. It was an unforgettable People, Ukrainian Canadians. ity, wae Voice choked with emotion, Hie lam Pylypiw of Alberta spoke for Peres of dedication. He reach- meee he Scissors borne on te tray Coe its beautifully embroidered are The cord was cut. The 4 ae shroud came: down and there he Ray heroic bronze figure of “a . enko, his strong face look- cena the east, to the land of his Souls in one hand a book of his ‘inspiring poems — a figure © very embodiment of strength, figure that capured the majes- ae rae man who never ceased fina Struggle against oppression Whose name means to «all Ukrainians, freedom a Otro & moment a hush fell over acs great throng. Here was the ment of a lifetime, the moment : bane ‘Taras Shevchenko came sy Who among his people, his people teen Were now Canadians but who : aorpeted the poet’s words: Abit n the culture of other peoples, ~» Never forget your own. | cans the cheer, the “Slava : welled enko”; and tears of joy in the eyes of thousands as ; steed choir sang the poet’s clones Testament. The thunder S parted and the sun lighted ® ‘burnished bronze figure as ough gi i : tuture. giving an omen of a bright ; a Was a tremendous demonstra- eos of brotherhood and peace— Sh Was not the monument to ‘€vchenko the gift of the people Soviet Ukraine to their sons, ere ndchildren — even great great rand-children—in far-off Canada? 0 - aa acne and friendship, a reminder nee the hearts of the people a only t 1 Lian nue culture, the cu -monume horizon was the towering white-shrouded figure. Jan settler who had come to Canada 60 years ago. Unveil the monument of Taras Shevchenko, Lwinge, | gaos.it not a gift of peace to 500,- o,, Ukrainian Canadians, a token Wars are not made by peoples, ~~ Huge gathering sees unveiling of Shevchenko nt at Palermo By JOHN STEWART scene at the park ne At the base stood W beloved poet of. ar Palermo. Around it were tens of thousands of illiam Pylypiw, son of the first Ukrain- He it was who had been chosen to THE SPORTLIGHT TORONTO Set against the darkening the Ukraine and of all human- ture of peace? The inscription on the black marble base read: “From the Soviet Ukrainian people to Ukrainian Canadians.” It was July 1, 1951, Canada/s | 4th birthday anniversary; and it was the 60th” anniversary of the coming of the Ukrainians to Can- ada. ‘ From every part of the nation they came — 45,000 people, most of them Ukrainian Canadians, but among them thousands who came from, or whose forefathers came {rom, all the Slavic lands of east- ern Europe and from the many jands who gave Us the people who are today Canadians. By train and bus and car they came, undaunted by the thunder- storms that threatened to spoil the great occasion. Cars were lined up,for miles along the high- way leading to Shevchenko Park a; Palermo, on the road between ‘Hamilton and Toronto. Harried police and car parkers, ushered in and found space for 7,000 cars and 130 busses; some were fore- ed to leave their cars on the side ‘ot the highway and walk near- ly 2 mile, so great was the crowd. As William Teresio, president of the Association of United Ukrain- ian Canadians,’ sponsors of the ‘g0th Anniversary Silver Jubilee celebration, opened the ceremony, he was surrounded by Ukrainian Canadians from almost every pro- . Following the avere laid on the 22-foot monu- ment by many organizations. Matthew Shatulsky, editor of the Ukrainian Word, Winnipeg, was first; his was followed by wreaths ‘from. the Federation of Russian Canadians, the Polish Democratic League, the South Slavs, Slovaks, s Aig) KEEP THIS DATE OPEN’ UGUST 12 FOR THE ANNUAL CONFEDERATION PARK — DAY x unveiling, wreaths Macedonians, Bulgarians, Carpa- tho-Russians and others, among them a wreath laid by William Kardash, MLA, on behalf of the People’s Co-op of Winnipeg. of John WNavis, a leader and one of the oldest members of the Uk- rainian organization, delivered the main address of the afternoon, explaining how they had looked forward to this occasion for so many years, ever since the war had prevented the AUIUC from carrying out such a plan ten years ago. John ~Boychuk, national treasurer, and Peter Prokop, sec- retary, also spoke, as did a repre- resentative from the United States. ‘A telegram was sent to the people of the Ukraine thanking them for the splendid gift to Canada. On Saturday night Leaf Gardens, witnessed one of the most color- in Maple .ronto has ever seen. A massed choir of 400, a string orchestra of 150, a band, and hundreds of dancers and gymnasts, sang the Ukraine; and the concert came to a thrilling conclusion in a pa- geant, { “Ukrainians in Canada,” years of life and struggle since the first Ukrainian settler arrived. In the choir and orchestra, almost every city in Canada was repre- sented. It was truly a_ national ‘festival. ie _ Michael Korol opened the con- cert and said the half million Ukrainian Canadians — many of third and fourth generation “have never forgotten the cultural ple, nor the people of our former motherland.” But Ukrainian Can- adians today were an inseparable part of Canada, “and it is in com- mon with our brother Canadians, English and French, that we cele- brate this 60th anniversary.” _ The concluding pageant} writ- ten by John Weir, showed graph- “ically why the Ukrainian Can- adians have become such an in- tegral part of Canada. It por- _trayed the ,coming of the first immigrants and their welcome by the French and English set- tlers who preceded them, and by the Indians. It showed them at work, in the building of the rail- ways, digging the mines, cutting _the timber—and the struggles against discrimination and for decent living conditions. It told of the Hungry Thirties and the “Iron Heel” regime of R. B. Bennett and how the Ukrainian Canadians were in the. forefront of the struggles for bread and de- mocracy in those days. And it showed, more recently, how the Ukrainian Canadians were united with their’ brother Slavs of Europe in the war