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beautiful maids on a mission, the Sofia girls from Sweden, v ed a number of B.C. cities last week and scor- ed a hit wherever they ap- peared.

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This is really something, when you consider that less han a baker’s dozen usually turn out to local- gym- nastic displays.

What Canada needs to make gymnastics popular is a dra- matic victory at Melbourne by Ernestine Russeil of Windsor. Should this 17-year-old, who is already the best female gymnast in North America, capture an Olympic gold medal, she would replace Marilyn Bell as “Canada’s sweetheart.” And- within ¢ month the gymnasiums across the land would be crowded with young women seeking grace and beauty via the parallel bars, the horse, spring- board and tumbling mat.

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And speaking of travelling girls, did you hear about the two American tourists in France: One girl says, “Grac- ious, here it is the fourth day Ive been in Paris, and I haven’t been to the Louvre.” To which her girl friend re- plies, “Neither have I. Do you suppose it’s the change in he water?”

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| FAMOUS FIGHTS |

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Ceraan,

plane crash one tough ring appearance Har- old Green at Madison Square Garden on March 28, 1947. The record book says he flat- tened Green in two stanzas. But that’s not the story. the fight ° hand in a scuffle fith a sparring partner. His manager wa ed to call the fight off but Cerdan would have none Oi that. “Stick a needle in it kill the pain,” he said. took two men to help get his coat off in the room before the stuck his

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Frenchman decided he must score a knockout to win. Grit-

g his teeth, he backed Green into a corner, swung the right, and But Green got up.

Cerdan came in again, know- ing that he his useless right, and sent a sizzl- left hook under Green’s heart. .<-it vas a knockout wallop.

After the Green fight Cer-

: ~— dan went on to whip Tony Zale for the middleweight title. He lost the crown -to Jake LaMotta after injuring his left arm in the first round.

A return bout with LaMotta was in order, and then a meet- ing with Sugar Ray Robinson, which would have drawn a million-dollar gate. Cerdan, training in Europe for the LaMotta bout, was sure his future looked bright.

On October 28, 1949, he stepped aboard a plane for America. The next morning black headlines announced that the plane and all aboard had gone down somewhere in the Atlantic. There were no sur- vivors.

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Terry Tobacco first caught the public eye during the British Empire Games.

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Canada’s Melbourne Olympic team stronger than Helsinki squad

Canada’s 1956 Olympic team, made up of 16 girls and 79 men, is smaller stronger than the team which represented us at Helsinki four years ago, and to lift Canada from its lowly 24th spot among the nations in the unofficial stan A gold medal in rowing and points in women’s gymnastics could turn the trick. At Helsinki our team scored only 30 points — 10 by gold medalist

Genereux, 17-year-old trap shooter.

This year Canada’s Olympic team has been cut by 35 mem- bers, but the quality is higher.

Here are the members of the team which will travel to Melbourne:

TRACK AND FIELD

MEN—Ken Money, Ferris, Ont.; C. Terry Tobacco, Cum- berland, B.C.; Doug B. Clem- ent, Vancouver; Stan A. Lev- enson, Toronto; Doug Kyle, Vancouver; Murray Cockburn, Toronto; Laird Sloan, Mont- real; Joe F. Foreman, Mimico, Ont.; Dick Harding; Toronto, Alex Oakley, St. John’s Nfld.; Bob Osborne, Vancouver, man- ager; and Fred Foot, Toronto, trainer. ;

WOMEN—Jackie MacDon- ald, Toronto; Diane E. Mathe- son, Montreal; Maureen Rever, Regina; I. Margaret George, Mervin, Sask.; Eleanor G. Haslam, Saskatoon, Sask.; Dor- othy E. Kozak, Calgary, Alta.; and Alice Whitty, Vancouver.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Gerald Gratton, Verdun, Que.; A. Gilbert, Bagotville, Que.; Jules Sylvain,» Quebec City; Dave Baillie, Noranda, Que.; and Charles Walker, Montreal, manager.

CYCLING

Jim Davies, Vancouver; Pat Murphy, Delhi, Ont.; Fred Markus, Toronto; and Doug Person, Montreal, manager.

GYMNASTICS

Ernestine Russel, Windsor, Ont.; Edward Gagnier, River- side, Ont.; and Bernard New- man, manager.

SWIMMING AND DIVING

MEN—Bill Patrick, Calgary, Alta.; George Parks, Hamil-

, ton, Ont.; and Bill Slater Van- couver.

WOMEN — Irene McDonald, Hamilton, Ont.; Gladys Priest- ley, Verdun, Que., Sara Bar- ber, Brantford, Ont.; Virgin- ia Grant, Toronto; Beth Whit- tall, Montreal; Helen Stewart, Vancouver; Lenora Fisher, Oc- ean Falls, B.C.; Dr. Paul Hauch, London, Ont.; manag- er and Tommy Walker, Tor- onto, coach.

PADDLING

George Bossy, Tom Hodgson, Toronto; Oldershaw, ‘Toronto;. Bob Smith, Lachine, Que.; Don Stringer, Sudbury, Ont.; Bill Collins, Toronto; Les Melia,

Montreal; Bert

‘Lachine, Que.; Lloyd Rice Tor-

onto; Bill Stevenson, Toronto; Ken Strougler, Ottawa, man- ager; and E. B. (Doc) Whittall Montreal, coach. FENCING Roland Asselin, Montreal. SHOOTING Frank E. Opsal, Vancouver; Gerald R. Oullette, Windsor, Ont.: Earl Caldwell, Vancou- ver; Jim R.° Zavitz, Ottawa; and Gil Boa, captain, Toronto. YACHTING Clifford Howard, Toronto; Eugene Pennell, Vancouver; Dr. A. F. Cameron, Montreal; Bruce Kirby, Montreal; Don- ald Tytler, Burlington, Ont.; George Parsons, Vancouver; W. G. Thomas, Montreal; and David E. Howard, Toronto, captain. BASKETBALL Ron Stuart, Mel Brown, Ed Wild, John McLeod, Bob Burt-

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WRESTLING Bruce Ochman, Marie, Ont.; and BoP Kitchener, Ont.; a0! funov, Winnipeg, ager. BOXING Jim Montgomery, oy. Wey Gerald Collins, Mont?” site ter Kozak, Edmontom it Edward Beattie, fd ae Ont.; Ralph Hosack, ; ton, Alta.; Leslie aso larton, N.S.; and Regina, manager. ROWING Carlton S. Ogawa Arm, B.C.; Douglas J: old, Ganges, B.C. Wilson, Kamloops; ~° T, Kueber, Duna Archibald A. McKinnh Gr brook, B.C.; ae Forks, West, Vancouver; M. McKerlich, David L. Helliwell, ver; Richard ‘ Courtenay, B.C. Arnold, Winfield, Kenneth Loomer, Thomas L. Grays 4 John S. Guest, Toronliaias ager; and Frank couver, coach.

OCTOBER 26, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE — ©