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The Brussels Post, 1952-11-26, Page 7THEealViit SPORTS COLUMN 4 fni(Axai?angaoow • If Horatio Alger, that earnest penman of another day, were writing the story of the National Hockey League, he probably would entitle it from "Leaky .Roof to Luxury", for Horatio was a great lad: for alliterative.. The title would have fitted, too. For when the National Hockey League, was born amici the chaos of World. War 1 on November 22, 1917, only one of the three rinks on the modest circuit possessed artificial ice, But, in the comparatively brief span of 35 years since the League caste into beim; as a modest four -club, :all -Canadian league, some of the outstanding advances and changes have been; The League weathered two world -engulfing wars and became international in scope,the only major international professional sports organization in the entire world. rhe playing rules have been almost completely revolutionized, to speed up play, and eliminate halts. Player's salaries have soared to ten tinges the average paid 35 years ago, Every club in the great international league plays in a lux- urious rink, fully -equipped with modern artificial ice -plants, as against the natural -ice conditions which were in the majority when the League was organized. Play speeded up by many hundred per cent from the old days, when replacements were few, and speed lagged at the end, on ice often water -covered. New rules, zoning, forward passes and in• creased man -power accomplished this. Elimination of brutal play, that at times threatened the well- being of hockey, by rules that, while still allowing a maximum of cleanrobust play and heavy bodily contacts, eliminate vicious at- tacks by heavypenalties. A National League Pensions Society has made hockey a career for its major players, instead of a mere seasonal occupation. Players bonuses and play-off guarantees have replaced the old percentage system, neutral linesmen officiate in every League .game, the all-star game has become an annual and popular feature. For three years, after the original, all -Canadian four -club circuit of Montreal Wanderers and CanadiensOttawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs were formed, there was little change in the circuit The Quebec club dropped out immediately after the League was formed, and was replaced by Toronto, but re-entered for one season, 1919-20. Hamilton, the sporting Ontario city, replaced Quebec in 1920-21, and remained until 1924-25. Then came the Big Parade to internationalism. Overnight, the League mushroomed to greatness. And in 1947-48 it played to 2,518,042 paid customers, Next: The international story. Your commenlrond suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yong* St., Toronto. Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED NhHERSTBURG, ONTARIO SPORT. �y A slxgiTc In the course of a long and 'variegated career we have tried. to put ourself away with the public as a writer, sports expert, salesman, horse -picker and about seven other things, and with an equal measure of unsuccess in all of them, But never yet so far as we can recall, have we at- tempted to pose as an advisor to Santa Clause -one of those char- acters who can tell just what to buy for everybody on your Christmas list from 90 -year-old Aunt Cynthy down to little Schmiercase, rising six months. But there has to be a first time for everything; and when we think of some of the awful junk that is thrust upon us unsuspect- ing and defenceless males when the glad Yuletide conies flowing in, we think we'll take a crack at trying to be Santa's little helper. Not to string it out to too great length, we now call your attention, to a couple of newly -published books, either or both of which we believe would gladden the soul of almost any man. , o n The first is entitled "Sports- , man's Country" by Donald Cul- ross Peattie-and I might warn you that the title is to be taken with a grain of salt, as Mr, Peat - tie is not numbered among the wpe of "sportsmen" who best ex - ;cress their love for the great out - leers by slaughtering in safety its nore defenseless creatures. His 'LC book concerns itself with nature and .its so-called lesser beings and incidentally with what man has done to them, O * v However, Mr. Peattie has not written a shrill denunciation, but a notable wise and tender book, He is in love with all America's regional splendors, and he speaks both lyrically and wisely of its hills and valleys, streams ,and lakes and of the living things that adorn them. . The author goes unarmed through quail country and gray squirrel country and areas where other species which hunters con- sider game abound (or once did). Incidentally, "game" is . an odd word to give the victims of a pastime in which men risk only the loss of a gun load but in which unconsulted and `helpless creatures wager their lives. * e a There are, Mr. Peattie indi- cates, more creditable amuse- ments; an opinion the reviewer still manages to endorse, despite his own deer -ravaged, jay -plun- dered, skunk - devoured and woodchuck -invaded gardens. The gratuitous cruelties sportsmen have added to nature's more than adequate original supply are re- cited by the author of "Sports- man's Country" in a level voice more eloquent than outcry. 