THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1918.
BROWN SCORES HIS FOURTH CENTURY IN THE DERBY
· FIVE INNINGS
Nottingham, May 31-The Australians were all out for 400 runs in their first innings of the match against Nottinghamshire after scoring 195 for the loss of one wicket, and when stumps were drawn on the second day the County had put on 16 runs without-loss in their second Innings. Nottingham's first inaings' score was 179.
Brown put up another century for the tourists, but Bradman was out when 14 short of the hundred,
Brown and Bradman continued their innings after lunch, but the stand yielded only two more runs before Woodhend, with the fifth ball of the first over after the interval, dismissed the Australian captain. Twice tho medium fast bowler had Bradman"feeling" for a swinging ball before a delivery which swerved from the off.
Bradman hit nine fours in an innings which showed him in a rather painstaking mood.
Brown, partnered by McCool, who] was promoted in the batting order, reactied his fourth century of the tour, after three hours and 20 Brown, too, minutes at the crease, was fur from attractive. He stayed another half an hour before Jepson, who also
the ball awkwardly. moved He hit 13 fours in making his runs, It rarely by enterprising methods. was, however, his fourth hundred In his last live inungs.
McCool, probably un
under orders, attempted to force the pace, bui Winrow tricked him at 243. Hassett and Miller then came together find rallied up some quick runs. Their first fifty took them only after an hour.
when Hassett was bowled by Woodhead, they had put on B1 In an hour,
At the ten Interval the Australians were 155 runs on, with five wickets ntiti
to fail.
At Oxford: Free Foresters 57 for & against Oxford Univerally,
At Shemeid: Yorkshire beat Sussex by an Innings and 65 rung. Sussex 78 and 180; Yorkshire 300 for 5 declared (Hutton 170, Coxon 72).
At Lorda: Middlesex 122 for 4 against Lancashire,
At Cambridge: Cambridge Uni- veralty drew with Essex (two-day match), Essex 229 and 88 for 3; Cambridge 361 for 3 declared
(Dewes 151, Doggart 83),
At Southampton: Hampshire 153 for 4 against Worcestershire.
At Derby: Derbyshire 200 and 200 for 7 (Townsend 68, Pope 70 not out); Glamorgan 134 (Wooller 10 not out, Copson 4 for 31, Gladwin 5 for 05).
and
At Melton Mowbray: Kent 204 40 for 2; Leicestershire 104 (Tompkin 55, Wright 5 for 73).
At the Oval: No play between And Gloucestershire. — Reuter.
The sedate methods of the tour- ists were successful enough in bring-Surrey ing 320 for the first five wickets, but uttempts to force the pace yielded scant reward after the tea Interval.
Miller hit out for a while, but the second half of the side scored no more than 74 runs in the face of lively bowling with the new ball by Jepson ami Woodheat.
THE SCOREBOARD
Tonight's Chess
Interest in tonight's tourna- ment chess games at the Penin- sula Hotel will be centred in the two adjourned games from last Thursday in the sixth round of at the close of the Colony Championship final
iTO Nottingham: 1st fanings
2nd innings:
The scoreboard play read;
Keeton retired hurt Wiurow not out
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vitally
BATTALION CHAMPIONS
The "D", Company, Royal Inniskilling Fusillers boxing team, winners of the
Battalion Inter-Company Boxing Championship.
Britain Will Have 35 Swimmers In Her Olympic Team
By LEONARD D. DAWSON
Britain will be represented in the Olympic Games, which this year take place in the Empire Pool, Wembley, near London, England, between July 29 and August 7, by about 35 swimmers.
Twelve have just been selected from a party of swimmers who recently spent a week of intensive training and trial swims at Loughborough College, in Leicestershire, England. Other members of the Olympic team will be chosen by the end of June.
