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• TIMES CHANGE. Once the Irish
ruled the prize -ring, but you don't see many
Irish fighters, any more—no Ryans, no John
L. Sullivans, no Terrible Terry McGoverns,
no James J. Corbetts, no O'Briens, no.
Bould Michael 1VIcTigues, There are no ,
more O'Mahonys or Caaeys at the wrestling
peak, and the great Irish weight -tossers of other days, the Flan-
agans and Ryans, don't seem to be around.
But the Irish are by no means out of top-flight sport. It may
not have occurred to you, but the Irish come pretty close to
holding top hand on the turf in this country. Ireland is a great
horse -racing country, 'The Emerald Isle specializes in jumping
horses and has sent many a winner to the most testing of all
races, the Grand National steeplechase.
But right now, Irish -bred horses have played and are playing
a big part in American raring, First there was the Irish -bred Noor
that, on four successive occasions, defeated America's greatest
modern race -horse, the mighty Citation in race thrillers seldom
equaled anywhere and in which world records were splashed or
tied, while the pride of Kentucky was being humiliated. Now
comes another of the Irish, Windy City II, to breeze by Calumet
Farm's hest three -year-olds as though they were tied,
This Irish -bred European juvenile champion of last year not
only has won two stakes for three-year olds this year, in America,
beating .Hill Gail and A Gleam ---rated Calumet's best Derby hopes
at this time—but cane front behind, to win going away like a
real standout.
His victory in the San Felipe handicap at Santa Anita at one
mile and one-sixteenth—indicating his liking. for distance, since
he was increasing his lead as he passed under the wire—just about
convinced turf experts that Gus Lueliwltz's $165,000 purchase is
a prize package. Windy may go to the post in the Kentucky Derby
a hot favorite to win that big race.
In Europe, where Windy City was raced as a juvenile, his
amazing speed won him the title of the champion two-year-old of
England and Europe. His only defeat was an upset, something
the same as once happened to Man O'War, Abroad, the only
question about Windy was his ability to go the Derby route.
So Ireland is by no means in sports eclipse. The Ould Sod carries
on, as it has always done, in some division of sport.
"The Day" has been good and bad for the sons of the Ouid
Sod. Most important fight in ring annals, staged on March 17th,
took place in Carson City, Nevada, on March 17th, 1897. James J.
Corbett, an Irish-Amnerican who had defeated the mighty John L.
Sullivan to win the title, was matched with the Cornishman, lanky
Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett was the favorite, but was knocked out
in the 14th round with a blow that still lives in ring legend as the
solar plexus punch,
But on March 17th, 1923—and in Dublin City no less—
Michael Francis McTigue of County Clare out -fought the Sen-
galese, Battling Siki in 20 torrid rounds and became the light -
heavyweight champion of the world. You couldn't ask for a
greater combination of Irish ring success than that, could you
now?
Your comments and suggestions for this colutnn will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge Sf., Toronto.
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AMHERST8URO, ONTARIO
War Weapon May Be
Cure For Arthritis
One of the new poison gases de-
veloped during World War II was
nitrogen mustard—not to be confus-
ed with the mustard gas of World
War I. Now good seems likely to
come from the evil that in fact never
happened, for Spanish doctors of
Madrid University report that in-
jections of nitrogen mustard are a
possible cure for rheumatoid arth-
ritis.
Nine patients were treated. Five
of them improved extraordinarily,
pain and joint swellings disappearing
and normal movement being made
possible again. Three of the others
improved considerably but not so
completely.
•
"I'm so sorryi-1 do remember
we have met before some-
wh ere."
Why did these doctors even think
of testing the poison gas as a treat-
ment for arthritis. They had stud-
ied American reports on the action
of the new and scarce drug, cortisone,
which relieves arthritis so remark-
ably. Cortisone, however, is not yet
available in Spain, even for medical
research. The doctors knew, how-
ever, that nitrogen mustard and
cortisone produce very similar effects
upon the white blood cells. It seem-
ed worth trying nitrogen mustard in
case it had a similar effect to cort-
isone on arthritis.
