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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1952-11-12, Page 7taECar}tC1f'i SPORTS COLUMN 0 Hundreds ofe hockey followers cheered silently when, a few weeks ago, six new nominees to the mythical Hockey Hall of Fame included such semi -moderns as "Old Poison" NeIs Stewart, and free -wheeling Bill Cook. Six in all were named, and the other our, while not so well known to modern followers of the game, revived nostalgic memories among. older enthusiasts who remember hockey in its formative years. For the names of "Dickie" Boon, Moose" Gobcen, "Mickey" Mac- Kay and "Moose" Johnson were aa well known in their day as the. Richards, Howes, and other stars of today. It is extraordinary that the gentlement who make these nom- inations should have overlooked Stewart so long. For it is 12 years since he completed hockey's most productive chore, by scor- ing 324 goals in 15 seasons of play with three different clubs, It is 26 years since Stewart scored 34 goals in his first year, when only 36 games were played, a mark never since achieved by any rookie, won the Hart trophy his first year, and led his Montreal Maroon team to the Stanley Cup and the O'Brien Cup, We claim that no such combination of feats has ever been recorded before, and possibly never will again. They called hint Old Poison because this big, seemingly indolent player who skated with such deceptive laziness was sheer poison to goalers, and baffling to defense players. For an entire season, Stewart fooled practically everybody. He skated so casually, in his easy-going way, into the midst of things, and suddenly, the puck would be nestling in the opposing nets, and Stewart would be credited with another goal. And the dead -panned centre would skate slowly away, still chewing thoughtfully on his gum. Stewart was a big fellow. Six feet in height, he weighed 200 pounds, was game to a degree, and opposing players who ,year after year, tried to shoulder him out of scoring range found them- selves bouncing off his stalwart frame. He had thick, powerful wrists, was quick as a cat wben the puck hit his stick, and could whip it away with uncanny accuracy. Bill Cook was the trigger -man for Rangers Cook -Boucher Cook line, one of the finest in hockey history. A swinging, long - striding skater, Cook seemed to be skating in circles, but that was the typeof play this threesome used so effectively. This for- ward line slid passes while going full speed, and always there was someone there to pick up the pass, and throw a deadly accurate shot. Mostly these apparently pointless passes found their way to Bill's stick, and then it was every goaler for himself. Cook played until he was in his 40's. On durability alone, he rated something. Your comments and suggestions for thk column will ha welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge Sf„ Toronto. Catvet DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTBl1RO, ONTARIO SPORT .�/ A SLXBITC As is usual at this time of the year, the men who have access to Grey Cup tickets—or are sus- pected of having such access— are beginning to hunt for cyclone cellars or other hiding places where they can take refuge till the storm blows over. Some say that if there were sufficient ac- commodation at Varsity Stadium more than 100,000 would attend the great December classic — a statement which we greatly doubt. Still, the demand for tickets certainly does exceed the supply, and there will be the usual numbers of squawkers and belly -ethers when the precious pasteboards are flnnally doled out. But if the men behind the Grey Cup thing have their troubles and .griefs, how wbuld you like to be the guy in charge of an arhnd where more than 100,000 nuts annually do turn. out. We refer, of course, to the California Rose Bowl affair—and here are some of'tile'ibings that the man behind has to put ul' with as re- ported by Frank Waldman in The Christian .Science Monitor, The dogthat, invariably runs out onto' the playing field during almost every college football game of any consequence is a Minor . nuisance- as far as Bill Nicholas is concerned. The, in- quisitive animal, perhaps eager for a closer view of the line of scrimmage, causes him not one fraction the concern that do some of Bill's two -legged customers. As general manager bf Los l LC Angeles Memorial Coliseum 'and President of Pasadena's Tourna- ment of Roses Association, Bill Nicholas this year will play host to more of football -going Amer- ica than any other man in the country. It is a job of which he is inordinately fond. It is also a job beset with problems. « « * "Right' now the most grief and thought is being given to control of the kids who come to our games," Bill conceded. "Why they come is a mystery to me. They're not interestee in the ball games. They