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us THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Tuesday, April 28, 1958 ~ any Po fj "rrp, EVERYTHING FROM SOUP TO NUTS" The summer wrestling season opens at the Oshawa Arena tonight and promoter "Pat" Milosh is quite confident that he'll be giving his grunt 'n' groan fans of the city and district, the best that can be provided in the way of mat entertainment, Ajax, Whitby, Bowmanville, Port Perry, Brooklin, etc., are always well represented at the local wrestling shows and of course, there are hundreds of Oshawa fans who thoroughly enjoy the exhibitions put on by the top professional per- formers in the game. For his main bout at tonight's show, promoter Milosh has lined up the well-known favorite of last season, "Bobo" Brazil, he of the famous koko-konk technique and as an opponent, he has "The Red Mask". The masked gent will no doubt prove to be a disreputable villain and a rabble-rouser from away back--as well as up close, like in the ringside seats. Several other brand new faces are on the card so it's expected the turnout will be large at Oshawa Arena this evening for the first wrestling show of the season. It looks as if there's going to be an Industrial Softball League in Oshawa this season. That suggestion we tossed out the other day apparently caught on like wildfire with a group of local en- thusiasts and on Sunday afternoon, they held a conflab at the home of Wren Blair with representatives on hand from Alger Press, Field Aviation, Coulter Mfg. Pedlars, Oshawa Brewers Retail, Fittings and Oshawa Railway, with such interested softball men on hand as Herbie Cooper, Jack Logeman, Jack Naylor, Sebe Claus Jr, Bert Jay, Wren Blair, Ken Corrigan and Jim Claus. They are holding an organization meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) night at the CRA at 7:30 o'clock and all teams interested are imvited to have representatives on hand, - We understand that they plan to form a six or seven-team Industrial League with 80 per cent of the team personnel coming from their own individual firms. We would suggest to these chaps that right now they do not fall into this trap. It's an insignificant looking regulation at first glance but actually it's a 20 per cent wide-open door (might easily be interpreted as 3 players out of 15--but all three would be standouts, 80 it would be three-out-of-nine as far as an actual game is concerned. We strongly recommend to these softball teams that they give this careful thought. It's our opinion--based on mays years of softball experience--that a true Industrial League can only succeed if each team is 100 per cent a firm team. Then there is no arguments as to a player's eligibility or ability and what's more--an qwner or president of a firm are more likely to sponsor a team carrying their firm name-- if EVERY player works for him. The OASA frowns on all-star teams, which would be the only way Oshawa could have representation in Ontario playoffs, from such a league as this--and what's more, the chances of a city this size being granted single-team entries in anything other than Senior "B" category, are very slim. That we know! Alex Donaldson and son Ken rolled 1,387 in their "B" class doubles event, in the annua] CBA 5-pin tournament (27th) at Kerry's Terauley alleys in Toronto on Saturday with Ken rolling a 683 triple for runner-up position in the intermediate division. County Bowl of Whitby rolled 2589 for third place standing in the Indies' teams division with Alice Bradley and Isobel Mothersill of County Bowl finishing a high second in the ladies' doubles, with 1153, three points behind a Hamilton pair. In singles, Alice Bradley had 566. There'll be more Oshawa and district 5-pin enthusiasts competing in the CBA events this week, of course. BRIGHT BITS: --Pete Misuk, who is going to be in charge of the Juvenile section of the Oshawa Legion Minor Baseball set-up this season, will be at Alexandra Park on Thursday night at 6:30 o'clock, to meet all interested players.. Any boy of Juvenile age, whether he played Joes hve tach yous o8 i. 1s NiIed 10 be OE BN Hn 0s he gned a mew shortstop, Harry Musselman, 26, of Harrisburg, Pa. who has had six y of pro ball experience and was two years in the Giants' chain . , . e Flyers staged a thrilling 4-goal rally to win the first game of the Memorial Cup finals over St. Boniface Canadiens, who led 4-2 at the end of the second period, due to a 3-1 lead in the first frame; .. . The NBA commissioner is afraid that television "blue noses" will kill boxing with their stern criticism . . . The Allan Cup finals will not start until tomorrow night in Kitchener. They had a