Now that Catherine and Trinity have taken their bows, we turn to two storied high schools, both undefeated alike. They meet now, eye to eye, last year's Manning Cup finalist St. Andrew Technical faced multiple time champions, Excelsior High. We're still here at the Anthony Spalding Sports Complex. I'm your host, Kimania Sullivan. Thank you for staying with us. We have a heavyweight bout between stats and Excelsior and just a little secret because I'm a man of the people and you, my viewers, I value you so much. Tell you a little secret, St. Andrew Technical has the highest goal difference in the competition. Plus 26, no goals conceded, Excelsior on the other hand has only conceded one, two very mean defenses. Let's see who comes out on top. Dean Smith, Lejay Williams, up to you. Thank you so much, Kimania. Perhaps you should really be a goalkeeper there with that filed control. Let's have a quick look at Zone D. Clan Karthi and Cedar Grove yesterday they played four goals to two today. Tarant and Bridgeport they played simultaneously as a St. Andrew Technical and Excelsior. The game you will now witness here is a look at the table of four games between St. Andrew Technical and Excelsior, each 12 points only separated by goal difference plus 26 versus plus 18. Clan Karthi, Bridgeport, third and fourth, six points, Tarant, three points, Cedar Grove, newcomers, celadwellers at the moment yet to get a point. Here's a look at the recent head-to-head stats and Excelsior in 2021. They drew and in 2019 stats would have made it all the way to the final and they beat Excelsior four goals to nil. They're getting ready. The referees are standing by. The teams are in the tunnel and ready to march out to the tune of the music and it is going to be a very interesting match. St. Andrew Technical and Excelsior, the man with the ball, is the referee, Kelsey Anderson. He's given final instructions. Here's a look at the field at the Tony Spaulding's first complex. Yeah, I tell you, each and every year it looks lush. It looks beautiful. And there is something being done right at this venue to keep it in the pristine condition that we've witnessed it year in, year out. Few clouds in the skies, but the sun shines still through the clouds as these two teams make their entrance to the pitch. They have a storied rivalry. Their first triumph in the Manning Cups and Andrew Technical came at the expense of Excelsior all the way back in 1987. Six goals to one, that final ended. And for bragging rights and for glory, stats will try to replicate something like that. Excelsior, they've been in the wilderness for a minute now and they'll try to avoid any embarrassment better yet. They'll try to get the better of last year's beaten finalists. It's an Andrew Technical and Excelsior. It's on your home of champions. It's a schoolboy football man in co-action. We're standing by for the national anthem of Jamaica. The full anthem, a beautiful pro. And the teams, they meet each other. I'm sure some of them know each other, perhaps playing at the same clubs are. In some instances, they may have gone to the same prep or primary schools, but friendship perhaps put at the periphery for 90 minutes. Here's a look at the officials for today's fixture, Kelce Anderson, the man with the whistle, assisted by Condor de Hall and Andre Smith. And the fourth official as in the first match, Stefan Dua. All right, let's have a quick look at the lineup for St. Andrew Technical High School in goal, Jaheem Williams. Alex Xavier Good, Nikoi Gale, J. Lloyd Smith, Richard Livingston, the captain, Leon Brown, at the time, Marshall, Andre Salmon, Kalanji Watson, Kevin Hall, Kimar Thompson, their coach by Philip Williams. Yeah, a new system for St. Andrew Technical this season, switching to the 3-5-2 from the 4-3-3 that served them so well last season. They have a lot of danger players and strong defense. Let's see what they can do today against Excelsior. Leon Brown has six goals. Andre, as eight goals, Andre Salmon has six. We just witnessed the toss of the coin. And we are going to look quickly at the lineup for Excelsior High School. Jadavien Wall in goal, Lennon Green, Terrence Williams, Shedika Wizard, Ronaldina Medwinter, Dante Burt, Arayne Strong, Richard Andrews, Demali Williams, Demar Edwards, and Steven Bailey, their coach by Keon Broderick. Not much change, although it's a new coach for Excelsior this season. A lot of players returning, similar 4-3-3 formation. They'll be looking to attack down the wings and be steely in the middle against the St. Andrew Technical lineup. That's a look at the coach, Keon Broderick. For a season as head coach, taking the reins from Xavier Gilbert. Phillip Williams has been with the program from 2017. He has only known the semifinals or finals yet to win at this level. Kelsey Addison gets things going. Excelsior trying to advance on the right wing flank. They still have possession, trying to advance down the left to Excelsior. St. Andrew Technical making their intentions in defense known, throwing taken quickly by Medwinter. And the challenges they certainly have forced to them. There's a look at the coach for St. Andrew Technical, Phillip Williams. Also coaches, Portmore United to a title last season. That in the cup. Here's St. Andrew Technical. Here's Leon Brown. Leon Brown! And he had the last will of Williams. What a strike it was from Leon Brown. Number nine with nine goals. LeJay Williams, Leon Broderick and company. They have a lot to consider. So much to consider. He did it all himself really. Went around the defender with skill and that left footed finish is quite excellent. Quite, quite excellent. And he has put St. Andrew Technical up so early in this piece. And last year's beaten finalists have a serious aura about them already this season. You wonder if this could be the moment for them. Still early days yet, but so many individuals have them as a serious, serious challenge. It's not that they weren't serious last year, but this year there's something about them that a Genesequa, if I could use such a term. Yeah, I think they have probably the most returning players in terms of the big teams from last season. Imagine a team that went to the final but have 10 players returning from that program. 10 very important players too. LeJay Brown already has a lot to think about. Two minutes into this one. But Winter lifts it up. Header on! It's over. They're very much in it. It's early and they know it. Yeah, they haven't given up yet, Excelsior. They have a lot of talent in their ranks also. Excellent cross. His teammate probably got a little bit into his way actually. They already were seeing the signs of a really good game here. Yeah. Alex Zavia Gooden. Here's it. They still have possession. St. Andrew technical. Trying to bring it up field. Could turn that from the number 11, Andre Salmon, in the path of Marshall. Marshall sends it across. Cut out by midwinter. Booted up field now by Excelsior. They have time to settle. Surprisingly, they had so much time on the ball. They're Excelsior. Not very aggressive in the middle of the park. St. Andrew technical in that particular instant. Here's Gooden. Marshall on the end of that. Keeps it in. It's with Livingston. Livingston played out now by then on green for Excelsior. Silky Drublin from the captain. You just kept going on and on there Livingston. Had his injury issues last season. We were looking to stay far clear away from them this. That ball easily handled by the custodian Javi Jadevin Wall of Excelsior. And I spoke in the match prior about the quality of the goalkeepers. I think Jadavin Wall is an example of that. Very comfortable with the ball at his feet. Bit of a loopy one there, but he went to his target. Excelsior. In the middle of the park. Richard Andrews shot came in the end. Easily handled by Jaheem Williams, who even from last year was impressive in goal. Shadiqa Wizard there, the man with the attempt. Here's a look at the fans. Quite a lot of them from St. Andrew technical. Not too far from here, St. Andrew technical. They have a possession. That is cut out now. They regain through Medwinter. Medwinter knows he should have at least gone straight to goal or made a better pass. Arane Strong was there the five goal man. Yeah, had options. Has a really good left foot. Medwinter from left back takes set pieces as well, but wasn't his best attempt there. And the mirror of international football being demonstrated at the schoolboy level. Where ball playing goalkeepers have so much of prominence that being demonstrated just a while ago by Jaheem Williams and Co came out. Thompson takes it through and quickly. Here's Livingston. Trying to be a thorn on the left and back. Yeah, a lot more attacking responsibility for Livingston this season from his left back row last. That's already seen in his output. Nine goal contribution, three goals, six assists in just four games coming into this one. Huge responsibility for the St. Andrew technical skipper. Huge responsibility for that man as well, Phillip Williams. Has been to three Manningham Finals so close, but yet so far from success. And there's a thought now that maybe because he has tasted success at club level. Here they come again, St. Andrew technical. It comes that time to Kevin Hall. His shots kind of high. He's the mirror image of Livingston on the right hand side playing that right wing back row. Already the two strikers for St. Andrew technical. The interplay is lovely. Both of those strikers, two players returning from last season. Leon Brown and Andre Salman. 15 goals between them so far this season. 15 of the 27 goals. St. Andrew technical have scored in four games and 10 minutes of football. The schoolboy football season. Quite defeat. I told you, the teacher. You have all the stats, all the information. Midwinter to take the throw in for Excelsior. This in the 10th minute of play. Still Excelsior through wizard loses possession. Teja Marshall left his marker for dead. Kalanjee Watson got in it. Here's Leon Brown, the outside flag. Excelsior coming forward now. Shaheem Williams did well. Maureen Strong was getting in stride in position. Shielding the defender from the ball. But James Williams was equal to the task. Here's Thompson on the left and flank. It's Brown to Livingston. Livingston driving inside. Salman. Watson. All the way to Hall. Hall to the keeper. Handled easily by Jaravin Wall. Midwinter. He's been ubiquitous. Shot of J.D. White there. Cavalier goalkeeper. Very, very involved assistant coach actually. Of the St. Angiotechnical program. Cut out by Midwinter once more. That ball intended for Kevin Hall. Here they come now through Stephen Bailey. Still Bailey. Solid work in the middle of the park from St. Angiotechnical. Handled ball in the end. He knows it. That's Kalanjie Watson. I wonder which reggae artist his parents were thinking about. You don't look like a reggae man yourself, Lejay. I would like to say that I'm a man of all genres. All genres. Oh wow. I like what I like, you know. Midwinter. Shaheem Williams equal. Had that one covered rather. I wonder what's in your playlist at the current moment. Every promo, unfortunately. Midwinter once more. Livingston. Leon Brown did well. Has pace. Does Brown. Covered well in the end by Lennon Green. Lennon Green. Part of the track and field program at Excelsior. Part of the four by one team that won at the Pen Relays. Here they come again. Winster. Child. That time by Bailey, but comes all the way to Alex Xavier Gooden. Booted a field. Excelsior really struggling to get out here. Struggling to impose themselves on this game so far. I think they'd be really well served trying to get the ball to Richard Andrews. One of their better players. If not their best player in the field at the moment. Seven goal man, the number 11. All from attacking midfield. He's their top scorer so far. Excelsior have scored 19 goals this season and he has contributed to 10 of them.  