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OER arenes 2 CSE OPES TINE Na B THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdey, Merch £3, 1966 Sports Attract Indian Girls, Opposition On The Way Out vince parents that sport does in soccer, volleyball, wrestling Canadian distance runner Bruce Kidd is teaching Eng- Mish at the University of Rajasthan in Jaipur, India. Ia this article, written for The Canadian Press, he tells of India's efforts to he- come a world power in sports. By BRUCE KIDD JAIPUR, India (CP) --Fif- teen years ago in Rajasthan, not a single girl participated in| games or sports, z In 1955 a physical education teacher discovered that despite her awkward Punjabi dress a Rajasthani girl could high-jump a creditable four-foot-seven. But when he suggested she enter the national! championships her family threatened him with vio- lence. F Today most of the traditional opposition to sport has disap- peared and thousands of Rajas- thani schoolgirls in freshly washed shorts and blouses com- ete in a wide variety of ath- Fetic activities. Similar enthusiasm can be seen throughout India as more than 100 touring coaches in 12 sports provide regular instruc- tion, training and competition. Active mass physical educa- tion programs are quite recent in India, dating only from the beginning of government in- volvement in 1957. While most peoples of the subcontinent have their own history of games,| program. Such a program was set up under direction of tie All-India Council of Sports in 1957. The 15-member council ad- vises the central ministry of ed- ucation on grants to be made to national amateur federations and state sports councils for coaching clinics and competi- tion in a manner similar to that by which the National Council of Fitness and Amateur Sport in Canada advises the depart- ment of national Health and welfare. | established a national coaching school on the spacious, beauti- fully - landscaped grounds of the Maharaja of Patiala, a for- mer IOA president. This Na- tional Institute of Sport is a spe- cialist school giving one- and three-year courses in specific sports to coaches recommended by the federations and state councils. It also offers its facili- ties to federations for national training camps. | SPENDING MORE The annual expenditure of the | All-India Council has increased | |to $6,400,000 a year from $2,400,-| |000, | In order to qualify from! |matching central grants, states | | were encouraged to set up their) own sport councils, All states| jhave done so, the states of Pun-| \jab and Rajasthan conducting | lthe most active programs. | not Make a giti "indecent," Dut) somehow they succeed. | "But we wouldn't have got) anywhere if the girls them- selves did not want to take part," said one. coach. '"'They} really won over their parents} for us." | " And after the initial shock| most parents bécame_ strong| supporters of their children's) activities. | Until this year the Rajasthan council concentrated its devel- opment program in the primary | has inaugurated a rural pro- |performers to supplement their and two indigensus games, i The rural program has proved so successful that the All-India Council has adopted it and next year it will be conducted na- tionally . Diet presents a major prob- lem for top athletes in agricul- turally - poor India and many state councils encourage top |diets with more costly protein foods through a system of cash! "scholarships." In 1961 the Al - India Council |and secondary schools. Now it) AWARDS FOR RECORDS Rajasthan, for example, gives | jin Oshawa. Court on a charge was ordered to pay for the damage to the toilet. Caron was also fined $25 and costs or 10 days on a charge of having liquor. Caron, who pleaded not guilty to the charge of wilful damage, told the court that he had stood on the toilet to look through a ventilation hole. The toilet, he said, broke under him. Sgt. John Jenkins, who inves- tigated the commotion, said that he distinctly heard the sound of kicking. The toilet, he added, had been broken into several pieces. BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE Youth, 22, Gets 30 Days For Fight Near Hotel amidst the ruins of what had once been a toilet. Caron, of Dundas st. e.. Whit- by, told the officer that he hadn't broken it. Yesterday, however, he was given a suspended sentence and probation for six months on a charge of wilful damage. He A few hours after appearing of takine a motorcycle without the owner's consent, 