0 In 1794,Pennsylvania paid bounties on 640,000 gray squir- rels, "but over a century later MOUNTAIN LAUREL -From Countryman's Yaar, by Hoydn 5 Pearson W11ISN the colonists ilegan to clear the woodlands for their homes and farms, they cane open d shrub with lustrous green leaves that they believed was a variety of the laurel tree so common in England. It was natural that they failed it after .lie hone -country shrub, As time went on and the pioneers grew accustomed to its beautiful blossoms, someone with imagination thought that the blossoming plant looked a's though it were covered with a profusion of colorful scraps of calico, and today in certain areas it is railed "calico bush," Early settlers made wooden ..points frpm the :natured branches to stir the bailing sorghum in their hig iron kettles, so "spoon wood" became another name for American mountain laurel. 1Calmia latifolia. i.aurel in bloom is a carpet of Loveliness laid for a time over the thin'soil of a rocky hillside, pasture elope, or craggy ravine. It's a magic rug in the shady places where trees or overhatlging hills throw diol shadows daring dart of the day. The five -lobed pink or white mincer shaped Tloeer with purple dots cluster 'at the ends of twisting, sinrdy braliches. Framed by thc glossy, rich, dark green leaves, the Mal effect is a bouquet of exquisite beauty. From \hint 10 Georgia and westward to Ohio, the calico bush is a pat of the hearty of spring. Birds delight in its tangled security; small will folk find shelter in its dark recesses. lvfountaia laurel, strong craning, ever green and generous with its loveliness, is one of Natuu's toed gifts to 111811. island Of Birds It was Sicur de Champlain who named Bonaventul'e Island when he came up the Gaspe coast exploring in 1603. It lies a mile and a half dr two miles of Perce and is the largest island in the Gaspe l region; This Bona - venture is not only a famotts little place but it is an unforget- table island to those who take the time to girdle it from the sea and walk its quiet woods and fields, Its high cliffs, that face seaward, are a sanctuary for birds, but landward it slopes gently towards the water's edge and is tree -clad except where et few farms have ,been cleared. Here, too, ale the landing places where fishermen, for centuries past, have dried their cod. It was not until 1917 that the Migratory Birds International Convention Act was passed. I/n conformity with the spirit of the act the Dominion. Govern- ment in 1918 chose Bonaventure Island as a bird sanctuary. It was an ideal spot, for the dozen families .who inhabited the is- land wer'e,on the landward side, and a large wooded area separa- ted them from the bird cliffs which rise perpendibularly near- ly three hundred feet on the sea- ward side. Today there are at least sixty thousand birds who make' their homes In the sanc- tuary, half of them gannets, and the numbers are increasing yearly. There are excursion boats -to take the visitor around the is- land but the wise traveller will. take a day off to make the ac- quaintance of the island and the birds, by arranging wi{11' a fisherman to make the trip slowly in an open. boat. • When the •encircling trip is over, the fisherman will land the traveller in some little ccive so pictu- resque that the joy of island ex- ploration begins as soon as toot is set upon the, clean gravel beach, How can anyone --•communicate in words this World 'ot,, sound and motion and color, of fantas- tic designs in the cliffs, of beau- ty of form and movement? The fisherman will shut off his engines and the fishing boat will rest 'in the movement of the waves while ws gaze and listen, entranced and astonished. The birds on their nests or standing at rest on the ledges,. are wing to wing so that they seem' like snow drifts on this sunny sum - Putting Pachyderm -Belle, eight -month-old elephant with a knack for putting, is learning the game from Moreno Caso, public links champion. Belle caddies for the champ. Her feet are divot -size but apparently have not made any dents in the green as yet. p As her•weight increases, Belle will probably have to confine het* , golf to practice putts. mer day. How they can make their nests 'secure on those nar- row ledges is one of nature's secrets but there they build them about eighteen inches apart, and there they !nate and build and jointly care for their nests and eggs and filedgings. Each pair of gannets lays one egg, three to four inches long, and the summer and autumn are spent in caring for the young bird, teaching it to fly and swim and fish, and then as winter ap- proaches, the migration 'south begins. . Usually in September most of them are mature enough to set out across the Atlantic to begin a four-year journey before they return as fully mature birds, to nest on the cliffs of their ances- tors at •Bonaventures.