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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1960.

Russia facing great odds in struggle for greater power behind the athletic scenes

By JOHN COTTRELL

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While the world was wondering at the amazing conquest

by an Ethiopian warrior in the Olympic marathon month, another marathon of for deeper significance was beginning nearby in Rome's impressive Palazzo di Con- grossi.

This is a marathon tug-of-war between athletics officials of East and West - a struggle which may not be resolved for many years to come.

Belgium,

The Russians have hajimered The Olymples have been held home their sporting supremacy in France, Britain and the Unit- in the Olympic urena; now they ed States (twier each), Greece, Holland, are seeking greater power be-Sweden, hind the scenes. At present Germany, Finland, Australla they are fighting against over- and Italy. Russin-the country

the whelming odds.

which donalnated

Rome collected 103 They have no hope of gaining Olympics and

International medals-has su for been left in control of the Olymple Committee which has the cold.

the American Mr Avery Brundage as is president, and they are making no progress in their efforts to win the honour of staging the Olympic Games.

Another blow

Now, at the International Amateur Athletic Federation Congress In Rome, they have uffered another severe blow with the defeat of their pro- European posal to stage the

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No country could provide finer facilities for the Games, The fear seem Lo be thai the Russians would organise the Olymple Games TOO,

WELL.

It is known that the Russins would like to make Moscow the scene of the most lavish sport

spectacle modern times. Instead of the mere 17 Olymple sports, they would prefer to in- clude at least 22 sports, plus more events for women.

Games in Moscow in 1983. There are obvious objections to this proposal. The Games, planned, as a more lavish seale than ever before, would detract from the 1902 Europe Cham- plonships in Belgaude. They would plare too heavy a financial : made to burden on small countries and automatically rude the num- ber of Infernational matches that year.

Clashes

This elashes directly with the wishes of president Brundage who said at the IOC vonference; in Rome: "Every effort must-be

to keep expense minimum, to prevent the ju- tro/luction of extraneous events, and to maintain the simplicity, Cand nobility of the Games.

"Members of the IOC must be With the Olymple Games, completely Impartial text in a European and Aslan Champion- position to resist pressure from ships, the world athletes pronny quarter-political, religious gramme is oirendy heavily load- und financial."

The political motives of the Russians

course, of

and strongly suspected

for this they have themselves to blame. Pravda once stated that sport was "an excellent

ed with grondļose meetings.

The Russians complain that the International Olympic Com- mittee is not fairly constituted and they have branded st undemocratie.

The fear

US

They point out that the Com- mittee is 0 self-elected body, many of the members being and noblemen, who princes hold the Olymple ideals in trust: that the Communist coun- -iries cun cltine only eight-seat-

and, Aska 10

than slx, while 1he non-Communist European bloc can muster 28 members. There are two Rus- sian representatives; neither has.

pince 1371 the eight-strong executive board.

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This hardly seems In keeping with the international traditions of the Olymple Games and one cannot help sympathising with the Russians bitterness because they have never been awarded the privilege of staging the Games.

Golfer with the Midas touch

Who is the biggest money- maker in world sport? High on the list must come

30-year-old, fast-swinging"] Arnold Palmer, who has now won more from golf In a single year than any other player in the his tory of the game.

Latest gures-and there are still several more tournaments to be played-give bl 1060 winnings as £30.008. He ARS averaget £1,300 for 21 events of which he won seven and wis among the first five in 13.

Paliner bus this year won the US. Open the Canada Cub (with Sam Snead) at his first attempt, and finished second lu his is British Open.

from und

With further income exhibitions, advertising television appearances, Palmer shotsid everitually become millionaire of sport-London Express Service.

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of propaganda capitalist countries" and use- ful in helping "the work of nur foreign "diplomatic" mis- sions and our trade deiega- tions."

Stich pronouncements alkIT the elder statesmen of sport in

the Western world as do Rus- sion hopes to stage the Games ! on a super-colossal scale,

Strong opposition

When

the International Olympic Comunittee meets again at Athens next spring, it is generally understood Brundage will

that Mr

the advocate

purlication of the Olympies" 13 removing from the pro- gramme those sports which have

as well as amateur_ones-sperts professional governing bodies

like football, cycling, boxing and basketball.

Brundage is certain to meet with very strong opposition, but, in principle, agree with

Grunes his desire to prune the further and remove semi-pro- fessional sporis.

I have said before that the unwieldy Olympies should either be severely pruned to something like the original Greek sente or extended over a much longer period without pretensions to strtet nateurism.

/ Page V

Dia Cuba kill SWINDON TEAM-BUILDING

Open tennis?

Latest item of sporting gossip: Fidel Castro, black-bearded dictator of Cuba, is being blamed for the failure of the proposal for open lawn tennis tournaments this year.

