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"ke. ds, ~ They Kick Shing Just For Sport It js difficult to im more painful than a severe hack on the shins, especially from a hob- gute anything nailed boot. But in Clipping Camp- den, where they req them. tough, Ben Hopkins and Joo C 'haintber lain, cach wearing steal-tipped boots en- deavoured recently to kick the day- lights ont of each other, All because 'itis Festival Year, Shin Kicking is a good old Britigh sport, once popular among the min- ing' fraternity of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It was a feature of the fesgival in 1851. Shin kicking is an art. Thecon- testants grasp cach otlier's shoulders- and manoeuvre for position, "Seusa-, : bly, they .kecp their ankles as far, from each other's boots as possible, and aim swift kicks as opportunity arises, } How the crowd yells with glee as one gets home a juicy crack on a * tender ankle, What fun it is--except for the victim! Such sports are not as rare as some readers might imagine, In Russia and Lithuania they used to indulge in the good old pastime of face slapping. Two men stand square with each other at a speci- hed -distance and aim slaps. Con- testants must not move their feet, weave, bob or sway from the waist. It must be fun to be slapped by a hefty ploughman or miner with a palm like an ifich-thick oak board! The "sport" drew crowds and huge sums changed hands. 'There were championships. In the last contest held in Kiev before the war, Mich- alko Goniusz and Wasyl Bexborod- by slapped each otther for thirty- went to sleep--so the contest was declared a draw. Such sports call for-a phlegmatic temperament, Stomach prodding, for example, is considered great fun by Chinese coolies. They prod each other usudlly with the forefinget, which grows immenscly strong by prodding sacks of rice to toughen it.' The man to give in is, of course, the loser, But such is their stocism that rather than cry "Encughl" coolie will sometimes allow his op- ponent to prod him to death! Another sport that call for in- human toughness is pin sticking, which is a test of manliness among tribes of gipsies in south-eastérn Europe. Some years ago Bagro,® ~six hours; thew became fed up and ~ Gipsy King of Behemia, won the _ pin-sticking chanfpionship. For ({hirty-one hours tribesmen stuck pins into his arms. Even af- ter all the others had given in, Ban- gro carried on, and allowed 3,200 pins to be stuck into hi. After that, no one disputed the fact that he was a great herd; and fit to rule. Ooze Who--For years . women have been taking mud baths-- for beauty's sake -- but at So- bernheim, Germany, the men take the slime treatment for health. This carefree soul at one of the many Sobernheim health rescris sits in a gooey foxhole happily smearing mud on his face--the same~thing he'd prob- ably spank his child for doing. Patients are immersed for hours at a time--a cure, it is claimed, for blood infections, rheumat- ism, arthritis or, an overabun- dance of fat: Oh, mudder--it's murder! ' TWO OF A KIND "Doctor," said the patient, "I'm afraid my wife is going crazy." "What scems wrong?" asked the doctor, "She wants to buy a goat." "Let her buy a goat." "But she wants to keep. if in the house." "Well, let hoyse." "But a goat stinks" "Then open the windows." "What! 'And let all my pigeons out!" her keep it in the ¥ 'ris's Senators a 4-10-3 victory, ~was Jack Bentley--who had been forthe closing number, In the Stretch--Stretched far out over the track is sitecar rider Lorenzo Dobello as Britain's Eric Oliver, left, 1949-50 sidecar motorcycle champion, tears into a turn with his 500-CC. Norton at the Hockenheim Ring in Frankfurt, Germany. Close behind is Germany's Wiggerl Kraus, right, 'riding a BMW, { | __As a rule these "Old Timers" -af---}- ternoons and nights, in sport, are pretty much of a bore. A lot of once-famous athletic heroes. are paraded out and 'introduced to the audience. They mumble something into the microphone, make their bows and shuffle off. And our own reaction is generally something like this, "Gee, I can remember when he could go from first to third in nothing flat and now look at him --why, he's got a pod on him pretty nearly as big as--well, as big 4 as my own.' * * * What they pulled 'down in the Washington Ball Park recently must have been slightly different and a lot more interesting." As part of the celebration of the American. League's fifticth annjversary they - staged. a recreation of that unfor- gettable twelfth inning of the final game in the World's Series between the New York Giants and the Washington Senators back in 1927. That was the time when a pebble in the inficld caused a grounder to bounce over Thirdbaseman Freddie Lindstrom's head, turning what ap- peared to be an easy out into a base knock, and giving Bucky llar- and the Series. * * ". ¥ v Present i in uniform, and occupying their regular positions were no less than nine of John McGraw's reg- ulars who suffered that stunning up- set way back then--and, Man! how they «did suffer. On first base was Bill Terry." Frankic Frisch, the Fordham