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tM Roger Bannister, stile British medical`
student, performed the individual ath-
letic feat of the century when he ran
a mile in less than four minutes, The
Mlravle Mile,
The ink was scarcely dry on the news -
when 225 -pound s reporting Bannister's achieve-
mentp ParryO'Brien of California sent the:
16-pqund shot hurtling through the air for 00 feet, 5 inches,
leaving. the fabled 09 -foot :mark shattered.
And so there is added to the record more evidence that
man is steadily improving athletically, despite the supposedly
softening effects of the automobile and the other luxuries of
which our grandparents never even dreamed. Man runs faster,
jumps higher and farther, hurls weights greater distances than
Iver before,
Take the most basic of all athletic endeavours — running.
In the mile, which is reckoned to be the blue ribbon of all
distances, athletes today' are running nearly ten per cent
speedier than a century ago. Times which won titles in the
first years of one -mile championships are now commonplace
with high school boys.
In the second half of the last century a 4:30:0 miler was.
a rarity, In fact, England's Walter G. George was the only
really outstanding one. His amateur record of 4:21:4 stood
from 1882 until 1895, and it was not until 1915 that his pro-
fessional record of 4:12% was bettered by Norman Taber of
the U.S. When George set the professional mark, the news
was received on this side of the Atlantic with pave doubts.
The feeling you glean from periodicals of the time is that it
was then held impossible for anyone to run that fast.
But when, a few weeks ago, Bannister's flying feet car-
ried him through the "impassable" 4 -minute barrier, the world
marvelled at the performance. No one expressed the slightest
doubt of the timing accuracy.
The smashing of athletic records has become almost mono-
tonous in recent years, and there exists no doubt as to the
authenticity of eaeh new human feat of speed, endurance or
performance.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
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One Way To Soften
Old Sam's Punches
Old Sam Langford was one of
the hardest hitting heavyweights
1,n the business. The "Boston Tar
Baby" had just as much respect
for his own punch as the next
Man, too. The first time he sign-
ed to fight in England, he
showed up before the bout at the
National Sporting Club in Lon-
don. The promoter began to dis-
cuss the coming engagement with
Belting Samba. Among other
things he told Sam that; he could
have his choice of any of three
referees.
Langford shrugged his power-
ful shoulders and broke into a
wide grin. "Uh-uh," he said.
"That won't be necessary. I
carry my Own referee."
The English promoter threw
up his hands in terror. "I'm
sorry, Langford," he stammered.
"We can't permit that."
Old Sam raised his ponderous
arm and doubled his ham -like
fist under the promoter's nose.
"Boss," he said, "this is my
referee!"
And it was. Langford knocked
out his opponent in jig time that
night But there was another
occasion when his "referee" fail-
ed him.
ail-ed'hini.
In 1911, Langford was matched
with Bill Lang. Before the fight,
Langford was approached with a
proposition, namely, to throw
the fight Sanl refused. Ile was
too confident of achieving an
easy victory over his opponent.
The first thing that seemed
odd to Sam Langford as he sat
in his corner was the gloves he
was given to wear. A box con-
taining the two pairs of gloves
had been tossed into the ring.
When the box was opened, Lang-
ford was astonished to see that
the gloves were white, He saw
immediately that the gloves had
been ordered by Lang's manager
purposely because white gloves
would show up better against his
own dark body and might there-
fore sway the judge's decision.
Sam shrugged it off, however.
As far as he was concerned, he
could win the fight under any
conditions, white gloves or green
or, sky blue pink.
In the second round of the
fight, Langford dropped the Eng-
lishman a couple of times. Sam
grinned even more widely. He
knew now for sure that he had
an easy job on his hands. In the
third round he again pit Lang
down for a short count When
he returned to his corner his
manager berated him gently for
not finishing the Englishman off
for good. Langford promised to
clean up the business in the very
next round.
In those days, when Sam Lang-
ford really wanted to kayo a
man, all he had to do was land
five good punches, then turn his
back and walk to his corner
while they counted the poor un-
fortunate out. The trick usually
worked. Well, on this occasion,
old Sam wound up and let go
with five terrific punches. Down
went the champion of all Ireland
and England. But, instead of
being counted out as Langford
expected, Bill; Lang got up fairly
fresh at the count of nine.
