HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1955-10-27, Page 7THE Calvert SPORTS COLUMN
s A common question during the heat
of the world's baseball series is this:
when did the series start? And the cog•
mon answer is 1930,
Probably that was the first year in
which it was termed the "world series"
but facts are that an inter -league series
dates away back into the 80's
Modern baseball record books don't use the term "world
series" in connection with inter -league series earlier than 1884.
In that year Old floss ftadbourne, pitching his most ramous
brand of baseball, helped the National League champ, Provi-
dence, mow down the Metropolitans of the American Asso.
elation in a 3-0 series. These were the days of three strikes
and, six balls. ,
In 1882 Cincinnati; having been barred from the National
League previously, joined the American Association and won
the title. But, on the authority of George Moreland in his
book, 'Balldom," and also of the late Al Spink, uncle of
J G. Taylor Spink of the Sporting News and author of "The
National Game," world championship series did not begin
until 1884.
Both authorities credit Anson's Chicago team with playing
its first "world series" with the St. Louis Browns in 1885
and its second series in 1886. These two sets of games really
launched baseball on its "world championhip" career which
has led . to such immense popularity and to many "million
dollar gates."
In 1.887, when St. Louis Browns played the Detroit team
for the "world" championship, spectators witnessed for the
first and only time an unusual batting spectacle The batsman
was allowed FOUR strikes. This was done away with the
next year.
In 1886, the "world series" was bitterly fought for the
very good reason that it was a winner -take -all affair, unlike
the winner -loser split that prevails in more modern times
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Greek natural scientist. Prof. P.
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"Would-be ' space travelers
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What human beings cannot
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The meteorites and the cosmic
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On the other hand, "cosmic
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The problem of "gravity" of
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and gravity, can be solved only
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Is the sending of an unmanned.
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other planet.
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Modern Etiquette
Q: How should a woman be
governed about rising from her
chair to show respect to an
older woman?
A. In most cases, she should
rise for a woman more than
double her own age. 'Much de-
pends, of course, upon the
"older woman." Older- women
who are trying to appear very
young might resent any obvious
show of deference. Old-fashion-
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A. At theleft of the plates.
Q. Should a man use his right
or left hand when tipping his
hat to a woman?
A. Either hand.
Q. When . a woman's escort
holds a door open for her, is it
necessary for her to thank him?
A. No; this courtesy should be
taken for granted. However, if
a stranger were to do this for
her, she must, of course, say,
"thank you."
Land of Quietness
Up The Saguenay
"Remember, it is not to be
played with, this river," said our
outfitter in Tadoussac.
"Thank you," I replied for Tam
McCulloch and myself. "One
must be as cautious with the
Saguenay as with a lion."
So we pointed our canoe up-. .
stream . into the silent reaches
of the untamed river on that
morning of late summer.
"What is this, another Hud-
son?" Tam exclaimed as the
headlands closed off civilization
behind us.
"You'll see. It has the nobility
of the Hudson as the Dutch ex-
plorers saw it, but for wildness
the Hudson no more resembles
it than a cat resembles a lynx."
When the world was young,
travel was discovery. The better
THEIR NIGHTMARE ENDS—Dr. and Mrs. Sanford Marcus are
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Betty Jean Benedicto, turned the baby over to a priest.
part of travel is discovery still,
the corning upon things which
are essentially our own. So it
was with us on that day of free-
dom when each stroke of the
paddle sped us where space once
more became dominant in the
mind.
Perhaps our first discovery, or
rediscovery, was the satisfaction
of simplicity. Our world was
horizontal water and perpendic-
ular cliff beneath the arc of sky.
Yet of these three lines and a
little color, nature composed
variations of infinite number and
subtlety. Throughout the trip,
planned for a week and stretch-
ed into a fortnight, this simplici-
ty gained in richness, the in-
conceivable richness that hides
itself from those who gulp and
run, writes T. Morris Longstreth
in The Chirstian Science Moni-
tor.
One of the pleasantest dis-
coveries on my part was finding
how surely Tam had affianced
himself to the people who' had
become a part, a. sort of natural
resource, of this noble region.
