Zurich Herald, 1953-03-19, Page 7t -3i
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bAEabutt SPORTS GOlUMN
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+eu This is :t great week for the Irish, in-
deed and it is now.
The sons of the Ould Sod may have lost
their leadership in boxing, in long -jump-
ing and some other sports in, which they
once excelled, but there's one sport no
one can take away from the Trish.
']'hat's handball. They invented it. Not a major sport, to be
sure, but a great conditioning game of speed and skill, used
by fighters, wrestlers, firemen, policemen to reach top physical
shape, by business men, editors, lawyers, to keep that waist-
line clown to normal proportions. ,
The hardy Irish played hand -ball in the tenth century.
They called it "fives", because the five fingers of each hand
were used to send the ball crashing into the board walls.
Mehan'1 Biggs of Tipperary was the hand -ball wizard, the Bob
Feller, the Joe Black of his day. He could make a hand -ball
spin and curve like a baseball pitcher controls a ball. England
borrowed hand -ball from Ireland two centuries ago. "Fives"
is still a big game at Eton, has been for years. From handball,
so it is believed, came tennis, racquets and other such sports,
They owe it all to the Irish. And this is a fine week, so it is,
to emphasize that point:
It goes without saying that hand -ball came to America
with emigration from Ireland. In 1882, one Phil Casey migrated
to Brooklyn and was distressed to learn there were no hand-
ball courts in the States. Casey and fellow emigrants batted
the hard ball brought from the ould country against the brick
wall of New York buildings, but the rough surface nullified
the shin, hence the finer art declined.
asey was enterprising enough to build a slick wooden
court with side walls and he charged a fee. Alumni of the
Casey academy soon penetrated to Midwestern and Pacific
Coast communities, especially Detroit and San Francisco.
The Irish of that day had an ambition to join the "farce",
iLe., the force, and wear a uniform. Accordingly there was
hardly a police station or a fire house in the strip of Northern
States from the Atlantic to the Pacific that didn't serve as a
back wall for hand -ball playing. And in public and private
gymnasiums, 'the game came into great vogue, because it was
much more convenient to play hand -ball., than, for instance,
golf, which look time to travel to the links. So today, thanks
to the Irish of 2000 years ago, and thanks later to the Caseys,
the Egans, the Cavanaughs and the McQuades, hand -ball, the
game of the Irish, still flourishes, sharpens the reflexes between
hands and feet, sharpens the eye, develops durability, stamina
and good physical condition.
Four -wall hand -ball was the original game and still is
played. But in Brooklyn alone, there are said to be some 1,200
one -wall courts against which descendants of the Irish im-
migrants of a century back, and descendants of all other nation-
alities who help create the melting -pot of this continent, play
Ireland's game.
Your comments and suggestions for?his column will be welcomed
ey Selmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
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If ever a man deserved to be
Ito world boxing champion, it is
Archie Moore. His victory this
winter over Joey Maxim, at St.
lisouis, Missouri, will surely go
down in fistic history as the fitting
culmination to the 36-year-oId
coloured man's incredible deter-
mination and patience. And that
statement stands even if he loses
Rile title next time he puts it on
'!ban line.
Archie Moore has been a pro-
fessional boxer for something like
nbsteen years. Fox nearly half
le eat time he has been the leading
contender for the world light -
:heavyweight title. Yet, until he
met Maxim in December, he had
Never had a crack at the title.
Why not? To quote Charley
Johnston, the boxer's manager:
''"Moore is too good."
He calls him Big Poison, poison
to other boxers because he usu-
telly beats them, such strong poi -
eon that no reigning champion
'erould meet him—even though he
ranked Number Two in his class.
Poison because he had knocked
suet 58 of nearly 130 opponents.
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Way back in 1939 Moore began
to hit the headlines* Then came
the war and the light -heavy-
weight title went into cold stor-
ege. Hostilities 0 v e r, Moore
Iound himself, on paper and in
The eyes of boxing experts and
ipublic, the leading contender for
Gus Lesnevich's crown.
at 4 ,k
But every time a title fight oc-
curred, Moore was never in one
of the corners, as everyone ag-
reed he should have been. Auth-
ority, like T elson, turned a blind
eye.
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Moore, however, was never de-
terred. He rust smiled, donned
his gloves and fought somebody
else. From St. Louis, to Balti-
more, from Cleveland to Holly-
wood, he boxed on.
