The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-11-14, Page 169
Faige 2 -Crossroads -November 1S iW74-
C.-ESS TIME
Winning
is the
aim?
By JOSEPH MILL BROWN
It was no surprise to anyone
at this year's international
chess t garnament in Las Pal-
mas, Oanary Islands, that
Denmark's supergrandmas-
ter, Bent Larsen, displayed
his unique characteristic once
again: the losingest as well as
the winningest and fightingest
of today's chess stars.
Too many grandmasters
are all too quick to settle for
the strategic draw. If less
than 55 per cent of a tourna-
ment's games are drawn,' it's
considered a real rouser. But
with Larsen more than most,
the win is the thing.
"I am not interested in sec-
ond prizes," he once told me.
"It is a grandmaster's duty to
win."
Not all chessplayers agree;
many accuse Larsen of the
cardinal sins: chutzpah and
overconfidence. Boris Spass-
ky added one more: opti-
mism.
Overconfidence? Opti-
mism? Possibly. Not all
chessmasters are so richly
endowed. At the Nice Olym-
piad, Victor Korchnoi - the
underdog - predicted it
would take him only 18 games
to annihilate Anatoly Karpov
in their' match to decide a
challenger for Bobby Fischer.
Yet, when asked by Yugo-
slav journalistDmitri Bjelica
whether he or Karpov would
have the better chance
against. Fischer, Korchnoi re-
sponded, "I don't know but,
frankly speaking, I too would
also lose - to Fischer." ( And
added lamely, "I would not
allow Fischer 'to treat me as
he did Spassky. I would try to
be as extravagant as he in his
demands.")
You don't have to be a mere
challenger to lack confidence.
After Alexander Alek
:.conceded the final draw\iirl
their 1935 match, that made a
world ,champion of Holland's
Max Envie, there was . pande-
monium" iii the hall and, liter-
' ally, dancing in the streets .as
,traffic came to af'stap iii cen=
tral Amsterdam. Euwe's vic-
tory gave Holland a pride and
feeling for chess that made it,
to this day, the No. 1 chess
country hi the West.
• But then came the victory
banquet, and Euwe's star-
tlingly modest speech. It
stunned his admirers when he
candidly admitted that he
didn't believe he would re-
main a -champion very long.
And of course he didn't; losing
the title to Alekhine m his
very tlrst defense, two year*
later.
Chutzpah, now, is soi!
thing else. It IA Yiddish slang;
best described as a eharaeter-
istic of someone who murders
his parents and then pleads
for mercy on the grounds that
he is an orphan. That doesn't
describe Larsen at all. But
chutzpah is commonplace in
chess, and you don't have to
be an expert player to have it.
A few years ago a mediocre,
chess -playing Englishwoman
accused a book by an early
American writer of being
"just about the worst chess
book we ever had in the Eng-
lish language. I'm not blam-
ing the author for my own life-
time of unsuccessful chess,
because I didn't read the
book," she continued -- not
bothering to.explain how she
knew it was "just about the
worst chess book" if she had
never read it.
TEESIDE, ENGLAND
- 1972
Bent Larsen
(Denmark )
Robert Wade
(Great Britain)
LARSRN'S OPENING
1. P-QN3 P -Q4
2. B -N2 P-QB4
3. P -K3 N-KB3
4. B-NSch B -Q2
5. BxBch QNxB
6. N-KB3 P -K3
7. P -B4 B -K2.
8: 0.0 0-0
9. Q -K2 P -Q11,3
10. N -B3 Q -R4
11. PxP PxP
12. P -Q4 QR -B 1
13. PxP NxP
14. N -Q4 N -K3
15. N -B5 B -R6
16. QR -B1 R -B2
17. N-QR4 BxB
18. QxB P-QN4
19. N -B5 Q -N3
20. P-QN4 NxN
21. RxN ° RxR
22. PxR • Q -K3
23. N -Q4 Q -K4
24. Q -R3 - N -N5
25. N -B3 Q -B2
26. R -B1 P-QR4
27. Q -Q3 P -N5
28.. P -B6 N -B3
29. N -Q4 ' P -R4
30. Q -B5 Q -B1
31. P -B7 P-QR5
32. QxQ RacQ
33. N -B5 'Resigns
. nor
WOOL GRADERS Ross Edwards, in the white coat, and Jim McNeely, far right, of the'
Canadian Cooperative Wool "Growers in Carleton Place, sort and grade wool as producers
look on. Canadian wool growers provide one per cent of the world's wool supply.
Wool, one Canadian commodity
not likely to be over -produced
"Canada produces about three
million pounds of wool per year.
This is less than one per cent of
the world production - about five
billion pounds per year," says
Andrew Stewart, head of the
wool -grading section in Agricul-
ture Canada's livestock divisior.
"Canada must import around
40 million,pounds of wool to meet
domestic requirements."
In spite of the strong demand,
Canadian wool production, along
with the sheep and lamb Indus-
' try, has been declining steadily in
recent years. •
One of the reasons is low re-
turns. In 1973 wool prices sky-
rocketed and growers averaged
70.9 cents per pound for their clip.