The St. Andrew technical are showing you that prevention is better than the cure. Just by keeping the ball. He nor Excelsior can have it. Gooden. A few miscued passes from St. Andrew technical. They definitely have to sort that out. Want to give away possession so easily. Excelsior with possession. Throw in. Wanted to Excelsior. The work that from Richard Andrews. They're leading marksmen with seven goals this season. Gets the ball. It's the big green trying to play it forward. Andrews was the target. It's actually Demar Edwards. I think maybe some calm is needed by Excelsior on the ball as well. Too often their defensive midfielders in the first 17 minutes of the game and their centre-backs as well looking for that click ball over the top. Maybe it is that coach's instruction. But against the three centre-backs of St. Andrew technical, I think it's always going to be difficult for them to infiltrate or get behind the back line like that. I see a St. Andrew technical spring. A lovely one to the left-hand side. Livingston at the end of it. Getting it now. Here's Thompson. Made that Marshall. He was able to release the trigger. But it was blocked for a corner kick. A new addition to the St. Andrew technical roster. Marshall, 16 years old. His first year of Manning Cup football. Maybe Livingston to swing this one in. Away from Goal. Gooden got up. Here's Hall. It's with Gooden. Ball sent in the air once more. Nikoi Gale there. Played it all the way back. Yeah, a really key member of the team last season, Nikoi Gale from that defensive midfield position. Yeah, a bit too heavy that pass for Livingston. Nikoi Gale. Also a part of the team that Phillip Williams brought to link up success at Portmore United. Didn't get too much game time, of course, being a youngster, but valuable experience for him. He'll have a different role this season. Yes, he'll be playing the same defensive midfield role, but in front of three centre-backs this time. So I think he'll have much more responsibility in the build-up. He'll be key saying Andrew technical are to return to order's excellent skill. Return to the final of the season. Midwinter. Yeah, composed on the ball is this young man. Excelsior. Just a bit of a spot of a bother there. Referee bring in Hall to the proceedings. Two players down. One of which is Livingston. Yeah, Green and Livingston collide in there. A few of the St. Catherine High School supporters still looking. Looking on, knowing that they have more football to play and perhaps they will come across one of these two teams as the competition progresses. Leverett Halliman there, currently coach of Camperdown, would have coached both these two teams to success at the Manning Cup level. Stats in the 80s and Excelsior in the early 2000s. You could say mid-2000s. That was the last golden era of Excelsior football. Manning Cup champions in 2003 and 2004. Walker Cup champions in 2004. Also under Olivia Shield in 2003. Walker Cup champions in 2008. That was their last title at schoolboy football level. Went to the Walker Cup final in 2019, the team won emphatically right before the St. Catherine. Once more, look at the goal. Leon Brown doing well, getting by one. And what a thumping strike that was. Yeah, beating Jadavine Wall in goal. He pounced on that one like a predator. Here comes Stats once more. Watson is trying to find Livingston who mis-controlled that one. It's a throw in for Excelsior. Throw in for Excelsior, mid-winter, back to wall. Flick on header for mid-winter. It was his possession to defensive work that for Watson. Bringing it back to Gale and company. And I think there was an example of the usefulness of the 3-5-2 formation. How, say, Angiotechnical are using it. It's because it creates triangles and diamonds all over the field. So whichever ball players in possession, there's always an option. Really good for possession-based teams. Seat very often in Italy. There's also that defensive aspect to it as well. Wasn't the best defensive contribution there by Leon Brown. It's obvious that he loves to have the ball at his feet. Even after the whistle, he couldn't let it go. How many times have I said that? Perhaps I definitely need a counter. Tamarhead was there, playing it out. Here's a build-up play. Medwinter trying to release a wizard, but Cotton was there. Alexeve, a good one of the stand-out defenders in schoolboy football last season. He represented Jamaica as well at the Conker Kafe tournament for under 17s. Plays his trade for Cavalier as well. He's one of the stand-out defenders and one of the stand-out players really in schoolboy football this season. Here they come, Excelsior. The expectation was better than the delivery. Richard Andrews not able to get a solid thump behind that ball. I said that they need to get him on the ball a bit more. I think he felt that way as well because he was very eager to get a shut-off. We know that he can score them from there. I already scored a couple of free kicks this season. And of course, last season, scored one of the goals of the entirety of schoolboy football. A left-footed strike at Stadium Eastfield. So we know what he can do, but it hasn't been getting on it too much so far. That switch of play is always hard. Yeah, and they've done it to perfection. Livingston, good on the ball. Here they come, all the way to Gooden. Gooden from distance. 26 minutes gone in this encounter. Philip Williams not pleased with that, given a period of tuition to his team. Ensuring that they keep focused. Ball to Hall. Takes it down one time. Still with St. Andrew. Technical Watson. Gooden brings it all the way to Thompson. Here's Gail. Marshall. Back to Thompson. Marshall. St. Andrew technical trying the patient approach. Not too much success on that occasion, but it always is good to keep the ball away from your opponents. Good defensive shape also by Excelsior. Transitioning from their usual 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 attacking shape into a very solid 4-4-2 midblock. Trying to lessen the space that St. Andrew technical have to work with, but one thing that they need to watch out for is that constant switch of play from the right center back from the defensive midfielder over to that left-hand side for Richard Livingston, who is always on his proverbial bike. His bird. Gave it away cheaply trying to fight to regain possession, but it comes to Hall. Hall pushing forward. Yeah, Lee and Brown was in an offside position. Here is Excelsior. Well, there was Excelsior. Throwing out to St. Andrew technical. If you just joined us, they lead by a goal to none over Excelsior, St. Andrew technical high school. Last year's beaten finalist. Excelsior trying to push forward. The intended target, but that was beyond him. And the midwinter. Ball over the top. One of Excelsior equal to the task. One actually twin. His brother left winger. That injured in the match prior to this one. Here comes St. Andrew technical. The intention was good, but well read by the defensive lineup of Excelsior. Gooden does a switch. Controlled well by Thompson. Marshall. Livingston dispossessed there by Richard Andrews. Make that the Marley Williams. Marley Williams a 14 year old. Always good to see the young players, youthful players getting an opportunity. Wall equal to that task. Good head of that. Here they come again. They can. Good use of the width of the field. Senator technical has demonstrated by that pass. Livingston did well to take it down. Releases that one over the top. The intentions are there. Had to have been while scrambling a bit. At full stretch there. Livingston trying to get his fourth of the season. Haunted proceedings there. Booted a field by ball. Gale trying to release Brown. Excelsior now trying to step forward. Burt taking quickly. Excelsior straight into the back. Midwinter. And Compton made that Andrews. You can hear the screams really of goal every single time. Andrews lines one up. The Excelsior crowd is expecting. They know what he can do. And I think maybe even that. That first shot. May have been. Pretty close to goal. He said that he has nicknamed Diamond. And I know from midfielders who have been. Called that nickname in schoolboy football over the years. Such as Kaseem Priestly.  He definitely wants to get out of the rough at the moment. Trillion by Solitary goal. Here come Sinander technical Thompson. Livingston could turn that by salmon. They call Gale. Good back to Gale. Marshall. Marshall. Does well to get by one turns. With the sharpness. Happy just to play around the ball. Sinander technical. Here's Gooden. Senses one on the end of it was. Livingston did well first time. Wall getting a hand to it. Though it was going off target. He berates himself. It was cut out a bit there. Even initially looked as if he wanted to come out for it. I think that's what tricked him up a bit. He knows that he gave up a quite unnecessary set piece now for. Say Andrew technical. Taken. Out swinger. Gooden gets the header. Easy does it for Excelsior. Or is it? Here's Brown. Holtberg playing that out for a corner kick. Leon Brown. Has the look of someone who's hungry for goals. That's a characteristic that serves any striker well. He's the right treat to have. A striker that. Actually played a lot of his high school football here. In the Anthony Spalding sports complex. make his debut for Italian club Salernitana today in a 4-0 loss I'll be but if you're hungry for goals and you have the work rate to show for it as well that's where it can bring you so Leon Brown continue. There's a corner kick from distance that one is intercepted. Leon Brown finds Hall, Hall sends it across, cut out, Leon Green there during the defensive work conceding the corner all beat, fourth corner for St. Antitechnical, Levinson behind it should be an in-slinger this one saved your fans from wall unable to really get much clearance though went only to Gale with St. Antitechnical Colangio Watson there handling the ball here's Excelsior, Stephen Bailey being brought down, goalkeeper Jadavine Wall down also medical staff running to him as we see the Excelsior team before that they were headed to their coach look at the supporters who've gathered in the Tony Spalding complex. One of them being Omar Ling of St. Antitechnical fame from last season Jadavine Wall still receiving treatment. We're going to Kimani Salivan he has a sideline report let's see what news he has for us Kimani. Thank you Dean Lige you love this one I can confirm that coach Broderick has reverted to a 4-4-2 he has conceded possession to the center halves of stats you would see them on the ball advancing a lot of the times and that's due to the tactical adjustment by Excelsior coach Philip Williams on the other hand he has encouraged the center backs to drive into the spaces that Excelsior are giving to them and playing those long diagonals you would have seen them playing so often as we see here but definitely that back three of stats having a lot of joy in possession as you said Lige back to you and that 4-4-2 is a similar system to what was employed by Broderick at Vauxhall last season here they come starts going through the gears but well defended in the end they've won it back. Leon Brown playing well with Kalanjee Watson, Nikoi Gale happy to spread it wide to Thompson play continues and appears they're being made but a very same nothing to it. Hall connects well with Watson, Watson lifts it across Livingston playing that one out of touch. Another look at that save Andre Salmon there while equal to the task here they come again Bert intervening their block in the advance of Hall put it up field but J. Lloyd Smith doing enough to get it out of danger their love in the action can Excelsior increase the intensity of this contest bring some more tension by catching a goal before the half closes. Here comes Sinandro technical good defensive work by Lenon Green it's going to be really hard to outpace him in a battle. Livingston Hall goes against him in the first of two minutes time to be added on here stats spent a lot of time especially in the midfield transition right in that left sector J. Lloyd Smith Thompson to Gale beautiful pass gets Marshall Livingston unable to get it to an intended target midwinter played it out goodin that's Hall now he whip it inside Watson happy to spread it further wide when he was in a nice position couldn't showing he has some amount of pace as well able to outrun a rain strong favorable man for Excelsior and Kelsey Anderson says he's seen enough of the first half this in the encounter between Sinandro technical high school and Excelsior that man that Leon Brown in the second minute of the encounter ran through the lines and was able to fire on target to the delight of Philip Williams the coach of Sinandro technical Keon Roderick his opposite number has a lot to work through with the guys as they assemble and yeah the spectators they've loved it so far confirmation of the scoreline at the half Sinandro technical one Excelsior nil 45 minutes to come you have a Champions League on Sportsmax to FC Salzburg versus real Sociedad Tuesday 11 45 a.m. 12 45 in the rest of the Caribbean also in Sportsmax to Nathalie versus real Madrid Tuesday 2 p.m. 3 in the rest of the Caribbean RC Lanz versus Arsenal Tuesday 2 p.m. 3 in the rest of the Caribbean you have a Champions League on Sportsmax Sinandro technical leader Excelsior by a goal to nil this in the digital Manning Cup getting ready for second half action goalscorer there Leon Brown let's see how the second half goes from your analysis Leje what does Excelsior need to do what does Staths need to continue to do well I think Excelsior need to be a bit more patient on the ball I was quite critical in the first half of them going along at times but