Swimmers from all over Britain The outcome of both games will were invited to spend the holidny affect the championship week at Loughborough. The 40 men 7 chances of all four players. On and women who accepted the invita- will tion were given a daily routine which either board, the contestants have to play for a win to remain in included physical and relaxation the running as K.M.A. Barnett, who exercises designed to give them per- 10 has already won his sixth round }fect fitness,
game, retalus n halfpolat lead at the minimum.
for no wicket
Australians: 1st Insungs Morris lbw b Jepson Brown low. b Jepson Bradman b Woodhend McCool b Winrow Hersett b Woodhend
Miller b Woodhend
Loxton run out
Talion b Winrow
Lindwell Meads ↳ Jepson
Ian Johnston b Jepson Ring not out
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Soft Going May Affect Favourites' Chances
By VERNON MORGAN
London, May 31. The King, Queen and Princess Elizabeth will watch the Derby nt Epsom on Saturday when more than 30 of the best colta Ini Britnin 'will battle for honoura In the Blue Riband of the British turf.
After a very, dry spell, heavy rain has fallen to the delight of most owners and trainors and it looks as if the going may be soft, thereby making many trainers more hopeful of lowering the colours of the two beat-backed
··cantlidates, the Gackwar of Baroda's My Babu and Colonel
Giles Lodor's The Cobbler.
Two horses genuinely fancled to | Senator for Mr William Woodward, bent ils pair are the French- the Chairman of the New York bred My Love and the Americḥn- | Jockey Club, says Black Tarquin bred Black Tarquin, both of whom has a really good chance, while
Outsiders revel in yielding going. well fancied by their connections The Senator is also sure to run u
good race. include Tormie, Native Heath, Mal- One of the most genuinely fanciest
and Pride of India, the last each way chances is the Chester lowry
VBSC named if the
winner, Valognes, success for the going is soft. There have been adverse rumours whom would, it is sinted, hit regarding the wellbeing of My bookmakers particularly hard.
His froiner, Marcus Marsh, has openly
that the colt has. E while way chance, Colonel MacDonald Buchanan, his owner, said today that he would be very surprised if the colt was not In the
divide
Rood
stated cuch
Bret Three.
Racing
the
Babu during the past two weeks, but his owner, far from being pes- nimialic regarding his chonces, inte today: "I think he will win"
His trainer, Fred Amstrong, is also
saying: "The colt is optimistic, very well and, in my opinion, will slay,"
correspondents "Equally hopeful of success are the their allegiance between My Babu, connections of The Cobbler, Is The Cobbler and Valogues, al- rider. champion jockey Gordon though Royal-Drake, Noor and My Richards, who has yet to win this Love are cach given as the winner race, said today: "He has done by leading Sunday newspaper turf liked the correspondents. Only one suggests very good preparation. I way he went with me in a gallop last that Black Tarquin may be placed. Wednesday. I think he stays and
Despite the confidence behind My docs Love and Black Torquin, it" look as if the race My Babu. The Cabbler and Valog- nes, and The Cobbler may gain hig revenge for his Guineas defeat by My Babu and gives Richards his long-sought after Derby victory.- Reuter. ?
will take a lot of beating."
The Cobbler's trainer, young Noel Murless, evidently does not share the view of many that the colt is lacking in stamina, for, he said today that the more rain that fell the better for The Cobbler.
THE AGA KHAN OPTIMISTIC
rests between -
CALLOVER RATINGS
London, May 31,-Expectations that The Cobbler would replace My Babu as favourite for the Derby were not fulfilled at tho Victoria Club callover tonight.
The Aga Khan, who disclosed that he paid a "big sum" for half share in My Love, and in whose colours the French-bred colt will run. thinks he will get his money back soon, for he salt today that if the going was good or softlsh, My Love will win. by 'n Japanese swlinmer at the Berlin Hamilton baths, and was a well-
His son, Prince All Khan, is equally known water-polo
out- Games in 1936.
Her optimistic. "My Love has on player.
My Babu retained his position as mother won the West of Scotland standing chance, and if the going is first choice in the market, although Cathie Gibson
is 17, and comes Diving Championship in 1924. Her heavy of yielding, his chances will his price was extended from 100 to Motherwell, Scotland. from
She nister,
1-year-old Marion, held be improved enormously," he said 30 to 4 to 1. swims three
The Cobbler, à 4 to 1 chance at n day in the every local championship 11 Elinor today. is superintendent. In the evenings her.
