HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1953-12-16, Page 3Calvert SPORTS COLUMN
6
t4 tinge again, 4110411er Grey Cup foot-
ball °lassie has been written Into the
colorful saga Of one of Canada's most
picturesque sports events, an epic strug-
gle that annually attracts more far-flung
attention and wider interest in these
Dominions than perhaps any other sports
event peso... inc!uding the Stanley Cup finals, •
And once' again, this column raises a plaintive voice to en•
quire why and on what grounds the entire football populace
of Canada's west, and a large proportion of the same• hardy
breed in the east, are excluded by mandate fi'om viewing any
part of this gridiron spectacle?The answer to this is likely' to be that Toronto's huge Var.
sity Stadium, with its 28,000 seats, can accommodate more
people thanany other bowl in Cianada. If that's the unswer,
it isn't a good one because it contains two holes through
which you could shoot a 250 -pound line plunger.
The first gap in this line of thought, presuming it exists,
is that in giving Toronto the monopoly on this game, several
thousand Canadians, west and east, 'Who couldn't afford a trip
of Toronto and probably couldn't secure a seat for the game
if they got there, are shut out.
And these several thousand are the folks who, by giving
their whole -hearted support, to the teams of the Western
Conference on the prairies, and the Big Four in the east,
make the Grey Cup spectacle possible.
The second yawning gulf in the answer is financial. If the
Grey Cup is to be made a medium for extracting the ultimate
in dollars, then its practical proponents are missing a bet.
If it were played on the same practical basis as 'the baseball
World. Series, or the hockey Stanley' Cup, two ends would be
served, Those who helped make the series possible would
see the games, and the receipts of, say, a 3 -game series, one
east, two west, and vice versa in alternate years, would more
than equal the returns frpm a single game.
There are those who urge that this is Canada's most gaudy,
glittering and colorful sports drama of the year. We agree.
But we don't agree to the argument that it should be
limited to one game, one city, or to the theory that it would
cheapen the Cup finals to broaden the scope. It hasn't,
cheapened the world's baseball series or the Stanley Cup
series in any noticeable way, and these give the fans who
paid all season a chance to view not only the prologue, but
the final drama. So it should be with the Grey Cup.
Your comments and suggestions for this column. will be wtlkomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Culvert House, 431 Ypnge St„ Toronto,.
Calvert
DISTILLERS LIMITED
AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO
+e PLAIN HORSE SENSE
By BOB ELLIS
Among the books we brought
home from our trip to Nova
Scotia last September, there is
one which we can strongly rec-
ommend to each and all who are
interested in co-operation.
it is the life story of "Father
Tompkins of Nova Scotia," right-
ly called the founder of the
Antigonish Movement.
The author, George Boyle, had
known Father "Jimmy" Tomp-
kins for more than thirty years
and renders his story in clear
simple words.
Adult Education.
To help people help them-
selves, was Father Jimmy's life
work. His great love of God and
his Fellow Man, his infinite faith
in the people and their funda-
mental goodness, his compassion
on their mute suffering, his un-
bounded spirit, gave this frail
little priest the strength to car-
ry on the fight for the Brother-
hood of Man under the Father-
hood of God.
It was Father Tompkins' in-
tense belief that if people were
only given the knowledge of how
to go about it, they would be
able to free themselves from the
shackles of a "feudalistic econ-
omic system" whit') was holding
them down in poverty, menu
trition, ignorance and apathy.
"Adult Education'.' was his
magic formula, "at the pit heads,
down in the alines, but' among
the fishermen's shacks, alohg the
wharves, and whenever thefar-
mers gather to sit and talk.•in •the
Double Speed — Scott Crossfield,
32 -year-old test pilot for the
National Advisory Cammitteo
for Aeronautics, examines a mo-
del of the plane he piloted to
1,327 -miles -per hour which is
twice the speed of sound. Cross-
field smashed his own existing
speed record of 1,272 -miles -per -
hour,
••
evenings." Out of it came the
Rural Conferences, the Extension
Department of St. Francis
Xavier University, the Antigon-
ish Movement.
