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The Seaforth News, 1957-11-28, Page 7Plumber One Spectator Sport I1 there were any doubts about basketball being America's No. 1 spectator sport, such doubts were dispelled with the recent appearance of the 36th edition of the Converse Basketball Year- book. As a result of one of the most ambitious and exhaustive attendance studies ever made upon the game - following a year-long research on a state- wide basis -the results indicate that at least 142,848,698 persons attended basketball games in the United States during the 1956- 17 season. Through reports from 26 other nations, this staggering figure was increased by 15,000,000. This global figure might have been twice as large were any estimate received from Canada or South ,American countries, especially Argentina where Buenos Aires has been known to have 35,000 at a single hoop affair. A. . many have averred but never could substantiate as con- clusively as this Converse study, two-thirds of the United States' basketball fans are at the high school level. These findings are remarkable in that they were garnered upon a statewide basis and agreed generally with the 100,000,000 estimate of the Na- tional Federation, of State High School Athletic Associations. Where the State of New York, with its 58 colleges, leads the college field with almost 1,000,- 000 spectators, Indiana, with 13,500,000 spectators, is far ahead of all the other states in high school ranks. It is noteworthy to point out that, 1,535,256 paid no less than $934,022 to attend all the Indiana high school state tournament contests from the start of the 762 -team marathon sight up to that night when South Bend Central High an- nexed the title in the Butler University field house. The finals had all the trimmings of a World Series as two televi- sion stations and 47 radio sta- tions carried the proceedings! Hoosier hoopla madness is such that in many communities one cannot procure a season ticket until some resident moves out of town or passes on. In several towns, the capacity of the high school gym far exceeds the total enrollment of the stu- dent body. For instance. Switz City High has only 328 pupils, yet its gym seats 4,800; Zionville has 1,536 students, but its gym can accommodate 3,600. However, the prize example Is Center Grove High School, located in the center of a 36 - square mile township in which there is no community large enough to have a post office. It Is at the crossing of two rural highways and surrounded by corn fields. There isn't a store or filling station within two .miles of the school, yet its gym seat 4,000! Indiana is not unique for such basketball enthusiasm. Ken- tucky provided 16 teams for the final rounds at the new Louis- ville Fair Grounds where the three-day . jamboree attracted 109,203 customers and a box of- fice take of $135,836.81—more than most colleges can realize at home over any 5- or 10 -year period, writes Bill Mokray in The Christian Science Monitor. While the average fan con- fines his thinking of 'high school basketball strictly to boys' teams, most schools have their girls play preliminary to the boys. A somewhat unique situa- tion exists in •Iowa where the lassies stage their own state tournament independent of the boys. In fact,,their games are so thrilling that the finals in the Des Moines Veterans Auditori- tun draws a turnaway audience of 15,000 every year and drew Comfortable Homes Feature Community Lots Of Sport In Mining Town By H. R. CALVERT Ed. Note: In •this, article Mr. Calvert continues the story of his visit to Lynn Lake, the new mining community in the far north. I had hoped to leave Lynn Lake with a generous number of photographs and had been referred to Father Lapalme, who is not only a camera enthusiast, but was also instrumental in the forming of the. very active Thirty -Five Millimeter Club. Unfortunately Father Lapalme was on vacation, but Angus Mac- Kenzie, President of the Cana- dian Legion and a camera "bug," offered to help me out. Angus explained that the Canadian Legion, had a membership of ninety but were presently with- out a meeting hall. They are erecting a $36,000.00 building, upon completion of which a drive will "undoubtedly increase our membership to over one hundred," Angus remarked. "We are raising f u n ds through dances, raffles and $1,500.00 de- bentures carrying 4% interest. Volunteer labour will reduce the actual cost to about $21,000.000. We are using a new type Of planking, 4 x 6 double tongue and groove which we feel will preclude the necessity for spec- ial insulation." I wae tremendously impressed with some of the lawns and gar- dens I saw at Lynn Lake. On one stroll through the town I went to the home of the Mine. Manager, "Doc" Gallie; unfor- tunately "Doc" was not at home, but I took the risk of trespass- ing and was positively amazed to come across a garden at the back of the house. This garden was filled with the common everyday varieties of vegetables such as lettuce, radishes and car- rots, recognizable even to a city man such as myself, and num- last March 465,833-98,139 