30 NOVEMBER 1956, Page 7

OLYMPICS INTELLIGENCE

DEREK JOHNSON battled to within six inches of the Gold Medal.

News Chronicle, November 27.

JOHNSON misses gold medal by a foot.

Evening Standard, November 26, EIGHTEEN frustrating inches. . . .—Daily Mail, November 27. LICKED by 20 inches.—Daily Sketch, November 27.

No MORE than two feet.—The Times, November 27.

THAT blasted yard! —Daily Herald, November 27.