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Relates AccOunt Of Voyage •To Famous
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THE :LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
HISTORY OF BOWLING
(Continti, from page 18)
frames, ;A strike is scored if he
fells 'all . five,, pins. with one throw,.,
a spare if he does, it. in two.
throws; .a perfect game of 450'' is.
a rarity,; comprise$ 12 .consecutive
(By Benson Cox). .
"We're making nineteen' :knots frequent calls and pick up the
if the weather does• not change catch, It appears that this island
we should be there be.seven to-
morrow morning." It was, the cap=
lain of the ,good;ship " Kungsholm"
who was speaking; and she was
headed for Mas . a Terra, .a Chil-
ean possession; one' of 'the, Juan
Fernandez group, and lying in the
South' Pacific. between the Gala-
pages, and Faster ' Island. ;
Mas ; a. Terra 'claims our . in-
terest as.being the, reftige of Alex-
ander' Selkirk, ' mariner, • wholed
a solitary existence there during,
four; years and four months, until
being taken off in 1709 by the pri-
vateer, "Duke," Captain Dampier:
From Selkirk's . reported exper-
iences Daniel ' Defoe produced the
immortal ' classic,
"Robinson Cm.:see," published in 1719,and read a sudden crash On investigation,.
wherever the English lnguage is it was .discovered that' a quantity.:
known,and translated 'into many of glassware had slid from some
Other tongues. shelves and . had 'shatteredon the:
deck. A - piano had worked loose •
and was sliding about. Windows
were : also blown, out. The ship
'continued to roll and toss 'through-,
out the .:night. " •
Early next day , we tied up at
Valparaiso; the name' . means
`Vale'. of • Paradise;" Suffice •:it: to
say' that ourr stay was charming.
From .• here we -"went . by. rail ' to:
Santiago,, . capital city . of . Chile.
we' later `. learned: Along: the face. 110 miles up 'a slope:, of :the Andes
of 'the cliff ran. a' .ledge of rock; ' Mountains. The scenery is' superb:
displaying laying• eight' or:' ten openings One views Aconcagu, • ..highest'
p
peak on the' Western Hemisphere.
Which. appeared to be eaves. One .
of these, so' we learned, had been We : can see • far over to the boon
used by. Alexander 'Selkirk as :.his clary of Argentina and Chile,
shelter from Wind,. rain and :sun: where stands the heroicstatue
of , the Cristus, a memorial of the
The anchor had now been low led e
p g • . between the two repub-
ered,. and . the ship had ceased to hes 'that they ,shall never engage
make headway... Now the' e sound • in war between .themselves while
from . the gang -ladder, and: of 'a time, continues. On the ':ite
tender leaving the davit' •:Soon we side the outlook. extends, ridge up -
had taken our place in the' dory, on ;ridge, 'to the vast Pacific We,
and were. speeding. towards the' pass through attractive'. towns, fine
landing not more , than a -furlong fi i : g
or .two awn from our anchorage, fruit districts, and upland ' pastor'':
y es where , ;sprightly . race horses
A sign at the landing -stage pro- desport :themselves.. Now.we are
claimed to the villagers ° that the • i
` " s h olm" • was • to - arrive Nat Santxagg and we detrain . at
ship iKung bthe handsome, modern .railway.
on Wednesday' • 'morning. • Several" station '.and.: are driven to ' the
of the, islander were on . hand 'to Hotel ' • arrere . with Its deluxe
greet us:. As 'all ` spoke.. Spanish..swiC ,
thegreetingwas subdued. ;The swimming. pool on the'seventeenth
floor.
first roan, whom: I Met bailed me' ".•
with ' a :friend]' ``Buenos .dins ' , On the.ground floor • of this:
y hotel is a, -social • centrei : named
Then he continued, in excellent the "Robinson Crusoe Cave:"..
English, "Can you supply me with Conspicuous in this' room is a :-,tab
some safety -razor blades? .I am
usf ,,out. He was ;the radio -•op- ,ory of Alexander. 'Selkirk; a' .na-`
is without • inhabitant, only at this
strikes:..
village. or Santa. Juan. Baptista, The . Although professional , bowlers
ship's siren'' sounded — echoed reach, their peak at about 32, age
and re-echoed. far' . away, 'signal or lack of it does not deter Par -
for
" goBowlingi . Canadianp Junior
from allMas a Terra.n• The nameticip n Council ogrmme has.
