HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1955-03-03, Page 3rHE Calvert SPORTS COLUMN
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9 Between thirty and fifty years ago,
give or take a few years, the most prom-
inent name in Canadian professional
sport was that of Edouard "Newsy" La-
donde, a quiet, shrewd French Canadian
who carne out of Cornwall.
Every autumn, there was a war of
dollars to decide who would get Lalonde for hockey, In the
spring the battle was renewed, with east bidding against
west, to hire his great skill and color.
We mention Lalonde now because he, and.. not Rocket
Richard of the present Canadiens, is the greatest goal -getter
in the history of professional hockey, Richard recently passed.
the 400 -goals mark, a tremendous performance. But Lalonde
scored 413 goals in major league play, in 20 seasons from
1908 to 1927.
Lalonde at various times led the scorers in four different
major professional, hockey leagues: the National Association,
which preceded the National League, in both of which he was
top goal -getter at one time or another; the Pacific Coast
League in its hey -day, when it rated superior to the National
Association and had drafting rights on the 'eastern body, and
the Western League, when it was a major organization func-
tioning on the prairies.
Some of the seasons in which Lalonde starred saw only
14, 15 or 16 games. The longest season in Lalodne's history
was 26 games. Ile played 314 League games in all. In one
season, with New York Americans, he played only one game
and with Saskatoon the year before that, he played only three,
Some of Lalonde's individual feats are truly. incredible.
He is one of only two players in all the history of major
professional League hockey who scored nine goals in a single
game. On March 17, 1910 Lalonde was playing for Renfrew
Millionaires, one of the most fabulous teams of all time, and
the victim of his dead -shot eye was the Cobalt club.
The other player who scored nine goals in a game ended
his hockey career with Canadiens. He was. Tommy Smith, one
of Ottawa's famous Smith family, that included Alf and
Harry Smith. Tommy was playing for Quebec Bulldogs in
the National Association when he performed the 9 -goal feat.
Montreal Wanderers were the victims.
Some veterans think Lalonde's feat greater than that of
Richard, but Lalonde is not among these. "Richard is the
greatest who ever lived" Lalonde toldthe writer of this
column "It is true we didn't have the advantage of forward
passing in the earlier years, but never were we forced to
contend with the tremendous amount of interference that
besets Richard and other modern stars."
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Eimer Ferguson, "c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
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C.P.R. President
Sunil Up Year
By W. A. MATHER,
President, Canadian Pacific
Railway :Company •
A year in which competitive
factors,.aiready evident in 1953,
have become increasingly mani-
fest, necessitating the most care -
ill scrutiny of labor and other
production costs in all segments
of the national •economy,-elnerg-
es as the most significant feature
of the Canadian business and
industrial scene in 1954.
Sustained inflow of invest-
ment capital from the United
Statesand abroad has served to
offset in part the difficulties
that would -otherwise have been
Snore evident by reason of Can-
ada's 'worsened trade position.
Continued expansion of the de-
velopment of resources has also
•
been a. sustaining factor in the
.'economy: '
The_:substAntial decline in Ca-
nadian` exports and the less
prosperous condition of agricul-
ture in Western Canada have
undoubtedly contributed to the
difficulties of the railway in-
dustry. A significant factor' in
the decline in rail earnings,
however, is the growth of com-
petition from highway transport
which has emphasized the need
of providing for the railways an
equality of opportunity in meet-
ing such competition by reliev-
ing them from outmoded re-
strictive regulation.
So far as regulatory restric-
tions allow, substantial efforts
have been made •to meet the
competition of highway truck-
ing and other forms of trans-
port. Reduced freight rates. on
REAL COOL SEAT, MAN—Don't complain about the cold—think
of engineer Tom Tomlinson, who works in a 65 -degree -below -
zero "cold box." He's testing a new, simplified pilot's ejection
seat at Republic Aviation's laboratory. The frosted dummy repre-
tents the average .pilot's weight and the seat is checked under
various temperature alltid climatic conditions to make sure it
will operate at all altitudes, in every part of the world, The new
neat hugs the pilot, if necessary shoots him from the plane and
opens chute for any parachute drop.
