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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1953-6-3, Page 3ESE alVer't`SPORTS COLUMN 4 r,/ meed 7eirleectooc • The greatest horse -Ascii In the world was run this week, It is, of course, known and appreciated .throughout the World Where�ittise the English aDa by,lthe 1741 running of which took place Wed- nesday at Epsom Downs race track, in Surrey County, England, Crowds estimated in the hundreds of thousands have viewed this colorful race annually, and as many probably will witness the 1953 revival, of this event, Inaugurated in 1180, , The Derby, weak imitations of which are raced all over 'the world, was a famous race when Canada was a tiny colony, and the United States government was in its infancy, And American thoroughbred rasing owes practically all that it is to British racing stock, of which two of the most famous winners of the Epsom Derby are now on breeding farms in this, continent—Blenheim II and Mahmoud. Whiriaway, win- ner of the Kentucky Derby of 1941, was sired by the former, As far back as the very first Derby, American eyes were cast on the winner, Diomed, and he was brought to a Virginia farm, proving a foundation sire of American breeding. Rock Sand, winner of the Derby of 1903, came to America and left his 'Mark on the equine blood -lines of this continent, Two world wars failed to halt the Derby. Ib World War 1 the ancient race was renewed at Newmarket as the New Derby Stakes and this process was repeated in the second world war. Contrary to prevailing belief, the English Derby con- tenders throughoutnthe inas lile and 881 ca , 881yards ith tdir left sistance distance—and on tides to he turf. The Epsom course starts up grade, then slopes the other way slightly and finally the field finishes on a gentle uphill grade. That takes real stamina, after a mile and one-half heart -breaker. The race usually is open and three 10040-1 shots have scored in the Epsom classic and plenty of other long shots, one at 1000 to 15. On the other hand in all the long, history of the event only nine horses quoted at less than even money have won. One winner was Iroquois, 2 to 1, the only American -bred and owned horse ever to win the British event. Iroquois was raced by Pierre Lorillard, onetime American tobacco magnate. Probably everything that could happen on a race course has occurred during the life of the Epsom Derby, extending into three centuries. But the last one you'd think to happen would be for a "ringer" to finish first! In 1843 Running Rein, a four-year-old, was slipped in as a three-year-old and lie finished first! The deceit was discov- ered, however, and the winner ellsquiilifed. Orlando, 20 to 1, was winner of the 821,150 purse. Your comments and suggestions for°this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, r/o Calver) House, 431 Yonge Sl., Toronto. Calvtrt DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHER818URG, ONTARIO SFORT �y A StxalTC "Don't believe all you hear and only half of what you see" would seem to be a pretty fair motto for those millions who are taking their box -fighting over the TV route, Within a couple of hours after the Marciano-Walcott Vasco, we -heard several TView- ers who were prepared to take their paralyzed oaths that Wal- cott had not only been the vic- tim of a short count, but that they had distinctly heard the 1+lferee and knockdown - time - }temper chanting the seconds, and that the two had been a couple of seconds apart in their timing. A e e .Now that all the hullabaloo has died down, the pictures—the most complete ever taken—have been scanned by' experts. And what is the verdict? It was a full, fair count, right on the button, and not even a teeny trace of skull- duggery or even poor officiating. So tvhat it all really amounted to was this; poor old Joe forgot two things—first, to duck, and— second, to get up, in time. How- ever; we need sat feel too sorry for Mr. Walcott. it 'took him a long bine&"to ; get, into the big= none u •; schen he did, he. landed there with both feet. He wasn't the greatest heavyweight who ever lived; but he was far l LC from being the worst. What he lacked, mostly, was color— ex- cept in the pignientation of his skin, e, * • 0 Thirty or more years ago there was another ,heavyweight who lacked nothinof color either in or out of the ring. Remember Louis Phal? Well, maybe not by that name; but when we give him his nom -du -resin of Bat- tling Siki you'll surely recall him. k e e It all started one night when the captain of a short-handed British freighter sent some of his crew ashore at a French West African port to try and pick up some extra help. Three of the toughest of these sailors spied a barefooted Senegalese native who looked husky enough to snake a good sailor and. tried to put the snatch an him. The limeys got the surprise of their lives, how- ever, for in a short but bloody battle the young Senegalese stiff- ened all three of the prospective