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AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TOUR

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NORTHANTS NEED 133 TO AVERT INNINGS DEFEAT

Compton Completes His 1,000 Runs

Northampton, June 17.-Northamptonshire needed 133 runs to avert an innings defent nt the close of the second day's play in their match with the Australians here, having scored 100 for three wickets in their second innings when rain stopped play ten minutes early, in reply to the Aus- tralian's first innings total of 352 for 8 declared.

Northampton had made 119 in their first Innings

yesterdity.

Albert Nutter achieved a first-class performance for the county when the Australians resumed their Grst inlings today at 260 for 4, adding Loxton (17) and lan Johnson (4) to his three victims of yesterday and claiming five wickets for 57, after rain had curtailed play to five minutes before lunch.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

ten, however, the opening Northanta batsmen, Brooks and Oldfield, were still at the wicket with the score at

Colin McCool hurried the score along for the tourists with an un- beaten 50, and Linday Hassett de- clared with the total of 352 for 34. cight.

Brookes, who had been fortunate The erunty fe Uhren second: 10 get through the early overs, later wickets comparatively settled down well. Although he lost cheaply, but the Brookes ved Oldfield to a slip catch at ee nend tast

other wickels 42 not out at the close.

fell comparatively The

cheaply, the total had just reached 100

when more rain finished

the When seemed a

cricket for the day, Brookes being still unbeaten with 42.

play was bright sunshine

little lively resumed after lunch and Northarap- tonshire had a quick mecess when, 4th the total of 267, Barrow took a

11 briliant watch at short fine leg to dismiss Harvey.

Butter was gath keeping a hos tile length, as he did yesterday at 1 204 he completely beat Loxion and gained his fourth wicket of the innings.

SCORE MOUNTS

The closing scoreboard read: Northants: First Innings Second innings: Brookes, at out

110

42

Oldneld, McCool, h Johnston Barrow, e Morris, a Johnston Temins hw, by Johnston ... Diserin, not out

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for three

With McCool hitting hard, the

AUSTRALIANS: First Tunings. zere mounted rapidly, but Nutter! foolt anther well deserved wicket armes, à Nofter Morris, b Clarke when Johnson spooned Up a food length ball to mid off and soon after tameti, h Natter Saggers gave Broderick an easy Bamence, b Nutter return catch. McCool continued to 1xion, Nutter bool and drive freely and when he Harvey, e Ba row, reached an unbeaten 50, the tourist MeCool, not out declared with their total at 357 for

4.

Hardly had the their reply

velen

begun cotiny

further rato

And, on r suming, the Australian last bowie proved very difficult to time.

caused a brief break

ASCOT RACE MEETING

b Divecha

Jan Johnston, Clarke, Nutter Suggers, e & B. Broderick Int. not out

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More French

Successes

By VERNON MORGAN

COUNTY CRICKET

London, June 17-Denis

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Comp- up his magnificent Test innings by coming to the res cue of Middlesex at Lorils today great knock of 145 after the

with

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FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1948.

Mauri Rose Races To Third Indianapolis Victory CHESS

Mauri Rose of South Bend, Ind., in his Blue Crown Special, zips across the finish line at Indianapolis Speedway repeating his win of last year and his third triumph in the 500-mile classic.

Rose drove the distance in four hours, 10 minutes, 23.38 seconds for an average of 119.813 miles per hour blotting out the 117.200 record set by the late Floyd Roberts in 1938.—AP Wirephoto.

China To Meet Turkey In First

Round Of Olympic Football

THEN SWEDEN, THE FAVOURITES, OR AUSTRIA IF SHE SURVIVES THAT

Zurich, June 17.—The draw for the Olympic soccer tournament was made here today by the International Football Federation.

Twenty-three nations have entered. There are nine byes and seven preliminary matches to determine the 16 teams to go forward to the first round proper.

The draw for the preliminary matches resulted as follows:

Luxembourg v. Afghanistan; Yugoslavia v. Pakistan; Eire v. Holland; China v. Turkey: Sweden v. Austria; Burma v. India; Egypt v. Denmark.

The nine byes into the first round were France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Palestine, Poland and the United States.

