The Seaforth News, 1954-11-11, Page 7s+.
BNECAt'Vtl:t SPORTS COLUMN
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Jinuny Peters of England didn't
win the marathon race at the British
Empire Gaines, But by sheer, unbeliev-
able courage, he won something more
durable. Be set a standard, a new red
badge of courage, that will live through-
out the years when the navies of winners
are forgotten.
Who remembers the flame of the winner of the 1008
Olympic marathon at London? Very few, we think,' But
everybody remembers the immortal story of Dorando, the
,,little Italian pastry chef who, dazed and spent, started around
the track in the wrong direction in the final lap of the mare -
then, staggered at every stets and was kept from falling
only by the assistance of officials. Dorando was disqualified,
and Johnny Bayes of the United States declared the winner.
The Dorand0 story pales beside that of Jim Peters. 0111
Schroeder of that great American sports institution, helms
Ball, termed it "the greatest show of courage I have seen
in any sport," "The Ilelms Foundation will recognize Peters
by giving him an award for the greatest display of courage
in track and field history," he said.
Peters came into view on the ramp leading into the
Vancouver Stadium, staggering like a drunken man. He
weaved from One. side of the 30 -foot -wide downhill asphalt
ramp to the other, As he reached the level track he fell
fiat on his face. He got up and then fell on his back, hitting
his head on the ground.
The man,who had obviously had suffered a sunstroke
and could not see, crawled along on his hands and knees.
Agahl he got up, only to fall again. Nine times he fell to
the track. Finally he managed to crawl to a shady spot
just past the post marking the regular finish of the races
Uke the mile and 100 -yard dash. Apparently be thought he
had passed the finish line,
Finally he got up again and was facing the wrong way.'
Instinct turned him around but he staggered again and the
team manager ran out and caught him in his arms.
This was about 200 yards snort of the finish and Peters
was disqualified. J. McGhee of Scotland, who hadn't yet
entered the stadium, was eventually declared the winner.
But the heroism of was
Peters will live in memory as
long as sport endures.
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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lack Pyjamas
Saved Their Lives
"`Mead any account of P.O.W.
life and events leading up to
and it's pretty certain that
the ex-P.O.W.—he Or she—will
exploit the humorous side of
any sticky situation and play
down the grim reality of it all.
And Betty Jeffrey,,. who was
:serving with the Australian
.!army as a Nursing Sister when
the was captured"by the Japan -
se in 1942, is no exception In
ser dramatic and touching book,
"White Coolies", she recalls the
momentous day in 1942 when
tier party of nurses, plus civi-
lians, sailed away from Singa-
pore in the Vyner Brooke.
They were bombed, shelled,
and bombed again. It was
nerve-wracking. The little ship
shuddered and rattled. Then
came a terrific bang that eclips-
a_..ced all others; the ship was still
. no more elusive zig-zagging.
A bomb had hit the bridge,
another had smashed its way
straight down the funnel.
Standstill -for Glasses
During the scrambles to get on
deck to the lifeboat stations, a
woman's high-pitched voice
screamed out into the confu-
sdon and din: "Everybody stand
still,"
The effect was miraculous.
People stopped almost in their
tracks, Then, from the owner
Of the penetrating voice: "My
husband has dropped his
glasses."
Of the sixty-five nursing sis-
ters who swam or floated ashore
'when the ship went down,
twenty-one were murdered by
the Japanese, the remainder
taken prisoner.
Starvation diet became part
Sind parcel of prison camp life.
The Only alternative to starva-
tion was black market deals:
personal possessions being sOld
to get money in order to buy
food to supplement the meagre
doled -out ration. These deals
were carried out by sneaking
past the sentry at night and
trading with natives. One girl,
a dusky go-between with black
hair, used to dress herself In
black pyjamas for the job; she
was almost invisible.
On one occasion, however, the
alarm clock she was taking out
of camp to sell started its ring-
ing just as she was stealthily
slipping pest a sentry. The
guard jumped and stamped all
round the place trying to find
the cause of the noise; but was
unsuccessful. The clock was
sold and the girl back in her
quarters before the sentry settl-
ed down at his post again.
Inmates of the camp were
denied most things that would
have made life a little more
tolerable. The Japs were always
full of excuses, At one period
Red Cross food parcels were
allowed to accumulate in the
guard -house without being dis-
tributed, This, despite that fact
that the prisoners—women and
children — were merely skin
and bone and living chiefly on
carrot tops, fern leaves, lily
stalks and the like.
The reason the parcels were
withheld was ". because the
Americans sank the ship that
was carrying the receipt for
them!"
APT PUPIL
The world's foremost expert
in Vietnamese judo, Robert
Tieing Huong, thirty-six, want-
ed to show his class how easy
it was to strangle a man. Hp
instructed seventeen-- year - old
Pierre to "grasp the neck of my
kimono, lock your arms in a
scissors grip and squeeze as
hard as you can." Pierre obey-
ed and Robert died.