1
had forseen that nay friend,
who has never been nattiKalized
to haste, would apprecia"Te the
descendants of New France in
the habitant households on the
green shores. I knew that the
Scots had ever felt an affinity
with the Franks. But these
French Canadians not only were
Normans old style, in . the re-
moter places; they had been
purified of the superfluities of
Europe by centuries of wilder-
ness living Tam found himself
quietly responsive and at home
whenever we beached our canoe
to seek provision.
We rediscovered stability at
the same time. The fluidity of
life at home sweeps everything
into its current and threatens to
wash us into space. Anyone
caught living where he was born
is deemed hopelessly backward,
an unawakened van Winkle. The
habitant, on the contrary, cher-
ishes and clings to his hard-won
acres. One of the little noted
miracles is the quiet transforma-
tion of labor into love. The
necessary deed is remembered
with affection. The habitant's
woodpile and garden, his dwel-
ling and the road to it, become
a part of him. A white church,
a handful of neighbors housed
in stone -solid homes instead of
a -contractor's speculation, are
his treasure. They served a prior
instinct in my friend, reminding
him of his boyhood security
backed by the earth itself.
True, the families overflowed.
The young men sought work in
the cities, and some were lost
to mammon. But many carried
memories of fishing and hunting
and singing together and the
rare freedom of that life which
ran hand in hand with the im-
pulse of the heart. Best of all,
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passenger plane which .may
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half the size required by
they had known a close-knit
family life that was at once a
discipline and a contentment.
One afternoon of thunder Tam
and I were taken under the wing
of the family Duchesneau. After
a brief taste of Madame Duches-
neau's sovereignty, Tam whis-
pered to me, "Now I understand
matriarchy. It's monarchy with
the democratic. touch."
Certainly Madame Duches-
neau's subjects — husband and
eleven children—revolved about
the enthroned head with the
neatness and assurance of the
solar system. Her accents, when
she wished something done, and
atonce, might have echoed le
Roi Soleil. Her disposition sup-
plied the sunlight of this ar-
rangement, while her determin-
ation provided the power. She
delegated duties to every gradu-
ate ' of the cradle, yet I have
never seen children happier or
more cheerfully obedient. Wil-
lingness was the orbit in which
they moved. Astonishingly they
were handsome, as the young
who have the run of woods and
'waters tend to be. I doubt if all
the agencies of reform could
find a delinquent juvenile in a
day's travel along that austere
river.
When the sun emerged, I
noticed the older boys putting
their heads together. The ques-
tion that came shyly was this:
Would •my friend and I like to
go fishing?
"The gentlemen will not en-
joy the flies," Madame Duches-
neau said definitely. The look
of breathless anticipation in the
young eyes faded, but I had to
agree with her.
For another thing, we redis-
covered quiet. This heavenly
realization had begun the first
evening under canvas. We had
„pitched the tent near the dark-
ening river. *At our backs rose
the twofold .night of the forest,
and farther back the cliffs.
"The final luxury," Tam sigh-
ed. "To be safe from noise."
Actually the air was busy
carrying sounds — 'the lap and
splash of the tidal waters, the
crackle of sparks from our fire,
the flow of wind in the trees,
and' at intervals the night cry
of some bird or thud of falling
boulder. I knew what Tam
meant.. At home our daily life
had been more and more in-
vadedby the noise of contrap-
tions; in my case, to the satura-
tion point.
"What makes it hard to bear,"
Tam went on, "is that you and
I remember a . life when quiet
was the normal thing and noise
was occasional. Now it's nearly
continuous from one quarter or
another, and more airplanes blast
the auiet overhead every year."
"With me it's not only the
noise but the outrage," I agreed.
"If a thief invades my privacy
and steals something, the police
do what they can. But when no-
body else's racket occupies my
home, *the law throws up its
hands.. Yet it is a thief, too. This
situation violates my sense Of
justice:
Tam knew what concerned
me, for quiet is a pool in whose
calm, elusive thoughts can rise
to the top. Quiet is the arena of
future deeds, There is immensely
more in us than we are aware,
and quiet is the invitation for
it to appear.
"1Vladame Duchesneau would
know how to handle it," Tf1,»11
said. "Perhaps you and I are
children all over again in this
life, of machines and must be
disciplined. 13y ourselves; I sup-
pose."
"MVteanwhlle there is this,"' X
said.
Taint made no rejoinder and
we let the quiet flow about its.
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