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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-07-24, Page 6tie THE tV Itt SPORTS COLA N eta 7:fa 49 The most compelling figure in Olympic Games trials anywhere -- perhaps in the games themselves -will be a blind man. • There's something heart -catching about the blind, their struggle against the unkind and tragic blows of Fate that have robbed them o£ the opportunity to see the physical beauties and the color of a very wonderful world. And there's something even more poignantly gripping and profoundly impres- sive in the struggle of those in the dark to maintain some parallel with the life they cannot see. So we believe that an almost blind athlete, who has com- pletely lost the sight of one eye, and the other seriously affected, offers a most heroic figure among the great athletes of this con- tinent who will compete for places on the United States Olympic team. The gallant athlete in question is Bill Bangert. He finished fourth in the shotput feature of the National Indoor track cham- pionships held at Madison Square Garden recently. He put the 16 -pound weight 52 feet 10% inches, which was one-quarter of an inch better than his title -winning toss in 1945. Jim Fuchs, world champion, won with 56 feet, 48 inches. The remarkable part of Bangert's feat was that the almost sightless athlete had to he led to the putting ring where, of course, he was on his own. Amazingly, this blind young giant's recent effort was better than any Olympic record prior to that of the London Games, when W. M. Thompson won with 56 feet 2 inches. In that event the great American athlete, Fuchs Was third with a put almost exactly the same as Bangert's 53 feet, 10/ inches. The mighty Ralph Rose, four times U.S. national champion and twice Olympic winner, could not do as well as this sightless boy has done. Rose's best was an even 51 feet. Bangert's determination and tremendous courage in the face of -a disheartening physical condition, are typical of, his entire life -iia business, sports. Before his eye -sight failed, he was a var- sity football player as well as shot and discus star at Missouri University and later at Purdue, He reached the national amateur heavyweight boxing final. He made a success as road -builder. He even did.a good job as a singer, but it took too much time from business. The world will wish this gallant soul well in his battle for Olympic fame. Indeed the world admires all athletes who, despite physical handicaps, make their way well along the athletic trail. But those who live in the twilight of vision far below the normal are the most compelling of all, and it is amazing how, in several varieties of sport, they have risen above a deficiency which might be thought insurmountable. Athletes whose eyesight is below normal dot the baseball picture. There are a dozen be -spectacled stars in baseball, in the major leagues, several in the minors. They are by no means blind, of course, but their eye -sight is not good. Yet they have overcome that handicap. Several players in major hockey have worn glasses. Hal Laycoe of Boston Bruins is one. When Canadiens won the Stanley Cup in 1946, one of their stars was the whirlwind "Dutch" Hiller, a little bit of a be -spectacled player who could really fly, but whose defective vision forced him to wear heavy glasses. Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge 5t., Toronto. rt DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO Motorist's Dream, Mount Blanc Tunnel One man with a pneumatic drill recently strolled up the slopes of 1/font Blanc, from the little Italian tillage of Entreves, and began chiselling into the mountain -face behind a rubble pile of dynamited Poch. Film -cameras were trained on him, neighboring mayors and jour- nalists drank his health . . . and the man with the drill worked for thirty minutes and then packed up and' went on to another job. Motorists' Dream Yet, technically, he had chipped the first yard for Italy in what looks like being the greatest engin- eering achievement of the 1950s, the cutting of a 73 -mile tunnel through the 15,780 -foot bulk of j MERRY MENAGERIE 1-14 alx,IWd blyt)arue»W-n. "Oops, pardon me! Thought you 1 were the Midtown Tunnel" s Europe's highest mountain. Motor- ists have dreamed for years of a . tunnel through Mont Blanc on the direct route between Paris and Rome; and now 5,000 men are be- ing recruited for four years' work to make .this dream a fact. If all goes well, 'the first cars will drive through in 1956. On an almost straight road thirty -feet wide, surfaced with non-skid ma- terial, cars will take less than twenty minutes to complete a jour- ney which takes nearly six hours on existing routes. A powerful system of shadow - less lighting will make every yard as bright as day. Eight 5,000 h.p. ventilating systems to draw out dangerous exhaust fumes, auto - ',natio temperature control and con- duits to keep the road free of water -all will contribute to ulti- mate comfort in this spectacular project. Continually patrolling the road, a squad of mobile mechanics will deal with breakdowns that might otherwise impede the flow of traffic. Paying Proposition The tunnel will also channel electric power from the Italian AIps into France and Switzerland and serve as a short-cut for tele- phone cables. The three nations are contributing to the $20,000,000 cost; but dues from 200,000 motorists a year are expected to make the tun-. nei pay its way. Ultimately, an international pri- vate company is expected to main- tain the tunnel on a business foot- ing and run it, in effect, as