create disturbances, they climb a'l over, they throw things. They get restless and run around and when they do that they disturb our uther patrons. We have guards, matrons, and porters to help control them but we aren't having "much success. And unless the situation im- proves we are going to leave to put our foot down and just keep the kids rout" Nicholas's troubles are not confined to members of the. younger generation, There was, for example, the night immedi- ately before tickets went on sale for the 1947 Rose Bowl Game. It rained that evening In fact, it poured. Long before daybreak the thousands who had stood in line like so many oxen waiting for the ticket booth. to open were soaked to the skin. 4 e 4 Californians are resourceful people. So, in the intervening time before the dawn carne up like thunder out of South Pasa- RPU%$ED Itef AAt elES • iOrean' talus(-Nc}ws op shows where the U.N. forces recaptured vital hil1Iio>fer rlrlbie ing up "The Hook' and destroying n full Chinese regiment In the Korangpo secior..On the eastern front, Communist probing attacks witire repulsed near the Punchbowl, and as far east as Kosonp near the coast What's In It Fer Me?—Candy, two-year-old infant elephant at the Zoo, checks pockets of trainer Neal Dapolite for her favorite tidbit, carrots, a liking she shares with Bugs Bunny. Candy is destined to work for a living, will be trained to carry children on her back about two years from now. Meanwhile Candy takes it easy, plays around the zoo enclosures and picks Dapolite's pockets regularly for the well -loved vegetables. dena cross the way, they built fires. They lid it to provide warmth and shelter. The only trouble was that for firewood they used several Coliseum' benches that were the property of the Park epartment. If it is any consolation to the City pur- chasing agent, they burned beau- tifully. « * * It is too bad you cannot read Bill Nicholas's mail, at least some of it. Recently he received a letter from a professor at one of the local universities. Bill's corres- pondent had a complaint, one which he felt was a legitimate one. Seemed his daughter had sat adjacent to the student rooting section at a Coliseum football game where a rooter had spilled, slopped, poured, dripped, and otherwise cascaded portions of the beverage he was endeavoring to drink upon the person of said professor's descendant. Obliging- ly, the professor had included in his letter a notation of a $2.50 cleaning bill. Would the Coliseum please remit cash for same? * e « "We didn't, of course," Nicho- las laughed. "We're not liable for claims like that, .lthough we do carry public liability insur- ance up to $2,000,000." * « * Like every theatre and rail- road terminal, every airport and large, municipal building, the Coliseum bps a thriving lost and found department. Not surpris- ingly, the biggest commodity, and the greatest turnover is in child- ren. "They are always getting lost," Nicholas moaned. Lest the man be accused of anti -juvenile tendencies, let it be pointed out that the general manager has two children of his own, a boy and a girl. They are polite and well-mannered. After what their father has to put up with at his Coliseu, they iiad better be! Priceless Carpet Kissed To Shreads When ex -King Farouk bowed to the dictates of General Ne- guib, he relinquished something more than his royal titles of King of Egypt and Sovereign of Nubia, of Kordofan and of Dur - far. He also boasted the claim. of former rulers of Egypt to be a "Protector of the Holy Places of Islam." ' In the past the great Mosierre princes of the East asserted their'' rights to the guardianship of Mohammed's birthplace by the annual despatch of a splendid caravan to accompany the stream of pilgrims to . Mecca. In the centre of the cavalcade ambled a gorgeously caparisoned riding camel, But no one rode. on its back. The empty litter symbol- ized the spiritualpresence of its powerful, owner.. Of 'these niahnlal caravans, none was riehel or more impres- sive •than 'that.. of the King 'of Egypt, For, gtiarded by thou- sands of 's0lt tt s, the camel train regularly` carried an enor- mous black' . silk carpet, em .blazoned I•witli gold -embroidered tettts from ;. tee • leoran. Gift of Farouk, this outslsed carpet, callD ed the kiswa;, was destined to .cover the Shaba, or holy of holies in Mecca. 