THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1950.
Aircraft To Join In Historic Relay Of The Olympic Torch
By JAMES FLANNERY
Melbourne,
At 1.32 p.m. on November 22 a lone runner will carry the blazing Olympic Torch on the last few hundred yards of a history-making, 12,500-mllo journey.
A few moments later the Olympic Flame, honoured symbol of amateur sport, will turn from a giant cauldron 85 feet above the main stadium for the 1966 Olympic Games in Melbourne.
fra
1
tity
the runner. TI typic hete of molera times,
steret will be kept shortly before ther Game open. But the torch will have it a trul half way across the world.
The tal of its joumary Mellente Cricket Ground will
eloy be the end of an age The
have CHICS 42 UN rompletna plans for a day not night outtivy, bislang nearly a month, by land, ea and air.
The one will Bree Bicker to te at the asnjerit satur TIDEN DE the plain Dympia, site uf the first Gumes, in Elis, Greece This Alerts will twit b exiingin he antil the con
[the dune 1,000 miles custwards | Games open, the sole runner
The Tablelands of hertzs
the Northern Territory to Cairns. FROM CAIRNS BY RUNNER
will enter the Main Stadium Penting a crowd of at least
110,000
Carrying it specially alrucic s Klaus-size torch, tho runner wil do a circuit of the arco, tuly meating a giant pilnth.
the
At Cioms airport athletes of The new world will resume the
torch relay landed on by the Jathletes of an older lond where jihe ulymple tradition goes back Eighty-five feet above
2,700 years. An Australian ground the Olymple flame wil aborigine will kindle the light-Be it in a sheet-steel five-foot-
die-cast aluminium wide cauldron, weight, wilny wejays torch, 15 inches in fength, fram The Olymple Home
Next lo handle the torch on the Bye-mile Journey from Calrus pirpt will be an Aus-
test has been as anel the Baltarllan-born Greek. cheer Bu d al the Aluelium. Melbourne
Germany Food entot, for the 1036
atrakukuzialed Be
torch Bay Baltua
IT
P will begin
16-Jay Marathon "Un fron Chim to Melbourne, 2,750 miles down the eastern side of Australia.
Orgnition of the relay has
FOT mile there will be ab athlete, a band-picked amateur.
and Finland in 1952 followed | been tricky and complex.
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one kilometre (about lear A mite ech. will take
torch to Alhet. 350 kilometres
(271) Aerial Will be held at the Statists where the first modern Olympies were held in 1808
esting Fat ly the torch will be taken to Athen
to be placed airport aboard a Quantas airliner
Bresur •
Pref
infily Ham will rules the Oynaphe burn in ons of two glass and pewter nunPTS" lamps in the lump have ottermil The been on erally noveled by the Saar Olympic Corniller
Throughout the 20-hour fight to Darwin, the northern way to Australia, the fine will be gaurdert by
a member of
Qantas aff When the Fast
the mist of the foot-high ol-l- foshloned lampes run low, the second will be III from it.
sin of the Olympic wil be hort outsid of the wire raft, All
An Torch
on the
AL
V
wh is experied to cover a jandle tre about six minutes.
In many pliers he will brave all t
territory
bac wither.
Each torch is Tulled by +1 canister of hexamine inbleis Depending on the weather the Se with the about 15 minute
A mot sluit; of accompany - ing thus with offeinds, reserve athletes atul JONUTVE torches will lay with the relay
More Rhan 100 Torches JIFIC 3.800
furt Trexiunine"
packs have arrived in Melbourne for the relay
The chosen athletes, whose occupations unge from bank to ditch diggers,
have clerks
zen tried axl timed over set- hons of the Olympk route.
The ra
relay supervisur is on
Mr David G Englishuman,"
are
Visible for miles around, the six-tool-high
•t! dan:,
by cylinders of propané gan, will burn for 10 days and nights till the closing day, December 8 →→ Chum Mall Speciai.
MILE EVENT WINNER
SAC Derek Ibbotson splashes his way to victory
in the Mile event in the Inter-Services athletic meet
held at Uxbridge on July 18.