"LOOK OUT=iT'SLLOADED"-Or so you'd think; from the horrified
looks on these pagers' faces. Actually, Bill Simonovich,' center, let
the ball get away from him and Jim- Bragiel, left, and Harold.
Grant hadn't yet reversed gear.
certain commodities .in certain
specified classes of traffic were
put into effect during the au-
tumn in various parts of Canada
and more particularly between
Montreal and Toronto.
The railways and other inter-
ested parties have appeared
during the Last three months of
1954 before a special Royal
Commission appointed to con-
sider the effect of the railways'
use of "Agreed ''Charges" in
meeting competition. In the
course of these proceedings' 'the
railways have advocated a re-
laxation of the provisions of the
Transport Act which governs
this form of rate making.
Such efforts, however, do not
provide a solution to the prob-
lem inherent in the statutory
rates applicable to grain and
grain products in Western Can-
ada. The adverse impact, and
serious consequences of these
abnormally depressed rates, 'set
at a level no higher than in
1899, and, which ' affect a sub-
stantial percentage of the - total
volume of rail freight traffic,
has been commented .upon dur-
ing the year by the. Board of
Transport ''Commissioners and
by Chief Justice; Sloan of Brit-
ish •Columbia' in bis capacity as
Federal :Arbitrator in the •re-
cent rail labor .negotiations.
If the. ,balanced economic
growth so essential to sound na-
tional development is to ''be
maintained and . Canada's rail-
ways are to meet adequately
the nation's transportation
needs, public policy should at
an early date, taken account of
the views thus expressed.
Inauguration of an extensive
programme of modernization
and improvement of transcon-
tinental and other passenger
services was marked, by the
delivery in 1954, of the first of
a number of units of stream-
lined stainless . steel equipment
manufactured for the Company
by the Budd Company of Phil-
adelphia.
New -equipment for service on
transcontinental lines will in-
clude, when deliveries are com-
pleted, 71 sleeping cars, 18
scenic dome sleepers with bev-
erage , room and observation
lounge, 18 day coaches equip-
ped with scenic dome and cof-
fee shop, 30 conventional day
coaches,' 18 diners and 18 bag-
gage , cars with dormitory ac-
commodation for dining car
crews.
The stainless steel day coaches
are equipped with adjustable
reclining chairs fitted with head
and foot rests, making them
most comfortable for long dis-
tance travel. For the first time
in Canada all coach seats may
be reserved. The coffee shop in
the day dome coach, as well as
the seats in the dome, will be
available to al] passengers on
the train.
The new dining cars are of
the most advanced design, with
harmonious interiors and kit-
chen equipment of modern
stainless steel.
All new transcontinental pas-
senger equipment now being
delivered is expected to be in
service by the Summer of 1955. '
The new scenic dome cars
now in service between Mon-
treal and Vancouver, operate
over a distance of 2,881 tniles,
the world's longest scenic dome
operation.
Notwithstanding the difficul-
ties experienced, the achieve-
ments of Canadian Pacific in
1954 mark a substantia] advance
in the quality and scope of
transportation services both at
home and abroad. Al] concern-
ed have confidence that the
growing public awareness of the
need for equality of competitive
opportunity in all fields of
transportation, now apparent,
will find recognition in the
realm of national policy,
Odd Facts About
Playing -Cards ,
There is a case on record of
a lean who determined to turn
up the pack in. a certain order,
starting with the seven of clubs.
He tried millions of times be-
fore he succeeded. It took him
twenty years, though it might
have taken him a great deal
longer. He was an inmate of a
lunatic asylum in Germany and
the pastime kept him happy.
