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"Mary repeated itself as Muzz Patrick,
younger of Lester Patrick's two big sons,
recently took .over as coach of the New
York Rangers. Be thus becomes a rival
of his brother of Rangers, now yc coach of toing star
playingBoston
Bruins,
History enters into this brother -rivalry
because it happened before. Lester Patrick, the colorful White
Eagle, was coach of New 'pork Rangers almost from the 'be-
ginning of that colorful club's career. For one or two seasons,
Frank Patrick, brother of Lester, was coach of Boston Bruins,
later of Montreal Maroons, so these two brothers were rivals,
too.
The Patrick family has written indelible chapters into the
saga of hockey in Canada, at home and abroad. Lester and
Frank engineered one of the most daring promotions in the
entire history of sport on this continent when, nearly 50 years.
ago, after both had starred brilliantly in eastern hockey, they
invaded the west coast, set up a series ofartificial ice -rinks
in Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminster, scoured the east
for playing talent, and formed the Pacific Coast League.
This became the first international body in professional
hockey, long before eastern United States cities became part
and parcel of the National League. As far back as 1914, ten
years before a United States city entered the National League,
Portland, Oregon, had a team in the Patricks' West Coast
organization, followed the next season by the entry of Seattle.
Not only did the Patricks conduct the League, with Frank
as President, but both played regularly in the bitterly -fought
games that marked the hockey . of that era. So dangerous to
eastern hockey did the Patricks become they appropriated
Toronto's Stanley Cup, champions of 1914 intact and took them
to the Coast — that the eastern moguls declared war. But the
Patricks won the skirmish, and for a time, believe it or not,
their Pacific Coast League had drafting rights from the east.,
When their western league petered out, the Patricks sold
out their stars to the east, and Lester became manager of
Rangers, a position he held until 1946, a 20 -year span.
Meantime, his two sons, Lynn and Muzz, had • starred for
Bangers. Lynn later became coach for .a time, then moved
to Boston to take over there, with signal success. Now brother
Muzz comes east from the Pacific Coast Tacoma team, follow-
ing a familiar Patrick trail, so the Patrick rivalry blazes once
again.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert'Heuse, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
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PLAIN HORSE SENSE:.
By BOB ELLIS
Rome, Italy
We were flying in a Constel-
lation of Air France on the way
from Paris to Rome.;- The altitude
was 19;000 feet and deep down
below us was a thick blanket of
woolly clouds.
Suddenly a chunk of rock broke
through the clouds and another
and another. We were right over
the Alps and they were creeping
up closer and 'closer until you
could see the tracks of game in
the snow or thought that you
could see them.
When we passed over the Mont
Blanc, with 16,000 feet Europe's
highest mountain, one wondered
for a moment whether we would•
be able to keep clear of it. But
there were still a safe 3,000 feet
between the plane and 'the icy
peak.
Romans, Goths and Americans
To do In Rome as the Romans
do one has to have 6 to 8 cafe
espresso per day which are sup-
posed to be as black as the night,
as hot as hell and as sweet as
love. They are black and sweet
all right, but we have' not come
across a hot one yet. -
Twenty five centuries are piled
up here one over the otther. You
pass the ruins of the Coliseum
five times as large as the Tor-
onto Stadium, where the first
Christians were martyred, and
you come to a row of ultra mod-
ern office buildings with flush
toilets and automatic elevators,
where 1,000 people of 15 differ-
ent nationalities work for FAO,
Food and Agriculture Organiza-
tions of the United Nations.
You turn around the atrocity
called monumento Vittore Em-
manuele which looks like a tre-
mendous wedding `cake with
sugar icing on top, and you stand
before a little underground pris-
on where St, Peter and St: Paul
were held before the one was
beheaded as became a Roman
citizen and the other crucified to
die like his Master.
