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o o o o o- o U O . oo o;, 0 u. . TWELVE-MEDFOPD 'OREGON) MAIL" TRIBUNE -o fei : : Friday. December 7. 1956 Olympic Ramblings By BILL SOWERMAN U oPo Track Coach' this, his third Olympic team. He (5ays the character as vcil as tile 'ability of our athletes is getting ! better. He gave as an example the Sur.fiay services held in sev- iil Barts of the- American area. ! with various athlete reading ! from, tne scriptures or leading uV.'ith Track and, Field News .the singing. They are indeed a Tour. Melbourne0. Dec. 2-2-Final grateful group. O day of trac Snd fiid at tiie UelbofSxne Ofc rnpicsoCould not have beeg better, " he wind had' died down h,r the firsl time. Summer temperature had .gone up to a comforiabie 80 degrees. Probably 140.000 people jammed the stadium. Competition includ ed not only the 400 miter relay ano)the 1600 rneter relay but also theod-ieric mile (1500 meters). o o . No One willc believe this wiio has not atteruad one of the Olympic games, but the finish of the marathon (26 miles, 385 yards) was 4 mumtes after all the other competition cwas over. If afione left tr.e siadium, the empty seats could not be seen. The twocc!ay races left tfte atcat crojA'do pleased, limp and happv. L. S. was the wmjier, but Qe partial homecrowd was delisted-by Australia's second pbce in the 1600 meter alia.d orEneland and Jtussia. q qPtc wire Iras' already report ed that R Delaney made a great finishing kick to win Ihe eold. The race was run exactly to tl) taste of 'a man with a burning filial lap. Firt lap.went in 58 seconds with Dilaney 10th in bO. rjecorin, was 1:39.3 witn. Delaney in eiiith at 2:01.5. -ily watcii s.wed the, leader at three lap.iQ in 3:1)2 with Delaney at TiCfca in 3:02 5i iiu was ready and O djd it He jh a great runner and well-reserved-Jn's victory. O The crowd was Well aware that Effiil ZStopek (Oechoslo vakia) was in the crowd of mara 0thoners. His 'tnove up through tjie crowd (acbig sign board re prirtedorunncrs' location in the field each four mili was close ly wat&hfRi. Alain Mimoiin of Fraice had trailed. Zatopek at Hrlsihki in both the 5,000- and' laRtJOU Titers. This time ft-was Mimoun ,'h spread-eagled the fiel When Zatopek came in, he -af)givena great cvation by Pjhe crowd, ven though he placed Onxth. O A 6 ajn. plane brought many O Americans to Sydney., including Qne. People's returns are fouled. 0 up in. nwiy cases. I hope mine ii not one. Never have 10 days of plea n ,-i sure "gone so qulokly. This was 3 the fj.inl day of track, although O cojn petition was to go on for another week. Tlitre have been nut Mess thsn 100.00U people to O O ear-h !6,siou. The weather lias hiea cold and windy, exceptions O bifIK Friday nd Monday. This Q morning" there was not a cloud in uie skv . iiii me wiuu jmv- O ing died down, the setting was perfect for the greatest event of ther-games. the 1500 meters or q metrirrjile. (The sports writers all liked Merv Lincoln, another fine Aus-C-3 ttlian. for this race. John Landy did not look gimd in his trial. .O MyCperjouji pick V.as Brian Hwvson'ol England. ' Any one of"tli:n was capcble of being an q Olympic champion. O Birr Lead Slips O TTttr decathlon was not as r-jIsuril)le as I had hoped. Five 0evnts ere run on each of tvo Odays. First day wa concluded O u-ith t.oa mtrir 440 and it w"i. Speaking of praying, I heard U?e only really, funny joke 'of my trip. The " International , Coaches met last niaht. Two of the Aussie coaches ran the poie j vault. One of them reported that I Rafer Johnson had missed. 12 i feet twice and was over by him-1 self on his knees. The other of- j ficial said, '"Ted. old boy, if that ! bloke makes it this time.: I'll j jolly well have to disqualify ! -him. He's getting outside assist-, ance." ' Big Ten Studies Aid Restriction Chicago OI.R' ' The Big Ten Conference's new plan to restrict financial aid to athletes went before faculty representa tives, today for final action. The proposal survived a major test Thursday when it was ap proved at a joint meeting of Big Ten athletic directors and faculty representatives. t The new rules now got to the ! , faculty renrpsentatives. which j have the final say, for amend- ments. approval or disapproval. The aid program then must be considered by individual schools during a 60-day "cooling off pe riod before going into effect. The vote approving 'the aid plan at Thursday's meeting was not unanimous, spokesmen said: However, it was . not known which schools opposed the pro- i posal. Lions Could Clinch Flag Detroit (U.R) The Detroit Lions could wrap up the Na tional Football League's West ern division title Sunday with a helping hand from the Chicago Cardinals but Coach Buddy Parker isn't expecting any early Christmas present. The Lions play host to the Pittsburgh sfeelers S u d a y while the Cardinals tackle theig crosstown" rivals, the Bears. tA Detroit victory coupled with a loss by the Bears would, give th Lions division honors. ''But we're thinking3 oetly of the ' Steelers,' Parker " said. "They're the team v"e have to beat this .coming Sunday. We won't start thinking aboflt tip Bears until next week." A ' schedule guii'k has" the Lions and Bears, the top teams o w O O o - O O in triP division, meeting w tw of the Qat three Sundays of the regu'r season. Detroit whip&d the ars in ( tltK first encountro at Briggs Stadiumolast Sunday by a con vincitfg 420 score. The teams meet ampin at Chicago Dec, 16. o o 0 Special delivery of mail in thg UniKdo States hasobeen iijtj effect 'iince ol885. 5Te postaf moftey orderosystem dates back to abJjt 1864. q, O o CD O o o CKilt Canicbll leading bv 900 pointo and )noking to score near: ly 9,500. Then .the next day he Ofolt rfciw-n on the . pole vault. Qjlosing most of his lead. He had "ruiPhis tail off" in the linsl q (yfciit.ct ie metric mile, to break "o nthe Olympic record but he was GJfar short el his 9.000 possibility'. Bob Richards rode back Tvith me froi!- competition. He is vastly proud, to be a member of Or. - O O HOCKEY CO qNATICNAL LEAGUE . , O cBtf UNITED PRESS ' "o The JDetroit .Red Wngs, after a four-uek piusm!, have final ly cairghfc up with t.e Boston 0&uins in tfieir race for first Clace in the" National Hockey leaeue.0 s 'Jhe Red Wings tied Boston O for the lead Thursday night by edging the fJruini, 3-2. at Detroit in the onlv league action. -o ' - " Avery Brundage Eyes" Nobel Prize Melbourne (U R Avery Brundage, pres?dent of the liter- national Olympic committee, hinted today that his orsaniza tion was worthy of nomination for a NPoel peace prize for solv ing problems of international significance during tae cuirent o o games. 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