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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-07-31, Page 6fRECalmt SPORTSa Etomr4 9e1,94,1400 * A very brilliant and imaginative sporty writer, Grantland Rice, once wrote a poem, each verse of which ended up with the statement: "The records wait." With the Olympic Games just around the corner, you realize that there's a great significance to this phrase. The records wait. And in track -field, they don't wait too long. Oldsters claim that athletes of this era aren't as good as the inen of yore, but you can't prove it by tract: -field performances. Indeed, the way running and jumping records tumble these days it almost is not worth the effort to go out and set thele. It has gotten so that a man no longer can run a 10.2 100 -meters and ' expect his mark to last very long. Jesse Owens, rated the fastest human of all time, back in the '30's, found that out when he set his World's Record in 1936. Since then five other sprinters have equalled his figures; Harold Davis of the United States (1941), Lloyd LaBech of Panama and Barney )well, United States (1948), MacDonald Bailey, Trinidad (1951), and Herbert Thomp- son, United States (1939), The oldest individual record on the books, except some walk- ing records (and that form of sport has just about gone by the boards) and a few of the longer metric distance events, is Glenn Hardin's 400 -meter hurdles clocking of 50.65. It was set in 1934 and has for 18 years, at the time these lines were written, with- stood assaults upon it. Most of the other existing World Records were set in the late '40's or early '50's. There was a time within memory when an even 10 seconds was considered brilliant time for the 100 yards dash. Then it was cut by a fifth of a second, then by two-fifths, when Arthur F. Duffey sped over the cinders in 9 3-5, around the turn of the century. But today, that time would hardly qualify in a heat. Mel Patton cut the time to 9 3-10 which may not sound to the uniniti- ated like a gigantic reduction. But' at that speed a difference of three -tenths of a second means almost three yards. The 100 meters dash at the first Olympic revival in 1896 'was 12 seconds. Tommy Burke of...the United States won it. At the last Olympics, a slim negro, Harrison Dilliard, won in 10,3, a difference of 15 yards. It's hardly believable. The boys haven't hit the 4 -minute mile yet, but they will, any time now. It took some time to carve the record down to (;under Haegg's 4.01.4. The amateur record 4.19,8 set by W. G. George of England in 1881, stood for 22 years, when America's John Paul Jones lopped it to 4,15.4. Then everybody got at it. in shape the next fall or do without a contract. So Moran bought Norman Taber, Paavo Nurmi the inscrutablte Finn, Ladoumegue of France, Cunningham of the U.S.; Stanley Wooderson of Eng- land, all carved new marks. Then came Haegg, to eclipse all previous performances. That was seven years ago, The time is ripe for a new record, at the classic distance. So it goes. Are men growing faster, stronger, or is it the superior coaching, the more systematic and scientific training? Perhaps it's the latter. We imagine so. Whatever it is, track -field records indicate that moderns do most things better than did their hardy forbears. Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, e/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto. DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTBURO, ONTARIO Fireflies Reveal Energy Secrets A good deal has been written about Dr. William D. McElroy, Johns Hopkins biologist, and his annually renewed tempting offer of a quarter for every hundred living fireflies that are brought to him. Hence the youngsters around Bal- timore are busily engaged in cap- turing fireflies these days. One enterprising imitator of Tom Saw- yer induced his playmates to work for him at cut rates and thus col- lected 27,000 fireflies in one season. which he sold at a profit to Dr, McElroy. Last summer nearly half a million bugs were turned in. The boys and girls who caught them in nets kept them in the family refrigerator. What Makes Them Glow? Why does Dr. McElroy want half a million fireflies every year? His abject is to discover what slakes *hem shine. As long ago as 1885 it was dis- covered that the firefly needs two substances to glow. One, called luciferin, is a compound that easily combines with oxygen; the other, luciferase, is an enzyme or living catalyst that speeds up the pro- cess of oxidation. Dr. McElroy isolates luciferin and luciferase from hundreds of firefly tails and partial- ly purifies them. When luciferin and luciferase are brought together there is a flash +of light. Though