THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1960.
GOODBYE, UNTIL TOKYO 1964
Sad closing ceremony marks the end of yet another Olympiad
ست
Rome, Sept. 11,
In the twilight of another glorious Mediterranean summer's day 100,000 people jammed to capacity the modern Olympic Stadium here to witness the closing ceremony of the Games of the 17th Olympiad.
Brabham wins the John Surtees Danish Grand Prix
Roolide, Sept. 11.
retains motor-cycling
Jack Brabham, Australian holder of the World World titles
Motor Racing Championship, won the Danish Grand Prix here today in a Cooper.
But the event will be remembered for the tragic death yesterday
of the New Zealand driver George Lawton. Lawton's compatriot, Dennis Hulme, with whom he had been sharing a hotel room here, at first decided to withdraw from the subsequent heats and final. After talks with officiain; he Hgreed to continue, however, and was placed last of the seven drivers in complete the event.
'It was the end of a perfect day and the sad end of yet another Olympiad, which had brought together during 18 days athletes from all corners of the world to compete in. The race was decided on the aggregate times for three heats and the different sports.
the
Drivers covered a total of 108 kilometres n 30-lap final. (72%1⁄2 miles), and Brabham's time was 53 mins 53.0 BCE.
Into this oval grey cement into lay. On the score board or Rome unit be hands it to It was a convincing victory for the Australian, who won every heat and established a new lap record for the 1,500 metres stadium with its multicoloured that had announced the break the Mayor of Tokyo at
circuli of 45 seconds dead. This clipped 1.2 seconds off the and Olymple opening of the 18th Olympia crowd of thugs from the 86 ing of world
old record. Rauter. records shone the Tokyo in 1904."AFP. participating countries marched athletic the ncials for the farewell Olymple motio: "Citius, Altius, Higher, parade.
Fortius" (Quicker, Stronger).
As the violet of the cloudless night sky eloved over the stadium, the Olympic Home was burning brightly.
Helicopters, with their green and red navigation lights twinkling hovered overhead.
March
The standard-bearers formed u semi-circle around the podium on which Avery Brundage, Pre- of the International ident Olympic Committee was stand- ng. They dipped their flags to 45 degrees as the Greek flag was "slowly raised on the mus: töwer- the orange Olymple ing above
The green turfed infield was flames Then the Italian spect- Uttered with the abstacles!
nors proudly sang with all their used Jor thix afternoon" heurt the Italion national horse-Jumping but as the majority of the compeiors anthem as their flag rose on the
teft for home, centre mast. >
had already
there was enough space on the field to contalo those who came to say goodbye,
To the sound of the Olympic - athen played by massed mill- lary bands, Greece, the cradle of the Olympic Games entered first. Each country, was represented by a starlord-istazer, carrying his national flag and preceded by an official carrying a placard giving the name of the country. They mareled rouaiacă fire red shale cinder Track before wheeling onto the invld,
ftaly, as host country to the fear, Games, baught up the By how powerful batteries of floodlights had turned night
OLYMPIC
MEDAL STANDINGS
In honour of Japan, host country to the 1984 Games at Tokyo, the flag of the Kistag 'Sun slowly rose into the night sky to the accompaniment of the rather sad but beaußfut
Britain takes four gold medals less than in the Melbourne Games DISAPPOINTING SHOW BY THE STARS
Rome, Sept. 11.
The Olympic flame died out tonight—and with it the hopes of many British athletes who expected to beat the record of the team in Melbourne four years ago in winning six gold medals.
Japanese national anthem. Their 'golds' in Rome total only The music-loving Italians two. though they fared, almost were unable to refrain them as well as in Melbourne with selver from clapping during the silver and bronze. They the playing of the antliem.
six silver and
Flag lowered
Avery Brundage then declared the Games closed, and Uren fol- lowed the extinguishing of the Olymple flame, announced by party af ten trumpeters, as the choir of Sunta Cecilia sang the Olymple anthem.
Spretators
newspapers
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won
12
bronze medals here, compared with
and seven silver bronze at the last Olymplad.
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But Diedals apart, it was the disappointing per formances
of many British who track and field athletes, were well below their home
form, which caused mest con-
cern.
some of their most performers beaten.
fancied
Of the Americans, Hal Cosmo No athletics in
falled In the hammer throw, world champion high-jumper John Thomas got only a bronze, and they even missed getting a mon placed in the javelin throw.
