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THE Ca.ivert SPORTS UOLDMO
0 SVhen Montreal's Armand Savoie not
so long ago fought Jinuny Carter in the
Montreal Forum for the lightweight
championship of the world 1tt,OUO sport
fans, comfortably seated, saw the battle.
That was in marked contrast to the last
occasion that a Canadian fought for the
same title,
The surroundings for the Savoie -Carter fight were luxurious'
the match had legal status. But Harry Gilmore of Toronto had
to battle the great Jack McAuliffe for the lightweight crown
in 1887 in the furtive secrecy of a Lawrence, Mass., blacksmith
shop, before 64 spectators.
Boxing then was outside the pale of the law. Participants
and spectators risked arrest and prosecution. Details of the
arrangements fqr the match were guarded so carefully that
only three trusted sports writers were admitted. An enterpris-
ing fourth writer gained admission by posing as a carpenter.
In a hall'directly above the blacksmith shop, a Salvation
Army Group was holding a prayer -meeting, its Inembers quite
unaware of what was happening below. As the two sorely
bruised scrappers went into the twentieth round, they could
hear the voices singing "Hold the Fort." McAuliffe broke away,
backed toward the ropes and, half -turning his head, called to
his second, non-pareil Jack Dempsey: "They ain't having half'
as hard a time holding the fort up there, as I am down here!"
McAuliffe won by K.O. in the 26th round. Soon after the
match, it was learned that the sheriff was in search of the
participants. The lightweight champion and his friends were
bundled into a sleigh and driven aver deserted, snow-covered
country roads to a nearby town, Lowell. McAuliffe presented.
such a battered appearance that a scandalized hotel clerk
sternly refused to accommodate the party.
How very different from the title bouts of today, that draw
thousands of fans, are broadcast and televised all over the'
continent, with champions -richly rewarded! The sheer bru-
tality of boxing in the old days, too, has been lessened by a
limit placed on the number of rounds.
Tour comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
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Perhaps the most unusual
finish to a fistic encounter oc-
curred on the night when the
colorful Irish thrush, Jack
Doyle, the singing heavyweight,
was busy engaging the British
hefty, Eddie Philips.
In the second round the hand-
some Doyle let fly with a fierce
roundhouse right. He missed
completely, fell between the
ropes and struck his head on
the apron of the ring! He was
out cold as he lay flat on his
back on the floor at ringside,
his feet weirdly resting on the
press table as the referee count-
ed him out!
Hen Lays Atomic Eggs - In the Atomic Energy Commission's
radio -biological laboratories a biochemist and a technician give
a hen a forced feeding of radioactive calcium -45 and phos-
phorus -43 in an experiment on the physiology of egg formation.
By measuring the shell, white and yolk of the hen's eggs for
radioactivity, scientists try to find out how the hen absorbs cal-
cium and phosphorus and fills them into various components of
the egg.
B g Deal -• The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent infielder Danny
O'Connell (right) to the Milwaukee Braves for six players and
an unannounced sum of money. The Braves gave up pitcher
Max Surkont (top left) and outfielder Sam Jethro, (bottom). The
Milwaukee club also gave up fielder Sid Gordon and pitchers
Fred Waters, Lawrence La Salle and Curtis Raydon.
"FIGHTERS OR BALLET
DANCERS" is the title of an ar-
ticle in which Mickey Walker
takes a few jabs at modern fist -
cuffing, with special reference
to the TV audience and its effect
on the game. And here we might
say that Mr. Walker speaks
with considerable authority,
Seeing that he was World
Middleweight Champ back in
the days when a fighter needed
more than a pleasing personality
and a photogenic pan in order
to get by. ° ° °.
