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Canada finished a solid eighth
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Canadian mermaids. retrieved Canada’s ‘dwindling fortunes in the last few days of
| the Pan-American Games at Mexico City, capturing four gold medals to gain Canada a solid
eighth spot among the 22 competing countries. The triumphs of swimmers Beth Whittall
of Montreal, who won two gold medals, and Helen Stewart of Vancouver and Lenore Fisher

of Ocean Falls took much of the sting from the walloping our basketball team received.
Though Vancouver's winless|7 F P y p :
Filers looked bad against the fast Am_ record time, jumped into | of the drama was supplied in the
basketball squads from the U.S.,; the pop Aes abated Eels mile and the marathon.
Mexico and South Ameri -| ‘won the SHES Sree m1 iP 10.)
4 tries, they a lots of frente for! annex a second gold medal. Bocca 8 ie eee and soe
a Canada ‘by presenting their oppon-; Harry Nelson of New Westmin- Dwyer were favorites in the mile,
ents with pennants and souvenir) ster, one of Canada’s sprint hope-| and fans looked for a repeat on
spoons, fuls, had tough luck in his 200-|some of their close duels in the
Blonde 18-year-old Lenore | metre heat. He made fine time! tniteq States
Fisher won her gold medal with | but was disqualified for running : .
a record-smashing performance | out of his lane. Harry was sure An unknown, Juan Miranda of
in the women’s 100-metre back- | he was on the chalk line, but not Argentina, who had been the ob-
stroke. Beth Whittall captured | over it. ject of Santee’s derision because
the 100-metre butterfly in Pan- As usual=at. such meets, much] he had “almost knocked himself

out to beat me in a preliminary
run,’ sprung a real surprise by

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By GEORGE BARR by about four feet. :
‘3 Who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind. That’s exactly what 1 d :
} has happened in the National Hockey League—the whirlwind being ee segunda Sapaaiaehel ;
i; the suspension of Richard and the events thereafter. : : apex
3 : sep vikeths Canada — finished the gruelling J
The constant coaching of pro and “amateur” players to instil in| »,arathon course. Winner was |
3 - them the lust of the Roman gladiators has brought) the inevitable :

: 5 Doroteo Flores of Guatemala,

results. People were complaining
about the bloodshed in the NHL.

followed by a Mexican, another

clear case of discrimination against ; : 7 £ ie
French Canada’s Mr. Hockey. Guatemalan, another Mexican Pat’s form tops at Pan Am

: ; Aes Indian and then the two Cana-
Maurice Richard got into a fracas Why should the Rocket take the| gjans, Barry Lush and George Pat McCormick, 25-year-old California housewife and gold
nd worse or better than a score 0r|rap for the Smythes, the Adams} Norman. medal winner at the 1952 Olympics, outclassed women divers fr?

more that have marked NHL|and yes, the Irvins too? Famed U.S. marathoner John} 22 countries at the Pan-American Games to win top honors
: | games this year. The press in! It is quite true that people are| Kelly was a pre-race favorite, but the United States. In diving and swimming events the U.S. fin! 7
| English-speaking Canada and. the getting fed up with the mayhem] he found the heat and the altitude| 4 first with 276 points, and Mexico came second. Canada wou

| WEscrenwied for “his “hide. and which is peddled to us as hockey.|to9 tough to handle. up in eighth place. ;

However, the main blame doesn’t

F NHL President Campbell obliged.|jjo wi ; pase Here’s how the 22 competing
* lie with the players but with the : : f s
Boston’s Laycoe, who. started the) men who ene en: ae ~~ cu aii peepee 4 Bert Whyte 4

| fight, got no suspension. Suspending Richard will not re-| Pts Slancings:

i The Rocket is the greatest play-|move the cancer which has in-| 1—United States 1434%2; 2—

| er in the game today. But his, fected our hockey. Most leagues} Argentina 5742; 3—Mexico 450;

a. tremendous ability cannot in any|in Canada suffer from the same| 4—Venezuela 155; 5—Chile 154; $ P 0 R T L J 6 H

F way excuse or condone his fre-| disease. In some ways, the junior| 6—Brazel 1382; 7—Cuba 131; |

quent temper tantrums, even ‘hav-; leagues in Southern Ontario are 8—Canada 109; 9—Colombia 45; | :
ing regard for the “special atten-;in an even worse condition. 10—Uruguay 4212; 11—Puerto t
tion” he's given by opposing teams.| It’s not an accident that sport| Rico 33¥2; 13--Guatemala 22; OW who would have thunk it? the Communist newspay”
Slashing. an opponent is a serious is degenerating on this continent. 14—Dominican Republic 20; Just one year after Vancouver |’Humanite.

