HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1952-09-25, Page 7T ECalrert SPORTS COLUMN
el This one didn't appear in the points re,
cord, but I happen to think that the real
Olympic champions are the Finnish nation, all
4,000,000 of this peace -loving and sports -
Worshipping little country's population.
In 1940 the Finns had with great pride,
accepted the honor of being host to the
Olympic scheduledfor that time and planned accordingly. But
then came the Russian invasion and World War II, resulting in
cancellation of tl:e Contests and trenlencious financial losses. After
hostilities had ceased, Finland was unable to accommodate the
1948 games, which took place in England,
The work and outlay has been tremendous. For instance the
Olympic Stadium, built at enormous cost, had accommodation
for 70,000 spectators, Nearby was built another stadium with a
heated outdoor swimming pool for practice purposes. A new pool,
begun in 1939, was blasted out of bedrock in a pine forest, and
from sheer wilderness became the scene of aquatic contests with
facilities to seat 10,000 'onlookers. These are only a fw examples
of the modern playing fields and arenas sports -minded Finland
built for the various matches. They spared nothing to achieve
perfection for what proved to be the most sensational of all
Games.
With the thousands of visitors, Finland faced a real housing
problem. But Helsinki solved this poser. The Olympic Village
for men 'consisted of fourteen units patterned after modern ap-
artment houses, The main section contained 1,181 rooms and two
others had 212 and 277 compartments. This was for the athletes,
And every private home was hospitably thrown open to non -
competing visitors.
Food presented another problem, but arrangements were
made to increase imports from neighboring countries. Dutch
producers and businessmen have offered fifty tons of fresh fruit
for contestants, and Finnish vessels transported the fruit from
the Netherlands. And the fond in general, everybody agrees, was
wonderful.
There were hundreds of guides and interpreters to accom-
modate visitors. The press relations were perfect. There wasn't
a flaw in thearrangements for the greatest of all Olympics,
staged by the smallest nation which has in years handled this
mighty chore. Finland deserves a wreath of wild olives, or a
gold medal, or whatever it is Olympic champions receive.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 481 Yonge St., Toronto.
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Mice That Sing
Yorkshire housewives have been
complaining about a plague of
"field mice" and "singing mice,"
but naturalists say the common
mouse, known scientifically as the
"Mus musculus," is to blame.
It is distinguished from "field
mice," or voles, by possessing root-
ed teeth with which it can chew,
and by its long scaly tail, It is
about 3% inches in length, and its
tail measures 3g inches.
And sometimes it does sing!
Many people have heard "singing
mice," which emit a song rather
Eike that of a subdued canary. Their
tong has also been compared with
sunning water.
Various explanations have been
suggested for this singing. Some
authorities say it is merely the re-
sult of the mouse's breathing ap-
paratus being obstructed by bron-
ehitis, or a growth pressing on the
throat and breathing tabes.
Others point to the proved fact
that both rats and mice are at-
tracted by music, and that the story
of the Pied Piper of Hamelin is
certainly not pure fiction, for rod -
"He just keeps on going out and
yelling for help. He must be tired
after the long season."
ents have been known to conte out
of their holes quite fearlessly to
listen to music.
One naturalist who kept both
mice and canaries observed that
the youngest of the rodents tried
to imitate the birds' gong. '
The common mouse is often
mistaken for the field house, for
it is not confined to houses alone,
but frequents barns, outhouses, and
especially the space between corn -
stacks.
It is not as prolific as the long-
tailed field mouse, which some
naturalists say is the commonest
wild animal in this country.
Two female field mice kept in
captivity began to breed at five and
a half months old, and brought
about between them 36 young ones
in a few weeks.
The field mouse is slightly larger
than the common mouse, is red-
dish -brown above and white under-
neath, with very long white hind
feet.
it lives in thickets, fields and
gardens, and since it is almost en-
tirely a vegetable feeder, it does
great damage.
During the winter months it
lives in a burrow, near which it
bevies large stores of grain, peas,.
beans, seeds, so that the unfortun-
ate farmer or gardener has to sup-
port it from one year's end to an-
other.
its distant cousin is the fluffy,
round -eyed ball known as the har-
vest mouse, which loves the sun-
shine, and is so light that he can
up a cornstalk and perch on top.
He builds his nest among the corn-
stalks about a foot above the
ground, and about half the size of
a tennis ball.
