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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1953-05-21, Page 3E C .LVtrt SPORTS COLUMi eeieirleed and. others. But one name, and an important one, in its association with Jeffries, was overlooked entirely. And since the forgot- ten man is a Canadian, and the only Canadian who ever held the world heavyweight fistic title, I'd like to devote a Calvert column to Tonim.y Burns, the forgotten man. Tommy Burns was born in 1881 in the little town of Hanover, Ontario, of German Canadian parents. His real name was' Noah Brosso. And his association with the great Jeffries developed this way: Jeffries retired in 1904, but agreed to referee, and donate his title to the winner of a match between Marvin Hart and Jack, Root. Hart won, was named champion, but less than a year later, again with Jeffries refereeing, Burns. defeated Hart and became champion. Jeffries refereed when Burns defeated Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. Though he weighed only 175 pounds, Burns feared no one. There carne from Australia to America in 1907 a giant of a man, Bill Squires, fearsome in looks, :backed by an impos- ing record. American heavyweights steered clear of Squires. But not Burns. Be signed to risk his title against the scowling, strong -jawed giant. Squires was made a 3-1 favourite, and fans of the day felt sorry for Burns, but they turned out in great numbers at Colina, Cal., and brought along cushions to make themselves comfortable as they watched what was billet] as a 45 -round match. It didn't last that long. When the bell rang, Burns moved swiftly out of his corner, swung a right to the jaw of the Australian. That was the end. Squires was out. Burns was a busy fighter. In the two years he held the title, he fought 12 times as champion, in America, England, Ireland and Australia. 11 times he won, but in the 12th, he was knocked out by Jack Johnson, who thus became champion. Johnson, who had dodged a meeting with another Canadian heavyweight, Sam Langford, in order •to get a chance at the title, weighed 20 pounds more than Burns. He beat Tommy badly, and broke his ribs, but the Canadian gamester kept valiantly at it until, in the fourteenth round, the police stepped in and stopped the fight. It was then that Burns realty gained recognition -- as "former champion.". He had earliest his title long. before. Future generations will remember Burns for one thing, if for no other. Until Joe Louis came along he held the record for de- fending his title more times than any other heavyweight champion. Your comments and suggestions for fhis column vein he welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 427 YOnge St., Toronto. CaLvert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO When the former heavyweight fistic champion, Jive Jeffries, died recently, there was unleashed a flood of reminis- cences. Half-forgotten names from a glam- orous era of the ring Caine bobbing to the surface, names like Gentleman Jim Cor- bett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Joe Choynski, Housing Problems Strangely Solved "I don't care a hoot for the rest of the world—as long as rise got a roof over my head!" That's been the universal cry for some years now; and with the. ]resent housing shortage it's likely to be heard for many years to come. Indeed, in order to live up to it some folk will go to fantastic lengths. A. miner in Tonopah mining camp, Nevada, made his hone tout of bottles. When he arrived alt the camp he found there was a scarcity of trees, so he set about collecting the bottles that were lying about, and by stick- ing them together with mud made a very good home! A hermit in Essex went one better than that. He made a house out of dried dung, niud and sticks, and lined it cosily with grass. How he stood the aroma and the ever-present dan- ger of it collapsing, nobody knows. It was apparently worth living in, though, for on his death £12,000 was found stored away in the house. The result of not pay rent, perhaps? In 1936, a .landlord on the United States side of Lake Erie was feeling the strain of hav- ing no cash coming in from his tenants. So he invested in forty giant wine -making casks and turned each of them into a house. He Tutted all mod. cons.—electri- city, hot and cold water—into them and made them quite de- sirable. Soon the houses became the most popular in the neigh- bourhood and as a result the landlord prospered. . You often see in the country old railway carriages converted into homes. A family in France decided they would not stoop so low as a railway carriage. They acquired an old British tank, took the guns off and knocked the front down, fitted three com- partments inside—and settled down. The result: a warm home — with no worries about burg- lars. Fantastic what we will do for that roof overhead isn't it? In London recently, . four tramps commandeered a disused shel- ter and turned it into a lodging. They papered the walls with poster advertisements and ar- ranged old barrels, lined with straw and covered with carpet material, at tasteful intervals around the lounge. To top all these stories conies the fantastic tale of a Belgian family—who were found living in a vault in a disused cemetery! SCOTS WHA PAY Street traders have been sell- ing one -shilling pieces in Glas- gow at ls. 3d. each. The Scots pay because gas and electric shilling -in -the -slot meters have caused a shortage. For the Birds—Surrounded by traditional cherubs and other bar.. ague 