Gert Whyte s

Games

of Jim

mile. Anyone with a
7

skull savvy knew that Brock-
ton Oval tra f

tively prevent another miracle

vould effec-

As it turned out, Bailey
won the mile easily enough,

but his time was a slow- 4:14.
He beat his roughest. competi-
tor,, Bill Dell
yards. Third was 23-year-old

ser, by several

JIM BAILEY

Gerry Swan of New Westmin-
ster, who is improving with

each meet.

It took John Landy to chase
Bailey to a 3:58.6 mile in Los
Angeles on a lightning-fast
trackEven Landy, who al-
most makes a habit of running
four-minute miles, wouldn't
have fared too well at the
Brockton Oval, I’m afraid. If
another four-minute mile is
ever run in Vancouver, it will
be at Empire Stadium. -That’s
for sure. ?

* * *
Lions purred in 1954, gave

. afew growls in 1955, and were

expected to roar this season.
Their first game against the
Grey Cup champion Esks

SPOR TLIGHT |

shewed that our Leos are bet-
ter than heretofore, but still
longshots in the WIFU.

News reports from Montreal
indicate that members of the
Russian soccer team were
more than a bit puzzled after
watching their first game of

is

Canadian football. Seems they

had a hard time keeping track
of the ball, and wondered why
rugby was called “football”
when the players so rarely
booted the pigskin.

* * *
B.C. swimmers are among
the best in Canada, and they
proved it last Friday and

Saturday in the open cham-
pionships at Empire Pool.

Sixteen records were broken
by such splashers as Reg
Griffin, Marg Iwasaki, Helen
Stewart, Susan Songster, Bob
Gair, Don Gayton and Pat
Huffman.

B. C. swimmers hold 82 per-
cent of all Canadian records,
and some 30 or more who
competed here will take part
in the Ontario Championships
August 27 and several Cana-
dian National Exhibition swim-
ming events. Many of the B.C.
lads and lasses should make
the Canadian Olympic team.

Marg Iwasaki of Dolphin
Swim Club cut two-tenths of
a second from the 110-yard
junior free style mark held by
berself, and set a second record
in the 110 butterfly for junior

girls.

Helen Stewart, an almost
sure bet for our Olympic team,
smashed the 110-yard free style
record in 1:07.5, half a second
under the old mark of 1:08.

Point Grey Kinsmen spon-
sored the meet, and its success
suggests that it should become
an annual event.

Now all that is needed is
free pool time for our B.C.
swimmers to get in shape for
Melbourne next fall.

MARG IWASAKE

e

JACKIE PARKER

ROLLIE MILES

JOHNNY BB

Esks play like cham
in first exhibition tilt

Grey Cup champion Ednmonton Eskimos ga
beat this year again in the WIFU a
fore 23,566 frenetic fans at Empire

that started off the 1956 season locally.

Vancouver football filberts
(than whom there are no
nuttier) bounced back after the
defeat to loudly proclaim that
Lions are on the upgrade, will
make the finals this year for
certain.

Fact is, the Lions did show
something, and lost mainly
because of three errors. But
errors are a part of football,
and Esks are the team that
knows how to fake advantage
of every break. “

Jackie Parker passed the
ball more than he did last
year, and his air attack was
effective. , Normie Kwong,
Johnny Bright and Rollie
Miles looked better than ever,
and the Esks as a whole ap-
peared just as good as last
year.

As for the Lions, they showed
some real fighting spirit and
a_good air and ground attack.

Both teams had 22 first
downs, but Esks gained 254
yards rushing to Lions’ 197. In
passing the Esks rang up 178

Princes Street
sprint champ

Rarely does a _ three-year-
old compete successfully
against older horses, but
Princes Street, with Ken Cop-
pernoll up, proved himself the
king of the sprinters at Has-
tings last Sdturday, easily beat-
ing Magic Note and Western
Cloud in a six-furlong dash
and setting a new track record
of 1:10.1 on a track rated only
as “good.”

Princes Street has demon-
strated that he doesn’t like
distance events, but at six fur-
longs he is in his element.

Some horses worth keeping
an eye on in the negt two
weeks are Existentialist, about
ready to win again; Western
Man, on upgrade; Repp Sup-
ply, in fine shape; Arden
Drive, due any day; Dimitri,
in the slop; Forger, near
brackets again; Lord Roscon-
nor, at a price; and Skymony,
a stretch runner.

NORMIE KWONG

yards and Lions registered for
168.

Lions could still do with a

ve notice that they are ®
s they wallops the improved B.C. Lions
Stadium last Saturday night.in an exhib

first class quarterba
Arnie Galiffa nor
are likely to set
afire, Certainly th
the same class a5-
feet and all.

By Bailey and
ardt as inside b@

Vereb and Prim?

as outside backs
sive in the fis
game, and may
those regular ©

_carried the pall

and picked up 5
going in any leaé
caught one pase
one and made 4
tackles.

Along the Lie
Jankans, Joe L0o?e
Gunnari looked 8%,
it was Dan Edw@
adians Norm Fielé
Champan who

FAMOUS

FIGE

Battling Siki, whose real
name was Louis Phal, came to
France from Senegal during
the First World War. He be-
came a fighter, but never
wasted time in training. Cham-
pagne, caviar and women was
his idea of getting ready for a
match.

Siki stunned the boxing
world one night in September,
1922, by knocking out Georges
Carpentier in six rounds in a
lightheavyweight title match.

No mental genius, Siki went
on a prolonged binge, woke up
to find that he had signed to
defend his newly-won crown
against Mike McTigue in
Dublin on March 17, 1923.
Only a real oddball would
tangle an Irishman on St. Pat-
rick’s Day, but then, Siki was
different from other fighters.

Soldiers stood guard at
rignside with fixed bayonets,
and the crowd howled for Siki’s
rapid demise. Not sure what
the score was, but aware that

he might not SUE
ning if he harm
Siki stalled his
20 rounds ane”
referee lift Mu
victory. :
Refused a rel
the new champ!
to America sho
Te won a few
earned a repr a
serewball by ™
with a young 4
High living toe
his ring career
when Paul Berlé
him out: He 10
fights, some of
and cafes. *
Around mid®
ber 15, 1925, 2
in New York's
Kitchen foun
face downw4
soaked gutter
Siki, with two,
back. The re¥
beside him, bl
was never f0

August 10, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIB

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