Flash, was at second. Travis Jackson was at short, Lind- strom again at third." Hank Gowdy behind the plate. On the mound McGraw's fourth and final heaver that day 27 years ago. And pa- trolling the outfield were Billy Southwarth, George Kelly,better known as "High Pockets", and Irish Mecusel. " * * ¥ With those two arch comedians of old, Nick Altrock and Al Schacht, on the coaching lines, the memorable twelfth inning open- cd with Ossie" Bluege, batting for the late Frank Miller, grounding out to second base. The script "called for it and Ossie did his part perfectly. But Frankic Frisch, no longer aficld the man he used to be, fell flat on his face, while his colleagues split their sides laugh- ing. * * ¢ Next came Gowdy, good na- turedly re-enacting one of the most harrowing * incidents of his - long carcer-as a catcher. He got his foot caught in his discarded mask and so muffed a high foul. It gave Muddy Rucl another chance at bat and he doubled. Then young De Johnson of the present-day Sena- tors, portraying the immortal Wal- ter Johnson, hit a grounder that was momentarily fumbled aid the Nats had runners oh first and sec- ond. * * + ' And now. came Earl McNeely To make certain the crowd got the -ideca of the pebble, Schacht brought out a huge rock and plunked it a few feet in front of Lindstroni. * * * However, even with this for a target, Tiarl couldn't quit: make it, Ile did hit the ball over Lindy's head, but it was a fly ball that fell in left field. : * * * 'Still and all the Washington fans cheered vociferously as Ruel, on aging legs, came racing home and well tthey might. or since that "he, day only--one other "pemwaat come to the capital, -jn 1933, and that year the Giants under Terry turned the tables on the Senators * CE President T'ruman was one of those who sat in the crowded stands * ~ and laughed at the efiorts of those balding, paunchy veterans. Wonder if he was thinking of a day when himself, unexpectedly tipped over an odds-on favorite, - causing even .a bigger upset than 'tha: of the Senators over the "surc-thing" New York Giants. Fooled the Censor Concealed double Achniige al- "ways have been the favorite way of beating the censor in countries and organizations which seek to control though as weil as speech.- Recently in Austria a poein ap peared which on the surface were "an orthodox Communist lines about world peace. Apart from the special capitalization used in the following translation to give the game away, it fan more or less as follows: tHough the hour is getting late rAise tifé bright blue flag of Peace. Ts ft the world from worldwide + death. fLock to fight, you friends of Peace, sTeel the Communistic Front. mlInors! Join the adults' ranks. sTride down armaments and want. sO we serve the cause of Peace. Claim Earthworms Taste Delicious ¢ nice worms How would you like a nourishing dish of curried in gravy? - Verdict of two students from the Australian Institute of Anatomy who -tricd this delectable recipe was--that it tasted rather like pork and was quite digestible. The worms they used were Aus- tralian giant worms which some- times grow to a length of eight feet and a. width of three inches. They live in the marshy -land of the Bass. Bailey known as Gipps- land, in Victoria, and are the larg- est worms in the world. Good for the Eyes In many countries, however, the ordinary carthworm such as we see in the garden is regarded as a tasty and nourishing food. In New Guinea worms are caten raw. In the Belgian Congo they are collect- ed by the thousand and cooked in a huge pot. Each member of the tribe helps himself to handfuls of the wriggl- ers, stuffs them into his mouth and tS chews them with evident relish. In China fried worms are eaten as a medicine and are said to cure bad eyesight, skin diseases and rickets. Medical men say they pro- bably do, too, for they contain plenty of Vitamin D, and the oil in which they are fried "is rich in other healing vitamins. - Apology for a Brain Tie Maoris of Rotorua, . New Zéaland, a, civilised 'sensible race, serye up a special dish in which worms figure prominently when important people dine with them. One guest described this dish as "very delectable and similar" in looks to noodles. It smelled like shrimp, yet had the pleasant taste of steamed clams," One advantage of the worm as food is that it is practically 100 per cent meat. And it has plenty of heart, too--terf of them, or five full pairs, It has no eyes or eare and only an apology for a brain. fias™ i " tertainment. -the bogs. Irish Republic Turns To Peat As coal supplies available to the Republic of Ireland continue. to dwindle, Irish authorities are turning more and more to the use of peat, or "brown coal," to sup- plement the country's fuel. Villages of huts have sprung up on the bogs to accommodate work- --ers-who-are-often-miles-away- from--|-- the nearest centers. 