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- eS Wa J 00M at tan devia AER. Smell A 0050.0 dE RR SE neon 40 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Tuesday, September 22, 1953 i ' 50-YEAR-OLD VETERAN ATHLETE WALK'S 32 MILES IN LESS THAN SIX HOURS [} George Moss, who more than a quarter-century ago, was run- ning races at anything from middle-distance to marathon dis- | Ja tance around these parts, yester- day performed a feat that rates high in athletic achievement. Fol- lowing a lot of good natured "ribbing"" and the odd wager, George started from The Times- Gazette office yesterday JOS , in company with a'party of 2 and they drove a dis- tance of 32 miles. The "bet" was that George could walk 32 miles, in less than seven hours. They drove to a point west of STILL GOING STRONG NEARING HOME Agincourt 32 miles -- and then at 9.45 a.m. yesterday, George started back. He arrived at the Times-Gazette office yesterday at p.m. -- a distance of 32 miles in five hours and 58 min- utes -- well under the 7-hour mark. But the remarkable thing is that George Moss, who lost one lung in a serious accident, many years ago, celebrated his 50th birthday last Thursday and hasn't been in training in any way, for this test. He walked the first eight miles of his route yesterday morning in exactly one hour. o ° SPORTS MENU "Everything from Soup to Nuts" by Geo. H. Campbell . SPORTS EDITOR Big softball game on the books for t , is down men Cf Osh a UAWA Juvenile C. League f series. Osh- awa Connaught rs are defend- ing their 1952 Juvenile Ontario softball championship and Owen Sound boys are reported to be very ood. The game here under flood- fights tonight at Stadium could be a real softball treat. Oshawa Sunnyside Park nosed out Nests, Yak Avenue Road Lions' night at Sunnys Park here, 10-9, in the first game of their OASA quarter-final series. It was a great softball battle and the Oshawa boys show- ed real spirit to come from be- hind to win this series opener. They'll play the second game at Fairbanks Memorial Park tomor- row night under lights and if a third game is necessary, they'll likely play it at Pickering on Friday aftérnoon. Other softball playoff games carded in OASA groups, were wash- ed out last night, iinding Whitby Stokers' game at Davisville Park, but they'll start the series tonight in Whitby, under the lights and the County Town softball fans should see some high-class Senior calibre softball when these two good tears clash tonight. Gordie Wright, little dynamite package of pitching tic style, who is a real veteran, will likely oppose "Hootch'" Meulemeester. at the Kins- | Memorial Stadium, when the Owen Sound V-8's visit the | pions, the Connaught Tigers, | to open their OASA quarter-final | They didn't think he'd de it but George Moss showed the na- tives a thing-or-six yesterday. He not only walked the 32 miles-- and in less than seven hours-- but he walked it in 5 hours and 58 minutes. Quite a chore for a man who has had only one lung for a great many years and who celebrated his 50th birthday last week. We've started to look up the records and books on this walking business and we hope to give some comparative figures tomorrow -- but meanwhile, his eight miles in one hour, at the start of his walk yesterday morn- ing, must be quite a record for any walker, let alone a 50-year- old veteran athlete. BRIGHT BITS: Brooklin Steven- sons play either Wiarton or Aurora in the opening game of their ser- | ies, up in Brooklin tomorrow night under lights. We haven't heard which team won the series that was to be decided in Wiarton last night. . . . Bathe Park had a flock of walks in the 2nd inning and it was enough to enable them to beat Rundle Park in the first game of the Kiwanis Bantam League