The Seaforth News, 1953-03-26, Page 3SPORTS COLUMN
tr It may be a trifle early in this year tit
grace to start flicking any "masts" or
"bests" along the sports trail. So we'll
settle, right now, for a somewhat shaded
"most", to Avery Brundage, the High
potentate of amateur sport in America, as
the ""lost daring" gentleman of this year
to slate.
it happened this way:
There was some discussion among amateur leaders to the
general effect that when the next Olympic Games arc, held in
Melbourne, Australia, in 1950, they should be cut down to fit
the size of the sponsoring country's ability to take care of the
world's greatest athletic celebration.
The high cost of everything—food, transportation, equip-
ment—in view of the ever-increasing nurnber of athletes and
officials involved, and the ever-expanding sports programs,
was the cause of this debate. For Finland sustained a heavy
loss, last summer in its Olympic venture.
So the daring Mr. Brundage, practically taking his athletic,
if not his human life in his heads, tossed a bomb into the debate
by suggesting
oit eixoeseseaelipceor' mpirganIssuggested separate Olympic
m iGafms'f
the women athletes, which, of course, could mean
that women's
participation in the Olympics was ended. For what nation
would care to take the financial gamble of staging an Olympic
meet for women only?
The girl athletes will scream in fury if any such effort is
made, for the competitions, engaging girls only, in a com-
paratively few years, has become a very definite and colorful
part of the big Games. Of course, 111r. Brundage in self-defense
—of which we believe he wilt need a great deal—could retort
by pointing to history. For, more than 2000 years ago the wo-
men's Olympics were separate teem the men's game, whieh
women were not even permitted to view i
But times' have changed since then. Women have become,
steadily, a more important factor in the sports world, and to
sprinting, diving, swimming, figure -skating, and other Olympic
events, they have made a very definite contribution not only
of feminine pulchritude, but of real athletic qualities. Mr,
Brundage will find himself the centre of a great upheaval if
he seriously undertakes to enforce this man-made idea.
Our ,own notion is that Olympic transportation and other
expenses could be sharply cut by every nation, including our
own, it the teams included only those athletes who have proven
they can equal the best Olympic standards, and have a real
chance of scoring points, Then, too, regional or zone competi-
tions might reduce the size of each nation's Olympic team.
rThere were no fewer than 69 countries represented at Helsinki.
l Literally scores of athletes, male and female, verging on
mediocrity by Olympia standards, get on board for the ride,
every Olympic year. It's this excess baggage which runs up the
costs, not the presence alone of the girl athletes, bless their
little hearts.
L Your comments and suggestions for this column will be wekamod
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Culvert House, 431 Yonge $t., Toronto.
CaLtttDISTILLERS LIMITED
AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO
A writer in a large Canadian
'weekly recently made the state-
ment that, for danger and ex-
edtement, the Grand National
iiteeplechase in England lays
away over any other sports event
on earth. And maybe, l'ie's right,
at that. But we wouldn't mind
waking him a small wager that
,Bail,. Abe sport of baa-sicdaine, as
, practised over in those dear Alps,
eons English steeplechasing a
close second, or might even nose
1A out.
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Now we do not wish to pose
es an authority on eitner et these
pastimes. The nearest we ever
tame to participating in the
Grand National was tearing up
smndry sweep tickets on same.
And our experience of bob -sled -
riling was prettymuch confined
ao the back hill slope .in Elora
which ended out on the frozen
surface of the Grand River. The
;tatter was exciting enough, good-
ness knows, especially the time
when we put too much trust in
the thickness of the ice and end-
ed up in about three feet of very
frigid water. Three feet may not
sound like very much water, but
it's sufficient to wet and chill a
small boy all over—and through.
Stile, we guess that „this Cresta
Run in Switzerland may be a
teeny bit steeper and—possibly
a mite more dangerous. Here's
the way it looks to a writer in
"Answers."
e,
At the top of a steep slope of
polished ice, a man wearing a
crash helmet, gauntlets and el-
bow protectors lies face down-
wards on a steel skeleton. He is.
given a signal, and plunges sud-
denly downwards with a speed
that may reach 80 m.p.h.
a o ,r
If he is lucky, he lifts himself
from his toboggan just one min-
ute later, more than three-quar-
ters of a mile away, 500 feet
lower down. Into -those 60 sec-
onds
eaonds on the Cresta Run have
been packed more thrills and
Oriental Patience in en Occidental Pastime—At the recent Sports-
men's Show in Toronto, eight-year-old Richard Matsumoto at-
$rected much favorable comment with his skill in the delicate
sir) of fly -tying, -.Photo .by Ron seul[horna
Log Riding bog—Peppy, talented balancing dog starring at a
sports show, perches high on a choir -back for his master, Bill
Fontana, of Fort Frances, Ontario. The man balances the floating
log white his dog stands on the choir which straddles the bobbing
wood,
hair -breath escapes than many
men have in a lifetime.
