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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-4-14, Page 5iI sr: • here's a real paradox in sport, Another ,• gruelling struggle for possession of hockey's most coveted award, the Stanley Cup, Is In Its final torrid stages this week, This marks the final yardage along a multi-milliondollar trail — for a trophy that cost something less than $50, And was given, originally for competition among amateur hockey clubs. It was back in the far -from -gay Nineties that Lord Stan- ley, then Governor-General of Canada, donated the, sum Of ten pounds sterling for the purchase Of the trophy to bear his name, Lord Stanley was rather an indifferent hockey fan. But during his tenure eV office another distinguished English- man, LOrd Kilcoursie,‘ was a visitor, at Government house, Ottawa, and through hs efforts the trophy was secured, Lord Kilcoursie was fascinated by the hockey of the period, so much so that he asked to be tutored in what he described as "ice athletics", He proved an apt pupil and became a player on the Rebels Hockey Club, then a member of the Ontario Hockey Association. Lord Kileoursie then learned that the teams played Merely for the glory of winning, with no tangible recognition given the victors. He sought out his friend Lord Stanley, and prevailed upon him to make some fitting donation, preferably one that would perpetuate the memory of Lord Stanley. Upon receiv- ing the ten pounds Lord Kilcoursie had a trophy fashioned to be known as the Stanley Cup and presented, annually as symbolic of Canadianhockey supremacy. The Cup was awarded as a challenge trophy for amateur hockey, for the very good reason that then—in the days of natural ice, small rinks, many of them open-air—professional hockey was not even thought of. There was nothing In the deed of the gift stipulating that amateurs only should play for the trophy, and gradually the Cup passed into the hands of the professional clubs. It was held by the eastern professional champions until the Patrick brothers, Lester and Frank, daringly organized the Pacific Coast League, challenged for the trophy, and frequently won it. When the Coast League collapsed in the mid -20's, the trophy remained with the National League, ful- filling its destiny as symbolic of hockey supremacy. Many millions of dollars have since been invested In great, artificial ice -palaces, more millions in salaries, training and travelling expenses, coaches, managers, farm circuits, upkeep of the great rinks, maintenance of hockey head- quarters, reimbursement of referees and other officials. "A million dollar trail" is putting it mildly. Competition for the $50 trophy, and of course for the monetary awards that are coupled with it, have run into the billion -dollar mark, beyond doubt. Your comments and suggestions for this column wilt be welcomed by Elmer ferguson6e/o Calvert House, 491 Yonge St„ Toronto. AMHERSTBURO, ONTARIO ' When Men Fought With Bare Fists - The first modern prize fighter of whom there is any record is James Figg of England. In his youth,.a tough and illiterate husky, James Figg was a celebrated wrestler and swordsman. However, when he ;an out of wrestling opponents, he turned to fighting with his fists. Thus, in .1716, bare -knuckle lighting made-'ffs'.official modern debut when James Figg pro- claimed himself the heavyweight champion of the world. He was ;o ring znar,vel and he. reigned sls tin d`f s pmt e d heavyweight champion until 1790, when at the age of 36, he retired from the ring—undefeated. James Figg's style of fist fight- ing set a new fashion in the yt{lord of sports. Upon his retire- ment;,:li+a, opened t school' for f teaching. His place was called "Figg'. Academy for Boffin$." boxing school in London be- came, the most popular spot in England, and men from all over the world went there to learn the :art of "Figg's Fightng," That tough and illiterate bare -knuckle pug became the idol of England, and to his boxing academy came many of the most famous men of that time — Sir Robert Wal- pole, Dean Swift and others from all walks Of life. When James Figg died at the age of 40, he left behind him a rich heritage, for Figg's style of fighting with bare knuckles spread throughout the world. James Figg of ,'Englandwas the first of the great bare - knuckle champions. An Ameri- can gentleman from Boston, John L. Sullivan, was the last bare- knuckle champion of the world. However, 1 r o m James Figg to John L, Sullivan, there were other celebrated bare - knuckle boxing champions, fight- ers who made history. For example, there is' the stbsy'. of ; a man who in his • day, won declaim as a bare -knuckle cham- pion, but that fact has been for - g o .t t e n in the immeasurably greater fame ' he ac'hievetl other fields. He came from ` Virginia{ the son of a well-to-do family. As a, boy, husky and strong, he was,. handy with his dukes, and 'lie loved a tough scrap, liowever,i he had `to do most of his beire-+ knuckle' fighting in secret; iforl. his family of'culturedl gentlemen' and gentlewomen W o u;l d have been horrified if he were .dis- covered engaged in the