OLYMPIC SCANDALS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1075, 23 July 1924, Page 6

OLYMPIC SCANDALS

SECOND EDITION

DISGRACEFUL SCENES

BOXER BITES HIS OPPONENT.

By Electric, Telegraph—Copyright. Received July 23, 12.20 p.rn. LONDON, July 22.

The newspapers without exception comment outspokenly on thp disagreeable incidents and disgraceful scenes characterising practically the whole course of tho Olympic Games. The dirnax was reached in the final stages of the boxing. During the semi-final middleweight contest between an Englishman and a Frenchman, the latter hit his opponent’s chest and employed flagrantly foul tactics throughout. Notwithstanding that he was clearly outclassed, the Frenchman was awarded the fight. This was only one of a number of shocking decisions. Tho Britishers protested and the decisions were eventually reversed, thereby averting the withdrawal from the contests of the whole of the Englishspeaking competitors, including the Americans.

The ill-feeling- continued in the finals at night, when the scenes were unparalleled. Pandemonium followed several decisions, two hundred gendarmes and squads of soldiers with difficulty restoring order.—A. and N.Z. cable.

SHAMEFUL INCIDENTS,

Received Julv 23. 1.10 p.m. LONDON. July 22.

Tho newspapers point out that, instead of friendly and honourable rivalry, bad sportsmanship and international animosity were manifested throughout tho Olympic games. Some oven say that the shameful incidents in Paris spell tho doom of the Olympic movement. —A. and N-Z. cable.