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Teams Get Edgy Over Anti-AmericanAttitude Charged To Judges In OlympicsROME (AP)The Americans i Americans when they can do sowere getting qpenly edgy* todav without making the decision lookov*r wh.1 tlwy cl.im i. a wav* 100 A™'™.' Amancans nfvtr, M get art even breakolt; Awn With the Yank, amtl nlllcK, „ thf ,immen! in the Olympic Gamesswimmings**to a ris.said Dan Fer-theThe situation was brou head over the weekend when Lance Larson, a young swimmer from El Monte, Cahf., was ruled fans went wild when Devitt wasAAU and veteran ofThe**I out of the lt» meter lt;I «d faster times than the winner,| _ of“That s the way it goes George Harrison of Orinda» *named the winner although itmost people as if Lar son won.Claims Prejudice“It's the same old story People regard the Americans as big, richLarson s roommate. “Any time and powerful. They want to see they get a chance to throw one them beaten by an underdogftftDr. Sammy Lee. high-divingAmericans» H we wm, we’ve got to win champion in the 1lt;M*big If ft’s close they'll give to games and coach with i some other guy. Everybody wants team, said prejudiced vtus p .Certainlooks like11been a harrier for U.S. athletes for years.Lee said the judges low-rated a roue, ' said the disappointed the United States’ Paula Jean“I was certain 1 won. Pope badly in the women’s springboard diving competition last compete; week, won by Germany's Ingrid sports where judge merit KramerThroughout the American secs! plays a rotesamewm* { “The German girl deserved to was the j win, but notdiminutive diving coachthe said.Paula Jean never once good shakt We’ve been carryingn«ng battle with the wjudges for years,Wmchested Bobgot aa run*#fthe weight-lifting team«4Itfhe referees are always giving u* a quick signal ami letting otherteams, especially the Russians, get away with murder Bojong coach Julie Menemler of Santa ( lara. Calif.. «md he andhis aides make • study of the |ud^tcig lineup before every matchinvolving a U.S. fighter.“When we see certain judges onour list—particularly Iron Curtain judges—we fell our man he must try for a knockout addedftW'e know if »he bout goes the distance, the nod will go to the ether side One U S. Olympic official said the obvious anti-Americanism among fhe judges and some spectators was creating a giant psv-c bologna I obstacle for the entire U.S. team “It s tough when you thmk you have to win by a mile or a knockout, he said.
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Mon, Aug 29, 1960
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