Australia And Melbourne In Particular Are
Annoyed
With Brundage
Says ERIC NICHOLLS
In the hypothetical dictionary of asterisks and blankety-blanks, there is a noạn and an adjective which by reason of their more frequent use are more widely known than all the other asterisks and blankety-blanks.
bourne.
The
which Inspired
Utext.
of
two rival
Brie
Amateur
tearn wors
and his US Olympic the alleged that
Association Hocksty tainted with profes- The Swiss Olympic
be
If there was a world-wide competition to discover in which country these parti- cular asterisks and blankety-blanks were most common, Australia would probably enter through the heats, and after a short breather, march victoriously through the final round.
Statistics If such exist on this his foot
be opens in it when
The dispute arose over which subject-do not matter.
US ice-hockey Le it his mouth, which is often. suffice that the asterisk and the He hus in his time, been wams--oNo nominated by the blunkely-blank in question are branded an "autocratic tyrant", Amateur Hockey Association referred to down under as that a "stuffed shirt", the "nicanestanet the other by Brand Krea! Australian noun and that man in sport", a "dictator", and should be allowed to compete. great Australian adjective.
Վ sports if
exists in your any doubt mind, you need only wait until these uncomplimentary November when the 1050 vations, are worth noting. antiv, of London. He will Olymple Games go on in Mel- In 1938 sports writers launch-stonaism.
ed an attack on him for dis- Committee decided it must
US entry as the For Australia in general, and missing Eleanor Holin Jarrett recognised
Threatened to with- Melbourne in particular, are from the United States Olympic Brundige
all the other US teems annoyed with Avery Brundage, turn because she was alleged draw
have drunk
the Winter Games, 'The the American President of the to
champagne at International Olympic
Com- parties aboard the ship taking International Olympic Committee
Brundage
was not electr mittee.
the team to Berlin. When that gentleman
President until 1952-tepped in Quite apart from the incident and decided to throw out arrives for the 1950 Games, he
both wilt, in all probablily, be inet en route, Brundage was mundly and doxid
and eliminate American Leems for ollowing the with the aforementioned noun criticised
ice-hockey from the programme. plus the aforementioned adjec-American team to take part at
Eventually, because
alt tickets hatt tive, to ay nothing of a ripe all, and was later described by
been
the sold, "T Life Magazine as
active
matches went on, but with the Australian eyes, Mr partisan of Nazi Germany.. and
the conversion of the Olympic Amateur Hockey Association Brundage has put his foot in n
Games for the political and pro-
representing the United triumph
States. OUT OF SIGHT
paganda
of Adolf Hitler." The International Olymple
He was quoted as saying "we Committee has ruled
The that
can learn much from Hitler's Duke of Edinburgh
will meet Germany." officials just inside the entrance of the stadium and out of sight of the crowd.
-hortly travel by ene over the entires
Australian roule for a further check.
Mr Realie admits that there "horror Jwo the sparsely- inhabited north of Queensland. will eross desert-dry Banner
tracks corrugated
century-degree heat and with
the intensely chilly nights of the sub-tropical areas
1
cope
For most of the way, how- ever, the route is on bitumen Courts motorways fringing the uf Queensland, New South
Wales and Victoria,
rea!
At towns the torch will be given on offeind reception.
Sport-loving Sydney, the big-
Australia, it city
has planned a huge welcome for the From there the relay will move inland, across moun- tains and rolling hills to sedate Canberra, the national capital.
tech
SPECIAL MEDAL
Australian raspberry.
For in
pas enger als for the fight then over the New South Wales e Games officials presented have het n booked Special air-
Forder Into the pastoral lands will be carried, of Victoria. envelopes The route will be by way of Calcutta, Belrut,
Kanchi. Singapore and Djalortæ, cach touch-down an Olymple A special medal wil be the flag will b: hoisted on a mast only tangible reward for the | beside the plloťa cabin.
