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· THE "CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1980.

REVIEW OF THE OLYMPICS AFTER 10 DAYS OF COMPETITION

10 DAYS OF

SCAMPS AGAIN TAME

HONOURS WITH THE RUSSIANS THE TIGERS IN ANNUAL

Dedication and devotion

to sport has given them 19 gold medals

U.S. REGAIN SWIMMING SUPREMACY

By VERNON MORGAN

Rome, Sept. 5.

With the 17th Olympiad more than half over, top honours lie

with the sternly disciplined Soviet team. Dedication and devotion to sport has yielded fine dividends, and they have already won 19 gold medals in ten days of competition.

It seems quite clear at this stage that the United States are going to come out second best, as they did in the last Olympics in Melbourne. There the final gold medal tally was Russia 37, U.S.A. 32.

The Americans shocked the There must be solid grounds Australiana and surprised the for supposing the International world by taking 11 swimming Bmpic Coultice blundered and diving gold meda's In in allowing the Romans to stage Rome's Olympic pool. But the Games at this intensely hot they have won only five other time of the year. They have as events, and had

dis-i good as admitted li-they will many appointments in the track and not muke the same mistake with feld competitions,

Tokyo in 1004.

Eclipse of aces

Germany

Italy Bre duelling for third place in the medals list, with eight for Germany and seven for, Italy. The all-round strength of the combined Eust-West German team is shown by their capture of 13, sliver medals-more than any other country. Like the Russians, they make a serious business of the Olymples, and everything is

scarificed 10 success.

There never has been an

Olymplad without unexpected dramatic defeats, results and but experts cannot recall any- thing like the current eclipse of Heck.

John Thomas, the coloured American holder of the world high jump record, would have won a world poll us the most certain gold medallist of the Games. He could only get the bronze.

Britain's Gordon Pirie was the choice of many, and not only the British, for the 5,000 metres, He did not qualify for the final,

Siegfried Valentin, the blend

The death of a Danish cyclist was indirectly due to the tre-

and

gold medals winners to join the all-time great.

Swimming's contributions to ie 1960 st may be the names of a 16-year-old Californian blonde, a 23-year-old Autinide

21-year-old secretary and 2. Sydney student, 170 bustling, vigorous Christine Von Saltza, on Ameri- can schoolgirl, won three golu medals and one ellver medal and undoubtedly the leading

mendous heat. The sun enervating atmosphere have was sapped the strength of mans swimmer, man or woman,

She swam right away from u top-class field to score

fine athletes.

Drama at the Games

the Hayes Jones face tough oppost-

of the fittest and most de-ensiest of whs in the women's | tion in the semi-nais" from

These games are a survival dicated, and that is why the

Russlaris have

nai hud IL single flop so far, in sple of the conditions,

The 'Greats'

When the lights went out in the new Olympl pool on Satur. day night, the mantle of world swimming supremacy, won by ¦ Australia since 1956, had been firmly wrested baik by the powerful, all-round Uriled Stutes squad,

400 metres freestyle, and bril- Martin LAUCT (Germany).

Mikhailov (Soviel Union) And Keith Gordner (West Indies).

Huntly anchored both American Anatoll women's relay teams to world record victories.

Her only defeat was by the Dawn Fraser, Adelaide girl whose long, fluent, stroking gave her a repent of her 1956 gold medal in the women's 100 metres sprint..

Tamora Press, the Tussion girl who won the shot-put gold medal, bids for a double in the. discus, in which she will have from the strong competition: Czechoslovak girls Jirina Nem- cova and Sepanka Mertova and Today's highlights

utle, from the holder of the

Con- Olga Murray Rose, 21-year-old Czechoslovak-born

American of the British-born Sydney swimmer nolly, wife In 1956, Australia surprised who won three gold medals at hammer thrower..

eight of

The aussian Bogdanov, hråder world by taking

Melbourne, rather unexpectedly the 13 tiles to two by America

sole a march on his rivals to of the European championship, and one each by Britain, Japan carry off the 400 metres again. looks to have a good chance of the free rifle shooting He also won a silver medal this taking But this year the crack Ameri-year, in the 1,500 metres, in gold medal.-Houter.

and Germany.

can swimmers emerged, un- disputed, victors in the battle for the overall swimming "gold medal," having won nine of the 15 titles to Australia's Ave and Britain's one.

The Olymple record book, which stands aloof from the

East German, was fancied all over Europe to take. the 1,500 metres, even with world record -holder-Herb-Elliott-of-Austre-progress

la in the fleld. He has not even reached the final.

