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The Brussels Post, 1952-1-30, Page 8THECalVPit SPORTS COIUMN e� Semeit 3er9«daw • NO DOUBT thousands of good, decent United States citizens stood aghaeT, as tho sequence of shocking revelations concern- ing the "fixing" of college basketball games steadily. developed. Previously, there, had been similar revelations concerning boxing and football, and the regular • routine of knavery in horse -racing circles. Bur few good citizens thought the filthy hand of the fixer could ever invade collegiate circles. And even fewer good citizens Stopped to think that in the final anaiysie, they themselves, the good eitizens, were largely to blame. You can hear the Good Citizens cry in horror; "Who, ME?" And the answer is: "Yes, YOU." For the Good Citizen of the United States, Canada, and everywhere else, bets on games. He bets, of course, in a spirit of innocent fun. He wouldn't, for the world, try to "fix" a game, but he unwittingly contributes to a structure whereby games con- ceivably could be fixed, Just why a substantial citizen cannot enjoy football, hockey or basketball games without betting on the outcome, is not quite clear. It demonstrates a degeneracy in the appreciation of sports, whether amateur or professional, a search for a thrill the contest itself does not pr`ivide. But people bet, and the urge to bet is not necessarily evil. But we'd say that if you feel an irresistible stimulus to bet, make it a private deal with a friend for a hat, a round of drinks, a dinner, a hand-paiuted necktie, or $50 in coin of the realm. But don't place it in a commercial booth. That's where the possibility of an "arrangement" creeps in. Keep it private and personal, among friends whose integrity you know, and make it modest. i the r the characters who did to scorn It is all well and good fixing in the scandals uncovered in American sport. They are pretty loathsome creatures, and fortunately in Canada, we've had little or nothing of such things, certainly nothing that would even faintly cloud our collegiate sports picture, nor our football, or hockey, or basketball. But the same developments as came to light in the United States are possible in Canada too. And it is the amateur wagers, piling up in volume, your wager and your friend's wager, if diverted into commercial wagering channels, that develop into dangerous growths in our own midst. This observer is by no means alarmed over the possibility of scandal creeping, or leaping, into Canadian sports. We don't have such a practical approach to our games as exists across the line. Our appro.ch is more on the sentimental side. And we don't have the organized betting, apart from racing and this may be the most important factor of all in keeping our sports scandal -free and above reproach. One of professional hockey's near approaches to scandal developed a few years ago, and ended in gales of laughter. The player involved was tall "Babe" Pratt, a genial, though somewhat uninhibited and unpredictable young man, then playing on Toronto Leafs' defence. The word got around in some way that Pratt was bettingon hockey games. Immediately, there was internal turmoil, pallid faces, and nervous concern in the higher ranges of the National League, together with a solemn clucking of tongues, and a variety of "tut, tuts." Investigation was, of course, set on foot. Yes, said Pratt when questioned, it was quite true. He was betting on hockey games. In fact, he was betting on his own team, the Maple Leafs, to win. And what of it, enquired Pratt brusquely." "This betting is very naughty," said one of the investigators with solemn mien. 'You can't do that sort of thing. It's unethical, it endangers the very foundations of our structure." "Besides that,'' agreed Pratt, with straight face, "it's just plain silly. I bin betting on Leafs for three weeks, and we ain't won a game in that time. If you gents will return me the money I have lost, I will quit betting right away." Your comments and omed by Elmer Ferguson, c/a Calvert Housstions for e 431 Yonge St., Tcolumn will be o onto. Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMseRSTnURG, ONTARIO Finds Rare Book Worth A Fortune When the library of Ripon Cathedral underwent a spring clean, an ex -Leeds Lrniversity librarian, Mrs. Mortimer, decided to take the opportunity of cataloguing the books in her spare time. She little dreamt that her decision would lead lo a discovery which is now excit- ing collectors of rare books and printing experts all over the world. It happened this way. She picked up the book and glanced at its title, "Epitome of the Pearl of Elo- quence," by Laurentiue Gulielm.-, an Italian. Mrs. Mortimer suddenly felt a thrill, for the type of print to her expert eye resembled the work of William Caxton. She felt certain it was a genuine Caxton, printed in 1480. She has now been proved right by British Museum experts. Its type and watermarks are undoubtedly Caxton's. This 34 -page volume's original owner seems to have been aware of its value for he wrote in It: "Please not to tou':h this book." What is its value? At least $75,000. How To Put On That Girdle Of Yours A prominent manufacturer of ladies undergarments reports that women don't know how to put on a girdle and have issued a set of rules for doing same. For full step-in or pull -on type, the company recommends first of course removal of slippers. Turn garment inside out upside down and pull up over knees as high as it will go, still inside out. Then pull upper part up into position, turning the girdle right side out. Straighten by pulling higher at waist. They recommend semi step-in style be raised well past waist be- fore fasteners are closed. To straighten pull down on sides and back, but not in front. Power