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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1953-05-14, Page 7EHECalvert SPILUS. H cemett et9aaotec iiltOttier Boston L11ge1rttltun, it truly amateur race that has come to be the most important of its kind in the world, attracting runners from many lands, passed into history, last month. A great number of Canadians have won this gruelling battle over the full marathon distance; Jack Caffrey, twice, Johnny Miles, twice, Gerard Cote, a cigar -smoking French Canadian, our times; Tom Longboat, .Freddie Cameron, Jimmy Duffy, Dave Komo- nen, Edouard 1 abre,—and a tall, slim young fellow named Walter Young, whose home was, and is, in the Montreal suburban city of Verdun. We don't intend to make comparisons as to the courage, physical and mental, the joy of contest, the hope of fame, that activated all these, and all the other runners who flock the world over to compete in this gruelling battle' over the hills and slopes that finally, after agony of heart, lungs and muscles, pitch the runners into the cobbled streets of old Boston town, to finish the grind, and sink exhausted on the camp -beds provided. But we do say that seldom, if ever, did a Boston marathon winner possess a less inspiring background nor a more com- pelling urge to win, than Walter Young, when, in the autumn of 1936, he started training for the Boston marathon of 193'7. For Walter Young was then on relief, in the late clays of the Great Depression. He was a recipient of that form of national charity which contributed to each man, each family, enough to allow bare existence, to pay humble rental, to buy scantily of the cheapest of foods. In brief, to keep together body and soul. It was a shameful way of life, and no one felt more bitter about his lot than jobless Walter Young, married, with a wife, an infant son, and a mother to support. He had engaged in athletics, and he thought that, if he could enter, perhaps make a good showing, in such a race as the Boston marathon,, it alight lead to better times for himself, his wife, his little family. He discussed this with a great professional runner, Pete Guvazzi. Guvazzi loved to run. He found a willing pupil in Young. Through the autumn, the winter, the early spring, these two ran, in preparation for the marathon. They ran 150 miles per week. They ran 1,700 miles in all before they decided Young was physically ready for the Boston- test. Then they scraped up the money to ride a bus to Boston, with just enough left to feed and house then there. Inspired by the possibility that victory could get him off the misery of relief rolls, Walter Young ran like a man possessed. He led .190 other runners from the world over, won by himself. And his great race was not in vain. Sporting Verdun gave hien a job as a policeman. At least, he was off relief. Ile was working, at a man's job, earning a living. And he's a policeman still, though, promoted from the lower ranks of the force. Your comments and lcomed Fry Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, '437 Yonge St„ Toronto. tie. Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERST?U5G, ONTARIO Modern Etiquette Q. Should a person always rise when perforrning an .introduc- tion? A. In most cases, yes. How- ever, there are certain circum- stances where this Would .prove awkward. If • an introduction is performed at a banquet table, for instance, then rising is not deem- ed necessary. Q. Is it necessary to acknow- ledge a wedding invitation which aloes not include an invitation to the reception? No. Q. When children are eating at the same table ,with adults, should they be served first, last, or in regular rotation? A. Serve the children in the same rotation as the adults. Q. When a wife is writing a note of •thanks, is'she supposed to sign her husband's name as well as her own? A. No; she should sign her own name only. But in the note she may say, "Charles and I both ap- preciate your hospitality," or whatever the thanks are for. Q. Doesn't the bride and her mother make up the invitation list for a large wedding? A. Yes, together with the bride- groom and his mother, who have as much right to include their friends and relatives as the bride's family. Q. When ser v i n. g a buffet supper, where should the silver and napkins be placed? A. It is more convenient to place them where they are to be picked up last. Q. vilhen serving wine at a dinner party, should the glasses filled in the kitchen and then brought in to the table? A. No. The wine should be poured into the glasses, at the right of each, person, and with- out moving the glasses. Q. When you are not sure whether a man and a girl have been introduced, is It all right to say, "Mr. Gibson, have you 'net Miss Lee"? A. Yes; this gives the honor to the girl, and is better than asking Miss Lee if she has met Mr. Gib- son. - Q. What is the preferred kind. of mourning stationery now used? A. Plain white stationery. The black -bordered paper is notused as much now as formerly. Q. If a girl's parents are tenable to stand the expense of a big wedding, and her fiance's parents, who are very well-to-do, have indicated. they would welcome the opportunity to defray the ex- penses of such a wedding, would this be all right? A. No. A girl's wedding trust be in keeping with her own family's resources. After her wedding, her husband's parents may give as big and elaborate a welcoming party as they wish. Processing Prisoners—Sgt. Donald L. Rombough fingerprints cap- tured Communists inside the prisoner -of -war camp on Cheju island, Korea. Sergeant Rombough is a member of the 164 -man Military Police team which re-photographed and re -fingerprinted 132,000 Red prisoners. Professional Standards. In Mil- waukee, the Journal carried a classified ad: "Sitter For Boys. Grandpa in 50s will sit evenings with your boys age 4 and up. If boy is well behaved, 'lio charge.' If permitted to attempt to regu- late Misbehavior into Behavior, still 'no Marge.' If I am not per- mitted to attempt to teach your boy t 1.1 e 'manners