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Oshawa Times (1958-), 15 Jan 1964, p. 16

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146 THE OOHAWA TIMED, Wednendey, Jonuery 15, 1964 NO LONGER FUN Former Amateur Great Says Olympics Lost It are res de wg "Typed on it is the Olymple motto "The important thing in the Olympic Ga'*** js not winning, = gin 1, 'fhe essential fh " not competing ' oy ehis 4 ," the ma- i said, fingering 4 slip, "so at I won't lose perspective." He paused and the motto from his hand as he sports isn't fun any. thumbed sasped lip of aro eal more," Athletes throughout the world are 30 obsessed with breaking records that the pleasure of competing is gone, h eadded. Davies, who retired only last year as president of the Ama: teur Athletic Union of Canada, has spent A years with ama: et sport, 40 at the executive evel, As an ace runner he collected more than 3800 medals and trophies, A qualified engineer, war veteran and amateur inter, he still holds itions 17 business nizations and has given up in 29 others. The Davies Trophy, awarded annually to the outstanding Ca- nadian track and field star, is named after him, ALL FOR RECORDS Davies was over 45 when he finished third among a field of 2,000 in a cross-country race after leading until the last half mile, His co int is that track and field has become such a serious business today that the idea of running for fun when you're in your 40s is practically out of the question, "Tt is, in a way, an unfortu: nate thing that we've reached the point where to be good in any sport we have to give up so many other things. There are too many peaple who mis- understand the meaning of the ie) ic idea, which was to get eve together to compete, not to produce one Or tWOlpraripton, Ont,, stars." Today's athlete subjects him- self to the severest discipline to achieve what he considers success, Davies said, adding that athletes on scholarship or in university try te combine training with study and most wind up quitting sports. U.S. TEEN-AGE GIRLS PREFER PIN BOWLING? NEW YORK (AP)---What's the . favorite is Telephoning? Parking? Pasting their halr up on top of their heads? Painting their 7 those funny colors 1 fie Tt's bowling, At least that's what it says in Seventeen 'ows, a newsletter issued by guess which magazine, The ery} ee. a aur vey of the 11,065,000 U.S, teen- there is lots of ice and snow, beaches and horses, THEY RIDE KS For example, the survey sald 54.1 per cent ride horses. And a cent ride bi- That is pretty good, since only 66.7 per Gent own bikes, Tt didn't say how many own horses, @ 70.7 per cent ice skate .l per ton r skate, sil 2 Z 'Whom = quit because they He mentioned Montreal swim- mers Dick Pound, a British is|Empire Games medal winner, and Cameron Grout, both ot couldn't study and train too, And he said he believes Tor onto runner Bruce Kidd. will re- tire after the Olympics this year, We'll see a lot of fellows like him drop out, In my day you just carried On because it was fun," 425 RECORDS SET Last year, in Canada alone, there were 425 track and field records broken, he said, "That's a fantastic thing. When I first started working on records in the late '20s you made out six or seven award certificates a year," This year Nancy McCredie of will receive 15 awand certificates for 1963, jave- lin and shot put performances, "I'm. sorry sport has turned the way it has," he said, "I was not a martyr to sports the way these kids are today, It was never an Obsession with me; I always got a big kick out of it, "That's what's wrong with rt today, Nobody gets a od out of it anymore," To recapture the Olympic spirit, Davies says, you alost have to go back to the days of reat runners like the late Dr, ack Lovelock, "He never ran faster than he had to. Ie was a great tac- ticlan, He was out to win, not to set records, and he had a lot} of fun doing it." The major recalled the day in 1932 when Lovelock, a New Remember When?... .By THE CANADIAN PRESS. Arnold Palmer won the San Diego open golf tourna- ment three years af today by defeating Al Balding of Toronto on the 10th hole, Balding had had a four ee lead with seven holes pl but Palmer--the Us. "Open and Masters' winner the a year-- forced the and won the extra hole. Palmer picked Zealander, passed through Montreal and was Invited to participate in a meet, Davies, who was entered, and Lovelock ran side by side for long stretch, talking and joking. "Then suddenly he said to me, 'Well, Jack, I guess I bet- ter get cracking, Cheers,' Lovelock sprinted ahead and came within a tenth of a second of 1 Bl gi the Canadian closed record, "That's was,"" how relaxed running British Golf Using US. Ball In Tournaments LONDON (AP)--The British Professional Golders' Associ tion decided Monday to use the larger American-sized ball in all major tournaments this season, "Tt is purely an ex ig est said the secretary, . Harry Reed, after a menting of the executive committee, "The use of the ball will be reviewed at the end of the sea- gon, We do not want to be dic: tatorial, but it is hoped that the result of this experiment will help to solve the problems ol which ball to use." The British normally use a ball 1,62 inches in diameter, The Amorican ball measures 1,68 inches, The smaller ball will still be used in the British Open cham- pionship at St. Andrew's, Scot- nor in July, The Open is. cun by the Royal and = Club, SPORTS BRIEFS NAME COACH . PULLMAN, Wash, (AP)--Bert Clark, 33, assistant at the Uni- versity of Washington, was named head football coach Tues- iq.|day at rival Washington State University. The former Okla- homa star succeeds Jim Suth- enland, who was released Jan. 31 with a year to go on his $17,000 contract. Contract terms and salary for Clark were not revealed, Olark played one sea- son with Calgary Stampeders. HORSES OFF AGAIN Charles Town Race Track a on Wednesday after a two-day off because of a 20-inch snow. fall, The Bowle Track in. south- ern Maryland, below Baltimore, had -- ot ee with snow plows clea away 11 inches of snow, A Baeday ors meeting at Bowie is scheduled to open Friday, _ with aerial, trim speaker and install lation, eerial po Myered Settery. Key THRIFT LINE A li 8 ge Rede! Aad et 12 volt manual only ... . 39. 95 Pi al ALL egg ch al i DOMINION® CAR paved, id = out of cor, TIRE STORES @ BUDGET TERMS e@ NO RED TAPE ~~ we do our own financing. DOMINION TIRE 48 BOND WEST STORES (Corner of Church) CHAMPS OUT MONCTON, N.B, (CP) -- Mrs, Ralph Deware's Moncton Bea- ver rink, Canadian women's curling champion in 1963, has been knocked out of contention in New Brunswick zone 'wens Mrs, Deware's rink, with the same personnel that won the na- tional championship last year, 03 Tuesday, fell to Mrs, Phil D'Entremont! 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