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P: Sport attendance figures for 1953, released last week, showed a drop of 1.7% for major-league baseball, with all eight clubs in the American League down from last year and only three of the eight in the National League (Dodgers, Phillies and the transplanted Braves) doing better. Football, for the first time since the advent of television on a national scale, showed an increase: 2.05%. Biggest gain of the year: harness racing, which, despite fall scandals, was up 20.2%.

P: In Melbourne, Australian Miler John Landy, aiming for a world record four-minute mile, came within a breathtaking two seconds of it in 4:02, just six-tenths off Gunder Hagg's record of 1945. Plainly discouraged, Landy said, "I've done as well as I can. I'm running for fun from now on. If I do the four-minute mile, it will be a fluke."

P: In the biggest baseball trade since Ralph Kiner went to Chicago, the Boston Red Sox gave up Pitcher Maurice McDermott, an 18-game winner, and Outfielder Tom Umphlett, a .283 hitter, to the Washington Senators for hard-hitting (84 R.B.I.'s) Outfielder Jackie Jensen.

P: The U.S. Lawn Tennis Association released its tentative national rankings, naming U.S. Champion Tony Trabert No. 1, ahead of Wimbledon Champion Vic Seixas. Top-ranked woman, for the third straight year: U.S., Wimbledon and Aus-ralian Champion Maureen Connolly.

P: In In New York City, Welterweight Champion Kid Gavilan, who has his eye also on the middleweight title, won the Edward J. Neil plaque as Fighter of the Year.

P: In Rocas de Santo Domingo, Chile, soldiers from nine nations showed up for the World Modern Pentathlon (riding, shooting, fencing, swimming, running) championships. Hungary's Gabor Benek won individual honors; Sweden won the team title, followed by Argentina, Chile, Brazil, the U.S.

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