This is about a three -fold in-
crease over the previous 10 -year
average, and represents about
$5.50 per sheep. Full data for 1974
is not available yet, but prices to
date are sharply below 1973
levels. A producer shears his
mature and yearling stock only
once a year, Mr. Stewart ex-
plains.
The total return to producers
for wool in 1973 was about $2.3
million. By comparison, the
return for sheep and Iambs was
$10.7 million.
"Wool production should not
simply be a sideline of the total
industry. It is an integral part of
any sheep enterprise," 11Mr.
Stewart says. "Apart from the
actual labor needed for shearing,
special care must be taken to 'get
high-quality fleece. Quality de-
termines the price."
To be rated as top quality, a
fleece mutt be free from earthy
or vegetable matter, its fibers of
good length and strength, its ap-
pearance bright and lustrous,
and its yield high after spinning.
To obtain a top grade, the
fleece also must be uniform.
Each breed of sheep produces a
different kind of wool, and if
many breeds are present in one
flock the fleece reflects this.
Buyers purchase their stock
according to set standards and
ticklish question
(Continued from front page)
recreational programs and
facilities with Morris Township.
Roy Robinson, Elma Township
reeve, hedged the issue of cost
sharing. While noting that those
residents of the.township who use
Listowel recreational facilities do
Agricultural Tidbits
With Adrian Vos
Don't get angry if a farmer is
driving his equipment on the road
land you have to slow down until
the road is free for you to pass. If
he pulls off onto the shoulder of
the road to let you by . he may
have to pay a fine if an overzeal-
ous policeman sees it. A friend of
mine was recently fined $30 for
doing so. He is only allowed to
pull onto the shoulder if he stops.
Remember that he is working
and you are most likely on your
own time.
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Several reports have come out
in the last eight years on the
cause of food costs being what
they are. One of the reasons cited
time and again is the profilera-
tion of supermarts. Not much of
this is reported in the press for a
supermart in the neighborhood is
popular. It makes sense that if
you build two stores almost side
by side they can compete only on
the basis of their cost. Within
those limits it appears that the
customer will profit by cut-throat
competition.
Not so, for the extra unneces-
sary building will have to be paid
for and it is the customer who
does the paying. The store cans
own fault for being too greedy. }Ie
own fault for being too greedy. He .
draws customers away from the
other store so their profits will be
lower too. In order to maintain
their profits prices will be higher
in the long run, not lower as a
superficial appraisal might sug-
gest.
The Canadian West had some
experience where an American
chain moved into every place
where ' there were customers,
cutting prices only in the
neighborhoods where other
stores were operating. When the
other stores gave up the price
immediately went up to the level
of stores in non -competing areas
until this chain could set any
price they wanted. Western
governments had to step in to
stop this practice. So a certain
level of competition is needed,
but too much raises the cost and
hence the price to you and me.
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A & P in the U.S.A. lost a court
battle when farmers sued them
for price fixing. It appears they
set high retail prices and low
prices to the packers and thus to
the producers. The U.S. anti-trust
act seems to have enough teeth to
fight this kind of profit-making.
Is this going on in Canada too?
Get going, Plumptre.
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so because they want to and not
because they have to, Reeve
Robinson said his township has
facilities that are used by people
from Listowel.
It is an illusion to take arenas
and swimming pools as the only
commodities that towns and
townships can share, which, at
the moment, are the most con-
spicuous areas of co-operation.
There is the question of using
school facilities, not only within
the town but in the townships.
This would increase the facilities
available and allow room for
more participation in those acti-
vities that people engage in for
any reason other than to make a
living.
"Here is where the idea of
co-ordinating programs comes
in, not only to set the schedule for
those programs but also to co-or-
dinate the use of resources
available. As the case of St.
Marys has shown, facilities can
be utilized more.
Mayor Jack Johnson and
Mount Forest Recreational Di-
rector 'Elmer Wicks, in different
interviews, said that the swim-
ming pool in the town isn't being
used fully.
Interestingly though, Mayor
Johnson also said that he doesn't
think the town is ready for an
area recreation system.
What is needed at the moment,
at least, and this was observed by
everyone, is more communica-
tion.
Mr. Ward said he has very good
relationships with the schools in
the area and it is possible to use
all the facilities. But he added
that more communication is
needed.
So did Mr. Wick, who has
actively tried to co-ordinate acti-
vities in the surrounding areas
and says he would like to see,
"just as an example, house
leagues playing in different com-
munities."
There is no argument that in
terms of cost per head, as Mr.
Wick put it, it would be lower for
everyone if recreational facilities
were operated on larger entities
than they are at the moment.
On the other hand, there is fear
of over -organizing and soine
people like Mayor Johnson feel
there is too much organization for
youngsters already. There is fear
of domination by urban areas.
But ultimately, it is money that
"will talk" and as has happened
in the past, people will try to de-
sign a system that will help them
get more for their money.