cham- + pionship finals last night. They play the second at Rundle Park tomorrow night. . . . No word as to when Brougham plays again in OASA competition, likely this Sat- urday . . . Meanwhile Whitby's Little Stokers try to start their Juvenile "B" OASA championship finalg in Hamilton, this weekend. They've '"'missed" on three suc- cessive Saturdays that it was sched uled to start in Whitby. BOWLING ® FAMILY DOUBLES Standings: O=NNWWH BR BNTUTNI II Whiffers Friday night's action saw three shutouts and the other games were 3-1 wins. The bowling was more to average. The absentism was not too bad but remember folks you can get substitutes. It will help your team. The Spitfires shut out the Whiff- ers while the Stinkies administered the same dose to Dynamites. The Pixies applied the brush to the Whoits in spite of Al. Haley. No support Al. The Chiefs were the best in a 3-1 win over the Rollers and the High Toppers top the Spooks 3-1. "Nuts were the win- ners by the same score over the Try Hards and the Frolics took the Bolts, alsp 3-1. The Hellers could only get one point from the Geos keep the same 3-1. There were not as many good triples as last week. Janet Peel showed t 233). Howard Read was best for the boys with 678 (238, 235, 205): Others were Mavis Taylor 672 (275, As), Al Haley 669 (256,223), Reg. elch $44 (251, 218), Jim Morrison a (257) and Pet Borrow 618 (242, . The following managed to get :|Marg Ward 252, Geo. Taylor 251, Ethel Wagar 246, Wilf McLean 242 way with 716 (250, 233, one good game: Mike Tureski 261, and- 205, Harold Doyle 242, Art Bryant 237, Tommy Richardson 235 and 212, Red Meclsaac 234, Stan Ward 232, 'Steve Lovelock 231 and 220 (What happened the third game Steve?), Al Jamieson 228, Sticky Mosier 229, Mae Jamieson 226, Flo Lovelock 223, F@ Fegan 221 and 200, Bunny Ambrose 216 and 212, Lois McLean 216, Pat Jarvis 215, Chuck Peel 215, Elaine Mosier 212, Joanne Richardson 211, Russ Clarke 208, Carl Henry 208, Marian Tur- eski 206, Madeline Morrison 205, Bert Smith 203, Johnny Graham 203, Charlie Peters 201 and 200, Ilene Watts 200, Bert Jones 200 and Harry Fayle 200. Next week we will also give an account of the Lemon Leaguers, so start pitching folks! LADIES' MAJOR "A" SECTION The first night of bowling in the Major "A" League is over and presents a new picture in as much as a lot of new members have been welcomed and a new system of counting installed. The autom- atic 15. is gone and perhaps this will improve the bowlers as time goes on. There were some very nice triples this first night with June Simpson 765, Lorrain Knight 743, Dot Clements 722, Ted Sanders 716, Isabel Hubbell 700, Helen Wiggins 695, Janet Peel 691, Kay Bawks 678, June Grice 675, Marion Pres- ton 662, Cis Rocker 659, Vi Mason 653. POINTS PER TEAM Oshawa, Furriers 2, Val Mae 2; Stroud's Foods 3, Victors Sports 1; Dobbie's Jewellers 4, Franklin Sim- ons 0; Fashion Village 4, Hayden MacDonald 0. LADIES' MAJOR "B" SECTION The first bowling of 1953 showed | only three bowlers topping the 600 | mark, Lorraine Goodman 642, Edna | END OF LONG TRAIL The above picture shows George, breathing a little bit hard maybe but still in excellent shape, at the conclusion of his 32-mile walke Dr. "Archie" Mac- Kay local sportsman and city MOH took George's pulse and pronounced him in fine condition. Bathe Bantams Topple Rundle Ist Of Finals Bathe Park Bantams defeated Rundle Park Bantams 10-5 last night at Bathe Park in the first game of their Oshawa Minor Soft- ball Association; Kiwanis Bantam League championship finals. This was the first of a 3-out-of-5 series, with the second game booked for Rundle Park on Wednesday even- ing, at five-thirty- o'clock. Rundle Park broke in front with two; runs in the first inning but Barriage and his mates