An Athletics Compendium

Quotations encounter' by Sebastian Coe; 'Stick with the Irish team' by Frank Keating; 'Come on the Caymans' by Gary and Heather Oakes; and 'Two right feet' by Tessa Sanderson. 395 The Oxfordbook of Australian sporting anecdotes / edited byRichard Cashman, David Headon, Graeme Kinross-Smith. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. x, 286p; index ISBN: 0-19-553468-9 BL: YK.1994.a.l5526 The editors state in their introduction that the collection contains 2's5n5apshots', offering 'a kind of kaleidoscopic history of Australian sport, capturing its essential humour, eccentricity, larrikinism, poignancy andheroism'. Theanecdotes are arranged chronologically, ranging from ultra-long distance performer William Francis King in the I^HOs antdhe aboriginal sprinters Charles Samuels and Bobby McDonald in the ISSOs, to some outstanding performers of the second half of the twentieth century: Marjorie Jackson, Betty Cuthbert, John Landy, Raelene Boyle, Maureen Caird and Ron Clarke. 395 - 400 396 Running shorts / Stan Greenberg; illustrations by David Arthur. Enfield: Guinness, 1993. 128p; illus; index ISBN: 0-85112-507-7 BL: YK.1993.a.l4103 A collection of anecdotes, quotes, and facts relating to athletics. It contains, for example, a succinct account of 'Wilsotnhe Wizard'. 397 Great sporting wisdom / compilbeyd John Scally; cartoons by Richard Jolley. London: CollinsWillow, 1996. 192p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-00-218733-7 BL: YK.1997.a.l300 Athletic Aberrations (ch.1) is divided into three sections: On the track22(entries), Field of dreams (12 entries), and Soundbytes (11entries). One of the older entries is a Ca/Zy <5raph/c headline after Fanny Blankers-Koen won Olympic Gold in194g>: 'The world's fastest womisanan expert cook'. The GoldeFnoot in Mouth Award contains 40 of the compiler's top favourite utterances by David Coleman, most of whicn are from athletics commentaries. Quotations 398Chambers sporting quotation/s edited by Simon James. Edinburgh: Chambers, 1990. 250p; index; pbk ISBN: 0-550-20489-X BL: YK.199La.1160 Athletics cisovered in: Athletes; Athletics; Decathlon; Discus; Hurdles; Javelin; Marathon; Olympic Games; Pole vault; Records;Running; Triple jump; Tug-of-war; Walking; and, Winning andlosing. 399Sports quotes otfhe eighties / compiled by Peter Ball, Phil Shaw. London: Mandarin, 1990. 231p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-7493-0366-2 BL: YK.1990.a.4423 The quotesare arranged chronologicalalny,d athletics is quite well represented. Th(pe erhaps onlypartially tongue-in-cheel<) jibe by Steve Ovett in 1980: 'The decathlon? Nine Mickey Mouse eventsand a1500m' was answered (indirectly) in the sameyear by Daley Thompson: 'WhenI lost myworld record 1took it likae man: I only cried for 10 hours.' 400 The sporting word / compiled by Desmond Lynam and David Teasdale; illustrated by Claudio Munoz. London: BBC Books, 1994. 256p; illus; index pbk ISBN: 0-563-36971-X BL: YK.1995.a.6585 Athletics is well represented in this very comprehensive selectioonf quotations. The quotes of 71 athletes, coaches, scientists, administrators and journalists are included. [ 1 89 ]