HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-08-14, Page 7FinalDay Of A
Bull Fighter
Manuel Laureano Rodriguez,
called Manolete, is considered by
malty to have been the greatest.
bullfighter of ' our time. A tall,
thin lean with popping eyes and
a large nose in a narrow face, he
exercised in the ring a classic
style so pure that it has never
quite been matched. Never was
it more apparent than on the
day he died.
•
In Spain, every detail of that
day—Aug. 29, 1947—has become
part of the legend which has
made the dead matador! practi-
cally a god. Although the story
is not so well known in the
United States, it has still had
plenty of circulation, thanks
largely to the efforts of author -
painter -aficionado' Barnaby Con-
rad, A onetime torero himself
(as a Foreign Service Vice Con-
sul in Spain during the --.early
1940s, he fought more than 30
bulls, and once appeared in the
ring with the great Juan Bel -
Monte), Conrad first told the
story in 1952, in a thinly dis-
guised novel, "Matador" Next, in
1956, he rounded up all the avail-
able photographs of Manolete's
last fight, wrote a narrative text,
and created an exciting program
for TV's "Omnibus." Last fall,
the dramatic TV ,show "Play-
house 90" used Conrad's material
as the starting point for "The
Death of Manolete," their sea-
son's opener,
Conrad's latest re-creation of
this momentous day is the book,
"The Death of Manolete," just
published Combining the same
pictures and text (somewhat ex-
panded) used in the "Omnibus"
program, the book has a remark-
able cinematic flavor. The story
skims through Manolete's boy-
hood and apprenticeship, and his
rise, before 30, to a wearisome
triumph. It also traces the growth
of Islero, Manolete's last bull,
and of the matador Luis Miguel
Dominguin, both of whom were
factors in the tragedy. Domin-
guin, then only 21, was the
flashy challenger whose taunts
and popularity forced Manolete
to face him, and to outdo him,
When Islero, a Miura, slammed
into the ring that afternoon in
the Spanish town of Linares, Do-
thinguin had made one kill in
spectacular fashion. Manolete,
- anxious above all for a brave
bull that would charge straight,
saw with sinking heart his own
animal's tendency to hook to the
right.
As Manolete worked the bull,
the crowd, capriciously disposed
to favor his young opponent,
gradually began to drop its pre-
judice and roar admiring "Oles."
"Where Dominguin had worked
inches away from the bull,"
writes Conrad, "Manolete dealt
in centimeters" Pass after pass.
the matador "wrapped the ani-
mal , , . completely around his
stationary body," It was perfec-
tion, and so , the kill too had to
be perfect, Straight in over the
right hoar went Manolete's.
sword. Suddenly, however, Is-
lero hooked to the right, driv-
ing a horn deep into the exposed
matador. A few minutes later
the bull died. Manolete died early
the next morning, but only after
being assured that the wild
crowd had awarded him both
ears and the tail from the dead
bull as a tribute to his perfor-
mance. The matador's funeral
was the largest ever witnessed
in Spain
DRIVE WITH CARE!
COOLING DIP — The water is
only 68 degrees, but Sen. Theo-
dore Francis Green, taking a
dip off Newport, is 90 years
old. The spry senior senator
from the smallest state was
cooling off after taking part
in ceremonies at the Newport
Jazz Festival.
CITiR9ck ,4lerar«ays
Talked Good Gime
Chuck Connors, former pro-
fessional basketball and big -
league baseball player, is a man
of a million words and is equally
affluent in gestures. Once base-
ball's foremost Thespian, he
traded a rosin bag for a tube of
grease paint, and has appeared
in more than a score of movies,
usually as a heavy.
Boston remembers him as a
centre on the first Celtics team
to represent the Bay State in the
National Basketball Association.
But it was only a few years ago
that Connors, who is currently
starring with Gregory Peck Jean
Simmons, Charles Bickford, and
Buri Ives in a western called
"The Big Country," appeared at
first base as a member of the
supporting cast of the Brooklyn
Dodgers. Even then Chuck could
read lines, and his inability to
hit the curve ball hastened his
arrival as an actor.
Yet, if he earned no special
distinction for his hitting, he did
acquire a curious sort of notor-
iety as probably the only man
in baseball ever to be recom-
mended for a team by his moth-
er. Mrs, Connors so pestered a
New York sports writer with
tales of her son's abilities that
the reporter finally broke down
and tipped him to the Yankees.
