Edges Out Spain in Thriller beat them with a gentle flick and went into afl Indian defender and beating Poland 2-1 in the playoff and Hearst Vine of Spain made own personal problems as other Federation (FIH) Mr. Rene Frank a half turn, all in a fraction of a a long corner resulted. Amat con- for third place. many useful points Balkishen said official problems in connection immediately after India's win. second and took aim By then the verted it much to the relief of his Both Soviet goals came in the he did ask his boys to adopt slightly with sending of the team that "Their forward line and defence other Spanish defenders were on colleagues for earlier he had mess- first half from penalty corner different tactics after India had kept on coming which worried was top class though sometimes him Bhaskaran quickly retrieved ed up two other penalty corners. conversions with two low shots shared points in the earlier match him more. He was most disinclin- the latter faltered a little bit". the ball and gently pushed it to This was in the 19th minute. by its giant full back Vyacheslav against Spain. It might not have ed to make the trip But he rea- He told PTI in an interview. He wards Surinder who without se- Within two minutes, another Lampeyev. worked completely. But he was lised how much he would have said it was good to see India win cond thoughts swung the stick and penalty corner came Spain's way The Soviet victory was a re- glad that his wards had kept missed. gold medal after 1964 Tokyo From K. Sundar Rajan the fheer speed of action took the and again Amat sent in a crashing peat of its pool match success counter attacking despite the The players showered their Olympics "I am sure this win Spanish goal-keeper by surprise drive The Spaniards appeared to over Poland which it won 5-1 pressure from Spain. affection on Dayanand. whose will certainly stimulate Indian . July 29- and India was in lead two nil at have found a victory formula. hockey and score further victo- For all the dominance India en- half-time. But this time the Poles provid- Hearst Vine conceded that In daughter's wedding is due in Sep- They would just hit the ball fast ed much more spirited opposi- the absence of several teams in tember. Bhaskaran's boys could ries", he said joyed until Spain got those two Though Spain forced a long cor- and cause a melee in the Indian The pride svas greater as the snap goals via penalty corners tion in a fast, open game. the tournament did not have the not have given a better wedding ner in the opening minute of re- goal-mouth so as to earn corners. Poland had a good chance to same quality or competition Even gift than an Olympic victory. cherished gold medal was receiv- midway through the second ses- sumption, the Indian attack was Once again, Shahid restored the ed from Mr. Ashwini Kumar, for sion, it should have been the easi- pull back a goal at the start of so he thought this was the best Mr. Albert Leiken. President of gaining strength and for the Spa- morale of the Indian team with a the second half but its captain the USSR Hockey Federation said a long time President of the In- est of gold victories instead of a niards it was like a chlid trying gem of a goal. In a sudden burst Indian team he had seen in the dian Hockey Federation and re- precarious one that it proved ulti- Jerzy Wybieralski put a penalty last four years. It was an voting every Russian was delighted in to stop the waves. Every time Sha- of speed, he tore through the stroke attempt wide India's fine win Its performance centy elected to the Executive mately to be at the Dynamo Sta. hid. Surinder and Merwyn moved, Spanish defence. but found his side Committee of the International dium in the Olympic hockey final Poland's only score came just ''The counter attacks you made today really gave meaning and a goal seemed imminent. Somehow flick stopped by the goal-keeper. two minutes from time when i.es- Olympic Committee today. India won by four goals to Strain saved the situation. Sudden- Surinder. who was nearby picked would have tested even teams character to the game of hockey. Mr. Kumar was escorted by the three after leading by three clear ly Kaushik worked his way up all it up but faltered in the final act. dek Tork sent the ball home in like Pakistan or Germany or Hol- I also congratulate the Spanish President of the International goals at one stage. The ball cume back to Shahid who. open play. land and the rest. This win should team which put up such a fine Hockey Federation Mr. Rene No doubt, with the man-to-man in a twinkle, scooped it in. It was the first time the Rus- give a shot in the hockey arm of fight and it is worthy winner of Frank. marking the Indian attack found Moscow India came into the picture sians had entered the Olympics, India". the silver. I am happy that our It was a hard won victory for it. difficult to find its touch. Moh- again, with the score now four a sport the Soviet Union only Manager Dayanand almost broke young team has been able to win ammed Shahid, as expected was took UD seriously 11 vcars ago down during the last minutes of the bronze. Mr Leiken