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Cee anne ta THE OSHAWA TIMES, Mondey, Mey 13, 1963 pee tay of 2 a t and admi pressed amazement and admi- ration when he cleared the hhow great he was, that he was einch for the gold medal! and at, indeed, he was the world's finest high jumper. The Soviets had a couple of seven-foot men in their stable th BEATING THE GUN | thietes to win events be- nealing the official start- gun. They've done it simply the occurred Games in Rome when the Valeri weren't barrier tai psychological war- ong opponents. most outrageous| bronze, in the 1960 Olym- ft of se "psychoed" American r John Thomas out medal. coaches watched work out and ex- mark. They told him| women running after knocks tition. Thomas the invincible was a time came to pass out the medals, mel finished one-two with leaps The impressionable 19-year-old Thomas, who held the world record of seven feet 3% inches, failed in three tries at seven- foot-one. There have been many other cases, perpetrated by men and experiencing methods -- staring out oppon- ents, telling them they are the! Psychology Can Win In Track And Field --Robert Shaviadkadze and Brumel -- but they clearing the seven-foot in pre-Games training.|ing winner. But when the he got a third-place) Shaviadkadze and Bru- ven feet one inch. double gold medal winner in the Pan-American Games at Brazil this year, did a master- ful job in the women's discus, which she won handily. In practice before her event, she worked out with Americans and others and threw from a standing throw. Her distance was just about equal to that of the American women who had made the full turn before letting g0. "She went out there and didn't take a full windup before iirow- ing at any time," said Ken Twigg of Toronto, manager of Canada's track and field team, on his return this week, "'When the Americans saw this they greatest, or sneering at them. Another is to awe your oppon- ent by some unorthodox train- So, it comes as a surprise to hear of a couple of teen-aged good psychological manoceu-{ vre."" Nancy who had never com- peted outside Canada before, also won the women's shot-put. Then there was 16-year-old Abigail Hoffman of Toronto, in the 1962 British Empire Games half-mile at Perth, Aus- tralia. This time she won the 800 metres, "One day, while walking in| the athletes' village," recounted Twigg, 'Abby saw Leah Ferris of the U.S., the girl she had to beat in the half. Abby didn't! say a word, She just stared and glared at this girl and the American became so flustered and confused she walked into a lamp post. were frightened to death of her'| Canadian girls--one in her first and-we know it. It Was 8 reall shot at international competi- "That was one way of get- Twigg says. ' worked on the others and it ft. The American knew right then and there that Abby was not afraid of her and that stare told her more vividly than words that Abby was going to run her into the ground." The two girls had posted times of about two minutes 10 seconds in previous races. When the big one came along, Abby won it easily in 2:10.2, two seconds faster than th American who took the q.| there. five gold medals, the best Can- ada has done in international competition since the 1938 Brit- ish Empire Games at Sydney, Australia, when eight gold med- als were panned, Surprised? announced, Wilson said in a tel-lies and ephone interview from New|able, York, where the meeting -was|then would have held, that the plan calls for the|one unprotected other six teams to designate 25)each of the othér six veterans and half of their rook-| Wilson said, "Are you kidding?" answered Twigg. "You'd have to be a nut to figure on more than two or three with the Americans in place silver. "Our athletes seldom have performed up to their best in post-war international competi- tion because ahtletes of other countries have got to them," is time we paid off." The track and field team won American Football League adopted a plan Saturday to strengthen the Oakland andj . New York teams by allowing them to pick players from the other six teams in the Buffalo owner Ralph C. W: TO STRENGTHEN BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP)--The o POPS OG0 OO SOOO OOOO The dependable VN source of cash @irmmn (LOANS UP TO $3,000.00 OR MORE) NIAGARA FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED OO OOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOO OOOO OO ion the other-the second -- working the old confidence game, They applied different techniques. 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