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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-02-12, Page 10THE CalVert SPORTS COLUMN Etfuet 70,94404 This is the first of two articles concern- ing the life and hockey works of one of hockey's greatest figures, the famous veteran Captain James T. Sutherland, founder of the Hockey Hall of Fame at Kingston, hockey's Grand Old Man. Great oaks, says an old adage, from little acorns grow and this might aptly be applied to the development of hockey from the embryo stage to its present position among the most attractive sports in the world. The tiny seed was planted in Kingston_ a long time ago and just as the tree that grew was bearing its first fruit, a stal- wart Kingston athlete and sportsman, James T. Sutherland, became its first ambassador of goodwill, and, being a natural salesman he spread its gospel far anti wide. If hockey's Grand Old Man didn't plant the original seed, he certainly aided in the growth to mighty proportions. Away back in 1888 Captain Jim was one of the shining stars in behalf of the Athletics, who operated in the Kingston League on an out-door rink a stone's throw from the house in which Mr. Sutherland has resided these many years. It has been claimed that the Kingston League of 64 years ago was the first in history, but, be that as it may, it is factual that there was such a League, and that it was composed of Queen's University, the Athletics, Royal Military College and the Kingstons. Queen's won the championship when in the final game they defeated Athletics by 3 to 0. And defenceman Jim Sutherland did a bit of robust checking in 4 lost cause. Mr. Sutherland, founder of the International Hockey Hall of Fame, past president of the Canadian and Ontario Hockey Associations and Life Member of both organizations, is now In his 83rd year, but still as devoted to the hockey cause as whorl he skated with the stars in 1888. lie has lived to see that seed grow into the "Spreading Hockey Tree that is how green in most countries of the world. Mr. Sutherland recently told this column: "In what was the first organized league of which we have any authentic record, We played on an open rink with side-boards rising not more than 30 inches above the ice surface. That old Dix Rink presented many hazards both to the players and spectators. "Only after the storms came and the Snow piled hign around the low fences, were the spectators able to view pro- ceedings from lofty heights and without being endangered. Among the notables who saw us in spirited competition were Principal Grant of Queen's University; Rev, Mr. Carson and many of Kingston's most prominent residents. "Following that outdoor venture Queen's 'University erect- ed an adequate indoor arena width wits made to order for skating and h.oekey and met with popular approval. Carnivals and other attractions were staged at regular intervals, and drew large laid enthusiastic crowds. This was one of Canada's first indoor tinkle" The second of this series on the founder of the Hockey Hall Of Fame appears next Week, ilvg040kii. let Oki enlunin wM vireke.rot by Ono Foggia nee teiltiiit Moine, 431 Yap St o Calvert OISTILLEt$ LIMITED Aliii011610; OMAN* CIJNTON .NEW$-RECGRD PAGE. TAN THURSDAY, r$BRUARY .1,44 RCAF Station and Adastral Park News ,grilt,ort Sao IL 4104NF, Pig) rheue 882 .Local 252i Assistant: 'Pp) Helen .7ettrzier JkOcal 21.7 0-eee4e**'•-•-*.esese-e4-e-e+e-e-eesslee-e-s-e-o-let**-e-e-e-e-e-e-- 1 Laughing Through Clouds A Story of the R.C,A.R. Ciy SBYMOUlt 40)3ERTSON copyright 11)52 New Telecommunications Chief Visits Clinton r•-• is • •••-•—••41-41-11,—.ar 16TH INSTALmjem As they approached Shanklin itself and were about to turn into the High Street a sound of mea,s, tired tramping reached their ears and a moment later a company of infantry, dressed in battle or- der, wearing steel helmets awl, with gas-masks at the 'alert' posi- tion, came marching along a cross-street at right angles so their route. Barbara pulled the pony to a stop, "We'll. wait till they pass," She suggested. "They're from a Canadian battalion, encamped on the Downs." It was a Canadian unit, right enough. No need for the girl to tell Jack that. The soldiers, were passing within a few feet of the horse's. head, near enough for Graydon, to recognize their shoul- der-flash as . the distinguishing badge of the Toronto Scottish, The Toronto Scottish! He sat tip excitedly. There were a dozen chaps in that regiment who knew him intimately, fellows he had gone to school with. If they saw his face they'd be sure to recog- nize him, perhaps even to call him 'Jack' or Idhnnie: He must prevent that at all costs. With an incoherent murmur he leaped down from the trap and with face averted ,busied himself with some details of the horse's harness, The soldiers trudged by while a succession of low whistles and wolf calls paid admiring tribute to the pretty girl behind him. Not until the entire company had passed did he dare resume his place at her side. "I thought I'd better fix the harness," he explained, lamely. "It seemed a bit too tight." "I don't see that you've