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Mighty Penticton V’s are now in Europe and hope to bring back the world hockey title.

‘Team has many faults’
says Soviet hockey pilot

_As Penticton V’s winged their way to Europe this week in quest of the world
hockey title, word came from Moscow that the Dynamoes, who defeated a Canadian
squad to win the cup last year, are suffering from ‘‘many faults’’ and are practising hard

to reach a peak before the world tourney opens February 25. _
Following an unexpected defeat by Sweden recently, Soviet team coaches Arkady

Chernyshev and. Vladimir Yegorov! Gachs, eae U.S. vs.‘ Poland; Canada vs. Ger-

Paid tribute to the development of March 2: USSR vs. U.S.; Sweden| any.

Swedish pla ey :

y. They also had cer-| 5 : : aren
i : : 3. Finland; Czechs vs. Germany; c :
tain faults to find with their own Ones vs. Switzerland. Sweden vs. U.S.;

ae -| Finland

“Our team still has many faults,” | March 3: Canada vs. Sweden; Se he
Said Chernyshev. “All our efforts | USSR vs. Germany; Czechs vs. U.S.;| Mare | Sigs Vs. pana, a; Ger-
from Hacede til. the. world cham. | Finland vs. Poland. ; + |many vs. Switzerland; Czechs vs.
Pionships sa be directed to elim-| March 4: USSR vs. Switzerland; Finland; Sweden vs. Poland.

Mating these faults.” |

Czechs vs. Poland;
Switzerland vs.

hot find themselves able to accept |

8N invitation to come to Moscow |

efore the world championships. t
Czech and Swedish teams have al-|
Teady, visited the USSR, and the |
S€ason’s calendar includes an in-

Mexico City .

By GEORGE BARR spite of the small number of train-
For the first time a Canadian ing facilities available to our ath-

pimational tournament between} track team will be entered in the letes.
ies, * eden, Nomway and the | DanvAmentcan games, which this; Without forgetting the fight for
: nion.

year will take place in Mexico City, facilities we’d like to urge the

re leaving Canada, Pentic-

Amateur Athletic Federation to
enter our athletes in as many in-

March 12 to 26.

ton y’ ce th
erence COP SUES ees This is one time I won't try to

they will regain the world hockey |

champi iD predict any winners. Mexico City ternational meets as possible. This
The abel ; “A” schedule fol-|is more than 7,000 feet above sea-/would give our sportsmen and
lows: any ‘ a level which will make it difficult}sportswomen the extra competi-

tion needed to put them in the run-
ning for a few Olympic medals
next year.

for the track and field athletes,
particularly the middle-distance
runners. However, I think our

February 25: Sweden vs. Ger-
Many; USSR vs. Finland; Czechs
VS. Switzerland; Canada vs U.S.

February 26: Germany vs. Pol-
and; Canada vs. Czechs; U.S. vs.
nland; USSR vs. Sweden.
February 27: USSR vs. Czechs;
weden vs. Switzerland; Canada
Vs. Poland; U.S. vs. Germany.
‘ February 28: U.S. vs. Switzer-
4nd; Canada vs. Finland; USSR
Vs. Poland,

March 1: Germany vs. Finland;

tzerland vs, Poland; Sweden vs.

Site of 1956 Olympic Games

|derestimate the chances of To-

400-metre relay team of Nelson,
Springbett, Clement, Harding and
Cockburn will finish in the first
three. ;
And, of course, we won't un-

ronto’s Jackie MacDonald who is
entered in the discus event. On the
whole, our track and field team of
15 men and five women should
give a creditable showing — in

Of course the AAU will say we
have no money for expenses or to
pay the athletes for lost time work.
Well, the federal government is
throwing billions of dollars down
the drain for “defense.” It’s about
time the government defended our
prestige by setting aside a few
bucks for amateur sports. And
for a decent physical health pro-
gram for our young people.

Melbourne cricket grounds, shown above, will be the scene of track and field events at the
Olympic Games next year. Australians are already getting Games fever, and many are hoping that

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ohn Landy will come\out of retirement and run in the mile. Aussie swimmers, after their triumphs
n the BEG, are expected to win many points in the Olympics.