as the half wore on I saw that Staths were giving him a really hard time in terms of passing options and I think for Staths I think they just have to continue doing what they're doing they'll they're penetrating enough but except that they maybe need to yeah I think they need to maybe shoot a little bit more they're being a little bit too patient in and around the box but for Excelsior I just need to try and be more patient work the ball through the thirds I think I do have quality in those attacking areas it's just whether or not to get the ball to them on a consistent basis which I haven't been doing here's Sinander technical that ball eyes to the occasion what a strike as it was in the beginning the second minute there's something special about it for Sinander technical what a thumping finish lighting and thunder behind that one and luckily for us the game will continue my word what a finish that is Kalanji Watson first goal of the season and it was an absolute thunderbolt it came out of nothing but as soon as it left his boot you know exactly where it was heading and that was into the back of the net they come again and Excelsior they've really been caught napping ball played through Levinson's ball it was cut off but Leon Brown was our side and then you mentioned it second minute in the first half and in the second minute of the second half as well really lapsing at the start of the halves for Excelsior and that has made their job so much harder for the remainder of this game but it must be said those two goals and that one in particular was quite magical what seemed what seemed a bit doable at the start of this half the complexity the adious nature of it has increased significantly with that early goal from stats in the second half this should really test the result of Excelsior a stern test and they will face each other again midwinter was shown a card earlier by Kelsa Anderson I'm assuming that Richard Andrews will go for goal here he's facing a very good goalkeeper we have to be a good effort Andrews still with the ball picked up now by Williams current Williams Alexei Vagudin in a no-nonsense mood booting that one-off field ball coming out to clear the danger they have really taken the chances that have come to enter technical and interestingly they've all come within two minutes by the half Excelsior trying to get out of trouble they get themselves into more trouble Sinander technical losing the ball there Marshall trying to hustle and regain possession they do so now it's with living stone living stone striking the billboard and Brown playing significant pressure Marshall back to Brown Andrews salmon they're unable to complete the passing sequence here's Thompson good turn that from salmon salmon still trying to step that forward from Marshall was the goal scorer Watson here's Excelsior dangerous play that dangerous moments that for Excelsior midwinter on characteristic playing it back to the goalkeeper in a dangerous position just able to clear here's Marshall and you just get the picture that they're losing concentration Excelsior and they'll definitely need something special to get them back in this one Bailey Williams midwinter they're still Bailey firm challenge it's still with Excelsior then and Brown loses possession there ball sent to Leon Brown Leon Brown has one man to beat unable to do so Leon Brown gets it back leaning behind any send that all the way over the top he's a hard-class master Philip Williams he knows he has to keep the steam in check youngsters especially his bird trying to push forward Excelsior dispossessed living star gets the return ball from salmon firm challenge from Lennon Green the track athlete can see throw in taken quickly Thompson they've been stunned I see in the box played out good under pressure from Williams Williams trying to keep it in possession for Excelsior but they lose a beautiful take by living stun sends it across at the end of it yes they needed a bit more of a salmon a bit more of a shoot on side policy say Andrew technical I still think they're trying to show a little bit too much composure in and around the box trying to do a bit too much they've already shown that the quality of their strikes is top-top tier I think they just need to let a few more go what a take it was by this man living stun here's a corner I said the curtain with the header headed out the follow-up Nick Boygale call kick from Excelsior it comes in and your technical green did well to keep that in play and shield it from the attack of Serenjo technical but they regain position here's living star force-wide has Thompson ups to go for Marshall but lost possession did stats in challenge that they've really the anti has a stats especially in the middle of the park not giving Excelsior the kind of space that I noted early on but here they come Williams trying to advance and look at the crunching challenge they're in a no-nonsense bootleg Williams look at that again yeah but on that occasion it was a little bit too forceful yellow card there to me McCoy Gale pulling me feel the fault see Andrew technical but Excelsior really in the wars here see much if there was a feeling I'm here hand to the face but they were about three challenges or so that could have received a yellow card in that sequence Richard Andrews stands behind this one sequence broken up well read by Senator technical ball played up for Brown acres of real estate here he gets the ball and just wide salmon unable to apply the finishing touches the artist for it just needed a better brush of the painter yeah that one was desperately close for someone trying to get his name on the score sheet already six this season and the technical turning the screw more in a counter-attacking style so far the second half they're down been on toward about it but the nature of the injury to the head trying the attention of the referee immediately was Kevin all here it comes and the wall just have been any contact with the goalkeeper nowadays it's going to be a fall starts when it's high again here's Gale lifts it across headed away twice here's Andrews spaces have really been closed out for Excelsior it's really been all in one half salmon there just outside here's senator technical Livingston Thompson Bailey Bailey fouled so they're trying to advance the Marley Williams there being roughed up by J Lloyd Smith staff they've really come out a bit more oppressive to know all the way to Jaheem Williams in goal for senator technical hasn't really had a lot to do gave away the ball there this Bert midwinter trying to bring it into the area Richard Andrews trying to connect with Bert but that was broken up here's an anti-technical ball to Livingston here's the second half goes Cora Watson to Gale Thompson and really stretch in the field building their own rhythm but some of the passes pass accuracy definitely has to go up a notch here is salmon the outside flag goes up substitution being made it's in the 64th minute coming off is Agitai Marshall and coming on is number 13 Dwayne Atkinson let's see if he can keep things busy that's a good one thank you so much I try hard really try hard Williams just that it's too much on the control from Shadeeka wizard didn't have the magical touch that really was really needed don't miss the excitement of is a schoolboy football on the Sportsmax app download from the app store or Google Play Store catch all the league action and updates on the Sportsmax app and remember schoolboy football is free on a Sportsmax plus and that's available on the app here comes that's let's see well we do know he can strike it better than that Philanger Watson yeah that's for sure not one of his finest efforts but we've already seen how fine his efforts can be so it's a bit of care the game has gone extremely physical I'm not sure if the Excelsior players are up to the task at Corinth the Marley Williams needing a bit of attention on the other end Jaheem Williams also being treated so here the goals that ball came in the park of Leon Brown yeah I was that for a finish ball upset about that one about this one what a strike it was from Kalanje Watson throwing for stats taken quickly here's the ball here they are Brown is asking what is happening he doesn't mind what's happening Philip Williams yeah that one was really easy I said that they needed to maybe shoot on site where the composure was warranted on that one really really easy substitute doing atkinson really laying that one and a platter as I said being for Leon Brown his tenth of the season and St. Andrew technical this season are looking imperious they're around 20 minutes away from their finishing their fifth game of the season that was now their 29th goal yet to concede they are definitely on the war path to go right back to the Manicov final it's really being easy street for them especially in the second half they've imposed a level of dominance with the physicality and here they come again here's the man with the brace Brown Hall salmon all the way to Livingston uncharacteristic for Livingston but he swings it across now so they're on the play 10 goals confirmation of that for Leon Brown this season great performance from stats so far here they come forward again what a strike what a beauty what a beauty from technical against Excelsior 3-7 and she's loving it Sinandra technical they're all loving it and he's loving it several goals for him this season easy does it took a slight deflection I think but yeah it was certainly wasn't target wall full stretch but unable to stop that one yeah it is getting a bit too easy now for say Andrew technical Excelsior heads have dropped and say Andrew technical are really really pressing home their dominance now and in a matter of minutes three minutes in fact they have improved their tune elite of four and with 20 minutes left Keon Broderick and his team really need to buckle down before this becomes a pasting well I'm even bigger pasting I tell you what the J you sent me to the dictionary I'm sure you've sent quite a few pasting severe beating or defeat that's courtesy of the Oxford dictionary of course it would have been implied in the context but for those who don't mind a trip to the dictionary as I was sent quite often by my father change has been made salmon coming on for the number nine orain strong coach Hallibam here looking on Gail to Watson Watson played around with it almost lost it dog the bird was there to apply pressure living Gail intercepted but Paul definitely still a fighter to aggressive says the referee for a quick excelsior just in front of your bench tomorrow Williams took that one well here's Bailey playing out from the back quite easily is an technical salmon was offside Williams pushing forward for excelsior goes from distance in every sense of the word you can really see the dejection in the faces of the excelsior players now and don't think this is a time for it still so much time left in this one still much to play for here they come now ball to Bailey taken down trying to get by came out Thompson but he did well there Williams taken down what a finish from the substitute Dwayne Atkinson the substitute came on and he has brought excelsior in the picture given salmon that goal was really well worked excellent ball over the top but once it felt a salmon just like his namesake and say and your technical it was an expert finish really made no mistake and I said that they still have something to play for I hope this gives them the encouragement to go and play for it 15 minutes left do you think we can see the upset of dreams well there's always hope here's Livingston for st. Andrew technical cutout Lennon Green you really give that one okay it's now a throwing for st. Andrew technical could hope be rising in excelsior in that camp can st. Andrew technical put a damper and the flicker of hope that may just be burning on the candle of possibilities and an interesting tidbit of information actually I wait until this attack is over if it's going to be over call trying to play it in salmon going for the rebound played out by excelsior all the way back to Alex Xavier Gooden and actually in little over 437 minutes of football for st. Andrew technical this season that's their first goal conceded I think it was a worthy one yeah livings done the captain to take the kick loading all players for st. Andrew technical all doing well annoyed here's game spread it wide to Livingston unable to get that one here they come again excelsior Williams Bailey mad winter now does long and triple jump does this man with mad winter here st. Andrew technical comes streaming forward Leon Brown gets by one gets by all yeah disappointing crossing then they looked a bit tired actually I think because of that we're about to see three st. Andrew technical changes triple change coming up salmon comes off and in for salmon is number 14 Rashaan