brutal sport, But that boy from Vir- ginia gained ir-ginia.gained suck a wide reputa- tion iii the fistic circles Of his time, that When he was Only six- teen years old, he was recog- n i z e d as bare-kluickle boxing champion 01 Virginia All that happened a long time ago His fame as a fist -fighter has been completely forgotten, but curiously enough, American history always will remember him as another kind of fighter, for he was the Father of His Country and the first President of the United States :— George Washington. There are more odd facts con- nected with the career of the old-time champion, Jem M a 0 e, than with any other ,fighter: in fistic history. To begin with, it -is interesting to note that Mace, who began fighting about a hun- dred years ago, is responsible for most of the development of modern skill in the ring, He invented the left jab and taught, it to a number of boxers in a school he ran in Australia, ', Among his pupils were s u c h immortals of the ring, as Peter Jackson, regarded as the greatest boxer ever seen in the squared circle, and a skinny red-haired blacksmith's helper named Bob Fitzsimmons. Jem Mace began life as a wan- dering gypsy, became notorious as a pickpocket. In some man- ner, Mace fell in love with the violin and picked up a precari- ous living going from county fair to county fair, playing for pennies. It was thanks to his fiddle that Jem Mace took his first step on his true career as a fighter. One day, before he had reached %a Beauty and The Prince — Actress Gene Tierney sits in a comvitji. Aly Khan, one of the richest men in the world, at Rosarito Beach, Mexico. Miss Tierney has been given a diamond ring by the Prince, but she said there was no immediate Mini -lege planned. his eighteenth birthday, three drunken fisherinen pounced on him, broke his violin over his head, and started to beat him up. Tem Mace shook himself loose and then proceeded to give the three men the beating of their lives. The fight was watch- ed atched by an admiring rural circus promoter. When it was over he propositioned Jem, with the result that the young men with the hand yfists became a prize fighter He took on all comers in a circus boxing booth that travelled up and down England. Althqugh Jem Mace n -e v e r weighed over 160 pounds, he fought his way up the ladder until he became heavyweight champion of the world, a title he richly deserved since he fought in almost every country in the world. He was forty years old when he sailed to America for:..the first time. He met Tom Alen' in New Orleans, and, after potting his opponent more than telt' years and over fifty pounds, defeated him for the world's eryyweight championship by a knockout, Through all this Jem Mace never:.gave up his l ve,•,for his violin.' It went with him every- where y where which made tor. a .lot of travelling.. because Mace fought in the 'ring for fifty-six years! The climax of his ca'en.came in South. Africa where two well- known pxlze fighters were vying for the heavyweightdiampion- ship. Mace fought bthof these .. . youngsters within the :space of one week — and kri(ocked them boil. cold! What's mere, Jem Macs was seventy-one years old ''when he accomplished this feat! Anybody Gof A Key? — Like hundreds of other dogs. in Chicago, this :`little 'fellow' found himself behind bars during that City's recent antirabies roundup. • The city was : deda•red a rabies "quarantine" area after several persons were bitten- by rabid dog}.roaming the city's streets. Marvellous Book Being Re -Bound One of the most famous books in the world is undergoing a transformation. It is the Book o1 hells, the finest of all Trish illuminated manuscripts a n d probably the most wonderful surviving example of early Christian art The book is an illuminated account of the four gospels in Latin of Trinity College in Dublin. For long the book has been exhibited in the glass case for A Washington policeman' heldi up traffic near the Capitol to let a squirrel cross the street in Safety. The animal be. name confused by ears as 11 searched for new feeding territory. public inspection, but only six or eight pages in the middle of the book have been turned in rota- tion because of pressure on the binding of the large volume. Now, however, the f a m o u s book is to be not, one book, but four. It is being rebound. The thinner volumes will have only a slight and even pressure exerted on the binding when each is opened, and it will now be possible for a different page of each book to be displayed daily., How To Decorate Easter Eggs How to decorate eggshells for Easter is described today by the Head Chief of the Laura Secord Candy Shops. Use eggs, he says, that have been standing at room tempera- ture for several hours. Take long darning needle and puncture the egg at each end, Try to puncture the yolk, but do not make the hole too large as the shell will be weakened. Put one of the holes to the lips and gently blow. into egg. The contents should flow out at the other end and into a bowl set out for the pur- pose, Use a hat pin as a holder while decorating the shell. Paint shells with opaque water color and