2.746 relay
runners, many of whom will be emigrants of
various nationalities,
The 8.545-mile night from Europe, mrose the Middle East, India,
Asla
the South Prette Is tentatively due to end at Darwin on November 7,
From Darwin, the next day. Royal Australlup Air Force Canlierra Je bomber will fly
THE
WREK-END
and
AMATEUR STATUS
her
to
10
troni
team
"DAFFY IDEA”
was
by
Last month, Brundage
the knuckles rapped over one of his own committee men who described proposals, made by Brundage, that all Olympic athletes should sign statements that they would not turn pro- fesssional after the Olympics, as a "daffy idea."
In 1947, Canadians denounced Brundage as an 'old fusspot, and For 60 years the top dignitary
one reporter turned his of the home country has had Christian name from Avery
"Slavery", after he had pointed to him in the arena. Melbourne out that Barbora Ann Scott, had asked the Duke to accept the Canadian Olympic Figure Avery Brundage is used to this honour.
Skating Champion,
But would brickbats.
has he over- Australia regards this ruling endanger
this time? amateur status stepped the marit Duke,
cut For as W.J. Uren, Chairman of gift of a by accepting the gift as a direct snub to the
the Victorian Olympic Council Melbourne's Organising from adműves. The car was re-
Bay that
pro- said: "All Australians will be Committee
Mr turned, but the incident
this insult to the Brundage was not happy that voked a national debate which angered by Royalty, including the Queen, even reached the Canadian Par-Duke. If Mr Brundage persists
retament, the Duke,
in his attitude, there is no The last torch to be it and
Margaret handed on will be carried by an and the King of Sweden. "stole The following year Brundage doubt that Melbourne will let
at show"
him know Australian athlete selected to the
the Olympic was the central
where he figure in an represent the highest ideals of Equestrian Games in Stockholm international controversy, pos- when he arrives." Olymple Sport,
last month.
sibly his biggest, which thren- Avery At 4.32 p.m., after the Duke
Brundage SEC9 to tened the Winter Olymples at of Edinburgh has declared the itakus opecial delight in putting St Moritz in Switzerland.
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9 MELBOURNE POSSIBLES HAVE MEDAL CHANCES
Says HAROLD PALMER
The 14 selectors who will pick the British athletes to take part in the Olymple Games at Melbourne in November have nearly all the information they need. In a few weeks they will name about 36 'men and perhaps 10 women to form the British team.
LONG JUMP AND TRIPLE JUMP-K. S. D. Wilmshurst (Walton).
Obvious selections are our top men in the middle and long distances, and there are more field-events men sure of their places than ever before.
The expected hominetion of chase. Nelther thinks he is any 440 YARDS HURDLES - oprinters and quartermilers for where near his best at the R. D. Shaw (Achilles), H. Kano the two relays' also ensures a monient. Indeed, Shirley ad-
(London). trip for runners who obviously mitted to me he was surprised bave little chance in their at the care with which he was Individual events,
able to overtake Disley in the Bunnera who are real medallast lap of the AAA Champion- prospects oro Ken Wood and ship, Brian Howson in the 1,500 Metres Gordon Piric, Chris Chataway and Derek Ibbotson Metres, Pirie, Ken Norris and Frank Sando in the 10,000 Metres, and the steeple chasers Erle Shirley and John Disley
Marathon Псп and walkörs ean, fancy their chance, 100.
UNLIKELY
hc
Piple recently told me would like to be nominated for the 1,500, 5,000
and 10,000 Metros. This is what his pro- gramme would be in the un- likely event of his being named for all these distances,
He would have the 10,000 Metres on the first day, a heat of the 5,000 three days Later, and only a day's 'rest before the final of the 5,000.
The day after that he would have to run a hreat of the 1,000 Motres with the final two days later.
that
LUCKY MEN
If the list is limited to 30, and | finance will largely decide the
number, these are likely to be the lucky men:
SPRINTERS——İ. R. Young Shen- (Bishop Vesty's 0.S.), ion
R. (Polytechnic). Sandstrom (RAF), M. J. Ruddy (Polytechnic)
K 400 METRES.-M.