to defeat fascism and to win lasting peace. The pageant effectively linked ‘the old Ukraine with the Canada .of half a million Ukrainians. The dances were magnificent — filled with the joy of people and based mostly upon their work in the grain, fields and mountains of Ukraine. The flower dance with hearts of everyone. f ‘ But symbolic of the whole three-day celebration was the dove of peace loosed in the arena from atop a great pyramid built by the young gymnasts, and the O Canada finale when the hun- dreds of performers come onto over 9,000 people ful and spectacular concerts To-/% songs and danced the dances of |! which told the story of the 60 traditions of the ‘Ukrainian peo-' its hundreds of children, won the | By BERT WHYTE EW horse racing addicts are concerned about improving the breed, but all are vitally concerned about improving their bankrolls. Hence the big turnout under a sizzling sun over the holiday weekend. But as usual, the line-ups at sellers’ wickets were considerably longer than those at the cashiers’. You can take it with you to the track, but it’s considerably harder to take it home again. Because it is almost impossible to check “form” at this time of the year, when many of the plugs are making ‘their first starts, a goodly portion of the punters are playing jockeys. One of the crowd favorites is newcomer Kermit Fields, Another is Henry Matthews. But any system of playing jockeys is a short cut to the poorhouse. Some harassed -horseplayers, when they see their “form” selections running in the can, become suckers for touts and eagerly play every tip they hear. Lots of characters hang around Lansdowne, willing to “give you a horse” at the drop of a used-up mutuel ticket. Not only the grass s green at the track. When a tout tries to give you a tip, best thing to do is answer, “Neigh.” : : ; On Monday JI arrived at the track with some friends just as the second race was getting un- © derway. No time to place a bet, but the Green Sheet form men- tioned Test Flight as a possible’ - winner. “He'll be closing well again in that stretch,” it said. At the eighth pole Test Flight, run- ning in eighth place, dropped dead. . Test Fligh$, a light brown geld- ing from Lavender Stock Farm, was a fair runner in his day, but he was an old man — 10 years old, which is about the same as a man of 70. Horses reach their peak at three, four and five, then gradually go downhill. A race horse at seven approximates a man at 49; 10 equals 70; and a ~ 15-year old plug (they have been ~ raced!) is in the same elass as__ a guy of 105. When Test Flight dropped dead, track followers began recalling stories in which horses crossed the , finish line in fronty then went | down for the long count. I can’t remember any cases at the mo- ‘ ment, but in 1934 a horse named . Dark Secret, running in the two-mile Saratoga ‘Cup, broke his leg 30. yards from the wire and hobbled on to win. They had to destroy him immediately afterwards. = aes, ; pers t Then there is the unique tale of a jockey who died but won the race! _ Aboard Sweet Kiss in a steeplechase at Belmont on June 4, 1932, jockey — Frankie Hayes suffered a fatal heart attack in the stretch run. H dead weight fell forward on his mount’s neck, giving the horse the final © push needed to win by a nose. On the record books Hayes is credited with an official win. = ; * * f It is 31 years since the Chicago White Sox won a pennant—a © record unequalled in either major league (not that any team aspires in that directon). No wonder, then, that all baseball fans watch . with breathless interest the remarkable 1951 showing of the Pale Hose gang, who are currently fighting it out with the Yankees for top spot. : Sd ; : A far cry, indeed, from the days when the White Sox ‘ traditionally ended up in seventh spot. Some 15 years ago, — when city council in Chicago wanted to honor the Sox’s founder, Charles A. Comiskey, by changing the name of a street passing | the ball park to Comiskey Road, an irreverent sports scribe suggested a better title would be Seventh Place. Then there was the time that Comiskey, back in 1934, made a trip east with ‘his team, and watched them boot away game after © game. In Cleveland three errors in a row on easy infield grounders © cost the Sox hurler Sad Sam Jones a 2-1 game, and Comiskey, chewing his knuckles in the stands, remarked savagely to a spectator: “Any jury in America would call it justifiable homicide if I sneaked a nifle up here and shot some of those meatineads.”’ 8 a ite It was the “Black Sox” ‘scandal in- 1919 ‘that wrecked the Sox. Prior to that time they produced some wonderful teams, finishing — third in 1915, second in 1916, and first in 1917, beating the Giants — four out of six games in tne World Series. War interrupted the 1918 season, but in 1919 the Sox won the AL pennant and met Cincinnati in what was expected to be a pushover series. When they lost, five to three, keen baseball experts smelled a rat, but it wasn't until 19Z0 that the sordid sellout was uncovered, and. baseball received iis all-time black eye. “ss 3 ff \ The Sox stars who took money from big-time gamblers and threw the games—Gandil, Risberg, Weaver, Jackson, Felsch, Cicotte, Williams and McMullin—were banished from. organized baseball for. all time. They had been “‘got to” by the notorious Arnold: Rothstein, or his agents, and’ during the series were in ' the habit of waking up in their hotel rooms and finding. ‘presents’ of thousand-dollar bills under their ‘pillows. After that, they couldn't win for losing. aR ay aay * x * Pacific Tribune Clippers celebrated the holiday weekend by trimming Boiermakers 7-4 in an Industrial Baseball League game at the vast “stage” bearing letters BUTTE th Ae spelling out the word P-E-A-C-E. Powell Grounds. In coming contests the Clippers meet Niseis on July 9 and Cliffords on July 13. Both games at 6:45 pm. ~ PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JULY 6, 1951 — PAGE 7