The fact is that, mathematic-
ally speaking, the odds against
holding any particular hand are
so enormous that even regular
card -players probably never
hold exactly the same hand twice
in their lives. This offers a con-
solation. If you get a really bad
hand at bridge, you will prob-
ably never getexactly that hand
again in your life. So you .can
always look forward to a change
of luck.
Even the odds against holding
a hand with no card higher than
a nine are big. Such a hand
at whist or bridge is called a
Yarborough, because the Earl' of
Yarborough when he set down
to play whist would offer 1,000
sovereigns to one against any
player receiving such a hand.
The Earl was on quite a good
thing. On an average the well -
shuffled pack turns up such a
hand only about once in 2,000
deals.
Every now and then we read
of four players at bridge or
whist being dealt "perfect"
hands, each player getting thir-
teen cards of one suit:
According to an expert, with
good shuffling of the cards this
should only happen once in
2,235,197,406,366,368,301,599,999
hands! The odds .against just one
of the players getting all thir-
teen cards of a suit are small-
er — he ought to do it once 'in
635,013,559,599 deals.
The point bridge and whist.,
.players often forget . is that . the
odds are exactly the same against
holding any specified hand. The
thirteen .cards of one suit hand
is talked about because it is
useful and easy to remember,
but it is no more "extraordin-
ary" or "unusual" than any other
hand. If you doubt it and you are
a regular player, write down
100 imaginary hands and then
notice. how many of them you
hold during the next year — or
ten years. It would not be sur-
prising if you never held one of
the hands in a lifetime.
If course, these are mathem-
atical odds, not certainties. You
might deal yourself one of the
hands next time you played. Ac-
cording to newspaper reports
the "perfect hand," with each
player holding a complete suit,
turns up, much oftener than the
mathematical odds suggest it
should. In 1926 one player alone
claimed he saw four such hands,
whereas the mathematical odds
suggest that it should turn up
only at intervals of millions of
years.
Perhaps' it is something to do
with the shuffling. Mathemati-
cians work on "perfect" shuffl-
ing and in real card -playing
there can be no such thing.
PLAYED FOR SUCKER
Pieter Kriel, aged twenty-
four, of Durban, South Africa,
was swimming on the Natal south
coast in mixed company, includ-
ing several pretty young wom-
en, who played at diving and
grabbing each other's ankles to
pull one another under.
Pieter felt a soft, tender hand
grip his ankle and turn.ble him
over. Playfully he grabbed for
the pretty girl -» and carne up
with a good-sized oetupus. The
games stepped abruptly.
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Q. is It proper for one to use
the spoon to .test, the tempera-
ture of one's " coffee?
A. This is quite proper, and is
far better than burning the
mouth, or perhaps sputtering out
the liquid: But after testing it,
• the spoon should be left in the •
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Q. When is the double card for
Irian and wife in good •use?
A. It is sent with wedding
presents, with flowers to a fun-
eral, with gifts to high school or
college . graduates, or. with- • any.
other gift that 'comes from both.
It is; - of course, used also for
formal visits.
Q. Will you please suggest an
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num at a wedding, can propose
at the reception..
A, Simply "To the bride and
groom" is •quite enough.
Q. Are you supposed to push
your chair under the table when
leaving the table?
A. Most authorities suggest
that it. is in better taste to leave
one's chair where it is when one
rises from the table—unless, of
course„ it is obstructing "traf-
fic."
Q. Is It absolutely necessary
to send a wedding present when
one has declined an invitation to
the reception?
A. This would be expected of
you only if you were very inti-
mate friends with the bride, the
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Otherwise, it is not necessary.
Q. If a man brings a gift when
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it at once, or lay it aside until
he has gone?
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treme lack of breeding and man-
ners if she laid it aside. She
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Q. Is it proper for a divorcee,
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vided are immaculate and in
good condition.
Q. Is it necessary that one bid
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persons to whom one has just
been introduced?
A. No; one cordial "good-bye"
can include the entire group.
,,, Q. On which arm of her fath-
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