Frankson what a strike he had in the semi-final last year Frankson has changed from a right-back position this season was operating more as a center forward no goals to his name as yet this season but does have an assist change the jammed by Grave coming on for Kevin Hall just under 10 minutes left in this encounter put it appeal by wall gale gets it to Livingston Smith couldn't back to Williams now in goal the pressure Frankson was wall got it out Livingston playing through Leon Brown check in his run gets it across Watson was the intended target but excelsior now looked to break and that should be a card to J. Lloyd Smith yes Kelsa Anderson waste no time that one was extremely rash late as well was being all ends up and definitely took out the goalscorer given salmon there one of the goalscores for Andrew Watson is down so that's Watson being treated by the medical staff was then under technical not a substitution be lined up by here for St. Andrew technical Watson will come off Delaney Delaney white will come on salmon there appealing to the referee for penalty so there giving him a little talk into Williams was eager to show his ball handling skills telling his team to relax Frankson bringing down the green easily handled by Gale here they come now and the tool Leon Brown plays it forward for Frankson Frankson tries to get back brown it into the play but that's broken up Celsius trying to clear Andrews Gale spreading it why Windows trying to bring it fall for senator technical but for excelsior bigger pardon but that was cut out here's brown brown that was a really good chance for brown lazy play there at the back for excelsior yet again I think for the entirety of this game I do think that their center box I've spent way too much time on the ball here's a sports mix that moment and it came rather early the first goal of the encounter this one by Leon Brown getting by the defensive line and fine fast goalkeeper Jerevin wall his first of the afternoon Leon Brown that was one little for stats at the time the sports mix that moment don't miss the excitement is a schoolboy football on the sports mix app download from the app store with a Google Play Store catch all the league action and updates on the sports mix app the second finish was much easier than that one it certainly was they have a return fixture these two teams in October time slowly taking away now substitution taking place for excelsior we've won Williams coming in for Bailey Bailey was operating on the right flank I was supposed to see one for say Andrew technical terrain hall was a goal to his name this easy to be coming for the captain which I live in stone so now your technical comfortable confident composed and clinical when they needed to be yeah they've scored some really lovely goals today once more this brought in terrain hall was trying to get on the end of it substitute hustles well to intercept that clearance we send a target then on green here's Hall the Marley Williams just shown him the byline and he was obliged to go there five minutes to be added on can that work to either teams advantage at this point and the pace that the game is going a not quite sure one thing I would like to say before the game is over is that I would want excelsior to be too discouraged over this performance I think that they've shown that they come again Leon Brown Brown still brown it's a corner hard work for my pick I'm not a match by the way Leon Brown I do think excelsior shown enough throughout the course of this group to show that even though they've come up second to this stats team I do think that they're a clear second best in this group I still think that they need to persevere first-year head coach as well in Broderick so I do think that there's a lot of positive signs for this team but that's under Philip Williams now for six seasons already been to the final three times there they have ten players returning from last year this is a seasoned campaign with a seasoned team he called it a mature program overall because quite a few of the players would have matriculated from the youth system on the 14 on the 16 two seasons ago they would have won the on the 16 competition of mine Ling was a standout player on that team maybe Kingston College with the likes of the genre of Richards in that final Gordon just saw fine time by the corner flag he was on that team is a free kick nothing much to it time continues to wait for no man here's it Brown Brown turns at the top of the D now comes the hall sent in Brown was trying to get on the end of the header the final shot from green atkinson mass exodus from the Tony Spaulding sports complex then you have seen what they needed to see certainly from a senator technical perspective their fans will be well pleased with the performance here's Williams can this be a final song song for excelsia jail intervene Smith to haul fraction was offside and he made it now chaos Addison will bring this one to a close he does so now sit on the technical for goals excelsia one they take so leadership in convincing fashion in this zonal match in the first round of the Manning cop 2023 Keon Roderick head coach of excelsia has really done well for the team they certainly in my eye look a better unit than the team last year Jaden White the assistant coach and of course the goalkeeper coach must be pleased that man to goes through his name ten goals this season confirmation of the full-time score senator technical for excelsia one here's a full-match highlights goals are started as early as the second minute then on green unable to really clear his lines and leon brown ran through and fired through a thunderous strike in the second minute of play here's another look at it he really did well getting by three defenders and yeah getting by wall in gold for excelsia a picture of frustration was a wall he would see more excelsia had their own opportunities that head up over the top and they would also have a shot that went easily to goalkeeper williams for senator technical they would continue those that's two attempts there none of them really on target that one over the top from living star that was headed on target from Richard Andrews and the follow-up was wide of the mark second half action now look at this one rise to the occasion Kalanjee Watson burying that one from outside the area what a strike it was doing well that was a goal number two percent and the technical and they all rejoice it would continue in the 68 minute when Atkinson providing an easy finish for the man who is our man of the match leon brown his second on the afternoon yeah easy easy easy not sure what the name of that dance is perhaps it's the easy street they would push forward senator technical and look at the bit of skill from salmon getting by one defender and fine from the left foot easily easy easy easy Andre salmon move the seven goals how about this for a consolation for excelsior given salmon the substitute yeah it was laid on a platter and I tell you what that was steamed fish bang on target the substitute salmon trying to bring hope Williams lying there in disappointment Kelsey Samuel Kelsey Anderson saw enough here the stats 32 shots 21 to stats 12 shots and targets seven of them to stats yeah was an aggressive match 22 fouls 14 to stats two yellow cards one to excelsior seven offsides for senator technical they also had seven corners none for excelsior that shows that they really weren't as penetrating as they should have been five saves two for goalkeeper wall three for Williams in goal and a 60 percent of the position for senator technical four goals to one we go to the digital man of the match with Kimani thank you Dean I'm joined by marketing executive from digital Georgine Smith she will be presenting her goodies to the man of the match Leon of stats all right receive those Leon so Leon I have to ask you thank you Georgine a very good performance by you you're the talisman in this squad sum up the game for me chain how many goals are you looking to finish the campaign with 25 more last year three goals never satisfied with that so this year I'm back all right Leon any messages you want to send family members a cute girl in class nothing fans just keep suppon suppoting us all right thank you there and all of us all right I can't did Leon Brown there I'm joined now by excelsior's coach coach Keon Broderick coach a tough loss you managed to do what no other team has managed to do this season and that's core on this stats team how do you see this game today well the goal that we scored is evidence that we have quality in the team nonetheless I thought that we we did a poor job in conceding too early in the game in the first half and then we carried it over into the second half in conceding early in the second half credit must be given to stats nonetheless in how they transition into attack every time they won the ball they play fast and they were able to get in behind I also thought that we could have been much better in terms of the dispensers organization and that's really got us all because we were playing too wide in the attacking organization and when you turn over the ball we did not get compact fast enough that is something that we need to work on as we move on into the into the latter part of the first round and I'm sure it's going to get better yeah I actually overheard you speaking to your charges and telling your attackers to compress the middle so that stats can go out wide and you would filter them out there that was a part of the game plan was to stop central progression it worked for most of the second half and for most of the first half and the second half it's just that we lost possession of the ball especially around the back and when you lose possession of the ball around the back against quality teams like stats you will get punished all right thank you coach all the best thank you yeah coach Broderick there of Excelsior first loss of the season for Excelsior but plenty of football left Philip Williams I'm joined by him now winning coach your street continues how happy are you I'm very happy I mean today was a very good test for my team I think the Excelsior team is a good team I saw what they were about and I mean they look good in terms of how they play and definitely we we embrace these types of game and we're happy that the boys are consistently good and today was no different talk to me about the back line you conceded the first goal of the season so far but speak to me about them in possession in particular and how you utilize them without giving much away um those those are our more experienced players so definitely they they will they will they will um they will have to take the bulk of possession for us and in terms of decision making and that's what they are doing many pundits and fans insist that there's something different about stats this season what are you cooking I mean the only thing different is that it's a more mature team we keep doing what we're doing down there we are organized and we always try to put our best forward on every given day in terms of taking that next step and actually winning the big one talk to me about your plans that's that's that's always been the aim from 2017 arm this year we have another chance of doing it and definitely we'll give it our best try thank you go to Alibis yeah man thanks much so here are the results in zone D clan Karthi yesterday meeting Cedar Grove four goals to two and yeah that game you just witnessed San Antonio technical four goals to one winners over Excelsior and they go atop the group by right five games played for San Antonio technical and Excelsior 15 points 12 to Excelsior can Karthi on six so is Bridgeport Tarant on three Cedar Grove on zero points yeah so that's how we wrap things up here at the Anthony's following sports complex four goals the stats one trick celtia yeah that's it


Morrison County Sheriff Sean Larson is asking the public to come forward with information that may assist their investigation into the death of a hunter. Investigators believe 41-year-old Terence Brisk was shot on Monday, November 7th between 2.15 and 4.30 p.m. on a wooded property northwest of the intersection of Hawthorne Road and Jewel Road in Bell Prairie Township, east of Little Falls. Investigators are trying to determine the circumstances of Brisk's death, including the possibility that the individual who shot Brisk is unaware that they had done so. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office on Wednesday determined that Brisk died of blood loss due to a gunshot wound. The Morrison County Sheriff's Office is asking nearby property owners, anyone who is hunting in the area at the time, and anyone who saw an unfamiliar person or vehicle leaving or entering the woods between 2 and 4.45 p.m. on November 7th to contact the Morrison County Sheriff's Office.