Politics. In Pahok,.e, Fla., Mayor Lewis Friend explained how he happened to shoot his fellow hunter, Town Councilman D. W. Cunningham, who had selected a tree as handy observation post: "I mistook his polka-dot shirt for a turkey gobbler." %Minnie Honored• -Winston Churchill becomes a full member of the Society of the Cincinnati—men whose ancestors helped wrest America from. Britain 175 years ago. The Prime Minister is shown receiving the Golden Eagle from Maj. Gen, Edgar Eskine Hume, society president Hirilis For Shavers Whether yottOhara up, down or watts the face, with long strokes or ;bort ones; it is i1 matter of personal preference, Shave In the way you Mind mast natural and com- fortable, First, though, was your face with, soap and water, removing grit and: dirt and the remains of perspiration and secretions which accumulate rapidly on the skin. Lather well for at: least two min- utes, Instruments recording the amount of wear on the blade during shaving show that unless you lather for at least one minute, the edge . is unnecessarily damaged; and ,a lather of at least two minutes Is the most economical in prolonging the life of the blade. After lathering, do not let your face become dry during shaving... 1f it does, all you need do is moist- en the face. There is no necessity to lather again, although you may find this is the most convenient method of wetting the face. If you use a safety razor you should not have a razor towel in your bath -room. Wiping blades on a towel, no platter how carefully you do so, generally results in ser- ious damage to the edge. If you must wipe your blade dry, do it gently on the palet of your hand. You will do far less damage, how- ever, the razor, you'. if just loosen the under a tap, P, shake off surplus water, and leave it slightly damp in a safe place until next time. Do not store it, though, in a cabinet containing disinfectants and cosmetics that stay give off fumes which will cause the edge of the blade to corrode. - Best plan of all is to store razor and blade in a jar of an antiseptic, non -corroding fluid. Poison Themselves For Science' Sake Behind the cloak of mystery with which medical research surrounds itself, scientists are daily experi- menting on themselves, To find out what the human body can stand when subjected to mech- anical shocks, exposure, and fatigue, twelve R.A.F. doctors have been working in secret, subjecting them- selves to serious injury and torture at the R,A.F, research laboratory, 'Farnborough. They have endured three hours' exposure in a below zero ice -box with a wind roaring past them. They have been "cooked" in a hot -box, the temperature of which has been several degrees higher than the heat experienced in any country in the world. They have been whirled around inside dummy cockpits so that their black -out times can be studied. Meantvitile, ten medical students at Sheffield University have been voluntarily undergoing tests to help research into how pain affects the functioning of the kidneys. The experiments consisted of put- ting a stricture around a student's arm to stop the flow of blood, lie was then told to move his ane about as hest he could. This caused very severe pain, but the students endured it from be- tween seven and, thirteen minutes at a stretch. A qualified doctor tried the tests on himself first to find out how painful they were. In the big hospitals of Great Britain there are young men work- ing in the laboratories while all around then are dangerous dis- eases bottled in test tubes. Every day these men risk their lives. Many have found out something which has relieved untold suffer- ing, while the discoverer himself has slowly become a victim to the disease be has been fighting, Many have experimented ori themselves and found secrets which have been hidden from science through the ages. Three Australian doctors have just risked their lives to prove that a disease which was killing rabbits would not be dangerous in any way to human beings. The disease had been artificially introduced to combat the rabbit pest which is so rampant hi Aus- tralia. It is called myxomatosis and it is proving the most lethal weap- on yet used 'against the rabbit. People who include rabbit flesh in their diets, However, became al• armed because, they reasoned, the, flesh of a rabbit poisoned by myxo- matosis would be poisonous to hu- man beings, and might kill. The scientists assured them that had been killed by the disease, but it was quite safe to eat rabbits that the people were not convinced. Then a minor outbrealc of ence- phalitis (inflammation of the brain) • produced an outcry to the effect that the victims had all eaten rabbit flesh which had been tainted by the pest -killing disease, Assurances that laboratory tests had proved otherwise were of no avail, so three eminent doctors in- oculated themselves with a dose of the virus that produces the rabbit - killing disease. They suffered no ill effects, and once more confidence in the effi- ciency of modern science was re- stored. What's The' Punch Line?