aitlagic i -6s SEE Heanrateer errr Thre ener err WHEN Bar- on in, “Let us export oarsmen, run- ners, fencers; there is the free trade of the future — and on the day when it shall take its place among the customs of Europe, the cause of peace will have received a new and powerful support.” And it was Coubertin who later said: “The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. “To spread these precepts is to build up a stronger and more valiant and above all more scrupulous and more generous humanity.” x were Ss er cae Emper- , Site of the original ked by the Ro- barbarian invaders north. Two earth- completed the job by the remaining ilso by chang- f a couple of 1,300 years bin ried beneath until the French began excava- jth century. _ ruins of the city wer ie uncovered. Baron de Coubert ed the Oly mpics, a Gre atte and two yA Pp pts ° were ma Both ore must be given to the spark coaxed into $e: xt it Athens, Paris, St. Louis, London, Stockholm, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Ber- lin, Helsinki, and now Mel- mia ce of the revival of the Ol lympics is told in a new pocket book, Olympic Caval- cade of Sports, by John V. rombach, which appeared on ROOFING REPAIRS Duroid, Tar and Gravel Gutters and Downpipes Reasonable NICK BITZ AL, 4141 the shelves this week and sells for only 35 cents. You could do worse than buy it, although it is somewhat heavily larded with American achievements at the expense of other’ na- tions Of the 13 Olympics held since 1896, the United ere 2S been the unofficial ove all winner seven times, etc s won twice, and Great Bri- Greece, Germany and sweden have one victory each Canada’s record is really horrible. In 1900 we won one gold medal (shooting); in 1904 four (golf, lacross, soccer, track and field); in 1908 three shooting, track and in 1912 three (two in swimming, one track and field); in 1920 three (boxing ice hockey, track and field); in 1924 one (ice hockey); in 1928 five (ice hockey, two in men’s track and field, two in women’s track and field); in 1932 three (ice hockey, track and field, boxing); in 1936 one (canoeing); in 1948 two (ice hockey, figure skating); and in 1952 two (ice hockey, skeet shooting). x $e © d medals will across, How many gol Canada will this year? Not many, I’m afraid. We’ve fail- ed in hockey. Our track and field chances are not very good—the U.S. will dominate the men’s events, and the So- viet women will clean up. Swimming? Helen Stewart might pull an upset. We have some fine splashers, but the competition is fierce. Rowing? Perhaps our best chance to pick up a gold med- al with our eight. Shooting? Our 1952 winner George Genereux didn’t make the team this year. Shooting, like boxing, sometimes pro- duces an unexpected winner because the contestant is “on” that day. We can cross our fingers and hope. Gymnastics? We have Ern- estine Russel, the best woman gymnast in North America, but she faces stiff competition Russia, Sweden and Hungary. tt at mt Canada’s* aim, it seems to me, should be to develop, in from the next few years, athletes capable of winning points in Olympic competition. We should strive for good results in a number of events, rather than concentrate on develop- ing “stars” and dominating certain events (such as the U.S. domination of track and field). I'd like to see more empha- Sis oh gymnastics, boxing and wrestling, canoeing, cycling, fencing, rowing, swimming, basketball, skating and skiing, plus encouragement of track and field events from elemen- tary schools right up to our colleges, on a much larger scale than heretofore. You say this requires gov- ernment help? Right. So we should go out and fight for it. Who's greatest athlete of all time? Name the “greatest sports- man of a!l time”—in any field — and you can guarantee to start an argument to last the whole evening out. When the naming is done by so eminent an authority as Dr. Ferenc Mezo, member of the International Olympic Committee and one of the greatest Olympic scholars, the result is more than interesting. Dr. Mezo picks for that hon- or the naturalised American Kraenzlein, of German origin who won four Olympic medals in the Games of 1900. He does so in an article in the November issue of World Youth, which is specially de- voted to the Games and in- cludes a message from the I.0.C. president Avery Brun- dage. Highlights of all the great Games® are recalled by Dr. Mezo. There was the 1908 tragedy of the Italian mara- thon runner, Dorando, who staggered into the stadiuin at the White City, collapsed, was helped to his feet and led to the tape—inevitably to be dis- qualified. Twenty years later in Am- sterdam, two girls, Radke of Germany, and Nitomi, of Jap- an, reached the tape so ex- hausted after the 800 metres that this event was withdrawn Among the greatest achieve- ment Dr. Mezo recalls that of Ilona Elek of Hungary, who won a fencing gold medal, the victory in London in 1948 of American swimmers in a‘l eight events, a result withcut parallel. Value of the Games lies, 2 much as anything in the trem- endous efforts put into pre- parations by all countries. Spain appeals javelin ruling Spain is appealing against the decision of the Internation- al Amateur Athletic Federa- tion to ban the new “discus” style of javelin throwing. The new throw was invent- ed by a Spanish athlete, Felix Erausquin, who on October 12 this year beat the Euro- pean record by nearly 11 ft. with a throw of 273 ft. 7% in. (83.40 metres). ; Jose Antonio Elola, leading Spanish authority on sport, said: “Naturally we shall ap- peal. Right is on our side.” He hoped Erausquin would be able to throw the javelin at the Olympic Games “so that over 100,000 spectators will be able. to see the inventor of this athletic sensation in ac- tion.” The Spanish newspaper Abe complaining of the decision, said it was an arbitrary meas- ure because “neither had the Spanish Athletics Federation been consulted, nor did the in- ternational organisation take the trouble to ask for a dem- onstration.”’ n First Canadian-born winner of the U.S. Women’s Ama- teur golf championship is 22-year-old Marlene ie Four down at one stage, * made a great comeback to overtake 17-year-old JoAnne Gunderson of Kirkland, Wash., and win 2 and 1 in the shown holding her trophy. hole final. Poland rated as top nation on speedway Poland is now the foremost motor cycle speedway country in the: world and if the Poles maintain their present high level of riding they can be expected to carry all before them in the years to come. This is the opinion of Johnny Hoskins, manager of Britain’s 3ele Vue Club, who recently toured Poland with a team of top British riders. “Everywhere we went the Polish people welcomed us with open arms, and children mobbed us’ for the souvenir badges which we took with us from the Belle Vue sup porters’ club, ” he reported. “We rode on excellent Pol- ish machines and on tracks that were perfect. In fact, our riders were very impressed with the Polish bikes and sev- eral of them said that they would like to ride regularly on Polish frames fitted with British engines, which are still a little better than the engines over there.” What is the secret of the phonomenal rise of the Poles in the speedway world? Hos- kins was asked. He replied: “I would say it is because it is a sport close to the heart NOVEMBER 2, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE — art, 36° of the people, in which te mass of the people are and | couraged to participa foo in which’ every facilil¥ dis: so doing is placed at their posal. “All over Poland thet® an wonderful stadiums, ¢@P¢ ati in some instances 0 ca 100,000 people. with “We visited one town Mh 00 inns inte .a population of only date with a track to acco mijied 10 20,000. This track is by capacity at every even ing people from the surroup rte areas and with suP Ob from the visiting club. sited “In another town We 4 pich an aircraft factorY — joam boasts its own speedway 5 00 and a stadium to hold work 4 spectators built by the people from the factory’ the “Gate receipts £ nds track go into the clu fac clic and help to pay for the or ine ties which it provides *° factory workers. ie poles “Small wonder Ms idine are improving thelt articiP®, When you get mass P tion in a sport at this me stands to reason pa ture champions will coming.”