wrestling show already booked for tonight--so the hockey date had to be postponed. Mmm! WRESTLING RETURNS PICKFORD TROPHY WINNERS Oshawa Fish And Game Assoc. Praised On Successful Season The Picadilly Room of the Gen- osha Hotel was packed to capacity last night as three guest speakers helped ring down the curtain on one of the most successful seasons the Oshawa Fish and Game As- sociation has enjoyed in the man- ner of public recognition. This rcognition was brought to light in more ways than one last night when President George Wel- don displayed the Mary Pickford Trophy won by the local group th its efforts in stream im- provement at Wilmot Creek . . . "The club that did the most for conserva- tion in the province of Ontario." Bill Lang, eminent Canadian fish- ing authority, ex-president of the Toronto Hunters and Anglers As-|ning sociation, and the man who first accepted the trophy from Mary Pickford in Hollywood back in 1936, was on hand and was asked to give some of the ideas that lay in back of the award. "Without doubt this is the finest Piece of work for which this trophy as been awarded," said Bill, "Stream improvement is the most important single factor in present day fishing." "Imagine how these streams were some centuries ago.. .un- touched. Look at some of them now. Anything we can do toward putting them back in the condition they were is a step in the right direction. This is the first time the trophy has been awarded for this phase of conservation work," he continued, "and I am very happy it was the Oshawa club who start- ed what will very likely be a trend toward more stream improve- ment." Bill will be showing some of his justly famous fishing movies at the Pickering District High School this Thursday evening at 8.15 p.m. SPINNING ENTHUSIAST Jack Sutter, importer par excel- lence of spinning tackle, brought with him a half dozen or so rods and reels for his talk on this "new" angle of the old game. Jack explained how simple spin- was . , . he showed graphical- ly through a demonstration the one could very nearly master the basic movements in five minutes. The advantages of not having to change hands while using spinning equipment was also shown...as well as the wonderful thrills to be gained through the use of light- weight equipment which it affords. Jack's close business associate, Art Chilton was the other guest speaker and he took the art of crow-shooting as his theme. Art likes to hunt '"'under the owl" as he put it. "The Great Horned Owl is a natural enemy for the crow and when the scout bird finds usual methods of casting, and how | gq one, he usually heads back to his pals and brings them for a formal attack." '"'Hunters can use this weakness of the crow by putting a stuffed owl in a tree-top near one of the crow fly-ways. He must then con- ceal himself and sent out his call. This should make," he added, "for some of the finest off-season shoot- ing you've ever enjoyed." DONATES NEW TROPHY As he concluded his talk, Art announced that he would donate a trophy for annual competition to the Oshawa club to encourage this crow-sheoting idea . . . "to the com- petitor who bags the most crows, on the basis of two feet equals one crow," smiled . President George Weldon thank- Art for his donation and then asked Wid Miller to make presen- tation of the Perch fishing trophy to the winning junior club mem- ber, Fred Brown. In his end-of-the-season secre- tarial report, Bill Owens told of the first stream improvement move made thus far this spring, the planting of some 2,000 trees on Wilmot Creek. He also noted that Shelter Val- ley Creek has been posted in al- most all areas and that to prevent such further action by the farmers it was necessary for the club mem- | bers to take it into their own hands to educate those fisherman who are careless, in the fine points of stream etiquette. BTS PLAN APPROVED The club plan fo arrange a stream improvement program with the boys at Bowmanville Training School has been accepted by the officials concerned and the go- ahead will be given shortly. Bill concluded his report by not- ing the up-coming Port Perry Carp Derby to be held the last two Sun- ...the 24th and 31st onth. Retiring President George Wel- don read the list of incoming exe- cutive members, thanking Secre- tary Bill Owens and Treasurer Len Hagerman for their very valuable assistance urough the Jost year. The slate of officers for 1953-54 follows: President, Alex Barclay; vice-president, Doug Branton; sec- Bill Owens Hagerman; Finance and entertain- ment, H. Strathdee, F. . bership, L. Irwine, G. Public relations, H licity, G. sB. mpbell: Junior Club, H. McNeill, G. Miller, W. Miller, G. Weldon; Ice