ini- -proved it any," she retorted. "It looked more to me as if you were dodging some one. Do you owe those chaps money?" Barbara had several errands in town, the last of which took con- siderable time and when finally she emerged from a draper's shop to take her place beside him, Jack was relieved to find her in a much more friendly and talkative mood. It was •soon apparent, however, that her altered manner in no way implied a tacit approval of Clar- ence Hyde's homantic idiscretions but was soely due to the success of her shopping. She gloated over her triumph for several blocks; then, with a swift change of topic (the one characteristic other than her long eye-lashes that she shar- ed with her cousin) she suggest- ed: "What say we go to Colson's for tea? It's the only decent tea- shop that still keeps open. You'll remember Colson's cream buns." Jack nodded absently. Of cour- se be had never heard of Colson's and he hated cream buns. Hyde, the big pig, had probably gorged himself on them like any greedy kid of ten. Blast Hyde! Gray- don, the innocent victim of Hyde's misbehavior, was still nursing re- sentment, He was cudgelling his brain to think of some way he might regain Barbara's favor when the pony turned into a narrow side-street, walked under an arch- way and stopped of its own ac- cord. "Queer place for a restaurant!" Jack muttered. "Oh, you know better than that! It's the 'Crown' stables. We'll tie up Ginger here and walk to the Front. It's only a step. The big hotels are all shut, pf course, No trippers nowadays— and that's rather a blessing. No cream buns either, worse luck!" Colson's proved to be a small restaurant, with few customers. Two middle-aged women with shopping bags were comparing clothing coupons and complaining bitterly about the scanty allot- ment provided by them, Two soldiers, whose badges identified them as 'members 'of an anti-air- craft battery and whose accents all but defied Jack's understand- ing were discussing the less like- able qualities of a sergeant, There was also a solitary airwoman of whom he, caught but the briefest glimpse but whose profile, as well as her bright red hair, seemed all too familiar, Hastily he man- oeuvred Barbara to a table in the farthest corner, near where a naval petty officer was dividing attention between his tea and a paper-backed novel. "There's not much choice left," the girl announced ruefully, as she scanned a menu from which several suggestions had already been scored out, "It'll have to be bread and jam, tea and cakes, I'm afraid." Jack, who had little interest in food, nodded carelessly. He was now wrestling with a new prob- lem. That airwoman's bright red hair and her corporal's stripes, as reflected in a small wall mirror, were so uncomfort- ably like those of Betty Furness that he dared not risk a direct glance in her direction. With downsast eyes he concentrated on the menu card, giving it much more attention than the lack of variety deserved. Then, with some nerviusness, he opened up the subject of Barbara's work in the ATS. Where was she sta- tioned? What were her duties? that topic should furnish suffic- ient conversation for the duration of the meal. "I'm at Totland now," she told him. "At the western end of the Island, not far from The Needles. But I've been posted. I'm off to London on a course. It starts Tuesday." She plunged into a de- tailed account of her military duties and talked for ten minutes before she noticed that her com- panion was showing little inter- est. Instead he was bolting his food and sneaking furtive glances over his shoulder. "Stop flirting with that red- headed corporal and pay some at- tention to what I'm saying!" she demanded imperiously. Jack's cheeks turned a fiery red. "I wasn't Barbara ignored his disclaimer. "If you'd like to meet her I'll take you over right now," she offered. "She's quite nice, really. Betty Furness. Her father's in charge of the Pier at Sandovvn.--- at least he was when the pier was operating. He's a special con- stable and an old crony of fath- er's." "He would be!" Graydon mut- tered. "What's that?" Evidently Barbara's eyes were as sharp—as her tongue! Jack decided it would be wiser to give her his undivided attention. Their table was a narrow one and as they sat tete-a-tete, he had full opportunity to look directly into her eyes. "Gosh! They're blue!" he ejaculated. -"I thought at first they were black," "Of course they're blue , you chump! The same shade as your own before you hid them behind those—Qh, sorry, Clarryl" In a gesture of swift contrition her hand reached across the table to clasp his. "It's a nice shade on a girl," he murmured. Two red spots appeared on Bar- bara's cheeks. They may have been caused by her escort's clumsy attempt at a compliment or by her embarrassment at seem- ing to refer, however, indirectly, to his scarred forehead, "Give me a cigarette," she de- manded. "I'm fresh out," Accepting the package he off- ered, she turned it over to read the label. " 'Sweet Caporal.' That must be a Canadian brand, too. The Canadian Navy, (at least the part of it I know, which means Bill