The Charlottetown Guardian, Thursday, May 3, 1956 1

SPORT HECHOES is Baseball A

is hziscball really dead in Sum nitlxi(lC') We find that very hard -ii i)CllCVE. During the last war i.iscliail went into decline here and Has superseded by softball. .,.. ihi-"re was a serious shortage .itlilotes in the town at that

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guitv. and for some reason or 1lllt'I' there are boys who make no urmlc in softball but don't

1llIIt' mi-asiii'e up in the hardball :.ilIll'. There doesn't seem to be on Stlt'li excuse in Summerside ltiily. We have had a minor pro- ;l.ill'l rolling now for four or five il'.llS. and some of the products l' that program are about ready n play junior or intermediate -.lI According to dame rumor 'Iuirl' will be no such pastime for in-iii to indulge in.

We're doing our utmost to kccp the younger age brackets busy at baseball. which is all lo the good. but if they are go- ing to have to quit the game for lack of employment when they are 13 or it, why go to all the trouble? . 's like having schools for chi dreu up to grade five or six. but no junior high, high schools or universities. If softball is to be our game, why not start the kids in softball so they'll be more proficient at it when they grow up? . .. . Frankly, we're a die-hard as 'nr as baseball is concerned for

The Unresolved Question; Who "Invented" Baseball?

WASHINGTON (Special) .- As the H156 baseball season opens. the Aliiicr Doubleday sides begin to i-lioosc up again. Did he or did he

not "invent" baseball? I I

The established leagues have ac- rcplrrl the tradition that he did. mils the National Geographic Sor- trty. The Baseball Hall of Fame not l"Sli'lllllShPfl at l)ouhle(IaV's in-int town, Cooperstown. New lurk. to honor him and heroes of Hip Cilllle. Various sports histor- :..iis have since raised shouts of protest.

it is generally agreed that lliiiililcrlay devised the diamond- ki'.'lllf'fl playing field. but some ex- pi'l'lS contest even that.

Tlll' authoritative "ICnc,vt-lopcdia of Sports" says flatly, "Those who fix 1893 as the year of its lir-gmiiiiig and lionor Coopcrstoiin its the birthplace are wrong on all roiints.”

I'l.ili'El) AT VALLEY FORGE llubcrt W. Henderson. former cliicl of the New York Public Lib- I.'lli)'.S Main Reading Room, is eq- u illr positive. lie asserts lit at (moi-ge Washington's men played lmivliall at Valley Forge. He also rptolcs from”A Little Pretty Poc- ki-t liook." published in I744: "Tlir Ball once struck off, l-writ flies the boy To the next destined post Ami thcn home with joy."

The poem is entitled Brill"

Siniilnr games go much furiltcr hark. From the dawn of civiliza- tmii throwing. running and calcit- lnsz have been popular. Greeks. l'('l'-li'lIlS' and Norscrnen played hnndliall. The Romans batted balls

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Dead Issue?

the town of Summerside. And if there are any other die-hards in the town. let's get organized. We'- ll call it "the die-hards incorpor- ated." We might try to operate on a four-point program some- thing like this: It start off with an effort to raise some money by some form of entertainment. a dance. or what have you? 2) with this nest-egg, large or small. as the goddess of fortune ordauis. let's operate with a shoestring technique. as follows: do not in- sist on new baseballs for every game; get umpires who will offic- iate for the same remuneration as our softball umpires do: let young players act as base-judges. gratis or for fifty cents a game. say. Don't tell us they couldn't do a satisfactory job; we've seen some pretty weird calls on the ba sea by the high-priced boys. Etc., etc.: 3) go back to the old ”pass the hat days" till we can supply better competition. Hats with brown linings are better so the copper stains won't show). 4) Organize a league in the town. keep batting averages. with priz- es for individual achievement. Try to get Charlottetown or some other centre in for the odd ex- hibition game.

Let's hear from you. die-hards. Summerside is too sports-mind- ed a' town to let this grand old game of baseball die.

Walter Cullen (left! and Jennie

lyvith bandaged forearms. In Eg- ,ypt archcologists have found a lloathcr-covered ball more than 30 lcenturies old. It is stuffed With papyrus but the segments of its cover are sewn like those of at modern baseball. J

The Fuzzy Wuzzies of the Sllll'4 . an, imniortalizeil as fighting men- yhy Rudyard Kipling. have perhaps .the strangest "ball game." To set-' itle differences they duel in a way' that certainly fits Ty Cobb's pre-t scription of coming tip "the hardl . way."

