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Fulham Qualifies World Record For
For 1st Division
London, May 7. Promotion and relegation problems were all solved this afternoon when the final League matches for the season were played.
Two
championships had already been settled, Ports- mouth in the First Division and Swansea in the Third Division, Southern, but the thrilling struggle for Second Division honours went to the last day when Fulham won the champion- ship to qualify for the senior League into which they will be accompanied by West Bromwich Albion.
won
will be
panying promotion by a margin of three points.
Season's Honours And
Failures
200 Yards Dash
Los Angeles, May 8.
Mel Patton of the Univer- sity of Southern California bettered the world record for the 220 yards dash yesterday with a Üme of 20.2 seconds shortly after he ran the fast- est 100 yards in history, un- officially.
Officials at the dual track meet between USC and the University of California nt Los Angeles (UCLA) said they would certify the 220 yard performance,
Patton carlier ran the 100 yord dash in 0.1 acconcia with a 6.5 nille per hour wind at his back. Patton holds the offfelal worki record for the sprint with a time of 9.3 seconds.
Both the 100 and 200 yard
dngles Course,
Palace and Aldershot.
Fulham's win over West Ham today carried them to the top and, for the first time in history, into Division I.
run over a straight were Hull City, As expected,
The wind gauge for the the honours in the Third Division,
The season's honours, and ful- 220 dash registered 3.3 mph, which is wider the 44473 allow- Northern, by means of a good lures, were: victory today when their nearest International Championship able for world recurd recognition. challengers, Rotherham, were ful-Scotland FA Cup final-Wolver--Ansociated Press. tering.
hamton Wanderers bent Leicester At the other end of the tables, City. there were also some grim tussles Amateur Cup final-Bromley to avoid relegation or re-election. beat Romford.
Lengte H (Northern) cham- All football enthusiasts
Scottish Cup-Glasgow Rangers
ploux and promoted-Hull City: glad that Leicester City, the gal-beat Clyde.
Lengue. iant Cup finalists, avoided the tragedy of relegation.
champions Ports- to seek re-election Bradford City: mouth; runners-up-Manchester and Southport. United; relegated-Sheffield United Scottish Lengue Division "A") and Preston North End.
champions Glasgow Rangers:
Dundee: League II champions--Fulham; runners-up
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Scottish League Division "B" clubs fighting to avoid entry to bion, both promoted. Relegated
and Nottingham champions and promoted--Rakth City the Second Division accomplished Forest.
Stirling Rovers: also promoted good performances today, but so
(Southem) chom-| Albion; relegated 'East Stirling. far ut Sheield Unlied and Pres-
Division "C" Scottish League ton North End were concerned, plons and promoted-Swanscu they were not sufletent to save Town; to seek re-election Crystall promoted Montrose,--Reuter,
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Nottingham Forest and Lincoln go down troni Division 1 to make way for the League III chan plons, Hull (Northern) and Swansea (Southern), while eluiss who will need to be re-elected if they are to play next seuson in the Third Division are South- port and Bradford City, in the North, and Crystal Palace, in the South,
Aldershot falled by a minute fraction of a goal average to be safe, after being level with North-
ampton.
Football League players, apart; from those who have out-of- season commitments--and a num- ber of teains are due to go abroad apart from the International side whica plays several matches in Europe--had their Anal kicks for the season today when the Lengue programnies were ended.
Exciting Scenos
The most exciting scenes oc- curred on # Second Division round, when Fulham won their London "Derby" game to not only gain promotion to the First
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alko.
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The crowd marched across the ground, headed by banners bear- the inscription "Fulliam For Ever --Division I," and gathered in front of the dressing rooms from which the Fulham team even- tually emerged to the
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This was the ovation given to a team which, for the first time in history, will play in the highest
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The Smile
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Two goals, both 13 minutes from the end, played vital paris in settling two of the outstand- ing problems of this last day of the season. Leicester City, the beaten Cup finalists, needed ont point front their visit to Cardiff lo save themselves from relega- tion to the Third Division. They got the point when their centre- Forward, Lee, equalized an earlier Cardiff goul in the 77th minute.
Vital Goal
The other vital goal was Hud- dersfield's, scored by Rodgera. 11 won them the match and kept them in the First Division drow would have meant that they were relegated.
a
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West Bromwich lost at Grimsby otherwise they would, with a victory, have been the champions, Outstanding Point
The other outstanding point, about today's problems concerned the position of Aldershot. In at- tual fact it is not a point but tha hundredth pari-of-ü goal which causes them to apply, 1 for ro- aleciion along with Crystal Palace, Southport and Bradford
City,
Aldershot and Northampton were level on points, but their goal average was 0.01 compared with. Northampton's 0.82.5TAN
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE By Shepard Barclay
"The Authority me Authurifles”
HE IS ONLY TRYING TOO IN YOUR⚫ defensive efforts against the opponents' you of course try your best to de-
ontract,
the double instead of making a akeout, feeling sure West had the trump suit in rather good Ishape.
West opened a spade, picking
feat it. So does your partner. the 3 for reasons of his own-it And the two of you are seeking any and East won with the A. that West could stop o co-operate the best you can, Certain
probably with the information with his trumps,
ach plays which he thinks East decided to seek a
'cads
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A. ruffing help
triek in clubs. He laid down the solve the problems trie across the table. Signals with A. Intending to follow with the high
and low
low eards are an im-10, but allowed himself to be de- portant part of the effort. But viated from that course by the the fine player doesn't consider discouraging 3 which West put So he switched to his partner's signals an absolute on the telek. command, especially if what he his heart 7. West won with the sees himself indientes some other A and led his club 9, expecting. course to be advisable. He real-Fest to ruff, but the latter fol- ses that his partner is not in-lowed suit. Thereafter the sido fallible and is only trying, as he took tricks only with the spade A and heart Q. so South made Is himself.
tis contract and a gift game.
East should have disregarded that club 3 and led his second
West,
when club
In shortly. would have returned a club for the ruff that would have beaten the contract. This was a case in which East knew something his partner didn't.
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All concerned in this rubber deal knew North as a player who might bid almost anything at third hand to impede his oppo- nents. His reputation for weak bida in that position was con- firmed when he passed South's nerable). 2-Hearts response to his anemic
H-5 4 3 DAQ.0 C KQ 10 5.
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If North bids 1-Club, South 1-
No Trump. So Enst doubled with Spade, North 1-No Trump, South confidence that he had his oppo- 2-Hearts and North 2-Spades, nents out on
limb. He was which is passed by East, what pleased when he heard West pass should South do, and why?
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