he was-out:of the running in the Decathalon at the
Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, and gave up
valuable points to pace Canada’s Dave Steen so he
could set a personal best score, it highlighted the
fact that beneath the BS that surrounds sport, the
athletes can. be pretty. unique.

Steen; who ‘needed. as
4: 24:21 1500 metres, the last‘
of the ten events, to pass
8000 points, was paced
throughout. the race by
Boreham. Pacing is much
like acting. the hare for the
hounds, and is, in itself a
brutal task. And being the
last event of ten, over two
days, the 1500. metres calls
on every bit.of desire and
mental games the athlete.can .
muster, because by this stage
his physical resources are
breaking down.

Boreham, when compared
to many “professionals”,
almost appears as an
anachronism. When doing
one’s best can also mean
helping an opponent to his
best, we. wander into realms
of the minds where: many are
uanbdle ta follow. ° -

‘When athletes reach the
level of international
competition, ‘they, have ‘also’.
reached'.a special ‘plateau of
the mind. where: the: arch-

_ tivabis-not the’; person, beside
you in the other wniform, but
it is ‘the. . person: ‘that dwells

\~being so totally wuselfish that

‘one can push beyond that
level in order to help
‘someone else.

How _ refreshing
reassuring.

.. Reassuring in light of the
disgraceful performance put
on by, the Canadian swim-
mers following their
disqualification in a relay
-event, and by the childish
-antics. of Victor:Davis who
“threw (a public temper
tantrum.

The team, to refresh your
memory, walked out of the
medal ceremonies following
their obviously deserved
qualification for a swimmer
leaving before the incoming
man had touched the end of
_ the pool.

‘Whether the blame should
rest with this bunch of young
swimmers, or with the

and

: ‘perpetrated’ ‘this
beakebarrs es . high’ pitched
‘ level 0 of: off the: field baiting’

“Itisa sorry aight tosee t this |
happening at. what: ‘are the «

within the athlete himself: . riendly.games’ and where
Top ‘level: competition sportsmanship: ‘such as
means’ a‘ defeating .of shown by Boreham can do so

yourself, a pushing of one’s: - much .to lift sport beyond the

body beyond the superficial:

limits of pain and discom-

fort. _
And in another sense, it is

West Vancouver recorded |
its fourth win in as many
games with a 3-0 victory:
against a spirited and deter-
mined Meralomas.team. An
evenly matched first half saw
neither team score as
defenses dominated. As
Meralomas tired West
Vancouver gradually gained

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‘mewling and whining of a
‘small group who’ were
le itimately penalized.

ome form of public

“territorial advantage, ,

Paula Pappajohn, the
“games first star,’ collected
‘the ball in her: own” half,
‘dribbled her way to the
‘opponents’ goalline before |
crossing the ball at.’ high |
Speed for Elizabeth Butler to
conyert. oe ot

ma .

by And. y Fraser

and officials. who . 7

of class

When Colin Boreham of North Treland realized

action should have been
taken against the individual
along with the team and
officials for this petulant,
undisciplined - action: which
has diminished the name of
Canada among many. who
. witnessed. the massive pout.

‘happen. They'll: simply’ pout
in a corner and whine,unable
to see or understand the
pure gold performance of
Colin Boreham.

IT WILL BE difficult for
anyone to knock Tony
Waiters out of the running
for the coaching job for the
Canadian World . Cup
challenge. For too long, the
CSA has, like so many other
amateur bodies, run itself as
an exclusive inbred club.
The upshot of it all was a
totally embarrassing show by
our World Cup team in 1981
which was almost a shoo-in
for Spain. .

With someone like
Waiters at the helm, it would
reassure the players that
there was a serious effort
_being made.

Following tte Honduran
_ debacle, about half of the
“team ‘said: ‘they ‘Would never
‘play’ again’ under the then
‘Organization. _

“Hopefully, - the ‘move to |

professionalism | by the
. Soccer Officials will give the
‘players the encouragement
’_ that was so lacking last time
‘round. |

-. It would be difficult to —
come up-with someone who

‘has ai better name © and
reputation than Tony
’ Waiters.

A deflated ‘Meralomas
team defended courageously

but could not prevent. West
Van adding two more goals
.from Butler and Pappajohn.
“The West Vancouver
‘defense continues to im-
“press, more than ably led by
‘Kim Barker.

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