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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-10-27, Page 2''antastic Feats Of Endurance "I did lay best for England" that was Jim Peters' simple verdict an his agonizing ordeal when he collapsed 200 yards from the tape in the recent Van- couver Marathon. Similarly, when Roger 'Ban- nister streaked round the track to triumph in the Mile of the Centtiry against his fLustralien live), John Landy, — and more recently when he beat an all star field in the 1,500 metres at Berne -- he drove himselt to the point of exhaustion to win a gold medal for his country Retnarkable efforts of courage and endeavour — all of them, But some of the most fantastic feats of sporting endurance have been • performed as wagers, or simply 'to show what can be done in the way of physical achievement. Sportsmen all over the Uni- ted States are still talking about 98 -year-old Ben Lloyd's walk, lie completed it a few years ago; and it lasted ten pears. In 1944, Ben set out to be- come the unofficialal w king champion of New Orleans by walking along all the 1,500 miles oft s rest in erne city. When he finished his self- imposed, arduous chore, he said: "I've done what I set out to do, walked through every street in my own time at my own pace." Now somebody has suggested that Ben might care to travel to London and walk through Lon- don's 2,333 miles of streets, so creating another record which is never likely to be seriously challenged. But bachelor Ben Lloyd prob- ably won't be interested, al- though he might be tempted later on to tackle a similar long walk through the streets of New York. He's quite capable of it, Fantastic records like his don't get into the sporting handbooks, though unofficial world cham- pions do astounding things. Take Ken Bally, for instance. He ran from Bournemouth to Paris. Impossible, you say? Well, Baily did it, nevertheless, in thirty - live and a half hours of run- ning, in 1937. He ran thirty-two miles to Southampton at night, boarded a liner bound for Cherbourg af- ter taking a first-class ticket, and kept on running round the TRIO SOLOS — The Andrews tri- plets (no relation to the singing trio), are in complete harmony on two things; each of the girls dresses differently, and each wants to pursue a separate career. The first triplets ever enrolled at Stephens College, Kathleen (top) plans to teach; Jona Lee (center) hopes to nurse and Sheela has yet to choose. Queen Mother Elizabeth --- And Her Itinerary 1 MILES CANADA ,t• Oct. 26: Arrives New York.. At- tends dinners at Columbia Unt versify, English Speaking Union and Assoc, of Iritish Sodetiiut ball Nov. 4: Air ves Wuthjpgton a at, tends state dinner, stays as White House guest, Nov. 5 Prost recep- tion at, tatter Hotel, Nov. 6" Moves to Brf tith Embassy. Nov. 7: Attends Sunday singes et. Washington Cathedral Nox: 8; Visits Annapolis and Punches with.Goverrior McKeidin of Maryland, Returns to Washington for state dinner at British Embassy. waehineton VA. Richmond —f. Alam . Noy. 9; Reception at British Em- • bossy and 'Informal dinner -at Ca- nadian Embassy. Nov.10: To Richmond, Vo., to dine with Gov. and Mrs. Stanley. •'' To Williamsburg until Nov. 12, i:• when party leaves for Canada. {; Nov. 13: 1'a Ottawa until'Nov. 17, { then to New York to board Queen Mary for England. decks throughout the cross - Channel voyage. He ran the last lap, 213 miles from Cherbourg to Paris, in twenty-seven hours. Said Baily when asked why he did it; "Just to prove it could be done and to do something for England, something to promote the cause of international friend- ship " The insatiable appetite of some sportsmen for novelty has resulted in amazing feats. An Army sergeant established a ball -punching record by hitting a 40 -oz. leather ball with el- bows, wrists, knuckles and fore- arms for twenty-eight hours on end. And an Australian club swinger swung a pair of 3-1b. 8 -oz. Indian clubs for 107 hours continuously. Two Cambridge vandergradu- ates walked thirteen miles back- wards from Cambridge to New- market a few summers ago; and a Massachusetts enthusiast walk- ed forty-five miles in twelve hours twenty minutes on stilts five feet long. Crowds gathered in a Berlin . street in 1949 to watch Bruno Kaminsky and his two friends set out on a 2,000 -mile barrel tour of Germany. The barrel had full accommodation for the three men, and they slept in it each night, after rolling it along all day. It was electrically lit, but had no brakes. The three men, accompanied by a dog, ac- complished the trip. An Australian rode more than 500 miles, from Sydney to Mel- bourne, ona rocking -horse. The rocking -horse