The Brussels Post, 1954-01-20, Page 3THE Calvert SPORTS COLUMN
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• When Montreal's Armand Savoie not
so long ago fought Jimmy Carter in the
Montreal Forum for the lightweight
championship of the world 10,000 sportfans, comfortably seated, saw the battle.
That was in marked contrast to the last
occasion that a Canadian fought for the
same title.
The surroundings for the Savoie•Carter fight were luxurious;
to battle thh e great1,Tstatus.
ck M But
Harry
rforGth'e lightwe Toronto
cp wn
in 1687 in the furtive secrecy of a Lawrence, Mass., blacksmith
shop, before 64 spectators.
Boxing then was outside the pale of the law. Participants
and spectators risked arrest and prosecution, Details of the
arrangements for the match were guarded so carefully that
only three trusted sports writers were admitted. An enterpris-
ing fourth writer gained admission by posing as a carpenter.
In a hall directly above the blacksmith shop, a Salvation
Army Group was holding a prayer-meetin;, Its members quite
unaware of what was happening below. As the two sorely
bruised scrappers went ,into• the twentieth round, they could
hear the voices singing "Hold the Fort." McAuliffe broke away,
backed toward the ropes and, half -turning his head, called to
his second, non-pareil Jack Dempsey: "They ain't having half
as hard a time holding the fort up there, as I am down here!"
• McAuliffe won by K.Q. in the 26th round, Soon after the
match it was learned that the sheriff, was in search of the
participants. The lightweight champion and his friends were
bundled into a sleigh and driven over deserted, snow-covered
country roads to a nearby town, Lowell, McAuliffe presented
such a battered appearance that a scandalized hotel clerk
sternly refused to accommodate the party.
,,low very different from the title bouts of today, that draw
thousands of fans, are broadcast and televised all over the
continent, with champions richly rewarded! The sheer bru-
tality of boxing in the old days, too, has been lessened by a
limit placed on the number of rounds.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
' 6y Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yong. St., Toronto.
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Perhaps the most Unusual
finish to a flstic encounter oc-
curred on the Tright when the
colorful Irish thrush, Jack
Doyle, the singing heavyweight,
was busy engaging the British
hefty, Eddie Philips.
In the second round the hand-
some Doyle let fly with a fierce
roundhouse right. He missed
completely, fell between the
ropes and struck his head on
the apron of the ring! Ile was
out cold as he lay flat on his
back on the floor at ringside,
his feet weirdly resting on the
press table as the referee count-
ed him out!
Hen Lays Atomic Eggs — In the Atomic Energy Commission's
radio -biological laboratories a biochemist and a technician give
a hen a forced feeding of radioactive calcium -45 and phos-
phorus -43 in an experiment on the physiology of egg formation.
By measuring the shell, white and yolk of the hen's eggs for
radioactivity, scientists try to find out how the hen absorbs cal-
cium and phosphorus and fills them into various components of
the egg.
Shaw "Proved" He
Wrote ,Ahakespeirre
Almost monthly some literary
aspirant, or even established man
of 'letters, rushes tlntlfusiaktically'
into print with fresh„ prpor of
haw someone, other than Shake-
speare, wrote the , great poet's
works, Bernard Shaw established
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ship by juggling•,with: play titles.
The fourth, letter :from • the end ,
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So match Tier either theorists,
In a chlleaeteristie word ,;ShaTT.
dismissed,.their, Tclaims, as bun -r
kum.
Soul Melts Faster
In. the City: . •
Surfaces differ in their ability
to absorb the sun's radiant heat.
Clean snow does not absorb it '
very well, but reflects it; dirty
snow absorbs the sun's heat much
faster, and so the dirty,grey
snow melts. Everyone knows that
snow gets dirty much faster in
the city than out in the open
country; as a direct consequence,
it melts faster in the city. That
is because the darker the sub-
stance the better it absorbs rad-
iant heat. You can prove this. Lay
a dark cloth over a patch of snow
and a white cloth over another
patch, on a cold, sunny day, In
a short time you will find trial
more snow has melted under the
dark cloth than under the white
one. The dark cloth has absorbed
more of the sun's heat and has,
in turn, imparted more heat to
the snow beneath it, and so .the
snow has melted.
Fooled The Pooch
A doctor was worried recently
because the puppy belonging to
one of his children had the habit
of sleeping in the child's bed.
This was so unhygienic that he
decided to insist on the puppy
sleeping in his basket downstairs.
But the puppy objected ,to this
change and whined most of the
night, keeping the doctor and his
family awake.
Then the doctor had an idea.
He wrapped a hotwater bottle and•
a small clock with a loud -tick
in one of the child's old jackets
and placed it in the puppy's
basket.
This gave the puppy the in,
gression that he was still sleep-
ing "'beside the child whose
"heart" he could hear beating and
whose warm "body" nestled close
to him. Since then the little dog
has slept soundly every night.
