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Cuando el deportista es inspiración de artistas
Berni's painting of Club Atletico Nueva Chicago and a poem by Eduardo Ballari anchor a well-written piece on the mutual influence between sports and arts.
Por su garra Oeste salvó el invicto en Banfield
"Garra" makes an appearance on an almost weekly basis [see also May 20 page 20; May 13 'aguerrido' page 16; May 6 page 19]. 'Guapeza' is another common term seen in various articles in 1955 [like Aug 18, 1955 page 6
Sobraron malas intenciones
Critical piece on the soccer exhibited by Estudiantes and Atlanta
Deportes: Escribe el General Perón: La gimnasia y los deportes
The main thrust of the letter is to promote a nation of athletes, not just spectators
A los deportistas argentinos
Another example of the intersection of politics and sports
Queridos Pibes:
This brief letter to sportsmen, or pibes, is aimed at connecting sports to nationalism and honoring Eva Peron.
Queridos muchachos:
This letter is aimed at the actual athletes participating in the sports tournament, linking their efforts and athleticism to the greater pride and success of Argentina.
Quedaron mano a mano el fútbol argentino y el británico
Various excuses are given for why Argentina lost to England in the first match between both national teams (locality, weather, historic quality of English football), but overall the sense is that trip showed Europeans the quality of Argentine fútbol.…
Un ejemplo para la mujer deportista: Elisa Irigoyen
Mundo Deportivo, like El Gráfico, does a fairly good job of covering female athletes...perhaps a bit better.
La mujer deportista ha dado un paso importante
Irigoyen is also the President of the Ateneo Deportivo Femenino. Good biographical piece. (coverage of the bocce ball tournament hosted by the Ateneo Evita is seen on page 30 Jan 15, 1953)
Su disciplina llevó al triunfo a Estados Unidos
Four page article on women's sports, written by a female journalist.
Hazaña sin igual en el básquet femenino; Las niñas ya hacen cosas de admirar
The first article covers the adult women's basketball league, while the second article praises the athleticism of young girls playing the same sport
Tristeza puede ser el título
Overtly physical plays between Argentina and Uruguay leaves sports writers baffled at the state of the national team just weeks before the World Cup. Another article in this issue is dismayed by the lack of offense displayed by the national team…
La pelota es para los argentinos
No lessons learned from 1958. That is the verdict of the magazine in observing an Argentine side that fails to master the ball and plays a defensive approach.
Pagamos REALidad con nuestra PLATE
The title of the article insinuates that the losers of this anticipated match were fans, who paid "plata" to see good soccer but instead found that Real Madrid put in a very small effort and River Plate players complained and behaved…
Cortito y al pie
Juxtaposes Argentine possession of the ball with Italian defensive style premised on preventing the other team from winning.