V. Wheeler (Bournemouth), F. P. (Sould). Higgins
J. E. Sailsbury
800 METRES. D. J. N. Jotul- ron (Woodford Green), M. A. Rawson (Birchfeld).
1,800 METRES K Wood (Shefeld Utd.), B, S. Howson (Milchum). I. H. Boyd (Here HO).
5,000 METRES.O. D. Ibbot son (Longwood), C. J. Chataway (Achilles), D. A. Q. Pirio (South London).
10,000 METRES.—K. L. Norris (Thames Valley), F. D. Sando (Aylesford) Pirie.
STEEPLECHASE. —
Shirley
J. I. (Finchley),
AC) (London
E
Even nomination for the two longer distances would bo rather demanding on stamina, but Enil Zatopek
certainly managed
Disley idad of per- formance at Helsinki where in eight days he won the 10,000 and $,000 Metres followed by the Marathon.
MARATHON—B, Clark (Herne Hill), F. Norris (Bolton Utd.) and A. N. Other.
YARDS HURDLES
120
I would not like to say that F J Purker (8, London), AAA Championships form will P. B. Hildreth (Polytechnic).
be the most important factor for Melbourne selection.
Howson, Chalaway and Derek Ibbotson
at the White City were
three runners who are likely to build up to even better form for the Olympics.
LAST RACET
The four sprinters most likely to be chosen are the new school- boy 100 Yards Champion Joha Young, the 220 Yards Champion Brian Shenton who looks like ending his career at Melbourne, the former 100 Yards Cham- and the Milke
plan, Roy BERKOMU
powerful
from Maidstone,
Wheeler must go for the 400 Metres even though his best time is still more than two seconds slower than that of the Lew Jones, of the giant Negro, Le United States,
probably
To complete the four by 400 Metres
relay
teain
we shall have Peter Higgins, the Southgate schoolmaster who has set a new English native card this season, the promis ng Midlander John Salsbury, and Derek Johnson, whose in- dividual event
after all. is, almost certain to be the 800 Metnce.
Field events men whose pro- gress warrants their selection are the theology student Barclay Palmer the discus thrower from the RAF, Gerry Carr and Mark Pharaoh, the hammer throwers, Peter Aliday and Don Anthony and, the New Zealand resident Peter Wells for the High Jump. A complication in the 400 Metres Hurdles is the fact that both
our best men, Welshmae Bob Shaw and Londoner Harry Kane, are out of action at the moment because of Achilles tendon injuries.
Disley and Shirley are way ahead of the rest in the Storple-
Nylon Shirts And Special Lipstick For British Olympic Team
Sandy Duncan, segyitary of the British Olymple Association, claims that the British team for tho Melbourne Games in November will be the "best-
dressed shores
provided
am ever to leave these The men Will be with panama hats, nylon shirts, blazirs, "ties, white and grey flannels, socks, shoes, a raincoat and a nylon multcast. Where the woera pró, cðave cerned, Duncan ling Oven obi tained A special lipstick "to match their red sling bags.
Holiday For Lew Hoad Before Forest Hills Championships
Lew Hond, Wimbledon Cham- plen, is to have a holiday before hio rice for his fourth major Lonnie Utle of the year, the American Championships of Forest Him. Hond will trave to Ameicion" from Europe by bost, ingboard of by air, and wil {have 'alzos from, fonals before
going on to Torest Hilo,
HIGH JUMP-P, Wells (Now Zealand)
DISCUS G. A, Carr (Wood- ford Green), M. Pharoah (Walton).
HAMMER--P. Allday (London SHOT PUTI W. B. Primer D. Anthony (Polytechnic).
(Achilles)
50
KILO
WALK-D. J. Thompson (Metropolitan WC). 20 KILO WALK-R Hardy (Sheffield), 3. Vickers (Belgrave).
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shooting. 2. Kurt
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Rosewall.
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3. Rome, that is next
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4. High Jump, Mile and Shot
Putt
5. Manchester United.
Carruthers,
6. Jimmy
bantamweight.
7. No,
B. Primo Cozzera.
9. lee hockey.
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