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Should

JOHN COTTRELL:

there any danger of an athlete over-working his heart?

Sir

ABRA. ADOLPHE HAMS: The only likelihood 14" with a comparatively short, in- tense effort. I think the most intense effort anyone can under- take is 300 yards at All, speed. The marathon runner does not hint his heart at all. The don- ger in marathon ruhning which I am always protesting about is getting too hot, And that is the. problem they are going to face In Rome.

J. C.: But they are running the marathon in

the evening.

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1980.

women compete in the Olympic Games?

THEY COULD RUN A MARATHON

Says SIR ADOLPHE ABRAHAMS

spiring so

much

in

an

interview

with JOHN COTTRELL

Avell

03 A. A. Even so it is going sirain on the system generally. But otherwise & healthy man cannot possibly do enough lo hurt his heart.

to be pretty hot in the stuffy atmosphere. They cannot avold that. We have been ask- ed to formalale various plans to deal with

difficulty. this heat But you just cannot do it. One effect that heat produces apart from dininage to the brain is de- hydrating the body from per-

EASY

J. C. The heat, how- ever, could kill a man in the marathon?

A. A.: Women will

stand

got

that health and strength dre incompatible!

OLYMPIC QUIZ

J. C,1 When is the best 1. Emil Zatopek won the

time to start serious' train-

ing as an athlete?

An

A. A.: If I had a boy who had ambitions of being athlete I would not let him bother with serious training un- (he was 16 or 17. But you have to consider each individual | 2. EKSEL You Epanol establish a law. of J. C.: Swimmers, course, can start at an amazingly early age. Why S. is swimming so dominated by young people?

6,000 metres, 10:000') metres and marathon events in 1952:

of

Which

these events had he won in the pre- vious Games?

How

many individual gold medals did Fin- land's

runner great Paavo Nurmi win?

Who was "The Flying Dutchwoman"?

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MIDDLESEX CAN ALMOST SAY GOODBYE TO ALL

COUNTY CRICKET HOPES

London, Aug. 25.

Unless a near-miracle happens at Lord's tomorrow, Middlesex can say goodbye to their chances of winning the English County Cricket Champion- ship this year.

Al Bournemouth: Essex 105 After taking a pointless first Innings lend early today by a and nine for oto, Hampshire 11 runs, the county 288 for Ove declared (R, Mor- me

Horion 03, D. bowling was severely mauled by shall 111, H. the Warwickshire batsmen. Livingstone 50 not out).. 4. She won three Olympic Khalid Ibadulla hit a bright 151,

gold medals and a fer including

At Lord's Warwickshire) 149 fours in a eccond-

for Lavo (K. Ibadulla A. A.: The child is particu

Lune да д film star: wicket partnership with Mike and 237 larly adapted for swimming on

Name please?

Smithundercated for 77 131M. Smith 77 not. out). Parfit 48 160 (P. account of his low specific

190. By the Middlesex 220 not out). clo Warwickshire were gravity. Apart from body build 5. When was cycling first which realised

Introduced up, a child seems to mature more

into

the head with eight wickets left, Games? quickly for swimming than for other efforts.

(Answers Tomorrow) Answers to yesterday's Olympic Quiz

A. A.: We have not

to build up to anything 1 am perfectly enough evidence sure that if the marathon be this belief. If there is an in- came fashionable for womenprovement it is fractional, Or they would run it without any course, it may be that these whe have had children and so have ill-effects at all.

their Luned

physiological function are generally better for A it, though not athletically. woman often improves physical- ly and chammously in health after childbirth, having fulfilled her natural destiny.

-years

no

J. C.: Women have been running the mile for

but there is metric mile for them in the Olympica. I suspect it is because men consider it would be too, stréņubua For them.

A. A.: You, I saw it in the Stockholm marathon af 1912. Of course, the fitter the man, the more he will withstand the heat. We sw this in the WIN BY cross-country"

in the race Parls Olympics of 1924. It was held on a horrible day of moist. heat. Only 15 of some 40 run- ners Anished and many of these run round in eireles like pigeons deprived of their brain and enl- lapsed. But Paavo Nurmi and the other Flens come in fectly comfortably. It was Junibrit sports becutuse they were superb.