London,

The draw for the first round proper resulted as follows:

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total:

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Ibrox; and thes

"Chico" Sequeira Leads In Colony Championship

F. X. "Chico" Sequeira took the lead in the Colony Championship last night when he edged K. M. A. Barnett out of first place in the ninth round of the final tourney played at the Peninsula Hotel last night.

Sequeira played the game of his life and found him- self up against an opponent who was quite equal to the occasion, Burnett lost through unfamiliarity with Sequeira's seldom-played Lasker Defence to the Queen's Gambit Declined which doubles black's king's pawn on the seventh

move.

BASEBALL

Boston Braves

Lead Once More

The defence la of the type that 'succeeds only when played with the utmost accuracy and Sequeira proved that he knew it through and through, consolidating hla contro after kibitzers presented had already jotted him down for eventual defeat.

The game was the best of the tournament in an evening when con- tesis were close and games well- Onl the played. Dommett resigned 68th move.

SCHURE WINS

on

New York, June 17.-The Boston Braves once again took over the National League lend today. They came from behind Schure turned the lables two times to edge out the last- Johnny Carvalho in a Queen's Gam- placed Chicago Cubs in both bit Accepted to win his first match games of a doubleheader, taking three against the latter,

The game was close all through them 7-6 and 8-7.

and went to 62 moves. Carvalho

the RCZ BANK JUNE:CANCE

The double triumph gåve Boston tribe # .008 percent point lead over the second place Pittsburgh Pirates, Big Bill Volselle, who was knocked out of the box by the Cubs in the first inning yesterday, flushed both games today and gained credit for the two

decisions.

defeated The Pittsburgh Pirates the New York Giants for the third time in

a row today, gaining a 9-8 victory. The Giants' pitchers failed despite heavy hitting support.

The New Yorkers slammed 10 ħlis for 25 buses Including four homers. First baseman Ed Stevens was the big man in the Pirate attack. His home run with two on base put the Pirates ahead in the seventh.

The Cincinnati Reds salvaged the Final

contest of their three game.

series with the Brooklyn Dodgers by winning 5-3.

Rookle

Howard pitcher

Fox wobbled through

Iming the first with the Dodgers scoring three runs, then held them scoreless.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

The Resurgent Boston Red Sox handed the Cleveland Indians, leader in the American League, their fourth gome defent when they ok the -ศ.

Centre-fielder Dom DiMaggio's sixth inning home run broke a 6-8 deadlock and clinched the game for The Red Sox.

way from

Poland v. United States; Luxembourg or Afghanistan v. Egypt or Denmark; Yugo- slavia or Pakistan v. Palestin; France v. Burma or India; Britain v. Eire or Holland; Hungary v. Italy; Korea v. Mexico; China or Turkey v. Sweden or Austria.-Reuter.

The Philadelphia Athletics won which he can qualify for the final champion, to win in 8.0 secs. There the Tigers kicked in three runs with when 60 NATIONS

from the Detroit Tigers 5-2 in the Olympic trials.-United Press. Were no lunes at June Ascot, Berkshire. June 17. fast bowlers, Martin and Ridg-number of nations competing in the

Irishman had to pass a big Held to Wakefield let first baseman Ferris a pair of errors. Left fielder Dick France Look Ascot's most

ARGENTINIANS SAIL register this victory. had sent back Jack Robert- Olymple Game was brought up to coveted and valuable prize, the son, S. Brown and Bill Edrich for 60 today with late entries from Eire,

Fain's single go between his lēgs in In the Buenos Aires, June 17.-The main

1947 British £500 Gold Cup and stake the addition of 50 to the overnight Afghanistan and Iran.

A.A.A. the sixth and right holder Ray hody of Argentina's Olympic delega- Championships, a toothache nearly Coleman scored all the There is still a chance that The, tion salted for Britain money of £10,000, for the third total. successive year when M. Marcel

the put paid to Reardon's chances; but first. ton showed splendid form and com- may have been dem Eire were

On the rain affected pitch, Comp-Lebanon will compete as their entryPanamanian liner Brazil today in the final of the 440 yds, on a Boussac's Arbar scored an easy

delayed..

Associated Press.

