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THE CHINA MAIL,

TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1960.

GETTING BEADY FOR THE OLYMPIAD

The General describes his work as

‘one vast minefield'

Rome, Mar. 13.

General Luigi Magliari-Galanta, Italian chief of protocol and ceromony for the Savantaenth Olympic Games opon- ing here next August, describes his work as "one vast minofield."

The 62-year-old former tank General is organising the reception arrange- ments for more than 7,000 athletes and trainera, about 1,300 journal- ists and leading officials of more than 80 National Olympic Committees.

In addition, his office is res- (Prezident on behalf of a thoże ponsible for both the opening participating In The 37th and closing ceremonies of the Olympiad." Games, the 150 victory celebrn.

Bat the name of the athlete tions 18 1fferent stadia, the

who will be an Halton, will be design and easting of the gold

medals kept secret right up to the last silver and bronze awarded

victorious moment.

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the

athletes, and, of course, the "Even the man's mother will Invitations to Olympic Commit-only know when she sees her tees in every country in the son at the ceremony." the world.

General laughingly added.

One refusal

"We next oal 98 Invitations en April 21 of last year, and No far we have had 85 $0-

right up the Italian peninsula to the main sports stadlum here. The Greek Olymple Committee is arranging for the torch to be carried by land and sea to Syracuse.

Bringing the Olympic flame from Mount Olympia in Greece 10 Rome is also the General's responbility. He has arranged for a relay of 1,500 runnera to ceptances, 12 have neither ac-bring the flame, from Syracuse, cepled nor refused and just Steily, une 1138 refused outright," General Maglinet Galanta suid. It was the Latin-American country of El Salvador who sent the reft. Albania, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, British Ilonduras, Gulana. Malaya, Nicaragua, Paraguay, San Marino, the Sudun and their Vietnam have reserved dections.

Flatt,

"I have worked out the open- ing ceremony of the Games on August 21 down to the very second, and although the pro- 1ocal is very strict, we have de- į cided on a slight alteration," the General explained.

I was sent to the Melbourne Olymple Games in 1956 as an observer, and feel certain that improvements can be Introduced as a resull of cur experiences there.

"For instance, at Melbourne, the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at the sports studium for the and, before upening rerenzy taking his rest in the special for honoured tribune reserved guests, was formally futroch:ced to all the chiefs of missions.

A change

** noticed that the public waited impatiently for nearly half an hour during this period. und for this reason our schedule has been changed.

who

"President Gronchi of italy. will open the Garnes as head of state, will already have met e diplomats al

ceremony the previous

short evening

und formal introductions in the stand can thus be dis- grand. pensed with."

General Magilari-Galanta, locklig bronzed and athletic in his well-out sports jacket, opened a Ale with defalls of the opening ceremony.

or Mayor of Melbourne will bring the Clymple flag from his elty and will give a short address, and President Gronchi w open the Games according to a line-honoured formula.

"An athlete carrying the Olymple torch will answer the

World title chess match

Moscow, Mar. 16. Mikhail Tahl, youthful chal- lenger for the world chess title, will get the first move when he faces champion Mikhail Botvin- nik in their first game of 24 here on Tuesday even- ing.

It was announced at a re ception in the Central Chess Club that Tuhl will play the white pletes in what has been called a "lame versus ice" con- test.

Tahl, 23, provides the fathe in daring erotination play, Botvinnik, 40, la an icy intriker.

N. N. Romanov, chairman of the Central Sports Committee, presided at the session in the reception hall of the Chess Club and introduced ex-wark cham- plon Max Euwe of the Nether- lands and Swedish grandmaster Gideon Stahlberg, who is chief reforço alded by Harry, dalom- tek, BrkathẤP.

Soccer result

Glasgow, Mar 14. Kilmarnock scored a 4-3 away win over Third Lonark in a Scottish Arat division, soccer

notch played herd tonight,

Tig fixture häd been proi pundu train arch 19uter.

8 foreign 'heads'

"We

that are expecting eight foreign heads of state will be present at the opening ceremony, including Elizabethi,"

Queen

"I have daily telephone calls from people who think that they should be invited to the opening ceremony, examme closely all these of- plications in case we have made

mistake.

We have to

"Sometimes I think, and feel, that I am walking in and around a vast minefield with all this complex protocol."

Now design

Simultaneously with the there will be 20 Con- Games, gresses attended by 3,000 mem- bers of the National Olympic Committers, The General will have to organise these as wall.

The protocol office has already had cast 208 gold, 260 silver and 278 bronze medals for individual presentation

winners of events.

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Club.

