The Seaforth News, 1953-05-21, Page 3(i* E
Wert SPORTS COLUMN
and others.
But one name, and an important- one, in its association
with Jeffries, was overlooked entirely. And since the forgot-
ten man is a Canadian, and the only Canadian who ever held
the world heavyweight fisttc title, I'd like to devote a Calvert
column to Tommy Burns, the forgotten man.
Tommy Burns was born in 1881 in the little town 01
Hanover, Ontario, of German Canadian parents. His real name
was Noah Brosso. And his association with the great Jeffries
developed this way; Jeffries retired in 1904, but agreed to
referee, and donate his title to the winner of a match between
Marvin Hart and Jack Root. Hart won, was named champion,
but less than a year later, again with Jeffries refereeing, Burns
defeated Hart and became champion. Jeffries refereed when
Burns defeated Philadelphia Jack O'Brien.
Though he weighed only 175 pounds, Burns feared no
one. There came from Australia to America in .1907 a giant of
a man, Bill Squires, fearsome in looks, backed by an impos-
ing record. American heavyweights steered clear of Squires.
But not Burns. He signed to risk his title against the scowling,
strong -jawed giant. Squires was made a3-1 favourite, and
fans of the clay felt sorry for Burns, but they turned out in
great numbers at Colma, Cal„ and brought along cushions
to make themselves comfortable. as they watched what was
billed as a 45 -round match,
It didn't last that long. When the bell rang, Burns moved
swiftly out of his corner, swung a right to the jaw of the
Australian, That wits the end. Squires was out.
Burns was a busy fighter. In the two years he held the
title, he fought 12 tinges as champion, in America, England,
Ireland and Australia. 11 times he won, but in the 12th, he
was knocked out by Jack Johnson, who thus became champion.
Johnson,, who had dodged a meeting with another Canadian
heavyweight, Sam Langford, in order to get a chance at the
title, weighed 20 pounds more than Burns. He beat Tommy
badly, and broke his ribs, but the Canadian gamester kept
valiantly at it until, in the fourteenth round, the police stepped
in and stopped the fight.
It was then that Barns really gained recognition — as
"former champion". He had earned his title long before. Future
generations will remember Burns for one thing, if for no
other. Until Joe Louis came along he held the reeord for de-
fending his title more times than any other heavyweight
champion:
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, cfo Calvert House, 431 Yonge Sb, Toronto.
e'' When the former heavyweight flstiQ
champion, Jim Jeffries, died recently,
there was unleashed a flood of reminis-
cences. Half-forgotten names from a glarn-
orops era of the ring came bobbing to the
surface, names like Gentleman Jinn Cor-
bett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Joe Choyuskl,
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Housing Problems
Strangely Solved
"I don't care a hoot for the
rest of the world—as long as
Tye, got a roof over my head!"
That's been the universal cry for
some years now, and with the
present housing shortage it's
likely to be heard for many
years to come. Indeed, in order
to live up to it some folk will go
to fantastic lengths.
A miner in Tonopah mining
camp, Nevada, made his home
out of bottles. When he arrived
at the camp he found there was
a scarcity of trees, so he set
about collecting the bottles that
were lying about, and by stick-
ing them together with mud
made a very good home!
A hermit in Essex went one
better than that. He made a
house out of dried clung, mud
and sticks, and lined it cosily
with grass. How he stood the
aroma and the ever-present dan-
ger of it collapsing, nobody
knows. It was apparently worth
living in, though, for on his
death £12,000 was found stored
away in the house. The result of
not pay rent, perhaps?
In 1936, a landlord on the
United States side of Lake Erie
was feeling the strain of hav-
ing no cash coming in from his
tenants. So he invested in forty
giant wine -making casks and
turned each of them into a house.
He fitted all mod. cons, -electri-
city, hot and cold water—into
then'i and made them quite de-
sirable, Soon the houses became
the most popular in the neigh-
bourhood and as a result the
landlord prospered.
You often see in the country
old railway carriages converted
into homes. A fancily in France
decided they would not stoop so
low as a railway carriage. They
acquired an old British tank,
took the guns off and knocked
the front down, fitted three com-
partments inside—and settled
down. The result: a warm home
— with no worries about burg-
lars.
Fantastic what we will do for
that roof overhead isn't it? In
London recently, four tramps
commandeered a disused shel-
ter and turned it into a lodging.
They papered the walls with
poster advertisements and ar-
ranged old barrels, lined with
straw and covered with carpet
material, at tasteful intervals
around the Lounge.
To top all these stories comes
the fantastic tale of a Belgian
family—who were found living
in a vault in a disused cemetery!
SCOTS FSA PAY
Street traders have been sell-
ing one -shilling pieces in Glas-
gow at is. 3d. each. The Scots
pay because gas and electric
shilling -in -the -slot meters have
caused a shortage.
For the Birds—Surrounded by traditional cherubs and other bar-
oque lath Century ornaments, this modernistic bird, by Georges
Braque, adds a new look to the Louvre in Paris. The work has
'been fitted intd a ceiling of the Henri 11 winyt of the museum.
Interference—Knocking the ball from Jim Hegan's hand, Chicago
White Sox player Ferris Fain arrives home safely to score the
winning -run against Cleveland at Chicago,
A lot of the early -season base-
ball kibitzing has been in regard
to clouting—who hit the longest
homer, who took the rustiest
swing at a ball and all like that.