means `nearest to. land." Another" encouraged '30,000 youngsters from
of: these. Islands is Mas • ai Fuera' 8 to. 18 to take 'up the sport, be-
because"'
e-
because'' it is. farthest from l'and..lieves that junior bowling will soon
A ,third island= of the • archipelago overtake junior hockey.. Octogen-
is . Santa Clara; which appears arians have also succumbed to the
merely as a dot .on the . tnap. , We lure; enthused 'one. "Bowling peps
steamed away to the East, and to.me 'up more than anything I do
the South ,American coat •• . I ,can be tired. or even not
The wind rose higher, and the feeling well when I go to :the
alleys,, but I' forget it•when I
sea � became- ,roughen. as the day begin. to bowl." '
wore on. I was on' deck 'without •
on the port-side,convers" 1S LEAGUES. FOR. BLIND
uig with '
two shipmates, when- there was Increasingly realized in recent
times have, been the therapeutic
potentialities, . of bowling: the''. Can-
adian 'National Institute : for the
Blind operates ,15 leagues in : Tor-
onto, Montreal and. , ,Vancouver,
players keeping. their own Braille.
score sheet; special equipment is
available, to .allow wheel.. chair pa-
tients to play; a special. bowler's
league .in Ottawa is • for pregnant
women only.... •. ,
Discovered 'during ' World War. 17
was that' bowling is an ideal 'form
of group activity for ; factory' wor-
kers, brings in its wake . sensat-
ional increases i n production'
Many, .of ' Canada's • largest 'con-
cern, today suport::bowling leag-
ues. A minister, has suggested that,
bowling. is'. a ,good way to, ' get . rid
of aggressions. 'Said he: "I think
it: far ,better"" to. take it out on a:
bunch of pins than: on neighbours
or. the people who work in' the
bffice with me .or even on my
wife and children.!'
• Endurance . supremacy in 'bowl-
mg belongs to a select "few who
have' rolled/ `over 1000. consecutive
games. First to ` achieve '' the feat
was` a ..30 -year, old Floridian who
alternated 45 minutes. ' of 'bowling
with .15 :minute. 'rest periods.
Big Business -
A "post -World War , II phenom-
enon has been the surge. of new
bowlers; . • about half . of . today's
participants' have come" into the
sport within thei past ten years.'
Largely responsible for -this
We retired. to :our cabins and
to our beds, keeping in mind the
Captain's forecast, . "seven,'tomor-,
row: morning."We, slept, . had
breakfast, and.' ;were ' out: • on the
foredeck before seven: There, be-
fore 'our r eyes, lay a' .high• grass
covered promont ry..We had .. en-
tered . a semi -circular hay. On the
shore was.: to be ' seen: -a. village
of two to three hundred souls, as
let.. It : reads as'follows: In Mem-.
erator, and we were standing at five of •Larco, in the county'of
the foot of the'' tall radio 'mast.. ,
Use that. Fife; Scotland, '..who'" lived:' on - this
I. told hint that I did "not island, in 'complete solitude . for
sort of razor; °I. had'. found' the :f u'ir Years ,and 'four months.. He
straight ht razo r the : kind the bar- , 0 `' y �_ : • t
use,bersgore suitable form was landed -from the: " Cmq Ports
ur ose s Z often travel` to''`out .galley; 96 tons; ,16 guns, A.D.1704,
•
of . the• , •places,"where such and taken 'cuff; in the "Duke"pri-
way ... , << vateer,' 'lst .February, 1709 He
wares are, not obtainable.. ..But died . Lieutenant of :, H.M::S. Wey-
been 'discoveredby his footprints
in the inud..He, was declared to.
have, been Selkirk's constant •'com=..
panion and helper. These ` and
other. details; :.all, unreal, . were ' in-
troduced • to improve the story.
Defoe could make fiction sound
like truth.
Boys and girls and . other folk,
get a copy of "Robinson : 'Crusoe':'
from the , public library, .or buy
one. Read it, and, enjoy it;. ` and
remember :when doing so, that
you have in hand one : of the
world's, great books.
why said .I, "do you not :let mouth, A.D.1723, 'aged 47 .years..
your beard ' grow? That was • a' This . • tablet • is erected, near Se -
very unpopular •suggestion, • for. ,
his'•'wife was standing by; 'and kirk. s ' Lookout by Commodore
PoweiL and._the Officers of. If.M S.
she expressed scorn and contempt «Topaz,;" the Officers
at• the very idem
)ft .rs ,quite evident, that the :peo
We strolled• about the •village, •ple of Chile regard Selkirk as
went 'to the post office and bought a nations] hero. • • •
'stamps, ' mailed, letters, obtained When Selkirk reached England.
such souvenirs as, the people had the news of his ' exile spread rap-
,to offer, • visited the little • white idly, One Daniel •.Defoe, , a noted
church, and inspected ' the high reporter,. and author' of more than
'.point of rock known as 'Selkirk's 200. books, 'and numerous articles
Lookout, wereThere horses,.on a
'wide variety of subjects,
s�p, aga��rg along heard of Selkirk, and his exile
'on
the slope,; progeny of animals the' lonely island, and, arranged to
left bythe buccaneers who in • meet him at Bristol. Selkirk told
earlier years had 'been occasional his story of life on the island;
visitors, for the purpose of ob- And later • he gave .Defoe ;his notes
taming .fresh water and .valuable and papers. It must have seemed
satin -,wood;, and`' to 'hide the '•spoils ' the .renowned. reporter'. that he
made' a remar a e scoop.,"'Th
collected . .
