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Calvert SPORTS COLUMN
a This is the last of two articles on the,
life and hocicey works of one of the
great figures of the game, Captain James
T. Sutherland, founder of the Tiockey
Hall of Fame.
Whether the ancient city of Kingston
was the scene of the first organized hockey
ever played in. Canada, this writer is not prepared to say.
But there is little doubt but that one of the first organized
hockey leagues of all time was that which, in 1888, engaged
flour teams, in the ancient Limestone City, including Queen's
University and Royal Military College a league that played
its games on an outdoor rink surrounded by a low fence, with
the spectators seated atop the great banks of snow piled around
the playing surface. It was after this that Queen's University
erected one of the earlier indoor rinks in Canada.
The City of Kingston then organized a team called the
Frontenacs in honor of Count Frontenac, whose name the city
originally bore. Jim Sutherland was selected to act as manager
of the team and the records show that the Frontenacs wrote
some of hockey's brightest pages down the years. Their great-
est glory came when the juniors won the O.H.A. championship
in 1911 and established scoring records that have never been
even remotely approached.
Yes, indeed, those Frontenacs were a mighty force 41 years
ago. With Jim. Sutherland at the helm, they filled enemy nets
with rubber and racked up as many as 32 goals in one same.
Their combination. attacks have never been surpassed. . if
equalled, and the greatest of them all was gallant Allan
'Scotty" Davidson, who later deserted professional hockey to
enlist in the Canadian armed forces of World War I, and gave
up his life in Flanders Field.
Jim Sutherland also marched away to war .iii 1916, the
year that he became president of the Canadian Amateur
Hockey Association. He was then in his 46th year; but the will
to serve was inherited from his Scottish ancestors -and nothing
could have deterred him from following that path of duty.
And he did serve so well that he was recommended for the
Order of the British Empire.
Hockey did not seem to be the same in Kingston with Jim
Sutherland 'stick -handling' against the Germans on the Western
Front, but it staged a remarkable recovery after he returned.
Kingston then celebrated in a championship setting when the
Frontenacs captured the O.H.A. intermediate title in 1919,
with none other than the mighty Bill Cook, who became a
star in the Western League and later with the New York
Rangers, the outstanding star of the series.
Mr. Sutherland; having planted the seed, now eagerly
awaits that day when the International Hockey Ball of Fame
will rise in all majesty in Kingston. When this has been ac-
complished it should be written high upon the walls that "unto
this man who saw and believed, must go the accolade for
tenacity in following a star on which no sun will ever go
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Who was the best plan—pound
tor pound—who ever climbed
between the ropes of a boxing
ming? There's a question which
its argued over whenever fight
Ants start a kibitzing session and
the result is always that each of
the arguers quits convinced that
Ile is right and all the rest wrong.
However, on one thing nearly
at11 who remember him will
aegree upon—pound for pound
or ounce for ounce there were
'eery few who topped or even
equalled the Mighty Atom from
Wales, one Jimmy Wilde.
Only four fights lost out of
early 900. What a record! Offi-
cially he was a fly -weight, that
le, 112 pounds and under. But
Wilde was usually well below
the limit, rarely scaling more
than 104 lbs.
There wasn't a fly -weight to
:*Such him, and he cheerfully
bawled over bantams and an oc-•
e1plsion.al feather -weight. No one
Aeemed too big for him to take
There is a saying that the best
11'SYing It For Size —'.Checking
width of the specially designed
hair he'll drive in Indianapolis
on Memorial Day is Troy Rutt-
mon. Guttman, 22, hopes to win
Rhe 500 -mile classic race.
fighters are hungry fighters. Jim-
my Wilde was certainly that.
When he was only 13 he had
to go down the pits in his native
Wales to earn a few shillings
to help family finances.
He married young, and then
tried his hand in a travelling
boxing booth. Puny, sickly -look-
ing, with matchstick arms and
legs, he must have looked easy
meat to many a tough Welsh
miner or dock worker. But it is
on record that once he knocked
out 25 opponents in one day,
from heavy -weights down—and
earned 15s. for doing so!
It was a better living than
mining could offer. And he made
a reputation for himself. Yet
boxin.g promoters were reluctant
to employ him. He looked too
scrawn.y for the professional
ring.
Like many another roan who
has achieved the highest success,
Jimmy Wilde, the battler from
Tylorstown, owed much to his
wife. In their poorest days . Lis -
beth acted as his sparring part-
ner, and accompanied him on
door-to-door sales trips up their
native Welsh valleys to earn the
bare essentials of life—food and
lodging.
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When at last he did appear at
the National Sporting Club, the
patrons gave him so little chance
of winning that many trooped
off to the bar for a quick drink.