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Credit side.
The Germans were sure they had the 1,500 metres winner in Siegfried Valentin but he could
not even reach the final, and Already plans are being made the Australians took a hammer- making torches burn throughout for an "inquest" on the failure ing from the Azhericans in swim.
la the night, the of many athletes and whethering, hitherto their the stadium
were. dimmed and Rome's hot, humid summer and sport. Bloodlights
with lack of sumcient acclimatisa- was ablaze
the stadium
The failures
urally thousands of torches. tun was responsible. And the Olympic fame which had been burning throughout 18 days slowly died out. Eight searchlights pierced their i long Angers of light through the smoke and night.
the
strongest
On the credit side for Bri- Lain, Don Thompson frum Cranford, Middlesex, won the 60 kilometres walk and Hud- dersfield's Anita Lansbrough
Russian Games
says
IAAF
Rome, Sept. 11.
Milan, Sept. 11. Britain's John Burtoes refainod kie motor Bycling world in the 25000 championships and 500ce classes after the Monza Grand Prix today.
In the 123cc and 250ce clussen the titlo went to Italy's Carlo Ubbiall.
MV Augusta machines carried
the manu- of all
uties, bat the focturers' Japanese Honda put up a good
SOFTBALL SEASON. OPENS
GRAND EXHIBITION GAME BY LITTLE LEAGUE'S GIANTS AND ALL-STARS
...
By OLLY. VAS
A good crowd turned up at King's Park yesterday to watch the official opening of the 1960-61 softball season and though a last-minute change in the programme necessitated the cancellation of the Cheyennes versus the All- Stars Senior exhibition match the spectators were compensated for their trouble by a grand display of Little League baseball game be- tween the Giants, the reigning champions and the All-Stars.
showing In the light-weight The latter won the thrilling game by rallying in the last minute to score a come-from-behind 5-8 victory.
divialons. They were third in the 125ce class and second in the 250cc. Results today
were.
1. Carlo
125 00
Ubblall
(Italy), MV Augusta, 39 mins 28.1 secs. 2. D. Spoggari (Italy), MV Augusto, 30:28.3
(Ger-
3. Ernest
Degner
many), MZ, 39:28.5.
4 T. Freeman (GB), Honda, 40:50.
5. Kunimitsu Takahashi (Japan), Honda, 40:52.4.
250 00
1. Carlo Ubbiuli (Italy), MV Augusta, 13:14,8,
43:55.2.
T. Redmond (GB), Honda,
3. Ernst Degner, (Germany), MZ, 43:50.
4. Kunimitsu Takahashi
6. A. Milani (Italy), Honda,
6. Yuldo Sato (Japan); Honda, 44:53.9.
(Japan), Honda, 43:37.7.
4431.6,
350 00
1. Gary Hacking (Rhodesia), MV Augusta, 82:45.
2. Frantisek Stastny (Czecho- slovakia), Jawa, 53:15.1,
3. John Hartie (GB), Nortan, 54:15,
Surtees abandoned, but won title on previous season's per- formances.
pta.
500 co
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It was evident from the start In the fifth and sixth innings that this would be a pitcher's both pitchers showed a change game for both the Glaints' Leo of pace in thoir hurling. Viera Barros and the All-Stars George elected to alternate his straight Viera were in rare form. And low-droppers with some 'sucker' what a contrast in styles! Barros pitches while Barros seemed to had the Stars' batters swinging be trying to cut the corners of
throwing plate, at nothing in the first two inn the Ings with his side-arm deliveries medium-speed strikes over the and struck out four in a row till plate now and then. Their tac- an All-Star batter popped ope to les proved profitable. for both centrefeld where three players outfields had little to do since converged-only to let the ball the batters were unable to hit drop between them for an error. effectively past the infields.
Come to life
Home
Viera, too, was pliching ex- tremely well, alternating his low-dropping strikes with an
The top of the seventh and occasional curve ball and plate last innings saw the All-Stars umpire Lester Wu, calling the come to life. pitches from behind the re- spective pitchers kad an ensy time during the early stages of the game as neither side seem- ed able to decide just when to swing the bat.
