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WOODERSON'S FAST MILE

London, May 21.-S. C. Wooderson, the world record holder for the mile, set up a track record at Bourne- ville (Birmingham) sports, yesterday. when winning the mile invitation scratch race in 4 min. 12 sec. The Mid- lands record was established in the same event last year by J. W. J. Al- ford, the British Empire mile cham- pion, with 4 min. 15 2-5 sec., but Al- ford did not compete this year owing to a strained knee,

WELSH LADIES' TITLE

London, May 19-Mrs. Bruce Bur- rell (Royal Porthcawl) won the Welsh Ladies' Championship at Swansea Bay yesterday, defeating Miss Hilda Rey- nolds (Newport, Monmouth), cham-

final.

pion, by 2 and 1 in the thirty-six holes

LAWN TENNIS

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Wembley Professional Tournament

Nusslein beat Tilden 6-3, 6-2. It was a match of long, hard driving, with Nusslein the steadier, and a good deal faster on his feet. Tilden had to do much more.running than he likes, and as he tired his shots became more un- certain.

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EIRE DRAW WITH

HUNGARY

Budapest, May 19.--Eire and Hun- gary drew at 2-2 in an Association football match hero-to-day. At half- time Hungary led by one goal to nil. Sarosi and Kollath scored for Hun- gary and O'Flannagan twice for Eire.

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and he was particularly erratic on his strongest wing the forehand. The low ball which fell at his feet in the fore- court also beat Vines repeatedly, and ho was passed too often to make much success of a net attack.

London, May 19-A burst arc lamp, which came crashing down on to the court, startled both spectators and players during the W. professional match between T. Tilden and Hans Nusslein at Wembley last night, Tilden and Nusslein were playing a rally when the bulb of the light burst, and a shower of glass fell over the fragments were swept away. I had not the same control as. Budge. Ining. the net. Play was held up while

Donald Budge recorded his second victory in the competition by defeating Ellsworth Vines, 6-4, 6-8. It was not a great match, and there were far too many mistakes, especially on the part of Vines.

The hitting was terrific, but Vines

Budge, without showing the form which enabled him to beat Tilden easi- ly in his first match, was the superior, and, after breaking through Vines's service in the seventh game of the sec- ond set, he had little difficulty in win-

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