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a <a On Mo By PAUL RIMSTEAD TORONTO (CP)--There is a modest winterized cottage in the village of Baysville, Ont., in which a middle-aged man and his wife live quietly, far re- moved from the bright lights and the past. Baysville, 130 miles north of Toronto in the Muskoka district, is a bustling resort area in the summer but it is a backwoods country in winter, In summer the man is em- ployed as a handyman at a boys' camp. When the camp closes he begins an annual search for a winter job--any- thing to keep himself occupied. Few of the neighbors associ- ate the couple with any other way of We. But things used to be different for George Young Be doesn't talk about it any more, but there was a time when he was known as the Cata- lina Kid--the swimming rage of two countries. A catch-phrase of the day was: "Is George Young out of the water yet?" Yes, George Young has been out of the water for years. MONEY I8 GONE Once he was famous through- out the continent. But fame doesn't last. Neither does money. George moved 'to Baysville several years ago but he didn't tell many of his old friends in Toronto. Most think he is still working as a mechanic in a hia roundhouse. The Catalina Kid, 53. now, greying and heavier than in his rs days, has had his fill of the limelight. Nobody is try- ing te cut in on his earning Rat de deen een Se ee Money, Promotion -- OSHAWA BOWLING NEWS THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, Jenuery 31,1963 17 a solution to expansion of major Give Track-Field Its Finest Hour | Bateman with (151, by ant (83, 120) 203; Eva Wakely|Cdno. Cor (90, | 196 By JACK SULLIVAN Canadian Press Sports Editor Track and field in Canada, which has been showing signs of growing up as a spectator sport the last couple of years, reached maturity last weekend in a space of just 24 hours. The Davies, who maintains the 764, G. Mercier 750 Dragomats 716, J, : son 699, K, Smith 698, R. Piper 676; sport received its biggest shot|Hircock 30, V. Smith 630, D. following the 1954 British Em-/¢%) }¥ Mathews 02, F. pire Games in Vancouver, says "the public now is awake to the fact that we in this country have the material." "Now, we must try to keep Roberts 228, G Tenbach 219, K, Sanders 2/6, D. Cran- dall 2, }Eachern 206, | 205, J, McCutcheon 205, BE. GEORGE YOUNG, 53, IS SHOWN TEACHING A YOUNGSTER, IN HIS HEYDAY Became Swim Champ reasons: Money, promotion, Canadian fans, who usually are looking the other way when track meets are held, turned out nearly 20,000 strong for in- door meets at Toronto and Win- nipeg last Friday and Saturday nights. One track official, closely connected with the game in which more youngsters will be encouraged to take up track and field and will get public support. . . . The 1954 Games| Press and the public are en-) couraging our athletes, rather for more than 50 years, could|than ridiculing them." == hardly believe it. Davies called for more inter-| A crowd of 12,625 was jured|Mational competition for Cana- to Maple Leaf Gardens in Tor-| dians. onto in a meet sponsored by, "We may be able to arrange The Telegram and Gardens,.|meets with Britain and France. Another 7,000 were in the seats|We're coming up in the long- at the Winnipeg Auditorium for) distance races, a British speci- the annual Royal Canadian Le-|alty, and we're about equal to gion meet. \Britain right now in sprints. A | meet with France may be just |SEES NEW ERA the thing we need here in Mont- "IT can't recall anything ap-|real. Track and field interest is iproaching this in my experi-/lagging in Quebec, especially }ence, even during the late 1920s|compared with Ontario, Mani- jand 1930s when track and field|toba and British Columbia, and jwas a popular sport in Can-|if we can get top French stars on building up an atmosphere|H, Brown 203 and