traina Black Tarquin and The 5 to 1. The French colt, My Love, she learns shorthand and typing. Elinor won the 100 yards Junior
became a firm third favourite at 19 In charge of the swimmers was In May last year she won the 200 title in the A.B.A. chomplonships
to 1, compared with 200 to ⚫ last Mr Harry Kositie, chief swimming yards Scottish title by beating her last year. She also won the Scottish
week. Johnny Carvalho and Ray Danen-adviser to Britain's Amateur Swim- clubmate. Nancy Riach (whose death 220 yards breast-stroke champion- BOXING TEAM ́
The biggest rut in price was re- 122 berg in a Scotch Game adjourned onming Association (ASA), who has a few months ago was a bitter blow ship by 20 yards in two minutes
corded by Marcel Boussacs* Ducd- 86 the 32nd move will be facing one travelled more than 10,000 miles to swimming in Britain) and knocked 50.8 seconds,
who fumbled from 40 to 1 to 17 another in a very tricky end game throughout Britain during the past two-tenths-of-a-second off the re- Ronald Stedman is 21 and still in
20 to 1. 44 of two rooks, bishop and five year to find the best swimmers for
Army, but since the war heļ pawns. The slightest slip and one the Olymple team.
had made three new records 10 or the other lases g
In a practice.
discovered Ronald was a full point, 27 In the adjourned position, Johnny
Britain's last Olymple swimming|150 yards back-crawl race.
while at school by one of his tea- n Miss Cathie also went to Monte Carlo chers who introduced him to the has actually ave pawns to Danen-success was in 1924, when
club
Beckenham, berg's six but is about to win back Morton won the 200 metres breast- to compete in the European cham- swimming
Britain pionships and swam second in the London, where he lives. a pawn. He has also two doubled stroke. In 1928 and 1932.
free-style European
the 100 Last July Ronald won pawan, but these may not prove too had one or two seconds and thirds. 400 metres big a handicap.
but no wins at all in 1930.
Championship.
yards tree-style at the ASA cham- The twelve swimmers chosen for
nionships, and the following month at Wembley By the end of 1947 Cathie Gibson, won a British Army championship the Olympics this year
had collected seven British records: and Ave women.
race of 220 yards in 25-and-four- are seven men
the 100 yards, 220 yards, 300 rths seconds, taking two-and-ope- yards, 400 yards, and them:
500 yards fifth seconds off the record. free-style, and the 100 yards and 150 yards back-stroke.
Motherwell baths, where her father came along and took them from Captain Boyd Rochfort, who the previous callover, was offered at
G1
400
F. X. Sequeira in on adjourned Queen's Gambit Declined after 31 defending with moves, MR.W
Bowling:
Butler
32
0
Jepsix
43
7
109
Woodhead
32
2
Harvey
10
Winrow
the Prokopo has slightly Here are a few facts about some of
superior position in an ending of a 92 3 queen, two rooks and seven pawns
onaide. 1. 43 13.2 3 54 2
--Reuter.
which WAS Chloe
one-
Sequeira was holding the tempo at the adjournment and could win with careful play. If he does, he will be Barnett.
only a half-point behind
cord,
Selectors dah. Olympic
Only a few days earlier she has had more time for swimming Bungled The Job
-SUDDEN PROMINENCE
Roy Botham begon to swim at a avery early age in a London swim-
ming bath where his father superintendent. He joined Britain's Royal Air Force in 1941, and com- peted in
few races In England
suddenly came into swimming minence.
BASEBALL
SAYS GEORGE WHITING The ABA Council, benevolent dictators of British amateur boxing, have bungled the job of picking our Olympic team.
They used to Irritate us by their reluctance to got down to brass tacks in selecting inter- national sides.
The quotations were:
4 to 1 My Babu?
5 to 1.The Cobbler;
10 to 1 My Love;
100
to & Valognes;
100 to B Black Tarquin:.
20 to 1 Termic, Royal Drake and Djeddah
22 to 1 Solar Slipper,
28 10 Native Heath; 33 to 1 Ottoman;
40 to 1 The Senator and Fride of India:
50 to 1 Usher Noor. Straight Play, Black Pampas, Tory II and Roaring Now they are open to criticism for Forties;
the 60 to 1 all others.-Reuter, their hurry to have done with business of handing out
Olympic honours.