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS

Brookline. Aut, 20. Dennis Ralston (California) end Rafael Osuna (Mexico), the heigning Wimbledon champions, justifled their top-eceding in the

Unnel sates Lawn Doubles Championships with an men's quarter-final win here yesterdny.

easy

Tenis

They beat the Australian pol Martin Mulligun and Bob Hewitt in straight sem, 6-3, 6-4, 0-1 to enter the serni-nuts,

per-

superior athletes. They could stand up to anything

Dieting

about

the

Sheer prejudice

-sheer pre®— A. A.: That is

the Oxford-Co Judice. In

for many years they had refused to include, the 880 yards. Too great a strain, they said. Absolute rubbish,

It is true an 800 metres race was held in the Amsterdum ples (1928) and that the girls looked very distressed. And it is unpleasant to sco a girl as distressed as that-though pure ly on Dentimental aesthetic grounds. But that is the only argument against it,

J.C.: Does this judice still exist?

J. C... Looking back over Olympic history, who would you single out as the *most outstanding athlete of all time?

W. G. of athletics

was

I

me

Say

up

1.

2.

3.

The Marquess of Exeter (Lord Burghley). Swimming. U.S. com- pelitors won all the six

races,

Yorkshire need only one win from three games to make ub- solutely certain of retaining the championship. They may not get it in the present match at Bris-

At Nottingham Noltingham- shire 148 (R. Simpson 70, J. Williamson five for 39), North- amptonshire 108 for seven,

At Worcester: Derbyshire 1251 five for 37), Worcestershire 118 for soven.

tol, where Somerset put them. Finvell out today for 184 with Ken Biddulph taking six for 38, Somerset then replied with 86 for three by the close.

Lancashire, still in the run- ning with a faint chance, hid no

play at all in their match against Glamorgan at Cardiff until early. this evening, when Glamorgan managed only 27 for two in the lime available,

Scores

Close

of

play scores

5. All have won the Olym. today's cricket matches were:

∙pic. 1,500 metres.

CHESS

A. A.: I have often thought J.C.: Why do we find about that. We are generally that some great athletes in agreement about W. G. Grace in cricket; who would be the were abnormally, weak as

'W.G.' of athletics? I know that they that few would agree with children, ór achieved greatness despite but I think the greatest runner of all time was W. G. George. some physical handicap?

Et that, The pole vault. Of course, they laugh

his times is

when they compare A. A.: Athletician

4. 110 metres hurdles., and say And, com-with the present ones peculler thing. We paratively inhealthy people who he would now be beaten in the

150 yards. yet are great athletes. Tuke, mile by

rubbish. He would have beaten for example, the case of Derck

of the present day. Johnson. I had enormoUS re- anybody

- extra- Olymgard for him as a great athlete. His casualness

nover worried Put he has. tuberculosis and ordinary. Ho people will say that it is a con- about anything, just turned sequence of athletics that he has und ran. developed TB. I will not go so Unfortunately he was denied tar

as to say that extreme the advantage of strong rivals. exercise may not aggravate Some say Harry Hutchins (in by LEONARD BARDEN condition, but I have always the 80's) was the finest sprinter held that the tubercular polson of all time. He put up some pre-confers a special athletic Bulc, wonderful times, but how far that some people were athletes they were curate is doubtful, because they were tuberculous, And. of course, you cannot not that they incurred tuber-really compare generation with

The ss generation.

future? I graculosis from their efforts

Lo see something athletes. Just as we know that would love

or two geniuses, turn up that knocks the bottom there are one mentally who have been tuber- į nut of what I have been saying. culous-Robert Louis Stevenson | Somebody who did a 3 min. 30 for example-so I have always see, mile or ran the 100 yards I would be felt it does confer a special flair inside mine seconds.

But for some who are great athletes. glad to revise my ideas.

have until then I feel entitled to say Apart from tuberculosis

the

extraordinary what I have såld. as a personal most

the with

Here is a position from actual diseased specimens who were opinion rather than capable of supreme athletic expectation of-being universally i play White to move and win.

London Express Service But please don't think nccepted..