Open 'scoring
same
Then, in the top of the third, Danny Dayaram of the Glants opened the scoring for his team with a solid hit to left. Danny quickly stole second and third and when Viera (ussed the ball into the dirt Dayscam scamper 1. John Surtees (GB), MV td over the plate. Augusta, 1 hr 7 mins 14.3 secs.
2. Carlo Mendogni (Italy), In this
inning Leo Barros caught the Stars' Infleld The Congress of the Interns. MV Augusta, 1:6:30.7.
Hailwood (GB),} by surprise by laying down a 3. Mike Honai Amateur Athletic
be-
bunt along (one lup
third base. The Fedoration (IAAF) was to-Norton, 1:5:18.7
overthrow by his cousin Jose day reported to have with hind).
Barron was u costly error, for held consent for the inclusion
FINAL PLACINGS
with a runner.on base earlier of track and fold events in a
hit
Glant Finol placings in the in- vin
runner Tanjor Russian sponsored
dividual world championships crossed the plate to put the eports meeting planned for
were as follows:
2-0 while champions ahoad Moscow in 1963.
125 cc: 1. Ubblal} (Italy), Barros went all the way to 32 pts; 2. Hoolding (Rhodesia). thir The Russians have set in 20 pts: 3. Degner (Germany), 18 Mr K. S. "Sandy" Duncan. took the other gold medal by motion a scheme for Europea
Then the fan saw a neat Chief-de-Mission, announced a winning the 200 metres breast- Games organised with an
Stans by the 250 co: 1, Ubblali, 32 few days ago. he would pro-stroke.
pts; play executed Olympic-style programme of
Luigi catcher Derek Turner. As Leo' 2. Hocking, 28 pts; 3. pose to the Executive Cominit- Seventeen-your-old Natalie events. Through the crash of five can-
Tavori (Switzerland), 11 pts, Barros casually sauntered away (f the British Olymple Steward also excelled in the
Derek whipped 350 co: 1. Surtees (GB), 26 from third, non shots echoing through the e
A regular series of European sang the Association that questionnaires swimming pool, winning A
throw to third Stadium the choir
and fear he sent out to all athletes and silver in the backstroke and a
already held every pls, 2 Hocking, (Rhodesla) 22 an accurate Games are
than to the Sun"
18 and Jost Barros more "Hymn
track pts; 3, John Hartle (GB), four officials seeking their views on
yeurs-filling the naval ratings slowly lowered the
bronze in the freestyle,
between pts.
made up for his earlier mis- and field for the Rome G 5 B: Olympic flag bearing the five in British plans
500 de: 1. Surtees (GB), 32 pts; take by putting the tag on Leo events two successive Olymples, The next the track circles 43 20 31, terlaced
representing Olympics and how things can be
2. N. Venturi (Italy), 26 pts; 3. for a surprise (to Leo that is) British women were outstand- will be in Yugoslavia in 1902. 34 21 16 the five continents of the world improved for Toltyo in 1964.
Hartie, (GB), 16 pis.
"out." 13 10 13
ing-sprinter Dorothy
German sources sald LAAF
Manufacturers
The Stars scored a run En 12 19 18 At ask ereh eight Italian
to accept
Augusta, the top of the fourth inning noted numts as Gordon Pirie.om Cudworth, near Barnsley, delegates' declined 8 8 $ students, exearted by nayot
* ralings, carried the flag past finishing well down the field in Balag a silver medal in the 100
„President of the Inter- the
the 5,000 metres beats a few metres and the bronze in the
Sutton Coldfield took a 17ational, Committee; and, the days after he arrived and tenth 1200, and Carole Quinton
VIP bey in, which was seated in the 10,000 metres,
put la the 80 metres hurdles,. British shot Hove the 2.3 the majority of the foreign
diplomatic corps in Rome, They champion, and Brian Hewson 01
and the Mitcham tailor, and British 31 were followed by men
athlele-of-the-year women's the competitors
Mary Bignal. Italian Olympic team.
Rome, Sept: 11. The modul sitions at the exl
Rome of the
Olympic Games were as follows:
USSR
USA
Italy
Germany
Australia
Turkey
Hungary
Japan
Poland
Czechoslovaki
Rumania
Britain Denmark New Zealand Bulgaria Sweden.
