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[ Calvert SPORTS COLUMN
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0 It was a dark, muggy sort of morning,
the way Boston gets when fog rolls in from.
the sea on March days and nights. But it
didn't seem possible it could be time to
get up, and still be this dark, when the
knock sounded on my hotel -room door.
Drowsily arising, and brtislling sleep opt
of my eyes, I opened up. There stood I1owie Morenz, fully dressed.
I said: "Howie, don't you think it's a little early to be getting
up? it's still dark. Where are you going:"
"I'm not getting up" said Howie. "I haven't been to bed yet.
I've been out walking around the streets, thinking about that play
I missed. i lost the game for the team, and there's no use going
to bed, because 1 won't sleep,"
And Howie dropped into a chair, buried bis face in his Ilauils.
His shoulders shook, because he was crying like a little boy.
The night before, Cana.diens had battled a grim overtime play-
off game with the Bruins. Both clubs had powerful teams, there
was little to choose between them in playing strength, and nothing
to choose, either, in the ba'ance of that particular game. There had
been a face-off, and Cooney Weiland, a great little centre -ice payer
who at one time held the scoring championship of the National
League, faced Morenz. The puck shot into the air as the sticks
clashed. Weiland jumped swiftly, batted it down with his hand,
pounced on it like lightning and blasted off the shot that won
the game, all done more quickly than you can write, or even read,
the words describing the play.
Morena was heart -broken. He felt that lie alone etas respon-
sible for the defeat of the team, because that's, the kind of player,
that's the kind of man he happened to be. I n all the history of
hockey, there never was a more sincere competitor. Nights of an
important game, indeed, on the night of any game, Morenz would
be at the rink at least an hour before game time, restlessly pacing
around the long promenade, as high-strung as a thoroughbred
that is being readied for a race.
Howie Morenz diedas he would have wanted it, in the harness
of the game he loved. At least, he sustained in hockey the in-
jury which led to his death. Hurtling in on an opposing goal, he
tripped, fell, caromed skates -first into boards, shattered a leg. A
great competitor, even when his blazing speed was losing glittering
fire. He lived for speed, lived by speed, and for speed, he died.
The hockey world still recalls Morenz, but few know he came
into big league hockey against his will, over his own tears, in fact.
But 'that's another story, and some day it will be written, right in
this Calvert column.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
Wert DISTILLER LIMITED
AMHERSTSURG, ONTARIO
Twenty-five years ago anybody
predicting that a human being
would some day run a mile in
4 minutes or less would have
ibeen told to go and have his head
examined. But today that "un-
attainable" 4 -minute pinnacle is
getting slightly wobbly. In fact
before 1953 has run its course,
>;iomebody will have done the
*rick, and that somebody—in all
probability—will be an Austral -
Jan University student named
John Landy.
s 5 5
Landy has already come with-
in seven -tenths of a second of
equalling the present world rec-
ord of 4 minutes, one and four-
Jtifths second, set by the Speedy
Swede, Gunder Haag back in
1945. And already this year the
Aussie has been showing such
a lot of luck that it looks as
tlhough "it won't be long now."
And what follows is a play-by-
play description of his latest ap-
pearance, in which he took all
the worst of it in the way of
weather, track conditions and
:back of competition.
o a a
Although Landy would have
:preferred it cooler than the day's
temperature of 71.2, a blustering
wind did not help matters. But
thief deterrent was the condition
of the crushed scoria stone -sur-
faced track. A soaking on the
)previous day would have con-
solidated the loose particles, and
a rolling would have completed
the job. The student -runner said
in Europe it takes several Igen
two or three days to prepare the
tracks for record attempts. Aus-
tralian athletes have to tackle
their tasks the hard way!
,: O 8.
Physically' the runner himself
was not 100 per cent. Other spe-
cific points worthy of note were
the several incidents in the race
itself in which the 22 -year-old
champion had very little assist-
ance from pace -makers, except
in the early stages. ' Les Perry,
Australian three-mile champion,
was in the field and carried Lan-
dy along from the quarter to the
half, but thereafter the only "as-
sistance" the runner received
was from the urging of the ex-
cited onlookers.
o
With the inside running, Lan-
dy surprisingly took up the run-
ning in the first lap, and his fast
long -striding pace told the rest
of the runners he meant' busi-
ness. He .led at the quarter in
the slick time of 58.4, which was
.8s. better than the first lap of
his record run, then Perry shot
.past Landy to "pace" the recond
lap. Approaching the turn into
the , home -stretch, Landy went
ahead again and covered the
half -mile in 1.59.4. (in the record
run his time was 2m. ls. at the
half).
Strike-Bound—Automobiles arearked across the out -of -use
p..
trolley tracks in Philadelphia where a transportation system
strike paralyzed city 'transit. More than 2,500,000 people in the
city tend suburbs had to solve the travel problem for themselves,
Fabulous Tcy Tree of Caracas—Tom Seidman, above, never saw
a tree that bloomed with toys back home but he isn't dreaming.
The only person who is dreaming is the toy vendor. He's for
saken his toy stand on a street in Caracas, Venezuela, to enjoy
South America's cherished siesta period. Since almost everyone
else is snoozing, there's not much danger of the "blossoms" being
plucked b$ passersby.
Landy had to run the last. halt
on his own and quickly ran to a
lead of 100 yards. At the end of.
the third lap his time for three-
quarters of a mile was 3.1—
probably the fastest ever to that
stage in a mile race—and the
excited crowd cheered every
stride as .Landy entered the final
lap. Along the back, with the
breeze behind him, his long
strides appeared the same, and
he passed the 1500 -meter mark
in 3.44.4-8s. faster than Joself
Barthel's (Luxembourg) Olym
pie record—but the tiring run-'
ger had to face the wind in the
home stretch, so it took him
18.4s. to run 119 yards 2 feet—,.
from the 1500 -meter mark (1640
yds. 1ft.) to the tape.
a r•, 5
In his record run on Dec. 13,
Landy finished much fresher'
and ran the final lap in 59.1'.
against the more recent last lapi
of 61.8. Some overseas cables:
have been received in Australia.
gi:estioning the tines created
by John Landy, but the "Doubtil
ing Thomases" will have their;
answer by this repeat performs
ance. '' a.
Bettering the Olympiy•record,,,.
for the 1500 meters during his
run, John Landy achieved great
distinction, and no doubt could
have bettered this time had that
been the specific distance record
he was after. In the Olympic
race, moreover, two runners
fought a titantic battle to the
line, as R. McMillan (USA), sec-
ond, was credited withthe same
time as the winner, J. Barthel.
Had Landy the runners to pace it
with him, one wonders just what
time he would have made.
5 5 K,
Maybe it will be different
when the next attempt is made:
the track will be watered and
rolled, loose patches ironed out,
the atmospheric conditions ideal
for the test, the race competitors
capable of extending Landy, and
the champion physically and
psychologically ready to de him-
self justice.
Beer. Baptized
3,000 Tires
Did your great-great-grarid-
father have eight wives? Do you
know that the chances are he's
now a recognized Mormon? With-
out your permission — and cer-
tainly without great -great -grand
pa's—he's probably been baptiz-
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Maybe you've forgotten who
your great - great - grandfather.
was, yet the Mormons have him
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of his name, birthplace and date
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This strange situation has arisen
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Day by day in the old-fashion-
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