This is interesting. Let's say you are selected to play who wants to be a millionaire and you have a question for say I don't know maybe one crore even if it's imaginary I mean I never thought math could help you win one crore So let's say you are going to win one crore if you answer this correctly and this question is find a square number and There are four numbers given but every number is six digit number and you have no way to identify Whether it's a square number or not. So let's say you have some lifelines like say 50-50 So if you if you select the 50-50 lifeline two of the four options just vanish and you are just left with two options And you have to select from two remaining options but still you don't really know which could be the answer here and Now we have to make a choice whether to like leave the question Get away with whatever money that you've won or just try this question out and win one crore Let's see if we can observe something about the square numbers Particularly what number appears at the end in the square numbers and let's see if it can help us answer this question You look at all the options And you notice that every number is a six digit number and you have no way to identify whether It's a perfect square or not just by looking at it But then you start looking at the digit in the unit's place and each of the number What do you notice so the numbers in the unit place are three six one and eight There is an interesting property of the square numbers only specific numbers appear at the unit's place of a square number And this property says that if there is two Three seven and eight in the unit's place. It cannot be a square number So now you definitely know that Option a is not the answer and option d is not the answer b Or c could be the answer now because you have this 50 50 lifeline You have a chance so that if you can use it for your advantage and if by chance Either b or c just gets vanished. Then you know The answer to this question and you can still win one crore. So let's take a chance If you decide to use 50 50 lifeline And two options get vanished Say option a and option b right And now because these two options are nullified after using 50 50 lifeline You definitely know d is not the answer So the only answer to this question is c which is 7,72641 And I'll just tell you the square root of this number is 879 I mean I designed this question or a scenario in a way that I could lead you to understand the properties of square numbers But again, it's it's so funny to think about the fact that maybe some questions might appear in Who wants to be a millionaire and you could still be a millionaire So let's just assume for our happiness that you really could answer this question and you won't one crore But what if instead of option a or b the system nullified option a and option d Was that a foolproof method to get the final answer? Definitely no you you could have used other methods But just by looking at the unit's place number it was not possible to gauge whether it's us It's a perfect square or not because a perfect square might have the digits one four six Nine or zero at the unit's place But that's it it doesn't guarantee that if this number appears in the unit's place The number is a perfect square, but why does this property hold? Just look at the numbers from one to nine. So I'll just quickly write one two three four five six seven eight and nine So just remember any given number will end either with these numbers or zero Right and when we square that number the digit in the unit's place is going to be exactly what we see in the square of these Numbers so square of zero is zero square of one is one Square of two is four square of three is nine Square of four is 16. So we want to focus at six Square of five is 25 We want five Square of six is 36. We want to focus on six again Square of seven is 49 So we are interested in nine square of eight is 64 That's four here and square of nine is 81 And we only see particular numbers. So we see zero then we see one Then we have four in the square nine in the square and six in the square Also five and rest of them are already written So zero one four nine six and five are the numbers which appear in the unit's place in Any square number is any number ending with these numbers say for example 44 Is not going to be a square always, right? So these are the numbers which appear in the unit's place of any square number But any number that ends with these number is not the square. So remember that now, this is where We also know that only these numbers appear at the end of the squares And that's why the rest of the digits, which is two three Seven and eight do not appear in the unit's place of a square number Let's just notice what happens when we are squaring an odd number. So this is an odd number We find that the number in the unit's place is also odd, right? This is a good observation So when you square an odd number, you find an odd number at the unit's place Let's say you you square even numbers. So what happens to the digits in the unit's place? So it's four six six again Four and zero you always find an even number in the unit's place when you are squaring the even numbers It's also noticeable that by looking at the number in the unit's place everywhere You can identify what might be the unit's place digit in the square root as well, right? So let's say the perfect square given has the digit in the unit's place as nine Then square root will have the digit in the unit's place as Either three or seven because we saw the square of three is nine and square of seven is 49 So either of these two numbers might be there in the unit's place of the square root what if The perfect square has the digit in the unit's place as say six What might be the unit's place digit in the square root? We know that the square of four is 16 and we saw square of six is also 36 Whenever there is four in the unit's place will get the square with unit's place digit as six and same with 36 So four or six have to be the digits in the unit's place when we talk about the square root When the perfect square has six in the unit's place I'll encourage you to go through the squares of all the numbers from one to 20 And see if all these properties that we discussed really hold or not


Welcome to this presentation on NFC RFID Readers. In this module, we'll review a basic reader system. We'll look at the various input and output signals and components that surround our readers. We'll also describe why these components are needed and how they operate. Here we see a basic NFC reader system that consists of an MCU and an NFC Reader IC. Commands and payloads are sent via I2C or SPI from the MCU to the reader. The reader formats the data into either NFC type A, NFC type B, NFC type V, card emulation, or peer-to-peer. It then modulates the data, which creates a magnetic field in the loop antenna. The magnetic field is coupled to the loop antenna on the tag, allowing the modulated data to pass to the tag establishing communication. In addition to an MCU, a reader also requires additional components for proper operation. Here we see the building blocks of the output circuit. They consist of an EMC filter, a matching network, a receiver attenuator, and finally the antenna. Each of these blocks are critical to ensure peak RF performance and outstanding signal integrity. In the next few slides, we'll look at each of these blocks in more detail. Since an NFC reader operates at 13.56 MHz, well below the typical measured FCC radiated testing limits, the question is frequently asked, why do we need an EMC filter? Very simply put, the RF output of the reader is a series of trapezoidal pulses. The edges of these pulses create harmonics that appear in the spectrum above 30 MHz. It's for this reason that the filter is implemented. As stated earlier, the EMC filter reduces the higher harmonics from the RF output signal. In order to attenuate these higher frequencies, a two-pole low-pass filter, consisting of an inductor and a capacitor, is placed at the differential outputs of the reader. The cutoff of this filter is set at approximately 13.56 MHz. It's very important that this filter be placed as close as possible to the output of the reader. If it is not, the traces between the output of the reader and the filter may unintentionally radiate unwanted frequencies causing problems with FCC certification. Another key block of the output circuit is the receiver attenuator. For the reader IC to work properly, the receiver must be monitoring all activity on the antenna. It's fairly common on some reader applications where the output voltage swing on the antenna can be in excess of 50 volts peak to peak. This output swing is influenced by the Q factor of the antenna. The maximum receiver input specification for the ST25R3911B and the ST25R3916 is approximately 3 volts. In order to reduce the antenna voltage to an acceptable level, a divider is needed. This is implemented with a simple capacitive divider. The antenna creates the magnetic field and transmits and receives the data between the reader and the tag. Antennas are generally custom designed primarily because size requirements vary greatly among reader implementations. Despite this, the most common implementations are seen here. Typically in a proof of concept stage, it's very common to use a wire wound antenna to get initial performance parameters. This is because they are relatively easy to implement and can be changed relatively quickly to evaluate various antenna sizes. When a product moves to production, a customer will move to either a PCB antenna, either rigid or flex, depending on space requirements, or a ferrite antenna if the antenna will be in close proximity to metal. In an NFC system, the antennas are simply inductive loops or coils. Therefore, the electrical model for the antenna is a coil. The model parameters that are important are the inductance, the serial DC resistance, the parallel resistance, and the working frequency, which in this case is 13.56 MHz. Antenna parameters can be measured with a vector network analyzer. The measured parameters are dependent on the physical characteristics of the antenna. Therefore, the measured parameters can be modified by changing the physical characteristics of the antenna. For instance, to increase the Q factor, thus potentially increasing read range, one could modify the antenna by increasing the trace width or gap width. Likewise, if one wanted to decrease the inductance of the antenna to potentially use a higher value parallel capacitor, one could decrease the size of the antenna. It's important to know that external environmental conditions can also affect antenna parameters, such as metal in close proximity to the antenna. If the environmental conditions are known, it is important to measure the antenna parameters in the environment in which it will be operating. The final component in the output circuit is the matching network. Its primary functions are to create a resonant circuit with the antenna at 13.56 MHz, set the matching impedance, which controls output power and current consumption, and sets the Q factor for the system. It's important to note that the Q factor of the system will always be lower than the antenna Q factor. So when designing an antenna, a higher Q is generally more desirable. In order to determine the proper impedance match in Q, one must know the system design requirements. These would include what protocols will be supported, what bit rates, what read range, and current consumption. Typically, optimization requires a trade-off between current consumption and read range. As mentioned before, the impedance match will determine the output power and current consumption. Thus, if you wanted to reduce power consumption, you would match to a higher impedance, reducing the current to the output drivers. The opposite would also be true. For more output power, the impedance match would have to be reduced, providing more current to the output drivers. The Q is adjusted to change the sensitivity of the system, as well as to accommodate the required bit rate. A higher Q results in more sensitivity, but at the cost of allowing lower bit rates. We've stated that the matching network controls the resonance of the antenna and the impedance match. It also has to compensate for the effects of the EMC filter and the receiver attenuator. If either of these blocks change, then the matching network would have to change to compensate. So in the big picture of things, the matching circuit encompasses the EMC filter and the receiver attenuator, as indicated in the dashed lines in the block diagram. As such, all of these blocks have to be calculated and evaluated together. Changing any one of these component values will likely require rematching. Here we see the actual components that make up the matching network for the differential output. LEMC and CEMC 1 and 2 create the two-pole EMC filter. CS1 and CS2 adjust the impedance match. CP1 and CP2 control the resonance. C1 through 4 adjust the receiver input. And RQ1 and RQ2 adjust the Q of the system. While I casually mentioned what each of the components does in the circuit, they are all mutually dependent, meaning that if one value is changed, the others will likely have to be adjusted. Thank you for viewing this presentation.


