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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-08-28, Page 4T ASPOR OHM ;-4761tteA7ex * This is the second of three Calvert columns designed to give you an idea, possibly sketchy, of sport as it existed in Canada prior to, and at Confederation as years ago. Lacrosse, curling and snowshoeing are rated as the first organized sports to be played in Canada, and in that order, but of this we have some doubt, For the most primitive sport in the world is foot -running. Some claim that wrestling is the oldest. But we harbor the thought that primeval, pre -historic man, was more likely to have instinctively taken to his heels at top speed, when one of the horrifying beasts of the era came into view, Wrestling such a monster would be a last and probably fatal resort. So Canada had foot -racing ,back in pre -Confederation days, among other sports. This can be proven by the records. Though faulty, doubtless in the matters of time, these indicate that foot - racing was a major sport in 1867, and doubtless before. At Barrie, Ont„ still an extremely sporting city, there was held on October 14, 1867, what was termed a Canadian Pedestrian Tournament. It was featured by a 3 -mile race for $200., cash and a gold medal, and the winner was one DeKelso, whose time for the distance was registered at 13 m. 11 s. Probably the track was short or the watches fast, for this time was considerably faster than Gundar Haegg's modern record for the distance. On Toronto's Parliament grounds of the time, on June 24, 1867 (we quote a long -defunct sports publication known as "Spirit of the Times" for these facts) there was a championship race ,to decide the best professional or amateur runner on the continent. Sergeant Harley and Private Wood, both of the 17th regiment, met in this test, the private won, and the time was announced as 4 minutes, 2 seconds. We should be very remiss, to the point of lacking in patriotism, if we failed to mention Canada's national game, lacrosse, which undoubtedly was in full swing throughout Canada in and long before 1867, but unfortunately authentic records of this are lost, ifjthey ever existed, It is said that the first recorded match, under some sort of rules, was played in 1834 between teams of Iroquois and Algonquin Indians at a Montreal race -course. There is some record, too, that the Olympic Club of Montreal, organized in 1842, held annual athletic meets, the highlight of which was a game of lacrosse between Indian teams, or whites against an Indian team. Apparently the supremacy of the Indians was admitted, for the whites were allowed 7 men to the Indians' 5 in these contests. It is said, though not proven, that the first organization to be devoted to lacrosse was the Montreal Lacrosse Club, formed in 1856. Undoubtedly the game was played then throughout Ontario, for in 1867, when the separate provinces of Canada were welded into the Dominion, lacrosse was adopted as Canada's national game by act of Parliament. We spoke of curling and snowshoeing as following lacrosse in the matter of age in the Canadian sports picture. The Montreal Curling Club, founded in 1807, played its first inter -city game at Three Rivers in 1835 against Quebec. The curlers of both cities drove by sleigh, a mere matter of 200 miles, there and back. Those were the days of real sport. The third of three Calvert columns, sketching sport at the time of Confederation and before, appears nett week. Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto. DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO it is just exactly 2,728 years since the first Olympic Games were held on a plain. beside the river Alpheus over there in that dear old Greece. And while we didn't happen to cover the event personally, nor did the sports writers of that day make mention of such facts -they didn't even tell the size of the gate -we wouldn't mind making a modest bet that it is just exactly 2,728 years since the first Olympic games squabbling also took place. In fact, we would be prepared to offer fair- ly liberal odds that su -h is the case. * * * How do we know that this is so, when the historians and record books are silent on such matters? Well, it is only a comparatively short time -56 years to be exact - since a Frenchman by name Baron Pierre de Coubertin had the screwy idea that, since boys and athletics have gone together down the ages, education and athletics might well go hand-in-hand toward a better international understanding. So he and a bunch of similarly deep thinkers revived the Olympics, The first of the modern Olympics were held in Athens in 1896. Since then the athletes have gathered -to promote goodwill and interna- tional understanding ----in Paris, St. Louis, Athens again, London, Stock- holm, Antwerp, Paris, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Berlin, and London, It is estimated that more than 29,000 athletes representing 58 nations have competed in the games. And it is also estimated - by us - that there have been far more than 4,00g. @g1?awks,? squabbles, and general rMtbiebs o'ver'said games, to say nothing of a couple of World Wars and four or five minor league ones. Of course, we aren't saying that the Olympics were entirely re- ponsible for these World Wars. Still, we didn't have them till the games were revived, and we've had little else since. * * * "The competitions were entirely amateur at the start and the only prizes were laurel wreaths" ---we quote again from the record. "Only free Greek citizens were allowed to compete. But civic rivalry led to trickery and professionalism and the Games became degraded after some centuries. When Rome conquered Greece the Roman emperors turned the Olympic Games from patriotic, religious and athletic festivals into carnivals and circuses. They drag- ged on malodorously until they were finally halted by decree of Emperor Theodosius of Rome in A.D. 394." a * * Welj, here we are in the en- lightened year 1952 with the latest edition of these Olympics coming up; and already here in Canada we have a foretaste of what is to come --already Toronto is claiming it has been gypped by Montreal and Van- couver -already half of our ama- teur athletic authorities are calling names and making snoots at the other half and vice versa. What with Joe Stalin's boys back in com- petition over there at Helsinki, SS ORD PUZZLE ACROSS 2. Garden plot 4. Gentle touch 7. Spurt AA. Danish money 18. Mountain in Crete 19. Large spoon 16. Llneoile 17. Ancient 28. 