Cream for the Few. •
His first act in his little par-
ish of Canso, where he was exiled
for his "radical" ideas, was to
start a credit union.
"Capital must he decentraliz-
ed," he wrote to a friend, "Our
Branch Banking is making us a
glorified branch nation all al-
ong the line. I notice in Canso
for instance — an important fish-
ing center — that the people are
poorer and more dependent today
than they were twenty years
ago."
"They damn the place, their
employment and their employ•
ers. They do not know what the
matter • is, and they are' too poor
and too ignorant to find out for
themselves. The reason back of
it all is that they are being ex-
ploited by fish firms owned by
men. in Montreal and 'anywhere
terse but Canso. Montreal banks
will give money to Montreal men,
but•Canso has no..money to help
encourage Canso brains."
"And so we become, as I said,
a branch people, and a few
places hundreds of thousands of
miles away skim oaf the cream,
which goes into the. pockets of
the very few — not the best
place to keep cream, but you will
forgive the figure."
First Co-op.
He encouraged h]'s '.fishermen to
pool their resources and to send
a crate of lobsters, for which
• they •would 'have received from
the local dealer the grand sum
of $9.75, to a merchant in Bos-
ton.
When, after weeks of anxious
waiting and speculation, back
cane a cheque for $32, the first
lobster marketing co-op was un-
der way. Today it operates one
of the largest, if not the largest,
lobster cannery in the world,
Father Jimmy's love" of people
was all -embracing; it was cath-
olic in 'the- strict sense of the
word, which means universal,
"I do not know of any Catholic
or Methodist way of cutting coal
or canning lobster," he used to
Say.
Father Jimmy Tompkins is
dead, but his work is carried on
by the men who came after him
and his memory continues in the
minds and hearts of the fisher-
men and miners the lumbermen
and iarmere of Neva Scotia. ,
his column ivelcomeg sqg-
gestiens, wise or foolish, and all
criticism, whether constructive
or destructive and will try 10
answer any , question, Address
your letters t0 l30b Ellis, BoX 1,
328 - lath alt„ New 'Toronto, Ont,
Now To Erruboy
Xmas Shopping
Are you ready to drop dead
about this time of the year?
Christmes shopping has that
eifeet on too many women:
Actually, the holiday shop-
ping' season should be are .of
Piety and warm thoughts •. of
pleasured' to come: Instead, all
too often 'it's a period that is
anticipated with dread and lived
through in pain and discomfort.
If doesn't have to be. True •
there's no substitute for .the -
basketfuls of money you'll need,
and nothing you buy will sallefv
Aunt Caroline, who never likes
what you get her, •
But you can' do away with
those nagging headaches, her
rible pains in. your back and
aching feet that start to com-
plain when you're only a guar -
ter way down your Christmas
last.
Foot doctors make a few elm-
pie recommendations: - •
1. Wear shoes with medium
heel:..'
2. Make certain your .shoes tit
properly, and that they have
supple leather uppers and flex-
ible, resiient leather soles, The
leather uppers will give with the
foot during tate meny thousands
of movements it me.' • s during
the day, and at the same time
will provide the support needed
for a long period on your feet.
The leather soles will absorb
the terrific poundings your feet
take, on the eleven or twelve'
miles you cover during a day of
shopping.
3. Shoes should fit snugly, but
not too tight. If they're too
loose, they'll quickly rub a blis-
ter on your foot. If they're too
tight, they'll bind your feet, im-
pede circulation and cause .dis-
comiort all over — not only to
your feet.
Check your wardrobe before
you embark on your shopping
chores, If you have the proper
type of shoe, wear it and wear
it till you've worked your way
down to the bottom of your list.
If you don't have a suitable,
Queen Wins A Title — "Grecian Queen," who piled up earnings of
$229,373,'this" meson, has recently been named Champion
Ferfl'inine Rdce^Horse-of 1953. Being led by her trainer, 'Grecian
Queen" is' shown above on her arrival at Hialeah Race Track
where she- may meet her male rivals in the $100,000 Widener
classic in February.
comfortable -°shoe, start the
Christmas season .off by giving
yourself . a pair. It'sone gift
you can be sure will be appre-
ciated. Incidentally, such shoes
can Se fashionable as well as
comfortable. There. are literally
y
hundreds of leather shoes in the.
stores which combine comfort
and fashion: You don't have to
buy a laced oxford, if you don't
want to.
