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The Brussels Post, 1953-5-13, Page 5tartest SPORTS COLUMN EeNtePc • Another Boston marathon, a 'truly amateur race that has conic to be the • most important of its kind in the world, attracting runners . from many lands, passed into history, last month. A great number of Canadians have won this gruelling battle over the full marathon distance: Jack Caffrey, twice, Johnny Miles, twice, Gerard Cote, a cigar -smoking French' Canadian, four times; Tom Longboat, Freddie Cameron, Jimmy Duffy, Dave Komo,. nen, Edouard Fable,—and a tall, 'slim young .fellow named Walter Young, whose home was, and is, in the Montreal suburban city of Verdun, . We don't intend to make comparisons as to the courage, physicaland mental, the joy of contest, the' hope of fame, that activated all these, and all the pther runners who flock the world over to compete its, this gruelling battle over the hills and .slopes that finally, after agony of heart, lungs and muscles, pitch the runners into the cobbled streets of old Boston town, to finish the grind, and sink exhausted on the camp -beds provided. But we do say that seldom, if ever, did a Boston marathon winner possess a less inspiring background nor a more com- pelling urge to win, than Walter Young, when, in the autumn of 1936, he started training for the Boston marathon of 4937. For Walter Young was thenon relief, in the late days of the Great Depression, He was a recipient of that form of national charity which contributed to each man, each family, enough to allow bare existence, to pay humble rental, to buy scantily of the cheapest of foods. In brief, to keep together body and soul. It was a shameful way of life, and no one felt more bitter about his lot than jobless Walter Young, married, with a wife, an infant son, and a mother to support. He had engaged in athletics, and he thought that, if he could enter, perhaps make a good showing, in such a race as the Boston marathon, it might lead to better times for himself, his wife, his little family. He discussed this with a great professional runner, Pe Guvazzi. Guvazzi loved to run. He found a willing to Young. Through the autumne pupil g, these two ran, in preparation 'for hthem athon. Theearly ran 150 miles per week. They ran 1,700 miles in all before they decided Young was physically ready for the Boston test. Then they scraped up the money to ride a bus to Boston, with just enough left to feed and house them there. Inspired by the possibility that victory could get him off the misery of relief rolls, Walter Young ran like a man possessed. He led 190 other runners from the world over, won by himself. And his great race was .not in vain. Sporting Verdun gave him a job as a policeman. At least, he was off relief. He was working, at a man's job, earning a living. And he's a policeman still, though promoted from the lower ranks of the force. Your comments and suggestions for this column will be wekomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Cowers House, 431 Yonge Sl., Toronto: Calvert pis TILLERS. LIMITED AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO Modern Etiquette Q. Should a person always rise when performing an •introduc- tion? • A. In most cases, yes. How, ever, there are certain circum- stances where this would prove awkward. If an introduction . ]a performed at a banquet table, for instan?e, then rising is not deem- ed necessary, Q. Is it necessary to acknow- ledge a wedding invitation which docs not include an invitation to the reception? No. Q. When children are eating at the same table with adults, should they be served first, last, or in regular rotation? ' A. Serve the children in the same rotation as the adults. Q. When a wife is writing a note of thanks, is she supposed to sign her husband's name as well as her own? A. No; she should sign her own etnme only. But in the note she may say, "Charles and Ibotl ap- preciate your hospitality," or whatever the thanks are for. Q. Doesn't the bride and her mother make up, the invitation list for a large wedding? A. Yes, together with the bride- groom and his mother, Who have as much right to include their friends and relatives as the bride's family. Q. When serving a buffet supper,. Where should the silver and napkins be placed? A. It is more convenient to place them where they are to be picked up last. Q. When serving wine at a dinner party, should the glasses filled in the kitchen stud then brought in to the table? A, No. The wine should be poured into the glasses, at the right of each person, and with- out moving th'e glasses, Q. When you are not sure whether a man and a girl have been introduced, is it all right to say, "Mr. Gibson, have you met Miss Lee"?' A. Yes; this gives the honor to the girl, and is better than asking Bliss Lee if