bull hopes
The torlofse has become a elephant-trampling on the
Czech-Runner In Fine Form
Prague-Emil
BUTTERFLY STROKE
of Roy Romaine
the Otter Swimming Club is a 28-years-old
PHILADELPHIA He is six feet five inches bachelor. high. Early this year he took COUNTY CRICKET
law degree at London University,
BOUNCES BACK
of men whose-fists-we-might-have London, May 31.--Rain affected
Roy has no liking for the scientific RESERVE TOURNEY every first class cricket match at
diets and special calorie foods that
New York, May 31.-In the welcomed at Wembley next August. The Counell have decreed, three same athletes prefer he likes plain one time or another today, but the
Best of the Reserve Tournament food, and plenty of meat (when he while on Idave, and in Canada while American League, Philadelphia months before the Games, that our only
fifth round games tonight should be can get it!) He is an expert in the he was serving there, but it was was bounced out of the league Olympic boxers shall be the eight washed out was Surrey-Glouce-
the Karpovich-Blriukoi encounter. butterfly stroke, which was made not until he was demobilised that he lead today and then quickly winners of last week's ABA cham- Not
Zatopek. Czech stershire encounter at the Oval.
Birlukoff, who has yet to lose a legal in British swimming only
pionships No ifs, no buts. The win Olymple hope, ran the 3,000 metres n ball has yet been bowled in this
pre-recaptured the top spot us Joeners are in all others are game, can well afford to draw with about a year ago. Ife used it to
out-in a training race" in 8 minutes gurne, and it will became n
Coleman got his sixth victory of barring accidents. break the 200 yards record in the day match if it can be started Karpovich.
22.2 seconds; reported here to be comparison He has been awarded a
When Botham came
Our team will bear win by A.S.A. championships lust July.
of the the year, beating Boston in the
fastest time the distance has points morrow, with eight
the the with that of any country In Weiss in
R.A.F. he joined
Manchester second the
game of 1 holiday world. It could have
been run anywhere this year. been im- gained by the skle winning on the default against Karel
respect of the unẞnished game
became Last year he won the 100 metres Swimming Club, and
doubleheader.
As Zatopek arrived in Prague on at the World University Games in Olympic "possible" when he swam
praved had the pickers pondered a
boys military duty, the
ot the little longer. I fail to see why the Vinohrady Sokol were having) an Len Hutton, England's opening between the two that saw him
heartening Pawn up and in a slightly better po-Parls, and also won two open events into second place in the National 220 Joe Dobson, Boston pitcher, winner of an ABA championship batsman, gave further
during a South American swimming and 440 yards chompionships last blanked the Athletics with four hits should
Athlelic meeting. when sition at the adjournment. form
Immediately become an evidence of excellent
Other Reserve games tonight will tour.
July. He is now training for the in the opener for a Boston win of Olymple prospect to the exclusion of inking 'his score for Yorkshire
On his return to Europe he won 400 metres and 1,500 bo: V.N, Dounnel v. V.V. Kolatchoff,
matres free- | 7-0. Left fielder Ted Williams hit all others. against Sussex at Sheffield to 176 not
D.E. do Carvalho v. R. Segalen, S. the 200 metres breast-stroke cham- style.
a two run homer for the Red Sox out before a declaration at 309.
Carlo in two
In the opener, The Athletics re- Hutton's innings lasted four and Shave v. J.V. Tausz, Jacob Ramier plonship at Monte
Jack Wardrop is only 15, but is covered to take the second game half hours in all, and, despite. Karel Weiss, A. Archangelsky v. minutes 40.1 seconds-2.4 seconds
faster than the winning time set up already the holder of the mile and from the Red Sox by two runs to Arthur Gomes. lusty hitting today, he gave no
1,000 yards crawl Scottish Cham- anc. pionships. chance. He hit 15 fours.
It is nearly ten years ago that he first attracted the at- tention of David Crabb, the swim-
first innings.
to be
Ted James made an excellent de-
but for Sussex, taking four wickets RUGGER for D7 with his right arm of spin- ners.
Malcolm Hilton, the young Lan- cashire bowler who twice dismissed Don Bradman last week, carried on the good work for Lancashire the against Middlesex by taking wickels of Jack Robertson and B Edrich. His necond ball brought about the downfall of Robertson. pitching outside the leg stump and bowling him around his legs.
THE SCORES
The close of play scores were:
At Wells: Somerset
against Warwickshire.
