HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1952-05-15, Page 2atvect SPORTS COLUMN
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• Another Kentucky Derby passes into
history to be recorded into the colorless
exactitude of mathematical equine annals,
another winner is being glamorized as the
most remarkable animal of the era, which
is the custom and the routine procedure.
But how long will the glamor last? How
soon will it be rubbed off? When, if ever, will the practical—
and none in sport more so—horse folk remark scornfully: "How
did THAT thing ever come to win the Derby?" Never, perhaps,
This winner may trove on to equal the greatness of some others
who triumphed in the Run for the Roses.
But we recall a Derby winner who never had greatness
before, and never afterward, 1-Iis brief moment of glory came
that May afternoon of 1933, when in the sinal 100 yards of the
Churchill Downs stretch, two horses thundered towards the wire
urged by their two frantic jockeys. One --and his glory too later
faded off into sheer disgrace—was Donald Meade, riding Broker's
Tip, next to the rail, executing one of the tricks that led to his
disbarment, He had a•grip on the saddle cloth of the other horse,
Head Play, ridden by Herbie Fisher,
As the horses neared the finish, spectators saw Fisher strike
Meade with his bat as he sought to shake Meade loose from
the clinging grip' on his saddle -cloth. They were still almost
inseparable as they tore past the post. The judges saw Broker's
Tip's nose in front. There was a tremendous roar from the 35,000
Kentuckians present, for a Bradley horse had won the fourth
Derby for his owner, and the winner's share of $48,925.
It was one of the most thrilling finishes in Derby history and
one of the most tallied about, The winner was a great horse
that day as thousands sang his praises, and columns of print
glorified his quality. But the sudden glory faded fast. When
Broker's Tip won that Derby, he was a "maiden." He had never
won a race. He was the second maiden in history to have won
the classic, the Canadian -owned Sir Barton having preceded him.
Sir Barton, racing for the late Commander J. K. L. Ross,
went on to become a famous racer; but Broker's Tip went on
to become a flop. One week after the Derby he raced Head Play
and others in the Preakness, another $50,000 stake. Head Play
won; but Broker's Tip, the great horse of the week before, ran
absolutely last.
In fact, he never won a race again. When retired to the
breeding farm, he apparently was a failure there. And a few years
later, the horse that won $48,000 that May afternoon, was sold
for a mere $1,400 and completely disappeared from view.
Sic transit gforia.
Perhaps we're laying too much stress on the glories of a
Derby which really isn't a Derby at all, in the truest sense of
the word. It's a weak imitation of the daddy of all derbies, the
English race, which is at a mile and a half, a quarter -mile longer
than the American race. The Belmont Stakes is the nearest replica
on this side of the Atlantic to the Epsom Downs race, being
also at a mile and a half, for three -year-olds.
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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We can't quite remember which
columnist it was—maybe Grant -
land Rice or Ring Lardner—who,
once upon a time, worked out a
neat little scheme for escaping, or
at least lightening, the Curse of
Adam, namely, work.
*
Whoever it was had a poem
which just neatly filled his allotted
space in the paper. So, when he
felt a yen to take a day off in
order to belt a few golf balls, or
maybe high ones, he would shove
said poen down to the linotype
machines with the notation "RE-
PRINTED BY REQUEST."
* * *
This worked out O.K. for the
first three or four times; but when
he did it again, he got a note from
the Managing Editor saying, "Next
time let the requests be a little
more unanimous,"
r * *
Well, believe it or not, within
the past fortnight or so we have
received no less than two requests
that we reprint some reminiscences
we published a couple of years ago,
of the famous Dempsey-Firpo fight,
And while we wouldn't say that
two requests represents a complete-
ly unanimous desire among our
readers, still—as Hamlet said—it
will serve. So—omittiug a few pre-
liminary paragraphs, here it is,
* * *
For sad to relate, iu spite of all
that has peen said and written
about the desirability of clean play
and strict abidance of the rules,
there's no doubt that the average
fan likes a trifle of mayhem and
threatened manslaughter mixed up
with the sport. It's deplorable, but
true; and it's probably the chief
reason why attendances at boxing
bouts show a tendency t,) become
slimmer and siimuler.
* * *
There are u. iia r;,-'q'lions, of
GC; •'J,1 • r:,,inrt Jc,11 rcru,
i ." y ty;> i t rn:." n-;ar reacticlr
the imw short form iritc'r•lino ticket bang iniroduced by th.:
CanadioD Motioned Rril:vays, The new booklet ruplcices the former
unwieldy strip of coupons, like the seven -foot one draped around
her neck, which hos becn in use over the past years for travel on
two or more roil linos, The now ticket is compact; is easily read
and refunds on unused portions are speeded because the ticket
-=ntofns all pertinent information as to routing and fare paid,
Deserved Kiss—Patty Berg plants a kiss on the putter she used to
set a new world records for women golfers in the $3,000 open.
