 1 01 1 4 0 Fassett, c. 4 1 112 1 0 Leyva. cf. 4 0 1 2 0 0 Campbell, 2b 3 0 0 10 1 Totals 33 5 7 27 9 1 22d Infantry. AB. R. H. PO. A. E. Gurtz. ss.... 4 0 110 0 J. Grady, c. 4 0 1 S 4 0 Kemp, lb 4 1 t) 10 0 0 Adams, 2b 4 0 0 4 2 1 Lamb, rf. 4 0 0 2 0 ft Yost, If. 4 0 1 1 0 0 Fisher, 3b ,..4 0 0 1 4 2 Erickson. cf. 4 0 2 2 1 0 Scanierhorn, p 2 0 0 0 1 0 Kay. p 1 0 1 O'O 0 Totals 35 2 6 27. 12 3 Runs and Illtn. Millers runs 2 0 0 1 0 2 Ot) 0 5 Hits 10010,400 1 7 22d Inf. runs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Hits 1000.1022 0 6 Summary 'of Game. Innings pitched By Scamerhorn, 5 2-3; Kay, 3 1-3. Runs made Off Scamerhorn, 5; off Kav, 0. Hits apportioned off scamerhorn, 6: off Kay. 1. Two base hits Hill. Fassett, Yost. Three base hit Erickson. Stolen bases Kiefer. 2; Weiss. W. With Flags Flying, the Stage , Is Set For (Sreatesi Circus Wood and Mathewson Will Likely Be Opposing Pitchers in Opening Game of World Series Players Are Beady for the Fray. By NORMAN M. WALKER. TENTS are In place,, flags are fly ing from the center poles, the sidewalls are stretched and the band is ready to blare out its open ing crash of chords for the biggest cir cus the American people have each year ithe world series baseball con test. , , The polo grounds in New York is the magnificent stage for the great spectacular contest between National and American leagues, with the Giants against the Red Sox. When "Silk" 0Loughlin steps in front ot the stand in the Polo grounds Tues day afternoon, drags off his blue cap and announces the batteries f,or the day to be Wood against Mathewson, the climax of a nerve wrecking season will have started. The Giants will trot out to their position on the home ground spick in their spangles of white. Matty will slow over a couple of trial benders and the big battle will begin. Fates of nations will not depend upon these games. The stock market will not react with each game and the price of meat will not drop with the Boston loss. Nevertheless and notwithstanding, these same series promise to upend the daily trend of affairs for the next few days, as noth ing short xt a declaration of war or an earthquake could do. As a matter of information dis seminated among the faithful fol lowers of this column of comment, the following tabloid facts' are offered anent the world series: Opening gamei Tuesday, October 8, at Polo -grounds. Remaining games to alternate be tween Boston and New York. Umpires: William Klem and "Wasn't 1 A Player Myself?" Proudly Says the Elder Tesreau "Big Jeff" of the New York Giants, After Pitching Team to Victory, Win Dray Only S3000 Regular Salary Is $1800. By CLARENCE F. LLOYD. T. LOUIS. Ma. Oct. 7. James Tes s reau, father of "Jeff" Tesreau, the pitcher who pulled the Giants out of the fire and virtually won the National league pennant when It ( seemed about to slip away, while in r St. Louis, disclosed several facts not 1 generally known to the baseball world. While Tesreau has been pitching the Giants to the National league championship Jie has been, drawing the njeasly sum of $1800 a season. That's even less than half the amount being pulled down by some players on second division teams. But Tesreau's work has been appre ciated so much that he will receive a bonus of $1280 extra for his great services during the season, with the promise of a present in the shape of an automobile if he succeeds in win ning the world's title from the Red Sox. This information was received by Tesreau senior In a letter from his son. "Charley has already won the $3800, which includes his salary and bonus promised if he won the National league pennant," said the elder Tes reau, "and now he -will try to -win the automobile and also the -world's series title for the Giants. "Why shouldn't Charley be a base ball player? Wasn't I a player my self? Even after my oldest son had become 20 years 'of age, I used to get out with the youngsters and hurl 'em over. Yes, I was a pitcher, too, so I guess Charley inherited the art of twirling. "Yes, I'd like to go on east to see my boy Charley pitch for the Giants. but I can't take the