HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-6-2, Page 7Sport Might Be A Help
la Preventing Another War
• ')here is a popular notion that athletes
can succeed where statesmen have failed;
that good, !loan rivalry in sports can clear
the atmosphere of all international hos-
tility and bring nations closer to one
another.
This writer does not necessarily agree.
Sports have often brought the represen-
tatives of different nations so close to one another that the
good offices of th. ;al police were required to pry them apart
again.
But there is something encouraging about Russia's latest,
efforts to establish closer ties this side of the Iron Curtain
through the medium of athletics. The Russians have invited
western track -field stars, soccer and hockey teams to play
against Communist athletes on Soviet fields,
And more important still, the Russians hate indicated that
their athletic representatives may yet be permitted to com-
pete in America.
Let us hope this isn't all just propaganda. We don't nave
to he politicians to see that the sooner we get a chance to
show. young Russians what the western world Is really like,
the sooner will -.n important gain be made in international
relations. That gain may be just a tiny seed, but tiny seeds
often grow into trees.
To be sure, we do not believe tor one moment that the
cold war will ever be settled on an athletic field. But it is
a fact that Westerners and Russians got along better com-
peting
gdiagainst etch) other n the Olympic Games than they
No doubt, tie professional diplomats nave accomplished
great things at times. But some results cannot be achieved
through professional diplomacy alone, Sometimes the man-
in-therstreet isthe diplomat, whether he knows it or not. The
young Communist who today learned to know and like the
athletes representing Canada,. Britain or the United States,
may be a political boss in his country tomorrow, He won't
readily hate the men he knows personally t0 be good guys.
We would like a chance to welcome Communist athletes
to this continent. We want them to see for themselves what
Life -hi the western world is really like. If it won't end the
cold war, it isn't likely to do any harm, either.
Superstitions
Criminals Hold
The murderers of Constable
Gutteridge in a lonely part of
Essex shot out both his ayes af-
ter fatally wounding him. Super-
stition"was behind that atrocious
act, for Browne and Kennedy be-
lieved that a' murderer's likeness
is retained as in a mirror in the
dead eyes of his victim, and they
feared that they would thus be
recognized.
T h e superstitions connected
with crime are often very an-
cient, and in the past were even
%ised for purposes of detection.
Because it was believed that the
wounds of a dead man would
bleed afresh if the body were
touched by his murderer, it was
a common practice to force a
suspect to the Ordeal of the Bier,
in other words he was compelled
to touch the body in the pres-
ence of witnesses.
Similarly, the belief that soon-
er or later a murderer must re-
turn to the body of his victim is
probably the reason why the
bodies of the slain were'exposed
to public gaze in the Paris
morgue—and the police carefully
watched those who came to see.
A curiously morbid supersti-
tion was current in Eastern Eur-
ope that the right hand of a sui-
cide was a protection to thieves,
and the door if a house were
rapped with it seven times, the
occupants would be held in slum-
ber, and would not hear intrud-
ers.
Baseball's High -Flying And Woolly - No wonder Umpire Nestor
Shylak, above, is confused. He's used to ducking, high flies, but
not !'flying tigers," In this case, les Detroit Tigers' Second Base-
man Frank Bolling who's floting through the air with the greatest
of ease, chasing a wild throw from the plate during a game with
White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Tigers snagged the game
on the fly, 3-2. Below, Ethel and "Albert" make life easy for
Groundskeeper John Gery at Breadon Field, home' of the Allen-.,t
-taiv.1L•P e, Cardinals. They keep the grass mowed, rain or shine,
according to Gery.
Decor's Tates
"Oh, yes, NIP. Wedstono." said,
Sir Andrew Clark,, his medical
Adviser, "wine does help you to
get through work, For instance,
I often have twenty letters to An-
swer after dinner, and a Pint Of
champagne is a great help,"
The Prime Minister was as-
tounded for he kn,lw that his
physician was what is termed
"a temperance doctor," who rare-
ly prescribed alcohol for his pa-
tients.
"Indeed," he said, "and does•
a pint of champaigne really help
you to answer your letters?"
"Well, notexactly," admitted
Sir Andrew, "but' when I've had
a pint of Champaign! I don't
care •a jot whether I answer
them or not!" •
Stories worth 'recording about
doctors and their patients
abound, P
Dr, MacCreary, .an American,
once told the members of the:
Carteret Club about two consult-
ing physicians who were called
in by a local doctor to give their
opinion about one of his pa-
tients. The owner of the house,
wishing to know whether his
illness was a serious one, con-
cealed his son in a cupboard,
with instructions to listen to
every word they uttered.
