HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-12-04, Page 31. CallenSPORTS C. L IIN
lw This is the second of three columns
briefly outlining the amazing growth of
the Nations/ Hockey League, now 35
years old.
The Nationa' Hockey League, born in
1917, and now celebrating its thirty-fifth
birthday, became international for the first
time in the season of 1924-25 when it was only seven years old.
It was in that year that Boston Bruins entered the League, under
the ownership of the late Charles F. Adams and Boston was des-
tined to become one of tele greatest hockey centres in the world.
The sante year, 1924-25, Montreal Marouns purchased a Fran•
chise in the National League, giving Montreal two professional
teams for the first time since the season of 191'6-17, and creating,
one of the most bitter, and also most ro'orftll rivalries in Canadian
sports history.
In 1925-26, two more 'United States teams appeared in the
League, Pittsburg Pirates and New York Americans. Pittsburg's
team was made up on a basis of the amateur Hornets, title-holders
of the United States the previous season, while Americans brought
the Hamilton franchise and team intact.
In 1926-27, major League hockey had lured in three inure 1. nitid
States teams, representing two cities new to major hockey. The
powerful Rangers came into existence in New York; Detroit in -
interests, purchasing the Victoria team of the defunct Pacific Coast
League, became a franchise -holder, Chicago entered a strung team
in the major group by purchasing the Portland team of the Pacific
Coast League. ft was in 1926 that the Pacific Coast League ex-
pired, as a major organization, throwing on the market a flood of
playing stars destined to write history in the N.H.1-. notably Eddie
Shore, the Cook brothers, Dutton, Gardiner and Boucher. This
helped to make possible the new eastern teams, and brought into
eastern hockey a great array of new names, new faces, new figures
destined for stardom, and with tremendous customer -appeal.
The Pittsburg franchise was operated in Philadelphia for one
season, 1930-31, this bringing to a total of six, and the six greatest
cities in the United States, where major league hockey had been
played within the period from 1924, indicating the wild -fire fashion
in which the grip of the thrilling Canadian sport had taken hold.
St. Louis, entering the League in 1934, took over the Ottawa
players, but remained for only one season. Montreal Maroons
retired, then New York (or Brooklyn) Americans, leaving the
present six -team set-up.
Next: flockey's revolution.
Your comments anti suggestions for this column will he welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/a Convert House, 431 Yonge Cf., Toronto. '
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AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO
Jersey Joe Walcott is stilt
(lancing ' about doing a come-
back which, when you consider
the amount of leather absorbed
at the hands of Rocky Mercian
lest.' September, would seem to
jgut Jersey Joe well up toward
the top in the glutton -for -pun-
ishment league. Still, if you had
bad as many hungry mouths to
Seed as Mr. Walcott, and had
eelleeted so little dough for your
sing labors, maybe you—too—
would be loath to quit the only
trade you ever learned.
*
Most every fight fan, of course,
knows more or less about Jersey
,]tae. But just how many of you
xemember—or have even heard
et—the original Joe Walcott. We
serer had the privilege of per -
aerially seeing him in action, as
be belongs to an era a bit too
tar back for even us. But he
!must have been really some-
thhig—that tiny black tornado
from the Barbadoes who once—
back in February, 1900 --literally,
s'ut a giant heavyweight, who
Outweighed him by many
nrlunds, down to his knees. It
seas one of the most savage
battles ever fought—with gloves,
that it—as you can tell from this
description written by the ring -
;ride reporter of the old Police
Gazette. Here it is:
No wonder there were looks
of astonishment upon the faces
of the patrons of the Broadway
Athletic Club as they watched
the progress of the bout between
"Joe" Walcott and "Joe" Choyn-
ski. There was a little black ball
of humanity sc arcely five feet
tall, walloping the life out of a
comparative giant, towering ten
inches above him and weighing
30 or 40 pounds heavier. Before.
this battle began many of l)ae
mere humcur'e inclinea specta-
tors were loudly proclaiming
against the wisdom of the man-
agement in snaking what looked
like an unequal match. "Choyn-
ski will kill him," "Just cut him
to pieces," "Walcott won't last
five rounds," and remarks simi-
lar to this were heard on all
sides. The sentiments of the
spectators were reflected in the
betting, which was 5 to 1 in
Choynski's favor-,
Choynski had recently made
an impressive showing against
McCoy and had come to the
Metropolis with Peter Maher's
scalp dangling from his belt. No
wonder they said it was a one-
sided match, and so it was, but
the one-sidedness of it was in
the other direction. Walcott made
the big Californian look like an
amateur. The latter employed all
the resources known to modern
pugilistic science acquired by
experience and years of patient
study—for Choynski is a stu-
dent. He utilized all his favorite
blows, tried every trick that he
knew, but it availed him noth-
Who's Nuts—Not this squirrel. Ile might be "in the bag," but
he's cold sober, and wasting no time in putting away u goodly
supply of nuts; for the winter.
ing, for while his punches flew
wide, of the mark, there was the
little black demon -like face
which he could see before him
in a tantalizing way when his
eyes were not filled with visions
of flying gloves, which beat a
tattoo upon his face. .Time and
again the giant was beaten down.