J. C. How important is dieting to the athlete?

A. A.: Dieting is of con- sequence "only in the character of the food the athlete ents. It must be the sort of stuff he likes Кой Layer and Bob Markd well prepared, When I go the abroad with leams I am always (Australia), also entered

afrightfully anxious semi-finals, scoring men's 7-5, 6-1, 11-9 win over Brian's, food problem, for any linessos

A. A.: Yes to come extent diges- and Mike are nearly always from Bobby Wilson

tive troubles through cating

But that prejudice may Sangster. who on Wednesday

can't get dually die down. In the course upset the form-book by beating strange foods. You'

of time, they may push up to useck to an accustomed tood

10,000 third-sceded U.S. pair Barry

į suddemily. I think the British1,500, 5,000 and possibly Mockey and Ron Holmberg.

There metres in the Olympics. people are harder hit generally Yesterday's results were: because of our notional dietetic is no evidence that they should

customs while those of Continea-

hurt themselves. fat people are largely of the

J.C.. same character. But the oat

Alen's Quarter-finals

R. Laver and R. Mark (Aus tralia) beat R. K. Wilson and M. J. Sangster (Britain) 7-5, G-1, 11-8.

R.

R. D. Ralston (California) and Osuna (Mexico) beat M. Mulligan and R. Hewitt (Aus trolla) 6-3, 0-4, 0-1.

Women's quarter-finals

athlète, you will fluid,' never capable of bothers about his food at all.inute mile? He just eats what he fancies and as much as he fancies, and what he has found in his experience to be the most suitable.

J. C. The Olympic Games in Rome will see the revival of the 800 metres for women, the maximum distance over

A. Haydon and D. Catt (Bri- which they will complete. tain) beul D. Floyd and B. Gun-It implies indirectly that derson (U.S.) 6-2, 0-2.

the ladies cannot stand up Min J. S. Hopps and Miss G. to very much more. What Thomas (U.S.) beat Miss J. Sullivan and Miss V. Connolly exactly is the effect of (U.S.) 6-0, 0-2.-Reuter,

athletics on women?

•

woman

doing a four-seen

A. A.: No, Because, first, effort. she has not the musculature to work fusi enough. Her body build is different from man's. Her heart and lungs have not the same capacity. This is en- lirely a sexual difference. So I do not think there will be grent increase in the athletic capacity of women,

any

J.C.: Is there any fruth in the suggestion that

women's perform- ances can improve after they have had children?

Four D. Jones BY MADDOCKS

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Acceptors for Queen's Cup

Adelaide, Aug. 25, There are 19 final acceptors for the A 22,000 Queen's Cup and AC100 Gold Cup gift from the Queen, to be run over 12 Furlongs at Morphettville, South' Australio, on Saturday, August 27.

At Bristol: Yorkshire 184: (W. Stott 52, K Biddulph six for 30). Somerset 80 for three.

At Cardiff: Glamorgan 27 for two, Against Lancashire.

Result

AL Hove! Suseck beat Leicestershire by an innings and 125 runs. Sussex 292, Leicestershire 127 (A. Bass Ave for 30) and 40 (A, Buss six for 15). Sumsex 12 points-Reu-

for.

Sports Diary

TODAY

Meeting Annual meeting of Hongkong Bad- minion Ampitten. Et doorge Bide. Hoam 31, 136 pm.

TOMORROW

Bow!

1st Division: Recreio "W" ROIC, Recreio " CCC, FC v KBGC, They are: Peter Bruegel TC v KDC, KCC v inc.

2nd Division: the "G" v FC, (8.12).

(8.8), USRC IRC B. AKCC V HXPA Exaudi (8.2), EI | KCC ♥ FRC.

Moon

Bomba (8.5),

Frirls (8.0),

Bridge

Chatoul (7.10),

3rd Division! KDC v Kвac, ccc

South Koreans

Denetern (7.12), Gay Comic v USNC, HKCC V PRC, KERC v SC, (7.11), Nippa King (77). Trols HKFC v FC. Medel (70), Summer Luck (7.3), Golden Truth (7.2). Special Honour (7-2), Far Away Places,nese, Caroling Golden Vintage, I Spy. Mailn Herv. Parentive, Tod Slar” (éach 7.0).-Rouler.

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