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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1953-10-29, Page 7+r, Il 4.4 144414.044444 iNECa.lVLd SPORTS COLUMN Eeeilt0t 9010404 +w When, recently, the famous former heavyweight boxer, Sam Langford, who was born in Weymouth, N.S., became the first Canadian -born ringster to be cited in the greatest of all sports Halle of Fame, the Helms Foundation of Los Angeles, It unleashed a flood of reminiscences about this mighty slugger. One concerns a match which ended with Langford Scoring. a knockout in the seventh round, a story told us by the veteran Joe Woodman, who discovered Langford in Boston as a young fellow who was earning his living washing windows. We'll have to build a little background for this, primar- ily that Langford is credited with possessing the most lethal left hook in heavyweight Wing history, possibly excelling, in sheer power, that of Jack Dempsey, Also, there existed in Langford's day a considerable amount of racial prejudice, which fortunately has disappeared. Few white fighters, or Negro fighters either, wanted much to do with Langford and his lethal punch, unless there was a "gentleman's agreement," which Sam always kept, religiously, lest he should fight him- self out of opponents. He was a man of amazing courage and stamina, this Langford, as well as fistic skill Not over five feet seven inches tall, and despite short arms, he could, when he cut loose, flatten foes with one sweep of that abbreviated left, even though he had to stand on tip -toe to land it. Langford was, probably is, one of the best -natured boxers of all time, who chuckled his way serenely along in and out of the ring. But once he was angered, and that is the episode of which we spoke. As Joe told it, Sam was fighting a heavyweight named Thompson. It was supposed, by agreement, to go to 10 good fast rounds, with neither fighter injured much. Thompson had, other ideas. In the sixth round, he let go a right cross with everything he had, hit Sam on the chin, dazed him, and almost knocked him out. When they came up for the seventh round, Langford thrust out his gloved right hand, and said "Shake hands." Replied Thompson, surprised: "This ain't the last round, Sam," "It is for you," answered Sam grimly, And so it was. Langford was boxing in St. Loulsy;one night, and his opponent's handlers thought to make hiin''Ii:ervous by delaying the entry of their boxer into the ring. Sam sat on his ring chair for nearly half an hour, before his opponent arrived. When the usual preliminaries had been settled and the timer was about to ring the bell, Sam stepped to the side of the. ring, held up his gloved fist. The surprised crowd fell silent. Announced Langford: "You'll pardon nie, gentlemen, if I make this fight short. I have to catch a train." Then, with one punch, he laid his opponent low. Your comments and suggestions for this column nil/ be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St,, Toronto. Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHSUM RG, ONTARIO ...Plain Horse Sense BOBy Judging by the editorials and after-dinner speeches reported in the daily press, the offensive against "orderly marketing" of tngricultural products is gather- ing momentum. "Hands off free enterprise" is the battle cry, raised by the Prime -Minister himself at the un- veiling of Sir Wilfrid Laurier's statue in Montreal, and immedi- ately picked up by the Globe and Mail in Toronto. The Globe, however, does not like the "talk, from time to time, among his ministers of keeping up state interference with the conditions of marketing the great surpluses of agricultural commo- dities in store in Canada." In the opinion of the Globe and Mail "the right solutions involve governments withdrawing as soon as they can from subsidies, guaranteed prices and most inter- ferences with the functions of free markets. The way is then opened for the development of the whole continent in its trade and productive possibilities." A CHALLENGE Farmers have no objection, -provided, however, that the pro- tecting hands of government be taken not only off agriculture but also off industry, and that the grip of the hands of trusts, cartels and combines on "free en- terprise" be loosened. Farmers have said so again and. again. It was repeated by H. H. Hannam, president of the Can- adian Federation of Agriculture, at the Annual Convention last January 2th in Victoria," B.C„ when he said: "Once again the farmers of Canada challenge other industries to wipe off all tariff protection including all re- striction on , the immigration of industrial workers, and agricul- ture will be happy to do like- wise. Time and again Canadian farmers have thrown out this challenge — yet no one takes it up?, FARMERS TOO Once in a while we even hear farmers object to government intereference with marketing, who overlook the necessity of having monopoly interference eliminated at the same time. In a letter, also published in the Globe and Mail, E, D. Brooke calls for "the right to choose the course to follow based on indi- vidual judgment in the light of conditions which are not subject- ed to tampering by governmental or other controls," Mr. Brooke, a hog producer in Orillia, says that "until cost of :production is in line with hog production in other parts of the world, Canadian farmers . cannot eompete in a world market." He does not say how the farmer it expected to reduce his produc- tion costs which to a large extent (Upend on the materials he has ELLIS to buy like commercial feed, fertilizer, implements, rubber goods, spare parts, gasoline etc. All of..ehese things the farmeh,., has to pay for at exorbitantly high prices set by industry, all too often fixed by combines, BOON? TO WHOM? Mr. Brooke also wants to put Live Stock Sales Limited, which is the central marketing agency of Ontario hog producers, out of business. Mr. Brooke's ideas are bacon on the scrambled views which the Globe and Mail serves us for breakfast with these words: "It would be a great boon to Can- adian, agriculture and the future welfare of the country if men of like views could lead a farm movement back to sanity." It would certainly be a boon for the meat packing industry. This column welcomes sug- gestions, wise or foolish, and all criticism, whether constructive or destructive and will try to answer any question. 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It is a prodigious • er"aln — one of the widest and most even plains in the world. If the sea were drained off, you might drive a wagon all the way f r o m Valentina, on the west • coast of Ireland, to Trinity Bay in Newfoundland. And except upon one sharp incline about 22 miles from Valentina, I am not sure that it would even be ne- 'cessary to put the skid on, so gentle are the ascents ano des- cents upon that long route From Valentina the road would lie down hill for about 200 miles to the point at which the bottom is now covered by 1,700 fathoms 'of sea -water. Then would come the central plain, more than a thousand miles wide, the ine- qualities of the surface of which would be hardly perceptible, though the depths of the water upon it now varies from 10,000 to 15,000 feet; and there are places where Mont Blanc might be sunk without showing its peak above water. 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Apply Box 109, 123 Eigh- teenth Street, New Toronto, Ontario. e ISSUE 44 --- 1953 1 d a 4