Gag Runs Into Snag — Pink Williams smiles over a stack of
requests for the gag posh cards he drew up inviting cattlemen
who voted for President Eisenhower to attend a picnic "the day
after you are foreclosed." Williams said he mailed more than
300,000 of the cards before the Post Office Department restricted
his mailing privileges.
lv ORT
A Sl.XBIT C
Do you happen to recall a
character named Arthur Newton
who ran for 24 hours, in Ham-
ilton, and covered 152 miles or
thereabouts?
Well, if you do, you certainly
can't play junior any longer, be-
cause it was over 22 years ago.
Personally, we had forgotten all
about it till our memory was
jogged by a piece in The Chris-
tian Science Monitor by Sydney
Skilton, writing from London,
England,
Take it away, Sydney!
* + •
We have had one of those Bo-
as -you -please endurance tests
that used to so fascinate our
grandfathers, On the University
Of London track at Hotspur Park
eight men entered and six start-
ed for 24 hours running race.
Three 'were there at the end, the
winner having covered 6370,
laps of the four -to -the -mile cin-
' der
in-'der track.
He was Walter Hayward, a
45 -year-old Johannesburg build-
ing inspector. His official dis-
tance, which rates as an unoffi-
cial 'World record, was 159 miles
002 yards, 2t was 7 miles 22
yards further than the previous
best distance that stood to the
orodit of iiayward's host, Ar-
thur Newton. Ms performance,
aecompllshed tie RI pvofeesional,
was on a square 13 laps to the
mile track at Hamilton, Ontario,
in 1931. .
+ +
Second to Hayward was Derek
Reynolds, a 39 -year-old Lon-
doner, with a distance of 154
miles 1,226 yards, which also im-
proved on Newton's best per-
formance and which rates as the
best -ever by an Englishman.
Third was Leslie Griffiths, of
Reading Athletic Club, Aged 48
years,,, and the oldest of the six
starters, Griffiths went off the
track for two hours during the
night, but after deciding to re-
sume went on to complete 120
miles 248 yards.
Hayward, too, Went off the
track for half an hour after com-
pleting 100 miles. To that time
he had been trotting rhythmic-
ally round and round the stir
. cuit, averaging a steady eight
miles an hour. But after resum-
ing he never recovered the
rhythm and eventually finished
a completely exhausted man.
• M +
While being assisted to the
dresaing room, Hayward was
asked by Newton "Well, it was
worth it, wasn't it?" To which
a tllstreesed Hayward ,gulped
"Never again" But less than 48
hairs afterwards as he boarded
a plane for home he had changed
his mind and stated "I'll try the
run once more, if it can be ar-
ranged."
a + *
There's the rub. Arranging
these things is quite an expen-
sive businessbecause there
a is
so little return. Nobody paid
Hayward and his fellow com-
petitors to run and nobody paid
to watch them. But the hiring
of the track, the refreshments
for the competitors and those
for the recorders, markers and
timekeepers all have to be paid
for. The payees are the few and
scattered devotees of this pecu-
liar pastime of ultra distance
running. They come from all
parts of the world.
+
*
, Hayward, as we have men-
tioned comes from South Africa.
He travelled to Britain entirely
at his own expense, spending
£500 of his savings to do so,
While here he set new records
for the London to Brighton (50
miles) and Bath to London (100
miles) runs. They were wcrk-
outs for his 24-hour effort. He
arrived home, after an absence
of 55 days, as the greater ultra -
distance runner in history.
