HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1953-01-29, Page 7111IIECahltrt SPORTS COLUMN
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It was a dark, muggy sort of morning,
the way Boston gets when fog rolls in from
the sea on March days and nights. But it
didn't seem possible it could be time to
gat up, and still be this dark, when the
knock sounded on my hotel -room door.
Drowsily arising, andbrushing sleet) out
Of my (•yes, 1 olicncd up. •l'it're stood 11owie Morenz, fully dressed.
1 saiti: "Howie, don't you think it's a little early to be getting
up? It's still dark. Where art' you going:"
"I'm not getting up" said 1Ion ie. "1 baveu't been to bed yet.
I've been out walking around the streets, thinking about that play
I missed. I (crit the game for the teles, and the e's no u,, going
to bed, because 1 won't slop."
And Howie dropped into a chair, bttriul his fare in hi; Bards,
slroulders shook, because' lie was crying like a little bol•.
The night before, Canadiens had battled a grim overtime play-
off game with the Bruins. Both clubs had powerful teams, there
was little to choose between them in playing strength, and nothing
to choose, either, in the ba'ance of that particular game, There had
been a face-off, and Cooney Weiland, a great little centre -ice payer
who et one time held the scoring championship of the National
League, faced Morenz. The puck shot into the air as the sticks
clashed. Weiland jumped swiftly, batted it down with his hand,
pounced on it like lightning and blasted off the shot that won
the genie, all done more quickly then you can write, or even read,
the words describing the play.
Morenz was heart -broken. lie Telt that he alone was respon-
sible for the defeat of the team, because that's the kind of player,
that's the kind of man he happened to be. In all the history of
hockey, there never was a more sincere competitor. Nights of an
important game, indeed, on the night of any gams, Morenz woulrj
be at the rink at least an hour before game time, restlessly pacing
around the long promenade, as high-strlulg as a thoroughbred
that is being readied for a rare.
Howie Morenz died as he would have %canted it, itt the harness
of the game ite loved. At least, he sustained in hockey the in-
jury which led to his death, hurtling in on an opposing goal, he
tripped, fell, caromed skates -first into boards, shattered a leg. r\
great competitor, even when his blazing speed was losing glittering
fire. He Iived for speed, livetl by speed, and for speed, he died.
The hockey world still recalls Moreno, but few know he came
into big league hockey against his will, over his own tears, in fact.
But that's another story, and some day it will be written, right in
this Calvert column.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be wekomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/a Calvert House, 431 Yonne St., Toronto.
bed DISTILLERS LIMITED
AAtHERSTSURG, ONTARIO
84.
Twenty-five years ago anybody
predicting that a human being
would some day run a mile in
4 minutes or less would have
been told to go and have his head
erxemined. But today that "un -
Attainable" 4 -minute pinnacle is
getting slightly wobbly. In fact
before 1953 has run its course,
:somebody will have done the
trick, and that somebody—in ail
probability—will be an Austral-
ian University student named
John Landy.
5 a 5
Landy has already conte with-
in seven -tenths of a second of
equalling the present world rec-
ord of 4 minutes, one and four-
f3fths second, set by the Speedy
/Swede, Gunder Haag back in
1045, And already this year the
Aussie has been showing such
>n lot of luck that it looks as
though "it won't be long now."
And what follows is a play-by-
play description of his latest ap-
pearance, in which he took all
the worst of it in the way of
weather, track conditions and
tack of competition.
9 a e
Although Landy would have
preferred it cooler than the day's
temperature of 71.2, a blustering
wind did not help matters. But
chief deterrent was the condition
of the crushed scoria stone -sur-
faced track. A soaking on the
previous day would have con-
llolldated the loose particles, and
a rolling would have completed
the job. The student -runner said
in Europe It takes severs' men
two or three days to prepare the
tracks for record attempts. Aus-
tralian athletes have to tackle
their tasks the hard way!
t. a a
Physically the runner himself
was not 100 per cent, Other spe-
cific points worthy of note were
the several, incidents in the race
itself in which the 22 -year-old
champion had very little assist-
ance from pace -makers, except
in the early stages. Les Perry,
Australian three-mile champion,
was in the field and carried Lan-
dy along from the quarter to the
half, but thereafter the only "as-
sistance" the runner received
was from the urging of the ex-
cited onlookers.
With the inside running, Lan-
dy surprisingly took up the run-
ning in the first lap, and his fast
long -striding pace told the rest
of the runners he meant busi-
ness. He Ied at the quarter in
the slick time of 58,4, which was
.8s. better than the first lap of
his record run, then Perry shot
past Landy to "pace" the recond
lap. Approaching the turn into
the hone -stretch Landy went
ahead again and covered the
half -mile in 1.50.4 (in the record
run his time was 2m. Is, at the
half).
Strike-Bound—Automobiles are parked across the out -of -use
trolley tracks in Philadelphia where a transportation system
strike paralyzed thy transit. More than 2,500,000 people in the
city and suburbs had to solve the iravel problem for themselves,
Fabulous Tcy Tree of Ccvoeas—Tom Seidman, above, never saw
Ci Iree that bloomed with toys back home but he isn't dreaming.
The only person who is dreaming is the toy vendor, He's for-
saken his toy stand on a street in Caracas, Venezuela, to enjoy
South America's cherished siesta period. Since almost everyone
else is snoozing, there's not much danger of the "blossoms" being
plucked by passersby.
Landy had to run the last hall
on his own and quickly ran to a
lead of 100 yards, At the end of
the third lap his time for thrce-
gt.arters of a mile was 3.1—
probably the fastest ever to that
stage in a mile race—and the
excited crowd cheered every
stride as Landy entered the final
lap. Along the back, with the
breeze behind him, his long
strides appeared the salve, and
he passed the 1500 -meter mark
in 3.44.4-8s. faster than Joself
Barthel's (Luxembourg) Olym-
pia record—but the tiring run-
ner had to face the hind in the
home stretch, so it took him
18.4s, to run 110 yards 2 feet—
from the 1500 -meter mark (1640
yds. 1ft.) to the tape.
a n „
In his record run on Dee. 13,
Landy finished much fresher
and ran the final lap in 59.1,
against the more recent last lap
of 61.8. Some overseas cables
have been received in Australia
gl.estioning the tines created
by John Landy, but the 'Doubt-
ing Thomases" will have their
answer by this repeat perform-
ance. e a o
Bettering the Olympi' record
for the 1500 meters during his
run, John Landy achieved great
distinction, and no doubt could
have bettered this time had that
been the specific distance record
he was after. In the Olympic
race, moreover, two runners
fought a titantic battle to the
line, as R. McMillan (USA), sec-
ond, was credited with the same
time as the winner, J. Barthel.
Had Landy the runners to pace it
with hire, one wonders just what
time he would have made.
a a u
Maybe it will be different
when the next attempt is made:
the track will be watered and
rolled, loose patches ironed out,
the atmospheric conditions ideal
for the test, the race competitors
capable of extending Landy, and
the champion physically and
psychologically ready to do him-
self justice.
Been Baptized
3,000 Times
Did your great -great-grand-
father have eight wives? Do you
know that the chances are he's
now a recognized Mormon? With-
out your permission -- and cer-
tainly without great -great -grand
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Temple at Salt Lake City.
Maybe you've forgotten who
your great- great-grandfather
was, yet the Mormons have him
taped with a micro -film record
of his name, birthplace and date
of birth. Teams of genealogists
are busy in Scotland right now
searching for more potential
Mormons, tracing ancestors
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Names are checked against a
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This strange situation has arisen
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