The Seaforth News, 1952-12-11, Page 3T H
atvert SPORTS COLUMN.
6) Eemet 57eveacitoe
Third and last of a series brieflyy.y out-
lining the growth of the National J2ockey
League.
When the National Hockey League was
born, 35 years ago, it came into being five
years after one of the most .drastic changes
of all time in playing rues. For in 1912, the
leaders of professional hockey in the east
decided to abandon the 7 -man game, in effect since the beginning
of organized play, and adopt the 6 -man game,
The whole Dominion rose in arms, and stormily denounced
this as sacrilege. It was painted in doleful colors as the end of
real rocicey, certainly the end of combined team play, a gross
commercialization, a cheap salary -saving trick, though all those
early master -minds were seeking was a method of speeding up
the game. For years, only the National Association, which preceded
the National League, played the 6 -man game: The powerful Pacific
Coast League adhered to seven men, as did all the amatures.
But slowly, all leagues came to understand that 6 -man hockey
made for greater speed, that combination play suffered not at all.
And after that, came the revolution, Sweeping changes in the
rules were accomplished with a minimum of criticism, certainly
nothing like the storm aroused when 6 -man hockey was introduced.
Stress on continuous and sustained speed resulted in clubs
increasing from ten or eleven men, sometimes even less, to at one
time 17 players exclusive of goalers.
In 1918-19 the three areas, the forward pass in the centre area,
and kicking the puck in the centre area were adopted.
In 1921, it became permissible for the goalers to pass forward
in the defensive areas,
On September 24, 1927, legislation was effected whereby
forward passes could be made in the attacking zones. On Septem-
ber 28, 1929, the legislation removed all restrictions from forward
passes, in all areas.
The penalty shot, a spectacular addition, came into existence
in the National League in 1934. Later it was made mom thrilling
by allowing the puck -carrier designated to carry right in on the
nets.
When the first N.H.L. games were played, the only mark on
the :ice was a face-off dot at centre, Now there are the' blue -lines,
which mark the zones. There is a red line across centre -ice. There
are the circles at each end, for face-offs In defensive zones, the
similar circle in the centre. There are dots five feet out from
the blue -lines, to show the spots for face-offs caused by minor
offences in the defensive zones.
There are major changes that marked the revolution, or
evolution, of the game. There are scores of minor changes, such
as obligatory flooding of the ice surface between periods, white
paint beneath the ice, synchronized goal lights, signals to inform
fans why penalties are given, all.,contributing to a complete over-
hauling of the game to stress sustained speed and clean play in the
world's fastest game.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
6y Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
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v e r^! real fight fan will re-
'.er seeing or read -
Ames .T. Jeffries, the
weight champ. But
If you recall the time
,as all set to referee
tht championship bout
found that the fight -
her their managers —
accept him? And may -
5.11 was lucky, at that.
foe ,ust have been a far
Ivor, joyable bout to watch
from'.. ,ngside pew than to take
part in, even as an official. Here's
the story, or part of it anyway.
* * ,y
In one of the greatest light-
weight battles ever witnessed on
the Pacific Coast, Jimmy Britt
went down in defeat to Battl-
ing Nelson, the hardy Dane, in
the 18th round, on Sept. 9th,
1905 at Celina, Cal., a suburb
of San Francisco. It was their
second meeting, Britt having been
awarded the decision in their first
bate by a close margin.
F Y y
Boxing enthusiasts on the
Coast were anxious to see the
boys meet again to settle the
question of supremacy and the
Dane was more than anxious to
(meet the Californian.
Britt seemed to sidestep an-
other meeting, and pugilistic pro-
moters after several attempts
fettled to clinch the match.
5 5 5
James Coffroth, promoter of
some of the big battles on the
Coast, finally offered the boys a
purse of $20,000 to battle for,
with the privilege of 65 per cent
of the gross receipts, which they
accepted.
The battle- was fought in an
open arena built for the occa-
sion. Heavyweight champion
James J. Jeffries was selected to
referee, but Billy Nolan, Nel-
son's manager, strenuously ob-
jected to the big fellow.
The surroundings, the crowd,
the bitterness of the men toward
each other, the uncertainty as to
whether there would be a fight
at all up to 'within a quarter
of an hour before the fight actu-
ally began, together with the cle-
verness and the endurance dis-
played by the boxers, made the
fight ono of great interest to
followers of the fight game.
5 5
Britt entered the ring at 1.52
P.M., accompanied by his sec-
onds. He was garbed in a heavy
red sweater, heavy outside cloth-
ing and a long ulster. Britt took
a seat in the corner of the ring
and while waiting his seconds
cased his hands with strong
bands. -
James J. Jefferies entered the
enclosure at 1 o'clock. He was
wildly cheered by those who saw
his entrance. Manager 'Nolan was
yet insisting that he wouldn't
permit Nelson to enter the ring
until the referee question was
decided and that he would not
accept Jefferies.