Brandharn) won't smoke anything but—but— 'Rock- ingham' is it?" "It's odd how a chap acquires a taste for a special brand, I can smoke almost anything but the English issue." Another furtive glance in the wall mirror told him that Corporal Betty Furness was now watching them with keen interest and he leaned.across the table to speak with an earn- estness worthy of a much graver topic. "Once or twice I've had to smoke that baled hay they sell you at that shop in Piccadilly— Samuel and Gerstein's." The cigarette carton fell from Barbara's fingers. It dropped to the table, narrowly missing the half-filled tea-cup, "What did you say?" she asked Air Commodore M. M, Hend- ricks, 018, CD, newly-appointed Chief of Telecommunications at. Air Force Hedquarters, paid a vis- it to RCAF Station, Clinton, last Week. The Air Commodore, one of the youngest •officers of "air" rank in the RCAF, returned rec- ently from England, where he had been attending the Imperial De- fence College. Air commodore Hendricks, whose Air Force career dates back to 1931, at which time he en- listed for summer training while still at university, served in Can- ada, the United States and Bng- land prior to his present appoint- ment: Speaking at an Officer's Mess dinner last 'Thursday, Air Com- modore Hendricks pointed out the different concepts of thinking that exist between the British and our- selves. While we are prone to as- sharpy. Puzzled at the unusual concern in her tone, Jack added: "They're a tobacco firm. A chain-store outfit. They got branches all ov- er." He raised his voice, "Samuel and Gerstein," he repeated loud- ly. The girl's brow puckered into a tiny frown. She was not look- ing at Graydon but beyond him, intent on something else in the room. The light in her eyes was definitely a look of warning. Quickly she rose from her chair, leaving the last cake untouched. "Clarry, let's go! Yes—now! I'll tell you why later." (To Be Continued) Semble facts and hurry to a dec- ision, the British are more apt to take a longer, slower and more Critical look, This British way of "making hay sloWly" has much to be said for It, said the Air Com- modore, and could be imitated to goad advantage on this continent. While training at the Imperial De- fence College, the speaker went on a tour of the Middle East. He was very much impressed by the Turks and the contribution that they are making to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Working in conditions that we in this country would find intolerable, and handi- capped by generally low education, the Turkish service man is manag- ing to learn to operate and main- tain the most complex equipment. The speaker emphasized the ev- er-growing importance of telecom- munications. The war of the fut- ure, said the air commodore, will be largely a push-button war and the most valuable members of the Service will be those who have the training and knowledge to oper- ate the complex equipment of push-button warfare, He pointed out that telecommunications eq- uipment will never become as per- fect as we desire it, therefore the operators and maintenance men must be prepared for changes, and innovations which will tax their in- genuity and knowledge to the ut. most. Air Commodore Hendricks said that the Air Force's greatest need now was for scientifically trained officers—officers who have the scientific knowledge and train- big to assess new methods and eq- uipment that are brought forward by science and industry, but who, HOAX' Immediately following the reg- ular weekly Cub meeting on Mon- day, February 2, an interesting "Going-up" ceremony was held, when Cubs Henry Harley, Ray MeLennon, and Ted Abbot took their last step up the "Ladder of Cobbing" by going up to Scouts, Good hunting and good luck to the new Scouts. On Tuesday evening, February 3, the Boy Scouts held their reg- ular weekly meeting, Eleven boys were present, including the three at the same time, have the prac- tical knowledge of Air Force re- quirements and aims to rule out the impractical, Air Commodore Hendricks also offered a different viewpoint of re- sponsibility in the Air Force. "Al- though," he said, "the leaders are required to provide the equipment, the planning and training methods, all this would amount to nothing if the persons actually detailed to do the job didn't live up to their responsibilities. The basic respon- sibility, then, rests with the pilot, the maintenance man, the radar operator or others actually detail- to do the job." ed to do the job.' Squadron Leader H. Keane, Chief Officer Training Instructor of 1 Air Raidio Officers' School. Squad- ron Leader G. J. Bury, Acting Of- ficer Commanding 1 Radar and Communications School, thanked the speaker on behalf of the offic- ers present. new recruits from the cop .and Rdbert Schnitz, who recently mov- ed to Adastral Park from Trenton, During the course of the meeting an 'honour patrol" flag was giv-en to the Lions patrol for accum- ulating the most credit Points dur- ing the last three months, 400- ten- derfoot Robert Randall said fare- well to the Troop. 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