Zurich Herald, 1953-12-24, Page 31 Calvert SPORTS COLUMN
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sr From time to time, in these columns
we have paid modest in
to persons
and events exemplifying what we con-
sidered to be unusually good sportsman-
ship, or courage beyond the line of duty,
as courage goes in the realm of athletics.
Possibly we overlooked many such in-
cidents, tor courage and modesty usually go hand in hand and
you don't get to hear of some of the unusual gestures in the
less publicized divisions of sport.
By way of contrast, we'd like to refer to what we con-
sider the least sporting event of the year. Fortunately, al-
though this involved a sport fundamentally Canadian, it
didn't happen in Canada.
We "refer to the vicious attack by the New York Garden's
denizens of the upper galleries, which, by sheer vitriolic
phrase, literally drove a fine hockey player and pleasant
personality right out of the major league. By turning an
undeserved ribald attack on Allan Stanley the Garden wolves
forced New York Rangers to shift him elsewhere, lest his
nerves break under the strain.
New York hockey and other sports fandom is, in the main
an uninhibited group, gifted with ability to 'sear a disliked
athlete with acid phrases that pour from raucous throats:
They can swing from almost maudlin worship of a player
who happens to catch their fancy, to bitter personal hatred of
one who doesn't happen to appeal.
Last season, and at the beginning of the present series,
the gallery wolves of the Garden turned their batteries of
venom on Stanley, by on means a bad hockey player, who
had come into the League widely heralded as the highest-
paid rookie up to that time. Stanley was a clean, free.•skating
defence player. But, unfortunately, he wasn't the rough,
rugged type of such darlings of the Garden gods as Ching
Johnson, or Ott Heller, or other such players who could
rattle the teeth of an invader. He was skillful, but not ag-
gressive enough to suit the boys in the upper balconies, so
they got on him to the point that, for New York purposes. he
was ruined.
Rabid -anti -Stanley fans hung banners at Ranger home
games berating the defenceman. One had Stanley's name with
a black eight -ball, beside it. Another, referred to him as
"Sonja Stanley", a throwback to the days when New Yorkers
were down on Lynn Patrick and likened his style to that of
the famous figure skater, mostly because Lynn was the
son of the current Ranger coach, Lester Patrick. Lynn, a fine
hockey craftsman, outlived the insults at the howling wolves.
so that suddenly their spite turned to admiration.
There may be episodes of more distorted sports spirit than
this, but we doubt it.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
CaLvetDISTILLERS LIMITED
AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO
PLAIN HO.RSE SENSE..
By BOB ELAS
Among' the ' letters recently
received, was a note from Wal-
ter L: 1Vtiller, Tara, -Ont.:, '7 -en--
joy the' controversy in your col-
umn. I would like to say it is
well named "Plain Horse Sense,"
1 feel this is a democratic col-
umn and we need more of them.
Keep up the good work,"
As the mail is • bringing more
boosts than knocks, we are •be-
ginning to wonder, whether this
column is not becoming com-
placent. It is hard to keep a con-
troversy going, if everybody ag-
rees with everything and nobody
controverts anything.
Perhaps a' few brickbats from
our readers would help to stir
up things and they are herewith
respectfully solicited. Let's search
for a subject on which we can
all disagree.
Political Action
One controversial subject and
a sore point in all farm organi-
zations was touched on by C. H.
Millard in his speech at the Semi -
Annual Meeting of the Ontario
Farmers Union at Arthur when
he discussed political action.
Mr. Millard could not under-
stand why an occupational or-
ganization established for the
development, cultural and mat-
erial, of its members,` would call
itself "non-political."
"Any such group," he said,
"forms a 'body politic'." Most of
its activities are concerned with
"political economy" which means
the production and distribution
of national wealth; most of its
dealings are with governments.
"If that is 'non-political,' what
does 'political' mean asked
Millard.
Once Burnt , . .
Over thirty years ago farmers
decided to go into politics. They
ran, Ale* . own candidates and
to ••their own .great surprise were
el"eeted -to the , governmeiiz£ t
they were not prepared and had
no strong, well -entrenched or-
ganization -behind them, they did
not do as good a job as they
might have done and wentdown
to defeat in the next election.
