1960-09-24 — Page 23

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1960,

SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT

The

Olympic Games as seen through

other

eyes

By: I. M. MacTAVISH

How

SPORTING SAM

by Reg. Wootton

The start of a new winter sports season is upon us.

swiftly time flics. It is almost impossible to believe that ple-failed to win. nearly five months have passed since South China's soccer stars took yet another League Championship to Caroline Hill

since Kitchee collected the Senior Shield in one and since of the worst finals ever seen in the Colony cricket bats and pads, hockey and rugby gear were stored away for the summer months.

Yet internationally and locally much has happened. Rome has staged the Olympic Games. The mighty Australian swimming team has slipped a bit from its previous perch of near invincibility: Ameri- can athletic. 'certainties' have failed to confirm their recoil-book superiority when faced with relentless opposition .... and Russia has shown very clearly that the way to win the unofficial team champion- ship in the modern Olympics is to collect a rich harvest of medals in the less fashionable events.

I had the Interesting es per me of beling in the United the States of America while Olyngle Games were in pro-. gress and for the first time Was erved my entire ration of Olympic information through the wrlines of Amortern journalists and the lens of American teles vision contras,

Frustrating

From 20 Fritts, and international, pint of view i fotund it situation,

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rather frustrating

I wagled, for example, to, deld and against Australla in follow

progress Hongkong Chinese

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