fishing, C. McKnight; turkey shoot, W. Greenly, W. Bennett; stream im- provement, B. Owens, J. Chumbly, {I. Taylor, B. Fry, E. Westlake, and A. Barclay. Leafs Open Home Stand Tomorrow By THE CANADIAN PRESS The 1953 edition of the Interna- tional Baseball League will make its Canadian debut Wednesday on all three fronts. Buffalo, home of the Bisons, also will see its first IBL game of the new season. All eight teams are taking it easy today, limbering up for their northern invasion. A twi-night double - header at Springfield was the only activity : on Monday night's schedule. The Cubs broke a three-game losing streak hy winning the abbreviated first game from Buffalo 4-3, but suffered their first whitewashing of the season, 5-0, in the nightcap. A record attendance is expected for Wednesday's contests. Montreal Royals, last season's pennant winners, will play host to Rochester Red Wings. Syracuse Chiefs go to Ottawa against the Athletics and Springfield will take on the Maple Leafs at Toronto. The . Bisons will greet Baltimore Ori- oles. In Monday night's opener, Spring- field starter Jim Brosnan gave up only three hits and fanned eight, but the win went to reliefer Gen Tarabilda who came on in the sev- enth ang final inning. Ted Kapuscinski won the night- cap in his first start for the Bi- sons, giving up seven hits. Buffalo got to three Springfield hurlers, starter Bob Hartig taking the loss. Women Golfers At Oshawa Club Plan Big Season Members of the women's division Bobo Brazil Meets Red Mask In Season's First Mat Card night in wrestling night awa Arena rnd this Tues- 28, sees the summer sea- Tuesday Bt the i April y eve ' opening of the regula: 'sqn"s gru groan ment, when promoter "Pat" Milosh presents his first card for 1953. Faced with the high cost of living of wrestlers and the current in- crease in expenses, promoter Mil- osh has been forced to raise his prices a little but to make sure he gives his mat patrons their admis- sion value, he has arranged bring the top-notchers of the wrest- ling world to the Oshawa Arena ring, each Tuesday night of the summer season, This week's first show features several new faces, with Jan Gotch meeting Ovila Asseline in the pre- liminary match. A couple of up- and-coming performers, both will Take a tremendous hit with local estling fans, as will the two glad- iators who are scheduled to appear in the semi-final bout, Hans Her- man and Don Beitleman. The latter is new to the local fans and Judging by his performance throughou United States in the past winter months, he is headed to be a head- liner, very shortly. The main bout introduces one old friend and one new (?) friend to the Oshawa and district wrestling fans, in the persons of Bobo Brazil, the popular colored gentleman who smploys his famous 'koko konk" with devastating effect, whenever in serious trouble. to | --all of the Oshawa Golf Club can expect a good season judging from the en- thusiasm of conveners and captains in organizing social and golfing ac- tivities. A "Tee-Off Bridge' on May 5 at Simcoe Hall is the first on the so- cial agenda and enough players for at least 100 tables.are expected. Convener Mrs. Oakley Crawfprd still has tickets to be picked up by members. The official opening day at the club is scheduled for May 23 and women's first day is set for Tues- day afternoon, May 19. A big attraction this season will be the invitational meet to be held June 4 for all women golfers in Ontario. With better than a month away, members should have golf 'problems' ironed out and be all set to put up some good competi- tion for the outsiders. Fixtures cards, stating dates for coming-up tournaments, are ex- pected to be available in a week or so. His opponent will be "The Red Mask", a newcomer to these parts. Like masked or hooded grap- plers, The Red Mask is a capable operator and knows his way around the ring and also knows his way around any or all rules that may or may not apply to the sport. He is "a bad guy" from away back in the "bad lands" and while his skill demands respect, his tactics usually arouse the bitter resen- ment of the majority of customers of which assures % lively eve- ning at Oshawa Arena tonight Edmonton Flyers Win WHL Crown EDMONTON (CP)--The rags-to- riches Edmonton Flyers captured the Western Hockey League cham- pionship Monday night by routing Saskatoon Quakers 9-4. You're Paid On The Spot when you sell things through Classified ads. Phone 3-2233. 