Cortisone cures or relieves other
kinds of illness besdies arthritis.
Asthma is one trouble in which it
helps. Here, too, the unused poison
gas from World War II is showing
promising results. Two asthmatic
patients were able to breathe with-
out difficulty soon after the first
test injections.
Weapons and materials of war
have been turned into peaceful
blessings before, but this is prob-
ably the first time a weapon of
war that was never put to its dead-
ly use has become instead a rem-
edy for hitherto incnrable disease.
Cooked Her Goose
"What a wonderful goose!" said
Reggie Sanders as he sat down to
dinner in his pleasant Dumfries villa,
"I should hope so, darling," ans-
wered his wife. "I'm afraid it Was
rather expensive--1've spent half my
housekeeping money on it l"
In the next few minutes the goose
repaid her expenditure a hundred-
fold. Her husband bit on something
hard, and he yelled "Ouch! A piece
of stone I"
"The goose must have swallowed
Take Heed, Old Boy --tante Cpl. Jim Mills, British military police-
man, of South Shields, England,`clirects military traffic somewhere
in Korea wtih the aid of a sign designed by military traffic experts
to catch the eyes of drivers. Moot question: Will drivers watch the
rood, or the sign?
Cold Chicken—You've heard of the "cat's pajamas," but this is
perhaps the first time anyone has designed leghorn lingerie. Mrs.
Eva Anderson won a nation-wide sewing machine contest by sub-
mitting the idea for the two-piece undies and she and "Minnie,"
a Black Minorco hen are shown as Minnie models the garment.
Mrs. Anderson first produced the articles when a blizzard pulled a
fowl trick by blowing in when her prized flock was molting. The
flannels saved the flock.
it," Mrs. Sanders cried in horror.
Yet the "stone" looked strangely
bright as it lay on his plate. It was
a beautifully cut and polished dia-
mond,
Reggie Sanders took the stone back
to the poulterer, who denied all know-
ledge of it, and passed it on to the
farmer. The farmer declared that he
had never owned such a stone in his
life, and sent it to the corn merchant.
The merchant sorrowfully shook his
head for he couldn't honestly claim
the stone.
The police couldn't decide whether
to record it as lost property or treas-
ure trove. Finally, the diamondwas
treated as "unclaimed property" and
sold, Mrs. Sanders receiving a cheque
for £2031 Her actual profit was
£202 12s, dd, The refraining 7s. 6d.
went in dental expenses for Mr.
Sanders, The diamond had broken
his tooth I
The Western Horse
The history of the Western horse
is perhaps more romantic than that
of any other type developed on the
North American continent, partly
because of the vastness and primi-
tive ruggedness of the Western
areas and partly because of the win-
ning of the West was virtually ac-
complished on horseback. Mere
mention of the word "mustang"
conjures up an exciting picture of
Western history and folklore.
Perhaps not everyone realizes
that the wild horse, the Spanish
Barb, the Indian pony, the early
cow horse, the ranger's mount, and
even the deathless "white mustang"
were one and the same. For those
who think this is an exaggeration,
let us go back almost four centuries
so that we may see how close to
the truth it really is..
The horses that were brought
into Florida around the middle of
the sixteenth century were dis-
tributed over the Southeast through
the Guale settlements. The next
important point of entry was New
Mexico where at the close of the
sixteenth century Juane Onate and
a group of Spanish settlers estab-
lished themselves a few miles
northeast of the present site of
Sante Fc. Horse and cattle breed-
ing was the regular order of bus-
iness.
It is believed by historians that
the Indian began acquiring the off-
spring of Onate's Barbs early in
the 1600s. Within less than a cen-
tury, Indians of the Iowa and
Missouri tribes became well mount-
ed, as reported by La Salle and
Tonti; in fact, nearly all the tribes
of the western half of the United
States possessed horses.