tightened up after that and the best Rundle Park boys could do was two more runs in the fourth inning and one in the fifth, Bathe Park won the game with a mammoth 9-run splurge in the second inning. That was enough, as it turned out, but they did manage to add one more run in the sixth. Walks, ten of them in the second inning, when Horton simply failed to find the plate, proved Rundle Park's downfall. The alert Bathe Park team took full advantage. RUNDLE PARK:-- Winacott, ss; Andrews, c¢; McCrimmond, 3b; Horton, p; Ogden, If; Clarke, 2b; Travell, rf; Brooks, cf; Hanna, 1b. BATHE PARK: -- Piper, c; An- gel, cf; Lang, ss; Barriage, p; Bathe, 3b; Dick, If; Chasewski, 2b; Romanhyi, rf; Hutchinson, 1b. UMPIRES: W. Smith and E. Peeling. Hudson 607 and Helen Rutka 624. STANDING Meagher's Appliances Burn's Shoes White's Ins. Nesbitt's Ladies' Wear Saywell's Leather Henderson's Books Dixon's Coal Biddulph's Appliances Val-Mae's Beauty Salon Mitchell's Drugs KING ST. HAPPY DOUBLES The first night of bowling got under way with flying lours. Some were a little rusty after the summer holidays, but on the whole the bowling was good. TEAM STANDINGS Pulgrsoxup 0 SloMoshun HESS 3 Jokers i | Betty's Blowers 0 Jettz 3 Over 200: Betty Pearse 214, L. Here is a group of those chiefly interested in George's un- official "worlds record walk." Left-to-right, "Tommy" Hart, who has something to do with a well-knowh beverage company; a "Bill" Haley, the man who orga- nized the event; George Moss; Harry Brockwell, another of the organizers and Remi Raizenne who was also a member of the group that accompanied Moss (via car)on his walk. Times-Gazette Staff Photos. 4 SPORTS CALENDAR TUESDAY OASA PLAYOFF SOFTBALL SENIOR "B" -- Inter. Assoc. of Machinists (Toronto) vs. Whitby Stokers at Whitby Town Park, 8.15 p.m. (2nd game of 2-out-of-3 OASA quarter-final series). JUVENILE "A" -- Owen Sound V-8's vs. Oshawa Connaught Tig- ers, at Kinsmen Civic Memorial Stadium, 8.00 p.m. (1st game of 2-out-of-3 OASA' quarter-final ser- ies). WEDNESDAY OSHAWA MINOR SOFTBALL KIWANIS LEAGUE Bathe Park vs Rundle Park, at Rundle Park, 530 pm. (2nd game of 3-out-of-5 Kiwanis League cham- sionship finals--7-inning game -- Bathe Park to supply base umpire) INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE SOFTBALL Duplate vs. Coulters, at Alexan- dra Park, 5.30 p.m. (2nd game of championship finals). OASA SOFTBALL MIDGET -- Oshawa Sunnyside Park vs Avenue Rd. Lions, at Fairbanks" Memorial Park, 8.15 p.m. (2nd game of 2-out-of-3 OASA quarter-final series). INTER "C" -- Wiarton or Au- rora vs Brooklin Stevenson Mo- tors, at Brooklin Community Park, 8.15 p.m. (1st game of 2-out-of-3 OASA quarter-final series). INTER "B" Agincourt vs Cobourg Indians, at Cobourg, 8.15 p.m. (2nd game of 2-out-of-3 OASA quarter-final series). SENIOR "B'" -- Whitby Stokers vs Inter. Assoc. of Machinists, at Toronto Davisville Park, 8.15 p.m. (2nd game of 2-out-of-3 OASA quar. ter-final series). : {| Howell 241 and 250, Bob Lean 200, {| Stan Gomme 203, Wallace Holmes 251, Chester Robinson 236, Pete i| Pearse 209, Merv. Cryderman 204, Seymour Bigwood 227 and 240, Stan Pilkey 286, Glenn Howell 209. The Lemon League is excused this week but, Vi, Peg and Marg. watch out next week! UAW-CI OMOTOR CIT YLEAGUE The union league opened their 1953-54 season with a full quota of 40 clubs, despite the fact that some of the clubs were short-handed. In the majors, the clubs started with five men teams due to a shor- tage of bowlers, but two or three of the clubs had only four bowlers in attendance. Efforts are to be made to bring the clubs up to strength before next bowling night. It the intention of the execu- tive to have six bowlers on each club, and if any union bowlers, who have averages of 290 or