V’s will have to be sharp

Canucks, Russians given
edge in world tourney

Can Penticton V’s win the world* hockey championship in Germany next month,
or will the Allan Cup champions fare no better than Toronto Lyndhursts, who lost 7-2
to Moscow Dynamos in the deciding game? Most Canadians think the V’s can bring home
the bacon, but regard the Soviet team as the big question mark in the tourney.

‘“Lynhursts were only a fair Senior B team, yet they had as. good a record as

i i i -for-all last
Russians and Canadians tangled in a brief free-for-a ‘
year in the world hockey final at Stockholm, which the Russians
won. Later the Canadian lads paid tribute to the sportsmanship
of the Russians, and praised their teamwork and speed.

. Dynamos in the world cup com-

petition,’ said one fan this week.
“In seven games Lyndhursts won
six, lost one; scored 59 goals and
had only 12 goals against them.
Dynamos won six, tied one, scored
87 goals and had 13 goals against
them.”

True enough, but in the playoff
match the Russians displayed top
form while the Canucks were a
bit off-color.

The tournament begins February
25 and ends March 6. It will be
held at Dormund, Duesseldorf,
Cologne and Krefeld.

The United States, not represent-
ed last year, will be taking part
and may finish near the top.
Sweden and Czechoslovakia are al-
so expected to provide strong com-
petition. ‘But the Russians and
Canadians are favored to meet in
the finals, ;

A fortnight ago hockey fans
were startled to read in the daily
papers that a Swedish national team
had beaten the Soviet national
team 5-2 in Moscow. But it turned
out to be a “second” Soviet aggre-
gation that the Swedes had beaten;
the Dynamos whipped Sweden 4-2.

Another press dispatch which ap-
peared this week quotes a German
referee who handled two games
between the Russians and the
Czechs recently as saying Pentic-
ton V’s will have to be sharp to
beat the Soviet team, which is
made up of very young and very
fast skaters, in superb condition.

Here's the record of world cup
winners since the first global tourn-
ament was held: 1930-31; Canada;
1932, no competition; 1933, United
States; 1934-35, Canada; 1936, no
competition; 1937-39, Canada; 1940-
46, no competition; 1947, Czecho-
slovakia; 1948, no competition:
1949, Czechslovakia; 1950-51, Can-
ada; 1952, no competition; 1953,

Sweden; 1954, Russia.

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At a time of year when most girls are dieting and exercising
to take off a few pounds, Canada’s crack shotoutter Jackie Mac-
Donald (above) has taken up weightlifting in order to add 20 pounds

to her weight in preparation for the 1956 Olympics.

Jackie hopes

her muscles-building program will enable her to compete on even
terms with, the sensational weight and discus champs from the

Soviet Union.

Gert Whyte's

SPORTLIGHT

WANT to live to be 100? One
way to prolong life is to exer-

cise, according to Soviet scien-~
tists.

Dyson Carter’s News- Facts
prints some. pictures of Soviet
athletes in their seventies:

F. A. Zabelin, 71, a boxer,
wrestler and fencer since youth,
who competed in Olympics in
1912. For 40 years, until he
reached the age of 69, he ran in
an annual 18-mile race.

M. 1. Dyakov, 82, Russian bi-
cycle champ in 1893-5, who still
cycles, runs, skis and swims.

H. M. Gubanov, 73, a printing
plant worker, has been a long-
distance hiker, swimmer and
skater for 50 years.

Soviet scientist Dr. E. Sarkizov-
Serazini, analysing the problem
of living longer, stated that in
the USSR free medical service,
pre-natal and post-natal care of
babies, the tremendous network
of children’s and adults’. rest
homes and sanatoria, plus indus-
trial health safeguards, “provides
all conditions needed for reach-
ing healthy, vigorous, enjoyable
old age.”

Another “secret” of achieving
healthy old age, says this scien-
tist, is regular, vigorous, lifelong
exercise.

Exercised muscles enormously
increase consumption of oxygen,
raising the level of metabolism,
eliminating toxins, rejuvenating
many body tissues.

Exercise has a direct beneficial

effect upon the central nervous
system, the organs of internal se-
cretion (glands), and the digestive
processes.

Dr. Sarkizov-Serazini savs: “The
systematic use of exercise helps
to prevent high blood pressure
by preventing harmful changes
in the blood circulation system.”

So, friends, if you aspire to live
to a great old age, take plenty
of exercise If you aren‘t partic-
ular when you go, turn on your
TV, light up a seegar, and sink
down into an easy chair with a
plate of corned beef sandwiches
at your elbow.

* * ~

Some time ago a reader wrote
this column, asking for details
on the time when football teams
were not limited in size, and
whole towns played in games
against other towns.

- Well, the game was very popu-
lar 400 years ago in Ireland.
While “whole towns” didn’t com-
pete, parish played against parish
in Dublin, with up to 100 players

a side.

The ball was put into play at
a point in dead centre between
the parishes, which might be
from two to 10 miles apart.
Whichever team kicked the ball
across the boundary line of the
opposing parish won the game.

Needless to say, there was no
rest period, and broken noses,
blackened eyes and cut mouths
were numerous, for the players
kicked, punched and clawed away
at the “enemy” with gay abandon.

Ah yes, the good old days.

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