H, McLeod 203, Corvairs 0; Buicks 3, Chevrolets 1; Maple Leafs 4, Cadillacs 0, ~ B ~ 3B, helped to bring about a differ-|Pontiacs 9 - 38, CMC's 6s 38, Chevie, ent attitude in the country. The/lets sect! hold 245, were the hottest team in the league,| (935, when they rolled 3783 with a single game of 1975, taking four from Leavers, Anything Goes took from Corners, from Sand.Pails and Hot-Shots won by| ing 12, Sexa-Peels 11, Sand-Pails 9, Any-| thing Goes 7, Leavers 6 and Corners 6 | HUMORESQUE BLIND LEAGUE High bowler for this week was 175) 326, followed Charlie Lovell (156, 152) 308; Ada 77) 167; Beatruce Chute (87, 69)|TV 'and Clara rd (30, 72) 108, With handicap, Vi Pike (51, 50) 101, PARTS AND SERVIOF LEAGUE Triples --8, Wal) 765, D. Clark) 7g » B. Jones 7 Dell 706, E. a a Dwyer High Singles -- P. Jarvis Co G. Feh- 247, Campbell 222, J, Howard 216, R. Cooper 210, Mitton es Coulson 208, A, Me- hh Sweet 204,| 3. Wednesday's Results -- Pontiac 4, Oldsmobiles 2, GMC's 23/4, 3rd Section standings and total points ais smobiles 9 - 38, 8 - 37, Corvairs 7 - 35, Cadillacs 33 and Maple Leafs 8 - 31, | YS AND DOLLS MAJORS two weeks to go in the third) Dutchies have taken a firm of first place and again this week, | ¢ au With jon, Sexa-Peels took Ref. ers 4, pene, 1} Stevenson's 4, Mead's 0; daille 2, Bolahood's 2; Harry's Novel- Rout ne M.!Cabe 726, R. Godtre: Yai, A, mL Whiley 707, G, Sweet 703, T. 608) 691, Turner 206, J, Brady) som, 635, E. shall 632, J. Turner Tutak 8, Stovin 612, A. Mitchell 611 610, J. 609, F. Taylor 601, L, high) Diana Charuk 620 (247, 912), Ede Read-|Feb, 4 points) ing 620 (229, 208), Shirley Sargeant 610|ing for league hockey, : Senator Molson, visi the 50th annual Quebec tional bonspiel, said in an view he believes that if there is any expansion of major hockey, it will be by an league or section of a raising itself to NHL ca) "Addition Not eee ume] Answer TO 3, Berg's 1) Acadian Cleaners 2, Foods 4 pe 2; Plaza a Russ' City Services 3, Silver's and Oshawa TV 0, Foley Plumb. " Expansion" QUEBES (CP)-Senator Hart- Py 1 G, Russell Scores ge ae 7H, W. i. Fs A. Neil 714, B. Nelson 714, Bulger » J. Meiki -|land de M. Molson, owner of c-| addition of one or two cities to Montreal Canadiens, said Tues. day night he does not think the the National Hockey League is (245), Jean Kroll 607, Mary Nichols 602 and Rose Stovin 600. Top Ten -- Filo Williamson 245, Jean thing schedule between the NHL a the others and a chall the Stanley Cup," he called for least $1,000 "Then there- might be some. like an_ inter - lock for Runnii jor league team po Sy 000 a year 3, Audrey Burrill were few cities that cou Wittrick 223; Norah Baren ai, Exe Wir|sistently draw that much, son 213, Florence Russell 213 and Annt/eyen though one or two might Rescmon League -- Judy Carlson, Btia|d0 it occasionally, that did net Long, Audrey Burrill, Jean Saywell and)mean a successful NHL team , eeeinte Taken -- Whites:4, Hendersone|COUld be iced, ; Gig" "Burh Morne Wee tee] ne ca eee oe 4 : "|American Hockey je a wells 0 and Genosha Beauty Salon 0. Los Angeles of the 'astern Hockey League appeared to be E. Stovin ) E. 631, J, Dermo 628, Murray . Klishenko 603, H. Knox 602 and > four | 3-to-l margin over Sabers. The stand-| : Dutchies 16, Hot-Shots 13, Sabers | Some very fine scores were turned in} | this week, although corner pins seemed | to trouble a great many of the bowlers. | There was one bowler who made the! | super-select class, Ron Jay with a ter- rifle 994 (341) and in the select class/ it was Ed Lugtenburg with 895 (366). | In the 700 class, for the Guys, Bert| Harding finally came through with a Hd as followed by Frank Hill 752, | jaroid, Big Fellow, Ballem 746, Al thers Savings |now, They leave him alone and|He fought the tide, cold water, that's the way he wants it. even ignored a shark that swam