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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1955-12-01, Page 7I ECaLVttt SPORTS GOLUMii Sepptez 9 • Not long ago, the gesseratly-recognized • wrestling champion, Lou 'JYiese of St. Louis, flung a challenge at world heavy- weight boxing champion Rocky Marci- ano, to meet him in a mixed utatclt, wrestler vs. boxer, each using his otvn form of nets heti. (JI' NIIIPH(, alai fano ignored the challenge, stud a Hytit,'n or 0010011 lodi.Mtel tbls was the smart thing for him (n do. But the challenge revived an old debate. "Can a boxer beat a wrestler uncles' mixed rules?" Phony efforts to test this have been made. The wrestler nearly always wan. And this writer has always believed a fighter would have no chance against a wrestler in such an encounter The wrestler would dive-bomb the boxer and bring blit to the floor before the fighter could strike a blow. Once on the canvas, boxing would be nullified and the bout would become a mere wrestling match. A hamnlerlock or a toe -- hold would put the boxer quickly out of commission, Tin ^ boxer's only Chau ee would be to disable the wrestler befog 6 opponent could get him on the canvas. The chances we nest this cannot be Clone. If you ever saw a capable wrestler employ .the "kip" to bring an opponent to the canvas and then swarm over him, you'd get the idea. Even Jack Dempsey, lightning puncher in his prime, wouldn'thave had much chance with a wrestling flash like Joe Steelier, champion matman of the same era. Or even against a good middleweight, Wrestling is a far better defensive weapon against attacks by unarmed thugs than boxing. A few years ago news columns carried a story of how a wrestler was waylaid • by two would-be holdup men. He subdued both simul- taneously, one with a scissors, the other with a hamtnerlock, Wrestling in its more lethal forms, including Judo, with Its deadly punches, was taught soldiers likely to engage in close combat during the war, being considered more useful toe such purposes than boxing. Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 43t Yonge St„ Toronto. Catvttt DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTBURO, ONTARIO. '6teund Fabulous trireasure `"11111- Little half-starved donkeys struggling and stumbling under rikco1 along the steep and tortu- ous passes, a peasant and his elite battled their way home in rrontial downpour that was teal of the province Of Tole - They had already spent three fAO'uro en the very bad Spanish Road. They were soaked and Nnizerable — the night was eom- asgg en, and the dim gleam of plight through the uncur- Wined windows of a wayside ban made a halt seem inviting, even though the travellers teare within two miles of Gua- lamar, their home village. "Let's stop for a few min - :des," said the husband, "and `ss' warm our innarrds with some kandy." They dismounted and led the plaivering animals to the old, mumbling fountain which stood a few yards from the tavern. Of stone and rusted wrought - hon, the fountain would serve for tethering the donkeys. The woman looped the little beasts' mins round the ironwork, then turned towards the fountain to troop up a draught of the clear mountain -water. As she was bending down, her eye caught the gleam of some - /Ming shiny w hi c h showed lhsoligh a crack in the stone Wee. The torrent of rain, cas- Ksding across the muddy road, gad washed the earth away kom the stones of the fountain and exposed a hole in the ma- sonry. It was from inside this hole that the gleam was com- ing. Bending still farther, she thrust her fingers inside the hole and drew out .. , the first piece of the treasure of Guerra - ear, the village in which she and her husband had halted. Their luck had turned all right! Realizing she had dis- covered a hoard of gold she called excitely to her husband, at the same time glancing fear- fully towards the inn door in ease anyone should emerge. "Get a sack from under the ladle!" the man exclaimed. "No one's about in the rain to see us." While the woman was hur- riedly getting the sack which she used for a saddle -cloth her husband exultantly pulled out piece after piece of ancient golden jewellery, letting it cas- cade on to the ground beside him, a glittering jumble Of the most wonderful Visigothic trea- sure that the world had known. Out came great gleaming crowns, set with pearls and precious stones, their edges pierced with the names of kings and queens who had ruled in Toledo. Intended for hanging by golden chains in Toledo's churches, they were as well preserved as if they had been in a museum showcase, and not stuffed away in a dank hole for eleven hundred years. As his wife stood beside him, holding the neck of the sack open, the man crushed the pieces of soft gold up in his TA::ING FIVE—These young ballerinas aren't just trying to get a different slant an things, They're taking a load off their tired toes. Ballet students at the Children's Aid Society's Jones Center, they are, from left, Debra Tamagni, 4; Candace Culkin, 6, and Debra's sister, Diane, 6. strong hands, so that he could cram as much as possible into the sack. • only one sack -load they took away with them that night. But they returned secret- ly, several times, always cover- ing their treasure hoard with loose stones. Piece by piece the treasure of Guarrazar—the hurriedly buried gold and jewels that someone had saved from the Moorish plunderers — was sold by the peasants to goldsmiths and - an- tique -dealers of Toledo, They couldn't afford to haggle; but they were satisfied with what they got. Their wants were simple, and living was cheap in the Spain of a century ago. But it happened that a fa- mous .rehaeologiat was living at that time in Toledo. Don Jose Navarro was also a preci- ous