Zurich Herald, 1954-04-15, Page 7Meal:Vex'i SPORTS COLUMN
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• Here's a real paradox in Sport, Another
gruelling B t r uis g l e for possession of
hockey's most coveted award, tie Stanley
Cup, is in its final torrid stages this week.
This marks the final yardage along a
multi-million dollar trail -- for a trophy
that cost something less than $50, and
was given, originally for competition among amateur hockey
clubs.
It was back in the far -from -gay Nineties that Lord Stan-
ley, then Governor-General. of Canada, donated the suis of
ten pounds sterling for the purchase of the trophy to bear his
name. Lord Stanley was rather an indifferent hockey fan.
But during his tenure of office another distinguished English-
man, Lord Kilcoursie, was a visitor at Government House,
Ottawa, and through his efforts the trophy was secured.
Lord Kilcoursie was fascinated by the hockey of the
period, so much so that he asked to be tutored in what he
described as "ice athletics". He proved an apt pupil and
became a player on the Rebels Hockey Club, then a member
of the Ontario Hockey Association. Lord Kilcoursie then
learned that the teams played merely for the glory of winning,
with no tangible recognition given the victors.
He sought out his friend Lord Stanley, and prevailed
upon him to make some fitting donation, preferably one that
would perpetuate the memory of Lord Stanley. Upon receiv-
ing the ten pounds Lord Kilcoursie had a trophy fashioned to
be known as the Stanley Cup and presented annually as
symbolic of Canadian hockey supremacy.
The Cup was awarded as a challenge trophy for amateur
hockey, for the very good reason that then—in the days of
natural ice, small rinks, many of them open-air—professional
hockey was not even thought of. There was nothing in the
deed of the gift stipulating that amateurs only should play for
the trophy, and gradually the Cup passed into the hands of
the professional clubs.
It was held by the eastern professional champions until
the Patrick brothers, Lester and Frank, daringly organized
the Pacific Coast League, challenged for the trophy, and
frequently won it. When the Coast League collapsed in the
mid -20's; the trophy remained with the National League, ful-
filling its destiny as symbolic of hockey supremacy.
Many millions of dollars have since been invested in
great, artificial ice -palaces, more millions in salaries, training
and travelling expenses, coaches, managers, farm circuits,
upkeep of the great rinks, maintenance of hockey head-
quarters, reimbursement of referees and other officials. "A
million dollar trail" is putting it mildly. Competition for the
$50 trophy, and of course for the monetary awards that rare
coupled with it, have run into the billion -dollar mark, beyond
doubt.
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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When Men Fought
With are Fists
The first modern prize fighter
of whom there is any record is
James Figg of England.
In his youth, a tough and
illiterate husky, James Figg was
a celebrated wrestler and
swordsman. However, when he
ran out of wrestling opponents,
he turned to fighting with his
fists. Thus, in 1716, bare -knuckle
fighting made its official modern
debut when James Figg pro-
claimed himself the heavyweight
champion of the world. He was
a ring marvel and he reigned
Sts undisputed heavyweight
champion until 1730, when at
the age of 36, he retired from
the ring—undefeated.
James Figg's style of fist fight-
ing set a new fashion in the
word of sports. Upon Bis retire-
ment, he opened a school for
teaching. His place was called
"Figg's Academy for Boxing."
His boxing school in Lindon be-
came the most popular spot in
England, and men from all over
the world went there to learn
the art of "Figg's Fightng." That
tough and illiterate bare -knuckle
pug became the idol of England,
and to his boxing academy came
many of the most famous men
of that' time — Sir Robert Wal-
pole, Dean Swift and others from
all walks of life. When James
Figg died at the age of 40, he
left behind him a rich heritage,
for Figg's style of fighting with
bare knuckles spread throughout
the world.
James Figg of England was
the first of the great bare -
knuckle champions. An Ameri-
can gentleman f r o in Boston,
John L. Sullivan, was the last
bar e- knuckle ,champion of the
world. However, f r o m James
Pigg to John L. Sullivan, there
w e r e other celebrated bare -
knuckle boxing champions, fight-
ers who made history.
For example, there is the story
of a mall .who in his day won
acclaim as a bare -knuckle cham-
pion, but that fact has been for-
ge t ten in the immeasurably
greater fame he' achieved in
other fields.
He came from Virginia, the
son of a well-to-do family. As a
boy, husky and strong, he was
handy with his dukes, and he
loved a tough scrap. However,
be had to do most of his bare -
knuckle fighting in secret, for
his family of cultured gentlemen
and gentlewomen would have
been horrified if he were dis-
covered engaged in the brutal
sport. But that boy from
gillia gained such a wide repute -
tion in the fistic circles of his
time, that when he was only six-
teen years . old, he was recog-
tt i z e d as bare -knuckle boxing
thampien of Virginia.