He put on his modest brown| alongside him, and performed a |suit, a brown sport shirt and a|feat of endurance that made the red tie recently to make a tripjyoung unknown an immediate to Toronto for a television ap-| sensation. pearance. Sitting in the studio} with other former celebrities, he} didn't command much atien-| tion. He looked more like one|of 50,000 spectators. He still of the stagehands than a cele-|speaks of his mother with rev-/ brated guest. And he probably! erence. | wished he was and. |He Meant a job. oo /SOLD SHARES | George's story started in 1927) Ironically, it was his mother} |when his mother, a widow try-|Who unwittingly was the cause/ ing to raise a son on paltry/ of his first taste of trouble, She earnings as a charwoman, gave|™made a deal with a man named him her life savings, less than|Henry (Doc) O'Byrne which $200, to be used to help him get|/Save him 40 per cent of all to Santa Catalina Island off the| George's earnings. California coast. Young was swept into : tao © werurcem of public appearances. Smoot | ONLY FINISHER operators began to move in. | George had shown promise Everyone wanted a piece of his ie an amateur swimmer around! contract. Chewing gum mag- Toronto and had heard there|nate William Wrigley Jr., spon- was to be a marathon swim|sor of the race, put George's from the island to Point Vin-| winnings into trust for him un- }cente on the mainland--a dis- tance of 22 miles--with a purse ee ey ee, eee eae 3 Seis ny liens against the $25,- of $25,000 to the winner. $00 that little wer : 000 t little was left when he George had never been in a} ~ edad cos ' | marathon swim but he had con-|"acred 29. jfidence and so did his mother.| His fame prompted Toronto io Lake Ontario marathon He was only 17 and would face) SPonsor the world's best. A pal, Cana- swims. George entered them ; ' A all. He didn't finish one until --- papi Boson eT et 1931 when he won first prize of to govalong. Bill drove; George $10,000. huddled in the sidecar. They! A first marriage was a costly left in winter, their faces sting-|Venture. His second wife died ing from the cold, and made it|in the United States. He fell out as far as Little Rock, Ark., be-/With his pal Bill, argued with fore the motorcycle broke down,|his mother and couldn't get They hitch-hiked the rest of the| Work. way. For 25 cents in the 1930s you) It's history now that George|could see George swim in a' Young was the only man to fin/tank in a vaudeville house. But 'ish of a field of 102 swimmers.!people forgot and soon he! | Best News Ever for Pa Cw sale) ATTIC Caan > os -_- >> room con be built basement for abo: See Us For Free Advice and Counsel. No Obligation. BROWN'S LUMBER & SUPPLIES LTD 436 RITSON N. Growing families are often in need of an extra bedroom. Utilizing waste attic space is the solution. An average room about. RECREATION ROOM Are you in need of additional space for entettcinment? A fine recreation 46 fj ohlem Homi. Our heme planning depertment is ready te assist In remodeling problem homes, ell the way from eriginal plens to fineneing, and con- tractors. Let us help you solve your problem! 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Officials of the almost-broke| jada," says Jack Davies ofjhere, this may spark some en-|Petty and Orest Pidwerbecki 73 each, - and Joe Vasko 702, | Montreal, |thusiasm among French-Cana-|" Fo; the Dolls it was Alice Northey Davies, president of the Brit-/dians," coming up with a 749 followed by Marion Dingman 747 (321), Janet Pee) 740, Helen Reynolds 7ll, Fairley Bouck.| ley and Lorraine Murphy 70), | Again, as last week, in the high aver-| age race for the Guys, the two big| Shooters Reg Hickey and Ron Swartz, lost a little ground but Reg still leads| with 255 followed by Ron Swarts 246, | Lioyd Sabins 242 with Big Fellow Bal-| fem and Dutch Lugtenburg both mov-| ing up into fourth place tied with 240.