Each of two duelers takes his place in a circle marked in the ;sand. The circles are several Iyarcis apart and are equipped with ymounds of baseball-size stones. The players then pelt each oth. or until one retreats from his cir- .clc in disyzrncc iKNl(lKERBO(TKl-IRS FIRST

The first organized liasr-lioll teams in the United States were! set up in 1845 by the Kiiickerhock- er Club of New York. They play-i ed on the Elysian Fields in Hobok-.l en. then a popular resort for New York's elite. Brooklyn. Philadel-' phia and Baltimore soon formed. tennis. I)uring this period thc' game was strictly an amateur.

aristocratic sport comparable to polo today. Baseball grew into it national

sport during the Civil War. North- crn soldiers taught it to men of the West and South. In the same: manner. American armies iiitrod-. uced it to other nations in both- World Wars. The game caught out most solidly in Japan. though it was banned for a time in Worlrii lwar ll.

Surprisingly Large Field Is Entered In Kentucky Derby

lXiUlF.VILI.l7.. Ky. TAT” - The tr:itfic congcstloii in the 82nd Ken- tucky Derby Saturday is expected to be slightly terrific and ii confl- drnt biiuch of motors from the xiii.-ill slate of Delaware believe they have the big horse.

HIK homo Is Czniiitcrmand, a strapping bay colt who scampcred hvmc scroull in the one mile Derbv Tiinl strikes at Old Churchill lhuiiis 'l'ticsda)'

As ol ow it looks like it stir- imsiiigly arge field of i7 horses will p:irndc to the post Saturday in-trod of the expected dozen.

The prospect of bumper to huiiipcr traffic. however. doesn't Illsniny wiry liltlc Buddy Ralnes. u'in trains Conntcrmnnd for the lirnnil,vwinr- stable of Donald P. lloss. nrc-sidcnt of Delaware Park race track.

Nli'.I-'.I)l.l-IS AND FABIFS

g"l'l'n lot to beat Needles and hilviiis.” he drriarrrl flntI:', l'nx'- illlz little doubt that he thought this rould ho iicconiplislu-d if his horse didn't get blocked off or have some nlher mishn, in the large field.

That. leaves out Career Boy. Ijcad Man. and the California

Operation May Mean End Of lockey's Career

LAUREL. Md. (AP)-The jockey Pareer of Tony Desptrito, the hard luck kid of the silk: and saddle 5". may have ended Wednesday "it an operating table II. Prince ('i'i!rlze's General Hospital, Chev- rrly. Md.

One kidney and the spleen of the nrkenrold rider were removed in "il "Iteration performed hy Drs. William chine rind noun uncri- ” . it was reported here.

Dt-Spirlto was injured Tuesday "ten his mount. Folderol. fell In "'0 fifth nee. A preliminary ex- amination at the hoilpitll revealed "Nee fractured ribs. The more serious

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news for rival conclics is ilie report the t25.(lo0 services Cleveland B r o w n quai'tcrbnck. ()tlo Grnliam. Ticnt

Big Four horses. it was pointed out. altgllml Inf

"liighi." said Rniiies. who h:is;g( mm;-d had some derby connections for .'l7l years although he will be qnddiiiiglofm,-9,5 say .;..a,.,,m would ac, .,, his ”I'5l 5m'""'r 55 3 ”3i"”" an zirlvisorv coaching role but

Entries will be taken this morti-mmy nun. in. 31,10 to ncrsuadp I'll? 707 W9 mil? 3"” ""9 fll!3”t"”ihini to (ion plriying logs. (lrahaiu gnllop. uhich will lie the i'it-liestyormimlly ,...”,...d am... ",9 1934; Sinve "19 P1355” "-15 h"''" I" lH75':SOi-ISIIII. Lost yr-.'ir he returned to Iglggllu:l1:n'(::II3l;rlIgH:k:l'l'En:l;i:1If'ii?lilTI'nWIIs to the NFI. champi- s - " OTIS . rciuly to nine up SL250 addiiionnli -P to start on Saturday. 2-! FAVORITE

Florida-bred Needles. owned by Iloiuiie llcnth of Fort 1.anrierrlalc.l Fla. and Jack Dudley. SlIllWiIl('T.l

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W ()kl:i.. remains the 2-l fmwirlte, but l gofid csaclllclitioh thelre: been a switch on the sec- at Sets to sun on (' 0l('('.