The hardest -hitting batter we
ever personally heard of was the
famous "Home -run" Haggerty
who once swung so hard that the
ball broke into three pieces, so
the story goes; but as Haggerty'
was probably before your time,
we won't go into that.
In this connection We were
rather interested to learn that the
jolly old cricketers also treasure
memories of long -ball hitters, and
that there is one mark that they
have been aiming at for a couple
of hundred years or .more, but
which—up to latest reports—has
always eluded them. This is
Taggs Island, just on the outskirts
of the East Molesey grounds in
London. They have been playing
cricket at East Molesey for some
255 years; and it was there, ac-
cording to the records, that "one
Thomas Taylor was 'shabby
enough' to put a leg before the
wicket while batting"—a pro-
ceeding which so riled the lads of
that bygone day that the "leg
before wicket" rule was adopted.
What Mr. Taylor's reaction was
to this we haven't heard, but he
probably said "somebody is al-
ways taking the joy out of life"
or some such.
Set in the River Thames and
visible over thetowpathhedge
forming the boundary of the at-
tractive ground is Taggs Island.
The Island lies about 140 yards
in direct line from the cricket
pitch.
Down through the years bats-
men's eyes have been east in the
direction of Taggs Island. Hun-
dreds who revelled in the proud
title of being among the game's
mightiest hitters have accepted
the challenge of Taggs Island as
they stood at the crease on the
East Molesey ground.
By forceful straight -driving, by
vicious, lusty hooking and pulling
to leg, they have tried to send
a ball soaring over that towpath
hedge to land triumphantly on
the island. Always they have fail-
ed. Some have been very near to
victory—no more than the odd
yard or so short, But the river has
received the ball, and not the
island. -
,
Nobody watches the attempts
to conquer Taggs Island with
greater interest than the ' twelfth
man" on the. East Molesey team.
He is Pat, a lively Irish terrier.
e 4 +k
And no human follows the
flight of any ball going river -
wards with keener eye or better
judgment; nor does any human
retrieve the ball more promptly
than Pat,
v - o e
Pat follows every stroke of the
game with unceasing vigilance.
The moment he sees the ball
heading for the river, he scamp-
ers through the wicket -gate in
the towpath hedge,: Scarcely has
the ball touched the water before
he has jumped in and soon is
heading back, wet but happy, to
drop the ball proudly at the feet
of his master, among the specta-
tors --Mr. Vie Stevens, vice-presi-
dent of the club.
0 '5
Pat has already "scored- nearly
500 "returns," and to mark his
services to the club (no mean
financial feat, to say the Icast,
with cricket balls at the price
they are') he wear's a silver
medal on his collar, which was
presented to him, with all due
honour and formality, for "Meri-
torious Service," when he was an
important guest at the club's last
annual dinner,
According to the records the
East Molesey club once had on
its roster a gentleman who was
really outstanding in more fields
than one. An old print, owned by
the club, portrays a certain Wil-
liam Beldam, born in 1786, and
"one of the finest cricketers Eng-
Iand ever had . . . The Surrey
batsman and change bowler who
played in all the great matches
for 35 years. Married twice, he
had 39 children."
,k
Some cricketer! Some papa
too '. !
Butch's Beached — After five
years at sea, "Butch" O'Brien
—who rates his own private life
preserver—is being transferred
to shore duty. 'Butch," seen here
aboard the aircraft carrier Bon
Homme Richard, is the number
one shipmate of Lt. E. A. O'-
Brien. The six-year-old mongrel
retires with the Japanese Occu-
pation, China Service, Korean
campaign and United Nations
campaign medals.
Why Are Marriages
Breaking Down?
It might save a great deal of
trouble in future if those about
to make the plunge into matri-
mony studied the analysis made
by Mr, A. J. Chislett, Clerk of
the Wallington (Surrey) Divi-
sion Justices, to the British Royal
Commission on Marriage and
Divorce, of the causes of failure.
Of a hundred marriages ex-
amined, 'another woman" was
responsible for forty-two fail-
ures. Incompatibility broke up
thirty-six unions, so that 78 per
cent, of the unsuccessful mar-
riages w e r e due to only two
causes. Five failures were due to
money troubles, three to sex diffi-
culties, three to drunkenness,
two to gambling, and surpris-
ingly, only lane to a nagging wife.
Which shows how forebcaring
males are! In eight cases the
cause could not be found, for
they were due to a mutltiplicity
of reasons.
When Mr. Chislett analysed
the duration of a hundred mar-
riages, he found that twenty-
nine couples had remained to-
gether less than 'Ove years; twen-
ty-two between Bye and ten;
thirty between ten and twenty;
and fifteen between twenty and
thirty. So, apparently , no mar-
ried person can afford to take his
or her partner for granted, and
for marriages to be a complete
success peops should treat each
other with consideration and
respect to the end.
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quarter pint of coffee or fruit
juice passed to him through the
neck of the bottle each day.
Stuntman Rayo has already
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days. Another time, he nailed
his tongue to a board for three
]months. Bearded and turbaned,
he is on exhibition in his bottle
for all to see (who care to pay),
even during the night, when he
sleeps on an inflatable mattress,
with the bottle lowered horizon-
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glass prison are two harmless
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