saici. Inddia which led 2-0 at the break rgoal to t>vo and 12 minutes left. The Spaniards fought tooth and polked not by one but by more l his statistic of time must neces- BEST INDIAN TEAM SAYS the match for the last three INDIA PLAYED A TOP CLASS nail till the last moment and anil'was not given room to malts sarily be recalled for the match SPANISH COACH: In an inte- months it was round the clock GAME: "India played first class leading their fight was their those dazzling dribbles. But once was so tantalising The Indian resting discussion after the match work for him with one problem hockey", quipped a beaming Pre- crack corner specialist Juan Amat the boy found the right gosl-keeper earned a round of ap- Balkishen Singh, the Indian coach or other It was not so much his sident of International Hockey tactics to break out of the tight plau'e when he brilliantly saved a who achieved a hat-trick defence the Indian attack got it- penalty corner shot. But against JUAN AMAT TOPS IN GOAL self illuminated. another hard shot by Amat. he SCORING: Spain's right back Shahid demonstrated this in u failed to get his -'oot right and Juan Amat scored maximum—16 move which did not fetch a goal the ball went in. Spain came to goals. but which breached the Spanish the top once more with the side Of these 14 were through pe defence and helped India earn a just a goal away. nalty corners and two from long proJtable award. Shahid's progress Five minutes were remaining corners. was stopped with a savage tackle and every penalty corner or corner of India and a penalty corner was award- Olympics in favour of Spain chilled the was next with 15 goals—eight of ed in the 24th minute. Davinder heart of all Indians even as it them field goals, six off penalty took a hard shot which was stop- heartened the Spaniards. Kaushik strokes and one off long corner. ped. Off the 'rebound, Surinder by himself, entered the circle and was shown the green card, presu- Vyatheslav Lampeev of USSR scooped which was pushed away beat the Spanish custodian all mably for a technical offence. The was the third highest scorer with by hand by the Spanish goal-keep- ends up with an angular drive. last two minutes were unbearable. nine Roals 'seven off penalty cor er resulting in a penalty stroke India appeared to be in the dri- And I cannot keep repeating the ners and two off long corners). which Surinder converted with ap- ver's seat with a three-nil lead. A hackneyed 'nail biting' and all that lomb. commentator had remarked th::t which described ^uch a finish. In- MRS. GANDHI HAILS INDIAN This goal served as an elixir. India does not consolidate its ad- dia's quest for the Olmypic gold TEAM; The Prime Minister, Mrs. The Indian attack swufl-g into ac- vantage. It should be said at least had at last succeeded. Well done. Indira Gandhi has congratulated tion. Its speed and deception com- in this match that the Indians did India the Indian team for its victory. pletely immobilised the Spanish try to do it Another penalty cor- The teams: Mrs. Gandhi described'it as the defence and even veteran Afflat ner hit by Davinder went in. but India: . '•most creditable victory." could not do anything about it. In- he was pulled up for sticks.' On Dung Dung and Davender Singh. dia certainly could have scored another occasion, Kaushik. after Ravinder Pal Singh. Somayya PRESIDENT EXPRESSES HAPPI- more goals for the superiority it working his way through gave one and Bhaskaran, Harikrishan Kau- NESS: The President Mr. N. San- enjoyed. Kaushik on the right of the easiest passes. Surinder was shik. Merwyn Fernandas. Surin- jeevH Reddy. tonight expressed flank was in the best of elements slow in meeting it and his agonis- der Singh Sodhi. Mohammed happiness at India's victory. with his speedy dribbles and cross ing over that lapse could seen by Shahid and Zafar Iqbal- He congratulated the captain passes. On 'three occasions' he had all. the mortification of finding his Spain: Jose Garcia, Juan Amat. and other members of the team passes go abegging. Javier Cabot and Santiago Mal- for their team work. SPANIARDS JUMP INTO gosa. Ricardo Cabot. Jaime Ab- PTI report from Delhi: In thp 30th minute India earn- ACTION ros. Francisco Fabregas. Juan Ah- ed a long corner. How a long cor- T'-e Indian team which won the Olympic hockey gold medal: Standing: Zafar Iqbal, Amarjit Singh The Union Education Minister, ner can also be turned to account Even as the match was becoming ros. Miguel Chaves. Carlos Roca Air. B. Shankaranand today con- India's skipper Bhaskaran demon- one-sided as it w€re, the Spaii'ards and Rafeal Gerralda. Rona, Devinder Sin;h, Ba'kiihen Singh (coach); Bh-skaran (ccpt.), D. S. Sandhu (Treasurer), Gur- gratulated the Indian team on strated. He stopped the ball, allow- jumped into ac'ion in a literal BRONZE FOR SOVIET VN10N: moil Singh, Allen Schocf eld, Rojinder Singh; Surin der Singh. Kneeling: Somioh, R-vinder Pol, Charon- its splendid victory in the Olym- ed two defenders to rush on him. sense. Ricard's hit from the right The Soviet Union won the bronze jit Kumar, Chettri, Koushik; Shahid; Dung Dung and Merwyn Fernandez. pics.