And nobody would have thought that Hal Connolly, the giant Americas holder of the world hammer-throw record, would not reach even the last six in the event,

mode outside the bounds of its authority, has been completely rewritten over the past eight days by the swim- mere of these three countries, many of whom are still teenag- schoolchildren.

In each Olympies a few per- formers rise above the ranks of

which he bowed only to John Konrads.

Fourteen gold medals wil be at stake today ten la boxing, three In athletics (men's 110 metres hurdles, women's 200 metres and women's discus) and the free rifle_shooting..

The premier award In the women's 200 metres seems cer- tain to go to Wilma Rudolph, the power-packed coloured

American girl who shot home in the 100 metres in 11.0 secs. America's strong hurdles team of Lee Calhoun, Willie May and

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World club soccer champions' title for Real Madrid-

Madrid, Sept, 4. Real Madrid, European Cup holders, became unofficial club soccer champions of the world whun they beat Perrol, South American champions from Montevideo, 5-1 here 10- night.

It was the second match in their home and away series for the new International Trophy presented by the European Football Union for competition between the champion clubs of Europe and South America.

The first match between the two sides in Montevideo QUI July 3-resulted in a goalless draw.

Real Madrid led 4-0 at half- time in tonight's match-Reu-

ter

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

Here is a problem specially contributed by the Rev. V. T. Ducker (Buxton). White to play and mate in two moves

London Expreže Zurvice.

One of the most drama." tic events of the 17th Olymple Games so far was the Cycling Road Race in which Russia's Victor Kapitanov defeat-

ed Italy's Livlo Trape by half a wheel in a photo- finish to stop a clean sweep of all the six cycling gold medals by Italy.

Kapitanov covered the 175.3 kilometre (108. miles) gruelling course in 4 hours 20 minutes and

37 seconds, .

Photo on left shows the finish of the race. Below, Italy's Livio Trape is seen throwing his hands up to his face as he breaks into tears after the defeat. AP photos,

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Pat Moss and Ann

Wisdom reported winners of Rally

Liege, Sept. 4.

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British drivers Pat Moss and Ana Wisdom won the 2,885-mile (4,654 kms) Liege-Rome-Liege Motor Rally in an Austin Healey today, according to semi- official estimates released by the Rally organisers. It was the first time in Rs 30 formances. years' history that the rally had been won by a women's tuom.

The rally is a tough on It consists of crossing Belgium, West Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia and France in a non-stop 90- hour endurance and regularity test,

the check-up

SOFTBALL MATCH

BY OLLY VAS

In the bith annual Press softball match played off at King's Park yesterday afternoon under far from Ideal cultions the Scamps from the South China Morning Post edged out theft ppponents from the Standard, the "Tigers", by the narrow score of 7-6.

way through the game and In the sixth inning the. Scampe got back into the game. Leslie Sung let Peter Olaes hit stay put in the mud with two away Batting fit the Tigers Allready and Lal Dayaram who Madeira, worked Scamp pitcher was on third raced home to Lal Dayaram for a base on balls nalce 1 4-8,, in favour of the and advanced to second on Tigers. Leslie Sung'a bunt but Madeira overran the base and was tagged

Rain earlier in the day had churned up the ground into a sea of mud and the slow going had much to do with the ball not travelling far unless it was lofted high up. The longest blow in the game came off the bat of S. K. "Powerhouse”. Khan in the last inning when the Scamps needed a morale booster. The weather, had also some thing to do with the small crowd present for normally there Prens Fames on the stands alled to overflowing

out

strike and was called out by Anderson looked at a third

plate umpire Bosco Czorio.

The Tigers were out in quick -order in the top of the seventh

and last inning.

The next batter up. Wally Andy Lawrence filled out to Stoan In centrefield. Andy went for the ball but it some- how managed to find a way between hin outstretched Inspired hands and head and Sung

came home for the Tigers' opening rain while Lawrence went all the way to third on this Beldar error.

Third run

The Tigers third insanan, Onofre Souza' then hit safely over second and, even as the ball popped into the mud be- hind the sack, Lawrence was crossing-home

Then came the blow which fighting comeback by the Scamps.