was fitted with a pair of roller skates, one of which was attached to reins for steering, the other geared with pedals. The same man achieved an- other freak record in the fol- lowing year. He travelled 2,200 miles from Port Augusta to Brisbane, on a child's tricycle, winning a big wager. Some years ago a cyclist un- dertook to ride his bike down the 350 stairs leading from the first platform of the Eiffel Tow- er, Paris, to the ground. He managed some of the stairs safe- ly, but fell off his machine and injured his leg while trying to negotiate others. He persevered and continued his ride at breakneck speed, reaching t h e ground- without further "mishap. You'd think it impossible for a man to skip 1,000 miles — from Melbourne to Adelaide and back. Yet this was done by a man named Tom Morris. The journey lasted forty-four days. He said afterwards that he wore out sixteen ropes during the trip. TABLE T jw clam Andrews Gone are the days when fish dinners could be enjoyed only on the shores of ocean, lake, or stream, for now these dinners are taken as a matter of course thousands of miles inland. Quick- freezing has contributed most to this revolution in sea -food eat- ing — quick freezing and swift airplane delivery.' * * * Gone are the clays, too, when cleaning fish was a major un- dertaking before it could be cooked and eaten. Now fish are cleaned before you ever see them in your kitchen, and even cut to size and breaded for quick cooking. Recently a new fish fillet has Vlf[dk does sore. Munich, ;.r %„' tr srorid dancer fly high as she y sf o Oktoberfest procession in %'"°9e marks the opening of the a.,-,d,'.rkTrtg festival. been added to the frozen fish family. It resembles a cutlet 4 inches wide by 3 inches long, and is of uniform thickness to insure even cooking over the entire fillet. Boneless, of course, and lightly breaded, it is good either pan fried, deep fried, or broiled. * * * Anew idea for serving frozen fish fillets is to put them in a pie. Brown them first to a crus- ty, golden hue, then make this pie which serves 3.4 people. Fish Fillet Eie 1 12•oz. package frozen breaded fish fillets 1 package frozen mixed vege- tables 1 tablespoon minced onion 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup i'i cup milk ?Z teaspoon salt 1/ teaspoon pepper s package pie -crust mix 3/a cup grated sharp cheese Fry or broil fl9h fillets accord- ing to package directions. Cook mixed vegetables and combine with onion, soup, milk, salt .and pepper. Arrange browned fish fillets in a 11/2 -quart casserole or a 10 -inch pie pan. Add soup mixture. Pour pie -crust mixture into small bowl; add grated cheede; prepare pastry as pack- age directs. Roll nut on floured board. Top casserole with pastry as you would for a pie and cut vents for steam escape (or cut in fish shapes). Bake at 425° F. 25.80 minutes, or until crust is golden and fillet mixture steam- ing hot. * * * Garnish this broiled halibut and cheese with thin lemon slices, parsley, and paprika for a pretty as well as good fish dish. Broiled Halibut Steak, Cheese 2 pounds halibut steak 1 teaspoon salt !Dash pepper 14 cup butter, melted 6 thin slices cheese Cut halibut in serving -size portions; sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper. Place fish portions on preheated, greased broiler pan about 2 'inches from heat; brush with fat; broil 5.8 minutes or until slightly brown. Baste with fat and turn care- fully. Brush other side with fat and broil 5-8 minutes, or until fish flakes easily when tested with fork. Cover fish with cheese and broil until cheese melts, Garnish and serve im- mediately. * * * Perhaps you'd like to serve, for your next Sunday evening supper, a dish of shrimp Creole with spaghetti. Here is one with a special flavor that comes from long simmering of the sauce. If you're going to have a busy af- ternoon, cook the sauce and spaghetti in the morning and combine them just before serv- ing. Shrimp Creole With Spaghetti 2 tablespoons fat 1 cup diced celery t/ cup diced green pepper '/ cup sliced mushroms Si cup flour 31/ cups cooked tomatoes (21/2 size can) 1 teaspoon salt r/s teaspoon pepper 4 ounces spaghetti 1 cup cooked shrimp Heat fat in skillet; add celery, green pepper, Onions, and mush- rooms. Cook 10 minutes. Sprin- kle flour over vegetables, mix- ing lightly. Add tomatoes, salt, and pepper. Cover and simmer 1 hour. While sauce simmers, cook spaghetti in boiling salted water until tender (about 12 minutes). Drain and rinse. Fold shrimp into sauce. Heat thor- oughly and pour over spaghetti, Four servings. * * * Here is a way to dress up an inexpensive type of fish and produce an exotic Oriental -tast- ing