this is interesting it does not explain how the firefly turns its light on and off over and ever again. Something more than luciferin and luciferase must be at work. By isolating the two sub- stances, Dr. McElroy has been able to show what happens. It turns out that the secret of the firefly is the secret of the source of every animal's energy, which is much the same thing as saying that Dr, Mc- Elroy has found out why we are alive. Source of Energy That this should be so follows almost as a matter of course when we remember that plants convert the energy of sunlight into chemical energy. A cow or a horse eats grass. As it chews and digests the grass it releases this chemical energy, stores it up and makes use of it in repairing tissue and in whisking its tail or moving about. We eat the animal and in that way we get the energy that was stored up by the grass. But how is the stored energy utilized when it is needed? This is where Dr. McElroy conies in. He finds that the storeroom is a com- plex phosphorous -containing com- pound called adenosine triphosphate -ATP for short. If it were not for ATP we wouldn't be able to talk, walk, eat or think. In the firefly ATP is the source of energy we see as a light. Without ATP there would be no light In all research a discovery raises new questions that demand answers. So it is here. How is the chemical energy of ATP transformed when we wink or write a sentence or run very fast? The firefly may answer, for which reason Dr. McElroy still needs half a million bugs every year, OSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS ri. Automobile 4. Piece of saw ed timber a, Vegetable F8, Alnerican 1nttian 83. Asiatic fiber plant *4. Owns 15. Wager I6, Coral island 17. Before t8.Taverna o Mali e 2. Land 'measure !9. Pulpy fruit ,117. of the same A0. Lame 2T. Ivor 49. Placed rubbed 6b. Civtil engineer (ab.) 54. Discover Ott. Wear aeea4 9. Put with 0. Long Asn 42. Mining chisel 43. 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Bird's beak It 1A 3f. 44 7 48 Answer Elsewhere on 'This Page In his CaIvert's sports column this week Elmer Ferguson discusses the manner in which various track and field records have been shat- tered in recent years, and wonders "Are men growing faster, stronger, or is it the superior coaching, the more systematic training?" * * * Fergy is of the opinion that sup- erior training, rather than superior athletes, is responsible for the fact that the boys and girls nowadays run faster, jump higher and further, and fling weights to greater dis- tances than did their predecessors. And it is interesting to note that this opinion -in which we concur - is shared by one who should know what he is talking about just as well as lir. Ferguson or. ourself. Perhaps even better, if you come right down to it. * * * For the gentleman referred to is none other than the great Paavo Nurmi, Finland's great hero and one of the top runners of all time. Nurmi, now 55 years of age, is do- ing very well in his homeland; and although he hasn't done any run- ning in almost twenty years, his fame is still so great that just the chance of shaking hands with him draws thousands of visitors to his haberdashery shop, where business is booming. * * * In his day Nurmi used to beat anybody at almost any distance above 800 meters; but most of the records he set then have been smashed, some of them several tines. Asked the same question re- ferred to in our opening paragraph, Paavo answered, "No, I don't really think today's runners are any bet- ter physically. But techniques have improved, and today's athletes specialize more to become outstand- ing in a single event." Then Paavo added, "Big Jim Thorpe could still beat then! all. 1 think I could too -but of course I can't be sure." * * * Well, that's one of the things of which nobody can be sure. What the champion of yesteryear would have done to the champ of today is one of those things that can be argued over till Doomsday with- ' out getting any nearer settlement. But, at the risk of being pegged t' not for the first time -as an 01,43'., fogey, we'll go even further than Paavo. Jim Thorpe, at his best, could still beat them all. So, too, could Paavo Nurmi. * * * Taking a look at the American League standings -this is written on Jul» 22 -there is something which appears slightly screwy. Up on top are the New York Yankees, which is more or Less normal. Then conte the Boston Red Sox, and they, too, figure to be there or there- abouts, In the fourth slot are seen the Cleveland Indian,! who, accord- ing to the dope, should be even higher than that, and maybe will be ere the season is ended. But there, in the show hole are -let's wipe our glasses and