Manager Coffroth at 1;30 in-
formed Nolan, as the latter left
the grounds, that he would al-
low him until 2 o'clock to have
Strong Words—A Korean trolley ear pulls to stop in Seoul, showing
et }strongly -worded greeting to President-elect Dwight Eisenhower.
lids "Give The Communists Heli, Ike" sign has been outlawed by
Seoul's mayor on two counts: the familiar term "Ike" and the
controversial term, "hell."
WINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP—Topping 164 entries from the Uniteet
ed
Stated United Ifingdom and Canada, Ronald Leollhardt, 19, of Drumheller,
Alta,,
States,
been awarded the Canadian National Railways Trophy, emblem -
alio of the world wheat championship. Ronald received the honor at the
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Toronto, for his sample of Marquis wheat.
7. A. Argo, right, assistant traffic vice-president, Canadian National Railways
Montreal, presents the trophy, a silver tray and one hundred dollars and
congratulates him above. Ronald is the third junior farmer from that area
to win the trophy iu successive years,
his man in the ring, If Nelson
was not in the ring by that time
Coffroth said, he would claim
Nelson's forfeit. Nolan repeated
that he would not enter the ring
with his protege until the referee
question had been decided.
N a 5
At 2 o'clock, the time limit
fixed by Coffroth, Nolan still re-
fused to enter the ring. Every
effort was made to get him into
the ring then in the hope that
the chance of breaking the dead-
lock would be improved. Britt,
though not on speaking terms
with Graney, said he would ac-
cept him.
:}g e r
Nelson entered the ring at
2:35. All bets were declared off
before the fight began, owing to
the change in referee,
* .5 5
Referee Graney instructed the
men they must break absolutely
when he ordered them to do so,
and the fighters agreed. Graney
said he would not step in be-
tween the men while in action,
Then Britt and Nelson shook
hands and went to their corners.
The gong rang and the battle
was on.
We regret that space limita-
tions will not allow us to bring
you a blow-by-blow description
of the entire eighteen gory and
exciting rounds; but here are the
last few of them as—well, let's
say borrowed from the Police
Gazette,
Round 12—Nelson's hair tossed
as Britt sent in left hooks, Then
Britt jabbed his left home be-
tween mouth and nose. Nelson
still kept crowding. "Steady,
steady, Jimmy," was the cry
from Britt's corner, but Britt had
got past the stage of heeding
corner instructions. Nelson lash-
ed out very seldom at this stage.
He seemed bent on forcing Britt
around, taking his fire and tiring
him out. Britt's friends were ju-
bilant as the Dane's head jerked
from side to side from Britt's
blows.
Round 13—Britt fighting him
off and Nelson taking blows and
crowding. "Don't waste a punch,
Jimmy," carne from his corner,
but Jimmy had to busy himself
to repel the Dane's advances.
Nelson scored on the body in one
or twoclinches, and they loosen-
ed up freely. Britt standing in
taking chances. With the gloves
of both men flying rapidly.
* 5 *
Round 14—Nelson, instead of
covering and pressing, began to
strike out. He fought Britt to
the ropes in a savage exchange of
face blows. Then he sent Jimmy
staggering with a hard right on
the chin, Britt recovered and
went at him; they battled vici-
ously. Britt's seconds yelled
"One more!" but the cry had a
hollow sound. It certainly did not
look as if the native son was
getting any of the better of the
fighting.
t1
Round 15 --Britt backed away,
and then steadied the Dane with
a cruel left swipe across the stom-
ach. Nelson threw up both arms
for a guard, and Britt rapped him
around the forehead with both
hands. Nelson's eyes began to
dull, Britt was hurting him with
the pumping lefts to the body.
Everybody in Britt's corner was
yelping like a pup that wanted
to be loose from his 'chain,
a e 5
Round 16-eThey clinched and
tried to fight and hold, and Gra-
ney yelled, "Let go." Both came
out of the melee with new blood
dripping, They , clinched again
and fought and held and Britt
'nuzzled the Dane's right hand
There was no boxing about 11
now, a scuffing fight, each man
with bleeding nose and parted
lips, trying to beat the other
fellow.
• Round 17—Short left swings
brought them into an armlock
and when they drifted apart Britt
ripped a hard left into stomach.
Nelson tried to grin, but his face
was too swollen. He kept fol-
lowing Britt, and Britt lashed
out at the face. The blood from
Nelson's mouth sprinkled his
thighs, but there was no sign of
weakening on his part. They wan-
dered to the ropes, and such dig-
ging and smashing never was
seen. Nelson got in an extra blow
after the bell rang.