bet- ter, would like to bowl in the Shajor group, please contact Alex Donald- son, phone 3-3987, as soon as pos- sible The bowlers on .each of the major group clubs are also request- ed to help the execufive in obtain- ing bowlers. Each club should be able to co-operate in this respect. Several good scores were record- ed for the first night of bowling. Dave Reynolds led the way wil 809 for three which included a nice 344 single game. Harry Gillard was close behind with a 783 (313), while Johnny Horico, Lloyd Sabins, Alex Donaldson and Lefty Wills were also close to the 800 mark, Wheel and Tire set a terrific pace in group 2. The tiremen led by Bert Mewett, Jim Tate and V. Conlin, turned in a nice team score, their highest single game being 1391. Nice going ! 5 rfuns, Body Busters, and Chev- ies, all kept pace with the Tire- men by g three points from their opposition, while Grille As- sembly held the powerful Howards Drive-in club to a split. Oshawa Railway, Werners and Blacks' Men's Wear all started off Duplate Wins Over Coulters First Finals Duplate defeated Coulters 6-3 last night at Alexandra Park in the first game u the Industrial Softball League championship fi- nals. Coulters scored three runs in the first inning on two singles, a walk, a triple by Crawford and an in- field error but that was all they were able to get off Bunny Mae- son and McConkey who took over in the 7th when Maeson tired was just as effective. Duplate got one run a home- run blow by Maeson in the 'second inning but were trailing 3-1 going into the 5th inning when "Lefty" Meulemeester Coulters' mound ace had to leave. Michael took over and Duplate promptly hopped on him for five runs on two walks and three hits including Maeson's double to win the game right there. doubles was the big hitter for the winners while none of the rest of the platers did much in the way of hitting except Bass who had a single homer and double for the winners. COULTERS: --Wyatt ss; Keel er 2b; Claus ¢; Michael 1b and p; Crawford, cf; Meulmeester, bp; O'Neil, rf; Robinson, 3b; Layton, 2b; Wilson, 1b. DUPLATE:-- Bass, c¢; Yourke- vich, If; McConkey, rf and bp; Spencer, 2b; Maeson, p; Edgar, ss; L. MConkey, 1b; Planche, ef; Wetherup, 3b; Gardian, rf. Umpires: "Dib" Little and J Hobbs. w 'with a bang and took all four points from their opponetns, while Final Hardware managed to take three points from the Duplate club. Ted, McGrath was hot for Harware. . Drivers and Lead Slingers were in a friendly mood and finished with a split in the points. Bob Heaslip red the Lead Slingers with 1 Cc e tiple. ..R 510 GMC set the pace in group 4, with thé new Cushion Line entry also doing very well by pick- ing up three points from the new Rear Quarters. Heavy Reject nosed out the Ponies for-a three to one victory. The newly formed CKD Pickers took three from Pedlags and Door Line broke even with the Bucks. The Pedlar entry carried a few familar faces in their line-up, in- cluding Tommy Lodge, "Wes" Northey and "Pop' Bemis. This club will be in there before the final bell rings. HIGH SCORES Major Group --Dave Reynolds, 809 (344); Harry Gillard, 783 (313); Johnny Horico, 780; Alex Donald- son, 776; Lefty Wills, 771 (315); Bob Skelton, 738 (353); Denny Lin- ton, 724;. John Brady, 710; Alf Bris- bois, 703; and almost Lloyd Sabine, 774 (311). Group 2--Jim Tate, 763 (345); Bert Mewett, 761; V. Conlin, 761 348); E. Brown, 726; B. Tippett, 712; B. Jeyes, 705. Group 3 --Bob Heaslip, 743 (317); Ted McGrath, 747. Group 4 --Nothing outstanding, wait next Friday. MAJOR GROUP Rotish Men's Wear Jubilee Pavilion 3 Victor's Sports and Cycle .. Wilson Batteries 3 Burns Credit Jewellers Garrard Plumbing Ernie Ca; Warner Lumber illiams Radio Maeson with a homer and two! . | Williams, OASA MIDGET SERIES