Oxford-Cambridge Team To Tour Argentina
Cambridge, May 31-The British Rugby Union today gave the long-awaited consent for the combined Oxford- Cambridge Universities Rugby team to tour the Argentine in August.
The party, consisting of
23 of Merton College, D. W. Bridge, 35 for 3 players, Manager C. R. Hopwood of left wing, of Hertford College, C.
Union the Rugby
and Referee B. van Ryneveld, right centre,
to University College, A. Stuart, A.G.D. Matthews, is to fly South America on August 1, re-
Mauri Rose Streaks To Record Speedway Win Indianapolle, May 31.-Mauri Rose today streaked to his third triumph in a 600 mile automobile race at the Indianarolls motor speedway in the fastest time in history,
Rose,
hin
of University
College,
ol
fly
it
out
Tour Of Italy
Emil accepted an invitation to run and his nearest challenger, Vaclav IFS AND BUTS
Svajgr of the Opava Sokol, finished 40 seconds behind him.
Then it was disclosed that Zatopek Tammy Promtt, Manchester. mill- wright, is a gallant little bantam, ran the 6,000 metres at Zila in 14 New York defeated Washington but he won his ABA title on a iluke, minutes 29.6 seconds, also claimed in a double header to move within when his opponent was disqualified. to be the fastest recorded this year, four games of the league-leading A fortnight ago, I doubt if any ABA-Associated Press. ming coach at Motherwell baths. Athletics. Frank Shea spun u two councillor would have picked him when
obvious WAA
that he was a hit shutout in the opener and right for the Games, swimmer of unusual ability. Since fielder Tommy Henrich and first Peter Brander is feather-weight then he has made some impressive baseman George McQuinn puced champion only by grace of
split times in major swimming tourna- the Yankees attack with home decision among three Judges against ments and his selection for Olympic runs. The Yanks took both games. Charlle Tucker. Max Shacitindy beat i honours. la fitting tribute to his 10-0 and 5-4.
Johnny Ryan in the ABA welter Scoring all their runs off Marino foal, but had earlier lost twice to
Udine, Italy, May 31.-Today's lop Peiretil in the first two innings, the same opponent.
of the Tour of Italy Bicycle race of Elnor Gordon, who is 14, is the Yankees stayed off a lost ditch
Johnny Wright is champion of a 278 kilometres run from Bologna another Scottish swimmer. She Washington raily in the second middle-weight division from which produced photo finish which saw lives at Hamilton (not far from game to nio the Senators. Bubby last year's winner and top interna- the co-favourites, Gino Bartoli and
run homer provided tional, Roy Agland, was Motherwell) in Scolland, and comes Brown's two from A swimming family. Her the morgin. father, Jim Gordon, is an assistant Brown get seven hits in the two
games.
THE SCORES American League
prowess
J. H. WOMEN'S GOLF
of Balilol
C. G.
E. C. C. Wynter, front row
10 They will play eight games
turning to England on Septembet serum
In
a during the tour but the Cam-
of St. Edmunds, C.
of
TOURNEY
of Brasenes College, G. * St Annes-On-Sea, Lancashire, bridge secretary and team member A. Wilson, middle row
of Philadelphia easily entered the A.F. Dorwood declined to disclose Bracenes College who will captain May, 31 Mrs Glenna Coliat Vare the exact details of the fixtures as the touring team. He la not an in- third round when she eliminated, he did not want to upset the River ternational, P Kinifimouth, Britain's Miss N. Cook 6-4. Plate Club publicity plans.
of Rose row forward, of Brasen composed of
South Africans.
W.
Boston (1st game) Philadelphia
:
14.
(Winning plicher Joe Dobson).
Philadelphia. Boston (2nd game) ....
pre
Into the Coppl. pulling absent Fausio through illness,
challenging spot for the lead for the But Tucker; Ryan and Agland are first time. relegated forthwith to the Olympi
Today's run over a good lowland course was won by Oreste Conte reserves.
se. and Adolfo Leone who were close together that a photograph of the finish was studied to decide the winner. Both clocked 7 hrs. 44 mins, and 50 secs. for an average speed of 35.035 kilometres per hour. The co-favourites now tle for twelfth placing only 11 mins. 50 recs. behind the new lender Fioronzo. Mogni.-United Press.