metals expert — goldsmith, M fact, to Isabella II, Queen of Spain. On a walk through the city, he was intrigued to see in the windows of various curiosity - shops pieces of ancient jewel- lery that his expert knowledge told him could only be of Visi- gothic manufacture. He bought all he saw; and inquired for more. Unfortunately, word of his inquiries got around before he could collect all the pieces. Many goldsmiths offering parts Of the treasure panicked, and threw what they had boughtoff the peasants into the Tagus, One of the most splendid pieces — a golden, jewelled shrine in the shape of a dove — is known to have been lost to the world in this way. Navarro collected most of the pieces which h a d not been melted down and expertly re- paired those which had been crushed together f o r easier handling. Among the pieces saved and repaired was that unique sur- vival from Visigothic Spain, the votive -crown of King Recces- winth, who ruled Spain from A.D. 650 to 672. Hung with golden chains, it was studded with rock -crystals, onyx, sap- phires and pearls. All treasure found in Spain is the property of the Crown. Navarro knew this. But, cor- rupted by the prospect Of vast wealth, he was willing to turn the treasure into a profit for himself. 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The collection was put on show at the Cluny Museum in Paris, where it attracted im- mense crowds. But its origin could no longer be kept a secret. The Spanish Government, having denounced the Queen's goldsmith as a smuggler, a bandit, and a per- jured royal servant, made im- mediate demands on the French Government to return the treas- ure, declaring it to be part of the "inalienable regalia of Spain." This was nonsense. The crowns had never formed part of the Spanish regalia, and all that the Spanish government's demand di was to make the French Government withhold payment from Navarro. Then France was involved in a war with Austria — and the matter was shelved for more important national matters. A q u i e t, thoughtful man named Domingo de la Cruz lived in the same village Guadamur — for which the twin peasants were making when they found the treasure of Guar- razar. He had read all 'that he could discover concerning the treasure, and he had come to some exciting conclusions con- cerning it. He reasoned that whoever had saved the gold from the Moors — probably on the very night on which they plundered the city of Toledo — must have had a great deal more to hide than bad been found by the peasants. Saying nothing to anyone, De la Cruz searched secretly in the neighbourhood of the fountain. Then one day he presented himself at the Castle of Aran- juez — twenty-five miles from Toledo — where Queen I abella was staying. His mann .r was so insistent that the Queen's spokesman, Don Antoniu Flores, consented to see flim. De La Cruz came straight to the point. Suppose that he were lucky enough to find any more Visigothic treasure, would Don Antonio guarantee him a pen- sion for life? "Of course," the other an.- mered. "A moment, then, Your Ex- cellency," said De la Cruz. He went out of the room, and re- turned with a treasure almost as splendid as that lost to Spain by Navarro's greed. After a painstaking search De la Cruz found it in an Old cemetery. And he was reward- ed for his trouble and astuteness by a handsome pension, paid regularly until the day of _ his death. "Sleep -walks" Kill Mountain limbers Mountain sickness exacts a pitiless toll of human life in the Alps. Even experienced guides, like Silvia Pedrotti, of Italy, have been sacrificed to it, Seized by sudden faintness while escorting a party up Ber- nina peak last summer, he crumpled up without even a c1y and pitched forward to death in the ravine below. But novice climbers are, an Alpine guide points out, most prone tothis illness. It comes on very suddenly. The muscles turn to pulp, the body feels ut- terly deadweight, breathing is hard, the victim's mouth and nose may trickle with blood. More dangerous, however, is the overwhelming sleepiness that can cause a man to 'sleep walk" over a peak or precipice, Nearly fifty immature climb- ers ha,re been killed in the Italian Alps this year chiefly from this cause, Oldest Love -Letter Written On Brick Standing in the witness -box in a French police court the other day, a still beautiful, middle- aged wife whose husband had deserted her, said sadly: "1 should have known that he would not make a good husband, for he never wrote me a love - letter. Even before we married, his letters to me were dull and dis-passionate," Letters have always had a fascination for woman — espec- ially love - letters. But most youthful sweethearts of to -day just can't be bothered to sit down and pen passionate phrases. They prefer to record mes- sages at a cost of about $1.50 a time. When the loved one re- ceives the letter, she or he plays it over a gramaphone. What a change from the old days when grandma used to keep her love -letters locked in a lavender -strewn drawer! Women write many more love -letters than men. One sol- dier stationed in the Far East received nearly 400 letters from his fiancee in a single week. She was so utterly in love with him that she gave up her job and did nothing else all day but write and write. The honour of writing the longest -ever love -letter goes to an ardent Elizabethan courtier. To the adorable, sultry -eyed girl he had fallen in love with at first sight he wrote a letter consisting of 398 closely -written pages 410,000 words. This masterpiece of love and patience - five times as long as the av- erage novel — was full of praise for her beauty and virtue. Women can also write long love -letters — yes, even in these hectic days. 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