she has met Mr. Gib- son. of �lo u r n i n g preferred hat is t mstationery now used? A. Plain white stationery. The black -bordered paper is notused as much now as formerly. Q. Ie a girl's parents are unable to stand the expense of a big wedding, and her fiance's parents, who are very well-to-do, have indicated they would welcome the opportunity to defray the ex- penses of such a wedding, would this be all right? A. No. A girl's wedding must be in keeping with her own family's resources. After her wedding, her husband's parents may give as big and elaborate a welcoming party as they wish. Professional Standards. In Mil- waukee, the Journal carried a classified ad: "Sitter For Boys. Grandpa in 50s will sit' evenings with your boys age 4 and up. If boy is well behaved, `no charge.' If_permitted to attempt to regu-' late Misbehavior into Behavior, still 'no charge.' If I am not per- mitted to attempt to, teach your, boy t h e 'manners of a little Southern gentleman' I do not wish to Sit or associate with your 'young' un' or You," Running Rings Arounci3Ouflaws-Kidsspet,the .thrill of,wild west days at Palisades Park, where the merry-go-round is fitted with figures of outlaws in the centre of the ring, Pint-sized cowboys fire electric -eye pistols at the bad men and a bell rings when hits ore scored, Another Coronation At last a salvo of cannon pro- claimed that the Emperor had left the Tuflleries. I don't know why, but suddenly we 'were all Silent Wordlessly we walked in front of the large mirrors°on'the ground floor, : Silently the Mar - sisals checked on the stars of their orders and"' straightened their blue -and -gold backs. Valets handed them their blue capes which they flung over their shoulders. As 1 powdered" my face, I was astonishedto find that my hands were trembling. It sounded like a rumbling storm — first far away, then louder and louder, finally raging close by, `Vivo 1''Empereui' — Vive i'Empereur. , , ," In the palace, Napoleon and Josephine quickly put on their coronation robes. For a second Josephine's mouth tightened with the strain- of standing erect un- der the weight of her purple robe, But then Julie and Hortense, Elisa, Paulette and Caroline picked up the train, and Jose- phine gave a deep sigh of relief. As Napoleon laboriously pulled' on a pair of gloves, the fingers stiff with embroidery, he looked toward us for the first time. "Can we begin?" I saw the altar and two gold thrones: On the throne at the left sat, still as a statue, a`little- old gentleman in white. Pius VII had waited for Napoleon nearly two hours. ...'I stepped up be- side Mural and looked around. Saw Josephine approaching the altar, her eyes Wide open, shiny with teals and smiling ecstatical- ly. At the .lowest step to the double throne at the right of the altar, she paused, Right in front of me stood the Imperial prin- cesses with her train. I craned men - trance. neck to e First came poKellerman with the large Imperial crown. After him Perignon with the sceptre and Lefebre with Charle- magne's sword. Then Jean Bap- tiste with the Chain of the Leg- ion of Honour, next Eugene Beaulharnais with the Emperor's ring, and finally. Berthier with the Imperial orb, and ... Talleyrand with a gold wire contraption into which in the course of the cere- Processing Prisoners—Sgt, Donald L Rombough fingerprints cap- tured Communists inside the prisoner -of -war comp on Cheju Island, Korea. Sergeant Rombough is a member of the 164 -man Military Police team which re-photographed and re -fingerprinted 132,000 Red prisoners. mony, the Emperor was to let fall his robe. The exultant notes of "La Mar- seillaise". poured triumphantly from the organ. Napoleon walked slowly up to the altar, with Jo- ' seph and Louis carrying the train of his purple robe. .Finally Nap- oleon stood near Josephine, , , The organ music stopped. Clearly and solemnly the Pope pronounced the blessing. Then held the heavy crown to set it on Napoleon's bowed head. But Nap- oleon's head wasn't bowed. His hands in the gold -embroidered gloves reached up and impetu- ously seized the crown.. For a short instant Napoleon held the crown above his head. Then he slowly put it on. Not only was I startled but all the others, too. Napoleon had violated all the rituals of corona- tion and crowned himself.