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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULE 7, 105
THE OLYMPIC FLAME IS LIT
A young Greek athlete kindles the first torch for the Olympic flame from the altar at ancient Olympia, Greece, be forp setting off to Athens, the Arst stage of the journey to Helsinki, where the Olympic Games will shortly take place.
A young girl (left), dressed in the ancient costume of the Spartan girl athletes, lit the dame in the ruins of the Olympic Stadium, where the first Olympic Games were held about 3,000 years ago,
It was kindled from the concentrated rays of the sun by holding a torch near the point of focus of a powerful concayo mirror-Express Photo.
SUGAR RAY ROBINSON MAY
NOT FIGHT AGAIN
By PETER WILSON
At the age of 32 Sugar Ray Robinson may have fought his last fight...If he listens to the advice of his personal physician, Dr Vincent Nardiello, he will have fought it.
The doctor is quoted as saying: "I advised him to quit, win or lose, before the fight. He has nothing to gain by continuing Aghting."
The scene
run out of rounds before I got him.
"I'd like to come to England to figh! Rendy Turpin, but we've made no definite plans yet."
never felt like that before, and I said, "What's wrong with me am I crazy?'
"I had sunstroke twice and woulda went if he hadn't.""
Britain's Hopes For Olympic Victories Never Ran Higher
Says HAROLD ABRAHAMS
Three weeks today, at about half past five the winner of the Marathon will enter the Helsinki Stadium, and a few minyles later the last of the Olympic core montes for 1952, ao far as the 88 track and field events are concerned, will have taken place,
How many times will we have listened to "God Save the Queen" heralding a victor for Great Britain? Will it be twloe, pa in 1928, 1999 and 1930 Will it be more, or shell we, on in 1948, hove waited for eight days in vain?
The pinteles team" of 69 is somo 250 yards les involyds us death sentence for the 10,000 the best all-round town we have in an argument ds to what is the Metres Walk should differences gyor sent in an Olympic Games, Frola of "exchange. For my part arise this time.
солднять.
If certainly contains mon pote rogard Daley's performance as In the field events obviously ual" plack-winner and more bombthing around 9 min. sec. A. Bavidge has a great oppor- possibjo Olympic champions which £44. İrel superb, and tunity of being in the first six, Din any previous best pos
bitter the Olymple record. hut what commentary Of the 39 men formances of no fewer thap 16 an chau the walls we have a standards today that a than who chance ́or high honours. The has beọn within 2% inchos of 55, would have been good olough hounding shadow Fussels, feet cannot be sure of being oven to win their events four years when Hardy and Allen were dis- in the first three. For the other ago, while only woven would, qualined in the 10,000 atres, field events, if our representatives on paper form, have failed to be will persist in nogging when in pit cases reach the final rounds, placed in tha dret dix.
am about to predict 4 victory. and we gain a pince in the high Working in a dificult enough jump and hammer, I think we event to judge, but I will be a should be satisfied.
Thia la a One tribute to our 1952 standard, but it does not mean that we have only to stretch but poth hands, shut our oyes very light and comp home with half-a-dozen mord gold
might Wo to many, "wo;
come home
might return empty-handed. For there are 70 other nations Interested in the operation.
Tho oll-round stantlard of British achloyement 1 1962 this year, whillch
and again
best AAA. culminated in the Championship Meeting, every reason for what
described 18
POC
rapturo." But on the Continent
In the United States,
equal- ly startling performances have been going on, which argues In 1952 is that the standard going to be much higher than ever before. I am sometimes accused of pessimism-I prefer to describe my approach realism,
Lo
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Portugal Sending Her Largest Ever Olympic Team To Helsinki
Lisbon.
Portugal is sending to Helsinki this year the largest team ever to represent her at the Olymple Games between 75 and 80 competitors, including three women.