St. Marys' case has shown that
with tact and mutual respect, it is
possible to design a workable
area recreation system that will
result in maximum utilization of
facilities without causing un-
necessary friction.
Cow -calf conference to
be held mid-December
An "Ontario Cow -Calf Confer-
ence" will be held at the Skyline
Hotel, Rexdale, on December
17th and 18th, This is an oppor-
tunity for beef cow -calf farmers
to hear top speakers from Onta-
rio and Alberta. Producers
participating will be Doug Maus,
Les Atkins, George Leslie, Fred
Cohoe, Ross Proctor and others.
They will discuss their own pro-
duction systems, Dr. D. N.
Mowat, Dr. J. Winch, Dr. J. W.
Wilton of the University of
Guelph, and Dr. Roy Berg of the
University of Alberta will cover
topics such as "Pastures", "Bull
Selection", "Cross Breeding and
Cow Size". Dr. Jack Cote and Dr.
R. A. Curtis of the Ontario Veteri-
nary . College and' others mwill
include information on manage-
ment, health and diseases.
The Royal Bank's George
Arnold will suggest -how to
finance the cow operation. The
December 17th highlight is the
Hon. E. Whelan, Minister of Agri-
culture Canada, as banquet
speaker.
If you want questions answered
on feeding,t economics, breeding,
health and management, register
early for the December 17-18
Cow -Calf Conference.
Registraon• forms are avail-
able from the OMAF offices in
your area and the Livestock
Branch, OMAF, Parliament
Buildings, Toronto.
HIPPODROME OPENS
On Oct. 20, 1873, P. T. Bar-
num opened the Hippodrome
in New York City, built to
house his "Greatest Show on
Earth." •
grades. "Wool for export is
graded according to Agriculture
Canada's wool -grading regula-
tions," Mr. Stewart explains.
"There are three distinct types
of wool in Canada: Western
Range from the range flocks of
western Canada ; Western Do-
mestic from the farm flocks of
western Canada; and Eastern
Domestic from the farm flocks of
eastern Canada.
"The difference between these
types or classifications is based
on the estimated shrinkage of the
fleece .after scouring. Most
shrinkage is due to the amount of
natural grease in the wool, but
earth and dirt in the fleece also
accounts for this loss," Mr. Stew-
art says.
Quality classes alsp are as-
signed to each type. Then comet
" the grades -11 for each type and
class - to establish the general
use of the wool, whether for fine
worsteds, tweeds, flannels, blan-
kets or other purposes.
Agriculture Canada, inspectors
checfrar o, 1 fooeex ort =to ensure .#
is graded as regi fired. Then 'the
inspector issues an Export
Inspection Certificate that clears
the wool for shipment.
Wool for the domestic market
does not have to be inspected.
The domestic trade often re-
quires blends of several grades,
and the buyer is on the spot to
satisfy himself about the kind of
woOl he is buying.
"In recent years the emphasis
in the sheep industry has been on
the production of market lamb
rather than Wool. But import
statistics show there is a market
•
`for good -quality wool that could
be supplied by Canadian grow-
ers," Mr. Stewart says.
Pork Congress
will be held
in Stratford
At a recent meeting, the 1975
Ontario Pork Congress was or-
ganized. Gerry Knechtel, promi-
nent farmer and Duroc breeder,
from the Stratford area was
elected president for the second
Pork Congress.
Plans were approved and
initiated for a second bigger and
better Congress at Stratford on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-
day, June 17, 18 and 19 of next
year.
An additional feature at the
1975 Pork Congress will be educa-
tional seminars to be held each
day. Agri -business and the
agricultural education institu-
tions are being asked to team up
to plan and finance these ses-
sions, with Jim Morris, livestock
specialist, Ridgetown College of
Agriculture and Dr. S. F.
McManus, veterinarian for Elan -
co Products.
Additional displays are being
planned in all general areas
including the consumer section.
Other participating areas are the
packing industries, food indus-
tries and related boards repre-
senting bean, apple and egg pro-
ducers. All these groups are in-
vited to co-operate in developing
menus, cooking and preparation
of exhibits and food booths.
Remember the dates, June 17,
18 and 19, and start planning your
Bummer holiday to coincide with
the Pork Congress and the Strat-
ford Festival.
SUEZ PACT
Britain and Egypt signed a
new Suez Pact providing for
withdrawal of British troops
from the Canal Zone on Oct.
19, 1954.
in Mal of thie yeer when the
Roman Catholic Clnemit
baler the May Dey'Crowning of
Mary you had such a 14 wr'lte
ont ��theR -
*cation is celebrated there is no
write-up. 1,�d like to know
why there wasn't any,, and f feel
you are favoring the Roman
Catholic Church.
The story of the Reformation:
should be told, why Luther,
Calvin and Knot (and many
more) left the Catholic Church.
Ten how the Catholic Church had
burdened the people down with
the practice of indulgence and
how the Church controlled every-
thing.
1 will be looking for a writemp
and a reply.
Gerald Brickman,
RR 1, Sebringville, Ont.
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