—From "Desiree," by Annemarie Selinko, Some boxers have been popu- lar with the public, no (natter whether they were winning or losing. Others, even when they were on top of the heap, were personally hated. It's all a mat- ter of personality, or something, we suppose; either you've got what it takes, or you haven't, and there isn't much you can do about it. a a e One of the most widely hated of all champions was undoubt- edly Max Schmeling, the beetle browed Nazi who happened to lick Joe Las and then went swelling his chest ail over the map es a representative of Aryan superiority over the lowlier races" and all such stuff. (What Joe Louis did to Maxie when he got him in the ring a second time was really something but that has little to do with the pres- ent story,) 0 0 e When Sthmeling came back to America to fight Louis in the return bout his manager was a little, cigar -chewing " Yiddisher named Joe Jacobs—better known as "Yussel the Muscle". and a real character if ever there was one. Schmeliug had brought along with him, from Germany, a Nazi ' named Arno Hellmiss, who was scheduled: to broadcast the de- tails of Maxie's' "triumph" to the home -folks via short leave radio from the ringside. e e a The way 13111 Stern tells it, this Hellmiss was about as con- ceited and boorish an individual as ever stepped Broadway — which is saying plenty, at that. Fie expected everybody he came in contact with to grovel at his feet, All the American reporters who ran into him around Schmeling's training camp- took a violent dis- like, to him, several having to be restrained from taking a poke at his Nazi schnozzola. 0 ,➢ 4, Cit his Own account, Hellmiss tools a violent dislike to Schtnel- hag's Jewish manager, Yussel • JRoobs. On no occasion that offer- ed did the German overlook the opportunity of belittling the little guy, Jacobs,' however, returned kindness. 'and eonsideration:-f'dr the insults that Were heaped on his head. The local reporters could not understand Jacobs' at- titude. * w "Why don't you takes a poke at that Nazi bum?" they asked hint. "You don't have to take that from him, Go on, well back you up!" No, fellers," little Yussel Ja- cobs would answer with a grin, "I wouldn't harm a hair on his head!" Came the night of the fight, as everyone remembers, and Toe Louis handed Schmeling one of the most humiliating defeats in boxing history -a knockout in less time than had ever before been 'recorded in such a match. Hellmiss, who was at the ring- side for his broadcast, was so in- furiated by this blow to the "superman" from Germany that - he rushed away from the scene intent on drowning his sorrows before dashing off to take his boat home. 0 a * In some way Helhniss found himself with Yussel Jacobs as his drinking partner at a bar not far from the docks. The German took one drink and proceeded to get violently ill. Despised and shunned is he was by most people ° around him, Hellmiss found him - Master Strobe—Eyes follow the ball as master golfer Ben Hog- an sends a long drive arching over the fairway at the Nation- al Golf Course. 'Hogan went on to tally a three•under•par 69, to capture top money in the season's major opening fair- ways event, self: completely ignored— except by Joe Jacobs. It was the little Jewish manager who tenderly helped Hellmiss to the ship he was to sail on, undressed him with kind hands, put him to bed, and soothed the suffering broadcast- er. The sick man continued to moan that he was dying. When his wails became too loud • to stand, Jacobs called a doctor to examine the man. 4, a 4 The examination was brief, When it was over the doctor in- formed Jacobs that Hellmiss had been given a Mickey Finn and that nothing else was the matter with him. (A Mickey Finn, good reader, is a comparatively harm- less little pill that is added to a drink in order to knock out the drinker. It is usually given to someone who is getting difficult to handle.) * „ e Even a character like Arno Hellmiss could see clearly enough that he owed some gratitude to a man who helped him as much as Joe Jacobs was doing. When he could talk he 'Said, ;'Joe, please forgive me. I've been rotten to you and you're the only one who helped me. Honest, Joe, I'ln sorry for everything." "Forget it, pal," answered the accomodating Jacobs. "We're all even now. Glad to do anything I can for a sick friend." a * When the all -ashore signal was given, Joe Jacobs Ieft the .hip, but not till Hellmiss had bid him a tearful fond farewell, vowing again and again that he felt like a heel for the way in which he had acted. * At the foot of the gangplank, Joe was met by several angry friends. News of Jacob's friendly activity in behalf of so hated a character as Helllnin had gotten around quickly, • What's the matter, kussel?" demanded one of ` them. "Have you gone nuts? What's the idea, helping that no-good bum after the way he treated you?" • "Wait a minute," said another onlooker, looking closely at little Joe. "I think maybe I smell a mouse around here. Could it be you, Yussel, that slipped this nasty character a Mickey Finn?" "What are you talking about, a Mickey Finn?"_. demanded the indignant Jacobs. "I should give a guy one Mickey Finn. I Liked that fellow Hellmiss. I'm no piker; so I gave him TI -TREE Mickey Finns!" 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