Zurich Herald, 1952-03-20, Page 2SH E Calvoct SPORTS COLUMN
Eempt 7e4,044.4
a IF YOU CAN find any list, anywhere,
of world champion figure -skaters, you'll find
that just over a half -century ago this title
was won by a Canadian, the famous Louis
Rubenstein. And he won it in St. Peters-
burg.
Russia hasn't changed much in a century
or so, or even more. Perhaps, if there's any change, it has' been
for the worse.
Over fifty years ago, there was the glitter and the glory of
St. Petersburg, then the capital of that vast domain. There was
the pomp and barbaric magnificence of the court of the Czars.
But beyond the stateliness and show, there was the poverty, the
threat of the bomb -throwing Nihilists. There were the pogroms
and the purges, and there was the sullen suspicion, even in high
places, of strangers,
Louis Rubenstein, a true amateur, paid his own way to
Russia. Ile arrived there at noon, the day before the great meet,
to be skated on an open-air rink, with lavishly decorated boxes
to be occupied by closely -guarded royalty centering the stands.
The young Canadian, inspected the great rink ice -surface. He
checked the system and gradients under which he was to com-
pete against champions of many countries.
Then he did a few practice spins on the wide -bladed heavy
skates of the day, went to his hotel, ate his supper and retired
to bed, to rest up for the gruelling test of the next afternoon.
But his rest was brief. At midnight, there came a thunderous
knocking on his door an i in heavy tones fraught with menace he
heard: "The police. Open up!"
So he opened his door, and there stood six huge Cossack
police. They gruffly ordered; "Dress, and come with us."
Louis did. He was taken to jail, put in a cell, locked up. In
the morning, a plate of thick porridge was shoved through the
door. That was breakfast. And now the world figure -skating title
seemed far away. Louis Rubenstein was frantic. He demanded
that he should see the British consul, and at last permission was
granted. The British consul, who, Louis .Rubenstein once told
me, was a giant of a man with bristling mustache, overhanging
eye -brows and piercing glance, spoke sharply to the Russian
captors. He didn't ask, he demanded that Louis Rubenstein be
released at once.
So, in early afternoon, our young Canadian was released, but
with one proviso. He must be out of Russia within 12 hours of
the finish of the meet.
Meanwhile, the Russians, crafty then as now, had secretly
changed the system of competition, But that didn't bother Louis
Rubenstein. He was a great skater under any system. He whirled
through the school figures faultlessly. And when it came to the
free style, he swung in front of the royal boxes and etched his
own name deeply into the ice—LOUIS RUBENSTEIN, CAN-
ADA.
There was nae question about the victory. The young Cana-
dian, with only a bowl of coarse porridge to support him, was
adjudged world champion. Then he was rushed to the train, and
an hour or so after the meet was over, he was on his way out
of Russia, and very glad of it.
So we guess Russia of years ago wasn't much different to
Russia today, with suspicion, hatred, police, prisons.' Ani} ..now,
an Iron Curtain too.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, •4 T Yon,ge St., Toronto.
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Last Fall, when our Spring picks
for the National and American
League pennants finished right
where we had called them, we de-
clared that we were going to quit
when we were ahead. In other
words, we swore ou the gaze -into -
the -crystal -business for ever.
Still. a lot of folks, from Omar
X.haytaere on, have sworn off and
then found the se:res backs :ding.
And so now, since we have been
dared and d:a `e ar¢? to try our
luck again, here we go.
Well, tare the America= loop
first—which is where they gene-
rally land in the World Series. For
the first time in several years we
are going to choose against the
New York Yankees; and, for no
good reason we can think of, our
selection is the Cleveland Indians.
But don't ask us why.
* *
In the National, we are also
going outside New York. In spite
of the fact that they came through
nobly for us last year, we have a
feeling that the Giants were playing
alightly over their heads, and aren't
going to repeat, Brooklyn Dodgers
are, naturally, the logical choice;
but somehow or other we can't see
them winning a pennant as long as
Ocean Life h( Glass—Jahn Arm-
strong examines a delicate glass
isles, a one -celled ocean animal.
model of a globigerina buffo -
The model, Made by Herman
Muellers, one of the world's
most famous glass blowers, is
1715 times the size of the actual
creature.,
Charley Dressen'iis bossing them. So
we are travelling away out on the
Iimb so far that we can hear it
cracking and taking a nab at the
Boston Braves.
* * *
So there you ate, friends, Cleve-
land Indians and Boston Braves—
and if all the bookmakers hadn't
gone out of business you could
likely get 50 to 1 against the com-
bination. 250 to I would be nearer
the correct price. at that.
* a *
As for the Stanley Cup, the De-
troit Red \Tvings should vein by
far as we personally are from fin-
nanciai solvency.. With.. "our usual
logic we're calling Montreal Cana -
diens.