The defeat of this proposal, won the great disappointinent E the International Lawn Tenpin Federation mceling. Those

who liged to .spe MENDELTS and professionals playing together In the world's major championships failed by only ve voles to rain the necessary two-thirds inujority.

SWITCHED VOTES

One smalt country with three votes could have swung this issue the other way. And though the voting was strictly in secret it is being whispered that Cuba switched their votes to kill hopes of open tennis.

It is known that one coun- ley Henged to have its vales east by the United States' roz presentative as he saw 11. AL the Just

moment, the entry sent its own delegate) who voted in the negative.

By simple deduction it con. be presumed that this was a

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

MOBY

(5894) Hera 13 a position from actual play. White moved 1 BxF. RXB; 2 Q-KBS (forking rook and bishop) and waited for his opponent to resign. But he didn't: why?

Latin-American country with three voles. Such a country is Cuba who, as the gossip- mongers suggest, might have

PAYS DIVIDENDS

Seven teenagers in lively side

London.

After five years of conscientious team-building Manager Bert Head, of

Swindon, has at last got his reward.

switched their votes as a fur-When he took over-he was trainer-coach at Bury-there was no money

ther anti-American gesture,

The truth muay never be known. But the real blame must lie, not with some un. known Latin-American couŃ –

try, but with the lending tenis nations who did not make sufficient effort to can- vass opinion in favour of the proposil before the ilori meeting-London press Service.

in the bank and, he had on his hands an ageing team. Gradually the deadwood has been torn away and replaced by tender shoots, so that now the famous Wiltshire club can field seven teenagers, most of them locals, and win more matches than they lose in the Third Division.

Against promotion-seeking Walford they lost only by i disputest goal in the last two Ex-minutes, and they themselves

Federn

Three youngsters included in U.S. Davis Cup team

New York, Sept. 26.

The United States judex named three youngsters Est! Buch- hols, Chuck McKinley

and Dennis Ralston-to team with

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looked good enough to be in the dght for Division Two when next April comes' around.

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€7.500 for each of them and Lelcestor went as far as £16,000 for Beuning, but strictly on the display in this match Summer- bee was the superior,

Vital point

Managers Best Hend and

cleft

can

we both

The defeat at Watford wag only their Feound of the sea-Ronte Barges are in o

There stick. They said: "What nine games.

we do? We both have a chance were nine Swindon-born 'men in the side, and of the seven of promotion, but teenagers four of them were could do with the 'mcury." The vital point to cach is would it only Leventeent

be false economy to sell? Pro- motion 19 paramount, 11

Brightest jewel

in addition to discovering this crop of talent Swindon have also spent £13,000 on floodlights and have raised their "gate" average by 5,000.

the star player were solel wond It upset the supporters suutelently to show a compar able loss at the "gates"? While

are in they

the running Division Twb, both of then

for

Brightest jewel in the collec veterans Bernard Barken and tion is right-winger Mike Sum-could lose in admission money

whateve Barry Mackey in the campaign merbee, son of a former profes

sume they revolved to recover the Davis Cup from signal. Cheltenham-born and from Spurs or Leicester. Australlo.

Just seventeen,

Leicester's He and another

need for winger is great, but it is hard Mike Benning, of Watford, were the centres of attraction at

to know where Tottenham Vicarage-road. Dozens of clubs

going to fit in a new represented, but It was

The tennis squad, headed by captain David Freed, will leave for Australia around Oci, 31

in appearances Australian state

were

varlous Kenerally conceded that only tournaments Spurs and Lelcester City were n two inter-zone matches the running for these two polen. leading to the challenge round. tial stars. Toltenham offered

und

The Americans, who clinchest

their zone title a week ago, wlli

Ite

the play

Philip ines. Eastern zone champ.ous, and, it victorious, will toke Eur pen winners Italy for the right in meet Australià.

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on

Dec.

The challenge round Is rebeauled at Sydney an But if the former course "can-

28-4B- Solution No. 5895: 1 Q-Kts not be achieved, then the Rus-

The Americans are expected fwatting). PxQ: 2 BXB, or 1 slants cannot reasonably

to have izer i

no trouble with the BXB; 2 QXP, or 1... KX dented the right to stoge

but are certain to the

Philippines K-Q3: 2 R: 2 Q-K3, or 1. Games on a

have their hands full with the larger-than-ever- | Q—85, or 1 ... Ki morca: 2

Italians, 0-04, or 1. QB moves: 2 they

Nicola experienced before scale for which have the financial resources and Q-86.

Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola. unrivalled facilities.

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RUGBY RESULTS

Landon, Sept. 20. Results of tonight's Rugby Urifum and League matches were: RUGBY UNION Llanelly 11. Swansea 6, St Ives 0. Pontypridd 3.

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It is good to see nu old- established club like Swindon coming back into its own, for although they have never yet succeeded in climbing out of Division Three

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and are guining valuable experience every match, I do not say we are good enough for promotion simply on the

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