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-'Y CIIIIIST
Sports m And One Thing
or Another
By FRANK MANN HARRIS
("A Sixbit Critic")
Like millions of other fight fans,
we sat by our radio the night of the
Lotus -Walcott affair; and as round
followed round, with the Brown
Bomber showing up worse and
worse, we mentally mourned the
passing of probably the greatest
heavyweight who ever lived. We
felt really bad nbout it, but not quite
as bad as a more youthful member
of the family, who hasn't as yet been
in hot water so many times as his
old man, and so hasn't had a chance
to become quite so hard-boiled:
* C
Next morning lie was just as
sorrowful over the plight of Mr.
Louis. "After what Walcott did to
him, and the way the crowd booed
hitn,' he said, "I'll bet poor Joe feels
just terrible." 13y this time, how-
ever, we had thought things over a
trifle. "Before you go shedding any
more tears over Mr. Louis, just think
of Ns," we said. ?If he'd fattened
Walcott in a couple of rounds, as
everybody figured him to do, he
wouldn't have another opponent in
sight, and a return hoot wouldn't
draw flies at the box office"
4. * '1'
"The way it is," we went on, "!n a
return bout be and Walcott will draw
the biggest gate in history, and
Louis's cut will probably be anything
from half a million dollars up. \Val-
cott did more than knock Louis onto
the boson of his britches last night—
he clouted him into a fortune he
otherwise wouldn't have had a chance
of cern fingering. So reach for the
porridge, my lad, instead of a cry-
ing -towel."
* * *
Now, a week or so later, we see
no reason to revise that opinion. Joe
Louis's name is removed from our
Christmas shopping, -list He's already
bad all the Christmas present any
man deserves from a Lady called
I.ucle. And if we know anything
about him, he'll probably tear Mr,
Walcott to pieces some fine evening
in lune or there-aboutsl
a: * *
Bernard .Chace is to the fore again
7.ith his idea that habitual and
dangerous criminals should be put
out of existcnee quickly and painlessly
—not in a spirit of revenge or as a
moral lesson. but for the sante reason
.,e destroy rets. a'olverings and other
such creatures, because they're mare
peril to the 7Porld than they're worth.
* 1, *
This is by no means a rtr0r 7101:00
Serbian Christmas
Falls in January
The Serbian Christmas is rich in
its symbolism of Our Lord's birth
in Bethlehem. It is celebrated on
January 7 in accordance with Jul-
ian calendar, established in 48 B. C.
and used when Christ was born.
The head of the family brings a
small Christmas tree into the house
and burns part of It. The sparks
signify how the shepherds came
into the manger to see the Christ
child and warm themselves. In
Europe, the Serbs place the un-
burned part of the tree into the barn
or stable to signify fruitfulness.
In another custom, the father
Leads the family into the house, and
they scatter straw over the floor to
signify the warmth of the stable
on the Part of Mr. Shaw; but again
it raises roars of shocked protest
from the tender-hearted. The latter
much prefer our present system of
catching a wounded murderer, nurs-
ing hip( back to life with medical at-
tention impossible for most people to
get, foiling at great expense all his
attempts to commit suicide—aid then
hanging hint, in the sacred name of
Justice!
• * Y:
It was fine to read about Ted
Reeve speaking up so plainly in favor
of Canadian football rules, as op-
posed t0 American—and to have his
opinion backed by Frank Filchoek.
The latter is a man who should know
something about the two styles, hav-
ing starred in both; and Reeve's word
on any sort of football just has to
be respected.
We Canadians hear so many "thrill-
ing" broadcasts of so-called United
States "classics", and react so many
of those illustrated ,articles about
famous plays and players that we're
in real clanger of developing some -
ting of an inferiority complex in this
regard.
* * *
For whatever value it may have
we don't mind sticking in Our de'
preciated two cents worth and saying,
that, either from a spectator's or a
player's standpoint, we have a game
that is head and shoulders above the
American brand. Here, the sport still
belongs, at least partly, to the play-
ers; over there, it's strictly a coaches'
affair. In a recent New York pro.
game fifty-five forward passes were
thrown—or attempted—almost one
per minute. They may call it foot-
ball—We think "open air basketball"
would be closer to the mark.