Oshawa Sunnside Park B"Nai B'Rith Midgets - nosed out North York Avenue Road Lions 10-9 last night at Sunnyside Park in the first game of their OASA Midget quarter-final series. Sunnyside Park lads Say the second game back at Fairbanks Memorial Park on Wednesday night at eight o'clock. A brilNant comeback and display of fighting spirit won the game for Sunnyside Park. The visitors grabbed off two runs in the se- cond inning after Disera opened with a homer and they added four more runs in the third inning when Hoffman tripled. Sunnyside got one run in the second and two in the third and were trailing 6-3 joing into the fourth. North York lads scored one run on two errors but Sunnyside Park lads came back with a 4-run rally to tie the score 7-7. From that point on it was a ding-dong battle right to the finish. Lions got a run in the fifth inn- ing but McDonald and Tilk both clicked and scored on passed balls to make the score 9-8 and then in the sixth R. Simcoe walked and scored on a passed ball to make it 10-8. Lions got a run in the 8th and had two on bases when Aikins struck out toyend the inning. In the 9th the first two Toronto bat- ters got pn bases but Rombough Sunnyside Pk. B'Nai B'Rith Edges N. York Lions 10-9 who pitched nifty ball all the way for Sunnyside tightened up to get the next three batters and win the game. Headiest play of the game helped roduce the winning run when ielder bunted down the 1st base- line in the 6th. Aikins Toronto 1st baseman fielded the ball so Fielder stopped running and halt- ed. Aikins threw to 2nd to try and get Simcoe and Fielder promptly ran the rest of the way to first base -- to be safe. Before the innng was over Simcoe crossed the plate with what proved the winning run. Smart base-running was Sunny- side Park's .strong point in this game with every member of the team playing well in the field and doing his share at the plate. Rom- bough's pitching was also worthy of a win and he had to be good to top Maslanka the classy To- ronto hurler. AVENUE RD. LIONS:-- Trifler rf; Sapuntjis 3b; Macey ss; Di- sera 2b; Nevin If; Aikins lb; Hoffman cf; Maslanka p; Edilist c; House cf; Brown c. SUNNYSIDE PARK B"NAI B'RITH:-- Tureski lb; R. Sim- coe 3b; Fielder c¢; Buzminski If; Rombough p; Edmondson rf; Mec- Donald cf; Tilk ss; Chomniak 2b; Russell 2b. Umpires: Wm. Harmer and D. Reading both of Oshawa. WATERLOO (CP)--A victory by Kitchener Panthers tonight could salt away Intercounty baseball un- til next spring. Panthers drew to within one game of the championship when they dropped Waterloo Tigers 4-3 here Monday night. The victory gave Kitchener a 4-3 jump in the best-of-nine final. Both teams took one inning each to do all their scoring. Mel Duncan followed singles by Cy Bricker and Irv Ler with a dotible to send home the first Ktchener run in the third inning. Alex Kvasnak walked to load the bases and Chuck Fedoris belted a single that scored Ler and Duncan. Panthers One Victory From Intercounty Title tally when he raced home on playing manager Don Gallinger's single. All runs were charged to Gord Ariss, the loser who was re- lieved by Bobby Schnurr. Schnurr gave way to Rolly Larouche after being ejected from the game for arguing a decision on a foul ball. Cy Bricker and Bill Allen shared mound duties for the Panthers and allowed Waterloo only three safe- ties, including a double by Billy Flick. Waterloo attempted a comeback in the seventh but fell short. A walk, Bob Fisher's single and Flick's double scored one run. Ed Sokol's fly ball sent home Fisher and Flick crossed the plate when Allen bobbled Bruno Casanova's grounder. Kvasnak scored the winning | GROUP 2 Orfuns Wheel and Tire | Body Busters Chevies Howard's Drive-in Grille Assembly Machine Shop Export Steelworkers Seat Line