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JIM IAUTAILI Cansldyiaa Press Ital Writer

sdlan sports had momentous wctiigvementa in 1055. but over- mdowing the glamor was one of in, ugliest riots in the country's history and an outburst or swim madness that killed one man. it was the year of the St. Pat- ric” Day mob violence, when thousands of PC0910 0mbN'ud 0" 3 seven-hour ramPI!9'01 d98u'll0' lion and looting in Montreal follow- ing a tear gas bomb throwlnl in- side the Forum over the Maurice Richard hockey affair. it was also the year of the mar- glhtlfi swim craze. of men and women attempting to conquer Lake Ontario. They all failed. One died.

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Today, Marilyn Bell. 17, of Tor- onto. is the only person to swim the 32-mile lake. Her historic mo- ment came in 1954. This year she crossed the English channel-the youngest swimmer to do it. Her time was 14 hours, 88 minutes.

Not to be forgotten were East- West lntersectional competitions. particularly the Grey Cup football hockey, curling, golf. basketball, lacrosse and tennis. Honors in these events were about evenly s lit. pAmong the thrills was Edmonton I-Jskirnos' 34;l9 Grey Cup win over lllontreal Alouettes at Vancouver. it was the first time a Western team won the classic two straight years.

Then there was Canada's 5-0 vic- fury over Russia in the world hockey championships at Krefeld, Germany. Canada, iepiesented by Penticton Vs. regained the title lost by Toronto East York to the Russians in the 1954 games.

other Canadians also did well on foreign ground. Frances Dame and Norris Bowden, both of Toronto. retained the world pairs figure skating crown at Vienna. They are one of Canada's hopes to win the pairs Olympic title at Cortlna. Italy next month.

AT PAN-AMERICAN GAMES

At the Pan-American arms in Mexico City, Beth Whltt l, 18. of Montreal won the 400-metre butter- fly and 100-metre women's free- style swims. Helen Stewart. 16- 00-mstig free-style. and Lenore

isher of Ocean Falls. B.C., took the 100-metre backstro' .

A United States golf prise fell to Toronto's Al Balding. He won the 315,000 Mayfair Open at Sanford, Fla, Dec. 10. -

University of British Columbia sights lost by a third of a length to the University of Pennsylvania at the Royal Henley in the Grand

Challanli Cup final. BIC upset a crack nusalsa crew is a hall- The fuse for the uprising at Montreal lfaum was wilted when Richard. right winger with Moat- real Canadltns of the:National liockey League. attacked Hal Lay- coe of Boston Bruins with his stick and punched linesman Cliff Thompson in a game March 18.

BAIIRED FROM PLAYOFFS '

Three days later Richard was suspended for the remainder of the season. including the Stanley Cup playoffs. NHL President Clarence Campbell. who suspended Richard. was in the Forum March 17. He was punched and showered with programs, eggs, bottles and rub- bers. A tear-gas bomb was thrown. There was a stampede for exits.

Outside. a mob went on n loot- ing spree. innocent byst i .- were beaten. Damage estimates ranged up to 3200.000.

The game was forfeited to De- troit Red Wings. who went on to edge Canadiens in the Stanley Cup final

And then the swim fad. Twenty- fivs swimmers made 21 attempts to beat Lake Ontario. A lake mara- thon was cancelled because of bad weather and a 32-mile Canadian National Exhibition lakefront swim was substituted. it was won by Cliff Lumsdon of Toronto. only finisher of" 30 starters.

The craze spread to various parts of Canada. Juan de Fuca strait was beaten by Bert Thomas of Tacoma. Wash. Tom Park. 31-year- old native of Hamilton, won the

al 26-mile Atlantic City swim for the second straight year.

PARKER AGAIN STAR

The largest crowd in Canadian football history-39.417 e- watched Eskimos clohber Alouettes in the Grey Cup. Edmonton quarterback Jackie Parker was the individual star. as he was in the 1954 classic when he ran for the winning touch- down.