Ever since, they have. been
told by professional politicians
and certain other interests that
they should keep out of politics
and leave them to 'those who had
the "experience.%
Twice Shy
Farmers have been dished up
and have largely accepted the
theory that their numbers have
shrunk so much that their po-
litical weight is negligible. This
is not so. Due to the distribu-
tion of the constitutencies it
takes many more votes in an ur-
ban riding to elect ,a member to
the House than in a rural one
Reading through Hansard it is
very encouraging to • fend that
more time has been spent in the
Throne Speech debate on the
farm situation than on all other
questions put together, It is true
that nothing much has come out
of it for the farmers, but it
shows that the importance of ag-
riculture is being recognized
Obviously the question arises
whether there would he results,
if farmers were organized and
• had their own representatives
in parliament.
This column welcomes sug-
gestions, wise or foolish, and all
criHeism, whether constructive
or destructive and will try to
answer any question Address
your letters to Bob Ellis, Box 1.
123 18th St., New Toronto. Ont
NO Buhl-Dezer, Ha—Matador Manuel Capetiiio electrifies a Mexico
City crowd with this spectacular pass, made by dropping to his
knees and passing the bull behind him with his cope. The utmost
*kill and courage are needed for this "blind"' maneuver.
Tower Of Siena - Tom Patten -
burgh rises to his full six feet,
nine inches on the Siena College
basketball court. The 20-yeetr-old
giant is a senior r.t the college,
Ply ,A Su>1'1 C►1'Mi 1C'
To the great multitude of en-
thusiasts at Aintree, Moifaa was
the ugliest and most dispropor-
.tioned horse on the field, but
when the race began, the ugli-
ness of Moifaa disappeared. in
its place was a beauty of har-
mony as the horse took one
hurdle after another with the
grace and ease of the'fin.est hunt-
er on the English turf, His jock-
ey was unable to control the
° huge horse, and lVioifaa took the
Ysbit between his teeth to make
a real race of it, He lunged
ahead of the field, allowing only
one horse to lira him off at any
time during .th race. Ten horses
ge11 during the difficult 'chase,
and one was if led by the fall,
but IN/toffee rale`".like the wind,
leaping over every hazard with
sureness and ease. When he
crossed the finish line, ' Moifaa
was ahead of the field, eight
lengths in front of his nearest
challenger,
* >. *
Moifaa, the foreigner, had won
tlae coveted trophy of the Grand
National. Moifaa, the swimmer,
Moifaa, the ugly brute, who just
a few days before the race had
I cheated the Channel of a vie-
tim by miraculously swimming
ashn'e during the storm, had won
the gieatest of all English races,
':"the Grand National;. and the
King of England, so impressed
by the performance, bought him
far his own stables.
How Can I?
.Racehorse fans seldomagree ctrl �� ^. Q. How sltoiild 1 dry a wet fur
Boat,
anything — except that winners!; A. When one has been caught
are hard to pick — but there are in the rain and the fur coat is
few who would deny that the
English Grand National Steele very wet, never try to dry it'•
chase is about the toughest ana-• '"'near the heat. Instead, place the
most grueling race that is ..run
anywhere. And if you will look
down the list of winners of that
race, along about the year 1904
you'll come to the name Of one.
who, even if he wasn't the great-
est timber, -topper that ever lived
was undoubtedly one of fe
toughest and gamest.
at
As a big sailing vessel neared
an English port in the late .Fall',
of 1904 the waters of the Cheri-
nel;were kicking up even rotgh-
er than they usually do. As,. a
murky fog closed in on the ship;
frightened passengers were bud.
deed anxiously in their tiny '=
staterooms. Suddenly carne the
dread warning, "Abandon ship!
Man the lifeboats." Seamen rush-,..
ed frantically to lower the boatg
and escort the fear -stricken
h"'r . a o
to s :',.
n st t
e r .et n
.s.
s.�,. is
ing : them file over the., side' ah
into the tiny craft.
* *
When all the passengers had
been safely conducted to the
lifeboats, a lone seaman, remem-
bering the animals' hold, hur-
ried below decks to lead the.
horse, Moifaa, to the ship's rail.