more than took in the entire boys' state tourney. There are any number of rea- sons why basketball has grown to such an eminent position .since the late Dr. James Nal - smith devised the sport in 1891 to fill the void between the football and baseball seasons. For one thing, the sport is very inexpensive to operate. Uniforms—rubber-sole shoes a pair of woolen socks, a jersey, shirt, and shorts—for an entire team cost just a wee bit more than to • properly outfit one football player. In baseball a team needs, in addition to uni- forms, at least a half score bats, gloves, and dozens of baseballs to carry over an entire cam- paign. A handful of basketballs —especially of the new rubber type—can last so entire season. For another, spectators are closer to the actual play than they -usually are in other sports, and feel themselves part of the game itself. 'THAT ,DID 'PROFESSIONAL TRY -Who says professional'. athletes are blase individuals playing strictly for the dollar? Leon Clark of the Los Angeles Rams would seem to refute this theory as he gives it that old professional try in the game with the Detroit Aions at Los Angeles, Clark catapults through the air In an al(_out effort to stymie Lions' quarterback Bobby Layne, left. Layne got the pas (arrow) away but it fell incomplete as the Rams went on to defeat the Detroit club, 35_17. erous other vegetables as well. I examined with more than or- dinary interest his beautiful lawn and rock garden, and made a mental note to check my owns lawn at home in Toronto be- cause his certainly put mine to shame. Obviously there was no water shortage here such as'we have to put up with in Toronto, because everything was green and beautiful. The policing at Lynn Lake is by the R.C.M.P. under contract with the local Government Dis- trict. Corporal Nick Carter, a firm believer in the adage' `An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," polices with a firm but fair hand. "Our citizens are lav -abiding and we have no serious juvenile delinquency problem. I am particularly in- terested in our Sea Cadets. There are thirty-two cadets at this time between the ages of four- teen and eighteen. I am proud to have played a part in the formation of the organization and am Chairman of the Lynn Lake Navy League. The officer, commanding is Mr. A. C. E. Mitchell, the executive officer is Mr. F. Gilbert and the gunnery officer is Mr. B. Pearson. I feel these men are to be commended for their untiring efforts on be- half of the youth of our town" This is, I thought, a far cry from the very real and true problems of juvenile delinquency in the, "civilized" towns such as Toron- to and Montreal. Ralph Mitchell, Sherritt Gor- don's Chief Engineer, designed the impressive Anglican Church. Rev. Stephenson, a ham radio enthusiast, is making every ef- fort to have the church appoint- ments a completely local en- deavour. The church itself was erected, by the members and Nick Repay, amateur sculptor, has been commissioned to make the church front from natural rock. Nick is one of the many Lynn Lake hobbyists. Quite unknown to himself, he had an inherent ability for seulptoring. Having some time on his hands, and working underground, he start- ed to play around with cutting figures in the sheer rock face of the drift wall near the load- ing pocket at the mine. With encouragement from his fellow - workers, and using simply a hammer -and chisel, he now hews from solid rock figures that would do credit to a professional. As a matter of fact, this "do-it- yourself" aptitude is most evi- dent at Lynn Lake. Most home owners do their own finishing and painting, and, for that mat- ter, many build their own homes. The homes are attractive and comfortable. It would be abso- lutely impossible to duplicate these dwellings dollarwise in any city in Canada. I checked the cost to the home owners in several instances and invariably fcund that Sherritt Gordon had made it possible for them to se- cure loans at an exceedingly low interest rate. In fact, the com- pany had clone verything possi- ble to assist the owners to whom I talked. Milton Koutecky• has built his own speed boat and 'affable Otto Mutschel not only built his own outboard power boat, with help from his sons, but won first prize in the open class power boat races on water sports day. Nearly everyone, largely, pre-', sumably, because there is no TV and radio reception is at best fair, has a modern Hi-Fi set and they are all obviously prideful of their selection of .records. Indeed these selections indicate a preference for good music and, 'altogether with' enthusiastic sup- port of the local drama club un- der the guidance of Mrs. Gallie, an appreciation of the fine arts, (Ed. Note; Mr. Calvert's story will be continued in our -next issue. )- ACCLAMATION A gangling young man walked .. into the county clerk's office and announced that he wanted a marriage license. !'Certainly," said the clerk, "but where is the bride -elect?" "What do you mean, ` bride - elect?" demanded the young man. 'There wasn't any election. 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