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scrambled into the Stanley Detroit Red Wings right out of the Canada, of course, because the s -National League champions and Cup ho shouldered hockey fan on it was the sports upset of the year. 'The depth of the upset can be seen in a quick review of the season 'figures, mn' two and lost two against Boston, who won .an unprecedented fifth-straight NHL title, also out. scored the Bruins, ice, where the Wi cluding 12 straight wins. But in the scored 21 dence, as The hero of the s was Samuel (Sugar Jim) be Henry had been a ss Red Wings, When a call veteran goalminder, York and Chicago, sand dollars. So amazing was H the first year, 1951-52, he was named to the second All-Star team and was third in League's Most Valuable. In the opening: back to thwart the team that had.sold him to Boston, In the first three games Boston upset the in-the best-of-seven series. - _And when Bruins battled Canadiens rig ht do In the Cup finals, : of - foot, his ankle badly damaged, who held.the Habitan bay, without a goal, of the fifth and tinal regular- sprin, sons, a Sugar Jim's" Great Come-Back | Amazed The Experts And Fans 5 - hi SBE § OALVERYT SPORTS COLUMN -- ART ® This may sound like one of those "trick questions Jou hear on radio quiz programs, And, In fact, it is, Here's the "question: "Would it be ble that the Miggest upset in Canadian sport during 1953 didn't happen in Canada at all?" The answer isn't too difficult. Hockey and Canadians were on both ends of the ust barely Cup play-offs, knocked the lordly icture It didn't happen games which saw the ders unceremoniously out of the picture to the amazement of every the continent, were all played on U.S. ice. But is a Canadian sport, upset when the lowly Boston Bruins, who had which Detroit won 10 games, tied The record-setting Wings, 62 goals to 19, over that stretch, On Detroit 1 - Boston won a key game in the Cup series last: s held a fantastic 27-2 mar; over four sea-. Cup series, Bru oals in the six games, the same number, by coinci- d Red Wings. i i tacular Boston triumph undoubtedly Henry, the Bruins' goaler, Two years are goalle In the hockey camp of for help came from Bruins, the who had falled in previous tries with New was sold to the Boston club for a few thou- wr Henry's comeback with Boston that during the voting for the National Hockey Player award. round of the post-season playoffs he came against Detroit, Sugar Jim made 122 saves as defending champions twice to take a 2-1lead . to the wire it was the gallant Henry, hobbling on one team at until one whistled past him in overtime game to give the Montreal team the title. PLAIN HORSE SENSE. | Looking back over the yesr EN 1953 we find three events in the 3 agricultural \ significance for the future. The first was the establish-- ment of the Ontario Hog Mar- ped keting Agency which : operations in January at a time By BOB ELLIS = significant event of the past year was the closer drawing together of organized agriculture and organized labour. For years we have heard, in the annual meet- ings of farm associations and labour unions, resolutions on the necessity of co-operation between field of-_ special started when hog prices were at a low. The - time was opportune for farmers to' take more control of the "marketing of one of* their = prothictsc * The leaders of the associations are . trying their very best to do a good job for their fellow members which is not as easy as those believe who do their squawking either after the meet- ings or at home, We have some doubts though, whether orderly marketing . by direction only will' be effective once supplies, get more plentf- Le ful and do hope that plans are being made for farmer controlled - processing. : H farmers would get together and set up a number of ro-opera- tively owned -and operated meat packing plants, strategically placed all' over the province, it would give them assurance of just and fair prices in .the home market, Farmers Séll Cheese The second event giving rea- son for good cheer was the sale og 10,000,000 lbs. Ontario Cheese Marketing Board. The emancipation of agricultural 'producers from: the goverfiment twill not only work out for their wn best, but will make govern- ents --- provincial and federal "= mpre amenable to reasonable demands by. gm orgatiizations, ~ After all, these governments are still being élected mostly on farm votes, even if they don't -want_ to have it true. "Tt could well happen that farmers, if Woy were wy' fid out their own strength, could. decide to take a \ Farmer-Labour Relations . The. thifd and perhays most MENAGERIE oA "% the greatest of Ontarlo - cheese to Britain made by the more' active and direct part in the organization of 'governments, these two groups. These rekolu- tions always carried, but neo action was taken. : However, in March 1953 