R o 9
At one time he was promised
the next crack at the then reign-
ing champion, Gus Lesnevich.
But almost at the last minute
plans were changed. Lesnevich
went to Europe to meet Freddie
Mills.
Moore laughed at the Fates
again, packed his bags and re-
sumed his trans -American wan-
derings.
e o to
Even some of the decisions in
his fights seemed to markhim as
one of boxing's "Forgotten Men."
Once in Cleveland he was 1oulece.
His opponent hit him while he
was on one knee after being
knocked down. But the offender
wasn't disqualified
' b e
Instead Moore was given ten
minutes in which to recover and
resume fighting. It was one of the
most ridiculous decisions ever
given. He had been fouled so
badly that he couldn't continue,
and the official verdict was that
he lost by a knock-outt
So the years ticked by, and as
Moore added more candles to his
birthday cakes he must have
quietly wondered it there was any
Signs Of Spring
justice in the world. Of one thing
he was very certain, however. If
ever he got the chance he'd snake
darn sure of that title. Lesne-
vieh, Mills, Maxim. whoever was
the champ, would know all about
it when they met Archie Moore
Maxim was the man he met
and hammered, and with the rais-
ing of the new title-holder's arm,
years of Injustice were vindica-
ted
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Nevertheless, it was an injus-
tice that can never be excused,
even though it can probably be
explained by one thing—promo-
ters always like' the gate -pulling
contest best. They want Crowd
Appeal.
8 * e
As just one example, earlier
last year "Sugar" Ray Robinson
was considered to be a better
financial draw against : Maxim
than Moore Robinson was fight-
ing out of his weight and lost
very decisively. But it was a
bout that attracted the dough.
That's what mattered.
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BEEF ON MOVE: The lifting of the United States embargo on Canadian meat exports to that country has
Kleppe(' up aetiviL.iee m stockyards and meat packing plants throughout the country, These cows and steers being
)unloaded at the CNlts stockyard in Montreal, left, will end up on the hook", right, and shipped as dressed beef.
During 1051, Canada exported 272,850 head of cattle and other livestock to the United States and 107,735,416
pounds of dressed meat. A large volume of meat traffic tvas also carried by the CNIi, from Chicago to New
England through the Niagara "gateway" in southern Ontario. The U.S. embargo was imposed e year ago heeaur.e
of a serious outbreak of hoof and mouth disease in western Canada, It was lifted Marsh 2.
ii' Boa! Staring down a 12 -foot
boa constrictor is the job of
Warren Prince. He is seen above
in the Reptilarium of the Nation-
al Sportsmen's Show. The boa's
body is draped around Prince's
shoulders.
What's The Reason
For "No -Hat" Habit?
A national survey by Britain's
hatters has revealed that today
fifty-six men out of one hundred
wear hats. This still leaves a lot
of bare heads, but it is claimed
that the thirty-year trend toward
male hatlessness has at least been
halted.
• Hatters in America, Germany,
Italy, Holland, Scandinavia and
France are in on this, for all have
been striving to put hats back on
men's heads. The no -hat habit has
spread t h r o u g h the Western
world—what's the reason?
Blame the times, says psycho-
logists. Hatlessness, they argue,
goes with insecurity and instabil-
ity, 'while hat -wearing reflects a
Man's self-esteem and confidence
in' the future.
• A 'hat fashion sometimes seen
in .London's West -end is the Ed-
wardian -type bowler. Plainly --
according to psychologists — this
is evidence of longing for a return
to the "good old days" of solid
prosperity and value for money.
Here's another intriguing psy-
chologist's -eye view. When men
wear low hats, and especially
when they wear no hats, it's a
sign that women are gaining
ground en the sex equality front.
This is an opinion endorsed by
the costume historian, Mr. James
Laver, of the Victoria and Albert
Museum.
"Male domination was at its
peak when men wore the highest
hats," he says. "Look at the ter-
rific toppers worn in the mid -
nineteenth century. Then consider
what happened when an early
wave of female emancipation oc-
curred in the 1880s—men tools to
wearing' boaters t" •
Yet modern surveys conducted
in Britain and the United States
show that in both countries eighty
women out of every hundred
prefer their menfolk to wear hats.
Perhaps a psychologist will
work that one out. Does it mean
that most women really want
their men to wear both a bat and
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A man in Lewistown, Ili., who
was notified that he had inherit-
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