.o I DECEMBER 18. 1958 THE MICHIGAN DAILY SECTION TWO-PAGE FIVE Y ++ Highlights of 1956 Melbourne Olympics Reviewed " 4' By AL JONES Russia's Olympic athletes ral- lied valiantly, overcame a terri- fic Americas, lead, and won their first Olympic Games this month 'In Melbourne, Australia. Although this "team" victory is unofficial in the opinion of the organizers of the Games, it is the fact of most importance to the spectators that are unable to at- tend the games, and must wach the results in newspapers and magazines. The Russians ended up with a point total of 722, while the 'United States athletes had to settle for 593. The next highest was the home country, Australia with, 278%, closely followed by Germany, Hungary, Italy and Great Britain in that order. . The Russians gained their win- ning margin in the gymnastics and wrestling events, plus some w valuable points ,from women's track and the soccer and water polo games. The United States _ earned few points in these events, and was hindered in the swimming ,competition by Australia's strong showing. No Professionals This is the first time since the origin of, the games' early this cen- tury that the United States hasn't been the strongest team. One fac- tor that helps the Russians, and many, other European countries is the fact that no athletes there are professional. All of the talented competitors are trained and coached by the government, and are not forced to turn professional or seek oth- er means of support. If many of America's professional athletes were able to compete, it is a cinch that the United States would have *,a stronger 'team in many of the fields of Russian domination. Nevertheless, the, Americans can cite many bright spots in the 1956 Olympics - such as the Yale crew's surprise sculling victory, the complete supremacy in bas- ketball by Bill Russell and his teammates, the terrific diving of Mrs, Pat McCormick, Shelley Mann's c o n t i n u e d swimming greatness, and the close victory of U.S. weightlifters over the Soviets. U.S. Sweeps Track Events The brightest spot of all for the Americans was the most com- plete sweep of men's track and field competition ever made by any country. The United States thinclads, in collecting a total of 15 gold medals - almost.half of the Americans' final total - prac- tically wrote an epic in track and field history. One world's record was broken, in the 400-meter relay, and 11 Olympic records were bettered. But it was more than a story of men running and jumping faster, higher and farther than ever be- fore - because many of the victo- ries were surprises, and many of the expected victors were beaten. Greatest Athletes The thing that made it a truly great track and field series, was that when one American faltered, another came through in the clutch. Competing against thet greatest athletes in the world, i and under the greatest strain imaginable, these athletes deserve { the greatest credit possible Iford their accomplishmnentsf The most outstanding member of the team, cited by many ast the "greatest group of athletes ever' assembled", was Bobby Mor- row of Abilene Christian College in Texas. He was the only triple Gold Medal winner in the group, top- ping the field in both the 100 and - 200-meter dashes, and an-I choring the record breaking 400- meter relay.7 Compared to Owens Morrow has been compared by many coaches with the fabulous Jesse Owens of the 1936 Olym- pics. Owens held three world's records for many years, but now retains only the broad-jump mark. Morrow broke his long-stand-' this year.7 The type of victories in track that make the competition al- most wither away are the clean sweeps, when one team grabs' the . first three places, and the respective medals. The United States accomplished this feat Next Season's M'Football Schedule Set Michigan's football schedules for the 1957 and 1958 seasons show little difference from this year's schedule. In 1957, Southern California re-- places UCLA, and Georgia fills in the slot. vacated by Army. The only change from 1957 to 1958 results when the Navy Mid- shipmen play instead of Georgia, The Michigan State game will be here in 1957, and at East Lansing in 1958. After that, the series may continue on a home- and-home basis. Once more the Wolverines will not face the Badgers of Wiscon- sin, or the Boilermakers of Pur,- due. It is noted that there will be only six home games each of the next two following seasons, as contrasted with seven this past season. The schedules are as follows: twice in the hurdles, and again in the discus and the 200-meter dash. One of te hurdle sweeps came as expected, with big Glenn Da- vis winning the 400-meter hur- dles, followed by Eddie Southern and John Cubreath. The other race found favored Jack Davis, the world record holder, running second to teammate Lee Calhoun in a photo-finish. Both were closely followed by bronze medal winner Joel Shankle. Records Held The field events offered little resistence to the American ath- letes, except for a Danish victory in the javelin throw by Enil Danielson. Two 1952 Olympic champions while a third was upset by an- other American. Rev. Bob Richards successfully guarded his pole-vault crown, while. Parry O'Brien continued his domination of world shot put- ting. Two other Americans grabbed second places in these events - Bob Gutowski in the vault, and Bill Neider in the shot, to bolster American domination. Gordien Defeated Fortune Gordien, world rec- ord holder, wasrtopped by team- mate Al Oerter in the discus throw. They were closely fol- lowed by anotherrAmerican, Des Koch. Newer faces won the remain- ing three field events. 