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Ocean 16 4455 455'•515555: 233 29 21 31 34• 3s 38 40 44 51 54 59 :240 • Y::2.;4.::� 53 41 8 44 fr+'S. +•1: t•''.:e Answer ]Elsewhere on This Page o�'.staz ta„>'%'>^s.a >sr°``'y:°...::.:,..:....: ;td ki Parisian "Ski-rewbctllism"-S'no snow in Paris these warm sum- mer days, so French Olympic ski champion Henri Oreiller, who is also a singer and composer in a Parisian cabaret, gayly "sla- loms" down the Champs Elysees on a pair of wheeled skis. The apparently unconcerned gendarme gives the impression that such stunts are as common in France as over here. what is liable to 'happen there is likely to nialee the Finns think they are having an encore of the atone affair at Hiroshima. On paper these Olympic Games are a very, i fine affair. But in practice -well, they seem to work out a bit different. .And while we are no booster for dictatorship, every time the Ol3m- pies come up we can't 'help wishing for somebody like Emperor Theo- dosius of Rome, who ".. . finally halted them by decree." * * * Now, to turn to a subject a bit more pleasant, here's some news for you lovers of the trotters and sidewheelers. * * * A record entry of 600 horsestfor 15 stake events had been filed With Thorncliffe officials when the lists were closed on April 15. In view of the anticipated heavy shipment of horses for over -night events,: ar- rangements hav> been made, once again, to quarter the racers in the .running -horse barns, in addition.' to the 350 stalls which have bean: exclusively the property of the "trot ting fraternity. * * This Was The First "Delicious" Apple One might consider it a miracle that, frons one seed, an apple could grow that in time produced one of the world's outstanding apple varieties. This is exactly what hap- pened with what we now call the Delicious apple. In about 1870, Mr. Jesse Hiatt discovered his orchard north of Peru in Madison County, Iowa, a young seedling, which was growing outside of a row of apples. Know- ing that most seedlings were worth- less, he cut this young sprout off and thought no more about it until it sent up another vigorous stem and then he decided that if it want- ed to grow so badly, he would let it grow. In due time, this seedling produced fruit. He thought so much of it that he first named it the Hawkeye, honoring his adopted state of Iowa. He tried for years to get local nurserymen interested in propagating and introducing this variety without success. In 1893, the Stars Brothers 1.ur- "ry, at Louisiana, Missouri, were ding their annual fruit show, in - Mg anyone interested to send in especially new seedling varieties. ,Mr. Hiatt sent in a few specimens and. they came to th' attention of -Mr. Clarence Sta k, who immedi- ately fell in love with the apple. However, in some t ay, the name and address of the sender had be- come lost, so no contact that year was made with Mr. Hiatt. Mr. Hiatt being a persistent man, sent ano't'et sample the next year to the same show, and this time Mr. Stark immediately got in touch with Mr. Hiatt and, through a. contract. secured propagation rip; 1- for this apple. There are two stories told as to how the apple was finally named. One was that a friend of Mr. Stark, while testing this new seedling pple, exclaimed: "Delicious." The ther story is that Mr. Stark kept notebook in which he jotted down avorlt navies and among them was the nathe tha was finally decid- d upon to give this new variety, hieb in time became the most opular apple satiety in the world. t is claimed that there are more elicious apples than any other ne variety. -From "The Original ,. elicious Apple 'Tree," by Robert . Hendrick, in "Pioneer American ardening," compiled by Eivenia Slosson. "Ti* Canadian Cup Rant rtl:ael . harness -racing event in Cana'da " has been scheduled for Saturday,. August 9, The event customarily' has been raced on a Friday b>gt it was shifted to Saturday thks summer in order to facilitate the presence of many farming Karnes, racing enthusiasts who find it dif- ficult to get away from their farm's: on weekdays. * * * In the past two seasons, three horses -Dr. Stanton, Linda's Boy and Malcolm Hanover -leave divid- ed the spoils in The Canadian Cup Pace. In 1950 Dr. Stanton won the first heat and then was beaten by Linda's Boy in the second dash. In 1952, Malcolm Hanover beat Dr. Stanton in a photo -finish in the first heat but tIle Doctor came back to " win the second dash with Malcolm in close attendance. * * The situation is likely to be clari-: fled tin August 9, for all three horses have been entered in this year's renewal and one of them may lay claim to the clear title of Canadian Pacing Champion, Dr, Stanton recently equalled the track record in scoring a smashing vic- tory at Yonkers Raceway. Beer Fumes Cure Whooping Cough Children suffering froth whoop- ing cough in the Swedish village of Halmstad quickly recover, thanks to a novel cure devised by a local doctor. We hear that, after examining a young victim, he invariably orders him td be put out to- play in the yeasting hall of the local brewery. Here he has found that the car- bonic acid fumes given off during the yeasting process banish whoop- ing cough even in very bad cases. Unusual cures for Whooping cough have been tried for centu- ries. In oar own time the flying cure has had sortie success. Two Yorkshire children of seven and four were taken 14,000 ft. up in a 'plane and were said to be better after the trip. North Country people used t0 believe that if whooping cough victims inhaled ammonia fumes at gasworks they would be cured, but there's no reliable evidence that any were. A Sussex man. clammed that he cured himself of "the poop- ing cough" in 1822 by riding hat- less over the Downs in a raid-. Storni, Another quaint "remedy" years ago was to place a live frog on a child's chest. The idea was that the cough would be drawls into the frog! rI a 0 a f e w p D 0 L G J. 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