Rare and sport

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34046, 9 January 1976, Page 8

Rare and sport

Sir, —Mr Muldoon has a good Irish name. Godley, an Irishman was a founding father of Canterbury. Fitzgerald, an Irishman, was a founding father, I believe, of “The Press.” Some Irishmen have said an Irishman has no superiors and few equals; and I doubt the white men photographed bowing down to Uganda’s Amin were Irish. They were more likely wellintentioned souls with “The Press” sports policy editorial in their hearts: “interests that are genuinely larger than those of individuals, must be respected.” With all of the complex and pressing problems of New Zealand and the world, why does “The Press” waste editorial calories, scare headlines and worshipping adulation on Filbert Bayi, who I doubt can ever run 1500 m as fast as a third-rate horse at Addington?—Yours, etc., ARTHUR GARRETT. January 8, 1976.

Sir.—The National Government’s short-sighted and immoral policy of sporting contact with South Africa has already been exposed, and will be regretted by New Zealanders. Those selfish people who participate in games against teams selected on a racial basis, will not only perpetuate discrimination and inequality of opportunity, in South Africa, but also jeopardise the international careers of our great athletes. My sympathies are with John Walker.—Yours, etc.,

' D. J. ROWLANDS January 8. 1976.