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penalty-deserving offense. But to| All other fields of culture—theatre, 15—Jamaica 19; 16—Panama 15; | built a 25,000-seat stadium and Zatopek’ won’t likely com
suspend Richard for what could|TV, radio, magazines and other| 17—Trinidad 92; 18—El Salva- | entering a football team in the in the 5,000 metre run 2” iif

be a maximitm of 17 games includ-' media of communication — have dor 5; 19—Paraguay 4. WIFU, Vancouver will host the 1956 Olympics in Melbourn’ od
ing the playoffs, was unwarranted been affected accordingly, and the| Costa Rica, the Bahamas and |Grey Cup final ‘next fall. in the longer runs he’s still 0:

nnder the circumstancés and a disease has its origin in the U.S. Haiti did not score. Fly in the ointment, of course, enough to meet the world’s |
as ee . a is that our Lions haven’t even a x * x oe

flea’s chance of making the play- On Saturday afternoon 1
offs, unless Brother Stukus per- ed a soccer game on ’
forms several miracles in the couldn’t help but think how ce
next few months. citing it was despite the | ot

There won't be any trouble in of unnecessary roughness: opt
getting 35,000 people to the big- The game was hard foue
game, regardless of what teams and in the second half, Wi
come here. In fact, that’s what score tied 1-1, both sideS “iy
won over the Big Four moguls— trying desperately for the vit
the certainty that the Grey Cup ning goal. Yet on one OCC” 4
would gross more money ‘here’ when two players collided “ie
than anywhere else in Canada. one hit the turf with 2 ‘on

OS es * jarring thud, his opponent nd

Having said many unkind ped to help him to his feet po?
things about Wes Santee, the expressed obvious concern. ye"
Kansas loudmouth, in this col- the victim of the accide? na?
umn, I’d now like to mention covered his breath, the bi ook
that in. spite of his big talk, who had collided with him !
Santee is a mighty fine runner. ed very relieved. pee ats

Following the Pan-American | Now if we can have such sPral
Games (where he lost to an un- manlike conduct on the +e
known miler from Argentina) the field, why can’t such prach
Kansan ran a 46 mile in Cleve- te adopted in all sports? .
jand, then hopped west to Chi- * * * or
cago and won the Bankers mile With Maurice Richard of tbe
in 4:04.2. d treal Canadiens benched ‘

Now that’s good running, and playoffs, Detroit Red wines tae’
it wouldn’t surprise me if Santee hot favorites to capture the §

i AO ae is

; breaks the four-minute ‘barrier ley Cup. th
i 4 on an outdoor track sometime Last October ! predicted ike
ee this. year. the NHL race would finis ing!
If he does, reach for your ear this: Canadiens, Red Week
vot plugs, but quick! Leafs,. Bruins, Rangers
j is i * Hawks. ork

Emil Zatopek of Czechoslo- Everything might have give!
, vakia, winner of three gold cut fine if Campbell hadn't "ook
* _ sae = nen a the ide Olympics, Richard the thumb. hi
. may slowing down some, as_ the league ti t the i
: Vancouver gets 1955 Gr ey Cup final he says, but competitors have should aitehes “thie cup.
= eS = ; failed to notice it. ee se
estern 00! clubs were surprised and delighted when the East agreed to stage the Grey Last Saturday the Prague dis- Océan Falls is giving pias? at
_ Cup final in Vancouver next fall. Big Four moguls were won over by Empire Stadium’s huge seating jtance runner whipped a field of Lenore Fisher, gold medalist 051
capacity and the tinkling of cash registers in the background, but the overall result of the decision is entrants from several European the recent Pan-Americat an
* pug en ye ir Nac and East, and give football in B.C. a shot in the arm. Photo above | countries to win the 10 kilometre s rousing homecoming i H
shows Edmonton Eskimos on their way to a Grey Cup victory last year. eross country race sponsored by The kid richly deserves ae “aii

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