22-year-old Richard Carr was right back in trouble again. He was picked up for fight- ing in the parking lot behind Having liquor at a dance cost Martin Rhodes, of RR 4, Osh- awa, a six month suspended sentence: Magistrate Harry Jermyn did not impose a proba- tion order. Appearing for sentence on a charge of assault causing bod- Five charges of shoplifting got Gerrit Adrian Wolvers, of Belles ville, a six month definite and six months indefinite jail sen? tence. Wolvers appeared sentence on the charges. hearing of the charges was held last week. ily harm, William Thompson Jr., of Oshawa, was given a 12 month suspension of sen- tence. A two-year suspended sen- tence was given William George McLeod, of Oshawa, when he appeared for sentence on: two -- of auto theft and one of theft. GAMBLE FOR MUSIC. DODWORTH, England (CP) Members of the Dodworth min- ers' brass hand denend on 75 cents a week for their future: The Yorkshire bandsmen have ryn out of money and various fund-raising schemes failed, so a weekly sweepstake draw is the last chance. * the Lancaster Hotel and charged with causing a dis- bance. Carr, of Charles st., Toronto, was sentenced to 30 days in jail. Investigating a sudden com- motion in a cell at the Oshawa Police Station a police sergeant gram. |$100 and $200 awards to ath-| found Euclide Caron standing During months when students |letes breaking state and na- are occupied with study and|tional records respectively. exams, coaches fan out into re- mote rural areas and provide limited equipment and training These rewards are so popular that in 1965 they cost the coun- cil $2,200. "We're not going to |be able to afford this very} jlong," said council secretary Bill Would =~. | India is going all out in prep-| Stop Sale Of Company By THE CANADIAN PRESS Wildcat strikes were con- demned in the Ontario legisla- ture Tuesday, while Premier Jean Lesage introduced a bill in the Quebec house that would nullify the sale of Quebec Tele- arations for international com- |petition this year in the British| Empire and Asian Games. In| track and field, for example, a| team of 30 has been selected for | two month - long training! camps, and 20 of these athletes | will make a tour of Hungary! and Russia. A final paring of the team | will send 10 track competitors to | jthe British Empire Games in |Jamaica, Best bet for a medal | jis high hurdler Garbachan/| \Singh who placed fifth in the INCOME TAX The Employee's Income Tax Service Which has been operating in H the area for the past three |! years is now located in the }/ Auto Workers Credit Union Bld. (King St. W.) there is little tradition in the s0-| rome of the Sikhs and one of | called international sports €x-/the most invigorating areas in| Phone, ye United States-con- cept in the armed forces, ihe| India, the Punjab spends $1,000, | The other 'eight Canadian leg- 'railways and a few large indus-'999 annually on its far-flung isiatures were sitting, the new tries, all of which operate large-|,rograms and produces many "ralagge 4 ; | SS Brunswick hav- scale recreation and competi-'o¢ India's best athletes. One of fcr onened Tuesday ot creat mt Senko thes its programs is headed by) e sh left behind them | Milkha Singh, former Common-| . : enly the more leisurely. sports| wealth champion at 440 yards. |an"increase tn wildcat stikes| usually associated with the aris-} put the most startling im-| eould een iy me ' ved tocracy. And while there is lit- vements have occurred in| lead to public demand: ' prove: . ' for legislation to permit court tle leisure in the maharajas' fa-/ Rajasthan, which until recently | tion weet unions vorite sport of polo--perhaps|was- one of the most backward! «1 the final analysis." the world's most dangerous | areas in the country. ; ysis, ame--its costs alone are pro-) 'Thirty-three full-time coaches bitive for any mass program. now tour the state fostering NEHRU BLAMED participation at every level o on how responsibly the parties to collective bargaining ap-| proach their confrontation as to' Labor Minister Leslie Rown- |" Mr. ] | Rowntree said, "'it will depend| Tokyo Olympics. | And despite the financial cost, | India is going ahead with prep- | jaration of an Olympic training} camp at Simla (altitude 8,000 | T.1 Short Form We also do T.1 Generals eet). | India was forced to withdraw | from the 1962 B.E. Games when | the Chinese invaded, but it's not, likely to happen again. ; INDUSTRIAL BUILDING At an international track) meet in 1954, the