18th Century ornaments, this modernistic bird, by Georges Braque, adds a new look to the Louvre in Paris. The work hate been fitted into a ceiling of the Henri I1 wing of the musez.int. Interference—Knocking the,7(ball from Jim Hegan's hand, Chicago 1. White Sox player Ferris Bain arrives home safely to score the winning run against Cleveland at Chicago. • 1s. A lot of the early -season base- ball kibitzing has been In regard to clouting—who' hitthe longest homer, who took the lustiest. kid � swing at a ball. and all like that. The hardest -hitting batter' we ever personally heard of waS' the famous "Hosie -run" Haggerty who once swung so hard that the ball broke • into three pieces; so the story goes; but as Haggerty was probably before your time, we won't go into that. f - tk In this connection We were rather interested to learn that the jolly old cricketers also treasure memories of long -ball hitters; and that there is one Aiark that;, they have been aiming at for a couple of hundred years or : more, but which—up to latest reports—has always eluded. them. This is Taggs Island, just on the outskirts of the East Molesey. grounds in London. They have been playing cricket at East Molesey for some 255 years; and it w'Ets ,therS ,,'ae' cording to the records, that "one Thomas Taylor was `shabby enough' to -put a leg before the wicket while batting"—a pro- ceeding which so riled the lads of that bygone day that the "leg before wicket" rule was adopted. What Mr. Taylor's reaction was to this we haven't heard, but he probably said "somebody is al- ways taking the joy out of life" or some such. Set in the River Thames and visible over the towpath hedge forming the boundary of the at- tractive ground is .Taggs Island. The Island lies about 140 yards in direct line from the cricket pitch. Down through the years bats- men's eyes have been cast in the direction of Taggs Island. Hun- dreds who revelled in the proud title of being among the game's mightiest hitters have accepted• the challenge of Taggs Island as they stood at the crease on .the East Molesey ground. By forceful straight -driving, by vicious, lusty hooking and pulling to leg, they have tried to send a ball soaring over that towpath hedge to land triumphantly on the island. Always they have fail- ed. Some have been very near to victory -no more than the odd yard or so short. But the river has received the ball, and not the island. ,k ;, ,r Nobody watches the attempts to conquer Taggs Island • with greater interest than the 'twelfth man" on the East Molesey team, He is Pat, a lively Irish terrier. And no human follows the flight of any ball going river - wards with keener eye or better judgment; nor does any human retrieve the hall more promptly than Pat,• ,k #: Pat follows every stroke of the game • with unceasing vigilance. The moment he sees the ball heading for the river, he scamp- ers through the wicket -gate in the towpath hedge., #scarcely has the ball touched the water before he has jumped in and soon is heading back, wet but happy, to drop the ball proudly at the feet of his master, among the specta- tors—Mr. Vic Stevens, vice-presi- dent of the club. Pat has already "scored" nearly 500 "returns," and to mark • his services to the. club (no mean financial feat, to say the least, with cricket balls at the price they are!) he wears a silver medal on his collet* which • was presented to him, with all due honour and formality, for "Meri- torious Service," when he was an important guest at the club's last annual dinner. According to the records the East Molesey club once had on its roster a gentleman who was really outstanding in more fields than one. An old print, owned by the club, portrays a certain Wil- liam Boldam, born in 1786, and "one of the finest cricketers Eng- land ever had . . . The Surrey batsman and change bowler who played in all the great matches for 35 years. Married twice, he had 39 children." k is 0 Some cricketer! Some papa too ! I i Butch's Beached — After five years at sea, "Butch" O'Brien _who rates his own private life preserver—is being transferred to shore duty. 'Butch," seen here aboard the aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard, is the number one shipmate of Lt. E. A. O'- Brien. The six-year-old mongrel retires with the Japanese Occu- pation, China Service, Korean campaign and United Nations campaign medals. Why Are Marriages Breaking Down? It aright save a great deal of trouble in future if those about to make the plunge into matri- mony studied the analysis made by Mr. A.' J. Chislett, Clerk of the Wallington (Surrey) Divi- sion Justices, to the British Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce, of the causes of failure, Of a hundred marriages ex- amined, , 'another woman" was responsible for forty-two fail- ures. Incompatibility broke up thirty-six unions, so that 78 per cent, of the unsuccessful mar- riages were due to only two causes. Five failures were due to money troubles, three to sex diffi- culties, three to drunkenness, two to gambling, and 'surpris- ingly, only one to a nagging wife. Which shows how forebearing males are! In eight cases the cause could not be found, for they were due to a mutlti,piicity of reasons. When Mr. •Chislett analysed the duration of a hundred mar- riages, he found that twenty- nine couples had remained to- gether less than five yearei twen- ty-two between five and ten; thirty between ten and twenty; and fifteen between twenty and thirty'. 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