Bannister Declines Invitation To Enter Stadium Mile Race

Roger Bannister, the only man to break the four-minute mile, will definitely not run in the special Heptagonal mile Saturday, Asa Bushnell, Heptagonal Games director, said last night.

The British star plans to return to England by Saturday for the royal homecoming. His scheduled series of radio and television appearances in New York City were cancelled yesterday on the advice of athletic officials, who feared his amateur status might be prejudiced.