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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-10-16, Page 7THE o i u � SPORTS COLUMN et" eme''9e4rxtetes O This agent is not going to extend his neck by stating any one Canadian athlete was the best, or most durable. But if any one can inform us of an athlete who com- bined greatness of performance and dura- bility to a great degree than skater Norval Baptie, we'd like to hear about him. Howie Morenz and 1 were seated in Madison Square Garden, the morning of the day it opened. Canadiens were playing there that night. Out on the ice surface, a slim figure \vas pirouetting dizzily, or whirling around the circuit at blinding pace. 1-Iowie Morenz was proud of Lis own blazing speed, and he was a great competitor. So• 1 asked hint: "Would you like to race hila once around?" I-Iowie shook his head, grinned, said: "No, he's too fast for rue." The skater out on the ice was the amazing Norval Baptie, one of the truly great skaters, ranking with the late Charlie Gorman, Canada has ever sent to the speed jousts on ice, It was a November morning in 1925 that we watched Baptie spinning around, getting ready for his fancy skating show between periods that night with Gladys Lamb, now his wife. Twenty- seven years before he had set a professional mile record of 2 minutes 8 seconds. He's still skating, coaching others in the art of figure -skating at the North Carolina State College Coliseum in Raleigh, N.C., even though he has lost all the toes of his right foot. Canada has probably never produced an athlete of such dur- ability. Baptie was born at Bethany, Ont., March 18, 1879, of Scotch parents. The family moved to Bathgate, Minn., when he was young. He started skating at 10, won titles at 15. He won Approximately 5,000 races the quarter-century he was in competi- tion from 220 yards to 5 miles. In 1898 he beat the famous John S. Johnson, the next year he out -skated Johnny Nilsson, until then regarded as the best skater of his day. He won the world speed title at Montreal on Feb. 4, 1905 from Nilsson, Harley Davidson and Sinnirud. He holds ten world professional speed records, his straight- away mile in 2.08 on Lake Minnetonka being perhaps the most amazing. He ruled the speed skating world, unbeatable, for 16 years. When he ran out of opponents, he skated on stilts, skated backwards, did fancy skating, actually introduced what are today }known as "ice shows" in 1914. And skating still at 73. Can you beat that for durability? Your comments and suggestions for This column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto. Ca1Vet DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHIRSTBURG, ONTARIO I,/ tQ SLXBITC•l i.0 The 1952 World• Series has some and gone. What with one thing and another, it was quite a series, at that. The spectacle of old Jawn Mize, with one foot $ss. the grave and the other on a banana peel—to revive a nifty popular about the time Jawn was graduating from kindergar- ten—stepping in and showing these young gaffers how to slug was most entertaining, especially to those of us who boast a few (l) silver threads among the bald spots. * * * One thing which struck us thither forcibly was that the per- fect sponsor for these broad- casts would be a maker of throat lotion, and we do not mean the sort of lotion bottled in bond, or that pours with a frothy head on, it. They way some of those microphone masters kept the air full df gabble from start to finish without allowing even a split second of empty air, was certain - by a grand testimonial to what- ever they gargle their tonsils with. * * * But why—as we have written before—do these experts broad- casting such an important event act on the belief that if there should be even two consecutive seconds of silence, their audience is going to walk out on them? We always picture this type of broadcaster as a sort of split per- sonality—one of him describing the game, and the other standing by gloatingly admiring his own glib verbosity. In the words of the old song -- "I love its gentle murmur, I love its rapid flow, I love to wind my mouth up, and I love to watch it go." * * * However, we suppose that those who get in for free haven't any licence to criticize the show, and, as we said before, it was quite a series, especially that eleventh inning of the Sunday game. # * 4. Still, there never was and— chances are—never will be such a World Series game as another in which the Brooklyn Dodgers also took part. That was the fifth game in their 1920 series against Cleveland Indians, and the score stood two games to two. Then came the historic and never -to - be -forgotten fifth setto. k * * The first daffy touch, accord- ing to New York Times' Arthur Daley, came when Uncle Wil- bert Robinson, the Dodger man- ager, was making up his line-up to hand to the Umpire -in -chief. Injuries had left Uncle Robbie a little