"Joe," he said, when they had
gone, "what did they say?"
"Dunno, Pop," replied the, lad.
'They used lots of bib words I
never heard before. But I did
hear the tall one say, 'We'll soon
find out at the autopsy' "
A Dr, Julius Dietrick once re-
lated the following story of al-
most unbelievable stupidity. Ele
was called to an emergency case
in a factory where a factory
worker had -a badly gashed
cheek.
When he arrived the'man. was
blue in the ; face and ` choking.
Dietrich noticed that his necktie
was drawn far too tightly across
his neck, ,'so he'.•loosened it
"What on earth are you trying
to do?" he barked- "Strangle:'
yourself?"
"First-aid," the man., splutter-
ed, "they told 'us' to ' apply= a
tourniquet to stop the bleeding!"
Then there was the man who
was told by a Dr. Lynapp to cut
out bread from his diet because
he was much too fat.
"No bread, Doc," gasped the
man, "no bread? Den how'my
gonna pick up d'gravy?"
A woman who lived in Mil-
waukee taxed the patience- of her.
medical man, a Dr. Bryant,con-
siderably. 'There must be some-
thing you're not doing, Mrs.
Ponto," he 'insisted, "for you're
getting much too fat. Are you.
quite sure you've eaten exactly
what I've ordered?".
"Yes, Doctor, everything on
the diet sheet." /
"And nothing else?"
"Nothing at all—except my
ordinary meals."
Some years ago Greven Whal-
en, the famous New York pro-
fessional greeter, was intrdduced
to an eminent physician as"the
hand 'shaking specialist."
"Funny, remarked the medi-
cal man, "I. too. ant a hand
shaking specialist, Mr. Whalen."
"You mean you're like' me, a
professional greeter?"
"No," smiled the other, "I'm
Dr. Bidwell, the expert on palsy."
Sometimes medical men make
mistakes and lay ` themselves
open to laughter. A Dr. .1Meurice;
Chideckel.'r a specialt--was
the surgery of a young, practi-
tioner when a Illnping'boy fives •
led ilia'
".Ah," said the young doctor,
trying to show off his knowledge
to the older fluff, '"looks like
Perthe's Disease .to ,me, Appears
usually between the ages bf five
and twelve. That mild limp is
the first symptom.' Vriatdh the
boy. He has just sat down'—pro-
bablyfrom the pain of ' walk-
ing." He then called to the lad,
"Come here, sonny."
"Just a minute, doc," answer-
ed the boy, "till I get this peb-
ble out of my shoel"
When British rationing started,
some letters asking for certifi-
cates for more milk were amus-
ing.
"Please send me a form for
cheap milk," wrote one, "as I
am expecting mother."
"Please send me a form for
supply of milk for women hav-
ing children at reduced prices,"
wrote another.
"I posted . the form by mis-
take," said a third, "before my
child was filled in properly."
. Some people don't think be-
fore they write. "Will you please
send me a form for cheap milk,"
began another correspondent, "I
have a baby two months old and
did not know anything about it.
until a friend told me."
No one blamed a doctor for
smiling when. he receiVed this:
"I have a child nearly two yearp
old and am looking forward to
an increase in November, Hoping
this will suit your kind approv-
al."
'Yes—doctors have their mo-
ments of fun,
Surprise-- Alyce: "Did Harold
hiss you unexpectedly?"
Grayce - "Not exactly — just
sooner titan I expected."
Not In The Script - Gordy Jennings ducks as Dick Walker (top,
left) and Bob Collins collide in mid-air. The mishap occurred
while the San Diego Water Ski Association members were tun-
ing up for an exhibition. No one was injured.
Boxer Was
Knighted Ely
Drunken Prince
Knighthoods are rarities in
the realms of sport. Cricket can
boast Sir Jack Hobbs and Sir
Donald Bradman; the Turf has
Sir Gordon _Richards. 'Lawn ten-
nis—Sir Norman Brooks and
Rugger, Sir :travel] Wakefield.
There may be others that do
°
not come so readily to mind.
But what about boxing?
Has the fight game ever been
'thus honoured?' If you say "No"
you are wrong and if you try
to guess you'll probably fail,
Yet perhaps the first sports-
man ever .to lbs knighted was a ,
prizefighter,' none other •than
Dan Donnelly, the Champion of
Ireland, who received the hon -
Our in 1819 after winning a fam-
ous victory at Crawley Hurst
in Surrey, thirty miles from
London.
Donnelly came to England
from Dublin after winning the
Irish championship and imme-
diately issued a "manifesto to
the milling world," in which he
declared his readiness t0 fight
any man in the country at his
' weight for a purse of 4100 to
4500.