late prime | minister Nehru is reported to) have asked Olympic officials why India ghould be regularly 'humili-| ated" at international meetings. | disting-|taken to a training camp a Sag ar yg Piri are | Mount Abu hill station where wished crowd, which included | several maharajas, was silent.) Then a junior official spoke up. | "Sir," he said, 'our popular | rime minister is not taking an| terest." | Nehru asked the Olympic es- sociation for a draft national tatin GIRLS DO WELL lof the Rajasthani coaches been with girls. It required tre- | mendous diplomatic skill to con-| competition. Each coach spends several days a month in one town and it's not surprising at assembled Indian|state tournaments to see OM€) nooyyre" coach*with more than one team. | Each summer more than 400 of the best boys and girls are j | the heat is not quite so debili- g. The most revolutionary work has | Liberal Leader's Race Due To Pick Up Speed By RONALD LEBEL OTTAWA (CP) -- The quiet race for the Liberal leadership-| to-be will pick up speed this) weekend at a major party con- vention in Quebec City, mi-) formants say. | Four cabinet ministers repre-| senting Ontario ridings and widely regarded as potential contenders to eventually suc- ceed Prime Minister Pearson let it be known Tuesday they will attend the convention. The four are External Affairs Minister Martin, 62, Trade Min- ister Winters, 55, Finance Min- ister Sharp, 54, and Defence Minister Hellyer, 42. , Pearson, has been invited Qut it) budget in the legislature Thurs- was not known whether he will attend, | Largely at the insistence of Mr. Lesage's lieutenants, Que- bee Liberals decided two years ago to separate into distinct fed- eral and provincial organiza- tions. Liberal organizations are similarly split in the other prov-| inces. | Federal Liberals set up a 45- member provisional council for) whether there are further legal/ provisions enacted . . . to re- strict their freedom of ma- The sale of Quebec Telephone to Anglo - Canadian Telephone, | involving $28,000,000, was ap- proved Friday by the Quebec public services board. Premier) Lesage said Tuesday he consid- | ers this approval too. rapid, therefore he was presenting a bill which would render "null and void" the board's decision. In other legislatures: | Nova Scotia--W. S. K. Jones,| trade and industry minister, said officials of Canadian Gen- eral Electric Co. Ltd. will be in the province next week to an} cuss a possible second heavy | water plant in the province. | Prince Edward Island -- Pro-| vincial Treasurer Alban Farmer said he pvill table his 1966-67 day night. 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Donovan Ross said crowding as symptoms of leadership am-|for the status of heir-apparent/of hospitals to the extent that bitions. jis considered wide open at the| patients are sometimes kept Health Minister MacKachen,| moment and Mr. Pearson is re-| waiting for beds occurs from 44, seen by some as a dark-|ported set to stay on as Lib-| time to time in the province but horse leadership aspirant, was\eral leader to prevent a party|the occupancy rate is not "dan- reported undecided ghether to| schism, gerously high," attend. | The Liberal party tradition-| British Columbia -- A: provin- Up to 1,500 delegates from all/ ally has shown a tendency to re-|cial royal commission on gaso- IL Comet Cyclone GT 2 door hardtop 75 federal ridings in Quebec|place its leaders by gradually are expected to gather at the| agreeing on one candidate. Wil- Chateau Frontenac Hotel Fri-|frid Laurier, Louis St. Laurent day for a three-day convention|and Mr. Pearson encountered to launch the Federal Quebec little real opposition when they Liberal Federation. GIVE KEYNOTE SPEECH Mr. Pearson will give the key- jcontested the leadership, Mac- kenzie King fought off a strong bid by W. S. Fielding in 1919. line prices recommended seven broad changes in the marketing of gasoline that together would tend to lower the retail price of! gasoline in the province. j DEALING YOUR note speech at a banquet Satur-/ The leadership of Quebec's day evening. Privy Council) federal Liberals also is expected President Favreau, the Liber-|to fall: vacant in a matter of als' Quebec leader, will deliver} months. Persistent speculation the opening address Friday eve-| that Mr. Favreau will be named ning. |to the bench has not been de- All nine federal! ministers nied. from Quebec and all Quebec! 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