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I 3jdfi Page Four' Section 2 CD Wi ll "I thought they might be," he answered, "but when I asked them, I was astonished at the spirit of our boys and girls they're not afraid of anything. If the next competition were in Damascus, they would be ready to go." Baruch Reiter is a bus driver, an avid sports devotee who lives and works in the Israeli town of Kfar Saba. "The Arab-Israel conflict has been going on for many years," he said, "but in 1952, even in 1968, right after the may bring about the end of the Olympics', In an effort to prevent this kind of finish to a tradition, he told me, the IOC decided last year that if a country refuses to participate in any one event, the entire delegation will be disqualified from the Games. "This, too, is a form of politics," said Glovinsky, "but it can't be helped; it's fire against fire." Tasked him whether Israel's participants were apprehensive since the Munich disaster. By Jay C.

Jacobson Jewinh TelegrapHic Agency The following is the second of a two-part series on the history of the Olympic Games. In the last few weeks I've talked to many Israelis about the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. I spoke with the Olympic Committee of Israel; with candidates and their parents, as well as with "the man in the street," the ardent Israeli sports fan. Haim Glovinsky is 73. He has been connected with the Israeli sports scene for 50 years and has been honorary secretary of the Israel Olympic Committee for the last 24 years.

On the wall of his office hangs a painting by the Dutch artist Brox. It depicts the Olympic torch being 1 pulledv down with a rope by three Arab terrorists; in the background, a German helicopter carries Israeli athletes to the cemetery; "The picture is very moving," Glovinsky said. "The painter and I tend to agree with him feels that terrorism and politics w- -I OS tag luiii IBilHif 'X VfTTBT ir iu i 1 1 1m i li ii i i Metropolitan a ft 36th andisnsin A''- RAY MORRIS President fi fZzZT'ZZZ Cordial Passover Good Wishes for Peace and Tranquility for1 Israel and Wherever Jews Suffer Travail. Six Day War Arab and Israeli Olympic sportsmen played together and shook hands when the competition was over. If anything bad happens in Montreal, I think it will mean the end of the Olympiad." A bit more optimistic is the viewpoint of Rami Miron, a new immigrant to Israel from Soviet Russia.

A wrestling champion in the USSR, Rami had been in Israel only three months when he was invited to an international competition in Minsk. "They treated me like a long-lost brother," he said. "There were 29 nations represented. During the entire 15 days there wasn't a sign of anti-Semitism. Among real sportsmen, it doesn't exist." Rami has an excellent chance to be chosen as an Olympic competitor.

He has already won a gold medal in the Tel Aviv International Wrestling Tournament held "in October, 1975, in memory of the eleven Munich victims and the "Sportsman of the Year'' prize awarded by Ma'ariv, one of Israel's leading 'newspapers. Micha Kauffman lives in Ramat Gan. He is a marksman, an amateur athlete in the true sense of, the According i to the Olympic definition, an amateur is one who par-ticipates and always has participated in sport as an avoca- tion without material gain of any kind." The definition requires that an amateur have" a basic occupation designed to insure his present and future livelihood." Micha is a top-notch automotive mechanic. "Working means that I have to practice evenings. But I always did that, I guess.

When I lived on a kibbutz 25 miles from Tel Aviv, I used to go into the city two evenings a week on the bus, carrying a long, heavy rifle and a kit bag fuH of equipment. It wasn't easy but' it was worthwhile," he said. In 1972, Micha missed going to Munich by one shot. 'The moment that last slug went into the nine-ring, I became number three in the country," he said. "Only two went to the Games.

"But I'm not afraid of Montreal what happened jn Munich is a one-time have to feel that the people in Canada who are responsible for security-know their job." Kauf fman's parents live in Tel Aviv. I spoke to his father, who said, "We always encouraged Micha to do his besi. When he took up riflery in high school, we told him he could rise to the top in the sport's world. Now he's well on his way." v. What abodVilontreal? "Certainly, we're a little leery of -sending him there." he said, "but suggesting he not go never even entered our minds." Fatherly pride showed, in his broad smile.

"Israel must Be presented by thejest we have," he beamed. -x In track, the best Israel has is Esther Shachamurov-Roth, 23 -year-old gold medal winner in the 1974 Asian Games a part-time runner and full-time mother. There were tears in her eyes as she answered my question: "Yes, I was in Munich. I was a couple of. hundred meters from where, the tragedy occurred, but didn't hear a thing.

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