At Stockholm in 1912 Portugal had only six com- petitors, and her greatest previous representation was at London in 1948 when her team numbered 47.
any
thp
:
An engineer, Francisco Nobre
Even the regional tastes for Guedes, Vice-President of the food among the seam will bio CASE IN POINT
Portuguese Olymple Committee, catered for. For instance, the salt that Portuguese hopes oarsmen from Aveiro will hayo The attitude of some people were highest for the Modern their favourite coddish, sardines
the brilliant tuning e Pentathion, fencing equestring, and wines
Iden In tho Peters, Cox
cyeni-
cost of chartering the liner Marathon 19 case in point. particularly in the Star and at 4000,000 escudes will be Each finished the course in a Finn classes.
largely met by a 34-day excursion dots time more than twe
pot CTDECT the to the Games," with visits to faster than the Olympic record Fortuguese competitors to make Sweden and Denmark, for Por
was nearly Petera himself
records this year because tuguese sportsmen Reuter. right
minules better Why Portugal is not so streng * should we not anish 1, 2 and 3 athletics and swimmins,
the Olymple Marathon? categories where So Maxim, who celebrated his Well, we might finish 1, 2 and records are made.
few 3, that there ard some rother
support of
hopes, tenth wedding anniversary days actor the fight, may come to good Tunners
ers in this event from Senhor Guedes recalled that h countries, and a com- the London Olympics, Portugal England. But the prospect of asther rubber match between Robinson parison of times over Marathon took second place in the Swallow and Randy Turpini seems as
cources is particularly Zallacious, clove yachting, sixth place in remote as I always thought it we
have never had such
class, reached the was-London Express Service, chance before, and nover have semi-final in Do rowing eigh
three runners trained so con- and win third place in ap scientiously, All deserve success, equestrsan event, but can
can they command It? Let u take a last look round
Long minutes after Robinson failed to answer the 14th round bell in his fight against Joey Maxim he was assisted out of the ring and carried through the crowd.
behind the locked doors of his dressing-room was in the as anything as bizarre pressure-cooker fight, where the thermometer
the Yankee in
Even the champion Maxim, Bladium registering 104 de
who finished up his big night by grees--won the championship."
First of all, Robinson repeat-eating water melon at 2 a.m. in edly sought nesurance from his Tools Shor's swackiest friend Vincent Impellitter, Мауст of New
that York, Maxim had not knocked him OUL
BRAGGED UNDER Then be was persuaded to go under a shower, and apparently mayor dragged the fully clad
2:
under with him, When the mayor escaped, manager George Gainford, also fully clothed, res mained under the water with Robinson.
sport
and stage restaurant in town was nearly gone with the heat.
He said: "That heat affects you, When Robinson was down wanted to step on his face. I
I
4 American Swimmers
Beat Olympic Record
•
New York, July 6.
in
In
a
the Star
He does not base his fencing hopes on the poor London
Fast Fox Wins
Grand Prix de St. Cloud
Paris, July 6,
de Baron Geoffrey Waldner's Fast Fox, winner at the men's events. In the showing, but on the fact that of the Winston Churchill sprints McDonald Bailey can Portugar's Mario Mourao Stakes at Hurst Park last lead the world. He has equalled cently won an arseilles peuinst month, took the £5,000 Grand Prix de St. Cloud over one mile, four furlongs and 94 yards today,
individijal epep
the world record in the 100 Metres and beaten 21 see, in the 80 competitors, including three
France's 200, But no one should under- of
representatives American estimate
sprinters chosen for the Helsinki Games Jimmy McLane of Yale,-1948 Olympic 1,500 Metres They have finished first and
Ho scored from two horses ................... ON SPECIAL LEAVE second in the last three that Swimming Champion; Ford Konno of Honolulu and Ohio Olymples, and they have the Portugal's Modern Pentath who are entered for the King State; and William Woolsey, 17-year-old Honolulu school advantage of much intensiva lon team of three Army officers George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Is Balloy so have been given special leave Stekes at Ascolilnet, who boy, won places on the United States Olympic swimming competition.
was second two lengths away, team today, as all three bettered the Olympic record in brilliant that he seldom gets a for hard training over the
and Mat De Cocagne, past three months.
favourite, who finished a further the final Olympic trials.