pursuing .lgitimate trade. ,Now, book was • published in 1719. '
on • r. aids against vesse s
the island is devoid of satin -woody Defoe included in his book "Robe
or , of other large trees. "WV'e `ob- inson Crusoe" accountsof details
serve a• .solitary Norfolk .. Tsland which had . never. oceured. ,Ile
pine, tall and ,conspic'tious, as also v� rites ' of the , Shipwreck, which
some , small arbor : vitae sped herd ,tit taken • place. Selkirk_ had
mens and a species of .spruce. jarrelled 'with ,his captain, and
Fig trees are'numer�ous, and plums,. f ,td thi•at��ncd to jtrti►p ship' at
are -ripening. ipening. In front of many thea: first stop. The ship arrived
homes. flowers are to be seen, at Mas a • 'crra and . the whole
as dahlias; ' carnations, • shasta party. .went ashore. It was a stop',
daisies` and verbascum. The child- of four .ds, The 'officers , and N
ren andgrown ups appear to be 'crew were returning on' board• and
well-nourished., ps .
were a cut to sail . Selkirk tried
cross the,,, gangway, but.. was
��'he--dwellers..on-..was 'a. Terra to. .cr _,.
gain their livingby trapping lob- restrained E treaty was --of ne-
sters Which to be abun- avail, and the `vessel'- sailed away,
, h are said g 1 y . . lonely
dant, alongthese shores ilei, of leaving ,him on ,shore. His
prime ttalit theyare popular, !. exile . had begun,
q y' god prices, Ships ' Mote OveI'; thet e wad'. i o man
and command•
freM .the mainland of Chile make "Friday," Who was said to have
PAGE NINETEEN
DISHES
Lammert and John Van Der Veen
On The GRAND: OPENING
a.
Of: 'Their .
New Bowl aid Billiard Business:
We Wish Them, Every Success 'In
The Future : Business Life : Of The. Village:
We 1Were. Pleased Tn, .Have. Had A..•.Part in
The Construction Of: The New • Academy. •
John W. Henderson Lumber
Lucknow
boom. is ;Qthe advent. ,of. the , auto -
natio pin -setter ' which has replac-
ed the tim:e=honoured,. pin ,boy,
mechanically • sweeping away and
resetting fallen- spins.
At.. 30 cents 'a line, a five -pin
bowler can: enjoy -,an. . evening's -_ en-
tertainment , for, `about 90 cents 'or
$1.20. Shoes, can be rented :for'
15 cents, a ball' 'for nothing, • but
many . regular ; bowlers prefer . to'
buy their own ' , shoes, ..ball and
carrying case .for' -about . $25. Ten-
pin bowlers • pay' . about 50 cents
a:. line. •
Many . neophyte; , bowling devot-
ees 'have been lured into the sport.'
by the huge promotion" campaigns.
run by the bowling entrepeneurs..
School s, churches, industrial
regional and national tournaments,
even "mailographic" tournaments
for youngsters.
;Social Whirl
In. an ironic turn -about over the
past 15 years, the bowling alley '
has traded- a chronic -unsavoury
reputation Ora • new look of re-, •
spectability. Gone • is the dimly
lit, smoke-filled .: atmosphere. . In its
place. ,is the new bowling ,alley,, an
opulent, floodlit structure on . a
well -travelled thoroughfare: Can-
ada's largest lane, the Rose Bowi
in Montreal, . has 72 • lanes . (48.'.for.
duckpins: and 24 for len-pins), hand
dryers . and air-conditioning, rest-
aurant,
estaurant, snack bar, meeting ' rooms,
lounges, - nursery, ''plans to add a
swimming. pool and cabana's: Oth_
plants, fraternal and civic ' organ er lanes have cocktaiU .lounges,
izations have . been ` encouraged to, barber shops, beauty parlours,
form teams and leagues.. A prime shooting and archery :ranges, lion-
target.of,: the propaganda were dromats. .
thefair sex, who now make up The bowling . alley is frequently
65 percent of the . country's , bowl- the centre of : community life, , has
ers. Also fostering interest in the replaced the soda.' fountain as a r.
sport has been a raft • of local, ` rendezvous for teenagers
LUCKNOW BI
and BJLLIARD' ACADEMY:
A Forward Step
In The Community
Lan mertander
Van Der Veen
• We. extend best wishes' to the new proprietora.
and appreciate the fact that we could,,be of
service in construction plans,
The 'SEPTIC' TANK . INSTAiWATION. and COMPLETE OUTSIDE
'SID
7GI1YG :_ 0 _iGL►: d. :.L Done By
RONALD . E. FORSTER Luckn�w
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