20-MINUTE WIN By AL VICKERY Canadian Press Staff Writer WINNIPEG (CP)--Barrie Flyers flayed 20 minutes of solid hockey onday night and it was enough to give them a 6-4 victory over St. Boniface Canadiens in the first game of their best-of-seven Mem- orial Cup final. The highly-touted Flyers over- came a 4-2 second-period deficit to score four times in the final frame while holding the Habs off the board. Second game of the series will be played at Brandon Wednesday night and the third back in Winni- peg Friday sight. "We blew the big one," said centre Len Thornson of Canadiens, "but we know now that Barrie aren't the super team they're cracked up to be, We forgot to keep checking in that last period." Coach Hap Emms appeared to be satisfied with his club's perfor- mance. "We tried the rough stuff in the first two periods and found we were getting the worst of the deal, Then we settled down," he said. He plans to take his team to Brandon today and work out at the arena, scene of the second game. Coach Bryan Hextall will sop his club in Winnipeg until Wed- nesday. The pro-St. Boniface crowd con- tinually blasted the two eastern referees--Louis LeCompte and Bing McDonald, both of Ottawa--for their officiating, but the Habs' manager, Larry Desjardins, laid the blame on the Canadian Ama- teur Hockey Association. "We've got a big team and like to lay it on, but we haven't a chance with Manitoba officials. I don't blame Barrie or the officials. It's the CAHA that's at fault. There's no consistency in the ref- ereeing, If we carried our sticks or charged like the teams did tonight, we'd be crucified during the regu- lar schedule." Skip Teal, captain Don McKen- ney and Doug Mohn were the big guns for Barrie. Teal collected two | Poeta SPORTS ROUNDUP By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (AP)--More words have been written about Leo Dur- ocher than any manager now ac- tive in the major leagues. Many of them have been put down by working baseball writers who act- ually know the Giants' controver- sial little pilot, but this is becoming the exception as the market for "inside" articles on him becomes ever more lucrative. About the only facet of Leo's complex character we can't recall having seen touched upon is his amazing memory. There's nothing scandalous about it, nothing to merit hauling him up before the commissioner again, Tell you what Durocher can do. Take any game his club has played in the last five or six years. Tell him what the situation was at any point in the contest--the inning, the number of men on base, the number of outs. Tel] him what the last batter did. He'll then tell you pricisely what happened on the next' play. A sports writer who follows the Giants caught up with them after having missed two of their games in Philadelphia. He told Leo he was looking for a fellow writer to help him fill in his score book, play-by-play, on the two contests. Get out your book. Leo told him, Then, fast as the fellow could take '!i down, he called off the two | games, right to the final out. The writer, a trifle shaken, checked it with the official scorer. He needn't have bothered. You may argue it out among !yourselves whether there ever has Leo Durocher's Great Memory One of His Amazing Abilities been a double no-hitter pitched in the big leagues. It all depends upon the point of view--whether you consider nine innings of play a ball game. Some do. The facts are these. May 2, 1917, Jim Vaughn of Chicago Cubs and up in a homeric duel in which neither permitted anything re- sembling a hit for the regulation distance. Each granted two walks. The Reds put over the winning run in the top of the 10th on a hit through the infield, an outfield error and a scratchy infield hit by the late Jim Thorpe on which Vaughn unexpectedly tried to nail the runner at home and threw the ball away. It would have been ruled an error. Toney sailed safely through the last of the 10th for his no-hitter. Take the argument from there. Fred Toney of Cincinnati hooked: Barrie Comes From Behind. To Defeat St. Boniface 6-4 goals and two assists. McKenney what proved to be the winner, while Mohns assisted twice. The other Flyers' goals went to Jim Robert- son, speedy Tony Poeta and Or- val Tessier. Garry Blaine, one of, if not the, outstanding men on the ice, paced the Canadiens with two goals--first two of the game. Leo Konyk and Barry Thorndycraft added the oth- ers. Though held to one assist, centre Cece Hoekstra of Canadiens' Kid Line was a standout through- out. : Both goalies turned in creditable performances. Hal Dalkie of the Habs stopped 41 shots, including 18 in the wild last period. Marve Edwards, Flyers replacement from St. Catharines, blocked 37 Line-up | Barrie --Goal: Edwards: de- | fence: Willis, Cherry, Thibault, K. | Robertson; forwards: Martan, Mc- Kenney, Mohns, Teal, Pletsch, White, J. Robertson, Tessier, St. Boniface--Goal: Dalkie; de- fence: White, Holliday, Jasson, Short; forwards: Johnson, Thorn- dycraft, Marius, Thornson, Blaine, Pankhurst, Hoekstra, Konyk, Mec- Donald. Officials: Louis LeCompte and Ching McDonald, both of Ottawa. Summary First period: St. Boniface, Blaine 2:47; St. Boniface, Blaine (Thorn- son, Marius) 7:25; Barrie, Teal (McKenney) 8:18; St. Boniface, Konyk (Hoekstra) 18:07. Penal ties: Thibault :46; White 7:51, Pletsch 16:31. Second period: Barrie, J. Robert- son (Pletsch, Cherry) 8:09; St. Boniface, Thorndycraft (Johnson, Marius) 13:31. Penalties: Teal (minor and misconduct) 3:00; Short 4:22, Jasson 1:2 J. Robert- son 17:53, Pletsch 18:06. Kenney, Mohns) 6:05; Barrie, i Poeta (Martan) 12:10; Barrie, Mc- | Kenney (Mohns, Teal) 15:38; Bar- {rie, Tessier (McKenney, Teal) 18:01, Penalties: Teal, Blaine 7:42, Tessier (major), Marius (major) 10:47, Poeta 19:49." Stops: | Edwards Dalkie 13 16 8-37 11 12 18--41 CIRCULAR TYPE PROVIDE all lam AIRSHADE AWNINGS tection * for your porches, doorways and steps. 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JAN "vs. OVILA r=. ED ED GD GS WD GID GI GID GID GD EN GIS GED EID GF GE G5 GD GS mS Ge. ee Pomme ese ones es oe os ee oe oe ee ENJOY 0 ayes "MILD" the Mildest, Best-Tasfi CIGARETTE ng set up three goals and also scored: Third period: Barrie, Teal (Mc-| i Oshawa City Soccer Eleven * Hold Lithuanians to Draw Playing at Withrow Park, Toron- to, in a Toronto and District League ame on Sunday, Oshawa City tied ithuanians 2-2. Tollerton, Oshawa captain, lost the toss and had to accept the "sticky end" of the field due to the heavy rain on the night prev: ious which had rendered the field very Huddy and 3 Sreated unfavor- able playing conditions. McCrae centred off for what proved a thrilling end-to-end ses- sion of wide open soccer, that last- ed for the first 20 minutes, with Oshawa City displaying fine jon and combination skill in their strong attack, to keep the Lithuan- ian goalkeeper on his toes, McCrae, Vermueller, Howell and Tollerton all testing the goalie with fine tries. Docherty opened the scoring for Oshawa when he crashed the into the net from about 30 yards out, after taking a rebound from ee Bd ha Stewart-to- erty- ae a in which the latter had the opening shot. Oshawa settled down for a while but the Lithuanians took the upper . | hand, with their fine passing giving - | the tiring Oshawa defenders a I of troub The h t ly e s finally clicked to tie the score, at the 30- minute mark. : Six minutes. later, the Lithuanian outside left scored to put his mates in fron and play slowed down for the balance of the half. In the second half, Lithuanians resumed the attack but the Oshawa City held their own on the more soild fooing and a few. position changes in the Oshawa forward line produced a more effective attack. ie ook fp Jar wards, play was fast a with end-to-end rushes gud sul ridingly we ball con J g splay both teams, Both han were kept busy, wit Sutherland, in the Oshawa bo saving the City team twice ? brilliant saves, 5% Dave Lynn carried the ball' ups field and passed to Stewart, whey drove towards the goal, which resi sulted in a melee at the Lithuanian. , chance, snared "a rebound, d; around the left back and cut LL ball | with a daisy-cutter, that beat the. rival goalie all the way. - Oshawa maintained the pressure until the final whistle but couldn't get the winning goal and had tes settle for a draw. wo The Oshawa Ciy team ed well in all positions with Sutherland shining in goal: i On Saturday, May 2nd, Oshawa} City again plays at Withrow Park, against East York, in a league. fixture, with kick-off at 3.45 p.m. OSHAWA CITY: Sutherland, Van.. derStoop, Lynn, Tollerton, Vers: mueller, Oeppen, Bals, Stewart, McCrae, Howell and Docherty. th "Jocks Penticton V's Open Senior Series Against K-W Dutchmen Tonight KITCHENER {CP)--The Hast and West meet here or the opening of the 44th series of the Allan Cup, emblematic of Cana- dian senior amateur hockey su- premacy. The East is represented by Kitch- ener-Waterloo Dutchmen and West by Penticton V's. The 'Allan Cup, by Sir H. Montagu Allan of Montreal in 1908 and first won by Ottawa Cliff- sides, has been fought for annually except for the Second World War year of 1945. The West has claimed the Srosy 20 times and is the current holder. Fort Frances, Canadiens won It {last year by defeating Stratford In- | dians 4-2 in a best-of-seven series. Should Penticton win the cup it will be the third time a British Columbia contender has taken it. Trail Smoke Eaters defeated Que bec Aces in 1938 and Kimberley Dynamiters turned back Sudbury | Falcons in 1936. This year's series is the first for Kitchener fans and a full house of more than 