THE SCORES truck which had been drenched by The Pry forms victory in this year's race hereefed his thousand runs for

National League season. He was out to a brilliant found to be irregular when they catch by Evans, who took the ball reached the Organising today.

after throwing himself full length, The King, the Queen, and the and had then been at the wicket Princesses saw the French four-fur four and a quarter hours anit

hit 11 fours. year old, starting at 4 to 6, win

The England leg spinner, by four. lengths from the Bellas Wright, showed ginn-challenger, Bayeux,-which-stiffness, or discomfort, when bow started at 100 to 6, with the 6 in this match for the Arst time to 1 English-owned but French since he was laid up with lumbago

Whiteway, the only all-British horse in the race, ran pluckily, but could only finish fourth.

Arbar, a four-year old son Djebel, beautifully

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was

caused

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no trace

the

Dou-

of

Comunittes

as entries were lodged from two OLYMPIC ROUNDUP (c, outside the record different boilies dealing with athletics.

The forms were referred International Amateur Federation and

Reuter.

to the Athletle

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CHESS CLASSES

FOR CHILDREN

bo

The Kowloon Chess Club will

conducting classes through

#

series July

of and

August for schoolchildren who desire to learn to play chess or to improve their game.

may

The size of the classes will be limited and, there

bo places for no more than 12 or 10 pupils. Preference will be given to older children but parents are bvited to write in to the Acting Hon. Secretary. The Kowloon Chess Club, c/o. Peninsula Hotel, even in the case of younger children.

Children can learn to play chess it me or ten and several of the world's leading players today started at an earlier age. Including the English Birl, Elleen Saunders, who beal Dr Alekhine in a simultaneous ex- hibition match at 11 or 12 years of

nge.

The classes will be supervised by Mr Karel Weiss, one of the Colony's leading chess players. and, in his younger days, suc cessful in Secondary Masters' Tournament play in Bratislava and other fowns In Czecho alovakia.

The Kowloon Chess Club ad- mits ne distinction of race or nationality and membership is open to all. There will be no charge for the classes, nor is it necessary that the children be related to the Club's members.

In the third game, Ray Dinenberg 3 embarked once more in his now 4favourite Rett-Zukerfort

opening against P. K. Prokopov and mnde olmost certain of remaining qualified for next year's Colony Championship final by

8 10 0

lost a pawn in the exchange on the a cloud burst, he won by 12 gris.

30th move, which proved a loss 48.3 secs, his nearest rival clockingt

RH Esufficiently serious to give Schure a 49.8 secs. His time was only 0.1 Boston (1st game)

1 win. set up in Chicago,

6.11 1 1937 by Bill Roberts.

(Winning pitcher Bill Volselle) NEW ZEALAND

Boston (2nd aimé) What country w win the 1,500 Chiengo The New Zealand team for the or 3,000 m. steeplechase. John Joe (Winning pitcher Bill Volselle) later accepted Olympic Games is Athletics D. A. Born in the U.S.A., thinks he knows New York Barry of Co. Tipperary, who was Pittsburgh

0 12 Harris, J. M. Holland, W. H. Nelson. Boxing-R. Goslin. Cycling-T. R.

the answer, Barry, who has done

(Winning pitcher Elmer Singleton Carter. Swimming-Miss

mile in 4 mins. 15. secs, also Brooklyn Ngaire

the Lane. Weight Lifting-M. Crow. holds the Irish 3 miles record of Cincinnati

14 mins. 41.0 secs, In the 1947 (Winnlag pitcher Howard Fox). Harris' selection was, of course,

British A.A.A. Championships, hel

AMERICAN LEAGUE virtually automatic. In the 1916-17 unfortunately met with an accident

R JI he beat

Johnnie Fulton to his knee necessitating his retire- (U.S.A.) in the brilliant time of ment from the meeting. 1 min. 49.4 secs. Hitherto a half- mile and 800 m. specialist, Harris

But at the lighlands Games In may compete in the 400 m. also.

Glasgow be won the 1,500 m. in 4

EIRE UNACCEPTABLE FOR HOCKEY

J. G.

win, han 55 moves.

