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The Seaforth News, 1955-03-24, Page 7rxECaNtitt SPORTS COLUMN dee e 34, tey.s weir 9tt THE STANLEY CUP — PART 4 AU sport is dotted with daring gambles that have added vastly to the drama. And the Stanley Cup, around which have centred for more than half a century some of the greatest thrills in Canadian sport, has provided many of these. Perhaps the most daring of all chance -taking came about in the Stanley Cup finals of 1942, when Toronto Leafs faced Detroit Red Wings. After three games—it was 4 -in -7 series— the Leafs' cause looked completely hopeless. Wings had won the first three games the fourth was on Detroit ice, and vic- tory for the Wings was regarded as a mere matter of form. But Leafs gambled. Taking a desperate chance, they shot in three youngsters to replace established stars, Big Gordie Drillon, one of the great all-time goal -getters, had scored 23 goals and vias an all-star right winger for Leafs that year. Bouncing Bucko McDonald, now an MP, got second -team re- cognition on defense. But Detroit concentrated on Drillon right from the opening face-off. That slowed down Leafs' whole offence because it tied him up and left Syl Apps,' at centre, without a scoring mate. And so, by the end of the third game, Detroit, which finished fifth h the regular season and beat Montreal and defender Boston in the preliminary rounds, held a seemingly unsurmountable lead. And here Leafs took one of the most dramatic gambles in Cup history. In last minute switch, Ernie Dickens, who spent most of the season with Providence in the minor leagues, replaced Bucko McDonald on defense. Gaye Stewart, just called up from Hershey, took Bank Gold- up's place. Leafs put Don Meta in for the scoring star, Drillon. And with this revamped lineup, Leafs made Cup history. They won the Cup in four straight, the only time in playoff history that a team lost the first three and came back to win. Montreal Canadiens similarly diced with hockey fate fn the Cup series of 1953. They met Chicago Black Hawks the first round, won the first two games. Then, suddenly, Hawks wheeled in their tracks, beat Canadiens three times in a row, and with the next game on Chicago ice, looked like scoring a stunning upset. So Dick Irvin, veteran Canadien coach, gambled. Ile benched four regulars goaler McNeil, Paul Meger, Dick Gamble and Paul Masnick. He replaced these with four minor leaguers, Boater Jacques Plante, Lorne Davis and Calum McKay from Buffalo Bisons, Eddie Mazur from Victoria. Plante turned in a story -book game, scored a shutout. Can- adiens took two gamest won the round and went on to beat Boston for the Cup. Your comments and suggestions for fhb column will be welcomed by Elmer ferbuson, c/o Calved House, 431 Yon®e St., Toronto. Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMIIERSTIMRG, ONTARIO Drilled The First ,Aanatdksn Oil Well In the summer of 1859 two alien began a race—a race to decide who would be the first -American to drill an oil well. When the race ended, the win- ner, Dr. H. C. Tweedel, had lost and the loser, "Col." E. L. Drake, went on to become an almost legendary figure, popu- larly regarded as the man who Ushered in the American oil in- dustry. (Commercial oil production in North America had already be- gun with the discovery of oil in quantity in Ontario's Lamb - ton county in the 1850's.) Drake drilled in the U.S.; 2egetlel chose to drill in Can- ada, near Dover, a small village not far from Moncton in east- ern New Brunswick. Tweedel, whose name has been almost forgotten, was a Pittsburgh chemist and an ad- viser to the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co., formed in 1854. At that lime the one source of petroleum in the U.S. was natural seep- ages. Wherever it collected on water in Pennsylvania and New York it was laboriously scooped sit the surface, fancily bottled and sold as "Seneca Oil;"- al- legedly a good embrocation for roan or beast. Many humans, besides rubbing It On their bruises, sores, sprains and cuts, were using it as an internal remedy, and farmers had discovered that it was also a lubricant for wooden wagon axles. With business booming, the directors of the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co. reasoned that if they could pump petroleum from a well, as water was pumped, they'd have a great ad- vantage over their competitors. This, of course meant drillinga well. Tweedel was fully aware of the opportunities. He 'had some knowledge of geology and felt he should have charge of the big project. His pride was hurt when his rival, Drake, was given the project instead of him. He decided that if there was a chance of finding oil by drill- ing in Pennsylvania, there was a similar chance elsewhere. If he could do it, he would vindi- cate himself, put Drake in his place, and perhaps make money. He studied geological reports from all parts of North America before embarking vn his venture and his attention was caught by a report that described two seepages at Dover, where Mic- macs had for centuries mixed war paint and softened leather. He arrived at Dover early in 1859, hired a crew of men, and bought a dozen oxen. He had brought his primitive equip- ment with him as far as he could by railway, then hauled it by ox team over rutted trails. He built a tower with long pine logs and, with power provided tgLOVE" FOR A SHILLING -These English lasses are willing to pay to be courted -tennis courted, that is. Six shillings in the meter buys light for one hour's night play at the Queen's Park Lawn Tennis Club, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. The unique"pay as you play" pion has attracted the interest of some Canadian tennis clubs. GETTING SOME ADVICE — Rookie Bill Virdon of the St. Louis Cardinals gets a few pointers from Stan Musial (right) during spring training. Virclon, an outfielder, batted .333 for Rochester in the International League last year. by oxen on a treadmill, he started drilling, about two miles south of Dover. During the late spring and summer he punch -drilled four shallow wells, the deepest of which went down 190 feet. He hit both gas and oil. While there wasn't much oiland he'd had trouble keeping water out of his wells, the signs were promising and he was optimis- tic. They were completed wells and had Shown oil . was present. Back in Pennsylvania, Drake had been drilling and had so far found nothing. As August moved into September and Tweedel tackled his fifth well, he mentally gloated over Drake and imagined himself bringing in an enormous flow of oil while Drake was still boring dry rock. Tweedel's dream of triumph exploded when a messenger handed him a letter from Penn- sylvania. As he read it, the color drained from his cheeks and he shrugged wearily—the shrug of a defeated man. He summoned his ere w. "Boys," he said, "we're all through. Line up and get paid off. Drake has struck oil and his well is giving 25 barrels a clay. There's only room in North America for one real oil well!" 0 e e More than half a century later when there was room in North America for all the oil wells that could be found, a Scottish geologist, Dr, J. A. L. Hender- son, organized New Brunswick Gas and Oil Fields Ltd. and (drilled where Tweedel had drilled If Tweedel had lad a little more faith in the •potential of the oil industry he would have done well for himself, for Henderson brought many small oil wells into production in the area.