TOO STRENUOUS SPORT
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Surely you make an overstatement in saying that sport can evidently promote antagonism . . . between nations. I do not believe that Italy is any less friendly to us than she was before the England v. Italy football match.
I feel a large number of good sportsmen would agree that when games degenerate into a business or bring out " war- like " feeling among the competitors, they had better be dropped—at any rate, for a time.
I do hope though that you, Sir, and all who write on sport will differentiate between the single direct contest and the more " open " competitions, such as the Olympic Games. Nothing but good came from these, when they were celebrated in 1928, at Amsterdam, and in 1932, at Los Angeles, in which over 50 nations were competing.—Yours truly,
1--Lowndes Square, S.W. 1. -
ABERDARE.
[We entirely agree regarding the Olympic games.—En. The Spectator.]
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