the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and set up a number of co-opera- and the Ontario Federation of Labour, at long last came to- gether and appointed - a _joint committee to study and further their common problems; First action "taken jointly was the brief prepared by the Farm Implement Council of the United Steelworkers and United Auto- mobile Workers to be presented to the Federal Government with the support of the Federation of Agriculture, Spark Plug How far this sudden upsurge of organizational activities 'in farm circles was spark plugged by the appearance of the Ontario Farmers Union, is beyond our - knowledge. : : : There can be no doubt that a good share of the credit for the accomplishments of 1953 should go to the men of. the Union whom we found to be Christian gentlemen and men of' good will, It is a good thing that up there in Grey and Bruce is still enough 'fighting spirit to prevent the On- tario farm movement from get- ting dull and drab. a Happy New Year Perhaps we should mention the Toronto Milk Producers who are- endeavouring to establish their own milk processing plant; - To them, to the hog producers and cheese: producers, 'to the Federatior and the Union men, to one and all, our best wishes for 'a Merry Christmas and a- happy and prosperous 1954. Lest we forget that we all work for the same aim, a full: and abundant life for ALL, This column welcomes sug- gestions, wise or foolish, and all' . criticism, whether constructive "or destructive and will try. to 'mswer any question. . Address' £5 , letters to Boh Ellis, Box +123 . 16th St, New Toronto, Ont. ., 8 or 12 ge rs TAR : The preacher came along and 1, | joy Played Soccer 'With Human Skulls Although Soccer is said to have originated in China, 11 is from the British Isles that it' | has spread to the" far corners of. "the globe, and, in fact, it is tak- ing on in 'the least expected places. - To claim States is going 'Soccer "crazy would -be an exaggeration. But there are to-day something like 6,000,000 Soccer fans in 'that 'country, and the number 'in- creases annually; so much so that promoters of baseball and basketball are growing perturb- ed about dwindling gates 5 It all started thirty years ago when Bill Jefirey left his native Scotland because: opportunities seemed more plentiful in Ame- rica, where he became a rails "way 'man. He rustled up a few British Soccer players and they began practising. Numbers increased so rapidly that teams were formed. This new enthusiasm spread, leagues were formed, and Jeffrey was offered "a job as -Soccer coach at Penn. College. So far his . teams have played hundreds of 'important games, 'and _ between 1932-41 were undefeated in 65 matches, their greatest triumph, bejng a 1-0 victory against an All-British team. But America's biggest Soccer fillip came when the U.S.A. beat Great Britain in the World Games. ; Soccer is probably the most popular game in the world; more popular than lawn tennis, for the cost is less. In some parts of the world all that is needed is. a ball; teams play bare- bodied and barefooted. A pair i shorts is their uniform. The Russians are among the best players in the world, but an Englishman took the game to South. Russia. In 19068 Jim Hird went out for a holiday to a-cable station in Odessa, where his brother worked, He liked the country so much 'that he re- turned as a saleman. The Hird _ brothers collected a few British Soccer players and challenged the crews,of British ships. Then they induced Russian schoolboys to learn the game, and such apt challenged the British club to _a game some months later and thrashed them soundly! > They were _#&ll keen chess players, and treated, Soccer like "chess, working out methods of attack" off the: field. Jim Hird's brother became secretary to the first football league "in Russia, and he organised the first matches between towns -- Odes- sa and Moscow, for which a ,2%d. gate fee was charged, Since .-then Russian "teams have im- proved till the country can turn out crack sides like the Dyna- mos, ; © R. H. Bruce Lockhart wis an- other. pioneer, Educated/at a rugger school, he als layed Soccer, and when he went to PRE» Soho 4 =} that the United Ee pupils--did they prove that they -- i Million-Dollar Smile -- Harry Troisek of Hialeah Race Track has a great deal to smile about, He's the third trainer in turf history ~ Whose horses have earned over a million dollars in ong season. ~Trotsek holds a check representing the $1,026,950 that recent! crowned him "champion money-winning trainer of 1953." Bill Winfrey, Native Dancer's trainer, is second with winnings of $985,356. 