As the pace of settling quicicen-
ed, trails were established through-
out the. Southwest. The trail from
Chihuahua to Sante Fe was worn
deep at an early date. This was
the route traveled by the first
Spanish adventurers about 1540 and
it was in continuous use until New
Mexico became a part of the United
States.
Sante Fe formed the lob from
which radiated trails in all direc-
tions. The Old Spanish Trail
meandered northwestward out of
Santa Fe, up into southern Utah,
across to Las Vegas, Nevada, and
on westward into California. The
famous. Santa Fe Trail' took a
unrtheastward route into Kansas...
By 1812, there were three re-
cognized zones of horse activity in
the Southwest and in northeastern
Mexico. The first area consisted of
the plains country of the Arkansas
River, where such horses were
known as "Pawnee" or "Osage."
The second zone lay between the
Arkansas and Red rivers where
the horses were owned by the tribes
of Caddos, Wichitas, and Com-
mencing, The largest area Was
south of the Red River, now known
as Texas., These horses were owned
by Texas Indians and Texas Spani-
ards •-- "Cavalcade of American
Horses," by Pers Crowell,
"I never see you with Miss de
Style nowadays."
"No, I couldn't stand her vul-
gar laughter."
"Really, I never noticed it."
"No? Well, you weren't there
when I proposed to leer."
j
6yORT
At SMITC lC
A common complaint from sports
writers and radio commentators
these days is that the modern ball
player lacks the "colour" and pic-
turesqueness of some of the W-
hiners. Well, there's one modern
(at least he's still playing major
league ball) who has plenty of
colour both in the pigmentation
of his skin and in his actions too.
We refer, of course, to nobody
but the one and only Mr. Satchel -
foot Paige.
* 5 *
And the latest news fronts 01'
Satchmo, now readying himself for
a season, more or less, with the
St. Louis Browns, is that he is
developing a new, secret weapon
designed to mow down the Am-
erican League sluggers. Said wea-
pon is nothing less than a version
of the submarine ball. This, added
to his repertoire of the windmill
windup, the hesitation pitch and so
forth, should make the Browns
worth looking at, so long as Mr.
Paige is on the mound, at least.
* * *
Asked if the rumour about the
submariner was true, Mr. Paige
loftily explained that he will be
pitching three ways this season.
"Sidearm, overarm' and underarm,"
he said—which sounds like real
triple -threat stuff, Hitting Satchel
in the past was hard enough, as
plenty of batters scattered all over
the North and. South American
continents will attest. But now it
promises to be almost impossible.
* * *
The Master of the Mound re-
cently launched into a discussion
of pitching techniques. "Pitching
is just a question of outguessing
the hitter. You figure what the
man at the plate is looking for,"
Satchel waved his hands expres-
sively. "Then you pitch him some-
thing else. You throw hint inside
when he expects a pitch outside.
* * *
"When I see the bitter standing
flat-footed at the plate, I pitch
him here." Satchel slowly drew a
large hand tight across his chest.
"I figure that man is looking to
push the ball on me. So, I put it
where he can't do that." The great
man pondered deeply for a mo-
ment. "Once in a while a pitcher
-
fools the batter, really fools him,
by throwing the pitch he's looking
for right past him. But," Satch
concluded sorrowfully, "it doesn't
happen too often."
* * *
The pitching veteran glanced
about the peaceful, sur -drenched
park where the Browns players
are preparing for the adventures
and high life that lie ahead under
the promise of the Veeck regime.
"Foto' more days like this and I'll
he ready," Satchel observed. "I
been playing so long it doesn't
take me long to get in shape. I get
my arm ready, then I work on
control. But the legs come first.
Always the legs. A man can't pitch
good until his legs are in good
condition:
* s * *
"Different pitchers have different
Ways of getting in condition," he
said. "That depends on a man's
physical makeup and the kind of
pitcher he is."
* * *
Satrh cocked one eye up at the
sun speculatively, Then, slowly,
he stood up, uncoiling gracefully
like some giant python. "I think,"
Satchel grunted, "I'll go work
some on control,"
* 5 *
The secret weapon began taking
shape.
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ISSUE 13 — 1952
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