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...Sixteenth Olympiad has been underway for less than a week now, and already the Americans and Russians are busily undermining international good will...
French Baron Pierre de Coubertin, father of the modern Olympics (1896), made a noble argument for reviving the ancient games: "The cause of peace will have received a new and powerful support." Just the opposite is likely to happen at the 16th Olympiad in Australia this fall, says the Naval Academy's veteran Crew Coach Russell ("Rusty") Callow-unless someone beats the whey out of the Russians. A Russian victory, Rusty told a Baltimore men's club last week, "would bring on an arrogance that would endanger the peace of the world...
...statement to the CRIMSON earlier in the week, Macdonald revealed that he favored paying the actual expenses of any athlete selected by the U.S. Olympic Association to represent this country at the sixteenth Olympiad in Melbourne...
Besides hockey, the bobsledding and giant slalom events will inaugurate the seventh winter Olympiad. Yesterday, two preliminary hockey games were played after the formal opening of the Olympic Games by Italian President Giovanni Gronchi...
...last Olympiad, the Russians finished second to the United States, and many members of that squad are expected on the present team...