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It happened this way:
There was some discussion among amateur leaders to the
general effect that when the next Olympic Gaines are held in
Melbourne, Australia, in. 3956, they should be cut down to fit
the size of the sponsoring country's ability to take care of the
world's greatest athletic celebration.
The high cost of everything—food,transportation, equip-
ment—in view of the ever-increasing number of athletes and
officials involved, and the ever-expanding sports programs,
was the cause of this debate. For Finland sustained a heavy
loss, last summer in its Olympic venture.
So the daring Mr. Brundage, practically taking his athletic,
" if not his human life in his hands, tossed a bomb into the debate
by suggesting that the women's events be dropped from the
Olympic program. He suggested separate Olympic Games for
the women athletes, which, of course, could mean that women's
participation in the Olympics was ended. For what nation
would care to take the financial gamble of staging an Olympic
meet for women only?
The girl athletes will scream in fury if any such effort is
made, for the competitions, engaging girls only, in a corn-
paratively few years, has become a very definite and colorful
part of the big Games. Of course, Mr. Brundage in self-defense
—of which we believe he will need a great deal—couid retort
by pointing to history. For, more than 2000 years ago the wo-
men's Olympics were separate from the nien's game, which
women were not even permitted to view!
But taxies have changed since then. Women have become,
steadily, a more important factor in the sports world, and to
sprinting, diving, swimming, figure -skating, and other Olympic
events, they have made a very definite contribution not only
of feminine pulchritude, but of real athletic qualities. Mr.
Brundage will find himself the centre of a great upheaval if
he seriously undertakes to enforce this man-made idea.
Our own notion is that Olympic transportation and other
expenses could be sharply cut by every nation, including our
own, if the teams included only those athletes who have proven
they can equal the best Olympic standards, and have a real
chance of scoring points. Then, too, regional or zone competi-
tions might reduce the size of each nation's Olympic team.
There were no fewer than 69 countries represented at Helsinki.
.Literally scores of athletes, male tend female, verging on
mediocrity by Olympic standards, get on board for the ride,
every Olympic year. It's this excess baggage which runs up the
costs, not the presence alone of the girl athletes, bless their
little hearts.
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by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 43Y Yonge St., Toronto.
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It may be a trifle early in this year of
grace to start picking any entasts" or
"bests" along the sports trail. So we'll
settle, right now, for a somewhat shaded
"most", to Avery Brundage, the • high
potentate of amateur sport in America, as
the "most daring" gentleman of this year
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A writer in a large Canadian
weekly recently made the state-
ment that, for danger and ex-
,
oeltement, the Grand National
Steeplechase in England lays
. away over any other sports event
sea earth. And maybe, he's right,
'et that. But we wouldn't mind
.• =Aix' ig him a small wager that
..
he sport of bob-sledcting, as
. , practised over in those clear Alps,
, rams English, steeplechasing a
e . dose second, or might even nose
ta out.
Now we do not wish to pose
as an authority on either of these
pastimes. The nearest we ever
came to participating in the
Grand National was tearing up
;sundry sweep tickets on same.
And our experience of bob -sled-
ding was pretty much confined
go the back hill slope in Elora
erhich ended out on the frozen
*surface of the Grand River. The
latter was exciting enough, good-
ness knows, especially the time
when we put too much trust in
the thickness of the ice and end-
ed up in about three feet of very
frigid water. Three feet may not
sound like very much water, but
. it's sufficient to wet and chill a
small boy all over—and through.
Stilli, we guess that this Cresta
Run in Switzerland may be a
teeny bit steeper and—possibly
a mite more dangerous. Here's
the way it looks to a writer in
".Answers."
