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Such symbolism aside, the motives and methods of chess players are as varied as their personalities. Even among the small number of men who have been world champions in this century there have been polar differences. Emanuel Lasker, title holder from 1894 to 1921, was a philosopher, mathematician and thoroughgoing...
The situation last week differed from the 1968 dispute in that the consequences of a Black African boycott this time are much more alarming. Before the 1968 Games, Black African athletes were not regarded as a major factor in international competition. But Kenya, in particular, emerged in Mexico as a...
There are other misconceptions about what the Games really are. One is held most forcibly by Avery Brundage, venerable (85) president of the International Olympic Committee since 1952. "The Olympics," he said recently, "are intended for those athletes for whom sport is merely recreation for personal pleasure. It is an...
There is even an International Frisbee Tournament held annually in the isolated Michigan Upper Peninsula community of Copper Harbor (pop. 50). Two weeks ago, several thousand spectators came to watch 36 teams bearing such titles as the Function Junction Double Suction Pump Five and the Humbly Magnificent Champions of the...
Flyaway. Seagren, 25, must be conceded the edge in Munich on the strength of his 1968 Olympic victory and his amazing comeback after tearing a knee cartilage while horseback riding last summer. Running eight miles a day, including wind sprints up and down the steps of the Los Angeles Memorial...