+ +
- The trip would not have been
possible had it not been for the
camaraderie of these indefatig-
able long -journeymen. Host to
Hayward while in this country
was 70 -year-old Arthur Newton
who did not take to running un-
til well into his 30's and then
only to draw attention to what
he considered an unjust confis-
cation ,of his farming land in
Natal. In one of his books New-
ton states that he was confronted
with two alternatives in order to
draw publicity to his case. One
was to be sent to prison for
crime and the other was to be-
come a sports champion. He be-
came a champion marathon run-
ner, winning races and setting
records in the continents of Af-
rica, Europe, and America,
a 0 a
In due course Newton captal-
ized on his athletic prowess and
although today he still rates as a
professional he has never lost
his love of running for the sheer
joy of running. Thus it was a
typical Newton action to invite
Hayward to board and lodge at
the Newton home in Ruislip,
some 20 miles northwest of Lon-
don.
0 • +
Another old-timer, rallying
round the hailing of Haywards
to Britain was Peter Guvuzzi
who handled the feeding ar-
rangements. Gavuzzi will best
be remembered as runner-up in
that fabulous trans -Continental
race from New York to Los An-
geles in 1929. He is regarded as
an authority on racing refresh-
ment where his golden rule is
"No solids." Thus Hayward dur-
ing his remarkable feats of sta-
mina had a diet of egg -custard
and rice and frequent swigs of
warmed lemon juice laced with
sugar and salt The patient offi-
cials were those •who needed the
proteins!
Blades of paring kniv. s have
an uncanny way of working
loose from the handles. Push
a little plastic wood well into
the crevice of the handle and
replace the blade of the knife,
Let it dry for a few hours and
the knife will be as strong as
new.•
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
A1"rONTION ILS,SlS11:It8}
PARAIARB -. @Ot -Your- weed for 110
with Ulau,n Mercury 11 It P, gnome.
teed rebuilt chain maw, Dop050. 1100 en
4,111,0r1 el.' machine. You have lima of
saw forono month. De510071 10 returned
loop 560 rental; or after 30 days you
est] Own saw by paying 7100 'above your
depoott. Saws neat new 5760.
Also havo ono-tnon paws, .. Write for
particulars. .100 Ftngdlll, 101 Cowan
Avenue; Toronto
FARRIERS Attention! Farm Iio0000ty.
Twelve oew•etta 10 Agriculture, futiY
illustrated, Over 1246 parol. 0500700
Price 114.06, Irountain of Ifnowledge,
049' Christie 110,•0,0, Toronto:
NASI 011101 t'
rlumnare '1'weddle 11.0,P, Sired white
Leghorn, Whits Leghorn X Rhode Wend
Rod. Rhode 100000 net Light BU max X
Red. Red X Barred Rock, with any other
strain or breed and we think you will
be favorably Impressed with results, Brood.
(a5 10000,1 and these egg bred breeds here
the breeding back of them, To make.a
fair pompart0on divide your nen. put
hull of l'we0dles in ono pen and half
of any other breed or cross breed In 0ha
other, feed them the same, and we feel
0ure you will be back for more of tke
'rweddle strain. Try them out, we oleo
have special breeds for broilers, dual
purpose and roastore. You will make
extra money and save money If you tape
delivery early to catch the high priced
egg Market. Aleo for immediate delivery
started chicks, turkey poults, laying
pullets. Catalogue. Special price on 10
work old pullets for January 'delivery,
'MEDDLE (mica. HATCHERIES LTD,
FEROr5 ONTARIO
Do you want 66c to 94, per dozen for
Your eggs? . That woe the price this
pant June 10 October. To set these
prices you will have to start your pullets
early December or 'Tannery. Wo have
them. Day old heavy breed pullets as
low as 117.46 per hundred for December.
Also broiler chicks, turkey poults, laying
pullets
TOP NOTCH CHICK SALES •
GUELPH ONTARIO
Started. Chick -bargains while they last—
standard Quality Canadian Approved
New Hnmpshlre, Barred Rork, Rhode
Island Red. Tight Sueex, NOW Hu,Mehlre
A Barred Rork, White Reek X Light
Sussex and Other popular heavy breeds.
2 reels old non -flexed $23.05; pullets
$22,95; rockorela 324,05; 9 week Old add
Or 4 week old add 10e; 6 week old add
1501 )coney Maker Quality add 10 Extra
Profit add '; special Mating add 10;
usso•t0d breeds deduct 15 per rhlelr, Im-
mediate delivery.