| For the Dolls, Janet Peel continues | to lead with 231, followed by Mavis! fare ig and Alice Northey, who has j »*) been fast moving up, also with 230 and needs now is the competition.'| ie King and Marion Dingman. at! Winnipeg officials are a mite) 224 each. 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Ay pl -- a pe be surprised at the idea that track| Sok Rooees Ges ar Ue, back a a i. the te rh oF ht and field has not been consid-|and who has taken the place of Millie sa tht yt fe itn Cade, parca ek Ap nade a ref hein ~ ~ rT r tg|When meets there in January! terrisic bowling with Hon Jay throng! 4 Wi success 0 ' e forontoland March each year draw|» 934 and Dutch Lugtenburg throwing | ot two big things," says Ken Twigg|**0und 15.000 fans, | eatin tas Beach te bogie of Toronto seilenal 'Chelrinea of "It's been a big deal in Can-|ning to make his move as he is now! ee the AAU's track and field com-/ada for four years as far as|"WOE.N 2, waiting tor some of the 282 KING 728-9581 - mittee "Money is needed to get Winnipeg and Manitoba are| other Dolls to come up with those big ST. WEST CARPET COM PANY * athletes from other countries|Concerned," says Jim Daly,| scores. The league appears to be one of) 1 and various parts of Canada to|¢Vents chairman of the Legion's| asm" being ain Wal ts rg oe our meets and money {s needed| Meet. aaa : : to promote them. | "I've been Lat ad "ae for os oN sp LON e@ « i ' years," says ac urray, ts left in second | va,The AAU, with only limited| SC gent of the Manitova| rtm were re fur tame gwing There was a young lady This has been proven for years branch of the AAU, "I'm glad) Poins -- Oshawa Glass 4, Zoltan Nick Now, we've proven that sports|the rest of the country finally) Det Fins, 0: tonv's 3. NuWay City Var fans, made fully aware of what|'S agreeing with me. The rest}i; Len and Lou's TV 3, CNR 1. is going on, will support track.""|0f the country is finally waken- cont? sg lounend 708 (3ULD, C. Bayle Tee poet ici ogenadinmenapinn A OR, | (311, 296), F. Stewa: (23, Bi), : 2 LL eee ee: the vaudeville houses, |.) SWITCHES SPORTS (0) 7K: Young io aul 'Neat George, who had earned), MADRID (AP)--Spanish mid-| "250 -- R. wright 290, W. Johnson 287, an estimated $60,000 swimming,|@leweight boxing champ Luis/A. Marcinick 273, A. Sargant 272, G was broke. '/Folledo will give up his career| Olver 28. K- Bradly 260, B, White 351 People used to walk up to|Shortly to become an apprentice) Lemon League -- H. Thompson 9% him and ask: 'Say, aren't youjDullfighter, the Madrid sports te tee tak nal tuata ey George Young?" it made him|@aily Marca announced Thurs-|9) GNR ai, Oshawa Glass 20, Beaters feel good. They don't do that/day. Folledo, ranked fourth} 16, Zoltan Nick Dan Fina 14, City Yards! anymore. among the middieweights in the| iS. Some 10 George's TV 9, Tony's 9 "Is George Young out of the|world, has signed a_two-bull- : water yet?" fight contract for $8,750, twice VAWA BOWLING Yes, George Young is out ofjthe average for a first-class] »,%otre (Als Bi Mite &, Local ara. the water--hot and cold. boxing match in Spain. 12, Sandy's Supertest 2; Tony's 3, Jo. . --i ae a poe a Pee, * _ | . ! ( \0\ Ue P= Sorry if busy... hen you called last summer | } 1 | Now Is the time of year when we in the cone | struction industry start looking for the smaller Jobs of building, renovation and repair. | You'll find that through the winter months {t will be easier to get good productive work- ers, and it's often more economical to get jobs done around your home in the off-season. Sa Aaicmes a me eeuns ¥ "You can help yourself to a lovelier home, too! Ask the This applies to renovations at your place man at "The Bank" about a H | t Ba a Ne : n out a Home Improvement Loan. 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