Moifaa was the great New Zea-
land steeplechaser on his way
from Down Under to the Grand
National Steeplechase at Aintree,
England. Sadly, the seaman push-
ed the struggling animal into the
sea, and sadly he watched as
Moifaa twisted his body into the
irresistible tide. unable to make
headway,
' * 4,
'There was no hope tor the ani-
mal to reach the faraway shore,
and the sailors had to turn their'
attention to. their hiirnaii cargo.
But on that' same evening, as an
English fisherman made• his way
across the dunes near his little •
seaside village, he came upon a
great black form lying sick and
shivering on the beach. The puz-
zled, fisherman. finding the horse
still breathing, led the animal
slowly back to his village.
,, 1 *
• There, he carefully tended the
animal, 'and as soon as possible,
communicated with the horse's
owner in London. The grateful
owner took' the horse to Aintree,
.,but after examining Moifaa, 'de-
cided. that he was still too weak
to min 'the gruelling course of
the Grand National;
But Moifaa was no ordinary
horse. He sallied quickly and be-
fore too long showed signs that
he was .ready for the racing wars.
again, k ''*
When the day of the ciaesic
steeplechase arrived, Aintree.
was a scene of colorful pageantry
heiitting the Sport of 'Kings, for
a•.lting was, indeed, to view the
Grand National, and even to
participate in it. The King of
England had entered his last -
year's winner, Ambush, and the
crowd had baeked the royal col- t
ors down to odds of 7-2. The
King bowed graciously to the
cheering, admiring throng, and
he and his son, the Prince of
Wales, visited the saddling en-
closure outside the weighing
room to inspect their champion,
after which they took their
places in Lord Derby's stand to
view the race.
The King was particularly
curious about one animal in the
field of twenty-six, a large horse
owned by the Australian sports -
Irian, Spencer Gallen. This horse,
standing seventeen hands high,
was Moifaa, who had just recent-
ly saved himself from death in
the :English Channel.
coat on.a hanger and hang by an
open window. When dry, brush
the coat thoroughly with a stiff
brush.
Q:' Row can 1 make a bleach
for white, clothes?
A. Save the week's supply of
egg shells, then on washday put
them into an empty salt bag,
and place them in the boiler with
the white clothes. The lime in
the shells will act as an excel-
lent bleach.
Q. How can 1 prevent bubbles
in cake batter? -
A. Be sure never to let a cake
,. batter stand after it had been
mixed, as ;his tee„Uses air bubbles
to form, nt einf- he cake coarse -
'grained. „".
Q. Ho': 'can .t 1m1rn
ean the fui-
it"ire thoroughly before applying
the furniture polish?
A. Use .a cloth wrung out in
stralily Warne water,'' `'add"' a '
touch of vinegar, and wipe the
wooden. furniture carefully be-
fore using furniture polish. The
woad will then be thoroughly
cleanand will take the polish
better.
• Q. How can 1 prevent clothes
from freezing when hanging
them on the Line during cold
weather?
A. If a handful of salt is add-
ed to the rinsing water, it will
keep them from freezing.
Q How can 1 avoid making
bitter -tasting coffee?
A. Coffee should never be al-
lowed to boil. Boiled. coffee
develops bitterness, and the boil-
ing destroys both the aroma and
the flavor.
Q. How should varnished floor
boards be washed?
. A. Do ,not use hot water on
varnished floor boards. Use a
cloth wrung out in lukewarm
water. Each section should be
rubbed with a dry cloth as it is
washed.
Q. How can 1 make double
blankets easier to handle?
A. It is much easier to handle
double blankets, both in laun-
dering and on the 'bed, if they
are cut apart and hound separa-
tely. Then, on a warmer night,
if both prove to be too warm,
one of them may be removed.
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Milk, long regarded as the
perfect and essential food for
children, is being challenged In
Italy and Germany during the
war vegetable-based E'oodstulis
were developed as substitutes
for milk — and the growth and
health of quite young children
Were surprisingly well main-
tained. Most of these milk sub-
stitutes were mixtures of pro-
tein from soya beans and cereal
products.
This new development has
gone on since the war in Ger-
many, and Dr.: R. R. A.. Dean
Went there to report on it for
the British. Medical Research
Council. His report says that
these plant -derived foods are
"nearly perfect" substitutes for
milk. For children between six
months and ,one year, half the
nnilk normally considered essen-
tial can be replaced. Almost
complete replacement can be
Made for children between one
and two years, and children be.
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