allow the background to dry, then paint over it with designs or scenes. Painted eggs may be used to decorate the branches of a small bare tree placed in a pot or holder, Candy eggs also may be used for this purpose to simulate budding blossoms, " Mold corn meal mush in pound butter or margarine cartons, When solid, open the cartons, push out mush, slice, and fry, e New Hose Feature he 'Paler 'Shades ..t ' Hosiery is''atePping Into spring with pale shades dominating the heel to•henn,pori 9p' of the rash- tP,npiotpre„ t Many Of the new Rha4ea are, hzere mists of well- defined abler`s designed to flatter the legs., " r i .., One hosiery mill has actually cued Its color card .to the differ- ent skip toes, 01 b10nde, brun ettet,'' Trownettetl redheads and -even greyheads, 'Never ^'before^ has' there been . so, illuchl LO choose •frgm in both styling and construction. For the very fashion conscious ,there are Pastel's iriAinu•ted pink, mauve, yellow and;poWder blue 10 create ..an unbroken colon line from head to •toe, . Other special occasion 'Styles include flocking ' and hand- , painting ithat looks like embroid- ery and egelf-patterns achieved 'through i?atricate: , feinting. ,{t . nutryther of manufacturers have been working quietly to im- prove the /It comfort` and wear- ing •qualities of hosiery tops 'Or welts, One has come up with a run -proof welt said to put an end t0 runs travailing down from the garter area, Another is featuring a built-in knee action achieved tltroug' an elasticized welt. This is for active women who do con- siderable bending and stooping. Still another has used the new textralized nylon yarn to make weltswith plenty of stretch for seamless, circular -knit hosiery. Until this feature was added, women with larger legs some- times found the tops of circular - knit hosiery too tight for com- fort, Seam -free nylons appear to' be growing in popularity fat year- round. as well as summer wear, The bare look was preferred to bare legs by many women last summer and may develop into`a'n important trend this year. 'At least one Canadian mill will shortly make seamless .in mesh as well as regular knits and in full and knee -lengths.' Those switching to seamless have a new hosiery . term to learn: ; They should request 400 needle, 15 - denier construction, which are equivalent to the more familiar 51 -gauge, 15 -denier in full-fash- iened hosiery. Shades that predominate for spring include a pinky `beige, a pale neutral beige, a skin tone beige, a light pearl taupe, a taupy brown, a brown with bronze undertones and a violet -touched grey, They were all developed to match, blend or contrast with the latest costume colors. He Collects Hands You are unlikely to meet a more dexterous man than Mon- sieur Michel de . Bry, a French- man whose hobby is collecting hands for history. Already well known as a col- lector of connoisseur grama- phone records, de Bry started with the idea of collecting plast- er -casts of the celebrities whose voices he already had on wax. Then he decided to try to acquire perfect models of the hands of the famous, so that historians and biographers might be helped in deducing character from the casts. He first exhibited the models at a club called The Friends. of French Palmistry. "Look at this -cast of the hand of Rita Hayworth," says Mon- sieur de Bry. It is show,n clasp- ing that of Ali Khan. "Her in- dex finger shows a remarkable likeness to that of the late Baron Rothschild." Near by may, be seen replicas of the hands of the French writer Colette, pianist Arthur Rubenstein, Nijinsky, Orson Welles, Wilhelm "Furtwangler, and the lady bullfighter, Con- chita.Cintron. Now de Brywants to acquire casts of the hands of Sir Winston Churchill, Einstein, and Mauriac, among others. Among casts of hands he has not made 'himself but has picked up from antique shops all over the world are those of Voltaire, Napoleon, Chopin, and Lincoln. Try This On Your °i:oss Spring is on the way and hol- idays are not far off, but pretty, dark-haired Pamela Martin, who works in a Chicago travel bur- eau, is one jump ahead of the holiday-makers. Already this year she's had a trip around the world—by air. The journey, with stops in all the principal countries, involved 90 hours, 59 minutes of flying. It happened like this. Pamela grew tired of planning other people's holidays abroad. Talk- ing to them glowingly about foreign travel was all very well, but she herself had never tray- elled far. So she put it to her boss: "Why not give me a lightning world trip by air? 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I0 takeo op xo two pinto of aver bile a dey to keep your digestive tract in to ,Lepel 11 700,' liver..bile ie.hot�.Stnlring fr,eul�7 your food mean not digest aunaatigaspated and as the fun and eparklo go out of 1r1'e, That'm when you need mad.gontle Carter's Little Liver Pills, Thine 30,00006 vegetable pills help stimulate the flow of liver bila. Soon your digestion starts functioning properly and yea fool that happy day. . are here again! Don't ever etav' sunk d)foh 1. keep Carter's Little T.iver Plus on hand. 371 at sour dnto 1,t. ISSUE 16 — 1954