The Seaforth News, 1952-11-27, Page 7Catvii COLUMN
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It if Horatio Alger, that earnest penman of
another day, were writing the story of the
National hockey League, he probably would
entitle it from "Leaky Roof to Luxury".
f'or Horatio was a great lad for alliteratives,
The title wouirI Uavc lilted, loo. For when
the 'National hockey I.eague was born
at lid the chaos of World War I on November 22, 1917, only one
of the three ricks on the modest circuit possessed artificial ice.
1311 in the comparatively brief span of 35 year, since the League
carne into being as a modest four -club, all -Canadian league, some
of the outstanding advances and changes have been:
The League weathered two wort] -engulfing wars and became
international in scope, the only major international professional
sports organization in the entire world.
The playing rules have been almost completely revolutionized,
to speed tip play, and eliminate halts.
Player's salaries have soared to ten tithes the average paid
35 years ago.
Every club in the great international league plays in a lux-
urious rink, fully -equipped with modern artificial ice -plants, as
against the natural -ice conditions which were in the majority
when the League was organized.
Play speeded up by many hundred per cent from the old days,
when replacements were few, and speed lagged at the end, on ice
often water -covered, New rules, zoning, forward passes and in-
creased man -power accomplishgfl this.
Elimination of brutal play, that at tinges threatened the well-
being of hockey, by rules that, while still allowing a maximum of
clean robust play and heavy bodily contacts, eliminate vicious at-
tacks by heavy penalties.
A National League Pensions Society has made hockey a
career for its major players, instead of a mere seasonal occupation.
Players bonuses and play -oft guarantees have replaced the old
percentage system, neutral linesmen officiate in every League
game, the all-star game has become an annual and popular feature.
For three yearsafter the original, all -Canadian four -club Wanderers of Montreal and Canadiens, Ottawa Senators
and Quebec Bulldogs were formed, there was little change in the
circuit. The Quebec club dropped out immediately after the League
was formed, and was replaced by Toronto, but re-entered for one
;season, 1919-20. Hamilton, the sporting Ontario city, replaced
Quebec in 1920-21, and remained until 1924-25.
Then came the Big Parade to internationalism, Overnight, the
League mushroomed to greatness. And in 1947-48 it played to
2,518,042 paid customers,
Next: The international .story.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will Le welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c,!o Colver(Noufe, 43) Yone .St., Toronto.
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In the course of a long and
variegated career we have tried
to put ourself away with the
Ipubiie as a writer, sports expert,
salesman, horse -picker and about
Steven other things, and with an
• equal measure of unsuccess in all
of them. But never yet so far
as we can recall, have we at-
tempted to pose as an advisor to
Santa Clause—one of those char-
acters who can tell just what to
buy for everybody on your
Christmas list from' 90 -year-old
Aunt Cynthy down to little
Schmiercase, rising six months.
But there has to be a first time
for everything: and when we
think of some of the awful junk
that is thrust upon us unsuspect-
Ing and defenceless males when
the glad Yuletide comes flowing
in, we think well take a crack
at trying to be Santa's little
helper. Not to string it out to
too great length, we now call
your attention to a couple of
newly -published books, either or
both of which we believe would
gladden the soul of almost any
man.
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The first is entitled "Sports-
man's Country" by Donald Cul-
ross Peattie—and I might warn
you that the title is to be taken
with a grain of salt, as Mr. Peat -
tie is not munbered among the
type of "sportsmen" who best ex-
press their love for the great out-
eloors by slaughtering in safety its
more defenseless creatures, His
book concerns itself with nature
and its so-called lesser beings
and incidentally with what man
has clone to them,
However, Mr. Peattie has not
written a shrill denunciation, but
a notable wise and tender book.
He is'in love with all America's
regional splendors, and he speaks
both lyrically and wisely of its
hills and valleys, streams and
lakes and of the living things
that adorn then.
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The author goes unarmed
through quail country and gray
squirrel country and areas where
other species which hunters con-
sider game abound (or once did).
Incidentally, "game" is an odd
word to give the victims of a
pastime in which men risk only
the loss of a gun load but in
which unconsulted and helpless
creatures wager their lives.
a e, e
There are, Mr. Peattie indi-
cates, more creditable amuse-
ments; an opinion the reviewer
still manages to endorse, despite
his own deer -ravaged, jay -plun-
dered, skunk - devoured and
woodchuck -invaded gardens. The
gratuitous cruelties sportsmen
have addea to nature's more than
adequate original supply are re-
cited by the author of "Sports-
man's Country" in a level voice
more eloquent than outcry,
a •e a
In 1794, Pennsylvania paid
bounties on 640,000 • gray squir-
rels, "but over a century later
MOUNTAIN LAUREL
-From Coeitryman't Year, by Haydn S. Pearson
WHEN the colonists began to clear the woodlands for their homes ane
farms, they came upon a shrub with lustrous green leaves that they
believed was a variety of the laurel tree so common in England. It
was natural that they called it after the home-conritry shrub. As time
went on and the pioneers grew accustomed to its beautiful blossoms
someone with imagination thought that the' blossoming plant looked as
though it were covered with a profusion of colorful scraps of calico,
end today in certain areas it is called "calico bush." Early settlers made
wooden spoons from the matured branches to stir the boiling sorghum
iha their big iron kettles, so "spoonwood" became another name tot
American mountain laurel. Ealtnia latifolia,
Laurel itt bloom is a carpet of loveliness laid for .a time over ill,
thin soil of it rocky hillside, pasture slope, or craggy ravine. it's
magic rug in the shady places where trees or overhanging hills throe
dim shadows during part of the day, The five -lobed pink or white
saucer-shaped flower with purple dots cluster at the ends of twisting
sturdy branches. Framed by the glossy, rich, dark green leaves, 111,
total effect is a bouquet of exquisite beauty,
From Maine to Georgia and westward to Ohio, the calico bush
a part of the beauty of spring: Ode delight in its tangled security;
small wild folk find shelter itis he do recesses. Mountain laurel, strong
growing, ever green and generous with he loveliness, Is one of Nature's
good tete to meta,
Putting Pachyderm—Belle, eight -month-old elephant with a knock
for putting, is learning the game from Moreno Casa, public links
champion. Belle caddies for the champ. Her feet are divot -size
but apparently have not made any dents in the green as yet.
As her weight increases, Belle will probably have to confine her
golf to practice putts.
five ,len in two days' hunting
were able to take but three." In
the Eighteen Eighties, 100,000
California quail were shipped to
market annually. "The curve of
the quail population has declined
to perhaps 10% of its maxi-
mum." In one Minnesota town,
gunners shot 3,000 hawks in one
day "and these were broad
wings, the most beneficial ... in
our entire bird fauna."
"Sportsman's Country" is also
a threnody for the America that
has been and might be again.
It is written by a naturalist, who
is at heart a poet, to the land
which bore him, the rich and fair
and desecrated land. The author
presents each area whole,. geo-
graphically and biologically, but
his understanding fervor gives
every chapter memorable beauty
that mere description never could
bestow. More scrupulously than
most men, Mr. Peattie follows
the Ancient Mariner's prescrip-
tion for efficacious prayer.
So if the man you're thinking
of giving this book to on Christ-
mas happens to be the kind who
measures his hutting pleasure by
the number of lives he snuffed
out, just send him a box of cigars
—loaded ones—and keep the book
yourself. If you ever dip into
it before wrapping it up, that's
what you're liable to do anyway.
• ,
"Every boy should have a dog,
and every dog should have a
boy" is a very ancient saying.
But Corey Ford, the well-known
humourist, goes it a bit further
and calls his latest, "Every Dog
Should Have a Man" with the
sub -title "The Care and Feeding
of Dog's Best Friend"—which
should give you a fair idea of
what to expect.
e
Has your dog been having any
trouble with you lately?, Do you
act dopey while he is taking you
Win Ball, Drop Hats—Frosh of
DePaul University bounced their
way to victory in the annual
froth versus upper-class push.
ball contest, and won the right
Ib discard their bright green
"freshman beanies." If 'they had
lost, the students would have
been compelled by custom 10
wear the hats till late November
Object of the game is to push
the ball over opponent's goal.
for a walls, spurn his left -over
hamburger at the table, dawdle
over answering his commands?
While the regrettable truth may
be that your true nature is re-
vealed in these shortcomings,
there is reason to hope that you
simply are a little thick, that you
don't understand your place in
your dog's' home. To gain such
understanding you are advised to
look over your dog's shoulder
as he reads this "hand -book on
how to break a man•"
From his inside knowledge of
man's animal nature, Mr. Ford,
author of "How to Guess Your
Age" and other such books, gives
the dog reader the following
pointers: Choose a "bright, active,
good-natured, healthy fellow with
springy hindquarters, a bold and
fearless manner and an indepen-
dent income." After all, a dog is
judged by the man he leads and
he doesn't want a man who
droops his tail or climbs a tree
when he gets involved in a dog
fight. A a ,r
Teach him obedience, "Call the
man to you and stand facing him
in the centre of the floor, pre-
ferably with his back to a soft
cushion or davenport. When the
command sit is given, leap up
and plant both forefeet firmly in
the centre of his chest, shoving
him backward onto the daven-
port." Don't insist on a kennel,
share the house with him, "My
setter keeps me right indoors
with him, and 1 can get up into
any of the chairs I want ex-
cept the big overstuffed chair
in the living room, which is his."
_ v s v
Teach him to retrieve, "a trick
best learned by letting the rub-
ber ball he rolls at you go un-
der the bookcase." Abov,e all, exer-
cise, "Be sure to get him up three
or four times during the night
and make him go out, preferably
when it is raining." All the res-
ponsibilities of a man -owner are
dealt with cleatly, and there are
some thoughtful 00n-unents on
the rewards. Every man must
have his day. With this guide,
the man clays should be here well
before next summer,
It is a shall book illustrated
with photographs and drawings
by the author. And we think
any man you give it to will men-
tally thank us for calling it to
your attention.
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