TWEDDLE "HICK HATCIIERIES LTD.
maws ONTARIO
Order three before they all go. Standlird
Quality Canadian Approved Started pul-
lets. Light Sussex. New Hampshire X
Harrod Rork, White Rook X Light Sue -
sex. New Hampshire; two week old
923.701 pen -flexed $23,70; cockerels $24.70;.
three week old nod 6c; four week old
add 10c per chink.
TOP NOTCH CHICK Sams
017ELPI$ ONTARIO
DEALERS wanted — To take orders for
rhiolts and turkey Milts for one 01
Canada's largest and long - established
Canadian Approved Hatcheries. .flood
eommiseton Paid. Send for lull 40ta110.
Hex 111. 123 Eighteenth Street. New
Termite. Ontario,
PY049 5A1.E
(;TRESS WART REMOVER — Iravea n
scars: Your prugg00t sells CRESS,
Jap Camera Fiends
A new enthusiasm for pho-
tography in Japan has caused
a domestic sales boom for the
camera industry, growth of
which is just about the top suc-
cess story of postwar Japan.
According to a recent survey,
3,500,000 Japanese own cameras.
If the present sales rate contin-
ues, one-third of Japan's 86,000,-
000 persons may possess cameras
within a few years.
Wealthier Japanese were noted
for their interest in photography
before the war. But photogra-
phy in Japan has now become a
hobby for rich and poor alike.
Immediately after the war,
there was little money for cam-
eras or other goods which were
not essential. But with the sub-
sequent rise in the standard of
living, people have had more
money for hobbies — and pho-
tography has proved about the
most popular. Postwar Japan-
ese cameras rival Europe's best
for quality and durability.
Thousands of camera shops
have sprung up throughout the
country during the past three
years. Major camera manufac-
turers and photographic maga-
zines hold nationwide annual
competitions which attract world-
wide attention.
American servicemen station-
ed in Japan are as enthusiastic
as the Japanese about photog-
raphy. There are few servicemen
in Japan or Korea who do not
own a camera, usually a "qual-
ity" one made in Japan.
An agency which supplies cam-
eras to military stores in Japan
reported that in the first eight
months of this year it bight 46,-
663 cameras worth $2,029,537
from different Japanese compan-
ies.
Japan produced 402,769 cam-
eras last year. Of these, 72,483
valued at $1,220,000 were sold.
to United Nations forces, The
remainder went to the home
market and for export.,
To increase sales,' and to earn
foreign currency, the Japanese
Government allows tourists to
buy cameras free of tax. Sev-
eral firms in the large cities deal
only with tourists.
S AFES
.S
Prote00 your 8500905 and CASE &Ism
FIRE and'w'rn1EVEB. We have a pito
and true et Sato, or Cabinet. fee 7101 par•
boor. Visit us or write for prim, elk. to.
Oont. T{'. a =
.,.1.&cJ.TAY'L W LIMtiTEO
TORONTO SAFE WORKS
1019 Frmlt St. 00,. Toronto
Aotnbllkhol 1566
ISSUE 51 — 1953
. 01403110 AND 01.I1ANINO
IRAvl0 yeti 001111105 node eyeing or 01ean•
Ing? Write 00 us for Information. We
ole glad to an00Or your 100001000. Dot
50000,ent H, Parker'° 010 wrote limned,
701 Yong* St.. Toronto.
CHAIN HAWS
CHAIN Same -- New, itedueod Meets
on Ono -man "Dtooton'p," 5187 0nd .no.
1ienry Masten and Bone lid., 9 — 80
Fraser Avenuo. Toronto.'
01ED10AF
HAVE YOUR HEARD ABOUT DIXON'S
NEURITIS AND RHEUMATIC PAIN
REMEDY? IT GIVES GOOD RESULTS.
MUNRO'S DRUG STOR5,
335 Elgin, Ottawa
51.25 swim ,Prepaid.
POST'S ECZEMA SALVE
0AN0SE tb0 tarmeet of dry eczema- reehe0
and we0 005 elfin 1Mlthle0 paws gnome
salvo w111 not 410ap00001 000
Itching, Sealing, herniae Razing acne,
ringworm, pimples and Cent eczema. a Dl
respond Train, to the stelnl000: o4orlese
ointment regorelee, act how otuhhnt'n or
hopeless they seem ..