She shot a 30.34.154 for the first 18 -hole round of the tourney,
scoring ten birdies and two bogies,
course, but your average modern
fighter acts as though his chief
interest was in the size of his
cut, and how little work he must
do in order to get that cut—and
if you want real excitement from
an average modern fight, listen to
it over the air. Those sports an-
nouncers can make it sound about
ten times as thrilling as it actually
it,
* *.
They didnt need anybody to in-
ject false pep or enthusiasm into a
fight which cause off just a little
over a quarter-century ago, which
was fought without reference to
the rules laid clown by the Mar-
quess of Queensberry—or by any-
body else, for that matter. In the
brief time it lasted there was pro-
bably more fouling, more savagery,
than ever occurred before or since.
But for all that anybody who saw
the brawl between one John Har-
rison Dempsey and one Luis Angel
Firpo will remember same, we'll
bet a cookie, long after recollections
of more polished and scientific ex-
hibitions of the "manly art" have
faded into nothingness. It occurred
just over a quarter-century ago—.
Sept, 14, 1923, at the Polo Grounds
---and it alight be interesting, we
hope, to try and recall just a little
of what happened,
* * *
Firpo---a huge, scowling, hairy
giant of a than—weighed 416
pounds; Dempsey, 24 pounds less
or thereabouts. But few of the 82
thousand present — remembering
what Jack had done to the even
bigger Jess Willard --gave the big
Argentinian even a ghost of a
chance.
* * *
One of those few was NOT John
Harrison Dempsey. Even today
Jack will tell you, "clow wrong
I was about that guy. I thought
lie was nothing but a big boob 1
could flatten with the first punct."
How c-roug he was, indeed!
r r *
At the gong, Dempsey leaped at
Firpo, alined a wicked left, which
missed. Firpo pulled a ponderous
tight from. the floor v.hich didn't
miss. 15 exploded on Detnpsey's
jaw, and ,lack was clown, five sec-
onds alter the tight had started,
* * -5
Without waiting for a count,.
Jack was till and busting in with
that bone -crushing left (took, Firpo
took it Without even blinking, and
fired a pile-driver right to J)cnip-
srr's jaw. Again Jach's left crashed
home, and clown floppetl Firpo for
the first. time. Ile bow ed right to
his feet again, eyes blazing with
rage. Again Ile 'slsung that right, -
and Dempsey reeled kward. Nut
I'irpo lett hiutr,rlf hide open and
the champion's (took floored 'Mo-
tor the ctcoud time. 1'p again at
the count of. two, the Wild Milt itau
!tonic dialr-ly t"pple,1 for a th.rcl;
count.
* *
'1..'iiors 55,, no riff 11 thing as the
rllampitnl going boric to a neutral
.!ormrr' -❑r any other corner. -•nn
the krinrkeI)iv 1, 11r stood right
Derr Firpo, lint to the
resin again es1'ty time the South
American';s knee rani oft the, e::n-
vas, Seveii limes in that first round
Luis went iloorward, As he stoat
there after the seventh toppling,
you coilltl see Ilia( 1,e ti ;rs Al in
Ingrown Toenails
II 1'0. 1*-Itt''o ta,in hwta alit r.l
ITIkI ' i, I,,,l of ITT I m v
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F, THOMPSON
7 ORCHARD CRESCENT
TORONTO 18, ONTARIO
—not a thing left but that fighting
spirit.
* * *
Dempsey, wild with rage, rushed
in for the kill. Then, Jack must
have thought, the sky fell in.
Firpo's ponderous right crashed
home on the incoming Detnpsey's
jaw, sending the champion flying
through the ropes, right out of the
ring onto the press table, Friendly
newspaper men helped push him
back, Officially Dempsey was back
inside the ropes in less than ten
seconds, Actually it was nearer
twenty, but that's what the man
said. If there had been any right or
justice Luis Angel Firpo would
have been crowned champion then
and there. But there was too mucic
action to bother with trifling things
like right or justice.
* *
The champion was so groggy
that he codldn't even defend him-
self, but Firpo, instead of standing
off and trying to measure hint, kept
flinging wild punch after wild
punch. Somehow or other Jack
managed to hang on till the bell
signalled the end of the round.
Round One—although it seemed as
though they had been battling For
at least ten.
* r *
Came round two and Dempsey
---his head cleared --took charge in
his own tigerish fashion, Down
went Luis for a count of two. Down
went Luis for a count of four.
Down went Luis for a count of
TF.N, "The winnah—and STILL
the champion of the world—"
Yes, it was indubitably Bufair
and utterly brutal and thoroughly
deplorable, taken all around. Still,
in spite of that, quite a battle, with
as much action in the 3 minutes
57 seconds it lasted as you're liable
to see in a year of box -lighting
these days.
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