Zurich Herald, 1952-07-03, Page 2TuuC,�. ' ht SP RTS COE U
* Canada is 05 years old, come July first, and
in these times when Dominion Day marks the
greatest sports program, in point of variety, of the
entire year in Canada, you might be inclined to
think back, and wonder lust what sport there was
to intrige the folks 85 years ago. In this and
succeeding articles, well try to give you a sketchy
idea.
Perhaps you figure there wasn't much sport at all when Canada
was a new-born infant in 1867. Certainly there was no automobile
races, no bicycle races, no organized baseball, no hockey no football
as we know it now.
But don't worry too much about the folks of 1867, Sport there
Was. Sport there almost always has been. Not, of course, in the
organized form of today, not in the great mass participation, or
the tremendous following. But sport there was, indeed, 85 years
ago, and quite a good deal of it, too, There was foot -racing, track
sports, harness racing, horse racing, lacrosse, curling, golf, cricket,
skating, snow -shoeing, and, believe it or not there was even world
championship boxing.
There was horse racing, but, of course, with no pari-mutuel
betting. America's oldest continually -run horse race, most colorful
of its kind in these Dominions, was then three years old. That, is
the Queen's Plate, raced at the Toronto Woodbine track last May
24, a race that in eight years' time will be 100 years old. The early
records of this colorful classic are lost in antiquity. But, for the
purpose it's enough to state as an established fact that there was
organized horse racing in Canada, long before Confederation.
For the Queen's Plate, which had its beginnings in the reign
of King William IV, was old when Confederation was new, It has
endured through the reign of seven British sovereigns, kings and
queens, from its foundation in 1836, and is now 116 years old,
The Quebec King's Plate was first run at Three Rivers 31 years
before Confederation, in 1836, staged by British soldiers, so the
rather skimpy history of the race relates, and run probably on an
informal track laid out through the grassy fields in the British
fashion. Since then, it was raced at Quebec, Ste Hyacinthe, Sher-
brooke, before becoming a permanent Montreal racing fixture.
There was lacrosse, of course, and if we were putting these
sports in their consecutive order of birth, we would put lacrosse,
or dip farther back, and put baggataway first. But this will keep,
because everybody knows there was lacrosse back through the
centuries in Canada.
But we think it might be more interesting to touch upon those
sports which, perhaps, you didn't know existed when the provinces
joined up. Cricket, for instance, an ancient and honorable sport.
Cricket in Canada dates far back. The first international cricket
match in American history was played between Canada and the
United States at Montreal in 1845.
A British professional team was guaranteed $3750, to come to
Canada in 1859, another visit was made in 1868. Cricket is still
played beneath the elms of many a college campus in Canada today.
But back in the days of Confederation, and before, it was one of
the principal sports.
The second of this series will appear next week.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
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AMNERSTBURG, ONTARIO
The Queen's Park powers -that -be
have spoken. There isn't going to
be any harness -horse racing under
the artificial lights—not at Thorn-
eliffe Raceway anyway. And while
we, personally, consider thiis a
matter for regret, we suppose every
roan—even a statesman—is entitled
to his opinion,
* *
The reason for this refusal to
OK night racing is again, of course,
the desire of the authorities not to
encourage the vile habit of betting
on horses, which brings up a couple
of questions which long have
puzzled us. Let us try to explain.
* * *
Supposing that, right this min-
ute, we should take a notion to
have half a day off from our ar-
duous labors, slip over to Hamil-
ton and try to pick a few win-
ners. What would be the result?
We would lose half a day's pay and
—judging of the future by the past
-- anything up to $16 in wagers, But
ANSWERS TO
INTELLIGENCE TEST
1-1912. 2—Melville. 3—horse
racing. 4—Africa. 5—Logan. 6—
Ottawa. 7—(A) Night Watch; (13)
Pinky; (C) Murals in Sistine
Chapel; (D) Last Supper.
all this would be strictly legal, and
done under the approval of Church
and State. Well, anyway, State.