a twentieth century Suez Canal. O SWORD PUZZLE :ACROSS Ogle 8. Brazilian macaw 8. Lopsided 12. Not busy 13. Eastern state (ab.) 14. Group 15. Ego 18. Japanese sash 17, Roman road 18..Attempted 20. Gastropod mollusk 22. Primitive 24.Cbndit$one 26, Contend 27, Follow 31. Critical point 23. Good looking 34, Relieves' 35. Sea -worm 38. Female sandpiper 87, Agree 40. Opposite 43. Hang loosely 46. Dry 47. Stiteh 49. So be it 50, Not coarse 51. Swiss canton 52, Card game 53. Golf mounds 64, Sunerlative ending M5. Sea eagles DOWN 1. Catalog 2. German river 8' Marks .bowing Onfisslon of efrorde 4. Allude 5. Bother 5. Discount 7. Excuse 8. City in Texas 9. Mother of Apollo 10 -Baking chamber needle 11, funeral pile 32, WIthdraws 19. Arithmetical quantity 21. Kind of barometer H. l'et name for a relative 24. Skating necessity 26. Title of a monk 28, Flag 29. 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It would have been a fitting . climax to the career of a man who, in the opinion of many, was the greatest hurler of all time and whose only fault was that he was born ten -or perhaps it's twenty - years too early. But he might fool us all yet. The way he's been going lately Satchelfoot might be starring along about 1960. * * And, when you come right down to it, Mr. Paige is liable to be re- membered long after many of the other All Star "heroes" are totally forgotten. There have been 19 of these Inter -league affairs, up to now -each of which had one or more "standouts". But it's surprising 'how many of then have passed almost completely out of the picture. Babe Ruth was the big noise in the initial set-to back in 1933. His long homer with a man on base made the difference which permit- ted the American League to take that game 4-2. The Babe, now, is doing his clouting in another .world. • * * Top man the following summer was, of course, nobody else but Carl Hubbell whose feat of striking out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmy Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin in succession was a feat never beat- en and probably never Hubbell is still in the head of the N. Y. Giants tem. equalled. game as farm sys- * 'k * The aforementioned Jimmy Foxx was undoubtedly the 1935 headliner. "Double X's" homer with Lou Gehrig on base in the first inning and his single in the fifth which drove in another run, gave the American Loopers another victory, 4-1, When last heard of Foxx was managing -of all things -a girls' softball team out west, 'k * * The Nationals broke into the vic- tory column the following year with Dizzy Dean, Lon Warneke and Carl Hubbell as the top-notchers in a close 4-3 battle. Dean is mang- ling the Queen's English over the airwaves for the Mutual Broadcast- ing System. Warneke is a N.L. umpire. Hubbell we have already mentioned; and Angie Galan, who homered in that game, is coaching for Oakland in the Pacific League. * * * The American League had it easy -score 8 -3 -in 1937. Lou Geh- rig led the attack that day -and Lou, of course, like the immortal Babe, has passed on. Joe Medwick, who had four hits for the losers that same day, is managing the Tampa team down in Florida. * k * Four to one in favor of the Na- tionals was the 1938 result with Johnny Vander Meer, Lee and Mac Brown doing the mound work. Vander Meer is still pitching -for Tulsa in the Texas loop. Lee has retired; and Brown is a scout for the Boston Red Sox. * * * In 1939 the Americans carne through once more, score 3 to 1. Bobby Feller's relief pitching was outstanding and Joe DiMaggio chipped in with a homer that didn't hurt any. Feller, of course, is still heaving for the Indians, while Di - Mag is in television work around New York, •* * * 1941 -American League once again, score '.5: That one was el real thriller, Ted Williams' ninth - inning homer being the decisive clout. Williams is in uniform of a U.S. Marine Captain now. Whe- ther or not he refuses to return salutes -as he used to refuse to acknowledge the fans' applause - we haven't heard. * * * Rudy York and Lou Boudreau hit homers which were big factors in the A,L.'s 1942 win -score 3-1. York was playing semi -pro ball in the middle west by latest reports, while Boudreau is managing Red Sox. * * * Star of the American's 5-3 win the next summer was -think hard! -Bobby Doerr. Bobby is ranching out in Oregon ancl, so they say, making a lot more dough than he ever did in baseball. * * * The Nationals surprised every- body, including themselves most likely, with a 7-1 triumph, in the next tangle. Bill Nichol - son's double was the crucial blow that time. Bill was with the , Cubs then and with the Phillies mow, which might be termed going tion bad to worse, in reverse. * * * Ted Williams, with a pair of four - ply blows, copped the spotlight at Fenway Park in 1946. We've al- ready reported on his present where- abouts. Stan Spence -now with Charleston in the American Asso- ciation -pinch hit for somebody in the next tilt, driving in Doerr to win for the Americans. * * * • Vic Raschi-then as now with the Yankees won his own game in 1948 when he singled with the bases jammed -final score 5-2, fav- or of the Americans. * * * Raschi, Joe Diiblaggio and Ted Williams paced the Americans to an 11-7 win in 1949. * * Red Schoendienst broke up the longest game in the series in 1950. Ralph Kinei' had tied the score for the Nq,tionals with a homer in the ninth and it went along even -Ste- phen till the 14th when Red clouted one that went all the way. Schoen- dienst, of course, is still a standout with .the St. Louis Cardinals. 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