At 9 o'clock on Monday morning, December 8th, 1941, I, Lester Doud, was in the mood to take up the sword. So I went to see the Navy. Words at War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war books, presents today a sample of the lighter side of war literature. We offer Love at First Flight by Charles Spaulding and Otis Connick. It tells the story of Lester Doud at his pursuit of his wings. This series, Words at War, is presented by the National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with the Council on Books in Wartime. I, Lester Doud, in December 1941, went to see the Navy. According to directions, I went armed with a birth certificate, transcripts of my academic record, and three high-powered letters of reference. They would have sold slavery to the North. A leader, yet with all not overbearing. He is strong yet adaptable, light-hearted but not frivolous, steadfast in the line of duty, ever hewing to the distant truth. I unhesitatingly recommend this boy to the Navy and the service of our country. I have known his family for 22 years. Sincerely, Edgar R. Lumpkin. Thus wrote the vice president of bittersweet condiments. During the following months there was indecision. Doctors went over my body as if it was the Atlantic City boardwalk. People also examined my papers and sent me from one desk to another. I became the victim of an old gag. Now let's see, where did you go to college, Doud? Yale University. Yale University? Where's that? Huh? No haven, sir. Eh, go to that desk over there. High school, college? You went to college at... What is this place? Yale University. Huh? Yale University? Where's that? No haven, sir. Oh, go to desk number 24. Geometry, algebra, trigonometry, botany, vaccination, chicken pox, German measles. Now you went to college at... Yale University, sir. Yale University? Where's that? Brattleboro, Vermont. Oh, huh? They moved it stone by stone. Mr. Doud, you're in. Your unnaval air cadet will call you in about two months. Glad to have you aboard, Doud. Glad to be aboard, sir. Exactly mass demonstrations at the news that I'd heeded the call to arms, but there was a flow of presence, mostly first aid kits from folks who wanted to see me prepared for any abrasion. It's from Uncle George and me. We're so proud of you. Take it, dear. Johnson and Johnson. Oh, you shouldn't have, Aunt Alice. And the jumbo size, too, leather-bound. It has your initials on the band aid. Oh, this is touching, Aunt Alice. I know I should have jolly time with the iodine.  Lester, I've always wanted you to have it. But the dress uniform in which Uncle Louis spent most of the Spanish-American war. For me. Take it, dear. And cherish it. You can have one of the Navy tailors. Take it in a little at the waist. And then there were the farewells. Some were in the mood of noble despair. Others were encouraging, conveying the thought that it was all going to do me a world of good. But the one I'd like to tell you about was Miss Winward, Ellen. At my farewell party along about midnight, I went searching for her since I felt that certain tender goodbyes were in order between us. Finally, I found her in the garden. Oh, oh, Lester, I didn't see you. Are you surprised, expecting someone else? Well, not exactly. I just... Oh, you're looking for Benton. Well, he did say something about... Well... Look, Ellen, I'm going away tomorrow and I wanted to say goodbye and... Oh, I feel awfully tearful about it, Lester. The pain will disappear around about Tuesday. I wanted to talk to you, too. After all, you'll be devoting your life to liberty. I don't want you to feel bound by anything we may have said in the moonlight. After all, an aviator should be free and independent. What is this? Will you be living from day to day? You'll want to enjoy the loose whiskey and the strong women. I mean, the strong women... But, gosh, Ellen...  Well, here comes the beautiful Benton. Guess he's looking for you. Well, well, if it isn't the old air cadet himself.  It'll be the greatest experience in his life. Sure, it'll make a new man of me. I'll be a different person. Absolutely. It'll throw my shoulders back and prove my posture. Definitely. Straighten out the kinks in my spine, tone up my muscles. Oh, it will. Stimulate the liver bile. Of course. Indeed. It'll do you a world of good. It'll straighten your spine and do you... Hold up your chin, that's discipline. It'll do you... Next day, I passed through the entrance gate of the Anacostia Naval Base and noted that it had the same cum hither appeal as the jaws of death. The guard did everything he could to relieve my apprehension. You'll be... Presently, a handful of fellow birdmen and myself piled into a station wagon and we were off. The atmosphere in the back seat had that strained intimacy of a crowded elevator. Finally, a burly boy broke the ice by grunting... I'm Joe Foster, VMI Halfback. Champions in 39. I'm Tim Carpenter, Virginia Wesleyan Guard, all state, last two years. Red Crest, University of Cincinnati, and... All conference in 41 with one East-West All-Star game, same year. Sure, yeah, yeah, well, have a great year. Lester Dowd, Mill Creek Hunt Club, assistant referee with one bad fall at Rolling Rock. Towels will be stored in locker. Wash cloth will be hung on gooseneck. These instructions were supposed to explain the arrangement of articles about the wash basin except I was stymied by the gooseneck. I didn't know where it was. I approached the officer of the deck on the subject. Pardon me, sir, but about the gooseneck and the instructions that were to hang our wash cloth on... Give me your hand, Junior. That's a boy. Now, see that? That is a wash basin. Yes, sir. This is the hot water. This is the hot water. This is the stopper. This is the stopper. And this iron intestine underneath the wash basin. That's the plankty by gooseneck! Then there was the matter of my shaving kit. Toilet article shall be stowed in top drawer. Bottom drawer shall be reserved for miscellaneous. My equipment was well housed in a shaving kit which I placed without much thought in the top drawer. During inspection, Ensign Fitch browsed around the bureau. Opening the top drawer, he came across the kit. Good heavens! What's this doing here? I have my shaving things in it, sir, and the rules... I don't care if you have a skull in it. All kits are regarded as miscellaneous in the Navy and so stored in the bottom drawer. This is a final warning. The next day, Lieutenant Sands of the United States Marine Corps had the inspection. Coming to my bottom drawer, he stepped away as if he had found evidence of a torso murder. Good heavens! What is this shaving kit doing in the bottom drawer? A kit is a kit, sir, and the rules... I don't care. It has shaving things in it and as such should be stowed in the top drawer. This is your final warning. A showdown came when the two men arrived together for Saturday's grand inspection. The kit was in the top drawer. The Navy was aghast. Good heavens! Again? The Marines replied... I told him to put it there. You did, Mr. Sands. After all, you're training. The Marines were not intimidated. A study of Rule 13 subheading two will disclose that shaving equipment properly goes in the first drawer. Oh, so it does, so it does. Apparently. However, a kit, old man, is a kit. If you put your hands in your shoes, that doesn't make them gloves, does it? Oh, no, the kit goes in the bottom drawer. However, if you fill a potato sack with apples, you still sell them over the apple counter. The kit goes in the top drawer. How do you think it goes in the first drawer? Uh, not so sure. It's the most ticklish issue I've had to face in the service. Uh, what do you think, Dowd? It seems to me, sir, that it is neither fish nor fowl and should be stowed in the middle drawer with the underwear. No compromising. Remember Munich. Then don't you think it ought to go to Washington? But that's it! The Bureau! The Bureau! The Bureau! Very good, Dowd. The case was referred to the Bureau. Meanwhile, I, Lester Dowd, solved the problem myself. I purchased a new electric razor that makes 2,500 contacts with a beard per second. I put it in the gear room with a vacuum cleaner. No questions were asked. This is to be an indoctrination flight, Dowd. I'll do all the flying. You watch and try to catch the feel of it. Yes, sir. I climbed into the back cockpit and fastened the safety belt. I was about to fly for the first time with my instructor, Mr. Glass, doing all the work, flying smoothly around the countryside. This was healthy. Here I was, waiting about in another dimension and enjoying the invigorating sun, feeling the wind whip my face, feeling sorry for the less fortunate people chained to stuffy offices. I shuddered to think how narrowly I escaped rotting in the industrial clutch. And evermore, quote the Birdman, a flyer's life for me. What? That was a snap roll to the right. I hung tightly to the side, suspecting that when there's a snap roll to the right, there too often is a snap roll to the left. And sure enough... Did you notice that you can do a snap roll to either side? I nodded in assertion. It was about as obscure as bear tracks in New Fall and snow. Long swells of swooning sensation rippled in my stomach. Something I had for breakfast, no doubt. I opened my collar button, ran my hand around my neck, and waited tensely for the bottom of the plane to fall out. For his next selection, Mr. Glossop pulled the throttle back, pulled the nose up higher and higher and higher until the plane stalled. Then we fell spinning toward the mother planet. It was like falling down an elevator shaft in the top. Ahead I saw a cow. The whole world revolved around the cow. The cow's world too. Everything was already sprung with a long tail swinging from it. There was nothing normal about it. Inside me there was much unsettled activity. I swallowed several times to restore order. Odd, I had never thought of getting a defense job in some vital industry. The work is steady, even if the air is bad. Fresh air isn't everything. Too much of it can be bad for you. For example, Mr. Glossop suddenly turned the plane over on his back. I hung suspended by my safety belt. My feet fell from the pedals and flopped aimlessly under the instrument panel.  