NTE eT To Se Toa Te SHOWING IMPRESSES COMENTATORS 7} tics into the Games, the fine Sportsmen and sportswomen ‘from capitalist, socialist and : Colonial countries got along ‘ogether just fine. | Panic reigned among some '0f the U.S. and Canadian type- Writer generals (Erwin Swan- Sard of the Vancouver Sun Was a glaring example) when the powerful Soviet team surg- €d ahead of the United States th the last two days to come rst in the unofficial points Standings, Final score: USSR, 222; United States, 593. The unofficial point system Was introduced by a-group of U.S. newspapérmen in 1928, based upon the arbitrary rat- ing of 10-5-4-3-2-1 points for the first six places. It enabled the U.S. to “win” the Olym- pics on numerous occasions, and at the Helsinki Games in 1952, when the Soviet Union competed for the first time, U.S. and Canadian papers made a great splash over the fact that the U.S. “beat Rus- sia” by capturing five boxing titles as the Games drew to a close. The Soviet victory at Mel- bourne received no sensation- OFFICE SUPPLIES PRINTING 550 Powell St. TAtlow 9627 or write for STATIONERY MIMEO PAPER .and SUPPLIES INVITATONS | Union Printers Ltd. Vancouver 4, B.C. : The Greatest Show on Earth, the Olympic Games, has rung down the curtain for another four years, with the athletes of some 70 countries giving a final demon- “Stration of fhternational friendship and goodwill by swapping their training suits and National pins prior to leaving Melbourne. Despite international tensions and ‘‘cold War’’ scribbling on the part of some alleged sports writers who’sought to inject poli- al treatment in the Russian press. Sovietsky Sport mere- ly noted that the USSR team “emerged the strongest in the Olympics” and credited this to the fact that “Soviet ath- letes —performed more evenly * than the Americans” as a re- sult of “the mass character of sports in the Soviet Union” and the aid given to sports by - the Communist party and the government. The Vancouver Sun came up with a new twist. It “discov- ered” that Austraia had “won” the Games in a point system “based on population.” This discovery may revolu- tionize sport ! Consider, for example, what might happen if Vancouver Canucks decided to challenge Montreal Canadiens for hock- ey’s precious Stanley Cup. The Canadiens accept, whip the Canucks 6-3. But as Vancou- ver’s population is only one- third that of Montreal, the judges declare the score 9-6 for the Canucks, and they are awarded the Stanley Cup. The possibilities are endless. * * * Our Canadian athletes did better at Melbourne than at Helsinki, finishing 16th in the unofficial standings. Here were the point-getters: Rowing: UBC, first in fours without coxswain (10 points); UBC, second in eights (5). Track and Field: Ken Money, fifth in high jump (2); men’s relay team, fifth in 1,600- metre-relay (2). 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USSR tops Olympics on SSCS RT IR Ke catia ME T Pag Aa Unofficial 1 Russia 7122 2 United States 593 3 Australia 278% 4 Germany 223 5 Hungary 22014 6 Italy 185 7 Britain 180% 8 Sweden 164 9 Japan 139 10 France 120% 11 Rumania 108 12 Finland 98% 13 Poland 73% 14 Czechoslovakia 1% 15 Turkey 61 16 CANADA 52 17 Iran 48 18 Bulgaria : 341% 19 Denmark 29 20 Ireland 28% 21 New Zealand 26 22 South Africa 24 & standings 23 Korea 22 Yugoslavia 22 25 Norway 21 26 Argentina 1814 27 Chile 17 Mexico 17 29 Austria 12 Brazil 12. 31 Belgium il 32 India 10 33 Trinidad 7 34 Uruguay 6 35 Iceland 5 Pakistan 5 Switzerland 5 38 Bahamas 4 Greece 4 40 Portugal 3 41 Nigeria 2 42 Cuba 1 Malaya 1 Spain 1 Swimming and Diving: Irene McDonald, third: in spring- board diving (4); Bill Slater, fifth in 1,500-metre freestyle (2); Ginnie Grant, fifth in 100-metre freestyle (2); wo- men’s relay team, fifth in 400- metre relay (2). Shooting: Gerry Ouellette, first in small bore, prone po- sition (10); Gilmour Boa, third - in small bore, prone position (4); Gilmour Boa, sixth in small bore; three positions (1). Wrestling: Bob Steckle, fourth in Greco-Roman wrest- ling (3). Weightlifting: Dave Baillie, sixth in heavyweight class (1). Equestrian: Brian Herbin- son, John Rumble, Jimmy Elder, third in team standings (4). * * * Canada, one of the richest nations on earth, with a far higher standard of living than most countries, can do much better than this. What is needed (this has been said many times before, but must be said again and again) is some government as- sistance to develop athletes, build suitable stadiums and playing fields, and ensure an adequate number. of qualified coaches in all sports to help our youth. Let’s cut our military bud- get and increase our sports budget. RENEE DEAVES TRANSFER Moving & General Cartage Reasonable Rates TERRY BA. 3024 NEW ZENITH CAFE 105 E. Hastings St. For the Finest in Good Eating Football pros get organized CLEVELAND Although it’s a trifle early for positive statements con- cerning the newly organized union — or whatever it even- tually is to be called — of pro- fessional football players, it appears reasonably certain the move will not be opposed by club owners of the National Football League. Jack Mara, president of New York Football. Giants of the NFL, said here he thought the players’ organization probab- ly would prove to be a “good thing.” “All I know about it is what I’ve read in the newspapers” said Mara, “but there certainly are no objectionable phases to it that I can see. As a mat- ter of fact I think it may prove beneficial to the league as a whole, since club owners will have an organized, responsible group with whom they can deal.” Mara’s rejection, of course, is a far cry from the original reception given the major League players’ Association by baseball club owners, who first ridiculed the idea, then ignored it until forced to face reality. In Creighton Miller, former Notre Dame halfback and now a Cleveland attorney, the Na- tional Football League play- ers have selected an ideal man to represent them, since Mil- ler not only is a capable law- yer, but knows from first-hand experience about the hard knocks of gridiron life. The players’ demands will be presented by Miller to the 12 club owners of the NFL at the annual meeting in Jan- uary, probably in Philadel- phia, : DECEMBER 14, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE — Page 15 WEP Sry CS: . TR Lie