"I'm afraid the fight game is
going to be just a memory if
the prize ring doesn't develop
rtlore talent through punches in-
stead of publicity," says Mickey,
who can swing almost as hard
Some Teem r
The hospitality planned by La-
fayette College officials seemed
N,. ,ted when on', hree people
got off the train in Easton, Penn-
sylivania. An excited throng had
gathered to welcome the track
tea . of the much-i-eraided Car-
lisle Indians, led by their respect-
ed coach, cagey "Pop" Warner.
The Lafayette coach could scarce-
ly believe his eyes, In astonish-
ment, he asked Warner where
his team ,s,
"We're all here," said Warner,
and started the introductions.
"This is. Jim Thorpe, here's Frank
Shenandoah. Lewis Tewanina will
be here a little 1r'er."
Still incredulous, the Lafayette
coach took his visitors on a tour
of the grounds and finally led
them to the stadium for the dual
meet. Thorpe startled the home-
town spectate by winning the
dashes, hurdles, d i s c u s, and
jumps. Shenandoah took the
quarter -mile low hurdles, and
Tewanina, who ran most of the
way from the station in train-
ing for the Olympic Games, ar-
rived at the stadium just in time
scamper onto the field and
walk off with the two-mile run.
That was all"the Indians needed
to r up the meet.
#arid) Iron Lung Strdtegy — Polio patients at the Children's Memorial Hospital play their own
kind of football game and are lust as enthusiastic about it as any player running for a touch-
down in an open field, The youngsters, left to right" Douglas Martin, Gale Brown and Marlen
Jacobsen, are helped daily by the latest therapy in a program aimed at rebuilding their crippled
bodies. Games like this one keep the patients in a proper spirit.
on a typewriter as he used to
do with padded gloves, "Now-
adays there's more fast talk
and strong con delivered than
left hooks and right crosses,"
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Mickey goes on to state that.
in the old days a wild awing
was something to be laughed at.
Nowadays, they call it "The
Bolo Punch," or some such, and
hail it as something new and
original, Likewise, a fighter was
liable to get booed out of the
ring if he continually backed
away from an opponent. Today,
it's clever retreat, and the
backer -up is loudly applauded.
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A knockdown or a painful ex-
pression - continues Walker -
may halt a modern contest.
Many of the supposedly he-man
fights resemble ballet dancers'
interpretations o f wrestling
grips. Boxing referees perform
like Milton Berle emceeing a
nightclub show.
e *
These are a few reasons why
I don't attend many fights or
watch then on TV. Don't get me
wrong - I still feel that I'm
part of the game, and I still get
a kick out of mixing in a fist
fight. By saying this I don't
mean to .stick my chin out - I
have enough trouble battling my
wife! During my fighting days,
she witnessed only one prize
fight. But now, with television
as her guide, and lacking a ring-
side education, she has become
an authority on punches.
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I've heard television viewers
judge fighters' abilities in
strange ways, One said, "I not
only admire Marciano's strong
hands, but his serious expres-
sion before the gong also has
a strong appeal."
Another time, after Kid Gavi-
lan knocked out Chuck Davey,
I listened to an excited man re-
mark, "Davey could get knock-
ed out every night, but I like to
watch him throw his clever me-
chanical punches. He gives a lot
of action and sure is a great
fighter!" w w w
It seems that in future evalu- -:
ation of boxers, persona's appeal
will be more important than
ability, Million -dollar sponsors
will develop the greatest ring
personalities to please armchair
fight fans the world over. This
is apt to happen sooner than
you think.
* * *
I have a feeling that if Abel
Fernandez had continued with
boxing gloves instead of sign-
ing up for motion pictures, the
TV fans would have supported
his ring endeavors. He might
have even brought back the mil-
lion -dollar gates to boxing are-
nas, but I'm sure he would have
developed enough ring appeal
to break all TV records.
* * *
In his fights there was a touch
of the old Dempsey showman-
ship. Stripped down in boxing
trunks, he looked like a sun -
Is ea
was
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t a n n e d, Michelangelo -carved
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ed himself as a favoritte almost
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* m
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*
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w 0, w
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* * *
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