Gert Whyte's

SPORTLIGHT

ES SANTEE, the Kansan miler
whose mouth runs _ faster
than his feet, had to swallow two
bitter pills in the past fortnight.
First there was his defeat in the
Wanamaker Mile, which Gunnar
Neilsen won in the (indoor) world
record time of 4:03.6. Then, last
Saturday night, Santee finished a
poor third in the Baxter mile, be-
hind. Fred Dwyer and Gunnar
Neilsen. Winner Dwyer’s time
was 4:06.2, and Santee’s a miser-
able 4.17. .

Santee, who considers himself
the best miler in the world (he
has repeatedly expressed the
conviction that he would have
defeated Bannister and Landy
had he been allowed to compete
in the British Empire Games mile
at Empire Stadium last summer)
proved himself something less
than a good sportsman in the
Wanamaker.

Here is what happened:

The Madison Square Garden
track is small, with steeply
‘banked curves, and runners have
to make 14 laps to the mile. Gun-
nar Neilsen sprinted into a lead
at the start, but Santee’s sprint

WES SANTEE

man, Dick QOllen, soon went to
the front. At the half mile mark
Santee took over,. Fred Dwyer
moved up to second place and
Neilsen stayed at his heels.

Some 80 yards from the finish
line, Neilsen made his move to
go around Santee. The Kansan
bore out to prevent him passing
as they bent into the last turn,
but the filving Dane whipped to
the front.

Meanwhile Dwyer, seeing the
opening on the inside lane left
by Santee as he went wide in his
attempt to block Neilsen, tried
to go through. Santee switched
back quickly and jostled Dwyer
off the track. An official called it
‘a foul by Dwyer, as a runner is
not allowed to pass on the inside
lane unless it is clear. Dwyer
had thought it was.

Dwyer sprinted along the turf,
following the curve of the track,
and came back on the boards in
the stretch, a stride ahead of the
tiring Kansan.

Then Santee did something ‘in-
credible. He reached out and
grabbed Dwyer’s shoulder, try-
ing to pull him back. Dwyer an-
grily pushed the arm away and
grabbed Santee around the body.
They spun together and crossed
the finish line with Dwyer in
front, but a moment later his dis-
qualification was announced, caus-
ing the crowd to boo Iustily.

Dwyer got his revenge in_ the
Baxter mile last Saturday night.
Staying well back, he allowed
Santee and Nielsen to wear each
other out fighting for the lead,
then passed them both in a
blaze of speed and won going
away. Neilsen came in second,

65 yards back, beating Santee by
a couple of feet.

‘ t. 5 es bY

Terry Tobacco, 18-year-old track
star from Cumberland, has been
named British Columbia's athlete
of the year.

The: youngster, -who finished
third in the BEG 440-yard dash
here, looks like a possible points
winner for Canada in the 1956
Olympic Games.

m os xt

England has produced so many
horizontal heayyweights that
they’re going ga-ga over Don
Cockell, a blubbery Briton who
doesn’t look much like a fighter,
but nevertheless manages to stay
on his feet and win most of his
bouts.

During the First World War,
Bombardier Billy Wells raised
Old Country ‘hopes. Standing
well over six feet and weighing
around 200, Wells was a perfect
boxer in the classical style. He
won fight after fight with his
straight left, which carried plen-
ty of authority and flashed out
like a bolt of lightning.

When Wells met the French-
man, Georges Carpentier, it was
Waterloo in reverse. Georgeous
Georges ducked inside Well’s de-
fense, sunk his fist a foot into
the big man’s midsection, and
followed it up with a right to the
jaw. Billy’s eyes glazed and he
tumbled to the canvas, through
for the night. -

Dempsey won the heavyweight
title from Willard in 1919, and
the British, looking for a man
tod beat him, picked on Joe Beck-
ett, a squat, sullen fellow who
was alleged to Gat pigiron for
breakfast and spit out tacks.

Again it was the flashy, 175-
pound Carpentier who wrecked
Britain’s pride and joy. On De-
cember 4, 1919, in the Albert
Hall, Carpenter kayoed Beckett
in 75 seconds.

Welsh Tommy Farr regained
some prestige for the Old Coun
iry in the thirties when he stay-
ed 15 rounds with champion Joe
Louis, but outside of gameness,
Farr had little to offer.

Now ‘along comes Cockell, con-
fident as all getout that he can
whip Rocky Marciano. Some Brit-
ish sporis writers express the
same thought. Probably they’ve
mever seen Marciano in action.

Cockell may get a title shot
this summer. My prediction: the
British had better start looking
for another contender right away

DON COCKELL
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