short of third basemen, and his roving eyes lit on Jack Sheehan, a kid just up from the minors. "Hey, kid,' said Uncle Robbie, who couldn't remember his name. "Didja ever play third base?" "Yes, sir," said the startled Sheehan. `V For Deaf Tuners --Hearing aid giving deaf persons easy access television programs is demonstrated by a pretty London model. Exhibited at a British radio show, the video-assister has tons control with two; knobs on a specially constructed switch box. The outfit, still only in the demonstration stage, con be plugged into any radio or TV sets Lapin Lunch Time—Baby bunny family found in a back yard gets fed with an eyedropper. Pumping warm milk into an eager young rabbit is Betty Ann Johnson, eight. Waiting with another hungry bunny is six-year-old Shirley Harvatin. Holding the diner is Betty's brother Carl. The children hope to raise the plump rabbits to full- size house pets. We fear their parents may not agree. "Okay," said Uncle Robbie, un- concernedly marking his name down on the line-up card. "You're starting.+r * * * Burleigh Grimes was the Dod- ger pitcher, a man with a barb- ed wire beard and temper and a blazing fast ball. The first two Clevelanders singled to light up the fires under Grimes' low boil- ing point. The scowling Grimes walked over to Sheehan at third base. # # * "Listen, kid," he said. "Tris Speaker is the next batter and he's gonna bunt. But I'm gonna make him bunt where I want him to. Don't you leave your base. I'll field the ball myself, throw to you and force the run- ner coming into third." • # * It worked perfectly—theoreti- cally, anyway. Grimes made Speaker bunt exactly where planned. Grimes pounced on it and wheeled to throw to Shee- han. But his feet shot out from under him on the wet grass. He sat down violently, the ball still:.' in his hand. The bases were full,.- * * * Grimes was so blind with rage when Elmer Smith stepped to the plate that he made no effort to use his spitball or anything fancy. He reared back and let go the hardest fast ball he ever threw in his life. And that's how Elmer Smith happened to hit the first home run with the bases full in world series history. * * * A couple of innings later Jim Bagby, the Cleveland pitcher, became the first pitcher in world series history to hit a home run. But even that isn't all. There was one other epic achievement. * t * Badly beaten but still trying, the Brooks got Pete Kilduff on second and Otto Miller on first with none out when Clarence Mitchell, the successor to Grimes, came to bat. Mitchell was a good hitter and he hit a screamer. It looked good for an instant as though it might go to right centre for a triple. It was to be a triple, all right, but the wrong kind. Billy Wambsganss, the Cleve- land second baseman, leaped high and speared the ball for one out. Kilduff and Miller, the base -runners, were moving at the crack of the bat. It was easy for Wamby to step on second base to retire Kilduff for the second out. He looked up and there was Miller still lumbering toward him. So Wamby tagged him for the third out. * * * It was the first and only. un- assisted triple play in world ser- ies history!, Just to complete the fantasy, in his next time at bat, Mitchell hit into a double play, thereby becoming the only man in world series history to pro- duce five outs in two times at bat. Y YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE SODA 0 If you sutrer from acid indigestion, gee, hasartburn, scientists nay baking soda can add to your upset, destroy vitamin, cause alkalosis, acid rebound. "After meals I had indigestion end gen pains, and T practically lived on baking soda,' says Peter George,"Lethbridge, Alta, "Then I started tatting Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and the pains went away and 1 could eat and enjoy my meats again. I gained 80 pounds and felt much better." Thousands who suffered such distress, duo to no orgenia causes, tried Dr. Pieree'e Golden Medical Discovery with amazing results. 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E:aT ANYT =G ITN FALSE TEST If you have trouble with plates that slip, rock and cause sore gums —try Brtmnas Plnstl-Liner. One application makes plates ell snugly without powder er poste, because Brlmms Plash -Liner hardens per- maneutly to your plate. It relines and rents loose plates 1n a way no powder or paste ens do. Even on old rubber plates you get gond results six months to a year or longer. YOU CAN EAT ANYTHING) Simply lay soft strip of Plaetl-Liner on troublesome upper or lower. Bite and i0 molds perfectly. Rosy to use, tasteless, odorless, harmless to you and your plates. Removable as directed. Plate cleaner included. Money back If not completely settr0ed. if not available at your '0'+ drug store, send $1.50 for rellner for '1 plate. WILDROOT LTD., FORT ERIE, ONT. Dept. TW `{ t"f`t tg Ij1` `' • .. F iJ��411�4 ISSUE 42 --- 1952