* * *
Maybe you've hear it before, but
recent storms and traffic tieups have
resurrected the one about the buck -
driver who was trying, with no success
at all, to get his crate through a big
drift, blaspheming loudly and vigor-
ously as he did so, for all the world
to hear. Along cane a preacher who
stopped, listened. then admonished.
"Instead of Blaspheming and mis-
using the tante of the Almighty that
way," he said, "wouldn't it be far
nicer if you just said a Mlle prayer?"
* * *
if'ith great effort the (ruck -driver
clinked back the retort that was ris-
ing in his throat. "O.K. Reverend,"
he .said, fin n fix like this I'll try
anything once." 73cndiag his head
and miming his cap, he muttered
a few prayerful words. Thea he
tried to move the truck once more.
and it slid through onto the open
road like magic. 7 he truck -driver
just sat there. absolutely dumbfound-
ed, His admonisher, who had been
snatching with great interest what
event on, threw up his hands and
cried in tones of utter amazement.
"li'ell, I will be teetotally dammed!"
t, 41 M,
And as we won't have a chance
of doing so again before the Great
Day here's all the best to all our
long-suffering readers,rs and to al
l
others interested in sports. Over the
years writers have tried hundreds of
different ways of saying it—but no-
body yet has managed to come up
with any improvement on the old-
time "Merry Christmas to you and
yours"!
Woodstock Firemen are helping Santa Clatts this Christmas --
as they have done for 25 years --by making toys for distribu-
tion to, needy children. IC. Griffin (left) is at a drill press,
puttingholes ill a board for a marble game. R. Montgotuery
(midde) rises a rip saW to cut bottoms for doll cradles, while
C, Clarke is repairing a toy,
"Is Thar Gold In Them Hills?"—They still pa n for gold up in the Far North ... although far
more money is being made taking advan tage of its many other natural resources.
"THE NEW NORTH"
National Film Board Picture Vividly Portrays Modern Version
of "Trail of '98" and the "Last Country of Opportunity in the
Far North"
During the war, the Alaska High-
way came into prominence as a
defense measure against possible
invasion by the Japanese. But, to
Canadians, it came to mean much
more than that: it meant that at
last, the legendary northland of the
Yukon and North-West Territories
has really become a part of Canada.
Save for the stories of early explor-
ers and prospectors, it has been an
unknown land, at once savage and
romantic.
Last year, the National Film Board
decided to show Canadians what sort
of country this is, and to t.ace the
rapid developments which have taken
place there. Thus was born the film,
"The New North", which is now be-
ing shown on the rural film pro=
grammes in Ontario.
* * *
"Thu New North" is partly a story
of transportation, always an import-
ant story in Canada. We see the nese
highway as it winds past such his-
toric and romantic spots as the Peace
River country, Fort St. John, Fort
Nelson, the Liard River valley and
the "town" of Whitehorse.
'J'o sonic extent, the highway fol-
lows the famous "Trail- of '98", and
Whitehorse is used as a sort of Lase
of operations. Many people who
colnc are on the look-ottt for gold,
.:,:liCNRI.TMAS � '�
Norwegian farmers give their
cattle tubs of home -brewed ale on
Christmas Eve.
At midnight of Christmas Eve
People in Madrid eat 12 grapes for
good luck in the coming year.
There are 175 different kinds of
holly.
Christmas has been celebrated on
more than 100 different days in vari-
ous parts of the world.
Christopher Columbus and his
men landed on the coast of Cuba on
December 23, 1492, naming the
point Navidad.
George Washington crossed the
Delaware and made a successful
attack on the Hessian troops at
Trenton, N. J., on Christmas Day,
1776.
Oliver Cromwell and his Puritan
followers abolished Christmas Day
'in England, banning all feasting
and fun. The ban lasted for seven
years and was lifted when Charles
15 became king.
The needy are considered in Bun.
,gary at Christmastime, a levy being
assessed against richer citizens so
the poor may have sufficient to oat
land drink.
