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Capel Kirby FIGHTING FOR FUN
John Merriman should go for the marathon
Tuesday, May 24, is a date distance runner John Mettiman may have cause to remember with misgivings before the end of this Olympic season.
On that night at Paddington last week the Watford-Welshman rah inside the 5,000 metres qualifying time for the Rome Olympics-14 min. 4.4 sec., and his best ever for the. distance.
car and fully-paid-up
For a track-pounder whose Ing his own in the Rome 1,500 London Olympics she was given stamina and fighting spirit is metres. He is 20-year-old Dyrol a new better suited to the 10,000 metres Burleson with a sub-four-minute comprehensive policy. and more that's good going, but mile of 3mb 58.6see. 10 his in it I see a distinct danger of credit. the 23-year-old sales clerk toy ing with the idea of scrapping plans for a tilt at the marathon.
All heroes
Merriman is marathon possibility whereas he is an im- probability over the shorter distance.
There are so many top class performer: over 10,000 metres today that he wouldn't get a look
Gift house
Burleson has had the advan-
These by no means exhaust of training tage
alongside the list of Olympic contenders Olympic ute-holder Rop who had cause to appreciate Delany, but even with that the difference between. winning can't see him, or anybody else, and having taken part. Turkey's pipping the Aussle, who was triumphant wrestlers were each lucky not to be 'walking with made gifts of houses and ac permanent limp, let alone be- Argentinian. Delfo Cabrora went coming a world record holder, one better. His gift home was after a plano had been dropped furnished. on his foot.
It's humbug
Having been a Merriman
"The important thing about fan since that never-to-be- forgotten day he demonstrated the Olympic Games is not win- speed and rule in the Empire Ming, but in taking part." Games six miles at Cardiff, I sincerely hope that he will not think of the marathon as last resource, but go all out for it now.
Because Vinille Zalopek and Vladimír Kuts are now Olympic heroes of an illustrious past neither Merriman, nor any of our distance runners must think their like does not exist in the world of athletics today.
Piano on foot!
Poland, Russia, East and West Germany all have 5,000 and 10,000 metres men capable of eclipsing existing records, while there is one who could lick the lot and collect an all-time record number of Olympic gold medals If he felt inclined.
I refer to Herb Elioti, Austra- lla's world's greatest miler who is young enough and sufficiently disciplined to go right through the Olymple card from 1,500 metres to the marathon.
Even now his shorter distance training spins span well over the marathon distance and this leads me to believe that he could do a Nurmi or Zatopek whenever he liked.
There is talk of America baving a miler capable of hold-
Baseball results
New York, June 2. Today's baseball results in. chuded:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis..... 000-210-10049-3 San Francisco 301-001-000-3-11-2 Jackson, McDaniel (8) and Smith; O'Dell, 44 Schmidt, Landrith (9),
W-Jackson (6-5). 10'Dell (2-5). Home runs-St Louls, Boyer (14), Cunningham (1), San Francisco, McCovey (10).
AMERICAN LEAGUE (First game) Washingtoh 400-DIG-102-88–1 Boston ...... 000-000-030-3-11-0 Lee, Clevenger (8) and Batley Delock, F. Spllivan (1). Sturdivant (8) and Sudowaki. H. Sullivan (8).
W-Les (1-1). L-Delock (0-1). Home runs-Washjugton. Gardner (1) Lemon (11). Alison Boston, Wertz (S)-AP,
(4).
Darlene Hard
wins
Manchester, June 2. René Schurtman, South Africa's No. 4 seeded tennis player was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the English Northam Tournament today by Darlene Hand.
The American No. 2 seed win 83; 63:
The 24-your-old American had trouble at the start with
South Afritan
Ané
accurately placed round shots and found herself lagging 3-1 in the first set,
But Miss Hard broke serviă twice to take the set 6-4 and clinched the second with a dis- Play of powerful backhand returns.-AP,
Sports Diary
All that idealistic inking is sheer humbug as outdated as Britain's approach to pre- sent day world football. For Instance, see how unimportant it has been to be fathe Olymple swim and win.
Come to think of it, some of our own Olympic gold diggers haven't done too badly!
Big line-up
Of the 85 cyclists to line up at Blackpool next week for the start of the 1,500 miles Tour of Britain the most prominent are:
Bill Baty (27), Newcastle electrician, and national road champion for 1958-59.
Bill Bradley (27), Post Office engineer, of Southport, who was Tour of Brilain runner-up in 1958, and winner the following year.
Johnny Weismuller and Buster Crabbe both owed their lucra live Tarzan ilm careers to their
Jim Hinds (23), of Streatham, outstanding Olympic successes. Likewise, although Esther Wil- in the R.A.F., and winner of the liabrs became a screen star in Isle of Man international last her own right, her Hollywood year.
Bully Holmer (24), chances of making the grade
technical clerk, winner of this year's Archer Grand Prix.
were undoubtedly enhanced by her international swimming and diving reputation.
Hull
Ken Laidlaw (24), Glasgow joiner, Scottish champion, and Again, when America's 400-, winner of the Tour of Scotland metre champion Ann Curtis went with a vast amount of overseas back to San Francisco from the experience.
Four D Jones BY MADDOCKS
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OUR TOOTHE
WHAT'S THAT HOLE IN THE ICE FOR?
"BRICK BRADFORD
BRICK!! WHAT HAPPENED? WE'RE FLOATING
IN SPACE!
{NO 'H'BOMBS
LEFT AT ALL
YOU
MEAN OUR BOMBS ARE NO MORE?
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JOHN MERRIMAN
(23), Esex champion from
Bryan Witcher Road Race Romford.
Probables
All six riders are British Olympic probables whose form will be closely studied in com- petition with teams from Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, and South Africa's Olympic squad.
Of the half-dozen probables Holmes is the only rider with previous Olympic experience. I saw him finish fourteenth at Melbourne four years ago. He also represented Empire Games road Cardiff in 1958.
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„That Brought British box- ing medals to two gold, one silver and two bronze. Then same the highlight of McTaggart being voted by a påhel of experts is the most efficient stylist In the Games. For i he received
offers and shannes galore to HEBVS MAL FIelscher's Judy- ment correct, but he pre- ferred to Bontinue Aighting The title th house.
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-CAPEL KIRBY.
Judo may be included
in the 1964
Games
Tokyo, June 2:
| Judo, Japan's traditional krt of self-defence, may become an official event at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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