The

did not

come until the end game and came eventual

rather

positional

through

than

material advantage in a long end- E game.

Boston Cleveland

0 10 (Winning pitcher Earl Johnson). Philadelphia

G 10

1 Detroit

2 0 2 (Winning pitcher Carl Schelb).

-Associated Press. HOW THEY STAND American League

રા 0 10

1

W L 31 17 .645 32 22 ,504 .500

Pei

after the Test trial, but the pitch bred Roi de Navarre, a further was too slow to suit him. six lengths away, third of the

The Hague, June 17-Mr eight runners.

matches, and at Breed. Many van Horst, President of the Inter- Essex and Glamorgan were playing, national Hockey Federation, an- scason the pitch was flooded. When a start nounced here today that, as Eire made, over two hours late, is not a member of the Federation, Glamorgan, declared at their big she

be accepted cannol

for the the overnight total, strengthened ridden by the bid for leadership in the Champion-

their Olympic hockey tournament. English Jockey, Charlie Elliot, click

The position of Elre will be dis- The Olago long-distance man, W. mins. 8.8 secs., and the mile in 4 not make his challenge until half-ship table by dismissing Essex com-cussed when the Federation meet H. Nelson, clinched his selection by mina. 20 secs. In August, he beat way up the straight when he passed paratively cheaply and forcing them in Amsterdam within the next few breaking the New Zealand six-mile J. Lataster, the Dutch runner, easily, Bayeux and Whiteway, who were to follow on. Muncer, the right arm days to draw up the dally pro- record at the national champion- coming within 0.4 sec. of his own struggling for supremacy,

record. to win spin bowler, found conditions to his gramme of the hockey tournament. ¦ ships.

liking, and took six wickets for just-Reuter. easily.

Nelson's ime of 20 mins. 57.4 over 10 runs apiece.

Eire's shot-put hope is David Cleveland secs, puts him in international Gutney, who has been dogged by Philadelphin class. At the Games he is to con-il-luck in his attempts on the 43 New York centrate on the 10,000 m., but if his years old Irish native record

of Detroit overseas practice times are convin-48 ft. 10 ins. Three years ago, in Boston cing, he will contest the 5,000

1945, under N. A. and C. A (1) Washington as well.

rules he beat 40 ft. and 46 ft. on St Louls

were not accepted for various ren-

ANOTHER PRIZE

prize went

Another

across the

Channel when Madame Lecorf's Vic Day carried off the King Edward VII Stakes, run over one and a half

miles.

Vic Day, a son of Prince Rose and ridden by the Australian jockey "Togo" Johnstone, started at 13 to 2 and beat a French-bred Ally, Folie. by half a length.

for

11

favourite provel successful.

CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

The close of play scores were:

wicket.

And 34 for 3.

Worcestershire 244

At Hove: Cambridge University 138 and 335 (Shuttleworth 96, Kedle

0); Sussex 125.

M for

The Cinekwar of Baroda won his first race of the meeting when his Lal game colt, Makapura, carried off

•

NO SOVIET COMMENT Moscow, June 17.Soviet news-

the

team was J. M. Holland, the hurdler, eight occasions, but these distances Chicago

117

the

Goslin's frm hold on the New Zealand bautum-weight champion- ship, combined with his impressive

boxing cholce. fights) made him the only possible

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HOW THEY STAND

A three-way tie for first-place, that will necessitate a play-off, is now a disifnet possibility.

This could occur if Schure beats Sequelen in the last round next Thursday and Danenberg draws

with Barnett

Standings after

one to go, are:

28 20 518 F. X. Sequeira

20 480 M. A. Barnelt

L. Schuro

24 28 401

19 20 US

15 31 320

National League

Later at Parnell Park, a slope Boston in the ground, made his 40 It. 2 Pittsburght Ins. put vold. In 1947 at Lans- New York downe Road he smashed Rorgan's St Louis record to pieces with a heave of Philadelphia 49 ft. 4.25 Ins., but the shot was Brooklyn

to be 5 ozs. short of the Cincinnati found regulation weight.