kidnappers. At least that's the way Bill Stern tells it and we have, no reason to doubt his word. 0 C The young Negro, only recently out 61. tile, African jungle, was a fifteen -year-old boy named Louis Phai, HQding in a doorway near by, Potable Volt Jolter—Resembling an artillery piece from outer apace, this 340,000 -pound transformer is the largest portable transformer in the United States, The transformer "steps down" electricity from 230,000 volts to 115,000 volts. Shown here it is mounted on a 175 -ton railroad flat car. and watching ilia fight, was a Frenchxnan who happened to bo a small-time manager of prize fighthrs. With an eye for an easy dollar, he lost no time in trying to convince young ]cants Phal that his future and fortune lay in the ring. Easily persuaded the Senegalese, unschooled and near- ly savage, deserted the African jungle to become a member of the civilized world as a prize fighter, go took the, ring name of Battling Siki. a J Siki received his . baptism Of fire on- a night In 3013, in the French city ,of Toulouse, No big- ger than a middleweight, he fought an experienced and veter= an French heavyweight, The youngster, barely sixteen years of age, won by a knockout after a brutal struggle, Battling Siki fought again and again, always snatched with big- ger, stronger men who knew all the cruel tricks of their trade. Always he won. When hurt or stung, the young Senegalese was like a black jungle cat savagely striking out until his opponent lay unconscious at his feet. The fame of the wild boy from the African jungle was growing rapidly •when the first World War engulfed Europe.. Battling Siki enlisted in the French Colonial Forces. After the war, a hero in the eyes of the civilized world, !ie returned to Paris, an his broad chest the Croix de Guerre and the Medaille Militaire, Battling Siki went back to the ring, for he loved the savagely of the .port, He also loved pleasure. He never trained, Champagne, Women, parties, all these filled Battling Siki's crowd- ed days and nights. When he fought in the ring, this mag- nificently gifted fighter won con- sistently, Finally, Battling Siki battled his way to a shot at the light - heavyweight championship of the world, a title held at the time by France's idol, Georges Carpentier. 0 s o • The match set all France afire. Fifty thousand Frenchmen came to see the battle, the largest fight crowd in Paris records., p u * The bout itself was memor- able. It was not only one of the wildest, bloodiest, and most sav- age combats.in the long history of fistiana,. bu't also one of the foulest. Gorgeous Georges Car- pentier, realizing that he' had met his match in the former Af- rican jungle boy, tried every con- ceivable trick to win. Oni h s side, Battling Siki was so enraged at the cruel tactics of his adversary that he reverted to to the jungle too. Carpentier was in ghastly shape when the referee ,to save the glamorous Frenchman front the, ignominy of defeat by a knockout, stopped the fight in the sixth round and awarded the vic- tory to him on a foul. For a moment, the great audi- ence sat stunned. Carpentier lay on the ring floor, his face beaien into a bloody pulp. Then pan- demonium broke loose at the de- cision given by the biased referee. Seats were torn from their moorings and tossed into the ring. Angry thousands tried to stdrm forward from all parts of the arena as gendarmes rushed to the rescue, During the commotion, the judges held a hasty consultation. Minutes after the fight ended, a new decision was rendered. It was "Winner by a knockout— Battling Siki!" * The criesof the mob changed to cheers. Battling Siki was lifted to willing shoulders and swept out of the arena, to be paraded up and down the streets of Paris. * e 0 Now the former barefoot native became the idol of all France. He played the role to the hilt, with his wild antics, in and out of the boulevard., He had only to ap- pear in the streets or at the table of a favorite cafe to bring flocks of women to his side seeking his favor, And what pleased him most was to promenade the Grands Boulevards of Paris with a lion on a leash! The pride and arrogance et the flew light -heavyweight champion, the confidence he had in his skill and ability as a fighter are indi- cated by his agreement to Inect one of America's best fighters, Mike McTigue. Not only did Siki agree to meet the' Irishman in Ireland but the also agreed to the date proposed by Mike—St. Pat- rick's Day' . Siki defended his crown against • MeTigue in a Dublin arena jam- med with frenzied Irishmen howling for hie blood. Soldiers stood guard at ringside with fix- ed bayonets. Ireland, at the time, was in the throes of the black and tan "troubles." * - e * As Battling Siki entered the ring, a giant explosion rocked the arena. A bomb had been set off near by, despite the tense- ness of the situation, SIkI fought Nitlte Miligue twenty rounds to CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING It's A Big Racket