Finland Austria Yugoslavia Pakistan .. Nurway Ethiopla Greeca Switzerland
Franco Belgium'
Iroh
South Africa
Hollund
VAR
Argentina
Morocco
Ghana
Canadá
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3
16
women-
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of
Then the large letters "Tokyo", wore Ult, ap on the read in 'souring board, it
Italian: "Arrivederci, a Tokyo 1964" - (Goodbye, until Tokyo 1984).
Jewelled crown
The flag and banner-bearers
marched out from the stadium
to the continuous applausn of
afe spoctators and the music-
of the military bands. The colour
the 'of
The fallures included
such
Arthur
Hyman
The medallists
from
silver
the
The full ally of British suc- |resses was:
But not all the failures wern Gold medals: Anita Lans- Britis)—Australians, Ameri-brough, 200 metres breastroke COIN and Germans all saw swimming: Don Thompson, 50
klometres walk.
Slver medals:
100
Dorothy metres; Carole
Hyman, Last Games gold quinton, 80 metres hurdies:
Natalie Steward, 100 metreN
Dorothy backstroke:
Shirley, high jump: Allan Joy, Indivi- dini apec; Allan Jay, Bill Hoskyns, Michael Howard, John Pelling, men's team epte.
vacuum
MV 165 60% 1.
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After Derek Turner had failed to beat the throw to first on a bunt. Jose Barros ined a fast drive over Leo Barros' head and stole second and third, Antonio Xavier then hit the ball squire. ly to the gap between centre and left felds for a homer,
the Glants' out- which gave Beiders no chance whatsoever to The Stars go after the bail. now led 3-2,
Gabriel Azedo and pinch- hitter Gerry Molthen hit safely between Arst and second to push two more runs over the plate and it was now 5-2 before the inst Stairs batter was retired.
Given the task of scoring three runs to tie the ball, game the Glants proved unequal to the Jau.
Leo Barrow batted out of turn and was called out.
The next batter up drew a walk from pitcher Viera. Then * conob Mahadev Bayaram.un- covered his secret weapon, ull 3 ft 10 ins of it in the form of
be what murt murely smallest
and possibly youngest player in uniform to
the
the
be seen at King's Park, a moppet by
Noronha.
the name of Jon Little Joe walked up to the plate, complete with protective.headgear.
Outstanding
And
the
Vieru, could not Tho Soviet proposal in a 99- 32 pls; 2. MZ, 20 pts; 3, Honda, when pitcher Barros hit Balter strike zone and Jogy walked. A 60 vote on Friday. They said 7 pls.
Alex Wernberg with fost nelding choice on the next bat- the majority of delegates 250 co: 1 MV Augusta, 32 pts; } ball.
successive wilder saw the Giants, scoring a believed that off years between 2. Honda, 19 pts; 3. MZ, 10 pts. pitohos put Alex on third run to lower the margin to 5-3 Olympic Games and 350 ce: 1. MV Augusta, 32 pts; and then D Belding choice, but a fast throw by catcher European Championships should (2. Norion, 17 pts; 3. Jawa, 13 when Barros elected to play Darek Turner, after the ball had be left free of a major com- pts.
the bailer at first, had Alex gone past him, beat Joey to peting track and field ovent.
500:1 MV Augusta, 32 scoring to lower the margin to send and that ended the
1-2- pts; 2. Norton, 22 pts-AFP.
"Glants' hopes and the game,
contest, It was a very fine
true spirit of played in the Little League competition. For the winners Derek Turner outstanding while Danny Dayaram, had a good game for
There were indications here though that other Interna- tional Sports Federations -- Ilke Wrestling. Boxing Weightlifting and Gymnastics -would fall in line with the Soviet plan.
NEW OLYMPIC EVENTS
"But this would leave these Moscow Games without the blue; ribbon
sport," one pointed out.
Bronze medals: Liz Perris, Rome, Sept. 11.