GROUP 3 Oshawa Railway Werners : Black's Men's Wear Final Hardware Lead Slingers Drivers Duplate Trim Line Paint Shop Local 205 Leather Workers. . GROUP 4 S.R. 510 GMC Cushion Line Heavy Reject CKD Pickers Door Line The Bucks Shipping Rear Quarters The Ponies Pedlars Pt pk pt bd 3 DNS 0 $0 00 CO STORIE PARK LEAGUE Storie Park Bowling League will start its current season on Septem- ber 26, at 7 o'clock sharp at the Motor City Bowling Alleys. No. 1, Tresanes -- Seb. Claus, Bea Northey, Stewart Knapp, Si. Laroque, Mickey Smith, Mrs. Gut- sole, Den. Williams. - No. 2, Colleges -- M. Meulemese- ter, Joyce Porter, Mrs. Den Wil- liams, Grace MacDonald, Tom King, Mr. Gutsole, Bill Foot. No. 3, Simcoes -- Geo. Northey, Frank French, Ed. Simmons, Dav- id Gibson, Maud. Rorabeck, Pearl French, Mary Foot. No. 4 Mills -- Herb Cooper, Al Porter, Bert Suddard, Edith Luke, Bill Short, Blackie Knapp, May Scottt. No. 5, Cromwells -- Geo. King, Stan MacArthur, Gordon Scott, Lila Deverall, Ed. Luke, Madge Durno, Mrs. Tuson. No. 6, Hillsides -- John Wetherup, Bea Simmons, Art French, Dave Marg Cooper, Alice Short, Mr. Tuson. No. 7, Oxfords -- Earl Deverall, Leo Smith, Ruth Gibson, Ruth We- therup, Bob Bailie, Doris Pascoe, June Kellar. No. 8, Burtons -- Don MacDon- ald, Fred Joh Pearl P k, Audrey Scott, Jack Kellar. No. 9, Cuberts -- Mary King, eas... ...to brighten our lives Typists will find the special fluorescent lamp helpful in relieving eyestrain and copyeglare. It easily attaches Hpewtiers and does t to standard not get in the way. Ww wl -- Amateur gardeners who weary of lawn watering, will be interested in the automatic timer. It shuts itself . off after allowing a water 5 to. 60 minutes. w of world, b we are Owr standards of living are among the highest in the intly striving for greater improvement. Be glad you're a Canadian. BREWERY LTD. OTTAWA, ONTARIO OLD COUNTRY RUGBY LONDON (Reuters)--Results rugby matches played in of the United Kingdom Monday: RUGBY LEAGUE Hull Rovers 4 Hull 15 RUGBY UNION Birkenhead P 6 Waterloo 6 Leicester 3 Cardiff 12 Newbridge 3 Neath 0 Northampton 28 Rugby. 0 Sheffield 3 Plymouth 3 Penzance-Newlyn 17 Clifton 8 Redruth 6 Rosslyn P 0 Kitchener vs. Stars Scheduled October 12 STRATFORD (CP)--A game be- tween _Kitchener-Waterloo Dutch- men of the Ontario Hockey Asso- ciation senior A league and a team of allstars drawn from the rest of the league will be played in Kitchener, Oct. 12 league officials said Monday. The Dutchmen led the lea last year. This year's OHA sen A schedule begins Oct. 23. : Blues Watch Movies To Cage Mistakes TORONTO (CP)--University of Toronto Blues, in preparation for their exhibition football game here with: Western Mustangs Saturday, are having two-hour workouts every day this week. Monday night the Blues saw movies of their exhibition game here last Saturday with Toronto Balmy Beach of the Ontario Rugby Football Union. Varsity lost 23-16 after holding a 15-0 lead early in the game. Coach Bob Masterson said he wasn't too disappointed with the outcome but said he thought men- tal mistakes cost them the game. The game with Balmy Beach cost Varsity three injuries but none is expected to keep the players \t of action too long. End Fred Smale suffered a broken nose, Gene Chor- ostecki injured his ankle and Bob ostecki injured his ankle and Bob Kimoff had his knee twisted. Close Bird Race Sees 4-Way Tie TORONTO (CP)--The finish of Sunday's Windsor-to-Toronto pigeon racé was so close that the winner may not be announced before Fri- day, a spokesman for the Toront: racers said Monday night. \ Alex Coutts, one of the com- eting pigeon owners, said it will LEGION MINOR BASEBALL ASSOC. When Stark's Plumbing failed to field a team at Alexandra Park last night for their scheduled play- off game