To Them—Loud noises and shoving crowds at the coronation in London didn't bother these horses after they've completed their special "racket rehearsals." The horses got their "soundproofing" at Woolwich, England, by being driven past men who shout and clang garbage can lids together. One horse can't take it, but he'll learn, a decision. And, as everyone ex- pected with an Irishman meeting a Negro in Dublin on St. Pat- rick's Da✓, the derision tient to McTigue• e a Shortly afterwards, Battling Siki came to America with the heavyweight title as his goal. But high living had taken its fate- ful toll of that magnificent black body. Siki won a fete fights, lost a few fights. Before making his bid for the heavyweight crown, he tried to reclaim his lost light - heavyweight title, Paul Hellen- bath, one of the hardest hitters in the ring, blasted Siki's fond hopes by knocking him cold. It was the beginning of the end. Battling Siki began to Lose more and more often, and to live high- er and higher. Close to midnight, on Decem- ber 15, 1925, some two years after Siki had arrived In the United States, a policeman walking his beat in New York's Hell's Kit- chen stumbled over a body sprawled face down in a rain - soaked gutter. It was Battling Siki, two bullets lodged in his back. The revolver which had fired the shots was on the side- walk nearby. , u M The crime. was perfectly ex- ecuted. T this sda the murderer a er of Battling Siki has not been found. So far as everyone was concerned it was the end of the story for Battling Siki, age 28, the man from the African jungle who had -sought fame and pleas- ure in a civilized world only to find death in a wet gutter far from his Senegal home. Man Gets Shot — By Kangaroo Cats may be "unkillable"; 'at least, they're said to have nine lives. So apparently have some human beings, for there are many men and women alive today after accidents that should logi- cally have put them "out for the count." Take the case of the an who fell from the roof of a eeventy- st'ory New York skyscraper and complained only of a slight head- ache when he landed smack on Broadway. He'd landed head first into a passing truck loaded with feather mattresses. A man named Antes Mantakes.. living in the State of Oregon a year or two ago, caught a salmon, tossed it into the rear of his car and started off home. As he drove along, some dust from a large tract of wasteland blew into the gills of the salmon It's Put --Heaving the 16 -pound shot-put .59 feet and three fourths of an inch, Parry O'Brien set a hew record, He broke the mark of '58 feet and one half inch set by Jim "Fuchs. and it began to sneeze. This ' shook the driver considerably. Then the saloon sneezed again, and Mr- Mantakes swung around to see an angry salmon glaring hatefully at him from the back stat. Knocked Cold Next moment a geasshopper flew in through the open win- dow, and the salmon, making a furious lunge at the new visitor, fell straight into the driver's lap, causing 'the ear to Aid violently. leave the road and lend in a shallow ditch. A couple of years aro a wom- an was walking along a pave- ment in St. Louis. An ice -cube, only a bit bigger than a piece of lump sugar, fell from a hotel window, hit her squarely on the head, and knock- ed her colder than the cube. And if you don't believe a man could be shot by a kangaroo, consider the strange case of Mr. Arthur Crosbie who, in 1946, in Australia, shot a kangaroo through the hind legs so that it fell on its back. Crosbie re -loaded the rifle, put- ting the butt on the kangaroo's neck to pin it down. The kan• garoo reached up, twined a fore- paw around the trigger, and promptly shot Crosbie through the arm. Have you ever -er been run over lit, a 2 -ton steamroller and felt none the worse for your adven- hu•e? A certain man in Dart - ford (Kent) has, and it happened only three years ago. The machine passed over him from head, to foot, yet he escaped With only a slight bruise. Later, at the hospital he said: "It just bedded me down in the soft earth." Home Hazard Most aecide is—and there are ovcr'8,000 per annum—occur not on the road or at work, but in the hone, and are caused by such trivial incidents as spilling bail• in,( water. A short time ago a certain housewife in London heard a, programme in which she was very interested coming over the r a d i o. Hurrying across the room to turn up the volume, she tripped on a rug, fell headlong, and sustained minor injuries. And the programme for which she fell? A broadcast on "Hazards Ir the Home." New York Streets In Bygone Days Ail during the eighteen -fifties, summer and winter, New Yorkers as well as visitors to the city found pleasure in driving out of town to the upper reaches of Man- hattan. O:i warm, sunny days the Croton Reservoir, on the west side of Fifth Avenue Detween Fortieth and Forty-second Streets, was a favorite destination. Its high walls gave it the look Of a vast. 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