7,200 is expected every night in the new Auditorium. The Dutchmen, Ontario Hockey Association Senior A champions, came from behind to defeat Smiths Falls Rideaus in the Eastern final, The V's turned back Fort William | Beavers for the right to represent | the West. The V's are in the cup finals with | behind | only two years organization LEN KELLY WINS LADY BYNG TROPHY MONTREAL (CP)--For the sec- ond time in three years Red Kelly of Detroit Red Wings has won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, the National Hockey League announced Monday night. Kelly received 80 of a possible 90 points in the balloting bv 18 hockey writers and broad- casters in the six NHL cities. The trophy is awarded annually to 'the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sports- | them, but coach Bill Carse has a collection of veterans on his line. up. | Pine three Warwick brothers--, | Grant and Bill, both ex-New York . Rangers players, and Dick---make up one line. Jim Fleming, formeg the | Kansas City pro, is on defence . | Jack McIntyre at centre has seven years professional experi- |ence with New Westminster and | Victoria. McIntyre had two infec-, | ted teeth removed here during the week-end but he is expected to be. in action tonight. y Th Dutchmen rested Monde" | while the V's staged a stiff wor {out in the Waterloo Arena. 4 Kitchener will appear on homa |ice in borrowed uniforms, due to a. clash of colors with Pen . | both teams wear green and white, | The Dutchies are expected to ape. | pear in the red uniforms of Bridge, EL Vets, a district Senior B | club. - ' The second game of the will be played Thursday night ' | the third on Saturday. Fourth, fifth sixth and seventh games are J for May 4, 6, 8 and 9. alls DOES YOUR ROOF LEAK? ... If so, phone for FREE ESTIMATE On Complete Job Without Obligation McLAUGHLIN COAL ond SUPPLIES. LTD. PHONE 3-3481 Evenings Frank Hare -- Phone 5-2374 manship and gentlemanly conduct | combined with a high standard of playing ability during the season." 4 rue Calvert srorrs covomn | by Elmer Ferguson The afternoon of Saturday, May 3, will be the occasion of the sevemty-minth of the Kentucky Derby, at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Scores of thousands of out-of- town novelty seekers will be present. Per- haps local and visiting attendance will lift the total to more than 100,000... And it's all about = race that doesn't seem to deserve the attention, publicity and money lavished upon it. For the Derby isn't a derby, to begin with -- not in the re- quirements of distance, for example. Of course, in America, the term "derby" has come to be used very loosely, and very frequently. * All sorts of tracks have a "derby" annually. But few, if any, parallel the daddy of all derbies, the Epsom Downs race, im the matter of distance. This Kentucky Derby, run annually on the first Saturday of furnishes the first test three-year-olds over the distance and one-quarter miles. This is one-fourth of a mile short Derby distance as established by the English classic the name "derby" is derived. half, and is raced early in June. too early for eligible females with colts. And it is es of the species for a 10- transportation difficulties are annoying now. But back in , the year the Derby was first run as a modest little race, the + folks of the era who attended really had grief. The "Louisville Jockey Club race-track" since labeled Churchill Downs, was so far from the city that horse- drawn street oars required two hours to make the trip. Many of the customers started to walk the distance early in the morning, Others went in wagons, buggies and on horseback, Attending the Derby in the seventies and eighties was a journey, not a trip. Arrangements for the race were primitive. There was, of course, nothing like a starting gate, Even the web barrier of 40 years ago was unknown. The starter drew a line im the dirt .across the track with the butt of the flag he used to start the field and then lined up the eandidates well behind it. A walk- up start was the system. When "Col. Johnson of Nashville", the starter for the first of all Kentucky Derbies, got his field in alignment he flashed down his flag. A drum sounded the official start and the field was off. There were many other differences between the races of those early days, and now. It has gained in importance, in glamour, in attend and in speculative In ft, so who are we to point out minor technical shortcomings of the continent's No. 1 glamour race? for this column will be welcomed Your comments end suggestions by Eimer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto. Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO