The Brussels Post, 1953-2-25, Page 3al eft SPORTS COLUMN
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. This is MO last of two articles on the
life and hockey works of one of the
great figures of the game, Captain Jones
T. Sutherland, founder of the Hockey
Flail of Pam?.
Whether the ancient city of Kingston
'f.ver played In Canada, thas is wrie ter e is not prparedzto hockey
But there is little doubt but that one of the first organized'
hockey leagues of all time was that which, fn 1888, engaged,
four teams, in the ancient Limestone City, including Queen's
University and Royal Military College a league that played
its games on an Outdoor rink surroundedby a low fence, with.,
thettpectators seated atop the great banks of snow piled -around
the playing surface. It was after this that Queen's University
erected One of the earlier 'indoor rinks in Canada,
The City of Kingston then organized a team called the
Frontenacs in honor of Count Frontenac, whose name the city
originally bore, Jim Sutherland was selected to act as manager
of the teamand the records show that the Frontenacs wrote
some of hockey's brightest pages down the years, Their great-
est glory came when the juniors won the 0.$,A. championship
in 1911 and established scoring records that have never been
even remotely approached.
Yes, indeed, those Frontenacs were a mighty force 41 years
ago. With Jim Sutherland at the helm; they filled enemy nets
with rubber and racked up as many as 32 goals in one game.
Their combination" Attacks have never been surpassed,' 'If
equalled, and the greatest of them all was gallant Allan
"Scotty" Davidson, who laterr deserted professional hockey to
enlist in the Canadian armed forces of World War 1, and gave
up his life in Flanders Field.
Jim Sutherland also marched away to war in 1916, the
year ,that he .became president of the Canadian Amateur
Hockey .Association. He was then in his 46th year, but the vvill
to serve was inherited from his Scottish ancestors and nothing
could have deterred-him,froat following that path of duty.
And he did serve se yell that he was recommended for the
Order of the British `5npire. ` '
Hockey did not seem to be the same in Kingston with Jim
Sutherland 'stick -handling' against the Germans on the Western
Front, but it staged a remarkable recovery after he returned.
Kingston then celebrated in a championship setting when the
Frontenacs captured the O.H.A. intermediate title in 1919,
with none other than the mighty Bill Cook, who became a
star in the Western League and later with the New York
Rangers, the outstanding star of the series.
Mr. Sutherland, having planted the seed, now eagerly
awaits that day when the International Hockey Hall of Fame
will rise in all majesty In Kingston. When this has been ac-
complished it should be written high upon the walls that "unto
this man who saw and believed, must go the accolade for
tenacity in, following a star on which no sun will ever go
down."
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
6y Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge Sf., Toronto.
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Who was the best man—pound
for pound—who ever climbed
between the ropes of a boxing
ring?; There's,, a , guestion which
le argued over whenever fight
fans start a kibitzing session and
the result is always thateach of
Ibe arguers quits' convinced that
• he is right and alllthe rest wrong.
However, en one thing nearly
sit). who remember him will
miee upon—pound for pound
vi ounce' fox"ounce there were
very few' who topped or even
equalled the Mighty Atom from
Wales, one Simmy Wilde.
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----Only •lour 'fig1Its lost out of
nearly 900. • What a record!, OIA-•
eially lie was a• -fly -weight, that
la 112 pounds and under. But
"Wilde was usually well 'below
'the limit, rarely scaling more
than 104 lb's;'
. -+ There. wasn't Tr fly -weight to,
:touch..,himr and* he cheerfully
bovyled,pver bantams and an oc-
casional feather ;weight. No one
deemed too big for him to take
dn. a ^ ... •., •
There is a saying that the best
fighters are hungry fighters.
Jim-
myWilde was certainly that.
When he .was only 13 he had
to go down the pits in his native
Wales to earn a few shillings
to help family finances.
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He married young, and then
tried his hand in a travelling
boxing booth. Puny, sickly -look-
ing, with matchstick arms and
legs, he must have looked easy
meat to many a tough Welsh
miner or dock worker. But it is
on record that once he knocked
out 25 opponents in one day,
from heavy -weights down—and
earned ,15s. for doing so! -
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It was a better living than
mining could offer. And he made
a reputation for himself. Yet
boxing promoters were reluctant
to employ him. He looked too
scrawny for the professional
ring.
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Like many another man who
has achieved the highest success,
Jimmy Wilde, the battler from
Tylorstown, owed much to his
wife. In their poorest days Lis -
beth acted as .his. sparring part-
ner, and accompanied him on
door-to-door sales trips up their
native Welsh valleys to earn the
bare essentials of life—food and
lodging.
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•- When at last he did appear at
the ,National Sporting Club, the
.patrons gave him so little chance
of winning that many trooped
off to the bailor a quick drink.
The rest sat apprehensively in
their seats, wondering just how
• long the skinny Welshman would
last..
