Bert Whyte'e

SPORTLIGHT

F nations begin by throwing
the hammer, end

by burying the hatchet.

they may

This to mind
while I was reading the latest
organ of the

saying came
issue of Festival,
preparatory committee of the
Sixth World Festival of Youth
and Students.

I like everything about the
festival except its cumbersome
title. When thousands of young
people gather in Moscow this
August to take part in friendly
cultural and sports events, the
eause of peace will have re-
ceived a helping hand.

Both the good and bad points
of international sport are pre-
sented in a lengthy document
recently released by the United
Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization.

Entitled “The Place of Sport
in Education” the UNESCO
30,000-word pamphlet replies
to 27 questions by 14 nations
The final and most interesting
questions deal with the role
of sports in securing better in-
ernational understanding.

The Australian report sums

up opposing views. On the
positive side:
“International competition

has in its power the forces
necessary to contribute to in-
ternational understanding and
cooperation, and assists in
breaking down racial, religious
and political prejudices! among
the participants themselves.”

And on the negative side:

“Sportsmen are not on the
whole renowned for great in-
telligence and culture, and
probably make relatively in-
ferior ambassadors.”

It seems to me that no
sportsman, no matter how un-
culured, could give a worse
foot-in- mouth performance
than diplomat John Foster
Dulles.

I’m in favor of more and
more international sports com-
petition, for I believe events
like the Olympic Games, Brit-
ish Empire Games, European
Games and World Youth
Games help to ease tensions
between na.ions and are posi-
tive factors in the struggle for
a peaceful world.

Two Canadians are shown with delegates from Nigeria
at the World Youth Festival in Berlin in 1951. This year the
festival is being held in Moscow and a large Canadian dele-
gation will attend, to take part in numerous sports and cul-

tural events.

BEN HOGAN

Sam Snead

BYRON NELSON

SAM SNEAD

is golf's money king

with $290,000 earnings since 37

as won the most money since hitting the gold dust

Which professional golfer h

trail? Who was golf's

smallest golfer ‘and who is-the tallest? Who were

fessional circuit last year?

Answers to the above questions, and hundreds more,

1957 issue of Golf Digest, the
links bible Jimmy
Moran in Labor’s Daily).

(writes

What the Sporting News is
Golf Di-
gest is to the golfer. Many a
dressing 19th hole
argument has been settled by
going to “the book.”

to the- baseball fan,

room or

If you’ve tried your hand at

the questions, here are the
right answers.
Sammy Snead, with total

earnings of $290,349 since
1937 is the top money winner
of all time, as weil as tops
among current golfers.

Ed Furgol, the shrivel-armed
former Open champ, turns up

surprisingly as the most con- .

sistent performer in 1956, and

Patty Berg was the jewel
among the women golfers.
Both Ed and Patty, inciden-

tally, are registered out of St.
Andrews in Illinois.

Top money man for the year
was Ted Kroll, while the dis-
taff champ was Marlene Bau-
er Hagge, who set new yearly
records with winnings of $72,-
835 and $20,235, respectively.
Both of these pots, of course,
were sweetened considerably

by the take Ted and Marlene,

got from the fabulous Tam-O-
Shanter.

Jerry Barber is golf’s smal-
lest player at 5 feet 5 inches
and 137 pounds and George
Bayer is the biggest at 6 feet
5 inches and 240 pounds.

Golf is supposed to have or-
iginated in Scotland, but some
historians believe the Dutch
played the game before the
Scots.

In early days golf balls were
made of feathers. These were
stuffed into a small «leather
bag, and understandably, long
drives were rare. But some
years ago one of these old balls
was found, and a top golfer
managed to drive it 175 yards.

In 1848 the gutta percha ball
was invented, and in 1899 the
rubber ball was first manufac-
tured in the USS.

s most consistent performer in 1956?

Who is competitive golf's
the top money winners in the pro-

are contained in the

winners.

GOLF'S TOP 20

Most of the arguments in golf concern the top money

The Digest took note of this by compiling a

table of earnings of each current PGA player since he

started competing for cash.

Here’s

PLAYER SINCE
fesSam sneag a 1937
> Ben=Horan so 1938
3.-Gary IMiddlecoff. -----.-.------... 1947
4. Lloyd Mangrum --_- ieee 1949
5. Byron Nelson’ ._-- 1935
6: Jimmy Demaret __--.---------- 1935
Wohed RTO: oe 1947
8. Dutch Harrison goSiee Ces UR}
O- Jim rerrer. oe ae
10: Vitis = ON0Ss sa oe ee 1950
i Bes Bevo "Sad Th eS ea eee a ee 1948
12. Johnny: Palmer 2 e220. oS 946
TS MOUS Ord: ee . 1950
Hoa i eS BP TRS eer ie eee ae 1950
15, -Fred- Haas. = eon Oa G.
16 Eo -Furgol —--—- SOR pee SL OAD
Py. serie Barper. so OSB

18. Harold McSpaden __- 1932-1948
TO Tommy: DO es ss OSL
20. Marty Furgol ____--- = 1048

the breakdown:

TOTAL

$290,349
251,162
222,466
211,189
192,217
166,700
163,391
150,807
140,424
134,426
131,186
128,729
124,142
120,100
115,143
103,124
92,512
90,621 ,
90,038
88,430

Marlene Stewart is Canada’s finest woman golfer

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