At the top of a steep slope of
polished ice, a man wearing a
crash helmet, gauntlets and el-
bow protectors lies face down-
wards on a steel skeleton. He is
given a signal, and plunges sud-
denly downwards with a speed
that may reach 80 m.p.h.
if he is lucky, he lifts himself
from his toboggan just one min-
ute later, more than three-quar-
ters of a mile away, 500 feet
lower down. Into those 60 sec-
onds" on the Cresta Run have
been packed more thrills and
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Oriental Patience in cin Occidental Pastime—At the recent Sports -
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tracted much favorable comment with his skill in the delicate
eirt of fly -tying, Phial} Iv. non t,e De
Log Riding Dog—Peppy, idleilted balancing dog starring at a
sports show, perches high*„'a chair -back for his master, Bill
Fontana, of Fort Frances, Oritit:io, The man balances the floating
log white his dog stands on thi dertir which straddles the bobbing
hair -breath escapes than
men have in a lifetime,
The Cresta Run is the faSeeet
and most testing toboggan coulee
in the world. Early ever year,
when continuous frost provide
the necessary polished surface, it
lures men from many countries
to St. Moritz.
o
thousands of pounds. The snow
Experts ride the breath-takieg is banked and water poured on
course themselves, and thou- the surface of the Run, where it
sands more come just to watch, freezes. The process is repeated
The hazards of the course make until there is a thick coating of
the sport as exciting, for spec- polished ice. An elaborate sig-
tators as for riders. The sport nailing and timing aparatus,
elee-
reaches its climax on ,Februaey trically controlled, prevents two
12th, when the riders compete riders being on the Run at the
for the Curzon Cup, blue riband same time, and measures the
of tobogganing. tine taken to a hundredth of a
secon d.
For this reason it is a sport
where the middle-aged often
beat the young. Daring and cour-
age alone are not enough. Lord
Brabazon made some of his best
runs after the war when he had
passed his sixtieth birthday,
*
The Run has to be built afresh
each winter at a cost of several
* *
On the path of ice between
banks of frozen snow are ten Every rider dreams of hitting
corners, banked so that they can his best form at a time when the
can be taken at speed. The track is fastest.
slightest misjudgment and the A hard -to -beat tecord of 56.9
rider goes shooting over t e veconds was set up in 1935 by
bank. But the curves are oi y William Fiske from the U.S.A.
part of the story. The course hs
varying gradients cunningly -
signed to test the rider's skilL/
X4 * *
With his face only a few inches
from the ice, he travels at speqts
varying from thirty to eighty
miles an hour. To steer he shi#s
his weight on the steel ekeleeee.-
He has no brakes except his
boots, fitted with rakes which he
digs into the ice. In this, the
fastest sport in the world with-
out engines, everything depends
on the skill of the rider—and
his courage.
* 4 *
The course starts with a steep
dive. When the rider reaches
maximum speed, he is at Church
Leap; and the. toboggan momen-
tarily leaves the ice. He "lands"
and continues. Every hazard of
the course has its name. Battle-
dore and Shuttlecock, perhaps
most famous, is an S-bend where
the rapid change in direction
sends many riders over the bank.
Those who suffer this misfortune
qualify for membership of the
Shuttlecock Club.
One hazard is hardly mastered
before the next is presented, un-
til at the Cresta Leap the rider
is airborne, a second or two be-
fore crossing the finishing line at
the bottom.
*
Inspite of the dangers, serious
injuries are few. In a long .ca-
reer that started in 1907 and in-
cluded three wins of the Curzon
Cup, Lord Brabazon had only
one serious accident when he
fractured ribs and his jaw.
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But bruises and abrasions
there are in plenty, in spite of
rubber "cushioning" to absorb ..
the worst bumps, and heavy pro-
tective clothing. Spills are usual-
ly more spectacular than dangers
()us, but no one is allowed on
the full Cresta Run until he has
qualified on portions of it.
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The Run is opened in sections
so that even experienced riders
can work up gradually to . the
hazards of the whole course ta-
ken at full speed. For many
years women have been forbid-
den on the Run.
in addition to complete phy-
sical fitness, a rider needs an
acute sense of balance and Abil-
ity to make split-second deci-
sions. Only experience teaches
the fastest possible speed at dif-
ferent points of the Run under
different con di floes.
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Fiske's name is commemorated
not only at St. Moritz, but also
at St. Paul's Cathedral, for five
years later he became the first
U.S. airman to diee in the war.
Aeroplane pilots and racing mo-
torists often do well at this most
nnrnechanical sport. The quali-
ties of split-second thinking and
judgment required are the Same
in racing on the ice, on the roads,
and in the air.
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