with Victor's Cycle, um- pires; '""Ab" Barnes and J. Jen- ig awarded the game to Victors, Fritz Fraser Signed By Hockey Tigers HAMILTON (CP) Harvey (Fritz) Fraser, 220-pound defence 1an, has been signed by Hamilton Ngers of the Ontario Hockey Asso- ciation--senior A series. Fraser played last season for Played |e Brantford Jim Claus, Irene Bailie, Len Blackler, Joe Emmons, Ada Maec- Arthur, Jim Scott. No. 10, Hibberts -- Bill Gibson, Bob Kitchen, Jean Johnston, Don Rorabeck, May French, Don Gar- row, Nora Fines. y to recheck all records of the times of the four leading birds--owned by Gordon Markle, Dave Hill, Mel Tripp and Jack Sperger. 5 He said it is the first time "in 22 years a race has been so close. More than $2,000 in prize money is at stake. FOR MEM SUPERB SHOEMANSHIP SINCE 1888 Davidson's "Shoes That Satisfy" Operated by E. A. Southwell 31 SIMCOE N. DIAL 35-3312 for laughs. that are rich in generosity and mental sequence. mutuels. again to the placed horses. betless race in 1949. So, it's a Your comments end re Calvert soars coro A lot of people believe thoroughbred horse-racing to be a completely commer- cial undertaking, the accent on dollars, ; with no sports overtones. the much-abused term "improvement of the breed" is strictly But admitting racing to be the most completely-commer- cialized of sports, it possesses, paradoxically, cross-sections Plate, oldest race in America, founded in 1836, when, according to tradition, British soldiers raced through the fields at Three Rivers for the guineas donated by King William IV, furnishes instances of lavish outlay made merely to preserve a senti- Breeding of thoroughbred race-horses in Quebec province does not and never has aeiteved ite Iroporiions of that in- si in the sister-province ntario. piv og By climatically, for rearing thoroughbred stock. And so the Quebec Plate race, as such, dwindled for lack of equine support, until its scope was broadened and it was opened to all three-year-olds of Canadian breeding. Even that has not proven successful. In the last two ° years, despite the $5,000 added purse offering each year, the race has been run as a betless undertaking, the spon- soring club thus getting no return whatever for its purse outlay by the ordinary avenue of wagering through' the: In fact, since 1927, when only one horse faced the starter to race for purse and royal guineas, there have been nine betless runnings, meaning that the sponsoring club got no return via the rhutuels. Instead, the sum of $14,500, was paid out to the winning horse in these years and half as much In 1927, there was a walk-over for Saguenay. with one horse, there was no betting. years in a row starting in 1933, again in 1945, 1949, 1952 and 1953 the race was run as a betless affair. The highest purse -given a winner in this list was $3,910, which went to Ontario- owned Chain Reaction this year. Tobruk in 1945. Jim Fair got $2,465 when Last Mark won a There is no compulsion on the club to stage the Plate renewals. The advertising value of the race, in Quebec, is negligible as compared with the tremendous interest generated in Ontario each year. goes on, so that America's oldest race shall not fall into disuse, and the sponsoring club cheerfully pays the freight. And over $20,000, we think, is a generous price to pay for the maintenance of those qualities which the cynical insist do not exist in racing--sentiment and tradition. suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Eimer Ferguson, ¢/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Torente." Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED With such folk, sentiment. The Quebec King's Quebec is not so Naturally, In 1928, and for three The least was $250 to "minus' proposition. But the annual running