Other competitors who are Our strength in the 1,500 civilians have bad to do theirfeld of seven.
10 lengths behind, third in the
barred 'The Press
had been from the
but Leonard room, Lewin, of the New York Dally Mirror, managed to
smuggle himself in, and reported the shower restored the bounce
Robbie's
loge and
and the life to his eyes. But it didn't seem to affect his incoherent thinking.
"The heat didn't
way,"
to
God willed it that
told
hig
pudience.
beat mo.
I'm
follows think I'm crazy, but not crazy. I tell you the heat didn't beat me. It
was God.
He wanted me to lose."
Wayne Moore of Yale, who was in fourth place, also bettered the record of 19:12.4 set by Kiso Kitamura of 18:58.2; Konno's Japan in 1982. McLane's time was 18:58.4; Woolsey's 19:08.4; and Moore's 19:09.1. The race was held in an outdoor 50-metre pool
yards of Hawail was timed in 1:05.7 For the first 1,000 McLane and Konno with Moore came second in 1:07.1 and Stack Stack holds the end of third in 1:07.7. in the lead until 600 metres. After that, Konno the world record of 1:03.6. - But when Nardiello approach- and MeLane alternated in the United Press.
more than
By trida tipe, Robinson's friends must have figured the heat had driven him batty They requested Dr Nardiello to take Robby to a hospital immer diately,
ed. Sugar, he
it was a close race among Moore, in winning the final.
same lead but were never
You one foot apart.
got the
wer: "I'm not crazy.
may think I am. But
God beat
Woolacy at one time TUTELA about half a pool length behind,
Nardiello, although admitting but he picked up steadily in
the last 400 metres. Ho caught
he had never soen a fighter act
as did Sugar, said: "He ean Moore in the last 10 yards and identity everybody around him. won by just a few inches.
But he just hasn't gained full
In hith place พลง Bert
control of his faculties. I'll let McLachlan
of Michigan
State
him go home. I'll be up to with 10:50,1; sixth was 17-year-
Taylor
Major League Baseball
New York, July 0. Today's Major League base-
examine him in the morning," old Joseph Robinson, Pittsburgh ball scores were:
schoolboy, at 20:11.3 and last was John Thair of Cincinnati at
I went into Maxim's dressing-21:02.1.-United Press.
TURPIN FIGHT!
room and found it a carnival
city. Joey, stil Lightheavy-
weight Champion of the world,
Alexed his fisio, gave big grins State, Jack Taylor of Ohio
BACK STROKE Yoshl Oyakawa of. Ohio
Allen Stack of the Navy mado the U.S. Und 100-metro backstroke swimming team to-day.
for the photographers, and told State and
mes
"Sure he stung me a couple of time, but I knew I had him
Stack, former Yalo star, wES from the tenth on. The only Youble was I thought I might the 1948 champion. Dyakawa
THE GAMBOLS
GAYE, I'M GRINDING BORDONY | NOW ! MUGT GET SOMETHING E HOME TO DINNER WITH MET VERY, SPECIAL AND STRAIGHTENI TONIGHTS
THE HOUSE UP A BIT
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 0 New York Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis Brooklyn 8 Boston Cincinnati 1 Chicago
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago New York Boston
3 Cleveland
2 Washington -Associated Press,
real race.
Maires, with
omitted. Wo
in this
can
the
CHAMPION & RUNNER-UP
Australia's Frank Sedgman (above) beat the self- exiled Czech, Jaroslav Drobny (below) in the final of the Men's Singles at Wimbledon. Sedgman won 4-0; 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in 80 minutes.--Central Press. Photos.