E I suggest the selectors might have stayed their hand at least until after 2 the ABA v. Services match at Wem- bley on June 11. Wouldn't they be shocked if some of their Olymple discards said "Goodye" to tho amateurs and "Hallo" to the
pro- fessionals! **
(Winning pitcher Joe Coleman). Washington (1st game). 0 2 1/
0 10 16 New York
(Winning pitcher Frank Shen). Washington (2nd, game)
New York
(Winning pitcher Red Embree).— Associated Press.
Eric Boon. In No Contest Bout
Brussels Tennis
The team is
is mainly
R. D. GIII, middle back row, Polly Riley of the River Crest The exciting Anish was almost an Oxford defence and a Cambridgo of Brasenose College, A. J. van Country Club, however, was beaten
six Interna- Ryneveld, Identical with the 1947 race in which attack and includes
of Trinity College, at the 10th by Britain's Miss F. an Indiana automotive en-tionals and several players who have brother of C D. Ryneveld, both Stephens.
Brussels, May. 31-In -0 second gineer, and his team mate, Bill Hol-gured la International trials.
In another second round: match, land, of Pennsylvania, Anished arst The Oxford team was undefeated
United States' Mrs Julius Page of
London, May 31-The eliminating round match of the Belgian In Cambridge representation and second.
in come 40 matches in 1047 until The
contest for the British welterweight ternational Tennis championships the Sedfield Country Club ellmi- Holland trailed Rose today by Cambridge beat them 0 points to will be: James Brailsford Raine, naled her compatriot Peggy Kirk of
championship between Eric Boon, which began here today, Shirley Fry nearly, a mile. Duke Nelson of Loanil last December.
right wing threequarter, William
former British lightweight champion, cantly beat Belgium's Miss G. Dom- Angeles was third and Ted Horn of Of the inter-Univerity contests to Barry Holmes, left wing three- the Findlay Country Club 4-3,
CEYLON · THE FIRST
Wolah ken 0-1 and Gwyn Williams, the
and 0-3----United Press. Oxy, fourth. New
JCTRCY,
dale, Oxford
has won 29 and Cam- quarter, Michael Maloney,
The Curtis Cup Player, Grace
welterweight champion, at Harringay Injuring his arm when virtually As Rose steered his four-cylinder bridge 20. Eleven games have been wing threequarter, A. F. Derwood, Lonczyc of the Indian Hill Country London, No matter how she fares Arena here tonight was declared certain of victory in his first round Blue Crown Spark Plug special racer} drawn.
Wartime matches are not scrum half, Thomine B. McRoberts, Club beat Lady Ellip 7-0 în an-in the arena, Ceylon has already "no contest" during the 6th round. men's singles match in the Belgian to the finish the winner in four included in the tally.
fiont row forward, Poter J. do A.
other second round match.
distinguished herself in tho 1940 There was very little action and lawn tennis championships here to Moore, front row forward, R. V. England's Curtis Cup player, Olympic games-her entry form was the referee twice warned the boxers, day, Dilip Bore, the Indian Davis THE TEAM
Thompson, middio
forward, Mire Zare Bolton eliminated Ameri- the first to arrive.
The winner of the 10-rounds con- Cup player, was forced to retire. an hour, he blotted out the previous |
John Gwilliam, middle Tow for- can Ann Cosgrove of the Pinchurs! Entry forms were sent to all Na-test was to have met Henry Hall, Playing against J. F. do Bodt record set 10 years ago. The late The Oxford players are: 5) C. ward, and Eric Bole, breakaway Country Club 5-4.
tlonal Olympic Committees early this |of Sheffield, In the final eliminator | (Belglum), Bose was leading 0-3.8-0 Floyd Roberts had established tho Newman, Fullback, from Exeter forward. One other Cambridge man America's Miss D. Kirby of the year and nations have to stato by match to decide who should meet (and 4-3 when he grazed his arm on record of 100.000 in his 1090 victory. College Oxford, an international will bo selected later-United Capital City Club beat Miss J, June 10 the events for which they | Ernte Roderick for the title.- the not during a spirited volley, and -Associated Press.
stor, D. W. Swarbrick, left centre, Press,
Garden 3-2-United Press.
will enter-Ansociated Press,
Router.
had to retire.----Router.
hours 10 minutes and 23.38 seconds,
or at the average of 119.013 miles
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