5 i live on the Continent in 1905 organised teams in the Pas de Calais area. He went to Malaya -in- 1908, and during two years there hacked out pitches in the jungles and taught: the villagers, who for a long time were no match for booted Europeans. Another. pioneer- was Tyndall "Biscoe, the first Englishman to -introduce "sport into Kashmir, where he ran..a mission school. Tyndall-Biscoe had immense difficulty in getting the boys to play Soccer. "Kick a ball," in- dignantly 'asked high-case Hin- dus, "made:from the skin of the sacred cow? Never!" } Kashmir 1s a cold, mountain- ous coutnry, The boys wore san- dalg with hollow wooden soles glowing charcoal to keep their feet warm. And it was in this cumberstone footwear -- probe ably the queerest . "football boots" 'ever seen -- that Kash- mirt lads first chased and kick- ed - the ball. Ultimately they came to love the game; and to- day Rr good deal" of excellent . Soccer is played all over mir, » : Wherever the British have . gone, they have cut pitches In Jungle and desert. -- On the Gold Coast. British pioneers did not attempt to per- suade the natives to play foot- ball: they did so of their own accord. They liked to copy the white man, and as: they had no ball a skull dribbled with bare feet, was often used! We just know that all. our readers, , and especlally those who deplore the free scoring 'trend in most modern sports, will be interested in learning the re- sult of the most -recent fixture of Eton's famous 'Wall Game." . Not to keep you in suspense too long, the Oppldans walloped the Colleger by a score of two. shies (that's "shies" not "tries" Mr. Linotype) to nothing. As you I doubtless already know the Op- __pldans are the lads who board (out or lve in the town itself, 'while the Collegers are resid- ents of England's most famous school; * *. 0» : * Now two to nothir! may not sound like any great rash of scoring, but you've got to con- sider that this was the first time since 1049 that there had been anything but a scoreless draw, Actual goals in the Wall Game occur about once every 40 years, the last one having been scored 'back in 1009. The gambling gents who like' fast action for their dough and who bet on every goal in hockey, every pitch in baseball, would certainly have a dull time: at Eton, As a matter of fact it Was the lick of defin- Ate rea') and the scarceness of goals that brought about the new rule reducing the teams from eleven to fen a side -- a move hion, we feel sure, caused much wiots on the fence} "I pray for Son rvative or old" Bohol } pe Eo alr (emt i Te a : : IS, | a 1 rw | ET A "| The farmer wrote: "I pay for erable of eur borrow- cas TE TET TT TL ing regarding sport Over 'Ome, 16 tt a ee score a goal in the Wall Gane is about-as easy as doing a golf round of eighteen consecutive holes in one. All you have to do is secure the ball from a scrim- mage in-a set region of the wall and then shy it at a goal. One of the goals consists of a little door and the other is an old elm tree trunk, with both of them 80 awkwardly - placed that the Jhrower has to be an Annie Oak- ey to even come close. They started keeping tab over a cen- tury ago, in 1841 to be exact, and in all that stretch one or other of the goals has been hit only three times. It the salary is reasonably liberal, we fancy that the job of Permanent Scorer for the Wall Game would suit us no end. ; ¢ LB The origin of this Wall game Is shrouded in the mists of an-. tiquity and the theory that it Just grew with the school, now more than 500 years old, is the one generally and conveniently accepted. But another theory ropounded by a fellow of the" Royal Historical Soclety Is that it arrived there in 1624 when - Bir Henry Wooton became pro- vost. 8ir Henry brought'it from Italy when he had served for a "long time in the diplomatic service as the English ambassa- -dor In Venice. * . * The same historian goes on to state that the Eton eomes from A pe which was played and descr! i iy mp ddle of the : ce + A wall was tegral part of the Florentine and ness versions of the game "and wae'so mentioned fa varl- hg ey | a] into which were stuffed bits of _ Kash- ous books published in Venice some 400 years ago. The reten- tion of Latin phrases in the Eton game supports the historian's supposition. "Calx,". Latin for heel or foot, from which the Italian" "Calcio" (a kick) fs de- rived is ap example. i « * ! (We must try and remember that word '"calx." There are sev- to . . . call heels, and maybe if we did It in Latin, we: could get away with it. But we must get back to that dear Eton). * * LJ The whole. game is replete with hazards and odd sounding words and phrases, They include "bully," "rogue" and "cools." To "give an explanation of the game except to an actual eye-wit- ness, is almost an impossibility because once the ball, somewhat 'smaller than a soccer ball, is tossed in the midst of the play- "ers anything and everything ean and does happen. i - LJ +, The striking of 12:30 by the old clock in pton's Tower is the signal of the start and' play the wall 'running along the Slough-Wihdsor road and a fur- row, which is-the touchline