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Home My WebLink AboutThe Seaforth News, 1952-10-16, Page 7THECthelti SPORTS COLUMN ~ f € te°L e9040,z o This agent is not going to extend his neck by stating any one Canadian athlete was the best, or most durable: But if any one can inform us of an athlete who cOm- bined greatness of per:ormance and dura- bility to a great degree than skater Norval Baptie, we'd like to hear about him. Howie irlorenz and I were seated in Madison Square Garden, the morning of the day it opened. Canadians were playing there that night. Out on the ice surface, a slim figure was pirouetting dizzily, or Whirling around the circuit at blinding pace. Howie Morenz was proud of his own blazing speed, and he was a great competitor. So I asked him: "Would you like to race him once around?" Howie shook bis head, grinned, said: "No, lie's too fast for Tae" The skater out on the ice was the amazing Norval Baptie, one of the truly great skaters, ranking with the late Charlie Gorman, Canada has ever sent to the speed jousts on ice. It was a November morning in 1925 that we watched Baptie apinning'around, getting ready for his fancy skating show between periods that night with Gladys Lamb, now his wife. Twenty- seven years before he had set a professional mile record of 2 minutes 8 seconds, FIe's still skating, coaching others in the art of figure -skating at the North Carolina State College Coliseum in Raleigh, N.C., even though he has lost all the toes of his right foot. Canada has probably never produced an athlete of such dur- ability, Baptie was born at Bethany, Ont., March 18, 1879, of Scotch parents. The fancily moved to Bathgate, Minn., when he was young, He started skating at 10, won titles at 15. Ile won approximately 5,000 races the quarter-century he was in competi- tion from 220 yards to 5 miles, In 1898 he beat the famous John S. Johnson, the next year he out -skated Johnny Nilsson, until then regarded as the best skater of his day. He won the world speed title at Montreal on Feb. 4, 1905 from Nilsson, Harley Davidson and Sinnirud, He holds ten world professional speed records, his straight- away mile in 2.08 on Pgelce Minnetonka being perhaps the most amazing. He ruled the speed skating world, unbeatable, for 16 years. When he ran out of opponents, he skated on stilts, skated. backwards, did fancy skating, actually introduced what are today known as "ice shows" in 1914. And skating still at 73. Can you beat that for durability? Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yong° St., Toronto. Catvct DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTBURO, ONTARIO SORr�F a- 1100 .t ,•.t't7t S1XBITC'1 1C The 1952 World Series has eodne and gone. What with one thing and another, it was quite s aeries, at that. The spectacle of old Jawn Mize, with one foot 3a the grave and the other on a banana peel—to revive a nifty popular about the time Jawn was graduating from kindergar- ten—stepping in and showing these young gaffers how to slug was most entertaining, especially to those of us who boast a few (I) silver threads among the bald spots. * *. * One thing which struck us rather forcibly was that the per- fect sponsor for these broad - feasts would be a maker of throat lotion, and we do not mean the sort of lotion bottled in bond, dr that pours with a frothy head en it. They way some of those microphone masters kept the air full df gabble from start to finish without allowing even a split second of empty air, was certain- ly a grand testimonial to what- ever they gargle their tonsils with. * * * But why—as we have written before—do these experts broad - cleating such an important event act on the belief that if there should be even two consecutive seconds of silence, their audience is going to walk out on them? We always picture this type of broadcaster as a sort of split per- sonality—one of him describing the game, and the other standing bygloatingly admiring g g y a mg his own glib verbosity. In the words of the old song -- "I love its gentle murmur, I love its rapid flow, I love to wind my mouth up, and I love to watch it go." * * * However, we suppose that those who get in for free haven't any licence to criticize the show, and, as we said before, it was quite a series, especially that eleventh inning of the Sunday game. * * * Still, there never was and— chances are—never will be such a World Series game as another in which the Brooklyn Dodgers also took part. That was the fifth game in their 1920 series against Cleveland Indians, and the score stood two games to two. Then came .the historic and never -to - be -forgotten fifth setto * * * The first daffy touch, accord- ing ,to New York Times' Arthur Daley, came when Uncle Wil- bert Robinson, the Dodger man- ager, was making up his line-up to hand to the Umpire -in -chief. Injuries had left Uncle Robbie a little short of third basemen and his roving eyes lit on Jack Sheehan, a kid just up from the minors. "Hey, kid, said Uncle Robbie, who couldn't' remember his name. "Didja ever play third base?" "Yes, sir,' said the startled Sheehan. ''tit For Deaf Tuners—Hearing aid giving deaf persons easy access to television programs Is demonstrated by a pretty London model. Exhibited at a British radio show, the video-assister has tone control with two knobs on a specially constructed switch box. The outfit, still only in the demonstration stage, can be plugged into any radio or TV net. Lapin Lunch Time—Baby bunny family found in a back yard gets fed with an eyedropper, Pumping warm milk into an eager young robbit is Betty Ann Johnson, eight. Waiting with another hungry bunny is six-year-old Shirley Harvatin. Holding the diner is Betty's brother Carl. The children hope to raise the plump rabbits to full- size house pets. We fear their parents may not agree. "Okay," said Uncle Robbie, un- concernedly marking his name down on the line-up card, "You're starting." * * * Burleigh Grimes was the Dod- ger pitcher, a man with a barb- ed wire beard and temper and a blazing fast ball. The first two Clevelanders singled to light up the fires under Grimes' low boil- ing point. The scowling Grimes walked over to Sheehan at third base. * r * "Listen, kid," he said. "Tris Speaker is the next batter and he's gonna bunt. But I'm gonna make him bunt where I want him to. Don't you leave your base. I'll field the ball myself, throw to you and force the run- ner coming into third." * * * It worked perfectly—theoreti- cally, anyway. Grimes made Speaker bunt exactly where planned. Grimes pounced on it and wheeled to throw to Shee- han. But his feet shot out from under him on the wet grass. He sat down violently, the ball still in his hand. The bases were full. * * * Grimes was so blind with rage when Elmer Smith stepped to the plate that he made no effort to use his spitball or anything fancy. He reared back and let go the hardest fast ball he ever threw in his life. And that's how Eimer Smith happened to hit the first home run with the bases full in world series history. * * * A couple of innings later Jim Bagby, the Cleveland pitcher, became the first pitcher in world series history to hit a home run. But even that isn't all. There was one other epic achievement. * * * Badly beaten but still trying, the Brooks got Pete Kilduff on second and Otto Miller on first with none out when Clarence Mitchell, the successor to Grimes, came to bat. Mitchell was a good hitter and he hit a screamer. It looked good for an instant as though it might go to right centre for a triple. It was to be a triple, all right, but the wrong kind. * * Billy Wambsganss,) the Cleve- land second baseman, leaped high and speared the ball for one out. Kilduff and Miller, the base -runners, were moving at the , crack of the bat. It was easy for Wamby to step on second base to retire Kilduff for the second out. He looked up and there was Miller still lumbering toward him. So Wamby tagged him for the third out. It was the first and only un- assisted triple play in world ser- ies history! Just to complete the fantasy, in his next time at bat, Mitchell hit into a double play, thereby becoming the only man in world series history to pro- duce five outs in two times at bat. WHY YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE SODA e If you suffer from acid lndigeetion, pa, heartburn, eaiontiate nay baking soda can ndd to your upset, destroy vitnmina, eaueo elk:lodio, acid rebound. "After meele I had lndigeetion and gam paino, and I practically lived on baking coda," ^nye Peter George,'Lethbridge Alta. "Then I started taking Dr. Piorco'e Golden Medical Discovery and the pains went away and could eat and enjoy my meals again. 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Simply lay soft strip of Plastl-Linen on troublesome upper or lower. Bite and 50 molds perfectly. Easy to use, tasteless, odorless. harmless to you and your plates. Removable as directed. Plato cleaner Included, Money back at not completely sntlofed. It net available at your drug store, acid 11.50 ter manor for 1 plate. WILDROOT LTD„ FORT ERIE, ONT. Dept. Tyr tR iiornetNpi gAtIVi.(NT'LR, EttMn1NE - lt0,14 IRt'iL'i'1I )5,,4' ISSUE 42 -- 1952