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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-11-04, Page 7ANf4al'V$rt SPORTS COLUMN ele Sekreet9e/c9444640 * A let of inflated bladders [nave been agitated since Rutgers beat Princeton six to four in New Brunswick, N.J„ November 6, 1869. And indeed, it is a moot question whether Canada wasn't a year ahead of the United States in recognition and production of football, For in 1868, the Montreal Football Club was formed, but its feats, and its antecedents are be- clouded, except for the fact that in 1873, the Club put up a trophy, ownership of which represented Canadian supremacy. The date of that first American game, November 6, is interesting as indicating that football then was far from being sudh an overwhelming part of American collegiate life as it latex has become. Assuredly the colleges and pros of our day would not wait for November 6 to begin their activities. Canada's Big Four and Western Conference teams are at it in July and by August have had a couple of games under their belts. The collegians have pushed back the calendar to mid-September for opening games. But Rutgers and. Princeton of 85 years ago did not jump the gun. This was one of the few years in which football, as a college sport, was placed in its correct category of im- portance relative to the matter of securing an education, which is the primary reason for the existence of colleges. Canadian educational institutions have never allowed sport to interfere seriously with learning. What college sports have to offer by way of character building is the pro- motion of initiative, resourcefulness, and a spirit of team play born of mutual dependence. When a college team takes the field in Canada, where there is no platoon football, it is on its own. In the crisis that arise in his post -collegiate life, the student (unless he goes into professional fofotball) must do without play-by-play steering from the coaching staff. Sport plays its part in educating young men to be independent. But in Canada, at least, it is not over -played, nor made superior to the real functions of the universities. Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yange S;., Toronto. C Wet DISTlLLE.RS LIMITED AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO PAIN HORSE SENSE .. ea; By F. (BOB) VON Perhaps thee Toppit case will ging to'the farmers of Ontario 'fie realization that the much boasted of legislation • concern- late dairy products as the Edible Q11 •Act and last year's Milk In - :tutu Act are not what they are supposed to be. Toppit is a product made of 'whole milk and edible oils which sen be whipped up into some- thing that looks and tastes very much like whipped cream. It is reed in restaurants and by bakeries to top cakes, fruitcups, erealn puffs and other desserts. After the Edible Oils Pro- ducts Act was proclaimed the company was taken into a magistrate's court and fined for manufacturing a product forbid- den under the Act. The company appealed and She higher' court threw out the conviction. The company now has the right to continue its operations, subject, of course, to the results of an appeal by the government agencies to the Supreme Court, if and when such an appeal is made. Stronger Law Needed There are two aspects of this case which are important. The 1i rst is that the Edible Oils Pro- ducts Act—as we have said time and time again — is not worth the paper it is writter on. We have warned of its loopholes and predicted that new dairy substitutes, other than marga- rine, would come in. It will be up to those who were so enthu- siastic about this piece of legis- lation to try and stop the gaps in it. The second aspect' which wants to be looked at very closely is the fact that the manu- PILIS facture of Toppit could have been stopped last year by the simple and only fair measure of compensating the menufap- turers for the expropriation of their business; because- expro- priation it:is, whatever way you look at it. EXPROPRIATION Any person who sets up shop to manufacture a product which is not prohibited, and Toppit was absolutely legal at the time, it was started, invests his sav- ings and his work to build up a business, cannot be expected to lose all that if some day he is told to close down for the protection of some other group. If a government, be it muni- cipal, provincial or federal, takes the property of a man for any reason, it L only right that it should pay for it. Nobody would be expected to give up his house or a piece of land, say for a railroad • or highway, without compensation. The same should apply if a man has to give up his means of making a living.. Compensation The owners of the Toppit Company put their case before the government last year when the Act was in the making. They ''asked whether they would be compensated for the loss of their business. They were told to go and look for something else. We hope they will be able to maintain their rights. This column welcomes critr• •cisln, constructive or destruc- tive, and suggestions, wise or otherwise; it will endeavour to . answer any questions. Address all mail to Bob Von Pills, Whit- by, Ont. Rescue Operation -- Alex Nicholson, whose car was washed from the road into the Don River, Toronto, is rescued by a fire- man on the end of a firefruck extension ladder. IRISH RAGE IS ey It looks as though we've been living under a delusion about the Irish, if the writers of a book, "The Vanishing Irish", that has just come out, are to be believed. The popular conception of the typical Irish family—charming, witty Paddy doting on his still pretty wife and his household of dozens of children, besides the chickens and pigs—just. isn't true. In fact, Ireland, onee renowned for its big families, is now a land "of bachelors • and spinsters. Of Ireland's •population, 64 per cent are single, 6 per cent widowed, and only 30 per cent marred. • Andthe average age of marriage is round about 34 for men and 28 for mibmen. As a consequence, the popula- tion of Ireland has .fallen from over 8,000,000 in 1841. to 4,300,- 000 at the last census& 1951. In Southern Ireland -0 posi- tion is even more serious, and now there are less than 3,000,- • 000 in the Republic. ... ,;. What are the reasons? Emi- gration accounts for part of the loss, but by no means all of it. What is it that keeps Paddy away I rom the altar? On one point nearly all the contributors agree. He may be a fine, witty lover, but as