about six yards away, running paral. "lel to the wall. : + LJ LJ Surmounted on the 13 ft. high wall are all the schoolboys who can manage it plus photograph- ers. whose efforts of portraying the struggling and straining of the mass of humanity down be- low never' seem to change from year to year, * * * The team comprises "walls" who wear what looks like old sacking, caps and gloves to pro- tect them against the wall's ab- rasions, "seconds" who operate "In support of the "walls," "out- sides". and "behinds." = Most of the play is "tight" which means that the ball is kept within the scrimmage as the two sides fight their way alopg_.the wall into each other's. $érritory, "Loose" play is whery the ball ig booted as far as possible in the oppon- ents territory. * Ll * Halfway through the players change ends. The side which began by attacking "Géod Calx" now defends it. This is the end 80 named because of the superi- or playing surface and where the goal is the door in _a distant wall running at right angles to the wall proper. The opposite 10-yard area at the other end is, obviously, "Bad Calx." % LJ * "Shies," ten of which can count as one goal, are scored when a ~player can, despite the interfer- ence of many pairs of stout boots, manage to get the ball up on his - foot against the wall and touch it with his hand as he shouts *Qo it.' Providing he is in "calx" and providing the umpire agrees with him he hes a shot at goal The: great thrill of hitting a goal has been reserved for the pleasure only three assembles. But: that es not detract one monocle's - worth of enthusiasm from en honored aiid picturesque annual tradition at England's famous school, - * a » And thanks once again to you, Sydney Skilton. If aver we get 'that job we shall certainly try and gét you the post of Assistant Scorer. On a purely honorary basis, pf course! ---- BIDS ON THE BIDDY Bergdant: "I'ma all in. I've been running around all day [ to get something for my Pilvatet "Well, have you had any offers?" : EE eral characters we would like - takes place in an area between |- Broke up the Game Also the Players Big league baseball fans are discriminating critics of comedy as well as uncompro con noisseurs of the game itself. It's tough for a ballplayer to make 'the, giade on both counts, but -- Herman Schaefer, better-known as Germany, was a big favorite with Detroiters for both hig base- ball abjlity and his comic artistiy when he was a member of the old Tigers. - One sunny day in Chicago, the Tigers were trailing the White Sox 2 to 1; and Germany had to coach at third, The crowd watched ~only incidentally as Doc White struck out the first two Tiger batters in the first of the ninth--most of their atten- tion being focused on Germany's .clowning, Whether because of the distraction around third or some other undisclosed reason; White had a momentary lapse against the next man at the plate, and walked him on four pitches. Germany was wild with Joy, but manager Hugh Jennings postponed his - celebration and tried to select a pinch hitter for his hurler, Ss Schaefer was impatient, "Hey, Boss," he shouted. - "Want to win this one? Batter let me bat!" Jennings played the hunch and sent Germany to the plate. You've got to say this for Chi. ardless of the name on his uni- ceived a great hand as it was announced that he was replacing Donahue, Schaefer strode to-the plate as though he wore the seven-league hoots, There was cockiness in 'every step, and as he approached. given p his second-base duties ° : eago's South Bide fans. They - give credit to a ballplayer re- orm, and Germany Schaefer re- | the batter's box, he held hands to silence the hdr BE oe he ay "Ladies hd ried ue Saat ; me 10 present to_you--Herman Schaefer, the Werld's "Greatest Batsman---who will now give you a demonstration of his marvel hitting power." The crowd lo 4 it, and even Doc White smiled, : _Bullivan signalled tor Doc's "fast one, and the southpaw burn od it down the middle. Wham! Germany met the ball with -tre- mendous power, and it salle 'clear over the pavilion in :lefte 3 center tield, one of the longest home runs ever hit in: Comiskey Park, an : oo Ordinarily, that game-winning - homer would hae satistied any ballplayer, particularly ny hud rophetic speech as Germany ust delivered. But he was § warmed up, - He took oft fog first llke a shot and slid in the bag. Getting up, he dus himself off, and announced, "A the quarter, Schaefer leads by a head!" Whoosh . , . he wae otf for second and a gorgeous slide. After a deep bow, he formed the fans, "At the h Schaefer leads by a length." erowd was helpless with laughteg as he slid into third and ane nounced, "Schaefer leads by @ mile!" Not content with gh Germany tore for the plate of: though he had to beat a theo by the kin of his teeth, and inte home in a cloud of dust. 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