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TODAY'S GAMES PROGRAMME

London, July 30-With the trials, and errors of the Olympic Games" first day of contest over, tomorrow's programme provides many highlights for most of the com. poting countries.

The feature of the day is undoubtedly the dial of the 100 metres which, at ap proximately 2.50 p.m. GMT, will proclaim to the world its fastest human. The first and secoral rounds today | singging their way through northern Ull left undecided the qucation of London suburbs into the countryside who will win, and the race will be on the Games' greatest endurance ana of the most tense and exciting test-the 30,000 metres walk, longer

•of the Kinmes.

oven than the Marathon,

The other attilotica finals to be decided tomorrow are the 400 metres hurdles, throwing the hammer and the long jump for men, and throwing the javelin for women, While these and other events are being deelded inalde the Stadium, walkern will be

20

The distance is more *than miles, and it will not be until about the Iending 4.30 p.m. GMT that compotilor reappears in the Stadium, more than four hours after leaving it.

Gus Lesnevich To Have. Return Bout With Mills

New York, July 30.-The Tournament of Champions Incorporated" announced today that it has signed Freddie Mills to defend his light heavyweight title against Gus Lesnovich..

The fight is tentatively arranged to take place on September 23 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. New York.

The bout will be on the same programme as the Marcel Cerdan- Tony Zale world middleweight title) fight, the promoters sald,

The bouln' sites and dates must

still be approved by the New York State Athistle Commission.

County Cricket

The 100 metres swimming final will be tomorrow's most spectacular event In that sport. The perfor

and semi- nuances in the heats finals showed that the contest, duo at about 1.00 p.m. GMT, should 'bo as close and exciting as the dash over this distance on land.

The 100 metres will be the only final decided in the Wembley Pool tomorrow, but the bents of the 400 metres freestyle for men and the

women 200 metres for

and the women's 100 motres freestyle semi- finals will also bo. held as well as diving for both sexes und water polo,

The first round of the football will be held at various grounds in the suburbs,

The moat Interesting match will probably be that between India and France at ford, Essex, where capacity crowd in likely to see India victorious. An even big- ger crowd will attend the fainous Arsenal ground to see Britain meet Holland. Egypt will play Denmaric nt Crystal Palace and Luxembourg will meet Yugoslavia at Fulbom.

An India team will be an im-

London, July 30-The only two partant contestant in another sport- county championship matches in the hockey--and in tomorrow's match at Andy current series did not affect Jie Sudbury Hill they will meet Austria,

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Niederreiter, promoter for

or-shire in fth place were surprised liminary round, the others being ment of Champions"

Belgium. Britain V. and that while the dates by lowly Somerset, who won easier Holland are sul indefinite, the bouts would than the 212 runs margin indicates Switzerland, and France v. Denmarkt, be held on the name night on as they declared their second innings either September 23, 24 or 25.

Although the Cerdan-Zale match had been previously

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the not until today that ournament of champlona" entered Into the light heavyweight picture. Leanovich lost tho. Ulle to Mills In London last Monday.

CONFIRMATION

Mr Niederreiter showed reporters a pair of cablegrams in lieu of the more formal agreement conftrining the Lesnevich-Mills battle.

One from Joe Veils, Lesnevich's

said:

with only half their wickets down. And Mighty hitting by Gimblett Tremieli brought each a couple of sixca among their many boundaries and, helped to swell the Somerset while H.E. Watts, the totals showed that he is a batting asset to bespectacled Downside schoolmaster

the county during holidays.

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Hampshire were really beaten by spin bowling for they were never happy against this type and Hazell came out of the match with wickets for 70, runs.

Another schoolmaster, Northamp- Webster, showed hia tonshire's manager, who is now in London when he got the two opening bats- worth as bowler, particularly men of Nottinghamshire in 10 balls Freddle Mills September 23 for for one run. His six for 118 was a title as agreed between Kietz and good performance in

big Notting- Solomona,

hamshire which enabled

coro

them Elizabeth with Gus."

to take Arst innings points after an Klets in secretary of the Tourna-exciting struggle for the honour.

