AThe Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Monday, July 17, 1972 - Page 6
Soviet-Russian Imperialists Laugh To See Such Sport
Whether they win or lose the chess or the hockey, the Russians have thus far won the propaganda warfare that surrounds the games. Bobby Fischer's personal conduct ([in retaliation to Soviet muddling of pre-match organization]) in his approach to the chess match and the NHL's exclusive attitude to the building of an all-Canadian team have given momentary substance in the world's eyes to the classic communist invective that North America measures its civilization in money.
Chess, the game for intellectuals; hockey, the game for keen athletes — and we come out onto the world arena kicking and yelling ([while the Soviet Imperialists merely get swept away with scandal after scandal involving doping of athletes]). The Kremlin, more interested in the long war for men's minds than in games won or lost on the way, must be grinning from tower to tower. Fischer may be the better man but certainly his opening plays have been disillusioning! ([and the reason why conveniently covered up in western press, to put it mildly. Such as disruptive camera men which could both be seen and heard and purposely placed in close proximity to Fischer by Soviet-Icelandic collaborators, to zap Fischer's concentration]) As for the hockey, once the whistle blows we suspect the Canadian players, as distinct from lawyers and owners, will get down to business and win—but the warming up has been hard to take.