PRICE 715.091) 0'1111 dna
POST'S REMEDIES
Sent Post Free n (100401 of Mee
089 Queen Pt. It., Corner of Leese
Paraffin'
• I'EMINES •
000 woman tells another, Time superlor
FI0010Ex•' to help allertnt0 MGR. 018.
tress and nervous tenelon esonrtotrd with
monthly periods:
85.00 Postpaid In plata wr0mme
POST'S CHEMICALS
869 01.1E10N •sT EAST 1'01tONTO
OPPOITONITIES 1108 MEN & WOM16N
WATERLESS CLEANER •
Make spare time profitable. Sell YPE We.
toeless Cleaner. Amazing band Woozier
with many boueehold and other uses. Lib-
eral 0ommlaslrn, Write Herknoos & Com-
0eny, Niagara Fails. for free ramble and
Information.
BE A HAIRDRESSER
1050 0ANADA119 LEADING 5011001.
Great Opportunity Loire
B:alydrosslna
Pleasant, 01000064 profession. goad wages.
Thousands of suooe0ful Marvel strodustee
America's Greatest system
tlluetrated Catalogue Free
Write or Cull
MARVEL BAIRDRESSING SCHOOLS
868 Bloor St W. Toronto
Branches:
44 Eine St., Bamllton
72 Rldean St,. Ottawa
OPERATER /motto tank clinlc 1n your
comluunity. Can be a part-tlmo 000013A-
tlon for reliable and responsible oitken
with truck or car. This Includes sales
and eerv0ce for chemical treatment of
sotto tanks, cesspools, dralnllneo & en-
vier, Send full particulars of exnerlenae
and phone number. to TOWN'S, COUNTRY
EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY LTD., 107
Mutual Street, Toronto..
PATENTS
AN OFFER to every inventor—Liot of in-
ventlo0e and 0011 Information teat free.
The Ramsay Co„ Registered Patent Atter-
Reye. 279 Eank Street, Ottawa.
„'FETHERsTONHAVGR & Company Patent
Attorneys. Established 1990. 900 UM -
wraith Ave.. Toronto; Patents all countr0ee.
01L880NAL
51.00 TRt0L offer. Twenty-five deluxe
personal reaulremenl9, Latent .Catalogue
Included. The Medico Agency, 003 129
Terminal A. Toronto. Ontario,
STOP SMOKING! Thisyear keep that
New Year Resolution with the ,aid of
"Tobacco Bliml0ator." A 7-dov money-
back guaranteed treatment. For free
booklet write C' W. -- Xing Pharmacal
Corp. Ltd., Roc 501, Walkervllle, Ont.
UNWANTED HAIR
Vanished sway lwttb SACH -PECO. s
remarkable discovery at the age. Fres
lnformat0on at Lor -Beer Laboratorlee
Ltd., Ste. 5, 970 Granville St„ or write
P 0, Box 99, Vancouver, B.C.
TURKEY WLNG FEATHERS
Wanted! Pay up to SS pound, Write for
d000010tlon. packing. shipping inertia -
tions. Dupe,lon Archery, 10 Hamllmn,
Brantford. Ont.
WANTED
EGGS WANTED --• Wo pay latched
Prices for ungrrnded eggs. Premium for
white eggs. Write for particulars.
T7tornbank Poultry Farms. 901 °selectee
Avenue. Toronto,
HARNESS & COLLARS
farmers attention—Consult your near-
est Harness Shop about Staco Harness
Supplies. We sell our goods only
through your local Staco Leather
goods dealer. The goods are right
and so are aur prices. We manufac-
ture in our factories: Harness Horse
Collars, Sweat Pads, Horse Blankets
and Leather Travelling Goods, Insist
on Staco Brand Trade•Marked Goods
and you get satisfaction. Made only
by
SAMUEL TREES CO, LTD.
42 Wellington St. E., Toronto
- Write for Catalogue -
1