Many Eskimo and Alouette play- ers clashed again in the East-West Shrine game at Toronto Dec. 8. It was the first All-Star engagement and ended in a 6-0 tie.

This is how the west and east compared in intersectional play:

WEST

Edmonton took the Grey Cup. Winnipeg Rods the Canadian junior football championship. New West- minster the Canadlan senior soccer crown. Victoria Shamrocks the Mann Cup. Jean Waring of Cal- gary captured the senior and junior women's singles badminton events.

Port Albernl won the Canadian

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Kitchener - Waterloo Dutchmen won the Alianrcup and Canadian senior hockey title. They will rep- resent Canada in the M56 winter Olympics. Toronto llarlboros cap- tured the Memorial Cup and Shnwlnigan Falls Cataracts the Edinburgh Trophy.

Al Balding won the Canadian Professional Golfers' Association tournament. Moe Norman of Kitch- ener. Ont., erged as Canadian amateur champion, and Marlene Stewart of Fonthlll. 0nt.. won the Canadian women's open and close titles.

Peterhorough Orfuns won the Canadian intermediate to otball crown. Long t Branch Monarchs were Dominion Junior lacrosse titlists.

FIGURE-SKATING TITLISTS

Miss Defoe and Bowden retained their North American and Cana- dlan pairs figure-skating crowns. Charles Snelllng of Toronto won the Canadian men's senior and Carol Jane Paschl, 17. of Montreal, took the senior women's title.

Don Smythe of Toronto won the men's senior badminton title. Tor- onto Nortown the junior men's basketball event and Hamilton the junior ladies laurels.

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Gene Littler of Palm Springs, Calif., won the 88,500 golf open in a sudden-death extra-hole play- off with Vancouver's Stan Leon- ard. In the speedboat world, Miss Superteat ll. owned by Gordon Thompson of London. 0nt., set a Canadian record for propeller- driven craft with a speed of 154 miles an hour at Plcmn Bay Nov. 1. '

Montreal Royals placed first in the International Baseball League race but lost to Rochester Red Wings in the playoffs. In tennis Canada defeated the British West indies in a North American Davis Cup tie and then lost to Australia, which won the cup.

In boxing, Earl Walls. Canadian heavyweight champion, r et i red Nov. 2 because he felt the risk of injury was too great for a family ilslgl. He had held the crown since

Ace Marine. owned by Toronto, industrialist Larkin Maloney, won: the 96th running of the Queen's Plate at Toronto Park Dandy.l from the stable of w. J. Beattie oil Washington. R.I., captured the 340,- 000 added stake at Long Branch, near Toronto.

In gymnastics, Ernestine Russell 16. of Windsor, won the women's all-round title at the American Athletic Union championships at Rochester, N.Y.. taking all four events. It was the first time any-

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MONTREAL (GP) - Clarence Campbell, president at the Na- tional Hockey League. said” Thurs- day independent evidence indicates referee Jack Mehlenbaeksr should not have allowed one of the goals scored by Boston Wednesday night in a game against Rangers in New York.

The game ended in a 8-3 tie and Campbell said he has not yet re- oelved any request for action as s result of Mehlenbacker's apparent mlscue.

The incident occurred in the third period. Witnesses said Mehlen- backer blew his whistle during ,a scramble in front of the New York net. seconds after the whistle sounded Boston pumped in its sec- ond goal.

So far. said Campbell. Mehlen- backer has not acknowledged that he blew his whistle before the goal. However. independent witnesses- these were believed to include ref- eree-in-chlef Carl Voss-reported the whistle had sounded before the goal.

Webster Signs '56 Contract

NEW YORK. (AP)-Alex Web-. ster, halfback who led the New York Giants in rushingthis sea- son with 634 yards. signed his 1956 New York contract Thurs- day.

Immediately after the Giants completed their National Foot- ball League schedule Dec. 11. Webster indicated during a visit to Montreal that he would like to return to Montreal Aloueties. He won the Big Four scoring title

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