* * *
But if we were to pick up the
phone and place a $1 bet on—
Heaven forbid!—a steed named
Kingarvie, what then? We'd have
our half day's emolument; the time
wasted would be less than a minute;
and our loss would be one solitary
buck. BUT—we would be commit-
ting a very grave offence, that of
aiding and abetting the crime of
making a book. (We had almost
fox -gotten that, since last year's
Crime Probe, hand -booking has
been clean wiped out in Ontario,
but let it pass).
* '1
Now, to add to our bewilderment,
comes this platter of time -of -day.
As near as we can figure out, it is
quite all right for us to go to
Thorncliffe and make a bet on a
trotter or pacer so long as we do
so in the broad daylight. Probably
even in the narrow daylight, if you
come right down to it. But should
we try and do so once Mr. Bob
Saunders turns on his hydro juice
—aw, figure it out for yourself. It's
too deep for us to fathom, and much
too hot to even try.
* *
*
Anyway, night racing or no night
Canadian Shaver Gets Tex ,ird
Lt. Hal, Kreewin,
of Winnipeg
Canada, who is
with the Lord
Strathcona
Horse Regiment
in Korea, gets
the bird from
"Pauline," a
Korean
swallow..
Pauline moved
into tt hat hung
above his
shaving mirror,
and now Lt.
Kreewin rnust
dodge every
time he shaves
—and he
doesn't dare
"swallow."'
Orad Artist—Earl Bailly, 46, of Lunenberg, N. 5. is a successful
artist, even though ,his arms have been paralyzed since child-
hood. Holding the brush in his teeth, Bailly, above, puts the
finishing touches on a canvas of a Nova Scotian landscape, one of
three which have been purchased by a greeting card company.
gest, "Those bushes there have
been a graveyard for the best on
this course. If you can't carry them
in this wind, better play, safe."
Or he might remark, "There's a
big brook on the left. If you make
any mistakes, favor the right side,''
* * *
A big tournament .is `die climax
of any caddy's iseasbn, though
naturally only a small handful, out
of the country's caddy pool, gets
a chance to performs"in one. Mean-
while, the caddies are''out on the
racing, the Thorncliffe folks are
going ahead with their 42 -day Sum-
mer Meeting starting on Saturday,
July 5. Which will be' good news
for thousands of Ontario folks ,who
have discovered, in the past two
seasons, that attending harness
horse racing—served up in modern
style and without the lengthy de-
lays at the start which used to
mar the sport—is a very pleasant
way of spending an afternoon, whe-
ther you wager or not.
* * *
We know one woman—that is,
if any man can know the woman
he married—who didn't take long
to become an enthusiast. Two years
ago, when we suggested a trip to
see the trotters and pacers, she
came only under protest. Halfway
through the afternoon she said,
"Well, I've had more fun, and seen
more of what was actually going
on, than in all the years we've been
going to watch the Thoroughbreds."
Which, considering the fact that
she was then about a dollar and
forty cents loser, was high praise
indeed,
And while we're on the subject
of Thorncliffe, we pass along the
word that something new has been
added—something that will please
those who do not get away in time
to take a chance on the Daily
Double. Up there they're going to
have the Quinella—which means
that if you can pick the horses
that run One -Two in the final race,
although not necessarily in that
order, you have a chance to pick up
quite a bundle. Some of the run-
ning tracks have this Quinella, but
we believe this is the first time
we harness -horse bugs are favored
• with such a golden (heh, heh) op-
portupityl
* * *
"Golfers be kind to your caddies"
might be the theme of an article
'by John R. Tunis in The New York
Times, in which he points out that
there is a real shortage of bag-
toters threatening—a shortage that
presents a real danger to the fut-
ure of the whack -and -walk pas-
time. Eighty-five per cent of golf's,
modern stars, Mr. Tunis points out,
started as caddies.
* *
Gene Sarazen, who ' will be
playing his thirtieth consecutive
Open, was a caddy at Rye, N.Y.,
at the age of eight. Joe Kirkwood,
Porky Oliver, Lloyd Mangrum,
Sant Snead, Johnny Revoita, the
Turnesas, and Denny Shute, were
all once caddies. So was that group
of Texans who seem recently to
have dominated golf: Byron Nel-
son, jimmy Demaret, Jackie Burke
and Ben Hogan.