* *
Those New York Yankees, men-
tioned earlier, are starting their
fiftieth year in the American League
--and it is hard to believe that
their original franchise "cost the
nieasley sum of only eighteen
grand—an amount that even their
rookies would sneer at nowadays
as a season's stipend. The eminent
and always informative sports
writer Arthur Daley, tells, in the
New York Sunday Times some-
thing of their beginnings, and we
hope he won't mind too mirth if
we borrow more or less freely from
that article. -
* * #
It was the rarest of bargains—.
writes Mr. Daley, For the trifling
sum of $18.000 Frank Farrell and
Big Bill Devery, a couple of ex -
bartenders, bought the New York
Yankee franchise in the American
League. Strictly speaking, it 'was
the Baltimore franchise t'1'tey pur-
chased for transfer to New York,
The mightiest of all baseball dynas-
ties thus was founded,
* * *
The deal was consummated on a
winter's night in 1903 at the old
Fifth Avenue Hotel. The official
Yankee historians have set the date
as March 12, 1903, although there
are some experts who believe it
happened two months earlier. It
doesn't matter particularly.
* * *
It almost seems ridiculous now
that a franchsie worth many mil-
lion dollars should be bought for
a paltry $18,000. But back in 190.3
Ban Johnson was dubious about the
entire transaction. Johnson, a re-
formed baseball writer who had
started the American League, had
struggled for two years against
the powerful and established Na-
tional League, knowing in his heart
that he couldn't succeed unless he
placed a club in New York.
* 4, *
Desperate as he was forhelp, he
still was skeptical of Farrell when I
the latter was introduced to Iran -'
by Joe Vila, a sportswriting Mend.I
Al! that Ilan knew about Farrell
was that he was .an ex -bartender
who became saloon -keeper, gamb-
ling house proprietor and nice -
New
Gadget for The Kiddies—They call It the "mobo-snail/ ` but
whatever its name, this ypungster seems to approve of it heartily.
track plunger, none ranking; as
the heartiest of recommendations.
But Farrell shattered all q#alms
when he tossed a certified cheek for
$25,000 on the table in front of
the ,American League president.
* * 4,
"Hold this as a guarantee of good
faith, Mr. Johnson," said Farrell.
"If I don't put the ball club across
you can keep it."
"That's a pretty big forfeit, Mr.
Farrell,' gasped the startled John -
San.
"Don's worry, Ban." laughed
Vila. "He beta that much t'7i, a
race." e t *
Devery, Farrell's partner in the
deal, had veered from hart -ending
to the police force, risen to chief
of the department, and then retired
to the real estate business.' lIe
was rolling with wealth. More
important at the moment, ham -
ever, were the powerful political
connections of the two, for John
Brush, owner of the Giants, bad
successfully denied the American
League a foothold in New York
either by outbidding Johnson nor
options on potential ball par alga
or threatening to use his Tani
Hall connectiolts to have :a s'
cut through whatever props.
Johnson might obtain.
* * *
Farrell and Devery, however,- al-
ready had the site for a ball park
at 168th Street and Broadway,
where the Medical Centre now
stands, "That's pretty far uptown,"
said the dubious Johnson. But Far-
rell and Devery insisted that the
new subway, soon to be opened,
would provide the necessary trans-
portation.
They worked frantically to get
the park ready for the opening of
the season. It was a rickety lay-*
out, with wooden stands, wooden
fences and a ravine in right field.
Because the park was on the high-
est points in Manhattan the team
was called the Highlanders.
# * *
The proud and haughty Giants
snickered at their new neighbours.
So did the fans, for the new owners
soon discovered New York was a
Giant town. John McGraw then
was beginning his fabulous .career
at the Polo Grounds, and would
win pennant after pennant or al-
ways be in close contention.
* * *
In 1913 the Highlanders loomed
to the Polo Grounds as tenants
of the Giants, They also changed
their name to Yankees. They were
still insignificant, so much so that.
the Giants felt they could safely
house them without fear of building
up a rival attraction at the Polo
Grounds. For two years the High-
landers stumbled along, Then, on
Jan. 11, 1915, Farrell and Devery
sold them for $460,000 to Col.
Jacob Ruppert and Col. Tillinghast
L'Hornmedieu Huston. A new era
was dawning for the Yankees,
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
Exteremly ancient Grandma,
aged 89, was feeling the ravages
of winter pretty badly, and to stave
off a cold that she knew was conn-
ing, took a drop of hot whiskey
before going to bed. On the way
upstairs she called in to give her
six-year-old grand -daughter a cus-
tomary good -night kiss. As she did
so, little Agatha drew back re-
proachfully, "Granny," she said,
"You've been stealing Daddy's
scent."
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