Northamptonshire's 458 was their ment

of Champions Incorporation. Jack Solomon is the London pro- best total of the season and was

"Accept your terms to box

Salling today

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the highest hit against Nottingham- The other cable from Ted Broad-shire this year. A big stand of 227 ritib, Milla manager in London to by Simpson and Stocks virtually Mr Nelderrelter said: "Have agreed earned Nottinghamshire the points and accepted your terms for Mills as it was the best stand for meets Lesnevich through Solomons county, this season. for title September 23, Hegards,"

This in the first time for many years that two world titles will be county, while Simpson, an amateur, decided on the same night.

In

PROMOTION RIVALRY

York's

the

Stocks 168 was his Arst century this year and his highest for

the with 130, was

was also hitting a maldon? century this seaso

season.

Trent Bridge's wickel Once again, proved heart-breaking ta bowlers! addition, Niederrelfer's an-with 985 runs for the fall of 20 nouncement is calculated to, inten- wickets during the three days. sify the battle between his group The non-championship games of and Mike Jacob's Twentieth Century the period served to show the value Sporting Club for the control of of India's Test cricketer, Hafeez boxing in the New York area,

Kardar, to

to Warwickshire as a bowier Jacobs also was angling for Mills, and Maxwell's value as a stumper The Jacobs group had led up to Worcestersisire. both the Yankee Stadium and the Maxwell helped Jenkins to dis- Polo Grounds, New

two miss four Devon batsmen in the first Jargest

for, innings and Jenkins had a match September 23 thus forcing Nieder-record of 13 for 103 with his spin

eiter's programme to go to Ebbets bowling. Fiold in Brooklyn.

Jacobs has

the But while stadiums, he has no one to put in them-at least, no programme that could compare und Mills-Lesnovich.

The Jacobs groups has already served notice that it will complain York State Athletic to the New

Tournament Commission over the of Champions action in arranging nights so close to Twentieth Cen- tury's dates, Associated Press.

outdoor stadiums

witi Zale-Cerdan

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THE RESULTS The results of today's matches

were:

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At Bournemouth: Some set hent Hampshire by 212 runs. Somerset and 248 for five declared; Hampshire 178 and 159 (Lawrence

for 57, Hazell four for 42). At 'Nottingham! the matel between

Noltinghamshire and Northamptonshire

drawn. Northamptonshire 450 and 43 for no wickets: Nottinghamshire 460. (Simp

was

son 130, Stocka 100, Webster six for 118)-Reuter.

Japanese Want To Play In Davis Cup

New York, July 30-Japan's an-

Yahoo: 23. Orange: 24. Imp; 25:xiety to re-enter the Davis Cup lawn Ants: 20, Orb: 27. Emptiness.

Down: 1. Occasion; 2. Rhine: 3. Cant; 4. Hic: 3. Enmity; 6. Slam; 7. Trench; 0, Rond; 9. Antelopes; 15. Ilant; 17. Mean: 18. Tombs; 20.

Drain: 22. Acon.

tion.

tennis tournament has been express- ed in a letter from a former Japanese Davis Cup pinyer, Mr M. Fukuds, to Mr Lawrence Dalice, President of the United States Lawn Tennis Associa

In his letter, Mr Fukuda saic

players

anxiously awaiting the signing of the Japanese peace treaty as they earnestly hope to join in the Dazis Cup contest ɔgain.

Solution to Skeleton Crossword on Japanese Pago 19

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Young Simpson, a British scientist.

3. The orchid. 4. A mineral 5. A road covered. with broken stones of

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He says there are no good young- sters yet to replace the top-notch players in Japan, all of whom are over 30 years of age.

In expressing admiration, for the American occupation, he added that since the war, "we are perceiving the importance of sports to our national life and also gradually. acknowledging the doctrine sports

Therefore, I have the coll- fidonce to say that sports under democratic society will be more prosperuus in the near future."- Neuter.

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