"TOO HOT TO HANDLE"
The Yanks were battling the
St. Louis Browns, and it was just
one of those—days. With a man
on base, Herb Pennock of the
Yanks singled. Bing Miller, the
Brownie outfielder, scooped up
the ball and fired it to the plate,
but the throw went over catcher
Wally Schang's head. Schang
raced back, picked up the ball,
and threw to third, trying to get
Pennock, Again the ball was wild
—sailing back into Miller's gar-
den. Bing retrieved it and heaved
it wildly over the plate.
Jimmy Austin dashed from the
Browns' bench carrying a bucket
of water and chirped, "This'll
cool off that hot thing!"
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,kind of football game and aro lust as enthusiastic about 11 as any player running for a touch-
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Jacobsen, are helped daily by the latest Therapy in a program aimed at rebuilding their crippled
bodies. Games like this one keep the patients in a proper spirit.
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B g Deal — The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent infielder Danny
O'Connell (right) to the Milwaukee Braves for six players and
an unannounced sum of money. The Braves gave up pitcher
Max Surkont (top left) and outfielder Sam Jethroe (bottom), The
Milwaukee club also gave up fielder Sid Gordon and pitchers
Fred Waters, Lawrence La Salle and Curtis Raydon.
"FIGHTERS OR -BALLET
DANCERS" is the title of an ar-
ticle in which Mickey Walker
takes a few jabs at modern fist -
cuffing, with special reference
to the TO' audience and its effect
on the game. And here we might
say that Mr. Walker speaks
With considerable authority,
seeing that he was World
Middleweight Champ back in
the days when a fighter needed
more than a pleasing personality
and a photogenic pan in order
to get by. * • - *
"I'm afraid the fight game is
going to be just a memory if
the prize ring doesn't develop
more talent through punches in-
stead of publicity," says -Mickey,
who can swing almost as hard
on a typewriter as he used to "
s
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Smile Teeol
The hospitality planned by La-
fayette College officials seemed
w.- -ed, when cm' '' Tee people
got off the train in Easton, Penn-
sylvania. An excited throng had
gathered to welcome the track
tem -1 of the much -heralded Car-
lisle Indians, led by their respect-
ed coach, cagey "Pop" Warne!',
The Lafayette coach could scarce-
ly believe his eyes. In astonish-
ment, he asked Warner where
his team s.
"We're all here," said Warner,
and started the introductions.
"This is Jim Thorpe, here's Frank
Shenandoah. Lewis Tewanina will
be here a little la'er,"
Still ineredulous, the Lafayette
coach took his visitors on a tour
of the grounds and finally led
them to the stadium for the dual
meet. Thorpe startled the home-
town spectators by winning the
dashes, hurdles, d i s c u s, and
jumps. Shenandoah took the
quarter -mile low hurdles, and
ti'ewanina, who ran most of the
way from the statidn in train-
ing for the Olympic Games, ar-
rived at the stadium just in time
to scamper onto the field and
walk off with the two-mile run.
That was all the Indians needed
to sew up the meet.
do with padded gloves. "Now-
adays there's more fast talk
and strong con delivered than
left hooks and right crosses."
* 0 •
Mickey goes on to state that
in the old days a wild swing
was something to be laughed at.
Nowadays, they call it "The
Bolo Punch,' or some such, and
hail it as something new and
original. Likewise, a fighter was
liable to get booed out of the
ring if he continually backed
away from an opponent. Today,
it's clever retreat, and the
backer -up is loudly applauded.
* + *
A knockdown or a painful ex-
pression — continues Walker —
may halt a modern contest.
Many of the supposedly he-man
fights resemble ballet dancers'
interpretations o f wrestling
grips. Boxing referees perform
like Milton Berle emceeing a
nightclub show.
* * *
These are a few reasons why
I don't attend many fights or
watch then on TV. Don't get me
wrong — I still feel that I'm
part of the game, and I still get
a kick out of mixing in a fist
fight. By saying this I don't
mean to stick my chin out — I
have enough trouble battling my
wife! During my fighting days,
she witnessed only one prize
fight. But now, with television
as her guide, and lacking a ring-
side education, she has become
an authority on punches.
* * *
I've heard television viewers
judge fighters' abilities in
strange ways. One said, "I not
only admire Marciano's strong
hands, but his serious expres-
sion before the gong also has
a strong appeal."
* $ •
Another time, after Kid Gavi-
lan knocked out Chuck Davey,
1- listened to an excited man re-
mark, "Davey could get knock-
ed out every night, but I like to
watch him throw his clever me-
chanical punches. He gives a lot
of action and sure is a great
fighter!" * * *
It seems that in future evalu-
ation of boxers, personal appeal
will be more important than
ability. Million -dollar sponsors
will develop the greatest ring
personalities to please armchair
fight fans the world over. This
is apt to happen sooner than
you think.
* * *
I have a feeling that if Abel
Fernandez had continued with
boxing gloves instead of sign-
ing up for motion pictures, the
TV fans would have supported,
his ring endeavors. He might
have even brought back the mil-
lion -dollar gates to boxing are-
nas, but I'm sure he would have
developed enough ring appeal
to break all TV records.
* * *
In his fights there was a touch
of the old Dempsey showman-
ship. Stripped down in boxing
trunks, he looked like a sun -
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* * 0
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+ * *
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+ 0 0
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* * *
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