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SPORTLIGHT

FRIEND of mine from To-

ronto, not exactly en-
amoured by Vancouver, once
said to me: “Take away the
ocean and the mountains, and
what have you got that we
haven’t got?”

remark came to mind

away Jackie Parker and
have the Esks got that

we haven’t got?

Pigeon-toed Parker, a uni-

technique as deceptive

Everybody talks about the
split-T, but few fans know

It comes from the line — a
system of spreading or split-
the linemen before the
The defense spreads to

3 ct

meet the threat and the holes
are there for halfbacks, full-
backs and the quarterback to
walk through.

Now, if you can determine
who is carrying the ball, the
split-T doesn’t worry the de-
fense too much. The _ball-
carrier can be smothered, but
good.

Other teams (mostly west-
ern) which use the ‘split-T
find that this often happens,
and they advance nowhere
fast.

With Painful Parker it’s
another cup of tea. He wanders
up and down back of the line,
passes the ball (so it seems)
to three or four guys. When
these are dutifully tackled
and smeared all over the turf,

some other character is ob-
served 30 yards past the de-
fense and running unobstruct-
ed—and he really HAS the
*% @&! ball.

Esks without Parker are a
good team; with him they are
a great team.

For years this scribe kept
up an undeserved reputation
as a “picker” by calling East
to beat West in Grey Cup
games. Parker’s  sleight-of-
hand genius ruingd -the East,
and ruined this prognosticator.

Parker stands in the way of
Lions reaching a Grey Cup
final this year, next year and
for many years to come, unless
We can come up with a quar-
terback who can battle him
on even terms. It isn’t Teresa.
Could it possibly “be Paul
Cameron?

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FAMOUS FIGHTS

John L. Sullivan was the last
of the bareknuckle champs. He
won the title from Paddy
Ryan in 1882 and lost it to Jim
Corbett 10 years later. He beat
Ryan with his bare fists but
wore gloves for his bout with

ough little man, the Bos-
ton Strong Boy was a pro-
j inker in his best
and used to boast at
bar. that he could
man in the house.”

Although he claimed to fear
no man, Sullivan drew the
color line and refused to
tangle with Peter Jackson, one
of the greatest Negro heavy-
weights who ever lived.

llivan expressed con-

or Corbett, the “ex-
<’ from San Fran-
C and was sure he could
knock him out.

ght was held Septem-
2, as the climax of

a “championship carnival” in
New Orleans which saw
featherweight champ George
Dixon kayo Jack Skelly and
lightweight champ Jack Mc-
Auliffe outpoint Billy Myers.

From the beginning to the
end in the 2lst round it was
Corbett’s fight. He danced
around pot-bellied Sullivan,
cutting and slashing the lum-
bering champion to bits.

Sullivan fortified himself
with drinks between rounds,
but Corbett’s body punches
wouldn’t let the champ keep
his liquor down,

Near the end of the fight
Sullivan was a wreck. Half-
blinded and bieeding freely,
he stood wearily in the centre
of tae ring and waved Corbett
to “come in and fight.”

Corbett obliged, shot a left
and a right to the jaw, and
Sullivan went down for the
full count.

snelaennlnnnraai su wnnnnnnannnnnnnnrneie

~

FH STEPHENS ver
COA BALLARA]
VIA. MELBOUR!

_ AUSTRAL

* The UBC-Vancouver Rowing Club which will represent Canada at 4
Games in Melbourne next November packed their shells recently for the ”
Flanking address are coach Frank Read (left) and coxswain Carl Ogawa.

Doug Clement, Terry Tobace
make Canada’s Olympic tea

at!

Middle-distance runner Doug Clement and sprinter Terry Toba

only two B.C. thinclads to catch berths on Canada’s Olympic track an st
but high jumper Alice Whitty of Vancouver may be added to the womel® |

sufficient funds are available.

The Canadian track team will consist of 10 men and six womel

from the east, five from the
prairies and two from B.C.

Clement was picked for- the
600 metres and the 1,600 metres
relay, while Tobacco will com-
pete in the 400 metres and the
1,800 metres relay at Mel-
bourne.

Earlier, a trio of B.C swim-
mers were selected for the
Canadian team: Helen Stewart,
Bill Slater and Lenore Fisher.

Others picked were Ginny
Grant of Toronto, Sara Barber
of Brantford, Beth Whittall and
Gladys Priestley of Montreal,
Jrene MacDonald and George
Park of Hamilton, and Bill
Patrick of Calgary.

In the two-day track and
field trials at Hamilton, Tor-
onto’s Jackie MacDonald was
the outstanding female com-
petitor. She won the discus
and heaved the eight-pound
shot over 46 feet to break her
own Canadian record.

Alice Whitty won the high
Jump and was actually nam-
ed to the six-woman team but
Was deferred for Dorothy Ko-
zack of Calgary so that Can-
ada could be represented in
the 400-metre relay.

Performances of both men
and, women did not come up
to Olympic standards, and of-
ficials admitted that Canada’s

chances of winning any gold
medals at Melbourne re
rather dim.

Our swimmers may have bet-

ter luck. Both Helen Stewart -

and Lenore Fisher won gold
medals in the Pan-American
Games at Mexico City.

TERRY TOBACCO

Sunday baseball attf

big crowd to

: Over 7,500 fans, the season’s
4argest crowd since opening
day, attended the first Sunday
ball game in Capilano Stadium
this week and watched Moun-
ties split a twin bill with Port-
sand.

The turnout proved that
Vancouver citizens are eager
to support Sunday ball, but
whether they will be allowed
to do so depends on what de-
cision is reached when the
city’s bylaw goes to court
September 5,

Mounties have two.more Sun-
day games scheduled for this

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August 31, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUN!

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