1960-08-26 — Page 8

THE CHINA MAIL,

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1960.

17th OLYMPIC GAMES ARE ON Tay's Olympic

Bulgaria start favourites

in Olympic soccer

Rome, Aug. 25.

Bulgaria, the strongest side from behind the Iron Curtain, are favourites for the gold medal in the Olympic soccer tournament which opens to- morrow. They won a bronze medal at Melbourne in 1956.

Experts consider

that Brazil, The Soviet Union, winners In Melbourne, failed to get through Argentina, Hungary and Bul- qualifying competition.garts will be the semi-finalists Thuir side was weakened by i un ties to be played in Nuples on titu ruling that players who com- September 5 and Rame on peted in the final stages of the following day. World Cup werd ineligible for the Olymples.

Bulgaria do not compete in the World Cup and their team here is their national side,

QUEEN OF

SOCCER

Title of the World's Greates! Woman Footballer undoubtedly belongs to 32-year-aid inside- right is Ashley, who recently led the England's ladies' football teams on a 2,000-mile tour of South America and the Carlb- beur.

Sharp-shooting Doris, a segeer , player since the age of five has Reals in 361 now scored 502 maiches.

-¡London Express Service).

and

Broz, being tipped to win Group 2, in which they have Natkmalist China, Britain Italy as their opponents, are placing their faith in a

young

tuum with an average age of 19, and they have had an intensive training schedule under Senor Vicente Feola, bulker of Work! Cup side.

Advantage

Kungury.

Titnatu matches

the

strong, well-

knite side, have, had the ad-. playing training together every for nearly two months.

thedr Bulgaria gramme with match against Turkey of Grosseto. The other Group One match is Yugoslavia versus United Arab Republic.

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France VS Perut

Florence;

Athletes from 85 nations march

past Italian President

in impressive opening ceremony

By

VERNON MORGAN

Rome, Aug. 25.

The 17th Olympic Games, the biggest Olympiad since the tungary vs India, L'Aquila,

Modern Games were founded in 1896, opened here today. phere will be 24 muscles Under a scorching sun with temperatures in the 90's and

cun- played in seven different Ires in the four elimination groups, with the winners gotri forward to the sempl-finals.— Reuter,

UK soccer

results

Landon, Aug. 23, Results of today's foolball fatehes In the UK. were!

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before a crowd estimated at 100,000, the sporting elite from 85 nations-4,200 men and women in all-marched past the Italian President dipping their flags in salute..

The

team

the

leader put The President of the Italian Republle, Signer Giovanni placard away after passing the Gronchi, watched from his seat presidential box, in which were. of the on the Tribune of Honour in the Bitling the members

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the team parade as Taiwan,

The team of 39 in their som- bre uniforma looked grim es they marched round.

'Under protest' -

was The parade past him led by the Greeks, an honour granted them each Olympiad us the founders of the Modern Games. Then came the na- tion of the world in alphabe teal order. The Italians, the host natlon, brought up the rear,

The Chinese Nationalist team which had to parade under the name of Talwan passed the pre- sidential, rostrum with the team leader carrying a white placard on wilch was written in huge black fetters "Under Protest." -Router.

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RIGHT, DEAR?

UAR hold Japan to a draw

at waterpolo

schedule

Roma, Aug. 20, Horg Is today's programume for the, secondl day of the Olympio Gomes, (A times in Itallin ume which is one hour plend of GMT);

7.00

Grvoo-Roma days; Wrestling weigh in (Olympic Village).

Rone Aug. 25, 8.00 am; Modern pentathlon, The United Arab Republic Riding-5,000 metres стодв

held the sixing Japanese team country. to a 3-3 draw in the first water- polo match at the Dolo Rose Pool here tonigiri..

Yugoslavia boat Holland 2-1 with a fast-minute goal in an other opening game.

Brilliant goalkeeping by Diego Well enabled Argentina to draw 2-2 with Brazil,

8.501 am: Swimming--men's` 100 metres freestyle heats.

9.00 : Basketball--alimina- ion rounds (Palazzella Sport). 0.00 am: Boxing--weigh-in and medical checkup (Olymple Village).

9.00 am: Canacing-heats (Like Albano).

more The match produced

0.00 n: Cycling-start of talking than good play and fouls wero so frequent that there team Time-Trial race (Velod was at least one player out of rome), the water for nearly all match.

two sale Scoring second half South Africa beat 3-2 in a fast and often robust match.

ing' was thrown out of coar from the outset when the Italian President was a few Australia minutes late in arriving at the stadium. The reason for the dday was not immediately known.