'But the carpet seen wore Out. , At the. end of their pilgrimage, fanatical crowds swarm round the Kaaba, all trying to kiss the sacred shrine. As each tattered, covering was replaced, It was cut up and distributed among the Faithful. Dispatched from Cairo with gun salutes, bands playing and flags waving, Farouk's carpet gifts to Mecca have set him back something like $150,000 a time. But if Egypt's gilt -bearing caravan of MeccetaoiGSuBzaoin caravan appears no more the holy city of Mecca is unlikely to suf- fer. For, to the coffers of King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, the swarming pilgrims still bring millions of dollars annually. With the money thus received and the revenues from his oil wells, Ibn Saud is modernizing Mecca. Houses and fiats are springing up in the city! Elec- tric fans have been installed around the great mosque to cool devotees,. and the building is floodlighted at night. There are no movies in Saudi Arabia, and fun fairs and amusement parks are strictly taboo. But there is no ban on football. Every Friday the stadi- um outside the holy city is pack- ed with white -robed fans cheer- ing on thehome team. Mouthful Maureen Connolly, Pacific Southwest Tennis Tourna- ment star, is not taking a big bite from her, tennis;ball. Actual-, ly, she is, foliowfhg through on `. a return shot and the ball is on its way back to her opponent, Doris Hart. Camera'- coincidence creates the choking illusion. They Met Death ln'Parade Order It is just one 'Hundred years since the'Birlcenlreadl a troop- ; ship on her way to South Africa ' heavily laden with troops, struck a submerged +rock. There was no panic. One or two boats, fill- ed with the women and childref, were pushed off to ;safety. The ship broke in two, and one half began to sink. ' There were no boats for the soldiers, who were drawn -up in ranks on• the. deck. Thus they stood, firm and dis- ciplined as if they were on the barrack square, while,the water rose ever' higher' about them, Soon the Birkenhead settled be - 'teeth the Waves and the greater number of those gallallt men perished. The, melnouy e#, their perfect discl.pline ` `dial heroism will last for ever as a model of the British soldier at his }Meat and greatest. Will Trade Pearls For Barbed -Wire If you have a stock of barb ed wire and would like a pit of pearls instead, the Venezuela Ambassador in London, Sen Pon '. Carlos Rosa -Rodriguez, f ready to do a deal, The Ambassador has just be advertising the "sale" of 1148, 000 worth of pearls owned b the Venezuelan Governmen They want to get rid of ti pearls, but they do not want t sell them - for money. In ibis oil -boom South Ameri can republic they have all th money they want, So they ar back to the oldest type off busi ness—barter. Back to Barter In place of, pearls they'll tak barbed-wire or aluminum sheet ing or iron fence posts—or atmos anything a solidly useful cath than common cash. The Venezuelans do not quit reverse the phrase of "puttin pearls before swine"; they ar putting cattle before pearls. Th needed wire and posts will go t fence their multi-million acre of cattle ranches. I have been told the pearls ar genuine oyster pearls, gathered from the rich pearl fishing bed off the island off Margarita o the •Venezuelan coast. There is however, one snag if you fore- see a swap. The pearls are not of the first class that usually de- corate wealthy feminine throats. We should label them "export rejects," for most of them are every shape but spherical. You could use them for brooches and general jewellery. Few ladies would turn up a nose at their appeal. And, on a cash basis, they are valued at 600 or so a carat. Compare this with top price pearls which today fetch around, $450 a carat. around £115 a carat. But perhaps the strangest story in this barter business is in the reason for the sudden glut of low-priced parts. Until recently they readily found a market — in India. There they were fashioned in- to jewellery—and made into medicine! All through the Fax East there is still a strong belief that medi- cines and elixirs and charms made of pearls, either whole or crushed, lead to long life. An- cient Eastern literature provides plenty off stories of gods and men protected from dangers by pearls and pearl -shell. The gems have long been re- garded as life -givers. They were believed to drop from the mouths of dragons. Pearls were placed in dead men's mouths to ensure certain resurrection. We have a remnant of this once world-wide belief, for it is often said that pearls sicken and grow dull when their wearer is in bad health. Whether you believe this or not, it is true that gems that have lost their lustre are often brought back to full beauty by modern sea -water treatment. So we might, at least, credit them with more "life" than other precious stones. As it is likely that the Indians will draw their pearls for phy- sics from home fisheries around Ceylon, the Venezuelans await new customers Down to the Sea Before you roll up at the Em- bassy to try to swap a skein of wire for one or two pearls,` I should tell you that the gems are made up into 20 -lot parcels, each one of which has a starting bargaining price off £7,400. Or down-to-earth barter material to that value. 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