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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, October 31, 1968
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Olympic Games . . . still for athletes
By Ron Yates. Kansan sports editor www
In 776 B.C. on a plain near the small city of Olympia in Greece, the first Olympic Games took place—a handfull of peasants, and a few merchants and soldiers lined up and ran a 200-meter foot race.
Amateur athletic competition was born. Running, jumping and throwing were suddenly not only tests of combat survival, but ways men could exhibit athletic skill and achieve fame throughout the civilized world.
The games grew and were based on the highest ethical standards only amateurs who were Greek citizens were allowed to compete. To the victors went laurel, wild olive and palm wreaths along with a few special privileges.
After the fall of Greece, Romans continued the games, but they were allowed to deteriorate into professional circuses with athletes getting paid to win and lose. In 394 A.D. the Roman Emperor Theodosius banned the games because of their fraudulence.
There are no records of any games after this date—not until 1896 when a Frenchman, Baron Pierre De Coubertin, after years of argument and persuasion finally succeeded in convincing nine countries to send athletes to Athens, Greece, for the first international Olympic games.
The modern Olympics were born and just like their ancient counterparts, the modern games caught on and became the highest goal any amateur athlete could reach.
Instead of wreaths, modern victors received gold, silver and bronze medals. Instead of special privileges, winners received publicity. Like the ancient competitors, modern athletes received no money for their efforts—only praise and perhaps a few years of glory.
Unfortunately, with the attraction of more and more countries, performances of individuals have often been overshadowed by displays of nationalism and politics.
In 1936 Hitler decided to use the games, which were held in Berlin, to show the world his master race. In this case, however, the performance of one individual overshadowed the performance of the mythical superior race. Jesse Owens, an American Negro, won three gold medals and Hitler, enraged by the performance of this "inferior being," turned his back on the award ceremonies and refused to congratulate him.
Already this year, Leonid Brezhnev of Russia has denounced the poor showing of Russian athletes in Mexico City (second place in total medals won) saying the 1972 Munich games will be "different."
Meanwhile, in Mexico City, an American girl and a Russian girl, both preparing to compete against one another in a swimming race, trade swim suits as a sign of friendship. An American athlete collapses for want of oxygen in the high Mexico City altitude and a Russian weightlifter standing nearby walks over and carries the unconscious athlete carefully to the infield grass where he is revived.
This year's Olympics with their racial and political conflict will be talked about and argued about for the next four years... until October 1972 when the drama begins all over again in Munich, Germany.
The next Olympic games will begin, curiously enough, not more than a few thousand meters from where Hitler staged his riots during the years following World War I. They will take place 40 years after the Nazi machine came to power. But these are things to be pondered by politicians and propagandists. The world's greatest athletes will be concerned with running, jumping and throwing.
Oh, there may be a few scandals and here. So and so endorsed so and so company's shoes and got so much money for it. Perhaps someone will wear black socks or white socks or yellow or red socks in political protest and hold up a clenched fist with a glove on it during the award ceremonies.
With the thousands of athletes competing at the games, a few unfortunate incidents are bound to happen. However, the great incidents are during the competition when men of all nations apparently drop their nationalism and congratulate one another in victory or console one another in defeat or simply help one another off the field.
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Disregarding the decline in student participation, an indefinite schedule, small audiences and last minute notices, the KU Soccer Club is off to a good start.
"Last Sunday I found out about the game only a few hours before," Fred Mandel, player-coach and graduate student from France, said. The team won an easy 16-0 game at KU against the Kansas City Metropolitan Junior College.
Already the team has a 2-1 record and hopes to extend their winning team streak Sunday against K-State at Manhattan.
Mandel said the team started with 50 players and is down to about 15. The majority of the players are foreign students. Half of the initial 50 players were American students but only three are still playing with the team.
Soccer rolling despite problems
"The team works hard in practice and then nobody goes to see the games—so many students find no glory in playing and quit," Mandel explained. "Some just find out they can't combine studying with soccer." he added.
The team has been practicing since the start of the semester three times a week. Practices are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 4:30 behind Robinson Gymnasium.
Mandel also said some students get discouraged from playing since they would have to pay for their medical expenses in case of an injury.
The club does not have a definite schedule because it doesn't belong to any league. They contact teams at the beginning of the semester and play whatever games they are able to arrange.
So far the club has four games scheduled, two on the road, against K-State, Nov. 3, and Missouri, Nov. 10, and two home
"When you play teams like Colorado, Missouri, and Nebraska, you are playing unbelievable strength," moans Kansas State's Vince Gibson.
games, against K-State, Nov. 17,
and the Wichita Soccer Club,
Nov.24.
The home games are played in the field south of Robinson Gymnasium at 2 p.m.
In addition to Sunday's win, the Soccer Club beat Missouri 8-2. The club's only defeat came from Saint Benedicts College in their first game Oct. 6, 4-0.
A small budget allocation is given to the Soccer Club by the University, which pays for the transportation to the away games and for some of the equipment.
The soccer team has had successful seasons the last two
years, scoring records of 6-2 and 5-2.
The starting line up Sunday will be, at forwards; Luis Ballivan, Bolivia; Fidele Waura, Gabon; Mandel, Guy Darlan, Central Africa Republic; at halfbacks; Herve Pensez, France; Tom Purcell, U.S.; at fullbacks; Mike Radakovitz, U.S.; Gunther Pfister, Germany; Christian Kloesel, Germany; and Carl Reinhard, U.S. The goalie is Jose Fonseca, Brazil.
Darlan, the team's high scorer with 11 goals, did not play against Saint Benedicts. The players use a 4-2-4 offense in the games.
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