see if our eyes are deceiving us. No, it's nobody else but the Washington Senators -a team which appeared to be headed no lower than eighth only for the reason that there are only eight teams in the League. Of course, the Senators can't possibly stay up that high. Probably, when the heavy shooting starts and late - season double-headers grow thick, they'll slip back to fifth or sixth. But the fact that the Senators have stayed up within striking distance of the leaders for more than half a season makes one Bucky Harris --in our opinion -"The Manager of the Year," even if they should fin- ally finish in the sub -basement, * * * John Drebinger, of the New York Times, recently wrote with both feeling and knowledge regarding Bucky -so feelingly and so know- ingly that we can't do better than swipe a portion of his tribute: as follows - p * . But if you'll just take a moment to flip through the records it may startle you to learn that one Stanley Raymond Harris, called Bucky, i4 currently engaged in his 25th year as a pilot in the big time. Only two men in baseball history have ever clone longer stretches - Connie Mack, who rounded out an even 50 Campaigns before bidding fare- well to the pits, and the late John J. McGraw, who carried on for 31 years before iii health forced his retireireet, 4 ,y 4• A lot of skippers have skippc,� and gone since the peppery little breaker Foy from the coal fields of Pennsylvania made his initial marks in the majors, first as a second baseman whom forty 'I y' Cobbs could not intimidate, and then in 1924 as the "boy wonder manager" of the Senators. That year /lucky, age 28, brought Wash- • ;tc,n its first American I.Cap tie "rf as]tl if) ;Tie eneeirey. iv1+'id series with the. Giants brazenly matched wits with the great :Mc- Graw to haul down the big prize as well. It was nn achievement that was to still. forever the ancient taunt at the nation's capital: "First in war, first in peace and last in the American League." Since then the Buck himself has moved about and covered a lot of territory. To Detroit in 1929 where he managed the Tigers for five years. A disastrous venture that last- ed only one year managing the Red Sox. Then back to Washington for an eight-year stretch followed by an ill-starred half -season managing the Phillics, a chapter he just as soon would not have included in his record, for it brought hint one of his bitterest experiences. * * Eager as ever to do a good job in a new field, he was peremptorily fired in July by Bill Cox, who soon after was banished from baseball for life by the late Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis for betting on ball games. * * * Then came a couple of years man- aging in the minors at Buffalo until Larry McPhail recalled hint to man- age the Yankees in '47. The Buck scored a smashing pennant and world series victory that year, but ran into rough going in '48 although virtually all observers agree to this day that Harris turned in an even more masterful job that season than the year previous when he won. Outclassed by two vastly superior clubs, the Indians and Red Sox, he 'fought both right down to the wire before being counted out on next to the last day of the race, * * * The defeat cost hint the job, but he merely shrugged it off. Back to Washington he went where old Clark Criffith regards him as a second son and where at the mo- ment the Buck, even though the cards again seem stacked against hint so he can't win, nevertheless sems to be giving perhaps the fin- est managerial performance of his career. * * * Most everyone picked the Sena- tors to finish seventh or eighth. Yet here they are, late in July, still within striking distance of the lead- ers and playing better than .500 ball. The Buck has done an amaz- ing job reclaiming cast-offs, notably the Yankee pitchers Bob Porterfield and Frank Shea and Outfielder Jackie Jensen. * * * Shea last spring didn't pitch an inning for the Yanks, They Iet him slip to Washington along with Jensen in the Iry Noren deal. At the last look the Nugget boasted a 9-2 record, with most of his vic- tories complete, low -scoring games. And Jensen is hitting about .300. * * * Reports now have it that Har- ris' next port of call will be De- troit to become general manager of the Tigers next Winter. That would be a just retribution. For, you see, they had offered him that job once before but he had felt honor bound to turn it down. (' * * That was in the winter of 1946- 47 directly after he had made a ver- bal agreement with MacPhail to manage the Yanks. No contract had yet been signed. To gain a general manager's portfolio had long been his life ambition. 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