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, They needn't have worried. In
the first minute he flashed out
oneeofi'his crushing right-hand-
ers. The "Mighty Atom" as he
became known, had arrived.
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IHisrise wqs fast. His work in
that pits;, lead ;ivert him muscles
of iron. His boxing booth ex-
g3;p ii9i3ep had taught • him., to. fear
IU One, But' greatest asset' Of a11,
'he: ihad'• a boxer's' greatest. gift,
!trot ot„perfect.tinung and'speed.
1,7q;'one facing Wilde 'deed •leave
1
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kid Gavilan Keeps Welterweight Title—Chucle Davey covers up
as Kid Gavilan bores in during their''World's Welterweight
Championship fight which Gavilan won by a TKO in the. 10th
round of their 15 -round fight.
his chin open for a second. Once
was enough,
0 5 a
He became liy-weight champ-
ion of Britain and of the world.
Yet, for all his greatness, he will
probably be best remembered
for two of his defeats. They
showed him as the game, cour-
ageous man that he was,
5 0 5
When Pancho Villa took his
fly -weight title away from him
in 1923, Wilde hadn't been inside
a ring for 21h years. Yet before
the bout began he said to his
chief second: "No natter what
happens, you mustn't throw in
the towel. If I'm going to lose the
title I want to go till I can't
stand up any mare."
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The greatest Wilde memory,
however, is his famous fight
against Pete Herman, on Janu-
ary 13th, 1921.
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Wilde had made a successful
tour of America the previous
year. He was undisputed king of
the world's fly -weights. Thus it
was that a body of Wilde enthus-
iasts decided to give him the
chance to win the world bantam
title from the American holder,
Pete Herman. A negotiator went
to the U.S.A., and the deal was
made,
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But the promoters, in their en-
thusiasm, allowed the two con-
testants to sign different con-
tracts. There was no clause in
Herman"s contract, for instance,
that debarred him from putting
his title at stake before meeting
Wilde.
Consequently, before he sailed
for Europe, Herman fought Joe
Lynch and lost his world title
on points, (Wilde had beaten
Lynch in America, and Herman
won his title back afterwards
without any difficulty.1
The world title was thus never
at stake as far as Wilde was.
concerned.
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The second error was that
Herman's contract allowed him
to weigh-in at 2 p.m., whereas
Jimmy Wilde only contracted to
fight if the weigh-in was con-
ducted at ringside. The reason
was obvious. Wilde wanted to
get his opponent in the ring at
the lowest weight—and at the
lowest strength.
0 a 5
Nevertheless, according to his
contract, Herman duly weighed -
in at 2 pan, He made the 118
pounds limit --then went off and
had a hearty meal to make up
the weight he had taken off to
scale inside the bantam litnit.
.Trouble started early at the
National Sporting Club that
night. The crowd were in a tough
, mood.. bec use- the supporting
bout betw est: the 'heavyweights,
13attlin =L vii k r d- Bomber-
g • >$ y an
dies Billy Mrellsi had been can-
celled on account of an injury
to. Levinslf r,
Then the word went round
that there" was some disagree'•
ment over the . Wilde -Herman
bout.
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"Disagreement" was putting it
mildly..Hgrman's Camp refused
to let their man weigh-in again.
Wilde's manager retorted ahgri-,
ly: "If he doesn't, we walk out's-;,
It looked like a stalemate: 'Yet
both parties were light; the•pro.e'
motet's •eyere at fault for not hay.
ing identical contracts for the
two men.
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111 the arena the crowds was
getting restless tis the arglibtentll
went on behind the scenes. A
distinguished visitor was the
Prince of Wales, now the Duke
of Windsor. To ease the atmos-
phere he made a short speech
from the ring.
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The "Mighty Atom" himself
had said little. Then news was
brought that the Prince would
like to see him fight. Suddenly
Wilde made up his mind. "I don't
care what •Heerman weif[hs," he
announced. "I'll fight him be-
cause I won't let the Prince
down."
To a man of his experience,
Wilde must have known full well
that for hint to enter the ring
could only mean defeat. He
weighed. 05 tbs. What Herman
scaled will never be known, but
it couldn't have been much less
than 125, 1
0 give awav v nearsY
28 lb. to a boxer of Herman's
calibre just couldn't be done.
And Wilde himself had passed
the absolute peak of his career.
5 0 5
The result of the fight is his-
tory. It went to 17 rounds, with
Herman letting the gallant
Welshman slowly exhaust him-
self trying to batter his way to
victory.
Then, in round 17, Herman
smashed in a right that sent
Wilde down. Wilde rose, obvious-
ly beaten, but game to the last.
Twice more 1 e was knocked
over. Finally, to save a massacre,
the referee gently picked up the
little 'un and carried him back
to his corner.
o a e
Afterward.[ he said: "I had to
pick you up, Jimmy, because
you don't know flow to lie
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