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New Press Builders Square; 2,545 12,455 Charlie DRIVE STANDING MARCH 21 Greater Vancouver CLUB Quota Achieved Advance _____ & 2493300 105.00 BaywiGWoo! 22 ere 1/425 34.00 mroadway 22 282 = -400 240.00 mrethers Leo 2252222 150 Betas (Uy Tee sat ie ge rer eae 150 8.60 I Dock = kes 400 70.00: abast End’ 2225-2220: 250 26.00 mlectrical 2222'S 2. 300 55.00 Frank Rogers ~~_-_- 300 79.00 BOOT as 2a ae 150 52.00 Grandview 222222225 400 §=237.00 Hastines East ___--- 400 49.00 Kensington _-__--_- 275 srs - Mount Pleasant __._ 225 21.00 Niilo Makela ___---- 150 4.00 PIOLOQUAY: =e ees 275 38.00 it. ee eS 200 a rh Ser os 200 20.00 FAumbers . 2222 2s 2s 150 20.00 Homt: Grey 2-22 o_ 300 97.50 DRHMeN es 200 20.00 Biratncona © {2202-25 250 ° 25.00 Victory Square ____- 750 230:00 Waterfront —._----- 300 . 91.00 Dvest bind. 222 eee 250 32.00 North Burnaby ___-- 400 79.00 South Burnaby __--- 350 Braces North Van City ____ 400 93.00 North Van District _ 450 | 52.00 City Miscellaneous 1,250 255.00 Unpledged __------- 450 31.00 Rush In Your Donation Today! Vancouver Island CLUB T. MeEwen’s Column 100 Quota Achieved Albernis __---------$250 ee Campbell River ----- i Re Cumberland ------- gee Cowichan —--------- 350... ae Nanaimo ---------- 500 FE Parksville --------- H ee Victoria —---------- 4 Oe se Province Fort Langley ------ 250 87.00 Haney ------------ 175 iin Kamloops --------- 150 } adnep 22 100 os Maple Ridge ------- 150 z Michel - Fernie _---- 100 SEE Winston: 2s. oo eH SFB WWOlsOr oe ta era New Westminster -- 300 125.50 Notch Hill _-------- +0 eee Powell River —------ eas Steyeston == 032 a=22 100 20.00 North Surrey ------ 250 10.00 South Surrey _----- 100 50.00 Trail - Rossland ____ 300 See Wenmon 2s 175 ee Correspondence ---- 100 34.00 - Province Miscellaneous : Prince Rupert ------ 100 Salmon Arm __----- e 20.00 Sointnla = ahi SPORTLIGHT By KEN WOODS Why is it that soccer isn’t as popular as other sports? Football, a relatively new sport sets Canadian attendance records, baseball passes the million mark, hockey also plays to large gates. In terms of attendance and publicity, etc. soccer is not in the same category as these others. I consider the game of soec- cer to be the most interesting and the greatest team sport of all. Soccer is also the most in- ernational of all games, The weakness of soccer loc- ally is that there isn’t any competition in league play like other sports. For example Vancouver, Victoria, and Se- attle in hockey; Eskimos, Rough Riders, and Lions in football. Spectators come out to support the home team and see the visitors play. — The way it is now it is im- possible for people to rally around any one team. They are monopolized by the local brewing industry, who spend a few dollars for uniforms and coaches and receive millions of dollars through this cheap form of advertising. The ex- ample of this are the teams— Labatts, Carlings, Pilsners. I-can remémber when the North Shore had a team and they played against New Westminster, Nanaimo or Se- attle. When these games took place there was keen interest shown .by the public in the competitions. This is further borne out by fact that when touring world teams, such as the, Russian Lokomotives, Glasgow Rangers, come here they play to crowds of 18 to 20 thousand. Throughout the Lower Mainland there are about 700 juvenile and junior teams which shows the enthusiasm of young people for the game. | the heights they can achieve are limited to local Saturday’ afternoon efforts in Cailister’ park, This year could and should. be a big year for the expansion of soccer. It should see the. formation of a truly Pacific Coast league embracing Van- couver, Victoria, Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco, with a playoff against the Eastern loop. With the itinerary for the touring teams, including such great teams as Manchester Un- ited, Hearts Juventus (Italy), Russian teams, plus the return trip of a Canadian team to Britain and Russia, it should enthuse B.C. soccer fans to the point of at least attending the Saturday games. The calibre of soccer played at these gam- es is first rate. Overall, soccer like all other sports, will only develop when the government allocate funds for coaching schools and ‘gen- . eral assistance. In this way young people will be encour- aged to participate as players and not only as spectators. Given both personal and financial support we could very well develop soccer in Canada to a contender for the world cup in Chile this year. Photo shows students in Peking enjoying a swim in one of the many new pools in the city. Swimming is very popular among students of middle and primary schools who usually take four to five hours swimming a week. Other athletic activities enjoyed on a mass scale are track and field, gymnastics, diving, football, basketball and volleyball. Like all socialist lands, participation in sports is on a mass scale. March 25, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 7