No less important a member
of the New Yorkers than head
scout Paul Krichell was sent to
cast a trained baseball eye at
Chuck, and the next thing Mrs:
Connors knew was that her son,.
with the help of the Yankees,
had enrolled at Seton Hall.
It was only a few weeks later
that Connors jolted the Bronx
Bombers' front office by signing
a baseball contract with the
Brooklyn Dodgers, though Kri-
chell had arranged to have the
Yankees pay his college tuition.
Chuck began his professional
LITTLE BOY BOOM — Jonathan Orovitz, 12 -year-old boy, studies
rocket plans in his home. The seventh grader sent U.S. Defense
Department scientists plans for a rocket called The Oracle,"
which could send a monkey into space aboard a satellite bigger
than anything the Russians hove sent up. Later versions, he
said could carry a man. The Defense Department said the boy's
plans were 'logical but present severe engineering problems
acting career by memorizing
"Casey at the Bat"—frequently
turning up as the featured enter-
tainer at sports banquets; By
the time he reached the Dodgers
he had a card that read:
"Kevin (Chuck) Connors, • af-
filiate Brooklyn Dodgers Base-
ball Club. Recitations, After -
Dinner Speaker,
fter-Dinner'Speaker,' I-Iome Record-
ings for Any Occasion, and Free -
Lance Writing."
Connors has what theater peo-
pie call personality plus. Brook-
lyn baseball writers carne to .de-
pend on him for quotes. Yetit
seelns unlikely that his baseball
reputation had, much todowith
his getting into the movies, He
simply wasn't that big a name
in the National League.
Film directors have cast him
with satisfying results as a
soldier, gangster, .marine, and
cowboy. Chuck's latest film, ,a
western, is one in which every-
one had to be more than six
feet tall a requirement he'
meets easily, He has found movie
people more subtle than ball-
players, who seldom bother to.
conceal their opinions.
If a film is to be made on the
life of Ted Williams, Red Sox
outfielder, Connors would like
to play the part. "I know Wil-
liams' mannerisms like a book,"
Connors told reporters during a
recent visit at Boston's Fenway.
Park. "I was a left-handed hit-
ter, and I know just how Ted
grips the bat, grimaces, and rubs
his hands on the handle."
There is considerable evidence
that Williams, who likes Con-
nors, would agree to the casting.
In the meantime, though, Chuck
is settling forhis owntelevision
series with the American Broad-
casting Company, starting some-
time in September. It will be
called simply "The Rifleman."
No doubt Connors will shoot
first and ask questions after-
ward.
Homeowner Can
Reduce Home Noise
Dad turns on the electric drill.
Junior starts up the power
mower. Sue switches on the
record player. Mother plugs in
the vacuum cleaner.
By this time everyone feels
like plugging up his ears.
But Keith Hinchcliff, Univer-
sity of Illinois extension hous-
ing specialist, says that much
noise can be built "out" of both
new and remodelled houses.
There are two main ways of
reducing noise: (1) absorbing
the noise in the surfaces of the
same room and (2) holding the
noise on the other side of the
wall.
In the first case, absorbing
materials like acoustical tile on
the ceiling are effective in both
new and remodelled houses.
Tiny holes soak up the sound
like a sponge. It's especially use-
ful in holding back sounds made
in midair, such as dish washing
or conversational noise.
To block noise between rooms
or from the outside, you need
a mass such as a masonry wall
or fireplace or you need depth
such as closets full of clothes.
All openings, even cracks, must
be tightly closed. Even hairline
cracks in concrete masonry
walls can allow undesirable
amounts of sound to pass be-
tween rooms.
Sometimes noises can be con-
trolled at the source, for exam-
ple, by. using rugs, rubber cork
tile, or other resilient surfaces
on floors. Outside noises, such
as that from trucks along the
highway, can often be reduced
with trees and shrubs, The ones
closer to the road are more of-.
fective than those close to the
house. Glass is a poor sound in-
sulator, so picture windows fac-
ing a nearby noisy street or road
are undesirable.
Especially if you're building
a new house, you may find these
next points worth considering.
Even with the best equipment,
bathrooms are noisy. Often it's
practical to build a double wall
for the so-called "wet wall"
where pipes are located. This
has to be thicker than other
walls anyway.
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The fourth step at the top is
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The ladder comes in heights
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"Every time he yawns I'm
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ISSUE 31 — 1958
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