The Congress also approved a diving: Natalio
three of the springboard
Stoward, 100 metres freestyle; German plan to permit
spectators, the green infeld Olympics wont
Studies to come first
for Elliott
after this season
London, Sépt. 10.
tesers which Brian Phelps, men's high diving; male athletes per nation instead Herb Elliott, Australian winner of the Olympic and the red track glittering. Infine
the triumphed with a total of 45 Ddrolby Hyman, 200 metres; of two to compete in each event
medal goes
to Germany
1
the flags,
0
0
The last gold medal
equestrian
0
the floodlights gave
4
stadium, Bunic below
Singapore
0 ragged RomIZE
India
appearance of .A
the points for the three-rider com- thepetition... skyline,
Jewelled
West Indies
*
4
crown.
Brazil
0
0
Mexico
0
Iroq Spain
0
1
-AFP,
flag, ran raund the
Formosa Portugal
Venezuela
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN.
Hera problem by Dr. E. rugmad zaman, 1931K White pilýzand mate in two moves
Minden · Mmprata serviós,
of the European Championships. Potor Radford, 100 metres; Stan
Three girl athletes per nation Vickers, 20 kilometres walk; Peter Radford, Dave Jones, Dave are already eligible. The decl- Led by Hans Winkler, Indivi- Segal, Neville Whitehead, men's ston becomes effective in 1962.
are planned dual champion and member of 400 metres", relay; Dick Meta
Two new ovante As the Italian banner- the victorious German riding gart, lightweight boxing: Jim for the 1864 Olympic Games In bearers left the stadium,
welterweight team in the 1950 Olympic-Gomes Lloyd,
boxing: Tokyo-the. women's pentathlon young man
1,500 metres gold medal at Rome and the
greatest middle distance runner the world has
seen said here today that once he had com- pleted his racing programme for this season his studies at Cambridge University would come before athletics. in a white track at Melbourne, the Germans Willie Fisher, light-middleweight and the women's 400 -> metres,
Elliott, who sult proud holding an Italian | finished
goes to Carh- Anne, and six months old s 20% pots ahead of boxing: David Broome, In- This decision is subject to op-
the stadium the United Sinips. Winkler was dividual equestrian grond prix pruval by International bridgo next term to work for James,
in President and the Games of the 17th U.S.
despree, arrived
Elliott, world record holder Eisenhower'jumping; Louis Martin, midale Olympic. Commitice, which is a scienco Olymple ended. The Olympic bleboy is Germany after heavyweight weightlifting expected to rule on it at im Landon from Rome last night, for the mile and 1,500 metres, Co will be kept by the Mayor Worl War 11-AP.
China, Mali Spectul.
Congreys next year—AP.
THE GAMBOLS
Barry Appleby
(WELL, WITUD MOU
DOIT IP 1 Say- I'M SORRY! GWAS RUDS
the losers.
was
Little
After watching the Leaguers in action I am not at all sure that would not be a good thing to scrap softball altogether and replace it with Little League baseball-a scnti- ment which by coincidence was expressed by one spectator dur- Ing the game!!
A 'Paralympics'
for the
paralysed
Rome, Sept. 11. With Enlott were his wife, said: "I am definitely going to About 490 men and women the waist paralysed from 'down" will take part in the “Paralympicat". in Home, startizia, next week, seven days after the 'end of the Olymples.
Making a with 1; Flying AIR-INDLA
It's bound to come true.
latvide sublime and food divine.
• 6km Verwalt ihastime-
(especially for you)
flop racing by Jumiary Examinations must come be Fore athletics, and there will bo plenty of time for running after the summer term enda, at, Cambridge."
In the next few weeks, the Australian will be computing ut
The work's moeting will in
basketball,
the While City, London, In the clude archery, Welsh Games at Cardin, at women's individual, folla, men's and team sabre Santry Stodhum, Dublin (where individual
he broke the world mile recoesforcing, kot put, throwing the two years ago), in Glasgow at Javelin and the cluty, awingning Clothenburg and Malino (freestyle, 'backstroke, breast (Elvendors) and probably. abstrakey and relay), billiards, Manchester.
tabla. tennis (ringlan naad,
"I think that will be just doulies), and pantatnion » about the lot for a while" he sisting of stelury, i swimming, octed. "Naturally, I shall done shot put, javelin, and, club, o tinue to map out and adhere to. POR
a. atriet training › gæeogramme,” I Ingemil but the ⠀rwimming aimll also be fu regular comes | events, competitors, will be in panderico with my great coach, whoal.chaint Percy Cennty, back-NOMA,ILLA
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