His staple food is grain, but in
spite of his "wee tim'rous beastie"
look (which was how the Scottish
bard, Robert Burns, described him),
he is a savage cannibal when given
half a chance, A fight between two
harvest mice means a fight to the
death, and a horrible orgy of feast-
ing on the part of the victor.
P ono With A Brain — Streaking past its predecessor, the F-80
Shooting Star, is the F -94C Starfire In foreground. Equipped with
1200 pounds of electronic apparatus, the new plane is able to
locate the enemy, think but a course, automatically guide itself,
aim its 24 rockets and attack, Capable of flying 600 miles per
hour, the Starfire carries a three-man crew.
Beauty Queen Of '53—Neva Jane Langley, 19 -year-old talented
lovely who won the 1953 "Miss America" contest romps on the
beach after winning the coveted beauty title. The shapely lass
from Florida, who entered the national pageant as "Miss
Georgia," won a $5,000 scholarship, $4,000 in cash, and an
automobile.
Wolves That Solved
A Water Shortage
One of the oldest customs is
that of tipping, The surreptitious
passing of "thanks" from hand to
hand is usually carried out with
the neat efficiency of an expert
sleight-of-hand conjuror.
The practice is invariably hush-
hush; the giver saying nothing, his
silence is respected and a whisper-
ed ,word. of thanks or perhaps a
gesture by way of acknowledge-
ment is received. The exchange
over, no one else was interested
or knew anything of the transac-
tion.
The procedure varies in Persia,
and a tip, or present, for services
rendered is relayed to all and sun-
dry; it enhances the character of
the donor.
Freya Stark, in a new edition of
her chronicle of rare and enthrall-
ing journeys in the less accessible
regions of Persia, "The Valleys of
the Assassins", relates an incident
in which she was mildly taken to
task for the unobtrusiveness of her
tipping.
Gifts to the Arabs
After a stay in the village of
Shutur Khan, Freya Stark decided
to continue her journey. With the
village a few hundred yards behind
her, she noticed that something was
weighing rather heavily on the
mind of one of her native follow-
ers. He eventually came up to her
and asked whether she'd given a
present to the Arbab's servant.
"Yes," she told him.
"How was it that we did not
see it given.?" queried the man.
Replied the donor: "It is our cus-
tom to give these gifts as quietly
as possible, .. "
Azid admitted that it might be
a good custom in her country, but
not in his. He set about putting
matters right, hailing a passing
hillman the two speet quite a while
chatting earnestly and seriously to-
gether. Rejoining the waiting
party, Aziz explained: "This man
will tell the Arbab, and you will
be fairly spoken of among them
all."
- At Aamut the traveller happen-
ed to hear the can of the cuckoo,
and commented on the uselessness
and wickedness of the bird, grow-
ing as it does in a strange nest.
The man to whom she addressed
her remarks didn't agree.
"Is that so?" saaid he. "If your
eye is diseased and you smear oint-
ment made front' the cukoo's eyes
upon it, it will heal. Allah makes
ail things useful."
Castle Beseiged
Visiting the remains of the As-
sassins Castle of Lamfasar. Freya
Stark records an interesting legend
attached to the building. During
earlier days, especially in times of
siege, a difficulty confronting the
defenders of the castle was the
water supply. To help conserve the
precious fluid, numerous cisterns
had been cut into the stone. The
other source of supply dropped
from a rampart, via a covered
river. This passage was called the
Gurg-u-Mish, or Wolf -and -Ram.
Apparently at one time the in-
habitants of the castle were in dire
need of water, By some means
rants were herded into the tunnel
with skins full of water tied under•
heath their bellies, Wolves were
let hi behind then]. Terrified by the
pursuing wolves, and with no es-
cape from the narrow way, the
flock rustled up the slope and pro-
vided the castle with water.
Weeping Bride
Pity the bride the author met
at Garmrud. In one corner, apart
from all the festivities and feasting,
completely hidden under a pale
blue veil, stood the bride., She re-
mained motionless, hour after hoar
while guests streamed by, unable to
sit because the chief guest request-
ed her not to. Freya Clark, lifting
the veil to greet her, was horrified
to see large tears rolling down her
painted cheeks. She •was weeping
with fright and fatigue—a veiled
image at her own wedding feast.
The bride would not appear in
public again for twenty-one days
after the wedding.
"The Valleys of the Assassins"
is an absorbing book—a classic of
travel.
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