The ever dangerous Calumcll your can Farm. with Fahius and Pintor V g All Types Lea. now is rated at 3-! for the lm l'l-'t.VInlZ Installed and i-,.-we, lI'IlilP (' V. ll'liitiie.i-s pair It Safe Repaired,

of Career Boy and Head Man went

up ,0 gig Drive in our Safety Zone Calumet stock boomed after Fa-I Mid KN limmpl 81iCn1lf7ll- bins rompcd home first in the

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ished third behind on out cio.-anal Countermand. Career Boy and Needles didn't run In the trial. I

Boomhower won the Provincial

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TIPS ON GOLFING Don't Neglect Wrist Action

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BY ALEX MORRISON CENTRAL PRESS CANADIAN GOLF COLUMNIST when you look around for the answers to your problems in shot- making and scoring it will pay you to check up on wrist action. Chances are you are slighting. pos- sibly omitting, this swing essen- tial.

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You may do so without being f:"ly aware of it or you may do it through underestimating the value of wrist action in your swing. In either case the slighting or; omitting greatly lowers the efficien-i cy of your swing. It is comparable

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By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer

l'”l('l?l'l.i. who liziils from Northern FTBIICII and

"Ill .ii;d and is ii suphuiiiore- ttiined . keep the Two 'l'liousand Guineas a I)-t it time a couple of weeks in England.

ago l ,. . . Am” i y . - I , -(1lllf'.N tie Rt-I7 the real name of.

rm. "dill. IiIlllt'lfr'(l ill the special wicked old blliicheard -created at

y I - by if -1 mixed nationally .Sat- - havoc appi'oprizite to his monickcr.

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In H Oregon .slars'as he stormed past the fant-icd' . II I ' t ' ' . - . Mwx and Hill, DPlliIII:f:l, Iioiscs in the first of the season s1 I'll-i)f.lt'Ill(-lilnplx IDS ml)? and 1934' .' flu: c.!a'K'E”. rawq M” Emil)" . .on . put iiei. a world ltllhlt-r s (haiitclsc). a north t-mm.

Ililll-llllltl rot-iirrl holder. formerly try horse.

p was a length away sec- of lllt l iiiu-ixitt of LzlllIlll”nl8. and t (Hill with l

to writing with pen or pencil fast- ened to your elbow. Among other things the proper bending of the wrists affords a smooth blending of backswing. also a hinge-like ac- tion between the arms and club which is vital in producing the clubhead speed needed for striking force and accuracy.

Every golfer. in every shot, needs more or less of the proper wrist bend. When the wrists do not bend properly the player must compen- sate for this by extra movements of his arms. shoulders or hips. I explained all of this to Paul Mc- Guire. because his swing showed a tendency to slight the bending of the wrists at the top of the back swing. This happened mainly through his efforts to keep his left wrist quite firm in the backswing. and downswing.

The line between firmness and

tightness often is too fine to recog- nize under the stress of competi- tion. Since Paul is gifted with a Snead-like physique. the slighting of wrist action didn't register as strongly as it does with older play- ers or those with inferior swings. In other words his flexibility ena- bled him to compensate rather easily. Yet it is possible that slight- Mixed Doiihles Badminton ('ll1llllD- ing this essential accounts for his ionship at the Queen ClIZil'll)llCil"C0mplel'e success to date- Higii School on siiiiiniiiy KICICEII-I One way to assure yourself of mg Jim Johnston and Wniida 'i.!nt-- some wrist action is to have them Millan 15-10, 15-11. Photo by D.lfree from tension in your starting George. 'position for all shots.

Paul McGuire, prninisiiig 3-min; tournament pro. was exp:-r'.i-rl to win an event. or two in 19.33 'rliou:li

he turned in many good iwiiiiirb his swing may have lot-kml tin s. ooth wrist action for top pt-r formant-es.

Remember When

By THE CANADIAN Pltlihs

Lionel Conacher- Canada's git-in est all-round athlcie. non his Iirxi professional wrestling iiintili 24 years ago tonight at 'I'on-iuu, lie worked in some of his I'ilL'lli' tricks to pin Carl Pospeshtl! ill two straight falls. C o n a c ii e r, best known for his football pisiiuew coi- lapsed and died during a softball game in which be was pliI)llILI Tory members of parliament against. press gallery members at Ottawa in 1954.

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T E St) Tol Shot Springs Upset In Year's Isl Race Classic

The winner. a three-year-old bl! roll owned by English banker A. G- Samuel. turned early season form upside down and confounded turf critics who had just about con- ceded the one-mile event to France . or Ireland. In his first race this year. Gilles de Retz finished far

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SCORCHER DIES OUT

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