1 OCTOBER 1932, Page 13

The Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932

THE crowd rooting with chauvinist bravado

For a home-bred lad named Rykoft Recalls the Swiss-made hotel clock legended : " I'm a booster for my home state Colorado."

In the event of slump the Elks and Kiwanis

Might find it politic to shuffle off Their laurel holdings and, by an easy metamorphosis, Take over in exchange a bubble-pricked share At zero, or a T-model Ford beyond repair.

RONALD Borrn ALL.