'There are hostels where they can get food at reasonable prices, and provision is made for dances and other en- The number of turi workers -- now well over 5,000--is being in- creased -by-an interesting plan. Vol- unteers have "iow been called for to spend their holidays working on Although there is a good deal of machine-cutting, the most skilled workers on the bogs are those whe wicld 'the "slane"--a' cross between a spade and a lance. With three dextcrous strokes the "slaneman" cuts" out his sod, like a slab of dark-colored chocolate: This is soft and sticky. It is tossed over the slanesman's shoulder to be caught or picked up by the "footer," who builds these blocks into little heaps so that the air will dry them. A turf cutter inaction is a choice sight. He is like a'grocer's assistant digging out butter from a slab and slapping it into shape. But the footer has to work with him and see that the sods are neatly arcangs ed, not tossed in crumbling heaps. Troop Concentration--French soldiers in "the field will get their beloved wine after alll Above, French army Capt. Lu- cien Pinto displays 'the newly- developed "concentrate" that will boost morale and simplify the supply problem.. The liquid is 60 per cent alcohol, concen- trated six times, and must be --~ dil xd bel aking. ter, bugs will disappear there is a A ate 4 X FA arm Aa dhe rad Se, rls IA Lal st |e ay HOW CAN I? By Anne Ashley , How ean I renovate s leather articles such as be bags, portfolios, etc? A. Beat the yolks of two eg and the white of one egg with oe tablespoon of alcohol and one teaspoon of sugar,, Stir in enough powdered Ivory black to make a thick Paste, Rub well-inta, the sur- facg of .the article. 9) Q. How can I prepare a solution for dandruff? ; A. Dissolve one ounce of Hour of sulphur in one quart ofasoft wa- Do not use it until it is thor- oughly mixed and scttled, Apply it at night, v Q. How can I stains from linen? remove. peach A. Soak "the spots in a weak solution of chloride of lime. Apply cream of tartar and place in the sun to dry. Then launder, ® Q. How can I impart a high polish to furniture? A. Use equal parts of lemon oil and turpentime; saturate a cloth and go 'over 'thé entire surface; then dampen another cloth, wring almost dry and wipe off excess oil; polish with a dry woolen cloth. Q. How can I relieve exces- sive perspiration? . A. Sponge the effected area with one teaspoon of powdered alum to a quart of water. Allow "to dry, afterward rinsing and dusting with talcum, Q. How can I freshen a stale cake? A. Dip the stale cake for a mo- ment in cold sweet milk, .and_ then _ rebake in a moderate oven. Placing a freshly-cut piece of apple in the cake tin will help keep the cake moist and fresh. ; Q. How can I remove water- bugs from my sinlk? A, Try pouringga cup of kero- send. .down the drain once a week, and do not rin the water until about a half hour afterwards, 'I'he very quickly. Q. How can I clean aluminum ware? A. Apply a mixture of ammon- ia, borax and water With a soft cloth. Or, wash in warm, soapy water, then dry and polish with whiting. J Atom Bomb Victims: Closely Studied The atom bombs fell on the Jupa- nese cities of IMiroshima and Naga- saki six years ago last week. As a result the people of these cities may be the most carefully examined people in the world from a medical point of view. The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission was set up in 1947 to provide a continuing study of the effects of radation on the popu=' lation of the two tities. America and Japanese scientists will spend $1,300,000 in the current fiscal year on the program, which is operated by the National Research Council, Fvery baby born there is exam- inated at birth: Close to 10 per cent of the population of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have a complete annual physical examination. Tocal doctors have been alerted to report to the commission any suspicious or uf usual ailments which they observe. So far, accdrding to the Atomic Energy Commission, a "very real" increase in the incidence of leuke- mia, a form of cancer in the blood, has been detected Only thirty leukemia cases -have developed. But definite relationship, within a radius of about a mile and a half from where the bomb drop- ped, in Hiroshima, between leuke- mia and exposure to the burst. Cataracts have developed in the eyes of 10 per cent of those who were within three-fourths of a mile from ground zero. This is about __ten_times the normal cataract rate in urban Japan. Additional studies are being made of the rate of growth of Hiroshima and Nagasaki's children, of the de- velopment of cancer and sterility and of the incidence of "congenital malformations. | BEAUTIFUL - LUXURIOUS | © JOHNSON MAIL ORDER ' . Streetsville, Ont. nO | . PLEASE SEND CATALOGUE 7 bya ir a ks s fini | ' Loe ET, PPE, PL EN OF .oockerels Classified Advertising.. } BABY CHICKS HATCH cy every week the year wroynd. All pdpular breeds pongexed, pullety, Started chicki: "two ur weeks old. Aldo ofder pullets fii Turkey Poults EDDLE ! Hic K HATCHERIES Outario. Cata- x 1D, OHICK time fs any time. eek the year around, ox pullets; cockerels, Pi Week old, Older pullets. TOP NOTCH Squelph, Wwe hatch every Day old, nod- started. 2, 8 & Pree cataloxye. CHICK _Ontar fo. 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