OLYMPIC GAMES

Wairarapa Age, 14 August 1928, Page 2

OLYMPIC GAMES

A CEREMONIAL ENDING. THE FINAL SCENES GUNS SALUTED & BAND PLAY’S FAREWELL . United Press Association. —By Eu ctric Telegraph.—Copyright. AMSTERDAM, August. 12. The Olympic Games closed with •spirited horse-jumping in the Stadium, after which the twelve victors in the equestrian events, chiefly officers, in various uniforms, cantered round the track amid a demonstration from forty thousand spectators. The other prize-winners paraded before the Royal box, but the spectacle suffered from the absence of many who had already gone home. The Queen presented the first prizes, the Prince Consort descending to the track, presented the seconds, while the Comte Latour, President of the Olympic Executive, presented 1 the thirds. A fanfare of trumpets announced the closing of the Games, and the Olympic Flag was slowly hauled down, while l the guns saluted and tho band played a farewell hymn. Finally the silk flag which Belgium gave in 1920 and which had been retained in Paris since 1924, was handed over to the Mayor of Amsterdam, where it remains until tho Los Angeles Olympiad.—(Australian Press Association —United Service.)

MORGAN'S VICTORY RESULT NEVER IN DOUBT AMSTERDAM, Angus: 11. Although unable to punch his hardest owing to his fear of breaking an' already badly damaged left hand, Morgan triumphantly won the championship. The result was never in doubt after even the first round. Even the Argentinians wholeheartedly applauded the referee’s decision. Morgan deserves the fullest credit not only for better boxing generalship, but for unusual courage in coming through for/ hard fights with a dislocated knuckle in his punching hand, which became so bad in the last, two days that his whole arm was affected. He actually fought a winning fight despite his inability to straighten out his arm. Morgan is going to hospital on arrival in London to-morrow, but there has never been a more cheerful patient. The New Zealander has don® even better than he himself expected. Morgan gradually wore out his opponent and increased nisi advantage in the last round, in which Landini vainly endeavoured to counter Morgan’s longrange hitting by covering up his face. Landini showed himself a hard hitter, gruelling Morgan with lefts to the body, but the latter’s extended right foiled many punches. An excellent fast fight ended' in Morgan still piling up the- points. The verdict was the only one possible, Landini throwing his arms round the New Zealander's neck even before the. official decision was given. Morgan, in the dressing room, said: U I feared all the time my hand was going to let me down. I felt it give at the first blow, and thereafter I was eargful that I did not hit too hard in case I hurt myself more than T hurt Landini.”—(Australian Press Association.)

TROPHY FOR PEAROE PHILADELPHIA, August 11. The victory of Pearce over Myers at Amsterdam carries with it the Philadelphia gold challenge cup emblematic of the amateur sculling championship of the world. It can be challenged for on six months’ notice.— (Australian Press Association.)

SOVIET GAMES COMMUNIST COMPETITORS FROM MANY LANDS LONDON, August 12. A‘ dispatch from Moscow states that th * Soviet Games, the Red rival to the Olympic Games, called the Spartakiade, have begun, and will end on August 22. There are six thousand foreign, including British, competitors,- the foreigners all representing Communist organisations.—(Australian Press Association—United Service.)