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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1955-03-24, Page 7Bela er? ore ;en - you wife to oust Ire's rell- 13 IR out cap- girt - her the mists ntly, that able. plan wife Lir it the she you ask filer now- ' and! ;!tide her SL. I but wo- nan? ;mica] find r five orres- d this said. io in - mere tchillg smile« for ,a d say front he op- arrass- Le in 141 eat. eithout What'is rwECand SPORTS COLUMN 4 t i4 THE STANLEY CUP ---• PAET 1 • A11 sport is dotted with daring gambles that have added vastly to the drama. And the Stanley Cup, around which have centred for more than half a century some of the greatest thrills in Canadian sport," has provided many of these. Perhaps the most daring of all chance -taking came about in the Stanley Cup finals of 1942, when Toronto Leafs faced Detroit Red Wings. After three games --it was 4 -in -7 series— the Leafs' cause looked completely hopeless. Wings had won the first three games, the fourth' was on Detroit ice, and vic- tory for the Wings was regarded as a mere matter of form. But Leafs gambled, 'raking desperate chance, they shot in three youngsters to replace established stars. Big Gordie Drillon, one of the great all-tilne goal -getters, had scored 23 goals and was an all-star right winger for Leafs that year. Bouncing Bucko McDonald, now an MP, got second -team re- cognition on defense. But Detroit concentrated on Drillon right from the opening face-off. That slowed down Leafs' •whole offence because it tied him up and left Syl Apps, at centre, without a scoring mate. And so, by the end of the third game, Detroit, which finished fifth in the regular season and beat Montreal and defender Boston in the preliminary rounds, held a seemingly unsurmountable lead, And here Leafs took one of the most dramatic. gambles in Cup history. In a last minute switch, Ernie Dickens, who spent most of the season with Providence in the minor leagues, replaced Bucko McDonald on defense. Gaye Stewart, just called up from Hershey, took Hank Gold- up's place. Leafs put Don Metz in for the scoring star, Drillon. And with this revamped linettp,JLeafs made Cup history. They won the 'Cup in four straight, the only time in playoff history that a team lost the first three and came back to win. Montreal Canadiens similarly diced with hockey fate in the Cup series of 1953. They met Chicago Black Hawks the first round, won the first two games. Then, suddenly, Hawks wheeled in their tracks, beat Canadiens three times in a row, and with the next game on Chicago ice, looked like scoring a stunning upset. So Dick Irvin, veteran Canadien coach, gambled. He benched four regulars, gooier McNeil, Paul Meger, Dick Gamble and Paul Masnick. He replaced these with four minor leaguers, goober Jacques Plante, Lorne Davis and Calum McKay from Buffalo Bisons, Eddie Mazur from Victoria. Plante turned in a story -book game, scored a shutout. Can- adiens took two games, won the round and went on to beat Boston for the Cup. Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto. CaLvtt INSTILLERS LIMITED A HERSTBURG, ONTARIO Drilled The First Canadian Oil - Well An the summer of 1859 two mien began a race—a race to decide who would be the first American to drill an oil well. When the race ended, the win- ner, Dr. H. C. Tweedel, had lost and the loser, "Col." E. L. Drake, went on to become an almost legendary figure, popu- larly regarded as the man who ushered in the American oil in- dustry. (Commercial oil production in North America had already be- gun with the discovery of oil in quantity in Ontario's Lamb - ton county in the 1850's.) Drake drilled in the U.S.; Tweedel chose to drill in Can- ada, near Dover, a small village not far from Moncton in east- = New Brunswick. Tweedel, whose name has been almost forgotten, was a Pittsburgh chemist and an ad- viser to the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co., formed in 1854. At that thne the one source of petroleum n 'the U.S. was natural seep- ages. Wherever it collected on water in Pennsylvania and New York it was laboriously scooped Off the surface, fancily bottled and sold as "Seneca Oil;" al- legedly a good embrocation for an or beast. Many humans, besides rubbing It on their bruises, sores, sprains and cuts, were using it as an internal remedy, and farmers had discovered that it was also a lubricant for wooden wagon axles. ' With business booming, the directors of the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co. reasoned that if they could pump petroleum from a well, as water was pumped, they'd have a great ad- vantage over their competitors. 'This, of course meant drilling a well. Tweedel was fully aware of the opportunities. He had some knowledge of geology and felt he should have charge of' the big project. His pride was hurt when his rival, Drake, was given the project instead of him. He decided that if there was a chance of finding oil by drill- ing in Pennsylvania, there was a similar chance. elsewhere. If he could do it, he would vindi- cate himself, put Drake in his place, and perhaps make money. He studied geological reports from all parts of North America before embarking on his venture, and . his attention was caught by a report that described two seepages at Dover, where Mic- macs had for centuries nixed war paint and softened leather. He arrived at Dover early in 1859, hired a crew of men, and . bought a dozen oxen. He had brought his primitive equip- ment with him as far as he could by railway, then hauled it by ox team over rutted trails. He built a tower with long pine logs and, with power provided °LOVE"" FOR A SHILLING—These English lasses are willing to pay to be courted—tennis courted, that is. Six shillings in the meter buys light for .one hour's night play at the Queen's Park Lawn Tennis Club, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. The unique "pay as you play" plan has attracted the hlterest of some Canadian tennis clubs. GETTING SOME ADVICE — Rookie Bill Virdon of the St. Louis Cardinals gets a few pointers from Stan Musial (right) during spring training. Virdon, an outfielder, batted .333 for Rochester in the International League last year. by oxen on a treadrnill, he started drilling, about two miles south of, Dover. Durinthe late spring and sutmeie. he pu.r ch -drilled four shallow r wells, the deepest of which went down 190 feet. He hit both gas and oil. While there wasn't much oil and he'd had trouble keeping water out of his wells, the signs were promising and he was optimis- tic. They were completed wells and had shown oil •was present. Back in Pennsylvania, Drake had been drilling and had so far found nothing. As ,August moved into September and Tweedel, tackled his fifth well, he• mentally gloated over Drake and imagined himself bringing in an enormous flow of oil while Drake was still boring dry .rock. Tweedel's dream of triumph exploded when a messenger handed him a letter from Penn- sylvania. As he read it, the color drained from his sheeke Land he shrugged wearily—the. shrugof a defeated man. • He summoned his c r e w. 