Often he side-stepped and pranc-
ed out of a difficult predicament,
while the spectators sat a.nd
silently mediated. Such an awful
reversal of form was inexplic-
able.
When Choynski was beaten
down to his knees three times
in the first round, some of the
would-be know-alls looked ihi a
significant manner at each other
as much as to say the affair had
a fakish look, but it was simply
an utter inability to comprehend
how a midget like Walcott could
fairly overcome such disadvan-
tages and best a' giant opponent.
Choynski took the most un-
merciful punching that ever a
man took for money. What is
more probable is that Walcott's
smallness and compactness were
too much. for Joseph. The negro,
who only comes to the other
man's chin when he stands erect,
• enhanced the difference by
crouching so that Choynski from
his height of nearly six feet had
to hit at a head hardly three feet
from the floor.
When the men stripped in the
ring the discrepancy in size made
the big crowd of spectators laugh.
Walcott didn't look bigger than
a pint of beer „aLvt a u'R^ '. -eon-.
.ALFxxtj,oxi: :oynslr.',,;-"Tu��ilg ha'Tl•ert;
long legged, long armed, looked
ashamed.
As he got into the ring John
L. Sullivan breezily advised him
to "knock the lobster's head off."
When they came together in the
middle of the ring Choynski
towered over his dusky adversary
like a church over a rectory.
* * ,"
Choynski was willing enough
to profit by John L's suggestion,
and attempted to do things, but
before a moment had elapsed af-
ter the bell rang he had all he
could do to keep his head on leis
shoulders.
a a
Walcott bounded at the tail
white man like a cat at a tree.
Choynski swung madly and in-
effectively. Walcott, so small and
so s w'i f t, launched himself
through the too wide meshes of
Choynski's defense and drove his
left square under "Joe's" chin.
Choynski toppled like a falling
woodpile. He took all the time the
law allowed on the floor. Three
times did Walcott knock him
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clown in the first ,pound. Each
time it seemed as if he could not
rise. u e ae
The house we, in an uproar.
The men who had flaunted bills
and begged for a chance to bet
three to one, four to one and five
to one saw their favorite being
hammered all over the ring. He
was on the'floor, well-nigh out,
when the bell rang.
• * ,6 N
Choynski showed up . to better
.advantage in the second essay.
He was more cautious. Walcott
had more trouble reaching him,
and toward the end of the round
the white man succeded in land-
ing a couple of hard lefts, but
Walcott did not fall. Once or
twice it looked as if Walcott
Would go down, but he stood
somehow, and before the round
Was done he had Choynski pretty
tired.
.In the third round both men
were tired, but Walcott rallied
first, and staggered the tall Cali-
fornian with two hard lefts.
Choynski tried to be cautious,
and his reward was a punch in
the neck that hurt. As he was
going to his corner Walcott's
second tripped. over the ropes and
fell In the ring, and the dusky
fighter picked him up, showing
that the pace had not injured
*`him seriously.
The fourth round was charac-
;t'tlrized by hard punches on Wal-
? -it's part and lively dodging
t et' his burly opponent. There was
„,inching in clinches and yells
,!e;f foul, but it was all fair enough
of its sort. Walcott woke up to
'ie fact that "Joe" had a stom-
-'?e anct 'ire tfrOVa lu :'0.14,rit isx5o
- t 'so hard that the Californian
doubled like a jackknife.
*
In the fiifth round Choynski
tried to crowd the darky with
worse luck than he had before
when he tried to avoid hits,
Whenever they came together
the dusky demon hit him when
and where he pleased, while all
"Joe's" punches went over Wal-
cott's head, under his arms and
everywhere the negro was not.
*
Walcott started like a whirl-
wind in the sixth round, but it
soon got down to the same old
story. Choynski's friends gave
a faint cheer when Walcott went
down once, but it was a false
alarm. Walcott had merely trip-
ped. The round ended with
Choynski very near that bourne
from which no prize fighter re.
turns.
The final round used Choyn-
ski up completely. Walcott had
him at his mercy, knocking him
about like a boy heating a car-
pet.
He floored him and walked
away in the most confident man-
ner. As soon as Choynski reach-
ed his feet Walcott sailed into
him again and down he went
once more. He struggled to reach
:his feet and Referee White, real-
izing that it would be brutal to
permit Choynski to go further.
took him by the arm and assisted
him to his feet, waving Walcott
to his corner and announcing hila
as the winner.
k
The spectators were too dum-
founded over what had happen-
ed to even applaud the victor,
and an oppressive silence pre-
valed as Walcott stepped across
the ring to shake the hand of his
vanquished foe.
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