It was at this point that Sam
Langford began to smell a rat.
Through the fifth and sixth
rounds, Lang kept going down
and bouncing . up again. As
wobbly as he was, Lang still
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managed to stagger around the.
ring under Sam's hammering
_fists. And then, as Sam let loose
a terrific haymaker, Lang wav-
ered out of the way and Lang-
ford missed. So strong was Sam's
follow-through on the attempted
punch that he went sprawling on
his han'ds and knees on the mat.
Before he could get up Bill Lang
tapped the big Negro . on the top
Of . the he a d, Immediately,
referee Eugene Corri stopped the
bout, awarding the . fight to
Langford on a foul. There was
many a sigh of relief from the
sporting gentry around the ring
who had made over -enthusiastic
bets on the Englishman to win
and who had now saved their
wagers by the nature of the
'decision.
Old Sam refused to give up
his gloves at the end of the bout.
He insisted on taking them to
his dressing room for the pur-
pose of finding put why they had
caused him to lose his vaunted
-knockout punch. He cut them
open and learned the truth.
Someone had deliberately stuffed
his gloves with rabbit fur which
was so soft and pliable that all
the'sting had been taken out of
his blows! Imagine trying to
knock out a man with a fistful
of air!
Knotty Knot •
According to ancient legends
the people of Phygia, an ancient
country of Asia Minor, were ad-
vised by the gods to choose as
king the first man they met on
the way to Jupiter's temple. The
peasant Gordius passed by driv-
ing a wagon, and, hailed as king
to his great amazement, he con-
secrated his wagon to the god
Jupiter.
Now Gordius is remembered
for the knot by which he fixed
his wagon to the temple. So
cleverly was it tied that ` no end
could be perceived in the cord,
and it came to be predicted that
whoever could untie the Gor-
dian knot would win the whole
empire of Asia. Alexander the
Great happened to pass that way
in his conquering sweep across
Asia Minor. He tried to undo
the knot, but was unable to
solve the puzzle. Impatiently he
drew his sword and slashed the
knot in two. This daring act
impressed his soldiers, who al-
ready considered Alexander as
the, future conqueror of Asia. We
now speak of any complex pro-
blem that'can be solved only in
a drastic way as a Gordian knot.
Time Goes 'Ticktock' and Drip -Drop' — Elliott Stennes, 3, at left, wonders why his dad is always
busy, when he's got so much time "en hand/' Watchmaker Elmer 0, Stennes has collected 50 old
Boston subway clocks, and uses their Swiss movements to, constructhis specialty, grandfather
clouts, At right, Tom Kennamer, doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, is glad he need not
rely on this ancient water clock when alerting members of the House that a session is about to
begin. The one -handed antique's weightsare moved by the difference in balance caused when
Water drips from upper to lower containers. Kennamer prefers his electric clocks and push-but-
ton gongs.
Just Loafin' Along — But not for
long. According to the Navy,
this Viking 10 rocket has travel-
ed nearly 4000 miles per hour,
and reached a height of 136
miles.
'We. Are Not
Amused'
Someday A day
Will Last A
Month
Let us become moonstruck for.
a short space of time and have
a peep at the goings-on of that
romantic in-law, the moon.
The farther' the moon Is from
the earth, the greatep is cur
length of day. At the present
time the moon is known to be
receding from the earth at about
five feet a century, a n d this
stand-ollish attitude helps day-
light saving by lengthening the
day by one -thousandth part of a
second a century. The reason be-
ing that as the moon retreats
her gravitational attraction is
lessened and the earth's rota-
tion is automatically slowed up.
Millions of centuries must
elapse before Ithe earth and the
moon rotate and revolve together
as twin bodies. When this does
happen, sentimental Sandy 'and
' romantic Rosie wife have to be
more choosey in their choice of
location for a moonlit walk, for
the earth will then always turn
the same face to the moon. Peo-
ple in one hemisphere of the
world will see the moon shining
every night, while people in the
other hemisphere will never see
the moon at all.
The day will extend to about
forty-seven times i t s present
length, day and the month will
be equal in length because the
earth will fake as long to rotate
on its axis as the moon takes to
revolve round the earth.