All that happened a long time
ago His fame as a fist -fighter
has been completely forgotten,
but curiously enough, American
history always will remember
him as another kind of fighter,
for he was the Father ` ]funis
Country and the first President
of the United States — George
Washington.
There are more odd facts con-
nected with the career of the
old-time champion, Jem M a e e,
than with any other fighter in
fistic history. To begin with, it
ie interesting to note that Mace,
who began fighting about a hun-
dred years ago, is responsible
for most of the development of
modern skill in the ring. He
invented the left jab and taught
it to a number of boxers In a
school he ran in Australia.
Among his pupils were such
immortals of the ring as Peter
Jackson, regarded as the greatest
boxer ever seen in the squared
circle, and a skinny red-haired
blacksmith's helper named Bob
Fitzsimmons.
Jem Mace began life as a wan-
dering gypsy, became notorious
as a pickpocket. In some man-
ner, Mace fell in love with the
violin and picked up a precari-
ous living going from county
fair to county fair, playing for
pennies.
It was thanks to his fiddle that
Jem Mace took his first step on
his true career as a fighter. One
day, before he had reached
Beauty and. The Prince — Actress Gene Tierney sits in a car with
Aly Khan, one of the richest men in the .world, at Rosarito
Beach, Mexico. Miss Tierney has been given a diamond ring
by the Prince, but she said there was no immediate marriage
planned.
his eighteenth birthday, three
drunken fishermen pounced on
him, broke his violin over his
head, and started to beat him
up. Jem Mace shook himself
loose and then proceeded to give
the three men the beating of
their live& The fight was watch-
ed by an admiring rural circus
promoter. When it was over he
propositioned Jem, with the
result that the young men with
the hand yfists became a prize
fighter He took on all comers
in a circus boxing booth that
travelled up and down England.
Although 'Jem Mace n e v e r
weighed over 160 pounds, he
fought his way up the ladder
until he became heavyweight
champion of the world, a title
he richly deserved since he
fought in almost every country
in the world.
He was forty years old when
he sailed to America for the first
time. He met Tom Allen in New
Orleans, and, after spotting hiss
opponent more than ten years
and over fifty pounds, defeated
him for the world's heavyweight
championship by a knockout.
Through all this Jem Mace
never gave up his love for his
violin. It went with him every-
where which made for a lot of
travelling because Mace fought
in the ring for fifty-six years!
The climax of his carer came in
South Africa where two well-
known prize fighters were vying
for the heavyweight- champion-
ship. Mace fought both Of these
youngsters within the space of
one week — and knocked them
both cold! What's more, Jem
Mace was seventy-one years old
when he accomplished this feat!
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Anybody Got A Key? — Like hundreds of other dogs in Chicago,
`this little fellow found himself behind bars during that city's
recent antirabies roundup. The city was declared a ' rabies
'quarantine" area after several persons were bitten by rabid
dogs roaming the city's streets.
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Being Re -Round
One of the most famous books
in the world is undergoing a
transformation. It is the Book
of Kells, the finest of all Irish
illuminated manuscripts a n d
probably the most wonderful
surviving example of early
Christian art.
The book is an illuminated
account of the four gospels in
Latin .of Trinity College in
Dublin.
For long the book has been
exhibited in the glass case for
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V.I P. — A Washington policelrian holds up traffic near the
Capitol to let a squirrel cross the street in safety. The animal be -
tante confused by cars as it searched kr new feeding territory.
public inspection, but only six or
eight pages in the middle of the
book have been turned in rota-
tion because of pressure on the
binding of the large volume.
Now, however, the famous
book is to be not one book, but
four. It is being rebound.
The thinner volumes will have
only a slight and even pressure
exerted on the binding when
each is opened, and it will now
be possible for a different page
of each book to be displayed
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Yo ? r r oss
Spring is on the way and hol-
idays .are not far off, but pretty,
dark-haired Pamela Martin, who
works in a Chicago travel bur-
eau, is one jump ahead of the
holiday-makers.
Already this year she's had a
trip around the world—by air.
The journey, with stops in all the
principal countries, involved 90
hours, 59 minutes of flying.
It happened like this. Pamela
grew tired of planning other
people's holidays abroad. Talk-
ing to them glowingly about
foreign travel was all very well,
but she herself had never trav-
elled far,
So she put it to her boss: "Why
not give me a lightning world
trip by air? Think how much
better I'll be able to talk to cus-
tomers if I've seen for myself all
the foreign places we issue tick-
ets forl"
She sold him the idea, although
her trip would cost several hun-
dred pounds. Soon she was off
and during that hectic world trip
she ate spaghetti in Italy, sauer-
kraut in Germany, roast beef in
England, and • countless other
national dishes.
Pamela had barely time to look
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