European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Pacific is Pretot a thrilling Light the Graceful line of olympic swimming Pool building. Re rec. From pit ref Rof up during the course of the in pcs transcending political differences. But such camaraderie May be sex. Peeled to fide at least temporarily in Tokyo when the Marten guns raise and the unto Mullar words. Icel in yol warn the athletes to gel on your Mark get net and pistol Lurk us signals to Cio then und Only then the hectic Hub bub that surrounds Tokyo und the olym pics will dwindle to As record Bent athlete take aver Cen Terstage. Perhaps Ufler the final records Are entered in the books und the linux Suyo Naras now slightly corny by Over use Are said and the final clean up Crews have swept away the last of the paper cups programs and cigarette Butts an appraisal of the 18th olympiad will be Mode by sporting historians. Whatever their judgment there s Little doubt that this will be one of the More unusual s per Tine affairs of our decade if Tokyo has anything to say about it. The Ipac Ioui Interior of building in top photo. Japan Hai spent s3.5 billion for olympic building and City improvements. By Charles s. Stevenson Nana staff writer ancient greek Law required that any woman caught looking at the nation s olympic contests be condemned to death. A sturdy Creek female however flaunted the Rule. Alter watching the games from i rfcs und Hills she donned a coach s cloak entered a boxing event and won it. After her Victory according to legend she opened her cloak revealing that she was a she was spared because her father three Brothers and son were All famous winners in boxing wrestling and Pun cration a combination of the first two. The authorities however passed Arule to be sure such deception could not occur again. Ii was thai All coaches entering the stadium from then on were to be naked. The indent creeks appear to have Hud a Corner on Early ugh Lulic compe lotion. Urc Bogi Nerinx k Tell of the nah Lulic events of Oiler but new forgotten of the very curlies ugh Letic Festi Vals was the Tull in Gumes believe to have been held in Ireland As Early m ism . More than u thousand years before the greeks celebrated Ihler firs games. Featuring running jumping weight events und even pole games were estimated to have been held some 9.700 years ago in the Village of Talili county Meuth Ireland. Athletes considering competing in the olympics for a second Ime might con so dry he by word accepted by Ike Winner o the hop Llic race in toe it . Olym pics if he wished to participate in the same event in the next olympics. Ii was required of such an ambitious ath Lete that be. Come up with friends who would guarantee with their own Hie that if he did not win the title the second Lime be would be pal to hop Lyle is a sprint race in which the contestant is covered from head i foot with Armor plating and carries weapons of the Day. The contestant looked something like a combination Ofa Knight in Armor and u modern combat armed infantryman. It required More than skill to compete in the curly olympics. All competitors had to swear the were free born greeks no aliens were allowed to compete and that they held no grudges against any of the greek rods. Each competitor or his friends or relatives Hud to pay for their own uniform transportation to the meet housing und food while there training expenses an equipment. Fur those in the Chariot races this meant Foj example the Cost of both a gilded two wheel Ben blur Lype vehicle und at least one pair of spirited Winner was also expected to throw u bit party at his expense and come up with a pig and a Black ram As attribute to a god. Eating was just about let in a popular sport among the athletes of the Eurl olympics. Milo of cretan. In fact was about Aswell known for his eating deeds As for his heroic exploits in athletics. On on occasion he put Wuy nearly 20 pounds of meat Lin equal Quantity of bread an drank 12 King sized cups of native did not forego physical cxerrlse.1. However. It was he who is reported to have lifted u Heifer la his shoulders Duil from the Lime the uni mul wus born until it became years old. When this physical illness program Hud the Heifer Cut to pieces und roasted. He then sul Down and ule the results All by himself. � the Early nil male Munox by of participation in the incl Rel olympics caused the women of Greece to organize their own. Consisting of a series of foot race Sand culled the Ile Raea games these competitions were held secretly until i lie roman Conquest of Greece eventually ended All the games. Women were in the modern olympic for the first time in 1100. Their boost to stature in the olympics occurred in1932 when the United Stales immortal babe Uldrickson Zuha Las look firs place in the 80-meter hurdles und the Juvelin throw Ihen new events for Linen in the olympics. Of i Cople were asked id name one of he events in the original olympics most would probably answer the mar thu i. However the Marathon wus run further first time Ever in the Athens Gums in 1h80.put in us u tribute to the greeks who marked the olympics in 776 . Therace serves As u commemoration of the famous feat of Phil Pildes who run some 26 Miles from u Buttle site to Athens to Unn ounce u greek Victory Over the persians. Notwithstanding the legendary tales of greek athletic supremacy up to the last hour of the last Day of the 1891 meet Nathens not one of that nation had won a Gold medal. The Day was saved when tiny unheralded greek Shepherd. Sriri Rynn i Mips in cart in tis he Winner unfortunately for the greek Romanti costs the athletes of thut nation have since won Only one other Gold medal. Twas in 1912 in the standing Broad jump in event removed from the olympics after that your. There have been enough sports or own out of the olympics to Haie another olympic men without duplicating any of the present events. In track and Field 13 events ranging from a a melor dash to a two handed throw of the luvs in have been dropped. The 10,000-Metcr Cross country raceway never run after the famed Pauli Nurmi of Finland repealed his it Vic tory in the event in 1924. Nearly m events have been discarded from the pistol and Rifle shooting com petition leaving Only four in the Tokyo games. One cancelled was a thing called shooting running Deer. A couple of events with Rones have been missing for 30 years they were a rope climb and a lug of War. A 12-hour bicycle race lasted Only through one olympics As did a three cornered Saber fencing event a 11-Milewalk and tumbling. The most expensive sport in the olym pics is pc bully yachting. An Uspul ring weight Mun can get a Good discus far about is. A pole vaulter can buy a pole for 160 and u team of 11 soccer player require Only a $19 Ball. A Yachtsman however Starling at in lowest level the finn Monotype class will have to come up with 11.200 fur Hisim i ant. This does not include soils or the charge for gelling the Lille Rusell inhere the event is held. As his sights move higher so do in costs. The 9.9-meter bout he will need at the top of the pile can Cost him to i2s.ooo. There arc Only 400 of these haughty 5.5 s in the world. The capitalists of the . Own about to Chr ple Blans of the soviet Union 190. Judo which has 111 roots in the much older wrestling school of Jujitsu makes its olympic debut ibis year in Ibe Landof us origin. First established in a Small Tokyo Hallin 181 and Long considered u Kli ully japanese sport. Judo bus become so International that the lust world judo championships were held in Paris und the world championship went to Hollander. Anton Geesink. Strangely enough Japan is Salt to rank Only third in the number of us judo enthusiasts. England und France arc first and second the United states fourth. Sunday october 4, 1964 the stars and stripes Page 11