The walk back to the city takes
you past the Palazzo Venezia
with the little balcony from
which Mussolini used to make his
speeches rousing the Romans of
his time. You come to the Scala
Santa, the holy steps which
Christ walked up to meet Pilate
and which were brought to Rome
by the Empress Helena from the
Holy Land,
'You go on and cross the river
Tiber, past the Mausoleum of
Hadrian, the last stronghold of
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the Roman Empire against the
Ostgoths fifteen hundred years
ago, and after a short walk .up a
new avenue you stand on a tre-
mendous round place facing'the'
largest church of the world
St. Peter, large enough to hold
100,000 -people. Man feels very
small indeed.
Government Trouble
Italy is trying 'to• get itself a
new government. At the time
this is being written, signor Fan-
fani has just finished the big
speech in which he developed
his program and the debate has
started. Before this report goes
in print the world will know
whether he has the confidence
of the House or had to make
room for another man.
The House is split roughly in
three groups, each made up of
several parties. In the center
are the Christian Democrats with
the Liberals and Democratic So-
cialists; on the right the Mon-
archists and Neo -Fascists and on
the left the Communists and the
Socialists under Nenni, who is
said to be redder than Togliatti,
the Communist leader and who
apparently intends to be the Tito
of Italy.
Much Needed Reforms
The questions of contention are
social welfare measures and ag-
ricultural reform. Fifty million
people live in a country as large
as the Maritimes. The soil is not
as productive as in France or the
Netherlands and ownership of
the land is concentrated in the
hands of a small feudal class.
The rich are richer and the poor
are poorer here than in any
other country in Western Europe
with the exception perhaps of
Spain and Portugal.
How desperately poor they are,
may be seen from the consump-
tion of meat which in the South-
ern parts of Italy is less than five
pounds per person per year.
To keep Europe NontCom-
m,unist, the Communists have to
be kept out of power in Italy.
Unless Fanfani, who stands on
the far left of the Christian Dem-
ocrats, or some other member of
his party comes up with a genu-
ine reform program, and has the
courage to really enact it with the
co-operation of the Democratic
. Socialists, the future looks dark
for Italy and Europe.
This column welcomes sug-
gestions, wise or foolish, and all
criticism. whether constructive
or destructive and will try to
answer any question. Address
your letters to 13ob Ellis, Box 1,
123 - lath St., New Toronto, Ont.
"LITTLE WILLIE"
Weee stopped a cable car
While standing on The track.
it gave hit system quite a tars
His sisters now wear black.
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Feeling Jumpy — Shapely. Sandra Francis jumps from the deck
of a sturdy 1/a -inch plastic toboggan during her visit to the 10th
Annual Conference of the Society of Plastic Engineers in Toronto.
Everything — well, almost everything in the picture is plastic,
from.the toboggan and swimsuitto the snow.
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Some famous character once
cracked, "Whenever a new book
is published I go and read an
old, one." Well, as is probably
no secret, that is similar •to the
system we use in writing these
articles. Whenever we are too
lazy to dig up a new sports story,
we revive one. And that which
follows is regarding one of the
unique characters of. sport, Al
Schacht, the Clown. Prince of
Baseball.
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This was back about 30 years
ago when Al, because of a sore
shoulder, had been demoted
from the Big Time to Reading,
in the International loop,; He
could only pitch once in a while,
so spent most of Itis time .'1xr-the
coaching b o x, 'needling, i(; the
enemy hurlers and thinking up
some of the goofytunts ;Which
later made him famous. It `,was
during this season,' we eve,.
that he devised his gr
act in which he -.use-
rocket baseball as the' g
and a shovel for a club.
* * *
Came a day when the Balti-
more Orioles were in Reading
for a doubleheader and Schacht
gloated over the grand oppor-
tunity to use his needle on the
hide of one of his bitterest
enemies, the great Rube Farn-
ham. Chief Bender, who - both
managed and pitched for Read-
ing, won a close on'e over Jake
Bentley in the opener; and when.
Parnham was announced to hurl
for Baltimore in the seeorid
game, Al was all set for the time
of his life.