Chicago

QUEEN'S CLUB TENNIS

30 22 .570 29 22

24 25

27 23

27 23

20 20

.568 540 .340

300

22 26 458

24 20

452

20 33 377

drew with Yorkshire in a two-day the passing of the deadline for the At Belfast: Gentlemen of Ireland | papers today made no comment on game. Gentlemen of Ireland 153: Olymple team entries at midnight Yorkshire 141 for 3 (Hullday 17 not Wednesday.

The only surprise selection in the out);

There is little chance of a Sovlet

for At Lords: Kent 320, and 24 for 1; move

representation k

Few athletic cnthusiasts expected Middlesex

335 for ง declared Baines.

his selection before the national Sons. (Compton 145, Sharp 70).

The Soviet newspaper

"Soviet championships.

However, Sports," which At Brentford: Glamorgan 536 for

Is the official 440 yds. hurdles his excellent time

Com- 5 declared: Essex 228 (Pearce 64. Publication of the All-Union

of 33.8 secs, must have convinced was another im day

Muncer for 90) and five for no sports, mentioned the Olympics only

mittee for physical culture and the selectors. backers for although Arbor was an odds-un favourite and the 7 to 4

At Manchester: Lancashire 395 twice since January 1 of this year chance. Belirium, won the opening

and then only in passing. race of the day, the six-furlong 18 declared:

On January 27 Cork and Ortery. Stakes, no other (Outschoorn GU, Cranston 7 for 00) would not compete and on May 11 i knock-out record (24 k.o.'s in

it noted Paraguay

International Football Federation, it a report on the meeting of the mentioned a discussion concerning the Olympic Games-United Press. Carter was a virtual certainly at the conclusion of the winter season, DILLARD INELIGIBLE FOR

during which he won nearly every NATIONAL COLLEGIATE major road cycling event in the

Queen's Club, June 17.-The results of today's quarter country. Mis Lane has Already Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 17-bettered the Olymple standard for

finals games placed four Wimbledon "seeds" in the semi- The world hurdling record holder, the 100

finals of the men's and women's singles contests, back stroke on many Harrison Dillard was declared ineli- occasions. Crow, weight-lifting gible for the

Jack Bromwich, seeded No. 2 for United States Wightman cup squad National Collegiate specialist, has lifted well enough to Track and Field meet this weekend have been placed fourth if a world's Wimbledon, is likely to have by a rules committe.

toughest match of the season when championship had been held in tlecision docs not affect 1917.

he meets lanky Bob Falkenburg, of, Mere, Cheshire, June 17-Norman Dillard's chances to make the

California. qualifiers Olymple team in that he will be able von Nida paced the 39 Into the fal stages of the Man-to compete in the National Amateur chester Evening Chronicle £1,500 Athletic Union meet early in July in tourney with a 30 holes total of 138 today.

the five-fet longs New Stakes

Aldershot: Hampshire 200; two-year olds. Makarpura started Combined Services DD (1 6 for 31)

nt

the

100 to 30 in this race, in which fand 43 for 0.

heavily-backed French colt, Al Birminghani: Gloucestershire Rou du Diable, starting 3 to

I

223; Warwickshire 114 for 4, Rain favourite, was unfortunately kicked stopped play for the day.-Reuter,

at the past. He did extremely well

to finish fourth.

Outsider's carried off the last two races, Lord Sefton's Marconi win- ning the seven-furlongs Britannia Staken at 100 to 7, and Mr Harry Joel's Lake Placid winning the King George V Stakes of one and a half miles at 100 to 0.-Reuter.

Sports Briefs

The

0,704 yards course, Britain Ryderi Press.

►

m.

EIRE

concentrate on

Wimbledon Seeds In Semi-Finals

the win battle out the other semi-unt

QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS The results of the quarter finals

Bre:

Ray Danenberg J. P. de Carvalho P. K. Prokopov

The game

nine rounds, with

PWD L Pts 0 0 1 2 01⁄2 9 5 2 20

0 5 1 3 54

02434

0 1 4 4 3

9 1 2 6 2

score of the Barnett- Sequeira maleh will be given in Monday's "Telegraph" sports page.