With more than 4,000 athletes lined up on the grass in the centre of the stadium Pro- Gronchi then officially

This satouishing motion, un- procedented in any Olymplo❘sident parade, did not move the hage proclaimed the Games open. shirtsleeved crowd, who neither cheered nor boood.

This was probably due to the fact that with many teams is

the area they were applauding flug with the five rings repre- and cheering one team or an-senting the world's other.

Largest contingents

The great moment

As ho finished, the Olympic

five co tinents was carried Into the arena by eight athletes cavort- sailors. As towards

sang

the

crowd

the

The United States and Soviet ed by 12 Italian union the great rivals in this they marched

unodictal tribune the Olympics

Olympic hymn.

con-

ibo for

the largest crown-had tingents in the march past, 245 cách.

The parade of the nation's mated nearly an hour and end ed at 8.30 pm local time (1830 GMT)

The split-Becond schedule set down for the Gamer' open-

U.S. BASEBALL

PIRATES LOSE TO CUBS

New York, Aug. 25.

As the singing reached a crescendo the fog was holsted

The STCA moment and abush fell on

in the stadium.

Then camo

the

the

10.00 am: Swimming-ladies* 200 metres breaststroke heats.

10.00 am: Hockey-elimination, CEO match from Group B (Marble Sindhin).

10.00

Wrestling-Groco- Roman (Basilica Massonazio).

10.30 am: Basketballlimin - ation rounds (Palazzetto Sport), 11.00 un: Waterpolo elimin- ation rounds, two matabes.

2.30 pm: Basketball-culmina- athon rounds (Palazzetto Sport). Swimming-ladies

RESULTS (First two teams in each of four groups enter semi-finals): Group 3 Yugoslavia 2, Holland 1,

Group 1 Japan 3, United Arab Republie

Group 1 Italy 4, Rumania 3.

Group 2 Brazil 2, Argentina 2. Soviet Union 5, Germany 4.- (Lake Albano), Router.

3..

Boxing results

Rome, Aug. 25. Italy, the host nation, today the stadium. Suddenly the notched the first victuary bi the Tear of cannons zBd the 1980 Olympic Games when B ringing of bells marked the Curcetti beat F. Kisokka of entry of the solitary athlete Uganda.on points in a flyweight) bearing the Olymple torch preliminary match. into the arena.

Results of the boxing matches

Into the air

48

B.

Kiseki

Jerry

First Beries Flyweight

3.00 pm:

106 molres freestyle heats,

3.00 pm: Boxing--elimination rounds (Palazzo Sport).

3.00 pm: canoeing - heata

3.00

pra: Cycling apoint, heats and

(Velodrome);

- scratch

repechage

3.00 pm: Hockey-elimination round, one match

B (Marble Stadium).

from Group

4.00 pm: Diving ladies* ellmination 3 metres.

4.00 pm: Basketball-

(Palazzotto elimination rounds Spart).

4.30.pm: Hockey-elimination, one match trom Group D (Marble Bladium).

5.30 pm: Basketball elimina- rounds (Palazzetto Sport).

8.00 pm: Barcotball-elimina- tion rounds (Palazzetto Sport).

8.00 pm: Wrestling — Greco- Roman (Basilica Mässenzio).

8.30 pm: Swimming —- men's metres freestyle semi-

Curcett! (Italy) beat K. 100

(Uganda),

Bantamweight

ilpals.

8.45 pm: Cycling — (a) Scrutch Sprints quarter-finals;

Tundem Armstrong (U.8.A.)(b)

quarter-finals; Petkov (Bulgaria) vs (e) Kilometre Time Trial from

standing start (Velodrome),

Hundreds of doves soared tonight were:

18-year-old Roman, Giancarlo Peris, entered the stadium bearing the torch which had been carried by relay of runners from Greece.

He made a top of the stadium, cloft the torch held proudly Hobbie today hit his Then as the crowd nose to their beat S. first Major League home run feet to cheer him he set light to points.

will with two out in the ninth inning the Olympic flame, which to give the Chicago Cubs a 2-1 burn day and night over the victory.

National Stadium until the Games end on League leading Pittsburgh September 11.

Today's baseball results were;

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Glen

Pirates.

Cleveland

Beston

over the

H E

IQ 13 Detroit at Baltimore, night. Kansas City at Washington, night.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh

Chicago

Cincinnati

San Francisco ...

The oath

Finally on behalf of all the athletes pressorit, the great Italian discus thrower, Aoldo Consolini. a former world record holder, mounted a rostrum in the centre of the stadium to take the Olymple oath.

The teams

marched

out of 1 the stadium and back to the 0 Olymple Village,

1

2

0

G

13

1

8

The Games of 1980 were under 1 way.

In only hours the corn- petition proper

with preliminary boxing.