—From The Imperial Oil Review. Thief Tries To Steal Crocodile Who would want to steal a couple of snakes? Nobody, you might think. Yet a thief who at dead of night broke into an Indian zoo and got away with two good-sized snakes. They were poisonous, too. Thefts from zoos, menageries and circuses used to be much more common than they are to -day. A man who afterwards said he was a great lover of animals and could not bear to see them in captivity once raid- ed a Rumanian zoo and got away with a young reindeer. He kept it in his country gar- den until the police caught up with him, Back went the rein- deer to the zoo and the man served three months in prison. Four years ago a reindeer in London Zoo was missing an antler. A young man is believed to have wrenched the antler from the head while the animal was feeding. An official said it was certain that the antler was not shed normally; the condi- tion of the brow revealed that. What puzzled everyone was how the thief could have left the zoo without being seen. An antler three feet long is not easy to hide, In Hungary a man who broke into a circus tried to steal a crocodile, He lassoed the slum- bering beast with a large rope but the crocodile was annoyed and .seized the man by the arm, holding him until. his agonized cries for help brought the night. Watchman to the scene. The man was, released and afterwards charged and impris- oned for his attempted theft. Burglars have 'frequently stolen birds from zees.- From ` a .private zoo in the southofEng- land budgerigars worth 4600 disappeared overnight, T h e thieves were never caught. 'Prom all the consideration I get, the name of thio depart- ment should be changed to MALADJUSTMENTS!" CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING BABY CHICKS YOU can't argue with success. So many growers are successful with Tweddle Turkey poults that we are convinced they will make good for anyone under average farm conditions. A- breed for every market demand. 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"If we, the hog producers of Ontario, fail to attach the pres- ent inertia both within and without in a fearless and reso- lute manner, we will undoubt- edly find ourselves sacrificed in the interest of political exped- iency and ultimately would find ourselves more completely the pawns of selfish and powerful business interests than we were before," warned the presenta- tion. Spokesmen of the group scored the Ontario government for its "timidity and reluctance . . , to- ward providing adequate legis- lation." Closed Ranks. For a while it looked as if the whole marketing scheme would fall apart when OFA Secretary V. S. Milburn suggested that another poll be taken of the producers in the near future. However, a motion coming from Premier Frost's constituency, Victoria County, that such a vote be taken at this tints, was defeated and an amendment proposed by Grey County car- ried to the effect that the scheme be continued for a year and then submitted to a vote. This will give the Producers Association time to re -assess their position, find out how useful and reliable the new legislation will be, make plans for the coming year and bring all information to their membership. This latter point is most important as only a well informed membership can be expected .to have confidence in the leaders and vote intelligently on any of their proposals. There cannot be any doubt that the outcome of this battle for producer controlled orderly marketing is of the utmost im- portance to all farmers in On- tario whether they are produc- ers of hogs or beef or milk or tobacco or honey or what have STOPPED AJIFFY • ,-gr money back Very first use' of soothing, cooling liquid D.D.D. Prescription positively- relieves raw red Itch—caused by eczema, .rashes, =alp Irritation, chafing -other Itch troubles. Greaseless, stainless. 394 trial bottle must aatisty or money back. Don't suffer. Ask your druggist for D.11, 0. PRESCRIPTION. ISSUE 12 --.1955 you. This is no time for haggling between Federation and Union; this is the time for closing ranks, lest the little bit of Order in marketing gets lost and chaos and anarchy take its place. Different Principle. The events of the last weeks may have had the effect of mak- ing farmers realize that schemes which are based on government appointed boards are bound to be subject to "political consider- ations." They are apt to be made a political football kicked around by parties who are dependent for financial support on interests directly opposed to the farmers. It this is done on government level behind closed doors the odds will be against the farm- ers, particularly if their leaders are influenced by party loyalties. The answer is to take the de- cision out of the hands of gov- ernment and back to where it belongs, the Legislature. If each marketing scheme were to be established -•by a separate Act of Parliament, as it is done in Brit- ain, to be administered by a pro- ducer elected board under the supervision of a Minister who has to report regularly to parlia- ment, there would be much less danger of underhand dealings. Individual members of the Leg- islature, acting in open session and conscious of the fact that they would be taken to task by their constituents, would have live up to election promises. The safest solution, of course, was that taken by the fathers et present farmers when they elec- ted their own UFO government, e * t This column welcomes criti- cism, constructive or destruc- tive and suggestions, wise or otherwise. It will endeavour to answer any questions. Address mail to Bob Von Pills, Whitby, Ont. 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