*•
Caddying in championship golf
is a lot more than lugging a heavy
bag of clubs. The caddy is an
amateur meteorologist and psycho-
logist, an authority on his own
course, with a knowledge of the
rules of the game. He is the play-
er's helper, rooter and coach, his
bodyguard and proteete, from the
crowd, his toughest critic and best
friend
The question most asked by a
champion golfer of his caddy is
the distance to the green. The boy
must be able to call it accurately
at any spot on the course, 1-1 must.
know all local hazards, how wind
affects different shots along the
course, what lies behind the greens,
which ones are tougher than others,
those green that hold the pitch
and the ones that don't,
* * *
Actually big-time golf is a tight-
lipped affair and the good caddy
seldom volunteers information, If
'invited to, howdver, he may sug..
golf courses all over the country,
and just now there is somewhat
of a crisis involving them. Two
factors have risen. One is—from
the golfer's point of view—the
heightened cost of employing one.
And fro Inthe caddy's point of view
—in these times he can frequently
earn more money elsewhere.
Fifty years ago Walter Hagen
received 15 cents a round in Roch-
ester, N.Y. Back in 1913 when
Francis Ouimet, a former caddy,
defeated Ray and• Vardon, the Bri-
tishers, over his home course at
the Country Club, Brookline, Mass.,
he did more than sell golf to the
American nation. By. this time
caddy fees were 25 cents a round,
with a possible 10 cent tip. After
Ouimet, caddies were treated as
human beings, not as cheap labor.
:k * *
Today there are almost 300,000
caddies in .America, aged 8 to 16.
They annually earn $70,000,000, ex-
clusive of tips. Prices for caddies
toiday range from $1.50 to $3.50
for 18 holes. Some states have a
minimum caddy fee of $1.75 a round
for experienced, and $1 a round
for inexperienced boy', Most kids
in a day on the golf course hope
to make $6, by carrying two bags
on two rounds, plus tips. In fact,
if they don't earn from $40 to $50
a week, they are likely to quit.
There are other jobs elsewhere
which pay better. So, modern golf
clubs are facing the problem not
only of what many players consid-
er excessive costs in caddy fees, but
also a caddy shortage.
* * *
One reason foe- Britain's golfing
decline in recent years has been
the age of their caddies. The Bri-
tish caddy was a professional—a
porter, as it were—who seldom as-
pired to Learn the game. In con-
trast, the American boy was learn-
ing golf while caddying, and was
grooming himself to step into the
higher amateur or professional
ranks of golfers, as so many of
them have done. The training of the
caddies has been one important
reason for America's golfing suc-
cess all over the world. Many fol-
lowers of the game believe that
when the caddy disappears in this
country our supremacy in golf will
soon vanish also.
* 5 ,
Golt authorities here have seen
the handwriting on the wall, and
are taking step's ` to improve the
situation.
At present many golf clubs make
special efforts to interest 'boys in
caddying. The caddy plaster visits
schools each spring and talks to
interested groups. He explains how
the club runs a spurts programme
with volleyball, softball, horse
shoes, ping pong and other 'games
during slack hours. Mondays the
club, the clubhouse and the poo]
as well as the course itself, are
given to the boys. Usually the "pro"
gives free lessons Johnny Rcvolta,
generally considered one of the best
teachers in the business, gives
weekly golf instruction to his cad-
dies at the Evanston Golf Club,
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Score 10 points for each correct answer in the first six questions:
1, The ocean liner Titanic sank in:
—1940 • —1918 —1912 —1928
2. The novel Moby Dick was written by:
-.-Defoe —Smollett —Wilde --Melville
3. What sport is featured at the Preakncsst
—hockey —horse racing —curling —boxing
4. The ancient city of Carthage was in:
—Sicily ---Germany —Africa —Gaul
5. Mount McKinley is the highest mountain in North America; which
is second highest:
—Rainier —Logan —Hubbard Wilson
6. Which of the following cities contains the Canadian mint:
—Vancouver —Montreal —Ottawa —Toronto
7. Listed below are foray famous artists and opposite them some of their
more famous works. Match them, scoring 10 points for each correct
answer.
(A) Rembrandt
(B) Gainsborough
(C) Michelangelo
(D) Leonardo da
---M ureic in Sistine Chapel
—Night Watch
Pinky
incl*Last Supper
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