This was the straw that broke the camel's equilibrium. Well, go ahead and kill me. I'm tired of living. I'm tired. I'm your ghostly pallor and the reflector. I judge that you're sick. May I? I summed down in a cockpit. As I sank rapidly into a coma, I heard a faint voice coming to me through the cosmos. Once each day the mail was parceled out in the bunk room. The divine plan provided, according to some, a particular girl for every mail. The post proved the scheme was making headway. Every man seemed equipped with a number one woman who wrote him at least every other day. He might hear occasionally from other satellites, but the main thing was the pink letters with messages like... Dear Bill, this morning before breakfast, I felt electric eucarns running through me. Dear Joe, the thunder that is my love for you peels within me. Dear Edward, this afternoon my thoughts turn to you in serene, April-like mood. My own mail was far below par. It consisted in the main of a weekly letter from mother or father with often some sage comments on the good neighbor policy or a good new book. I knew my fellow cadets were concerned about this. One day I heard... Some chick gave him the knife, so he joins up like it was the foreign legion. He ain't even got a pinup coil on his locket. Unless I quickly proved an interest in passion, I would be pigeonholed as the missing link. So I got an old copy of the National Geographic, which immortalized in technicolor a Tahitian beauty. It was a full-page portrait of a primitive loveliness with fine southern exposure. Soon she was plastered on my locker door. Sometime later, Bill Runne asked me to borrow some toilet articles. Hey! Who in Pete's name is that? Oh, that? That is the only woman I ever loved. Really loved, that is. Why doesn't she ever write you? She doesn't know a word of English. Our love didn't need a language. Beautiful. What's her name? Nuna. It means white egret. White egret? This picture shows her just before we attended a tribal dance. She's dressed formal. She's dressed... Huh? Someday when this is all over, I'm going back. I'll be back, Nuna. I'll be back. Bill patted my shoulder and left me alone with my white egret. After ten periods of instruction, a cadet is considered safe for his first solo. The great day arrived for me. Mr. Glasp had finished passing the hat and calling the florist, and he gave me my final instructions. Now you know what to do, or at least you think you do. Above all, don't get lost. Just remember that hide feel is between the Anacostia River and the Potomac. The nation's capital is twenty miles north of here. And you can't miss the Washington Monument. Anybody who gets lost with those boundaries ought to be walked around on a leash. But if you're ever in doubt, always turn true north. Yes, sir. Take it away then, and good luck. Thank you, sir. Same to you, sir. There was nothing to it. Takeoff very good. Climbing smoothly and steadily.  Look at me, Mom. I'm flying practically no hands. My control over the plane was absolute. I was sure of myself. Afterwards, I'd have a chat with Glasp. Very nice upstairs today, Glasp. Very nice indeed. Smooth at 4,000. Average RPM, 1,700. Fuel pressure, 35. The left wing was a little heavy, but that doesn't bother us. Does it, Ace? Oh, this is easy. I'll try some tricks. Where's the Washington Monument? Above all, don't get lost. Hide feel is... I've been counting on the Washington Monument. And now it isn't there. Who took it? The gas was running low. My blood turned to baking powder at the thought of calling Mr. Glasp, a large, spacious field was directly below. It was a field peopled by cattle. And to get in comfortably, you had to come close to a freshly painted barn. That I did. I've already called for a doctor and a carpenter. Are you sure you're all right? Oh, yes, perfectly. Sorry to cause you such a disturbance. Don't be silly. I'm awfully glad you didn't hit the barn, though. My husband loves that barn.  He would.  Yes, I'm a cadet. I suppose I'd better get in touch with my instructor and tell him I'm lost. Well, you can phone from the house. Come right this way. I finally got Glasp on the phone. He screamed at me but said he'd come after me. Then the lady took me out on the terrace and a maid brought us milk and cookies. Pretty soon a yellow training plane appeared above and started down. Mr. Glasp headed in toward the lawn. I hope he doesn't hit the barn. I don't. Why, the admiral would shoot him. It would be a better world. Who did you say would shoot him? My husband, admiral Fletcher. Your husband is admiral Fletcher? Yes, and he loves his barn. Oh, look, your friend's going to hit it. Oh, we can't have everything. He's going to hit it. He missed. Right over the weather vane. But he's going to hit that cow. He was trying to get away from that cow. Poor old virus. You must be frightened to death. Are you all right? What a dreadful man. Quiet. That cow, he ruined my plane.  Trust you to get lost and land on a dairy that's lousy with cows. Sir, this is Mrs. I'll deal with the lady later. The cows won't give milk for a week. When they do, I hope it comes at lumps, lumps as big as my fist. Sir, may I introduce Mrs.  Sir, this is Mrs. Admiral Fletcher. Admiral Fletcher is her husband. Admiral Fletcher. Huh? He loves his cows. Oh. A cookie, Mr. Glossop? A sip of milk, maybe? A few months afterwards, I was somehow no longer regarded as a floating hazard. I passed my 24-hour check and was transferred to Corpus Christi for advanced training. There, there was a lot of talk about the unpredictable, a very lively topic. The unpredictable might be a cow on a runway or a snowstorm in June, but whatever form it took, the well-trained cadet wasn't supposed to turn a hair. He had to be always ready for the unpredictable. Well, one day I was practicing over an outlying field when the weather got dirty, so I came down. In another minute, the ceiling was zero. On a corner of the field was a telephone jack, so I headed for it. Oh. Hello? Is this how crash goes? No, it isn't. I want to get the chief of operations. That's out. Oh, that's too bad. Thank you. Sir, this is Aviation Cadet Dodd, class 10D, flying SNV number 131 from Squadron 12A. I was working on field 30 when the fog came in, and I thought it'd improve and to continue. Doctor. Thank you, sir. It was fun. With such training, I couldn't help myself, sir. Well, we give a response like this. It's very gratifying to us old-timers. Very gratifying. Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. After a while, the fog cleared. I started a taxi to the other end of the field. The plane wouldn't budge. I knew what had happened. The brakes were locked. I knew they were locked because I'd locked them before I left the plane. Everybody does that, but I didn't know how to unlock them. The mechanic always did that on the line, and I never asked how. I shuddered. Here was the unpredictable, grabbing me by the throat. I pushed all the buttons on the dashboard. I beat on the floor. Nothing happened. After a while, I went back to the phone. No. Not at all. What? Well, then this is a pleasant surprise, isn't it? This is a different kind of call altogether. Are you sure this here isn't a crash call? I'm positive. Now listen to me. I'll call the chief operations. No, don't touch that buzzer. Why? Look, I'm going to confide in you. I've locked the brakes on my plane, and I don't know how to unlock them. Well, it's not so hysterical. If you'll connect me with the cadet barracks, I can talk to a friend of mine and straighten things out. Okay, at the chief operations. It wouldn't be the same. I want to get Mr. William Run in the cadet barracks. Hurry, please. All right. Well, here's your chance. Just grab the wire that says Building 137 and pull it. Willow Run. I want William Run. William Run in the barracks. Use your phone, Shaq. Then I got the bad news. A cadet flying by had seen my plane and had seen me heading for the phone and figured I was in trouble. So he had flown to the field and brought back the chief of operations. Now the lieutenant commander himself was standing by my plane. Kenwood, chief of operations. Anything wrong here? Well, no, sir. What's the trouble? The brakes. I don't know how to unlock them. You just tap the pedals. Oh. It's the darndest thing I ever heard. A man in basic doesn't know how to take the brakes off. Nobody ever showed me. Everybody knows how to take brakes off. What sort of thing? What would you do in the unpredictable? What's your name? Dowd, sir. Class 10-D. Dowd? You mean... Well, this is the darndest thing I ever heard. You're not even safe to solo.  You'll have to go before the board. The next case is aviation cadet Lester Dowd. Class D-10. Gentlemen, this is the case of the cadet with the brakes. Oh, yes, sir. It's a puzzling case which perhaps can only be explained on mental growth. Dr. Higgs, when we have this boy in, perhaps you should question him and see what you think of this matter from the psychiatric point of view. Very well. Bring him in. Aviation cadet Lester Dowd, class 10-D. Sit down, Dowd. Yes, sir. Dowd, how do you explain this incident of the brakes? I didn't know how to take off the brakes. Hmm. Mm-hmm. What was on our mind, young man? On our mind? Mm-hmm. On my mind? Mm-hmm. Oh, nothing. Nothing, I guess. Hmm.  