Round 18—Britt peppered Nel-
son with rights and lefts to face.
Britt sent a right to jaw. Previ-
ously Nelson had scored with left
to body. Britt continued to hook
right and left to Nelson's jaw
and landed with a stiff left to
the stomach. Britt has scored on
Nelson's jaw when suddenly the
Dane shot his left and right to
Britt's jaw like a flash. Britt
went down like a log, gasping
for breath and with blood com-
ing from his mouth and nose.
Fatal seconds were counted by
time -keeper Harting. At the call
of "ten!" Britt made a feeble
effort to rise, but immediately fell
back defeated.
CANADIAN PROGRESS
WORLD RESPECT - C. GA E
R
of M. Head Sees Experts, Productivity, Savings and
Taxation as Key Problems of Canadian Expansion
GORDON BALL, GENERAL MANAGER, REPORTS
ASSETS, DEPOSITS AND LOANS AT NEW PEAKS
Montreal, Dec. 1—Today, Canada has the admiration and
respect of observers everywhere, as it stands "on the threshold
of vast industrial advance," B. C. Gardner, president of the
Bank of Montreal, told shareholders at their 135th annual
meeting today. But, he emphasized, the policies of government,
business and organized Iabor "can go far to enrich or to impair
any country's capital of resources and opportunities."
*government for protection
against what might be called the
ordinary hazards of day-to-day
business ... The fact remains that
the services provided by govern-
ment must be paid for out of
the pockets of private citi-
zens ..."
General Manager's Address
Gordon R. Ball, general man-
ager, reported an increase of $65,-
000,000 in total assets over last
year-end, for a record figure of
reached ane all- all-time peak
stand-
ing at $2,148,0071,000, compared to
$2,085,000,000 last year-end. Cur-
rent loans aggregated $663,000,-
000, the highest figure in the
bank's history and $45,000,000
over October 31. 1951.
Reviewing business conditions,
Mr. Bali pointed out that the year
had seen "a return to a favor-
able balance of commodity trade."
The spectacular performance of
Canada's dollar reflected "... the
favorable situation of the Can-
adian economN . . . and, also,
through externa! investment, an
optimistic appraisal, by outside
observers, of this country's fu-
ture prospect^, But, In case
some viewed with alarm the ex-
tent of foreign participation in
Canadian industry, he empha-
sized thatCanadians them-
selves provided about $84 out of
every $100 of new capital ex-
penditures in this country" in the
three years, 1949-51.
The general manager conclu-
ded with an expression of warm
appreciation for the Work of the
staff. ".Fsom what I have
seen myself in the course of fre-
quent visits to our branches and
trom what I have heard from
others, I am confident that our
staff are building for the bank,
through courtesy and cheerful-
ness, an enormously valuable
fund of goodwill."
Commenting on matters he be-
lieved of fundamental import-
ance to this country's future well-
being, Mr. Gardner warned: "We
shall do well to ponder that our
impressive industrial expansion
has as yet done little to render us
less dependent nn export trade,"
Canada "can ill afford . , to
come under the competitive dis-
advantage that we would suffer
if our domestic, level of prices
should in future rise more rap-
idly than corresponding prices in
the United States, or on other
major countries."
Noting that despite great ma-
terial progress, Canada's annual
over-all gain ill output is rela-
tively limited, being about one
and a half per Beat a year for the
average Canadian, the president
pointed out that any improve-
ments in living standards, secur-
ity or government services, must
come out of this modest yearly
increase in prcductivity. What-
ever our objectives, he said,
"there is no way of achieving
them excerpt through increased
production."
Savings Make Expansion
Possible
Mr, Gardner observed that
Canada's capital requirements
have for some time tended to run
ahead of new savings provided
voluntarily by the Canadian com-
munity.The largest single
constituent of voluntary saving
is money ploughed back into in-
dustry itself . ." he remarked,
. Such retained funds are,
therefore, the seed corn of indus-
trial growth. Far from being
anti -social, thoy are a social
necessity."
Another highly significant in-
fluence on Canada's course, Mr.
Gardner stated, would be the role
assigned to the functions of gov-
ernment.. There seems to be
an increasing tendency to run to
BOOK WORM
The librarian of Staten Island's
roving bookmobile was con-
fronted recently by an impor-
tunate youth who demanded
"that book you talked me into
borrowing three weeks ago."
The gratified librarian asked,
"Was it so good you want to read
it over again?" "Heck, no," said
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MATTER OF HABIT
A well-known author was hit
by a car on his way to his favor-
ite bar, and was knocked un,
conscious. The proprietor of the
bar sent for an ambulance, and
watched first aid being admin-
istered. "He's coming out of it,
boys," said the proprietor final-
ly. "See that motion? He's try-
ing to blow the foam - off hie
medicine."
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