HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-01-28, Page 7THECalvet't SPORTS COLUMN
• Back in the roaring 2O's, when the
National Hockey League's tentacles were
reaching out into American cities, the
late Frank Calder asked this agent to
get out a weekly publicity -sheet, contain-
ing hockey news, propaganda, player -facts
and such — inaterial that might protide
fodder for the sports pages -at those new hockey points and so
bring the gospel of the game closer hone to a public not so
well informed on the game.
At that time, in a burst of enthusiasm, we termed hockey
"The Worldis Fastest Game," and that was a banner -line used
in the piiblicity sheets for years, No one disputed the claim. It
was taken for granted that hockey was the speediest of all
games, because of a belief that skaters travel faster than men
afoot.
Afterall these years, we are told we erred. Toronto's Sport
College` .all
by Reg, Percival leaves few stones unturned
in the natter of athletic research, and in a letter to this column,
Percival declares against the theory that hockey is faster than,
say lacrosse. Ile writes: "I have react comments and seen esti-
mates that state a hockey player travels from 40 miles per
hour up. to 110 miles per hour.
"This is not true. We have tested and timed many hockey
players, including the fastest in the N,H,L., and find that ap-
proximately 23 miles an hour is a maximum rate of speed
reached. The speed reached by the average player is consider-
ably lower than this. This rate of speed compares equally with
the speed that can be reached in ordinary running.
"A further interesting note is that the world's speed skating
record is 9,4 for 100 yards and the sprint record for running
is 9,3. Some people believe that hockey players start more
quickly than do runners, but this has also been proved a
fallacy. A runner afoot (such as a lacrosse player) can also
stop and start again much more quickly and can make sharper
turns and changes of direction.
"If you take measurement standards of speed and distance
covered during a game as the criterion, it is impossible to claim
that hockey is a faster game than lacrosse."
All of which we find very interesting, and if the Sports
College findings are correct, then lacrosse is entirely welcome
to take over our original line "The World's Fdktest Game."
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
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By BOB ELLIS
There used tp be a time when
one of our main worries was milk
fever in our cows.
From reports coming from the
University of California it is
learned that at least in one test
herd this disease has been licked.
Dr. J. M. Bods and Dr. H. H.
Cole of the University have used
their special diet in a herd which
had a high percentage of milk
fever over a number of years.
The two scientists had reason-
7*-•il-ed that the shortage of calcium
in the cow's bloodstream which
causes the paralysis so well
known to most dairy farmers, is
a result of the non-functioning
of the parathyroid gland during
the dry period of the cow.
During this time the cow can
take the calcium she needs for
herself and the growing calf out
of her feed and the glands be-
come relatively inactive.
Keep Glands Working
Dr. Cole and Dr. Bola came
to the conclusion that "the way
to prevent milk fever would be
to keep the parathyroid glands in
good condition while the cow is
dry."
This was to be done by feed -
Sole Support — A bad case of
fallen arches could put the skids
to this Italian circus formation in
Rome. One man is supporting
eight others. Count 'ern.
ing a ration low in calcium and
thus force the glands to draw
more from the cow's bones. To
further stimulate the parathyroid
more phosphorus was to be fed.
The first group of cows receiv-
ed straight alfalfa hay; this
means a calcium-phosporous ratio
of 6 to 1. Five of the 14 cows
went down with milk fever.
The second group of 19 cows
was fed oat hay, meal and cal-
cium carbonate, prettyy close the
same calcium -phosphorus ratio
as the fust group.
Another group of 20 cows were
given a ration in which calcium
and phosphorus were balanced.
Three out of the twenty showed
symptoms of milk fever.
To the last group of 16 cows
the two doctors fed their special
ration of oat hay, meal and mono-
sodium phosphates, giving them
3.3 parts of phosphorus to every
part of calcium.
Not one of the 16 showed any.
signs of milk fever. To check on
their experiment the doctors took
eight of these sixteen and put
them on high calcium feed be-
fore their next freshener. Four
of thein went down with milk
fever.
Keep Calcium Away
These results would indicate
that the more calcium a cow re-
ceives in her feed during her
dry period, the easier she will be
susceptible to milk fever.
The meal fed to the cows in
-the last group was mixed from
800 pounds ground barley, 600
pounds rolled barley, 500 pounds
of bran, 100 pounds of cottonseed
meal, 10 pounds of salt and 40
pounds of monosodium phosphate
which is a relatively cheap min-
eral supplement.
Eight pounds of this mixture
were fed per day to each cow,
plus eight pounds of oat hay. In
all probability brome or timothy
could be substituted for the oat
hay as they are equally low in
calcium.
The results of these experi-
ments are by ,no means conclus-
ive, but they sound convincing
enough to be worth a trial in
herds much plagued with milk
• fever,
We remember the late Dr.
Booth advocating the feeding of
barley and bran to dry cows and
the fertilizing of pastures and
hayfields with super -phosphate.
We also know from experience
that the more super -phosphate
we used, the less trouble we had.
This column welcomes sug-
gestions, wise or foolish, and all
criticism, whether constructive
or destructive and will try to
answer any question. Address
your letters to Bob Ellis, Box 1,
123 - 18th St., New Toronto, Ont.
Better Nat Miss — Bimbo, star tiger of a circus in Munich, Ger-
many, scores a bull's-eye with this spectacular leap over the
head of V. Trubke, his trainer. Bimbo is probably just as thrilled
as the spectators, because the stunt signals the end of the per-
formance for him.
