OLYMPIC GAMES

Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1928, Page 3

OLYMPIC GAMES

Australian Press Assn.—United Service

MORGAN’S SUCCESS

(Received this day at 8 a m ) AMSTERDAM, August 11. Although unable to punch his hardest owing to a. fear of breaking his already badly-damaged left hand, Morgan triumphantly won tlie championship I lie result was never in doubt after even tlie first round. Even Argentinans whole-heartedly applauded the referee’s decision. Morgan deserves tlie fullest credit, not only for better boxjng generalship hut for unusual courage in coming through four hard fights with a dislocated knuckle in his punching hand, which became so had in the last two days that tlie whole arm was affected. He actually fought a winning fight despite tlie inability to straighten out his arm. Morgan is going to tlie hospital on arrival in London to-morrow, but there never lias been a more cheerful patient. The New Zealander has done even better than he himself expected. Morgan gradually wore out his opponent and increased his advantage in tlie last round, in which Lamlini vainly endeavoured to counter long-range hitting by covering up his face. Lnndini .showed himself a hard hitter, grueling Morgan with lefts to tlie body, but tlie latter’s extended right foiled many punches. An excellent fast fight ended in .Morgan still piling up points. The verdict was tlie only one possible, Lnndini throwing his arms round tlie New Zealander’s neck oven before the official decision.

Morgan, in tlie dressing-room, said : " 1 feared all tlie time my hand was I going to let me down. I felt it give at I the first blow, and thereafter f was , I careful I did not hit too hard in case I hurt myself more than l.niidini.” OLYMPIAD CLOSING SCENES. I AMSTERDAM, August 12. Olympiad closed with spirited horseI jumping in the stadium, after which twelve victors of tlie equestrian events, chiefly officers in various uniforms canI tereil round the track amid a demonstration of forty thousand spectators, I Other prize winners paraded before the 1 Royal liox, but the spectacle suffered j owing to the absence of many who were I already on their way home. I The Queen presented the first prizes I and tlie Prince Consort descending to I tlie track, presented the seconds. Comte Latour, President of the Olympic Executive, presented the third I prizes. A fanfare of trumpets announced tlie I closing of Olympia, and the Olympic flag was lowly hauled down, while guns saluted and the band played a farewell [ hymn. Finally the silk flag which Belgium gave in 1920, and which lias been retained in Paris since 1921, was handed over to the Mayor of Amsterdam, whore it remains until the Los Angeles Olympiad. SOVIET OLYMPIAD. LONDON, August 13. A dispatch from Moscow states Soviet games, tlie red rival to tlie Olympic games called Spartakiade. have begun and will end on 22nd August. J There are several thousand foreign (including British) competitors, foreignors all representing Communist orgnni- ~ sations. ,