Welter Fight Postponed

Chicago, June 17-Tonight's world welterweight champion- ship fight between champion Ray "Sugar" Robinson challenger Bernard Docusen has been postponed because of rain until next Monday night.

and ·

Promoter Irving Kovin an- nounced the postponement. Associated Press.

Orleans,

Docusen weighed 143 1/2 pounds. Associated Press.

Jack Bromwich beat It. Vau In the other men's semi-final, the

THE WEIGH IN Eire's chief Olymple Jimmy Reardon, Dave Guiney and the South African, Eric Sturgess, man 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3,

hopes are No. 3 seed, Gardner Mulloy, incets Meegeren of Holland, 6-2 and 0-0.

Gardnar Mulloy beat Frank Sedg-

Chicago, June 17.-Ray "Sugar" ENGLISH OWNER BUYS

J. J. Barry.

seeded No. 8 for Wimbledon,

Mrs Doris Hart beat Miss Shirley champion, weighed in at 147 pounds Robinson, world's welterweight SHARE IN ROYAL DRAKE

Reardon, whose performances of Von Nida shat a flue 68 on the Belgium WAS third. Associated Inst season, kept him in the head- Mulloy today beat the tough Fry 8-6, 7-5.

du Font for his 15 round title fight tonight, London, June 17. Herbert Cupper Charles Ward later equalled

Ines, expected to

Mr Margaret'Osbome fourth ranking Australian player beat Miss Butler 6-1 and0-1.-Uulted with Bernard Docusen of Now Blagrave, English race-horse owner the course record with 67 but ho

the 400 m).

20-year-old Frank Sedgman, who and trainer, has bought a half share is six shots behind von Nida.-As bent Belgium 2-1 here today in the athletic publle take notice in 1946,

Press, Copenhagen, June 17.--Franco

was sent to Wimbledon from Aus- in Paristen Leon Volterrn's Royalgociated Press.

This Ane runner frat made the tralia by public subscription.

PETRA BEATS FRED PERRY. Drake, second in the English Derby

Edinburgh, June 17-Yvon Petra semi-finals of the International won by My Love,

soccer tournament between military he gave Arthur Wint, the 0 ft. 41⁄2 Mrs Margaret Osborne du Pont, of France, beat Fred Perry, British teams. All the goals came after the ne Jamaican 140 and 080 yds. the defending Wimbledon champion former Wimbledon titleholder, 6-4, FAMECHON OUTPOINTED seni to England soon and will rum Douglas, Isle of Man, June 17-interval. France will meet Denmark star, the fright of his life. Wint beat and automatically seeded No. 1, is 4-0, 0-4 for the first time in their

17-year-old London

matched at cycle In the final on Saturday. Heuter. on a very heavy track by 13% in the semi-inals of the women's series

London June 17.-Clit Curvis, yds, clocking 40.0 secs. classic races åt Doncaster in Septem-mechanić, A. W. Banies, won the

Edinburgh today.

135 pounds, two ounces, the 21- ber.

In June, 1947, Reardon broke the

In a doubles match, Petra and year-old Swanten lightweight, gave Football team arrived

Geneva, June 17-The Spanish Irish 440 yds. record with 40 secs. She will play Wightman cup Karl Schroeder, Sweden, beat. Per- a classical display of boxing In in Geneva dead, and proved that it was no teammate Mrs Pat Todd of La Jolla, ry and D. Borquet, 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 and outpointing Andre Famechon. 137 today at 15.55 Central A. W. Butler of Woolwich, London, time aboard Derby.-Associated

European flash in the pan 'n for weeks later | California, in the semi-finals while in another singles Schroeder beat pounds, of France, over eight was second and G. Van Bradant of plano.-United Press.

airlines when, at Ibrox Park, Glasgow, in the Louise Brough and Doris Hart, the Bocquet, 0-2, 0-4. Associated rounds here tonight. Associated

400 m., he flashed past the Scottish remaining members of the victorious Press.

Volterra cald Royal Drake will be'

in the St Leger, Inst of this season's | A

Volterra sold a half share in My Love to the Aga Khan before the colt won tho

Press.

75 miles Isle of Man international

cycle road race today in three hours 38 minutes. 45.8 seconds.

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an ID-ERA

section.

of

exhibition

Presa.