A SLXSITC 1 LC
Who was the greatest heavy-
weight that ever lived? That's
one sports argument that will
never be settled. Nor will it ever
be ended, for that )natter, as box-
ing fans will probably be still
arguing over it right up to the
moment when Armageddon
starts.
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Dempsey — Tunney — Johnson
— Langford — Fitzsimmons —
John L. Sullivan — each and
every one of them has his sup-
porters, and all of them have
strong claims to the honor. But
even if we do not, personally, put
in with the Fitzsimmons clan,
we will freely admit that Ruby
Robert was, in his day, a very
tough cookie indeed.
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Imagine, if you can, one of our
modern maulers making a seri-
ous offer to fight Ezzard Charles,
Earl Walls and Champion Rocky
Mercian* ALL WITHIN A PER-
IOD 02' TWENTY-ONE DAYS.'
Well, that's what Bob Fitzsim-
mons did, and almost got away
with it too. Only the two that
he did fight were considerably
tougher than Charles and Walls.
Here's how it came about,
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"I stand ready" Fitzsimmons
announced, "to take on both Gus
Ruhlin and Tom Sharkey for the
right to fight Jim Jeffries for my
old title, providing all three bouts
can be arranged to be fought be-
fore the Horton Law comes into
effect." * " *
This Horton thing, we might
explain, was due to come into
effect on September 1st and would
make illegal all boxing matches
in that section of the States.
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Well, both Sharkey and Ruhlin
were willing, so it was arranged
that Fitzsimmons and Ruhlin
were to battle at Madison Square
Garden on August 10, 1900, with
the winner to take on Sharkey
at Coney Island, And Jim Jef-
ries stated that he stood ready
to fight the winner of the Fitz-
simmons-Sharkey-Ruhlin imbrog-
lio provided the match was set
for a date prior to the deadline,
September first, (Gee, nowadays,
the boys would spend more time
than that posing for pictures!)
In boiling heat a capacity
crowd of 10,000 jammed into the
Garden with Fitzsimmons, al-
though a former champ, only a
slight favorite. F u r Ruhlin,
earlier that year, had taken a
decision from Sharkey find, two
years before, had held Jim Jeff-
ries to a twenty -round draw. lie
was also ten years younger than
Fitz, who admitted to thirty-
eight, but was probably more
than that.
* *
At the start, according to that
Dean of Boxing Writers, Ed, Van
Every, Ruhlin lookec1 pretty
good. In the midst of a heavy
exchange in the opening round
Fitz 'went to the floor, although
some claimed that it was a push,
rather than a punch, that did the
upsetting. Also, an after -the -bell
smack in the eye sent the old
champ to his corner looking a
bit dazed. However, after that it
was all Fitzsimmons, A body
smash in the second, had Ruhlin
groggy, and although he made
an occasional rally, a left to the
head and a right to the body in
the sixth spelled curtains for
Gus, 0 0 0
Then, two weeks later at the
Coney Island Club, Fitz took on
Sharkey; and it must be remem-
bered -that, only the previous
November and in the very same
ring Sailor Tom had dropped a
very close and highly unpopular
twenty -five -round decision t o
Champion Jeffries.
Early in the fight Sharkey
proved somewhat of a surprise,
showing defensive skill he had
never exhibited before. With a
stinging right he sat Fitzsimmons
flat on his Frances, and although
Bob got up at the count of sev-
en, he was pretty shaky. Shark-
ey opened the second with a
rush but the flurry was soon ov-
er. Fitz clubbed a right to the
body that almost tore Sharkey
apart and a follow-up left to the
jaw sank the ship. Sharkey
could hardly make it to his Con-
ner, and was unable to toe the
mark for round three.
•
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So now everything was set for
the championship match — ev-
erything with one exception.
When the Fitzsimmons party
showed up to sign articles, Jef-
fries' manager, William A. Brady,
declined to ink his name. Brady
contended that, with boxing
having only six more days to go
in New York State, and a Cor-
bett -McCoy match scheduled dur-
ing that time, the championship
battle would have to go outside
New York and at some later
date,
And so vanished Bob Fitzsim-
mons' chance to become the first
man ever to win back a lost
heavyweight title — a feat which,
in the opinion of many, he was
fully capable of accomplishing
had Brady and Jeffries not play-
ed hard -to -get.
* ,r *
The Police Gazette strongly
criticized the champion for side-
stepping Fitzsimmons, and was
of the opinion Bob would have
regained the title had the *latch
with Jeffries been gone through
with as planned. Sports Editor
Austin intimated sarcastically,
that the champ might be ready
to take a chance with Fitz once
he had passed the 40 mark.
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Fitzsimmons fought Jeffries
two years later in San Francisco,
And he belted the champion
around until his (Fitz') hands
gave out in the eighth round.
"Maybe it was just as well for
Jeffries," commented Austin,
"that Fitz wasn't still only 38."
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Agnaldo had not been very
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the world was using him badly.
Then his girl friend had an
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"Why not see Jose, the sor-
cerer?" she suggested. "O.K.,"
replied the doleful Agnaldo,
willing to try anything once.
Now Jose is a well-known
macumba prathtioner who runs
a nice line in sorcery dens down
under Catacomb Hill,
And Agnaldo went to see him.
Jose made him sip a generous
tot of brandy and whirl round
on his own axis with a cigar in
his mouth. Then Agnaldo was
told to step inside a circle which
had been drawn on the floor
with gunpowder.
Agnaldo looked on anxiously
as Jose approached the powder
with a match in his hand. "The
explosion will disperse the evil
spirits who have been troubling
you," the sorcerer assured his
patient.
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