dish. The secret is in the sauce which has a zestful flavor. Marinade whatever fish you. choose in the sauce for an hour or two before broiling it. For the table, garnish the platter with slices of stuffed olives, wedges of lemon and sprigs of parsley. Oriental Fish 14 cup fresh lemon jujice 4 4teaspoons soy sauce 14 teaspoon ginger 2 tablespoons brown sugar 3 tablespoons oil 114•pounds fish Mix all ingredients except fish and shake well. Place fish in bowl and pour marinade over it. Marinade .for 1 hour, or, if you like a stronger flavor, leave fish in the sauce for 2 hours. Broil until tender. Serves 4. Salesmanship ! Knowing that a telephone call for an ice bag usually means an emergency such as an attack of appendicitis, ane smart pharma- cist in Brooklyn fills it with ice from his fountain and delivers it ready for immediate use. He is not only a good Samaritan but also wins much trade and good' will that way. * * * Wilson and Co. buys ,space in Chicago newspapers' classified columns to advertise lost dogs for their owners. No grateful owner of a repossessed pet 'Will resent — or forget — the fact that the advertisement also says a kind word about Wilson's "Ideal” dog food, * * * A. breakfast - food company sponsoring a western radio pro- gram took 10,000 surplus spurs off the Government's hands. Of- fered as premiums for box tope, they've gone over blg with the young cowboys of the breakfast table, A few years ago a man oper- ating a soft-drink stand was called before a magistrate for selling adulterated syrups and instructed to tell the truth about the ingredients. Later, when an agent checked up on the man, he was found to be complying with the law and his business was booming. In front of the stand was a new sign reading: "All of our soft drinks are guar- anteed to be highly adulter- ated." Warr -mongers Between /Friday of last week and Monday of this week five news and advertising publica- tions, each of them beating the war drums of tear, came into the Star aflice by routine mail. (1) The first was a news re- lease from iI.S, News and World Reports, "Catastrophe in Asia," iy Gen. James A. Van Fleet, A Op military °Meer calls tOr a "positive" policy which, by re- jection of compromise or nage- tiation, leaves only war Or' the threat of a preventive war as the choice. (2) A news release from the North .American Newspaper Al-' liance of New York, headed, "Three Minutes About Your News," by John Hun t. One paragraph is sisgnificant in quot- ing Admiral Briscoe, deputy chief of naval operations, as saying in a recent speech in Chicago that America's` naval power will be outdated within four years unless this nation launches an all-out shipbuilding program, This is scare stuff designed to build bigger and better arma- ments. The admiral is conspicu- ously silent On the vast number of cruisers, edrriers •and des- troyers we have in mothballs. He exaggerates grotesquely the true situation. Four years from now our navy will still be able to take on 'the 'combined navies in the world. (3)' A seven -column ad in the New York Times of Thurs- d a y, Sept. 16th by Collier's, screaming about Senator Know - land's warning that "We must be willing to fight now," (4) A news story in New York Times of Sept. 16th quot- ing Senator KrioWland as re- commending that the United States must warn Peking, but do it in such a way that it fits into the preventive war picture. (5). An Associated Press arti- cle dated Washington, Sept: 17th, quoting Aviation Age, publish- ed in the St, Louis Post -D s- patch (and also in The Arizona Daily Star) sounds an exagger- ated alarm designed to arouse fears and build up propaganda for bigger and better arma- ments. It deseribes how the Sovietsare building and have built many air bases along the sub -polar line stretching' from Nola in the west to Kamchatka in the Paejtic.. It does not tell all 'of the truth concerning the handicaps of such bases, nor does it compare their effective- ness with our own.. So here we have an example of highly restricted information being printed by•Aviatioq Age, without a thing being done to And out how such classified in- formation Ands its way into print. The net result is to add to fears, andbuild up bigger and better armaments and, in time, make a preventive war accept- able t0 the .American people. This marks a new develop- ment in American life. Our mil- itary leaders, for the first time in American history, are now speaking out in an apparently unrestrained manner on mat- ters of high international poli- cy, whereu our civilian g v er o - n mentlone should be the re - a u sponsible spokesman. 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