'Boys," he said, "we're all through. Line up and get paid, off. Drake has struck oil and his well- is giving 25 barrels a day. There's . only room in North America for one real oil well!" w 4 More than half a century later when there was room in North America for all the oil wells that could be found, a Scottish geologist, Dr..1. A. L, Render - son, organized New Brunswick Gas and Oil Fields Ltd. and gilled where Tweedel had drilled If Tweedel had had a little more faith in the potential of the oil industry he would have done well for himself, for Henderson brought many small aril wells into production in the area.—From The Imperial Oil Review. Thief Tries To Steal Crocodile SALLY'S SALLIES ADS} USTMLliT5 Who would want to steal a couple of snakes? Nobody, you might think. Yet a thief who at dead of night broke into an Indian zoo and got away with two good-sized snakes. They were poisonous, too. Thefts from zoos, menageries and circuses used to be much more common than they are to -day. A inan who afterwards said he was a great lover of animals and could not bear to see them in captivity once raid- ed a Rumanian zoo and got away with a young reindeer. He kept it in his country gar- den until the police caught up with him. Back went the rein- deer to the zoo and the man served three months in prison. Four years ago a reindeer in London Zoo was missing an antler. A young man is believed to have wrenched the antler from the head while the animal was feeding. An official said it was certain that the antler was not shed normally; the condi- tion of the brow revealed that. What puzzled everyone was how the thief could have left the zoo without being seen. An antler three feet long is not easy to hide, In Hungary a man who broke into a circus tried to steal a .crocodile. He lassoed the slum- bering beast with a large rope but the crocodile was annoyed and seized the than by the arm, holding; him until his agonized cries for help brought the nigklt, watchman to the scene, The man was released and: afterwards` charged and impris- oned for his attempted theft. Burglars have frequently Stolen birds from zoos. From a private zoo in the south of tng- 'land budgerigars worth ;000 disappeared overnight. T h e thieves were never caught. 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The best breeds of turkeys for heavy roast- ers, medium roasters, turkey fryers. The poultry business has changed, It is a specialized business, and you have to have special breeds and special strains to make the maximum in pro- fits. We have these special breeds and. strains, TWEDDL E CHICK HATCHERIES FERGUS LT . FOR SALE FOR SALE. Cold storage with five hun- dred and forty-seven lockers, all rent. ed. At times have waiting list. Process- ing exceptionally good, On main cor- ner of most southern town in Canada. Also adjoining brick building rented .to restaurant with two apartments above. This is a profitable business. Reasons for selling: Age and to dis- solve partnership. Apply_ Harrow Cold Storage, Harrow, Ontario. HARDWARE BUSINESS FARM Supplies, located in prosperous farming district 20 miles from Ottawa. nipcetodwssep Repair- ing. for within mile radius. Sale of stock with building pre- ferable. Selling due to ill health. Mr. J. W. Daigity, Carp., Ontario. 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Forcefully presented by the delegates, a Grey County resolu- tion bearing the signatures of '700 hog•producers called on the Ontario government to revert to "its previous policy of protect- ing the ' producers' rights" and appealed to all farmers for co- operative action. "If we, the hog producers of Ontario, fail to attack the pres- ent inertia both within and without in a fearless and reso- lute manner, we will undoubt- edly find ourselves sacrificed in the interest of political exped- iency and ultimately would find ourselves more completely the pawns of selfish and powerful business interests than we were before," warned the presenta- tion. Spokesmen of the group scored the Ontario government for its "timidity and reluctance ... to- ward providing adequate legis- lation." Closed Ranks. For a while it looked as if the whole marketing scheme would fall apart when OFA Secretary V. S. Milburn suggested that another poll be taken of the producers in the near future. However, a motion coming from Premier , Frost's constituency, Victoria County, that such a vote be taken at this time, was defeated and an amendment proposed by Grey County car- ried to the effect that the scheme be continued for a year and then submitted to a vote. This will give the Producers Association time to re -assess their position, find out how useful and reliable the new Legislation will be, make plans for the coming year and bring all information to their membership. This latter point is most important as only a well informed membership can be expected to have confidence in the leaders and vote intelligently on any of their proposals. There cannot be any doubt that the outcome of this battle for producer controlled orderly marketing is of the utmost im- portance to all farmers in On- tario whether they are produc- ers of hogs or beef or milk or tobacco or honey or what have USTOPPED IN A JIFFY or 'coney boa Very first use of soothing,cooling liquid 15.D«D. 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It this is. done on government level behind closed doors the odds will be against the farm- ers, particularly if their leaders are influenced by party loyalties. The answer is to take the de- cision out of the. hands of gov- ernment and back to where it belongs, the Legislature. If each marketing scheme were to be established -by a separate Act of Parliament, as it is done in Brit- ain, to be administered by a pro- ducer elected board under the supervision of a Minister who has to report regularly to parlia- ment, there would be much less danger of underhand dealings, Individual members of the Leg- islature, acting in open session and conscious of the fact that they would be taken to task by their constituents, would have live up to election promises. The safest solution, of course, was that taken by the fathers of present farmers when they elec- ted their own UFO government. o q' ha This column welcomes criti- cism, . constructive or destruc- tive and suggestions, wise or otherwise. 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