Mm-hmm. Well, I suppose I must have had something on my mind. Must have had something. Hmm. Hmm. What was on our mind? I don't know. Your mother? Or your cousin? No. Your father? No. You're sure it wasn't your father? I'm afraid this isn't getting us anywhere, Higgs. If a man can't think of his relatives and release the brakes at the same time, then the Navy's going to be in a fine fix. Aviation could add down. I'll be frank with you. It cost the Navy $27,000 to train you. To date, we have squandered approximately $14,000 to that purpose. So it looks as if we're in too deep to expel you. Therefore, in spite of the risk, we'll have to continue your flight training. Oh, thank you, sir. Contrary to popular belief, I graduated. The ceremony itself was a simple affair. Our admiral gave a short address finishing with... Officers! Dismissed! Going back to the room to pack, I found a letter waiting for me. I opened it and out fell a newspaper clipping. It was a vibrant account of the wedding of Miss Ellen Winward to Mr. Anthony Tuttle Benton. At the bottom was written... Happiest girl in the world. Love, Ellen. And below, the groom trumpeted in his light-hearted way. Sorry you couldn't be here, old man. Understand perfectly. This thing is bigger than we are, Anthony B. Then I read the letter. So funny. I'll imagine this, Ensign Run.  He's going to be a good dad. You know what, Ensign Run? What, Ensign Dodd? It will probably do him a world of good. Straighten your spine. You have heard the eighth program of Words at War, a series based on the leading books of this war. This evening, we presented Love at First Flight by Charles Spaulding and Otis Conny. The radio version was by... Next Saturday at this time, you'll hear... And on this coming Thursday evening, August 19th, at 11.30 p.m. Eastern wartime, we shall repeat the stirring dramatization of the last days of Savastopol, heard a few weeks ago on this series. That will be the start of a new Thursday evening series of Words at War, based on the leading war books. We'll see you next time. The part of Lester Dodd was played tonight by Lawson Zerbe. Other members of the cast were Evelyn Varden, Mitzi Gould, Walter Kinsella, Don McLaughlin, Stotscotsworth, John Griggs, Art Conny, Francis Carlin, Gerald Keane, and others. The original music was written and conducted by Frank Black. The production was under the direction of Joseph Locey. This program has been presented in cooperation with the Council on Books in Wartime, by the National Broadcasting Company and the independent radio stations associated with the NBC network.


Hello learners, I am Chainika Roy from the Discipline of English, Padmanath Gohan Borwa School of Humanities. Welcome to this audiovisual program. In this video, we shall be going to look at the life and works of the poet William Butler Yeats in order to appreciate his poem and Irish airman for sees his death, prescribed in your Degree for Semester General English course. The objectives of this video are to acquaint you with the poet and his personal life, to give you an idea regarding the poetic output of Yeats to explain the context of the poem and Irish airman for sees his death. You must note that besides poetry, Yeats was also a dramatist, translator and a prose writer, winner of Nobel Prize for Literature in the year 1923. William Butler Yeats's poetry has great aesthetic beauty, with her patriotic fervour particularly in relation to the Irish cause. In fact, he was one of the most important figures with regard to the Irish literary revival. He began as a late Victorian romantic poet and ended as a 20th century metaphysical poet, fully abreast of the newer generations. It can be said that Yeats bridged the gap between the Victorians and the moderns, that is, the 19th and 20th centuries. Now, coming to the personal life of Yeats, he was an Irish poet born on June 13, 1865 in Dublin. He was the eldest son of John Butler Yeats. A painter was greatly influenced by the pre-reflites. His mother was from Sligo. She was full of love for the countryside. Yeats was greatly influenced by both his parents. The intellectual side of his personality can be attributed to his father, while his mother was instrumental in sparking his emotional instincts. In his boyhood, he was often ridiculed by the boys in the school due to the way he looked. This made him very self-conscious. However, in certain stances, he often ran away from school and was also severely punished at home but to no avail. When his family shifted to London in 1876, he stayed back and spent his carefree days in the magical countryside in Ireland with his grandparents. The beauty of the place kindled his emotions and for the first time he started expressing his thoughts in verse. You may note that his experiences and stay in Ireland was extremely important for its influence on the romantic vein in his poetic output. It was in the countryside that he was introduced to and fascinated by Irish folklore, fairy tales and the supernatural tales and he tried to blend these aspects into his poetry. It can rightly be pointed out that Yeats was influenced by his father's skepticism which made him criticize Christianity outright. Disgusted with school life, he gave up school but this does not imply that he disliked reading. In fact, he took pleasure in reading books like Shakespeare, Shelly, Kitts and others and their parents left a deep impression on his mind. Yeats let it join the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin and made friends with the well-known philosopher George Russell. It was through Edward Dowden, a prominent writer that some of his earliest poems were published. In 1889 he published The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems. This volume is an outstanding landmark in the poetic career of Yeats. This period is significant in Yeats's life also because he came into contact with Maud Gawne, the daughter of an English colonel and a revolutionary. Many poems were inspired by her. She remained a constant source of inspiration for him and he often symbolized her as Helen of Troy. It was during this period that he developed an interest in Indian theology as a result of his friendship with the Indian Purohit Swami who helped him in translating the Upanishads. He joined the Reimer's Club in 1891 and showed keen interest in aestheticism and the French Symbolist movement. The Reimer's Club was founded in 1890 by W. B. Yeats and Ernest Rice and included a group of London-based male poets. The influence of Lady Gregory and the dramatist John Millington Singh is mentioned worthy. In 1896, he met Lady Gregory who became for nearly 40 years a frame, patron and a co-worker. Both of them casted a lasting impression on his life, personality and poetry. In the year 1902, he started working for the Irish National Theatre. He worked there till 1910. Since he was involved in many controversies he left everything and turned to poetry. After the death of John MacPreet, husband of Maudgogne, he again proposed to her but she refused. The dissolutionment of his failure in love is clearly reflected in the poems written during this period. In the year 1916, he was offered the knighthood by the British government. In 1917, he married Miss George Hyde Lees whom he had known for some years. His marriage brought stability to his life and it also proved to be the starting point of an altogether unexpected combination of the romantic and the realistic strains of his poetry. He lived a blissful married life with a daughter born in 1919 and a son in the year 1921. Along with the stability in his life carrying the maturity of his style. Mrs. Yeats attempted automatic writing and she produced odd sentences and subjects of which she knew nothing. This kind of writing is attempted without conscious control. She just went on writing in a state of trance under the influence of some supernatural agency. Yeats was excited and stimulated and he spent hours in interpreting the automatic script. Yeats was the co-founder of the Abbey Theatre and served as an Irish senator for a few years. During the last phase of his life, he sank into disillusionment and a sense of defeat and inadequacy enveloped him. In fact, this sense of disillusionment led him to produce some of his best poetry. In the year 1927 to 28, he fell ill with consumption and though he recovered temporarily, he succumbed to this grave illness on January 28, 1939. He was buried in the churchyard at Drum Cliff near County Sligu. The epitaph on his gravestone reads Cast a cold eye on life, on death. Horsemen pass by. In fact, his poetic genius can be assessed by comparing the beautiful, simple, romantic poems like When You Are Old, Lake Isle of Innisfree with the profound poems like Byzantium that appeared much later. He is regarded as the national poet of Ireland and the Irish background forms the very crux of his poetry. His important poetical works like The Rose, The Wind Among the Reeds was formed from his knowledge of Irish folklore and folk tales and his interest in mysticism and the occult. Irish history and the recent search in Irish nationalism together with his adoration of the nationalist Mothgon formed the major basis of his second phase of writing style which became less lilting and incantatory as seen in the Seven Woods, The Green Helmet and Other Poems Poems written in disappointment and responsibilities poems and a play. An experiment with automatic writing eventually produced the system of mystical symbols elaborated in a vision which articulated many of the poems in collections such as Michael Roberts and the Dancer, Seven Poems and a Fragment The Cat and the Moon and Certain Poems The Tower and the Winding Stairs and Other Poems The poem An Irish Airman Forces His Thieves deals with the son of one of Yitz's friends Major Robert Gregory who was killed in Italy during the First World War in 1918. The poem was written during the First World War when many Irishmen fought for the cause of Englishmen The poem is taken from the collection The Wild Swans at Coon During the First World War Ireland was a part of Great Britain it became a separate nation later in 1922 therefore when Gregory died he actually died for the English and not for the Irish The pilot in this poem sees his forthcoming death yet he does not seem regretful or scared but rather accepts the fate he is going to encounter I hope after watching this video you have got a fair idea about William Butler Yitz the poet, his poetic contributions and the background of the poem An Irish Airman Forces His Thieves Thank you