time. But he's a great player now and I guess he can get along without me." Jim he might be called Big Jim, just as his son is known as Big Jeff is more than six feet tall, though not as broad as his famous son. He is on his way to Washington state, where he expects to purchase a new farm, inasmuch as "Jeff," or Charles, as his father usually calls him, has promised the senior Tesreau tha he Grady. Kemp, 2; Lamb. J. Grady. Sacrifice hits- H Grnrti- w noT. iJ. Grady. Struck out By Hill, 10; by Scamer horn. 3; by Kay, 4. Base on balls By Hill, 1; by Scamer horn. 3. Batters hit By Hill (Kay) ; by Scam erhon (Kiefer and Darnell). First base on errors 22d infantry, li Millers, 3. . Left on bases. Millers, 6; 22d In fantry, S. Double plays Fisher to Adams. Passed balls By Fassett. L Time of game 1:66. Umpire De Wigens. Scorer Campbell. By. Tom McNamara 5MMiAMjioa Charles Rigler (National league), and "Silk" CLoughlln and Billy Evans (American league.) . Rest for the weary is what the New York and Boston clubs are enjoying as the curtain is ready to ascend lor the championship games. The re cruits have been given a tryout in the final games of the schedule and all of the players, especially the pitch ers, have been given- a chance to rest and get in condition tor the final games. Relaxation is what these high strung Individuals need and Messrs. Stahl and McGraw are not overlook ing this one best bet for they are giv ing the players all of the rest they wish. Charles Murphy to the con trary, the players are being allowed to gamble, drink beer and do any thing else they wish. This is on the theory that the relaxation win do them more good than the suds will do harm and the players are able to forget the contest they are np against. w Jim J. Corbett Is Improving from his operation and Is going to get well Good for JinL His loss would be a se vere one to pugilism at this time and there are few left like the big chap In this somewhat battered game at the present time. Corbett was oper ated on for appendicitis with compli cations and he is taking the count flat on his back in a Philatlelphia. hospital for the first time since he left a bank in California to slip on the padded pillows. The winter revolutionary league has opened in Nicaragua -with the score as follows: Regulars, 0; Rebs, 6, will purchase the 210 acre farm in Missouri for himself. The Tesreaus are from Frederick town. Mo. Rather, the farm Is locat ed about eight miles from Frederick town, and despite the fact that he has already won fame as a, National league champion, -with prospects of being a hero in the world's series. Big Jeff plans to return to the home down in the Ozarks. HIGH SCHOOL LOSES MESILLA PARK GAME The El Paso high school football 1 team was defeatedfin its opemner came of the season by the New Mexico Ag gies by a score of 43 to 0, at MesiHa. Park Saturday. The locals were out weighed. However, with this obstacle, the high school lads held the line re peatedly against the Aggies's attack and held down their scoring. El Paso's team lined up as follows: Left end, 0D. Kilburn; left tackle. H. Coldwell; left guard, C. Fox; center. B. Foster; right guard, N. Talbot; right tackle. Rue Darnell; right end, Carroll Ronan: quarter-back. T. Schumaker right halfback, O. Walker; left half back, S. Shea; full back. W. Linnehan. PRACTICE GAME POORLY PLAYED; INSTITUTE WTNE. The El Paso Military Institute de feated the Second cavalry in a practice football game at Fort Bliss Saturday, the score being 9 to 7. The game throughout -was played poorly by both sides and there was plenty of fumbling, misplays, wrong signals and the like Team, work was lacking in the play of the cadets. o O ADDITIONAL SPORT ON NEXT PAGE ABelmont "notch" coBorin white striped Madras. It's an t COLLAR 15c,2for23c Cluctt,PeabocY& Co. Tb - DAY is THE DAY! LAST GAME OF THE SEASON TAKES PLACE ON THE HOME GROUND ADMISSION FREE VICTORIOUS OLEANDERS uilLL BE PRESENTED- 0JITH THE PEN.!AiT AMD FWE DOLLARS CASH MMEDIATELY AFTER THE SEASOM CLOSES. THE MARMELOUS EAOF- BEAK SPRUDER UjfLL GET BUSY VMlTH EX PERT OPINIONS ON THE GfAtoT-SOX SERIES