"I have managed to recruit, constant

es Interpreters." "But here we have made 300 girls.

but still need 100 the General added, another change in ceremony:marc, the General said. "Many

office also has The protoco] design," General or rather

of them

four or five two shadows who rarely leave speak Magliari-Galantā sald. "Pre-languages

fluently, and in all theft posts as observers. Two viously, winner, were handed we have 32 different languages. Japanese, officials are attached their medals in small

boxes felding

Finnish, Korean, to the General as observers to Japanese, Arabte and Chinese. gotn experience for the 1001 Olympics to be held in Tokyo.

and the General sold as he explained the seating arrangements.

the public were never really able to appreciate the award ceremony,

"There will be chiefs of mis "Consequently. we have had slans or ambassadors, and the made П bronze coller, with presidents Ind secretary- olive-lent design, to be attached generals of the National Olym- to cach medal when it is pic Committees in five special nwarded, The public will then strand stands resorved for guests be able to see the athletes ac- of honour. Each married person tunily wearing their decorations, will be accompanied by hists in ancient times," wife.

The General is in charge of a "I have not considered the reception corps of beautiful, or military mull-lingunt hostesses who will claims of political leaders, nor even of govern-be posted in special bureaus at

hotels. ment ministers, but I think you airfields.

various will readily understand just how stadia, and the village" hous-

Ing the athletes. difficult all this work can be.

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Pigeons too

The General han an efficient Index system grouping each hastens so that he can instant- ly contact them. Each girl's pariloulars are entered in a inite passport-type booklet, with photograph, address and languages which sho

the speaks.

I am even looking after the

forttines of 6,000 pigeons at a farch at Bologna, in Northern Italy," the General told me in conclusion. swe have na geons here in Rome, and we shall be needing them for the of opening the symbolic act Games."

on the ball

with Tom Finney

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British soccer in the dock

but is the

is the charge fair?

Soccer — No. 1 sport of Britain — 'stands indicted. The charge: that it "has the worst standard of sportsnianship in British sport in an nge when the spirit of fair play is on the decline.”

The Wolfenden Committee on Sport have been told this by the Associa- tion of Municipal Corporations, who have questioned more than 80 local education authorities on sport in general. But I submit, for the defence, but also taká firm action against | that the charge is grossly the offenderé, exaggerated, that it is based on the bad sportsmanship of a small minority of players who have brought the whole game into disrepute.

Time-wasting policy

Who are the sully men of British soccer? chiefly to the time-wasters. the pager nói to thế ful stages of a gatwe will use al- most ant device waste those vital seconds-provided," of course, that it is in the Interests of tféle team.

Naturally, players что not going to rush to get the ball back in play after sloppages it they are a goal up in the dying minutes of a key match. would be most unnatural they did.

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talking about players who follow a calculated | time-squanderlag policy--kick-

ing the ball away when throw-in or free-kick is to be taken, or trying to pinch extra ard when they are about to throw-in, only to be moved back by the reforce.

Managers must act

They call I gamesmanship. as though it's a comfortable, almost respectable, ferm. Yu- ferring they are really lusi a bit smarter than the other fellow. Why don't we se plain

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we stolp Referens should

And, frowning as he looked language and call it CHEATING.

he added out of the window,

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Hut prevention would be far better than this shoek cure, and I would like to see meinagers | malting it clear to players thrit they will not tolerate any time- wasting trickery,

Unfortunately, I must report that in some esses managers not part of the game, but netuaily only accept this "cheating"

encourage it!

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Don't they realise that ti these time-wasting "professors," and the comparatively few in- cidents in which they are in- volved, that leave the biggest impression - pocially with people like investigating com- miltons?

Back-slapping OK

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It to the same with the more serious fouls. They automati- eally catch the eye and so the whole game gets a bad nume.

Yet football, generals, s dirty game. Mort of the fouls come about through an over-robust, rather than malicious, spirit. And with 93 English League and 30 Scattish League clubs playing evety Szívrday and fighting for important League pointa, It is inevitable that many hard knocks will be taken.

On cne subject, I disagree wholeheartedly with the critics, that one concerning the way a player is congratulated-after scoring a' goa].

People look aghast when a scorer is surrounded by back- slapping and hugging colleagues. Some declare that the practier is responsible for all that is decadent in the British way of life.

What rubbish! One minute, professional footballers are held to be paid gladiators whose main interest is their woke packet; the next minute they are condemned for ehowing too much feeling about the gathe itself. Usually it is the summe people who express both views.

Double trouble

Cynies will immediately say that players see the goal merely winning as a slop towards n bonus. But then

surely foot. ballers would let out the biggest whoon of joy when the final whistle ensures their viMory bonus? Instead the game ends quietly with players shaking hands with their opponents.

- The real point in that a goal fa anî eldofritaing moment for the ma who puts the bail mité the bet. It's like the sudden · éxhiläiation of Win- hing a rder—and your team- mates there i

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Everton right-winger Steľný Karets in tikets; tà return

the centre. forward spot 11 Notingnan Förent's bid for his Is EUVOTESTUL

Derby County are now fäconfitos to sian Shemeta Wednesday wint-hal, Dion Gilben, who turned down a chance to tro to Leyton Orient.

Arsenal have an era ön three Scottish playérm right-half Sandy, Brown, of Partick Thistle,

·Kilmarnock star wingers Billy Mult and Vertion Wentzell,

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