Milwaukee #t Los Angeles, night.-UPI.

Sakamoto is first

Orient junior featherweight

champion

Tokyo, Aug: 26.

Haruo Sakamoto of Japan tonight became the first holder of the Orient Junior feather- weight boxing 1010. knocked out Shirinci Lukprakris of Thailand in the eighth round

of their 17-round bout here.

The shorter, stockier, Japane appeared quite cheeky in the ring and danced back from the opponent longer reach of his with tuls gumrd down.

In

Lightweight

J. Steyn (South Africa) boat 5. Prior, (Australia) on points. S. Lopopolo (Italy) beat J. Bolang (Indonesia) on points.

Light Welterweight

9.00 pm Boxing - elimina- tion rounds (Palazzo Sport).

9.00 pm: Swimming ladies. 200 metres breaststroke semi- gra].

9.00 pm: Waterpolo - elim- ination rounds, two matches. R. Sarrazin (Canada) beat F.

0.80 pm: Swimming - men's Sowa (Luxembourg)-stopped - 200. metres breaststroke heats. in fast round,

9.30 pm.: Basketball elim-

S. Mongkolrit (Thailand) beat instien round (Palazzetto D. Kim (Korea) by knockout la Bport).

first round,

10.30 pm Waterpolo elimination rounds, two matchen.

11.00 pm.: Basketball

Light Middleweight B. Diallo (France) beat D. elimination rounds (Palazzetto Jakovljevic (Yugoslavia) points.

Heavyweight

on Sport).

1

MINOLT

eliminating Eight matches will also be played

would start .. Strelenovic (Yugorlavis) during the day at Leghorn,

rounds

Grosetto, L'Aquila, of beat J. Casey (Ireland) on Florence,

points-Reuter.

Pescara and. Naples.--Hauter.

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS

the close-in fighting, The

Sakamoto attacked. Lukprakria about the body and then aimed for his head.

Lakpally looked more ite boxer, Sakamote the fighter,

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JAPANESE AND AMERICANS

BEGIN SWIM

AGAINST

CHALLENGE

AUSTRALIANS

Rome, Aug. 26.

Olympic Games get down to business today after the ceremonial open- ing and limited programme of yesterday, one of the surprises of which was the 3-8 draw forced on Japan by the United Arab Republic in the waterpolo event.

Torlay

the Japanese

In the eighth round Sakamote

andling section their prospects aro battered the Thaliander about American challenge to Australia regarded as dim the body and head, Lakprakris for world swimming supremacy

Soviet Rumela era expected to allpped and fell early ins the guts under way, with heats. In sweep the board in the wrestling

was the men's

· 100 fevents.. aighith round

and women's before be cornered and went down to a metres treestyle and mo's, shấ straight right from the Japanese women's 200 inetres broom! that struck him square on the stroko. Jw.Router.

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-servich sublime and food divine

are share all the time (sipasially for you)

Among other events open- Ing today to the five-event Modern Pentathlon, probably the most gruelling event of the Carnes.

Japan has two regrowankativos, Latino and Tanzka. Sixty com peillors from 23 countries competing.

Other events Competitors will not out today

The first two gold medals of the 17th Olympiad N down for dentalstí today—and Italy, the boat nation, could win both. Both will be' in the cycling events the 100 Kliomotes tiami Sima-feial and the 1,800 montern | Ems-irisi for Individual, rider.

In the latter event; the crick Italian cyclist Satre Galandet). is expected to prove too fast for all his rivole

He had the first use of Olympic track

Roma, Aug. 25 One hundred thousand sport- ators gathered Ins the Olympia stadium, for the opening cere- mony today had' a' preview of the athletic events.

As they waited, a man wear- inekchaki, Khote arid sporta Dirt shirt made a short jump over a barrier and made a circuit of the maghicent new, truck.

Probably the most interested the eros-country riking spectatóing at yesterday's opening avant over a 5,000-metre (Just were many Japanese photo overthrow vallen) course, 25 graphers--some of them onicials mitor outado Rome.

for the 1954 Gerpes in Tokype Other evento opening today the who were mapping everything fucky football, bosding end in detail. AN wrestling,

Partlettte altenționƐranatá "baidj In the latter the 10-man to sachi" things, on-bertierul÷to Japariano team may, in their keep tražio dlabel clear odacles view, win some medals clown-ups of the ahvenir, markers specially. "In thefreestyle for the standard boereraand in But in the Greco-Roman Wemi- proparution for 1964, Letter

No one attempted to stop him and ise completed his lap to the cheers of the waving crowd

zlatima, was... put, up, wİND he had completed his run and officials, tried to catch him, To the delight of tisa spectators ha villided him players did a paci into the crowGARMIN."