The challenge was taken up
by Toni Oliver, a Battersea gar-
dener who had no pretensions
to being a pugilist until, chanc-
ing to look up from a cabbage
patch he was planting, he saw
a bare -knuckle bout taking place
in the next field and remarked
at the finish: "Well, if they call
that prize fighting I'll be hanged
if I don't think I .could do a
bit myself.".
The bout between Donnelly
and Oliver aroused wide enthu-
siasm and betting was heavy. So
great was Irish support for their
champion that numerous large
parties made the trip to .England
and laid two -to -one on Dan
without the slightest hesitation.
Most of them walked all night
from London t0 Crawley Hurst
in torrential rain, determined
to be on hand when the men
took the ring next day. It was
still raining when they set up
the ring' and from all directions
'' came excited spectators on foot,
while a string of carriager of
every description reached for
nearly a mile along the nearby
main road.
The fight lasted an hour and
ten minutes and covered the best
part of thirty-four; rounds. It
was a punishing bout, in which
fortunes fluctuated, but in the
Island Beauty - Hawaii's 63,000
Pilipinos, who Tike their Filipinas
young and lovely, chose 16 -year-
old Mildred Serra, of Honolulu,
as their Cover Girl of 1054.
end Oliver was exhausted and
finally knocked insensible, leav-
ing Donnelly the winner.
Both men were escorted to a
neighboring farmhouse where
they were put to bed and bled.
In the course of calf -an -hour
they dressed, shook hands and
drank each other's health.' Dan
returned .to London where his
friends feted him for a week.
The Prince Regent, who was
living at Brighton, had betted
heavily on the Irishman and
sent word that he would like
Donnelly to visit him. When
Dan 'arrived at the Pavilion, the
Prince, in a moment of bibulous
hilarity, borrowed' a sword, or-
dered Donnelly to kneel before
him and, tapping hilts on the
shoulder in the approved man-
ner said; "Arise, Sir Dan."
Thus the Irish champion be-
came the first and only pugilist
ever to be knighted.
Few in London society recog-
nized the honour bestowed on
Donnelly, but none could deny
him the right . to style himself
"Sir • Dan," a title by which he
was known from then onwards.
Donnelly first saw the light of
day in Dublin in the year 1788.
He set out as ' a carpenter, but
was soon attracted to fist fights,
being tempted into the game by
his friends who asserted that a
physique such as Dan possessed
was only meant for the prize
ring.
A writer of the day decribed
the Irishman's appearance in
these words: "He if all muscle.
His arms are long ... his neck
athletic and bold; in height
nearly six feet; in weight thir-
teen stones (182. Ib.) and his
whole bearing that of a boxer
with first-rate qualifications."
Of course, such a man at-
tracted the ladies and Dan did
not deny himself their company.
When he was staying at the.
Castle Tavern in Holborn a por-
ter came to tell him that his
"wife" was at the_ White Horse
in Fetter Lane and wished to see
him as soon as possible.
With great eagerness Donnel-
ly asked, '"What sort of a wom-
an is she?"
To which the surprise° mes-
senger inquired:
"What, sir, don't you know
your own missus?"
The champion, smiling re-
plied, "Is she a big woman, dark
or fair?, Well, never mind, tell
her I'll come and look, just to
see if I know her."
In raining Donnelly was a
law unto himself and absolute-
ly unmanageable. It was usual
for a pugilist to have a com-
panion to see that a regular
schedule of exercising was main-
tained, but not so with Dan.
Eveti hadsuch a Person been
assigned to him it would have
been little use, for the Irish-
man was quite beyond normal
control.
While training at Riddlesdown
for the Oliver fight, he would
often take a drop of "stuff" with
him to bed, to prevent his lying
awake, At other times he would
steal out at night to 'poach for
petticoats" and the preserves of
Croydon, it seems, supplied even
more than his wants.
In Dublin, Donnelly opened
a public douse and thele the
sports thronged to pa; homage
to their great champion's prow-
ess. Sir Dan's house overflowed
nightly with company and he
kept pace with the revelry.
Negotiations were opened to
match him with Johi Carter,
the champion of .England, but
before another boutcould be
arranged, the fistic knight was
laid low by Fate itseli.
For the undertaker eventually
boxes the best 4 champions and
Om day, after drinking forty-
seven glasses of whiskey, Sir
Dan indulged in a fast genie: of
lives which brought him to a
great heat, whereupol he drank
a copious draught 0f cold water,
As a result of this he suffered
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