The rest sat apprehensively in
their seats, wondering just how
longthe skinny Welshman would
last.
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They needn't have worried. In
the first minute he flashed out,
one of his crushing right-hand-
ers. The "Mighty Atom" as he
became known, had arrived.
His rise was fast. His work in
the pits had given him muscles
of iron. His boxing booth ex-
perience had taught hint to fear
no one. But greatest asset of all,
he had a boxer's greatest gift,
that of perfect tinting and speed.
No one facing Wilde dared leave
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"Lucy" received a second "Em-
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his chin open for a second. Once
WaS enough.
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He became fly -weight champ-
ion of Britain and of the world.
Yet, for all his greatness, he Will
probably be best remembered
for two of his defeats. They
showed him as the game, cour-
ageous man that he was.
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When. Palicho Villa took his
fiy-weight title away from him
in 1923, Wilde hadn't been inside
a ring for 21/2 years. Yet before
the bout began he said to his'
chief second: "No matter what
happens, you mustn't throw in
the towel. If I'm going to lose,the
title 1 want to go till I can't
stand up any more."
The greatest Wilde memory,
however, is his famous fight
against Pete Herman, on: Janu-
ary 13th., 1921.
Wilde had made a successful
tour of America the previous
year. He was undisputed king of
the world's fiy-weights. Thus it
was that a body of Wilde enthus-
iasts decided to give hint the
chance to win the world bantam
title from the American holder,
Pete Herman. A negotiator went
to the U.S.A., and the deal was
made.
ciistingixished visitor was the
Prince sof Wales, now the Duke
of Vi1iralior... To ease the atmos-
phere he made a short speech'.
from the ring.
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The "Mighty Atom" himself
lead said little. Then news was
brought, that the Prince would
like to tee him right, Suddenly
Wilde made up his mind. "1 don't
care What Herman weighs," he
announced. "I'll fight him be-
cause 1 won't let the Prince
down." .. N
To to man of his experience,
Wilde must have known full well
that ,for him to enter the ring
could only mean defeat. He
weighed 95 lbs. What Herman.
scaled will never be known, but
it couldn't have been much less
than 125. To give away nearly
28 lb. to a boxer of Herman's
calibre just couldn't be done.
And Wilde himself had passed
the absolute peak of his career,
The result of the fight is his-
tory. It went to 17 rounds, with
Herman letting the gallant
Welshman slowly exhaust him-
self trying to batter his way to
victory.
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Then, in round 17, Herman
smashed in a right that sent
Wilde down. Wilde rose, obvious-
ly beaten, but game to the last.
Twice more - he was knocked.
over. Finally, to save a massacre,
the referee gently picked up the
little 'un and carried him back
to his corner.
But the promoters, in their en-
thusiasm, allowed the two con-
testants to sign different con-
tracts. There was no clause in
Herman"s contract, for instance,
that debarred him from putting
his title at stake before meeting
Wilde.
Consequently, before he sailed
for Europe, Herman fought Joe
Lynch and lost his world title
on points. (Wilde had beaten
Lynch in America, and Herman
won his title back afterwards
without any difficulty.)
The world title was thus never
at stake as far as Wilde was
concerned.
The second error was that
Herman's contract allowed him
to weigh-in at 2 p.m., whereas
Jimmy Wilde only contracted to
• fight if the weigh-in was con-
ducted at ringside. The reason
was obvious. Wilde wanted to
• get his opponent in the ring at
the lowest weight --and at the
lowest strength.
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Nevertheless, according to his
contract, Herman duly weighed -
in at 2 p.m. He made the 118
pounds limit— then went off and
had a hearty meal to make up
the weight he had taken off to
scale inside the bantam limit.
Trouble started early at the
National Sporting Club that
night. The crowd were in a tough
mood because the supporting
bout between the heavyweights,
Battling Levinsky and Bombar-
dier Billy Wells, had been can-
celled on account of an injury
to Levinsky.
Then the word went round
that there was some disagree-
ment over the Wilde -Herman
bout. " '0
"Disagreement" was putting. it
mildly. Herman's ecamp refused
to let their man weigh-in again.
Wilde's manager retorted angri-
ly: "If he doesn't, we walls out."
It looked like a stalemate. Yet
both parties were right; the pro-
moters were at fault for not hav-
ing identical contracts for the
two men.
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In the arena the crowd was
getting restless as the arguments
Went on behind the scenes. A
;Afterwards he said: "I had to
pick you up, Jimmy, because
yotis ,don't know how to lie
down."
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packages of invisible hairpins.
As she paid for them, she ask-
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these hairpins are invisible?"
"Lady, I'll tell you how invisible
they are," the clerk assured her.
"rve sold four dollars' worth of
those pins this morning, and
we've been out of them for three
weeks."
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