Good for
TIRED MUSCLES
JUST PAT NT ON°
ISSUE 31--11.941
but there are many other minerals to
be found there. Deposits of coal,
iron, oil, silver and copper are now
being worked. In addition, "new"
minerals, such as tungsten, is being
mined, which is now used for hard-
ening steeland making electric light
filaments. There is also molybden-
um, which has come to be used
to make tough and deep -hardening
steel.
* * *
But miners arc not the only new-
comers: there are also farmers, geo-
logists, business men, adventurers. ft
may scent surprising, but truck and
dairy farming arc.. now everyday
occupations in the new north. Even
as far north as Dawson "City" such
farms are active and flourishing.
Then there is the tourist. There is
a wild, strange beauty about this
north country which is beginning to
attract the summer visitor, The high
mountains, the swift, glacier - fed
streams, and the dense forests slake
it a summer playground equalled no
where else in the world. But even
more than that, undreamed-of hunt'
ing, fishing and mountain climbing
opportunities are to be found at every
turn. To make sure that this always
remains the case, a national park of -
some 10,000 square miles has been
set aside. s
Yes, there are opportunities aplenty
in the new north! It is a land of
opportunity for men and women with
courage and the pioneering spirit.
Prairie Provinces
Want Sugar Maples
It is learned from the Dominion
Experimental Station at Morden,
Manitoba, that research is under
way in an effort to cultivate the
sugar maple tree in the prairie
provinces.
Unfortunately this beautiful tree
—esteemed for its value as n state-
ly ornamentdl shade tree, for its
wavy -grained furniture wood, and
for its sugary sap—is a native to
only a part of the country. Al-
though it grows as far south as
Georgia it faits to extend far north
in Canada, The western boundary
of its native range appears to be
in the Thunder Bay hills flanking
Lake Superior.
Tests trade at Morden reveal
that trees raised front seed obtain-
ed in Southern Ontario and Que.
bee are too tender to escape injury
dlu'ing severe Winters. Seedlings
from Thutidet' Bay Hilts, near I°ort
William, are doing well and pro-
duce crops of seed, unless weather
is adverse for Spring blossoms.
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BUS(NESS OI'l'ORTV N,r1ICS
Reduce Christmas
Hazards With Care
To avoid tragic Christmas acci-
dents in the home, the Sire Protec-
tion institute issues these precau-
tionary Ups:
—Use a flame -proof compound to
spray wreaths and other pine deco.
rattans.
—Use materials marked flame.
proof for tree trimmings and home
decorations if they are obtainable.
-Inspect Christmas tree lights,
and repair frayed wires or loose
sockets.
—Never leave Christmas lights
burning unless someone is around.
—Never unwrap gifts near an
open fire or flickering flame. Dia.
pose of paper and other inflam-
mable wrappings immediately.
Even Skunk `Aroma'
Conquered at Last
Seems almost too good to believe;
but modern science has come tip
with something that eliminates the
most offensive of odors — even that
used by a skunk as means of defense.
Technically it's called alkyldime-
thyl - benzyl -ammonium - chloride.
But don't worry about either the
spelling or pronunciation. To the
trade it's known as RBL. During
the war it was government proper-
ty, but now it's on the open market.
Proponents of R2L claim that'a
gallon of this solution, mixed, with
500 gallons of water, can be sprayed
in a place like a fish factory and in
a hour, presto, no fish odor. And
anyone who has ever conte into
close contact with a fish factory
will realize that this is so mean
trick.
The method of operation is
simple. Once the mixture is made
it is put into a sprayer and sprayed
around the premises until the odor
disappears.
It can also be used at full strength.
One man in charge of making the
mixture popular with the public sold
a gallon of his brew to a dry clean-
ing plant. A little later a limn came
in carrying a bundle on a pole in
front of him and demanded that the
skunk odor be eliminated from his
one -upon -a -time best suit.
The dry cleaner was stumped
until he remembered the RSL and
then with a well -I'll -try -anything -
once attitude dipped the suit Into
the Callen mixure. And, after dry-
ing, the suit was as sweet as a ro5e.
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