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and Nankeville, la best measur-though the crew for the eights,
Bannister, Byre training in their spare time, Mai De Cocagne was left at ed by reflecting on the number bolonging to the Galites Club the post, conceding a start of of fine runners who had to be of Aveiro, North Portugal, are 30 lengths to his rivals. In the circumstances he put up a good get three being given a special break of re
Within 12 to get In days from hard work performance
the winner. Bannister and Nankeville weight clay from theists Jus work length of
(Fastnet-Foxcraft) have the material of which fore they leave for Helsinki so fast
is hot among
the final accop- Olympic champions are made. that they can perfect their
We have never had such a training.
tore for the big Ascot prize.
He was chance of distinction in the 5,000
ridden
KDC Fred Palmer by The Portuguese Government and is trained by Percy Carter and 10,000 Metres as we have supplying 1,700,000
escudop this year but again never has (221,250) to send the team to the combination who succeed- the opposition been so formid Helsinki.
with Orfeo in last Sunday's ablo. In the 5,000 Metres Pirie's
Grand Prix de Paris. best time would have won him mittee has chartered the Pur
The Portuguese Olympic Com Parimutuel dividends to a 10 every Olymple in the past. tuguese Hner Serpa Pinto (0.077 trane stake were: Win 60 franes; Chataway liss never been fully tons) to take the team to the ter
Places
25 and 10 francs-Heu- HKCC extended this year at the dis-Games, and also act as a floating lance and his capacity over a hotel at Helsinki, Thit will solve mile and his phenomenal powers the problem of providing the of acceleration over the last lap competitors with the food to are extremely important factors. which they are accustomed. These two and AB. Farker
should reach the Anal. But for
favourite for the 10,000 Metres, Compton Sends
2 though the Frenchman, Mimoun,
6 has run 20 seconds faster thon
2 Pirle this year.
MOST HEARTENING
5
In the Steeplechase was perhaps
The performance of J. I. Disley
2the most heartening of all at the
A Letter To
The Selectors
London, July 6.
ed
No European Tour For Sugar Ray
New York, July 6, Sugar Ray Robinson,
The England sectors wilt World Middleweight Cham
B Philadelphia 2 Championships. Th unfortunato discuss a personal letter from pion will not go through circumstance that our distance is Dents Compton when they meet with his projected European two miles and the Olymple one next Sunday to choose the team tour and title fight In Israel, cricket lost against Dr Vincent Nardiello, his
Trafford
Barry App fele
WONDER IF I DUGHT TO PUT) GAYE, I WANT YOU TO MEET MY)) CUSHION ON THE CHAIR F FRIEND GORDON
HOW DO YOU DO?) YOUMEHOW I WAS) JEXPECTING AC SMALLER MAN
India
on
I have
to Mr Nor man Yandies, Chairman of the Selection Commi but I am ne prepared to say Whether have askund not to be milder fed for the next. Tosi, It would
physician, said today,
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E. Noronha (Flec)
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De Nardiello said that he had advised Robinson against mák- ing the trip because the chame plop had sill not fully recover.
d from the effects of the heat exhaustion which caused his divulge detent in the June 23 bout with the Lightheavyweight Champion, Asked be was foaling any Joey Maxim.... trouble from his kape on which Robinson had planned to meet shera have boy buyeral
Aiko bout at Tel-Aviv on * August 2 after a tour including
not be
the
flong,
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S. Larktoit (CCC).
K. Bu (10)
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Danenberg (Ndo). B. Buvo (TC) Wdoward (KCC)
Tibble (ACCC)
3. C. Remedios (280)
Glamce 'thee)
L. Brezny (ROC)
Complon Waya-- Alberu Yvels (North Africa) in A. F.
baye na plot rould nee Guhibition role in Bron
"It posportiga 'about: Dr. Nardiello cold that, Robin-1, Chubb (KCC). bis second- LISTA),
might change his mind A. 7. Coelho (CCM)
A. A. Remediom. (Rec) bellaved that he is sporried at thout the trip. If he recovered ble present fallyre nd 29, weil | his health within the next few
| weekp. ---Tguter,
R. Lapsley · (KD
A. E. Bilott (KDC)
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