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TWELVE-MEDFOPD 'OREGON) MAIL" TRIBUNE
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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.
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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
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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.
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Special delivery of mail in
thg UniKdo States hasobeen iijtj
effect 'iince ol885. 5Te postaf
moftey orderosystem dates back
to abJjt 1864. q,
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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
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qNATICNAL LEAGUE .
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' "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
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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
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games.
The "games' top official said it
was go sec&'t th.t th committee
had been mentioned for a Nobel
prize.o c
-Brundage credited the IOC
w iih making possible "an Olyrn-
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vided nation
team
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fromothat ci-
to compete in the
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o"It wao triumph for sgorts,"
he said.
orundage bru-.ed asicfe inci
dt?.ts (juch as the bloody baltle
between Huncary and R'ssia in
their water p'olo match Thurs,
dav0 "t'eople are only IRiman and
thee conflicts have been at a
minimum." hesaid. "I think we
hSrve had a reasonable amount o?
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