- -From GASPE by Blodwen Davis. five men in two days' hunting were able to take but three." In the Eighteen Eighties, 100,000 . California quail were shipped to market annually. "The curve of the quail population has declined to perhaps 10% of its maxi- nu1m," In one Minnesota town, gunners shot 3,000 hawks in one day "and these were broad - wings, the most beneficial . in our entire bird fauna." • "Sportsman's Country" is also a threnody for the America that has been and might be again. It is written by a naturalist, who is at heart a poet, to the land which bore him, the rich and fair and desecrated land. The author presents each area whole, geo- graphically and biologically, but his understand,ng fervor gives every chapter memorable beauty that mere description never could bestow. More scrupulously than most men, Mr, Peattie follows the Ancient Mariner's prescrip- tion for efficacious prayer. Win Ball, Drop Hats -troch of DePaul University bounced t}leir way to victory in 'the annual frosh versus upper-class puih- ball contest, and won the right to discard their bright green "freshman beanies," if they had lost, the students would have been compelled by custom to wear the hats till late November, Object of the game is to push the ball over apponenl's gook So if the man you're thinking of giving this book to on Christ- mas happens to be the kind who measures his hunting pleasure by the number of lives he snuffed out, just send him a box of cigars -loaded ones -and keep the book yourself. If you ever dip into it before wrapping it up, that's what you're liable to do anyway. Y e a "Every boy should have a dog, and every dog should have a boy" is a very ancient saying. But Corey Ford, the well-known humourist, goes it a bit further and calls his latest, "Every Dog Should Have a Man" with the sub -title "The Care and Feeding of Dog's Best Friend" -which should give you a fair idea of - what to expect. Has your dog been having any trouble with you lately'? Do you act dopey while he is taking you for a walk, spurn his leftrover j hamburger at the table, dawdle over answering his commands? While the regrettable truth may be that your true nature is re- vealed in these shortcomings, there is reason to hope that you simply are a little thick, that you don't understand your place in your dog's home, To gain such understanding you are advised to look over your dog's shoulder as he reads this "hand -book on how to break a man." From his inside knowledge of man's animal nature, Mr. Ford, author of "How to Guess Your Age" and other such books, gives the dog reader the following pointers: Choose a "bright, active, good-natured, healthy fellow with springy hindquarters, a bold and fearless manner and an indepen- dent income." 41.f ter all, a dog is judged by the man he leads and he doesn't want a man Who droops his tail or climbs a tree when he gets Involved in a dog fight. Teach !nim obedience, "Call the man to you and stand facing him in the centre of the floor, pre- ferably with his back to a soft cushion or davenport, When the command sit is given, leap up and plant both forefeet firmly in the centre of his chest, shoving him backward onto the 'daven- port." Don't insist an a kennel, share the house with him. "My setter keeps me right indoors 's with him, and I can get tip into any of the chairs I want ex- cept the big overstaffed chair in the Iiving room, which is !lis." v Teach .him to retrieve, tl ievee, "tl h1•irit best learned by tame the rub- ber ball he rolls at you go un- der the bookcase," Above all, oxer - vise. "Be sure to get him up three of four times during the night • and make him go"out, preferably When it is raining," All the res- ponsibilities of a man -owner are dealt with clearly, and there are some thoughtful comments on the rewards. Eatery man must have his day. With this guide, the man days should be here well before next summer. •P a G It is a small book illustrated with photographs and drawings by the author. And We think any man you give it to will men- tally thank us for calling it to your attention. - Mau -Mau Man -No mama's bay is this sinister member of the dreaded Mau -Mau secret native society dedicated to driving Britain from their African Colony of Kenya. Above is a warrior - member of the Kikuyu tribe in ceremonial dress, The Kikuyu group is the alrgest tribe in the territory. English officials say most Mau -Mau members are from this tribe and have arrest- ed many of them in an effort fo. stop the rebellion. LOW-COST LIVING The telephuee nett on 11 promi- nent economist's desk rang in- sistently. When he answered, a voice informed him, "You're all wet about the cost of living reaching a new high! My wife and I live sumptuously -eating everything We like -on sixty- eight cents a week!" "Sixty-eight cents ' a week!" echoed the economist. "I can't believe it! Won't you, tell me how? And to make "sure I get the story straight, please speak louder." "I can't speak louder," came the answer. 'Tot a goldfish." London scientists have perfect- ed deyhdrated beer, a powder to which only water need be added for conversion into a beverage, Packets of it will be issued to British soldiers. 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