19-year-old Charlie Dumas, the boy who broke the seven-foot barrier in the high jump, easily won that event. MeanwhileHalConnolly, who recently broke the world's hammer throw record, beat out his many European opponents with a sparkling performance. Cliff Blair, who had been favored earlier in that event, was dropped from the team for loss of ama- teur standing. The final field event win came from a Big Ten competitor, Greg Bell of Indiana. Bell is the top broad jumper in the world, and a threat to Jesse Owne's fabulous record that was set at Michigan's Ferry Field in 1937. Decathlon Challenging Of course ,the most challeng- ing event in any Olympics is the Decathlon. A lanky, spirited boy from California named Rafer Johnson had broken Bob Ma- thias' world record for point- total in this event during the Olympic trials, but when he ar- rived at Melbourne, he twisted a knee during practice. Johnson still competed, but performed a little under par. The fact that his main rival was hobbled, and that the United States domination was threat- ened, combined to exhort Camp- bell to a brilliant performance, only 20 points short of John- son's record, and well ahead of Mathias' Olympic record from 1952. SWePac...andMail ...j MAIL YOUR $CHRISTMAS GIFTS BUY EARLY! HUNDREDS OF ITEMS TO SELECT t FLETCHER-MACK $ EDRUG CO. } {1 324 SOUTH STATE STREET I MERRY CHRISTMAS! OLYMPIC WINNERS-Shelley Mann, right, of Arlington, Va., rests in the Olympic pool at Mel- bourne with teammates Mary Sears, left, Chevy Chase, Md., and Nancy Ramey of Mercer Island, Wash., after sweeping the Olympic women's 100 meter butterfly-stroke competition. In one of the most exciting races of the Games, America's Tom Courtney edged out Brit- ain's Derek Johnson in the 800- meter run. Either Courtney, or Pittsburgh's Arnie Sowell were expected to win. Sowelld ,finished fourth, after setting too fast a pace. Johnson was the first to pass Sowell, and then Courtney came up and forged into the lead on the last turn to win by a yard. Another close race forced the athletes to battle cold and wind besides the world's most intense competition. Lou Jones, world record holder, made the same mistake aspSowell, and set an impossible pace. But his failure only opened the path to another fine American runner, Charlie Jenkins of Vil- lanova, who edgedout Germany's Karl Haas for the gold medal. Olympic Spirit The true spirit of this do-or- die "world" track meet could be seen after that race, when Jones, who finished a disappointing fifth, carried the completely ex- hausted Jenkins over to the win- ner's stand - the stand on which Jones himself should have been. Although that concludes the American domination of the track and field, there was one other outstanding athlete. He was the man that kept the U.S. from sweeping all of the events - or at least any events that measured over three miles. In 1952 EmilZatopek turned in a great performance, winning three gold medals in the long dis- tance races. This year. Russian Vladimer Kuts, breaking two of Zatopek's records, won both the 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs - and ,dept the Russians from be- ing blanked in track and field. Nuts Extraordinary Kuts isn't just an ordinary runner, who zooms out, ahead of the pack, and ignores the rest of the runners. He makes it all the rougher on the other competitors by continually playing with them. In the 5,000 meter run hie knew that Britain's Gordon Pirie would be the chief competitor. So Kuts raced out to a terrific lead, forc- ing Pirie to follow him. After about half the race was over, Kuts slowed way down, forcing Pirie to pass him. Finally, after hanging on Pirie's tail, Kuts turned on a devastating sprint, leaving Pirie in the dust and crossing the finish line 11 sec- onds ahead of the nearest corh- petitor. Pirie, who finished fifth, de- clared, "I hope I never have to race a man like that again." Kuts Clowns After the, race was over, Kuts, acting as if he hadn't just fin- ished a three and a half mile race, bounded around the 400- meter track, hamming it up with the 100,000-person crowd and leading a great cheer for himself. Although he may seem like a, diabolical and almostdisgusting athlete, he is nevertheless great. 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