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The Cresta Run is the fastest
and most testing toboggan course
in 'the world, Early ever year,
when continuous frost provides
the necessarypolished surface, it
lures mel' 'from many countries
to St. Moritz.
a * *
Experts ride the breath -taking
course themselves, and thou-
sands more come just to watch.
The hazards of the course make
the sport as exciting for spec-
tators as for riders. The sport
reaches its climax on February
12th, when the riders compete
for the Curzon Cup, blue riband
of tobogganing,
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On the path of ice between
banks of frozen snow are ten
corners, banked so that they can
can be taken at speed. The
slightest misjudgment and the
rider goes shooting over the
bank. But the curves are only
part of the story. The course has
varying gradients cunningly de-
signed to test the rider's skill.
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With his face only a few inches
from the ice, he travels at speeds
varying from thirty to eighty
miles an hour. To steer he shifts
his weight on the steel skeleton.
He has no brakes , except his
boots, fitted with rakes which he
digs into the ice. In this, the
fastest sport in the world with-
out engines, everything depends
on the skill of the rider—and
his courage.
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The course starts with a steep
dive. When the rider reaches
maximum speed, he is at Church
Leap, and the toboggan momen-
tarily leaves the ice. He "lands"
and continues. Every hazard of
the course has its name. Battle-
dore and Shuttleeock, perhaps
most famous, is an S-bend where
the rapid change in direction
sends many riders over the bank.
Those who suffer this misfortune
qualify for membership of the
Shuttlecock Club.
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One hazard is hardly mastered
before the next is' presented, un-
til at the Cresta Leap the rider
is airborne, a second or two be-
fore crossing the finishing line at
the bottom.
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In spite of the dangers, serious
injuries are few. In a long ca-
reer that started in 1907 and in-
cluded three wins of the Curzon
Cup, Lord Brabazon had only
one serious accident when he
fractured ribs and his jaw.
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But bruises and abrasions
there are in plenty, in spite of
rubber "cushioning" to absorb
the worst bumps, and heavy pro-
tective clothing. Spills are usual-
ly more spectacular than danger-
ous, but no one is allowed on
the full Cresta Run until he has
qualified on portions of it,
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The Run is opened in sections
so that even experienced riders
can work up gr dually to the
hazards of the wlh'le course ta-
ken at full speed Fol' many
years women have been forbid-
Glen on the Bun,
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In addition to complete phy-
sical fitness, a richer needs an
acute sense of belanee and abil-
ity to make split-second deci
sloes, ' Only experience teaches
the fastest possible speed at dif-
ferent points of the Run under
different conditions,
FI ELIEW.D
IN A JIFFY
Or Money back
Very first use of soothing, cooling, liquid
U.P.D. Prescrleth,l positively relieves rale
red hats--cnnsecl by eezetnn, rashes, ship
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I'M.I:SURIPTiON.
For this reason it is a sport
where the middle-aged often
beat the young. Daring and cour-
age alone are not enough, Lord
Brabazon made some of his best
runs after the war when he had
passed his sixtieth birthday'
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The Run has to be built afresh
each winter at a cost of several
thousands of pounds. The snow
is banked and water poured on
the surface of the Run, where it
freezes. The process is repeated
until there is a thick coating of
polished ice. An elaborate sig-
nalling and timing aparatus, elec-
trically controlled, prevents two
riders being on the Run at the
same time, and measures the
time taken to a hundredth of a
second.
Every rider dreams of hitting
his best forst at a time when the
track is fastest.
A hard -to -beat record of 56.9
seconds was set up in 1935 by
William Fiske from the U.S.A.
is a ,
Fiske's name is' commemorated
not only at St. Moritz, but also
at St. Paul's Cathedral, for five
years later he became the first
U.S. airman to die in the war.
Aeroplane pilots and racing mo-
torists often do well at this most
unmechanical sport. The quali-
ties of split-second thinking and
judgment required are the same
in racing on the ice, en the roads,
.and in the air.
Medical Hint
Help for the Paralyzed. Paralysis
of legs and the lower portion of
the body after injury to the
spinal cord is not always hopeless
— not even when the paralysis
has lasted for years. For a dor-
mant nerve connection may still
remain and proper training may
put it to work. After an intensive
program of re-education of
nerves and muscles at a West
Coast rehabilitation institute, 3
patients who had been complete-
ly paralyzed for as long as 8
years could make use of leg
muscles. The new treatment may
help some others long paralyzed
after accidents on the farm, in
mines and in automobiles.
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