At this stage we are likely to
lose our moon, in the form as
we know it, forever. For then
the retreat ends, and it begins
to approach the earth: Over the
centuries it will be pulled down
to only about 12,000 miles from
the earth.
Then disaster - as the earth
"jumps over the moon" with
strong enough gravitational pull
to shatter it to bits and pieces.
Earth will then beencircled by
an aura 'of light; it will bd a
ringed world like Saturn is now.
There may not seem to ' be
much connection between a slot
machine and an atom bomb. but
a New York manufacturer of
amusement gallery contraptions
has produced a variation of the
"try your skill" slot machines
that, gruesomely enough, makes
the connection. The idea is to
score points by aiming an "atom
bomb" on a moving target—a
city shown on a color film strip.
When the machine appeared
recently in a Stockholm amuse-
ment park 100 youths demanded
that the management remove it.
Our sympathy is heartily with
the objectors. It would be hard
to imagine a crasser, more cal-
lous and stupid form of "amuse-
ment"
One of the most valid objec-
tions to the miscalled comic
books, filled with torture, slug-
gings, and murder, has to do
not merely with the emotionally
unbalanced child who may be
led to emulate these horrors but
with the normal child (or adult
reader) who simply has his
sense of human values cheap-
ened by a steady diet of them.
The unamusing atom -bomb game
is open to the same censure,
with an added objection to its
insult to international sensibil-
ities.
For many Americans , have
talked too glibly about dropping
atom bombs, without any regard •
for the fears of allies and neu-
trals living under the very
shadow of the Soviet atomic
arsenal. There are still those„ in
other countries who fear that
Americans are living in an im-
mature, conlicbook, spy -thriller
world where the hero's answer
to every obstacle is a "sock on
the jaw"—or an atom bomb.
This is a gross parody of the
deeply concerned thinking of
mature Americans. But it be-
hooves each .individual in a
country that produces 20,000,000
sensational "comic" books a
month, lethal toys for its young,
and no'iv an atom bomb "game,
to make sure that his finer moral
sensibilities are "not blunted by
becoming accustomed to the
thought of violent destruction,
--From The Christian Science
Monitor.
The German ntatheniaticfan,
Zacharias nese, Once ,multiplied
two 1.00 -digit numbers together
in his head. •
It Pays To Be
Kind To
Pedestrians
The pedestrian has his rights
on streets and thoroughfares as
well as you. Disregard of those
rights is commonplace among
motorists — which results in so
many of the personal injury
cases today. e
Don't forget — You, the mot-
orist, have a strike against you
from the start in trying to show
a pedestrian is to blame for his
own injury. The driver who tries
to prove himself faultless has a
heavy burden indeed. The load
on the injured pedestrian is cor-
respondingly light.
You are behind an "eight -ball"
then. Make courtesy your cue,
and you won't find yourself
"balked." Traffic rules provide
for the rights of pedestrians.
Be courteous when driving.
Blasting out a railway cutting
with T.N.T. may be a commen-
dable feat, but blasting a few
pedestrians 'off their feet and
out of their wits by means of
a horn is far from commendable.
It is unnecessary, and a startled
person can jump right into your
path. Your playful "toot" would
not be so carefree then! So —
use your horn wisely and well.
What To Do With
A Watch
The watchmaking industry,,
with its reputation virtually
staked on time, is getting all
wound up about the way people
treat their watches.
When a watch won't go, shak-
ing it is the last thing we should
do, they say, not the first. Vio-
lent shaking is almost certain
to loosen the tiny wheels and
cogs that make a watch tick—
on time.
Far 'better to take the back
off and gently touch the balance
wheel with the point of a clean,
dry needle.
We are also told that just as
a human being does not care to
spend the night on a cold marble
shelf, neither does a watch. The
main spring is extremely sensi-
tive to changes of tempera-
ture, and the habit of removing
our watch at night and placing
it on the mantel -piece can cause
considerable damage to the de-
licate mechanism.
Lastly, advise the watchmak-
ers, try to get into the habit of
winding the watch at the same
'time every day. To wind it more,
or less, frequently results in un-
necessary wear throughout. The
morning is the best time to wind
because the temperature is usu-
ally lowest at night„;and a low
temperature can seriously affect
the movement of a tightly -wound
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