in the sports world ean sport will lessen crime ¢ By Eric Smith “Start them young and build a champion,” is an old saying amongst the veteran ath- letes and trainers in reference to promising stars of sports. The idea is fine, but very little has been done about it in Vancouver. There is a decided lack of suitable playgrounds, equipment or instructors available for the youngsters—a fact which may of much of our juvenile crime _ The. only major sport- where Canada can convincingly lead our southern neighbors is hockey and this is due to climatic conditions —not ‘because of planning or monéy spent. “How come our ath- letes do not stack up against most Américan stars?” is a common question. The answer, aside from the population advantage, is that most .. American: cities provide. proper, instruction in supervised playgrounds with ample _ equip- ment provided by municipal parks funds, 28 cee tes * “In Seattle each. district has a playground of considerable - size, composed of tennis courts, ball _ fields for every sport and recrea- . tions fer tiny tots. An -athlete, _ usually a college star, serves as Sot » and due to his repu- _ tation. is a sports hero as well as a leader to the kids. A’ man of this type can do much in starting the children off correctly®in sports and also be a helpful aid in mould- ing their characters. -We,..in Vancouver, have been _ losing some of our playgrounds in the poorer districts to construc- tion, purposes—without any re- placements in the immediate vic- _inity. At the best these grounds only a block or so playing _ field, with no eauipment or in- _ struction, but they did help keep children off the streets, Last week a iv?-year old boy died because of injuries allegedly ting from weight lifting. This lad would probably be alive to- HIGHEST PRICES PAID for DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD STAR LOAN CO. Ltd. 4 BST. 1905 719 Robson St. — MAr. 2622 ‘wave. well be the cause day if he had received proper guidance. : eK ake Sammy Jenkins deserves con- siderable credit for organizing the Marine Industrial Amateur Base- ball League; anew loop that Should keep the followers of hard- ball busy this summer. The lea- gues’ prexy, Amby Moran, can tell some tall ones about some of the bigger names in sport. Bert Gib- son should be the big noise for North Burrard. Bert has played a lot of ball but is still a young veteran. Right now it looks like Western Bridge is the team to beat. Santa Anita racetrack is aver- aging around $11,000,000 a week in bets this year. Considering that most people lose, why do they keep trying? In recent weeks it has been corruption and out and out commercialism rocking the sports’ headlines. Boxing has had two big scandals involving one champion and a leading contender. Gambling has taken a big hold on every sport with reporters from the big time press quoting odds on all big events in their daily columns. : Three years ago former welter- weight champion ¥ritzie Zivic an- nounced his retirement. “Going to quit before I get punchy,” said the veteran Pittsburg puncher. He is still fighting and getting beat by third rate boys. The NBA re- cently publicly advised him to quit, for his own welfare and for that of boxing. Zivic called off a Florida fight but is still yearn- ing for action. I hear that he may fight Phil Palmer in Seattle soon. tf he does Phil should get revenge for the beating Fritzie handed Palmers’. former tutor, Ronnie Beaudin. Br eODOOe® x I) © OOOOOHHOOOO A charge of 50 cents for each i _ of five lines or tess with 10 cents for each additional line is made for notices appearing in this column. No notices will be” accepted later than Monday noon of the week of — pablidation. — NOTICES Oldtime Dancing vo ALP. 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CARTAGE Moving — Transfer Dump Trucks. a 2239 Cambie ' Phone FAir, 0469 WHAT’S DOING Social and Dance— Pacific Tribune Dance and So- cial at John Goss Studio, 641 Granville, Sat. March 15. . Floor show, . Refreshment Social— Refreshment social at Hast- ings Auditorium on March 8 at 8 p.m. Auspices Fairview LPP Club. : Pacific Tribuné Dance— In Clinton Hall, 2605 E. Pen- der St., Saturday, March 8th: Dancing 9 to 12 pm. Viking Orchestra. Adm., Ladies, 40c, Gents, 50c. Sponsored by the Niilo Makela Club and Finnish Organization of Canada, Van- couver Local. Concert and Dinner— For Pacific Tribune Drive, in ' Tatra Hall, New Westminster, . Sunday, March 23 at 7 p.m. ' Talented floor show. ; Children’s Summer Camp—_ Monthly meetings of the Child- ren’s. Jubilee Summer Camp willbe held in the Veteran's Community Hall, 46th and ‘Fraser on every first Wednes- ‘day of the-month at 8 p.m. ‘ All people ‘interested in a sum- mer outing .for children, are welcome to atend,: ‘Jubilee Camp Committee Youth body will join in lobby 2 es toe The National Federation of Labor Youth here, will make application to the B.C, _Fed- eration of Labor (CCL) for the active participation of young trade unionists in the forthcoming mass labor lobby to Victoria, this month. This de- cision was reached at a meeting of the NFLY held last Sunday at the Pender Auditorium. The NFLY meet also proposed that a special brief on matters affecting young people in industry be submitted to the provincial MLA’s by the NFELY. ; _The meeting heard Bob Mason, B.C. secretary of the NFLY; Glyn Thomas, NFLY publicity chair- man; Don McAllister, IWA youth section and Max Martin, Associa- tion of United Ukrainian Cana- dians. The latter two speakers were delegates to the Labor Youth Parliament, which was held in Toronto last December. They gave detailed reports of the main decisions adopted at the parlia- ment. 4 Don McAllister stressed the im- portance of the labor lobby to young people. “The outcome of the Victoria lobby may well af- fect the future well being of the great mass of” young people throughout British Columbia,” Mc- Allister declared. Plans for large scale organiza- tion of the NFLY throughout the province were announced by Se- cretary Mason. A mass campaign on the presing issues affecting B.C, youth will follow the estab- lishment of NFLY affiliates among trade unions, cultural, re- creational and _ political youth groups. | ~ ASTOR CAFE 1222 Broad Street (Opposite Colonist) VICTORIA Ph. B2311 Specializing in .. Sea Foods — Steaks — Chops _ For Purity and Quality BUY HASTINGS BREAD CAKES & PASTRIES | HASTINGS 716 Hastings Street E. x Branches. at - 4068 E. Hastings and eHast End No. 2 é East Burnaby “Wm. Hreherchuk Victoria .Cowichan Lake — Union miners score in PT drive objective By IVAN BIRCHARD Trade union response to the Tribune drive came in the form of a cheque from Copper Mountain Miners, who are also out to make every miner a reader. That’s the kind of support which convinces our editors that union men appreciate their efforts to make the Tribune serve them on every big issue. ; eon 3 Sages ee Jimmie McFarlan,’ ten year old Tri- bune booster of Grandview area, is out to put the drive over the top. He js canvas- sing his area and flings a challenge to any Ginger Goodwinite to just try to raise more than he does in the drive. Challenges have come in from Com-. mercial Drive — Grandview, and from Mount Pleasant—Fairview, ee ee Drive quotas and standing to date ap- pear below. Next week we will complete Ivan Birchard : the list. 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