"Powerhouse1 Khan blasted a resounding triple to spark the rally, Carl Myatt got his second hit of the day and Khản soared, to lower the margin to 5.0. as Myatt' raced all the way to second base, Sloan was out on an infield pop-up then pitcher Wei hesitated a split second in altempting to field Lal Dayaram'a roller and Myált ended Up at third white piste. Souza Dayaram made it to first promptly stole second and when Myatt scored on Bonny Ismail's right-Belder John Hung muffed hit to tie up the ball gazo, an easy fly-bail off Vaugha's bat Dayaram advancing to pecond. Souzi advanced to scoring

Controversial position. Ernie Pereira then hit The bell straight to Lal Dayaram and as the latter groped in the muck for it Souza dashed for 4e plate to score the Tigers'

Goodair hit to centrefeld and third run. Pereira could not Diyardm's long lega carried hi beat the throw to arst and Didi from second to home plate with Ismail was put out in similar the winning run. To the sur- fashion for the Tigers' inning prise of the fans Tiger catcher to come to an end.

Lawrence put the tag on Dayá,

Then ognja, a controversial theldent in the game.

In the bottom half of this ram after the ball was relayed. list inning Peter Olaes was the to him, the Tigers claiming that load-off man for the Scamps| Dayaram's foot had not touched and had the honour of scoring | the plate.

Ozorio Umpire the initial run. He reached Arst promptly called Dayaram "Out” on a folding inbeue by short-but when Scamp coach Ed Ctz- stop Madeira, stole second and valho argued the decision Ozorio on George reversed it, and that was the advanced to third Anderson's foul tip, coming way it ended, home lator on S. K. Khan's single to left field.

1 As that plate had rud” alt Tiger pitcher Jack Wal tossed gyer over, it no one who, saw the winning run talled can say two wild pitches, for Khan to advance, with only one down with certainty it in fact Daya- and then Carl Myatt hit safely rem's foot had made

contact

to push Khan over the plate with the rubber, Anyway it was a very criterialning and abort-

for the score to be lowered to 2-3.

log contest will the Tigers a

Myatt promptly stole second shade unlucky not to wih. when centrefelder Vaughn misjudged Andy Sloan's high-

fly ball. The game was now

thed up at three ruma aplece and with Sloan safely stationed on second base it was left to Dayaram and Sonny Ismall to push him over but they become routinie field 'outs' instead, and Sloan was left to cool his heels. It was a pity that such a good opportunity to break the tie was thrown away...

Double play

The Aga Khan's Sheshoon triumphs

in' Baden race

Baden Baden, Sept. 4. The Agh Khan's four-year-old

Statioon

today, the 100,000-mark about £9,000) grand prize of Baden, ellmax of the annual race Week at this famous German s

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The Tigers tallied twice, in the top of the second to lead 5-8 while holding the Belmbe) scoreless and when they added another run, in the third looked as if the Tigers were on the way to snapping the

The chestnut stallion, stred three-games winning streak of by Principation Noorani, gal- in length ahead of loped the oppostilom. It is unlikely, however, that

In the bottom of the fourth Agio, an entry of the German

stables. will change the

Third we were treated to a double play Schlenderhan

Mohilber froin the Arst position of Miss Moss and against the Scamps when after was

Sonny Ismail had got on first Meylinghoven stables of Cer

error (mary and fourth was also safely through an Infield Miss Wisdom.

there was some interplay in the Germán entry, Kalsaradler.

The French entry, Malofnun, Wally Lawrence mado a good catch and relayed who won the same ráce a year the ball, to first baseman Leslie nge, finishét far behind in sixth Sung, when small was seen to place. Another disappointment of this NZ IN HOCKEY leave the base after the catch, was Alarich, winner

Ismail we caught fat-footed year's German Derby, who between first and second, the blacod eighth,, QUARTER-FINALS

ball changing harido confusingly'

Shestoon's victory makes Rome, Sept. Dus practically the whole Tiger The semi-official results were New Zealand today qualified Infield converged on the runner. the third straight French win released pending official results: for the quarter-finals of the Finally Ismall was tagged out by in, this important, annual Ger- to be declared late Sunday Olymple Fled hockey erlands, Beth Blichers, Dayarans, and last year and Dushken in 1958. man rice, won by Malefsim night or Monday morning after ment by beating Netherlands,

close check of the per- ) 2-1, in a play-off.—AP.".

Second was the Belgian team! of G. and W. Sander In a Pors- che,

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Another British team, Sprinzet

Patten, was and

Austin.

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THE GAMBOLS

FICTION

third in an

Only 13 ears out of a total of 83 managed to Anish at Spa, near here, Mio Pat Moss Tiger infold, John Goodale had the sister of British race driver foul-tipped, Stirling 'Mos---AP.

Wel were in grand form mid- AP.

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