—Welterweight boxing whiz Chico Velar listens closely as Prof. Randolph Somerville hakes the 20 -year-old actor -boxer through some lines at the School of Dramatic Arts, PbLif ,I;AND !'AIR AND MILD TONIGHT PORT by SIXBtTC Like countless other citizens of this fair to cloudy country, we had always thought of canoeing as a sport which, if not exclusively Can- adian, was one itt which Canadians excelled, Just why•we should har- bor such a notion is a mystery, as we personally haven't set foot in a canoe or wielded a paddle since Around the year when Hickory Jim was a weanling, which is quite a while back and no mistake about it. * -- * * However, it was quite a shock recently to read a long screed about International canoeing in which the name Canlda got a mere single mention, even if• it did .hap- pen to be canoe -sailing, which we recall from youthful days as a very sporty pastime especially if the young lady you took along as a passenger didn't know how to swine. * * * Anyway, we learned from the afore -mentioned screed that the New York Canoe Club. Cup, an in- ternational challenge trophy for canpe sailing, is to be raced for this summer — if summer ever comes, that is. A United States challenge had been rccived by the British holders of the trophy, and the Match will come off at Aldeburgh, on the east coast of England, during the annual sailing week of the Royal Canoe Club * * * it is understood the American challenge is to he headed by Mr. L. Whitman, a member of the colh- pany that attempted to recover the trophy in 1948. That attempt, sail- ed off Hayling lsalnd near Britain's naval base at Portsmouth, was the first by U.S.A. since Britain took possession of what is the major prize in sailing -canoeing. In 1936, however, the British successfully withstood a challenge from Canada through Gordon Douglas of the Gananoque Club. * * * The British came into possession of the N.Y. Canoe Club Cup at Bayside, Long Island, in 1933 when Roger de Quincy and Uffa Fox made history by taking the prize out of the U.S.A. for the first time. • * * All previous challenges from the time of the first in 1886 by the Britisher Warrington Baden Powell had been msuccessfully warded off. They were made in 1888, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1913, and 1914. Usually the races take place over a trian- gular course of about 41/2 miles and a tune limit of two hours is imposed, * * * The Royal Canoe Club which holds the trophy on behalf of Brit- ain and which promotes the annual sailing regatta is the oldest canoe club in the world. It was founded on July 26, 1865, at a meeting at the Star and Garter Hotel, Rich- mond -on -Thames, called at the in- stigation of John Macgregor, This Ba sold ! British er - barrister - traveler - author was the pioneer of canoeing as. a recreation. 1Ie developed the Rob Roy type of canoe to aid hien In his travels throughout Europe and the Holy Land. Where and when the canoe was born is shrouded in the mists of antiquity. The Eskimos and Amer- ican Indians have had them for centuries. But the British can justi- fiably claim credit for developing the art of paddling and sailing a canoe as a sport. They introduced h to the European continent soon after the formation of the Royal Canoe Club through two students attending the University of Bonn, the Rhine city fatuous as birthplace of Beethoven. And "a mad En- glishman" astonished the inhabit- ants of Sweden shortly afterwards by paddling a canoe across their country. * * ,r Today Sweden stands number one among the canoeing nations of the world. At the last Olympic Games, here in London in 1948, Sweden headed the unofficial rank- ing by nations and supplied the winners in the four kayak events for men. They inaugurated at Vast holm in 1938 the world champion- ships which have now become a firmly established feature of the an- nual international sporting calen- dar. And in their capital city of Stockholm they house the head- quarters of the International Canoe 'Union in affiiliation with which are more than 20 countries. * * * 'Prials to select Britain's Olympic representatives will be held in June. Only those competitors considered likely to be not outclassed will trav- el to Helsinki. The canoe events have been arranged for July 28 and 29 following the conclusion of the rowing regatta at Taivallahti, a center only about three-quarters of a mile from the main Olympic sta- dime. For the first time since canoeing came into the Olympic Games in 1936 the course will be salt water one. * * * The Finns themselves are among the newcomers to canoeing. Their oldest club is only 26 years of age and their national association was formed as recently as 1932. Today there are 39 clubs with an approxi- mate membership of 4,000. * * * Finland's outstanding canoeist is Kurt Wires. He is one of the very few to hold a victory over Gert Fredericksson, Sweden's phenomen- al world champion. Wires has won numperous important internation- al races and was a silver -medalist in the Olympic 10,000 -meter kayak singles in 1948. His compatriots on his home waters are looking to him for a silver -gilt medal this summer. SLEEP TO-NITE SEDICIN tablets taken according to directions is a safe way to induce sleep or quiet the nerves when tense. 51.00 Dru Storesoni torSedtcin Toronto2.. ,.w�v Ncs..".w••LG •fs�2...5.,+b,ikYr2lgi ea z i*0 arm „twwncww,: aaunay.,rgmw..w.: OAT CRUNCHIES Measure into bowl 8( c, rolled oats find sprinkle with 43ff taps. Magic Baking Powder, M tap. Balt, 34 tsp. grated nutmeg; mix thoroughly. Combine 3 Well -beaten eggs, 2 taps. grated orangerindi 3a tsp. ermine; gradually beat in 13f c. 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The shock eaused her to lose con- sciousness and she lay Helpless and silent. Robert sensed at once that S0015 - terrible had happened. His foot found the hole and he did not hesitate, 13e at once jumped through, deciding to be - by her side rather than slake no attempt to save her. despite his blindness. He said afterwards that the fall seemed endless, Down. down he went, and groping amid the swirl- ing water he found the inert figure of 1 is wife. He lifted her and held her grimly as he shouted for help. Nobody had seen the blind couple stepinto space, but the husband's cries quickly brought -workmen to the spot, Within a short time they were rescued. Neither had suffered sev- ere injury, yet the underground canal into which they had plunged is one of the deepest in Paris. 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