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Show JULY THURSDAY, 29. 1976 Deadly Wrestling Gone From Olympics No one else had a chance JENSEN when the Emperor Nero competed in the Olympic games in A.D. 67. SADDLERY Accompanied by a retinue of hefty bodyguards, the paunchy Roman tyrant won every event in which he participated, including the chariot races. The other contestants knew what was good for them. In contrast, today's 9:00 - & RANCH 6:00 Wednesday, Friday 9:00 Thursday 9:00 Saturday WEAR 6:00 UTAHN Olym- LEE Olympic torch in Montreal on July 17 opened 16 days of summer games in Canada. BOOT RUNNERS really had it tough at the ancient Olympic Games when under Spartan influence foot races about 450 B.C., they had to wear heavy armor to compete. The first Olympic added. were races much eventually covered roughly 200 yards, but longer a aiscus inrow- More than 9.000 athletes are the the javelin, and wrest million ing half a and competing spectators are viewing the ling games first hand. Millions AT ONE TIME, the featmore will see them on tele- ure event was a brutal vision. r BOOTS RIDER American West BOOT CUT tciltiriMK RUSSELL, OWNER A WAYNE Large Selection of Boots Lama Boots Tony New Shipment of Saddles In. Now OPEN MOM. THRU SAT. 9:00 A.M. til 7:00 P.M. J 752-313- 1 3 MILES SOUTH OF BLOCK NORTH OF 1 LOGAN 91 HWY. ON TRIPLE MEM R WHILE EXACT figures are unknown, the ancient Olympic Games probably never attracted more than a few hundred competitors. Until the Romans conquered Greece, participation was restricted to young Greeks. First recorded in 776 B.C., the ancient Greek games at Olympia evolved into the greatest peacetime festivals in lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. In their heyday, Olympic celebrations featured spring races and chariot races and usually were climaxed by tests of endurance, such as the pentathlon. This event combined the broad jump, foot racing, hurling all-rou- MILLER call- IN QUALITY ed the "pankration," meaning "all strength." It was fought until surrender or death. One practitioner of this art, Arrachion, Igentle achieved unenviable distinction when, locked in a fatal stranglehold, he broke his opponent's foot with a dying wrench. In that instant his agonized foe surrendered, and the olive wreath went to the dead Arrachion. Even more than today, NEXT TO EVERY CACHE 1200 SO. LOGAN. A pre-c- ut m 7&mk I . 5 Green - Walnut-Rus- t Blue-Gol- winners of the Olympics. 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This ran directly counter to one of the Baron's aims, that of making i the Olympics truly interna- a""""' H tional? Finally, after some fast diplomatic footwork, the de- - ) cision was made to hold the : second Olympics at Paris in 1900, and a precedent was established for holding the ? games in a different city every four years. or by the running yard! Don't miss it! Q H.illi'l AmiTii .id hur.ili- tic Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Courbertin, spark- pat- terns, sculptureds and lots more; In beautiful fashion 'Clraose WEAR BAILEY ( , Select piush shags, color?;- SI EXHIBITION OF PIONEER CRAFTS & SKILLS WESTERN COOKOUT FRONTIER VILLAGE PARADE INDIAN AND MOUNTAIN MEN GATHERING WHEN AT LAST Greece began to fade, so did the games. As Rome merged, the Olympics lost their purity and strength. By A.D. 394 the games were dead, and they remain- ed dormant until an idealis Save Now On Slacker's Name Brand Carpeting - affair g boxing-wrestlin- I'tltR Ihr iour-poun- C0WD0Y SHOP PAGEANT UKU'k HISTORICAL JEANS I WEST the Festival of SADDLES N0C0NA pic Games symbolize the best in athletic excellence, the National Geographic Society says. Lighting of the 7:00 EACH PURCHASE THE NEW WEEfr-- --i ROSE mjffjilL H 7W "J ! I B L-- P0ST I 3 23e FOR 59C WHITE LBS Q POTATOES ! ONLY nun cocoa peiiles tfjr Without Coupon G000 ONLY EXPIRES I W CMl I AUGUST 6. DWTS. I 1976 1 W1,h BJ Jl MUO I mtinjm Coupon M ONLY CWt FXPIRFS AT juicikt I POWS fi iotZI |