REACHING FOR THE "SUGAR" — Sugar Ray Robinson, retired
middleweight chomp, dusts off the gloves at his restaurant in
New York City es he prepares to go to training for what he hopes
will be a comeback bout with the current champ, Bobo Olson.
°1.-0 GRAND" PAYOFF — Mrs. Judy Levin looks at the com-
position which won $2000 first prize in the contemporary Amer-
ican painting exhibition at Chicago. Titled "Collage," it was
originated by Corrado Marca-Relli, of New York. The work is
composed of swatches of white oilcloth pasted sloppily together
with black cement.
Smugglers' Tricks
Because two small boys went
to play on a beach between
Southport and Liverpool, Bri-
tish customs officials have
learned of a new method of
smuggling jewellery into Bri-
tain.
The boys found a five -gallon
ell drum which had been wash-
ed up on the foreshore. It was
crammed with jewellery, watch-
es and trinkets worth many
hundreds of pounds.
Preventive officers got busy
at Once and are now working
on a theory that gangs using
high-speed motor -boats are re-
sponsible for this attempt to
smuggle jewellery, probably
from Eire.
There aren't many smugglers'
tricks the officials don't know,
so the smuggler of 1954 must
think hard if he is to outwit
them. There are something like
15,000 articles which ought to
be revealed in answer to the
query: "Have you anything to
declare?" — so even to -day the
clever smuggler has plenty of
scope. But he is often caught. •
Five thousand dollars were
confiscated by customs officers
from a Belgian businessman
who arrived at Southampton
from New York. They were
found in the padded shoulders
of a coat he was wearing.
The skipper of a French
steamer was caught trying to
smuggle into Britdin 1,500
watches wrapped in 'a cargo of
rabbit skins.
Customs officers rummaging
in a ship noticed that the top
of table in the captain's cabin
was unusually thick. They in-
spected it closely --• and found
a secret cavity containing five
pounds of tobacco and a dozen
bottles of spirits.
When probing the coal bunk-
ers of a German ship, customs
men found under three feet of
coal fifty tins each containing
two and a quarter gallons of
spirits.
Some amateur smugglers still
conceal jewels in bars of soap,
umbrella handles, boxes of face
powder, the collars of pet dogs
or inside stuffed birds and ani-
mals.
The smart walk of a plump
and pretty woman as she was
leaving a Customs shed struck
one official as unusual. Her ap-
parent girth did not seem to tal-
ly with her brisk step.
She was found to be wearing
seven Paris gowns, one on top
of another.
Col r Is Cheap
There's more t0 fall cleaning
than- washing curtains, cleaning
rugs and polishing furniture.
Real satisfaction conies only
with adding something new.
Just about the cheapest thing
you can add to a room is colour.
A package of household dye,
costing only a few cents, is a
fascinating bag of t r i c k s.
Cushion covers can be washed
and dyed to brighten the shab-
biest sofa. Limp grey marqui-
sette curtains can be tinted a
sunny yellow and faded drapes
GEM be dyed to look almost like
new. Larger pieces, like bed-
spreads or bathroom Rials, are
easy to handle when the wash-
ing machine is useci as a dye
bath. Instructions Should be
followed carefully and enough
dye should be used, especially
if the colour you theme is a
dark one.
STARLING x . .
Since the introduction of
Starlings, at New York, in the
year 1890, this bird has spread
rapidly westward and north-
ward.
It has not become a migra-
tory bird; but, the fact that a
banded Starling has been found
as far north as Churchill, and
another found south near the
Mexican border, indicates that
it may be learning to migrate.
In the meantime, however,
during the Fall and Winter
months, it congregates in very
large flocks, invading our towns
and cities. Here, its insistent
squeaking and squawking dis-
turbs the local residents, and
the flocks befowl their roosting
areas. These, regrettably are
often in the choice residential
'sections of the community.
In the Spring, the Starling
begins its nesting activities in
March before many of our de-
sirable native species have re-
turned, so that the returning
birds find, on their arrival later
in April, that their expected
nesting places are occupied. This
situation has seriously affected
the Yellow Shafted Flicker, Red
Headed Woodpecker, Bluebird,
and other of the "Tree Cavity
• Nesters."
Fruit growers, in the Niagara
Peninsula; suffer` continually
from this bird. In the Spring
they rob the cherry trees, and,
in the Fall they attack the
ripening grapes.
So far, no worthwhile eco-
nomic value exists for the Star-
ling; but it is quite edible. A
mess of Starling breasts is a
dainty dish. Years ago, Jack
Miner used to capture and kill
these birds in quantity near his
Sane,tuary, and ship the breasts
to Windsor for feeding the poor.
Many of our New Canadians,
particularly those from Italy,
are accustomed to making palat-
able dishes from small birds.
The Starling seems to have
few predators, and its numbers
continue to increase. Maybe its
use as a source of food would
help to serve as a check to its
over population. This is some-
thing our conservation minded
sportsmen might consider.
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