of a little Southern gentleman' I do not wish to Sit or associate with your 'young un' or You." A i rCal1tr;LL'1C Some boxers have been popu- lar with the public, no matter whether they were winning 'or losing. Others, , even when they were on top of the heap, were personally hated. It's all a mat- ter of personality, or something, we suppose; either you've got what it takes, or you haven't, and there isn't much you can do about it. • One of the most widely hated of all champions %vasundoe b1 edly Max Schmeling, the browed Nazi who happened to lick Joe Louis and then went swelling his chest ail over the map as a representative of Aryan superiority over the lowlier races" and all such stuff. (What Joe Louis did to Maxie when he got him in the ring a second time was really something but that has little to do with the pres- ent story.) Running Rinds Around Outlaws --Kids get the thrill of wild west days at Palisades Park, where the merry-go-round is fitted with figures of outlaws in the centre of the ring. Pint-sized cowboys fire electric -eye pistols at the bad men and o bell rings when hits are scored. 5 ,* When Schmeling came back to America to fight Louis in the return bout his manager was a tittle, cigar -chewing Yiddisher named Joe Jacobs—better known as "Yussel the Muscle", and a real character if ever there was one. Schmeling had brought along with him, from Germany, a Nazi named Arno Hellmiss, who was scheduled to broadcast the de- tails of Maxie's "triumph" to the home -folks via short wave radio from the ringside. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING-_ eti.14141'te t.4u'1'bai OLS, GREASES, TIRES PAINTS and varnishce, eleotel° motors, electrical appliances, aobbyshop Ma' ehilrery. Dealers wanted. Write: Warco Grease and 011 Limited, Toronto. REPRESENTATIVE our excllusiveliOtt plan to wares,. Exto - cellent opportunity to increase income in spare time, For further particulars write Fatima Distributing' r:on,pnny, 92 Bern Avenue, Toronto. AUCTION' SALE "ARE you short of help? Thinking of Waiting a Beef Herd? We invite you to inspect fifty head of Angus Breeding Stock, 'The World's Greatest Reef Breed", uySTtytiIitSfordaSpring wen-hrd. We r catalogue to Don Black, Arthur, Secretary, Central Ontario Angus Club." self completely ignored.— except. by Joe Jacobs. it was the little Jewish manager who tenderly helped Hellmiss to the ship he was to sail on, undressed him with kind hands, put him to bed, and soothed the suffering broadcast- er. The sick man continued to ni.oan that he was dying. When his wails became too loud to stand, Jacobs called a doctor to •examine the man. The examination was brief. When it was over the doctor in- formed Jacobs that Hellmiss had been given a Mickey .Finn and that nothing else was the matter with him, (A Mickey Finn, good reader, is a comparatively harm- less little pill that is added to a drink in order to knock out the drinker. it is usually given to someone who is getting difficult to handle.) . * Even acharacter like Arno Hellmiss could see clearly enough that he owed some gratitude to a man who helped him as much as Joe Jacobs was doing. When he could talk he said; "Joe, please forgive me. Ilve been rotten to you and you're the only one who helped ire. Honest, Joe, I'm sorry for everything." "Forget it, pal," answered the acconxodating Jacobs. "We're all even now. Glad to do anything I can for a sick friend." F * 5 When the all -ashore signal was given, Joe Jacobs left the ship, but not till Hellmiss had bid him a. tearful fond farewell, vowing again and again that he felt like a heel for the way in which he had acted, The way Bill Stern tells' it, this Hellmiss was about as con- ceited and boorish an individual as ever stepped Broadway — which is saying plenty, at that. Ile expected everybody he carie in contact with to grovel at his feet. All the American reporters who ran into him around Schmeling's training camp took a violent dis- like to hint, several having to be restrained from taking a poke at his Nazi schnozzola. ,r 5 5 On his own account, Hellmiss took a violent dislike to Schm.el- ing's Jewish manager, Yussel Jacobs. On no occasion that offer- ed did the German overlook the opportunity of belittling the little guy. Jacobs, however, returned kindness and consideration for the insults that were heaped on his head. The local reporters could not understand Jacobs' at- titude. `' * "Why dont you take a poke at that Nazi bum?" they asked him. "You don't have to take that from hint. Go on, we'll back you up!" "No, fellers," little Yussel ja1 cobs would answer with a grin, "I woulr.`in't harm a hair on his head!' Came the night of the fight, as everyone remembers, and Joe Louis handed Schmeling one of the most humiliating defeats in boxing history—a knockout in less time than had ever before been recorded in such a match. Hellini.s, who was at the ring- side for his broadcast, was so in- furiated by this blow to the "superman" from • Germany that he rushed away from th.o scone intent on drowning his sorrows before dashing off to take his boat home, •r • In some way Hellmiss fouled himself with Yussel Jacobs as his drinking partner at a bar not far from the docks. The German took one drink and proceeded to get violently ill. Despised and •shunned as he was by most people around him, Hellmiss found him - BABY 01210111.5 OUR new prices will interest yeti, on pullets, dayold and started, or June broilers. Add these to what you have, you'll need. them mamter on. Bray Hatchery. 120 DON'T delay, the season IS getting on. You can't go wrong if you buy chicks and turkey ponies this year. Egg and poultry meat will be high in price, feed lower. This is the year to Dash 1n. We can give prompt delivery on high quality Can- adian Approved chicks and turkey pottits. Our low prices will please you. Catalogue. 'EOP NOTCH OHMIC SALES Guelph DON'T mime a sure thing (eggs and Poultry meat can't help but be a good price this Fall and winter) Don't delay order immediately. 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