* * *
Schacht's antics in the coach-
ing box got Parnham so hot and
bothered that Reading was off to
an early lead; but as time went
by Rube settled down and Balti-
more gradually drew closer. At
last Manager Bender sent Al to
the bull -peri to warm up and
when, in the top of .the final
inning the Reading pitcher got.
into a real jam, Schacht went in
to pitch with nobody out and the
bases loaded, "But," as Al always
told it, "any time I went in to
pitch there were always -three on
base."
* * *
On his way in from the bull
pelf Al reached into his pocket
for a handkerchief and there he
found one of the nickel rocket
balls already referred to, So he
promptly stuck the regular ball
into his pocket and substituted
the phoney, first warning - his
catcher, privately, to signal for
nothing but fast balls.
* *
First Oriole to face Al was
Joe Boley, who had been hav-
ing a grand afternoon at bat. In
comes the fast one, Boley takes a
tremendous swing — but, instead
of heading for the bleachers, the
"dead" ball floats through the
air and settles in the shortstop's
hands. One out!
* * *
The ball had been knocked
slightly out of shape by Boley's
swing but Al managed to twist
it into some kind of shape,,. and
faced the next Baktirnore hitter.
Again bat and ball connect with
a resounding smack, and this
time the ball drifts lazily into
the second baseman's glove. Two
out—bases still jammed — and
the batter, Mr. Parnham.
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Walking over to his enemy
Schacht yells, so that half the
people in the park can hear,
«Whatcha carrying that bat for,
Ruge? You know it isn't any
good to you" Then, toeing the
rubber, hate adds Insult to iniur'y
by tossing the hall plateward
underhanded.
Farnham stands there, really
waiting for that cripple, and
when he swings meets it right
on the trademark. Expecting
the ball to go over the fence
Parnham starts on a mad dash
around the bases — and then, to
his utter astonishment, sees
Schacht dancing around in the
pitcher's box, waiting to make
the catch.
This is too much for Parnham.
Rushing to Umpire McGowan he
shouts: "Make him show you
that ball!" Schacht has no time
to get the real horsehide out of
his pocket, and has to hand the
phoney to the Umps.
* * *
At first Schacht tried to con-
vince McGowan that it was the
same ball he found in the box
when he took over the pitching
duties. Then, he admitted that
the ball he pitched .ta-'Parnham
was a ringer, but' xi3.s lited that
he had pitched a regulation ball
to the first two Baltimore bat-
ters. As there was; }yk-'now, no
chance of disproving the latter
i4r ta„ ment, , McGowan . ruled that.
Vhacht must " pitch ' `again to
Parnham.
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Every time Schacht got set to
pitch, Parnham would back out
of the batter's box and demand
to have a look at the ball. The
crowd, naturally, gave Parnham
a terrific going-over, and
Schacht managed to work up the
count to two strikes and no balls.
* *
Then, when the odds are about
ten -to -one on the next pitch
being high or outside, Schacht
puts everything he has into it,
and it comes across, right
through the middle, ' Parnham
starts to swing, but he's too late.
He goes all the way around but
doesn't get, even a piece of the
ball.' Strike three! And the
game is over. And to cap the
climax Al gets the ball from •
the catcher, rolls it toward his
departing enemy and softly says,
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"Want to see the ball again,
Rube?"
* * *
This, quite understandably, is
too much for a man in Parn-
ham's state of mind. Telling
Schacht what he thinks of him
in language we refrain from
printing for fear of setting the
presses ablaze, Parnham . grabs
the ball, winds up and heaves
it clear' out of the park.
* * *
And as if he hadn't suffered
enough through being gypped
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the Umpire clap a $25 fine on
him for an unsportsmanlike dis-
play of temper. Thinking it over,
after the passage of a quarter-
century or so, we are of 'the
opinion that Parnham should
have received a medal for not
crowning Al Schacht with tuts
bat. But good!!
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