a hubby he 's out. One Guess -- His personality literally surrounds him, and you don't need io see t'•ne face to recognize Sir Winston Churchill. This picture was taken during Sir Winston's attendance at a Conservative Party conference recently in Blackpool, England. Saved From River -- Iwo harbor ,patrolmen pull Jack Sates from the Don River, Toronto, after his car was swept into the river by flood waters as 'hurricane !Hazel lashed the city. • When it comes to a marriage, he looks for wealth and strength to keep him, not beauty for him to admire or companionship for him to enjoy. He is irrespon- sible and much prefers the race- track and the pub to the home. Celibacy has been raised into a virtue. Marriage isn't regard- ed as a' normal goal, and any- thing in the least suggestive of close friendship between men and women before marriage is often regarded as worst of sins. Many a nice Irish colleen would rather walk home alone in the dark than face. the shame of being "named" by letting a boy see her home. Mixed social gatherings, far from being orga- nized by the priests, are gene- rally frowned upon. "Priests have told me with pride that married couples had come to them after a year to ask why God sent them no children. Inquiry disclosed that they were ignorant of the facts of life." So writes Shane Leslie. Sean' O'Faolain sums up; "1 have heard only four plausible explanations for Irish contin- Lenee: that sexual desire issub- limated by religion, • exhausted by sport, drugged by drink, or deflected by either an innate or an inculcated puritanism." This Stomach -Ache Worn Money At Coal Harbour, a former Royal Canadian Air Force base on Vancouver Island, a bustling whaling station is now in full operation. About 400 whales are expected in the current season. And like all whale catchers, fac- tory hands there are keeping a sharp look -out for amber- gris. This host coveted whale product is the result of the huge mammals getting indigestion af- ter eating a diet of squid, cuttlefiish or octopus. The horny mandibles of bee creatures are nearly always ambergris - coated when found inside a . whale. The material used as a fixa- tive for costly perfumes also (coats on the surface of the sea when disgorged and occurs in different colours, ranging from white to silver grey and brown. Each colour has a distinctive •smell. Soft black ambergris is most loathsome, white is pleas- ant]y aromatic, and other softs are rather ";fishy," especially when fresh. The biggest lump on record reached the London market in 1913. Weighing 336 lbs., it earn- ed its weight in gold. Special- . isis alone should handle this sui.;stance. A well-known Lon- don merchant once paid heavily • for a lump. Then, becoming sus- picious, he cut it epon and to -his horror found a wick inside. The most precious of the world's animal products, in this case was just a large piece of submerged candle! SLEEP -INDUCER Forget about counting sheep if you can't sleep. A shop in New York which specializes in sleep -inducing gadgets has marketed a "surf simulator." It reproduces the sound of a roll- ing sea breaking on sand, and. it switches off automatically as soon as the subject is sound asleep. With it you can get a tiny fan fitted into an "ozone" box. This fart sends the fragrant odour of sea breezes floating over your face as you listen to the sound of surf breaking, The price? About ,$50,00. Hlardi Luck Couldn' Get Them Down Some people frighten thein- selves into believing that they can't get well. When that hap- pens, there's little hope, for it's the mind that plays the most important part in any recovery, The very sound of the words "infantile paralysis" has a frightening effect, yet there are athletes who have been struck down, but have recovered' to take their place in the front rank. Doris Hart, the great American tennis player, is one. Another is Walt Davis, the 6 ft. 6 in. Texan who broke the Olympic high jump record in 1952 with a leap of 6 ft. 8% inches, an extraordinary feat for a man who the doctor thought might have to lie in an iron lung for the remainder of his days. Derek: Pugh, geologist and South London Harrier, who broke the European 400 -metres record, was struck down by infantile paralysis while study- ing in Paris. He thought his running days were finished but determined to get fit again At first they did not expect him to survive, but he was brought back to a hospital in Orpington, where he recovered gradually. After nearly a year he was about on crutches, but never re- linquished his ambition to get back to the track, and slowly built up strength by scrambling about .on mountains during geo- logical expeditions. Eventually he went into 'training, and re- ports say that he is so much betterthat he will return to serious running in the future. Clovey La Croix was termed by Bill Tilden "the hardest hit- ting guy in tennis." Playing with Helen Wills Moody and Helen Jacobs, he won several mixed doubles titles, and was singles champion of Oakland, Berkeley and the Bay Counties between 1928-32. In 1945, while serving as an officer in the Pacific, he got a stomachful of shrapnel. "You can thank your lucky stars that tennis kept you so fit," said the. surgeon who operated, "or you'd be dead." La Croix's days of serious tennis were finished, but he made himself fit again, set about helping those less fortunate than himself, and with the co-- operation of Dr. T. J Canty, of Mare Island Nava] Fospital, de- signed a two-inch metal arm that fastened at one end to the handle of a tennis racket, and at the other to a screw into an artificial arm. With this device he has taught 25,000 children and 7,000 adults with no arms to play tennis. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ARTICLES FOR SALE ' 1 MEDICAL A SAVING up to 50% on Gift items. Free pamphlets: Sales Manager, 5470 Van Horne, Montreal. BABY Culeas THE TIME to plant potatoes is when the other fellow is not planting. The time to purchase early hatched chicks is when the price of eggs is low and the other fellow ie not buying We predict that those who buy early hatched chicks November and December hatched will make good money in 1966. particularly see if you purchase R.O.P. Sired egg breeds that lay more on lees feed. We also have broiler chicks all lst gener- ation stock, turkey poults for broilers or toasters, started chicks, laying pul- lets. Catalogue. TWEDDLE CHICK HATCHERIES LTD. 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