rr.uc 5 in II I.IIL A I K UIVLHI tRDIti . -j f Who Was Fine in Ills Day Dclh came xii eld -time :.z Jimmy i.jr.J dead In o burbar. E,r.: Montreal : kindly (, m Mone-,. t. m one J print- minion." VI V,.. . . i! JUS rr hip hi. Ki. ilKI.!... i.. Dock h IUB M wTiw w viiu never ;r:u:e Jimmy 't boy-that we1 r perhaps "7 Humphrey 10' secon ..;j:i ability, - r: of th' x.. came ne ev?r acies of h'c .c- fir i : irint-bf:n heart) '- "'j from t of the '.lme M 2esends ) 'V.. ..13 mort Uents i beat St Eibrldge if ' "ards in time of "man a few bcitcn the uted f,he (FT. -vitu Ills i nn..: iSHORT SPORT Practically everything Connected, with the 1948 Olympics will be on a push-button basis except the competitors. Elec mm. Iribut trical timing, photo finish (or track and Held events, accurate measuring apparatus, complex telephone and telegraph circuits, radio for control of marathon race.?, electrical Judging machines for fencing, slgnalllngap-paratus for Judges, the right eas for the Olympic Flame and fuel for the torches all come Into .h plan. One cf the mo3t Intricate Instruments Is an electrlc-tlmlng apparatus for track and field. THc trigger of the starter's pistol will synchronize with recording Instruments at the finish ! line. Different systems of this ' timing will be used for cycling, I horse Jumping and rowing. In cycling, the winner will cross a trlp laid on the road at the finishing line; in the equestrian Jumping events, the horse breaks . a thread; watches, operated by photo-electric eyes, will be urfd in rowing events. An unusually-ticklish Job has been posed In the 400-metre hurdles. Inside and outside positions are nearly 150 f-c part and It was found the competitor on the outside would hear greatest of all professional sprinters In that era. And from there, Eastman went to Scotland to win the famous Powder-hall Handicap. So Humphrey, off that time and comparison, and under those conditions, must have been one oi the greatest natural runners Canada ever knew." "That was Jimmy Humphrey, who was born and raised in the railway hub of the Marltlmes but who had lived the past quarter century in Montreal, virtually unrcmcimbered by all except the oldest of the sport fans who had seen him in action In the heyday of a career set in the staging of an era when athletes of the cinder tracks hadn't the encouragement and recognition they since have achieved." ors "Pott, Evitt Co- Limited P.O. nox G18 "M,re Invited THIS AND THAT East to West OGDEN'S Rolls Best ( ITS COOLER , ) jrf" IAIY 10 tOU-DIUOHtrul tO 5MOKI "PIPE SMOKERS! ASK FOR OGDEN'S CUT PLUG." "l" SPRED is here! The wonder paint that thins with water No oils or reducers needed NO ODOR! Dries in one hour - WASHABLE - Try it and be convinced All colors Gall ons RETAIL PRICES .... $4.95 Quarts .... $1.40 PHONE 651 - 652 c n "That was nice of you, but you shouldn't have gone to all that trouble Just for me." the firing gun more than l10th of a second before the man on' the Inside. Experts straddled this difficulty by choosing a spot an equal distance from each competitor, wnicn will give all an equal chance of heating It simultaneously. t mm m i j stun in sponr September 17, 1922 Sons of Canada were scheduled to meet the Elks In a lacrosse match for the Stork Cup under somewhat new conditions. The Elks, in an effort, signed up several new players and a "battle royal" was anticipated. In a seml-flnal for the Exhibition Cup, the Callies defeated Sons of England at Acropolis Hill football grounds. Callies line-up was as follows: Brice. goal; w. Murray and A. Kins-horn, backs; J. Campbell, D. Scott and George Abbott, halfbacks; D. Jack J. Se'Jars, Eric Baseball Scores National Brooklyn 7, Cincinnati 3 New York 7, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 1 American Chicago 0-8, Boston 5-3 St. Louis 3-8, New York; 8-2 Cleveland 5-3, Philadelphia 3-7 Detroit 1, Washington 4 . Try a Classified Ad in The News Mcintosh, J. Currle and D. Main, forwards. A crowd of 500 at Anyox watched the Prince Rupert Elks team defeat the Miners by a score of 3-2 In a game that went 10 innings. 'EARLY WINTER FOR PROVINCE Snow in Kootcnays Heavy Frost at Prince George A blast of cold Arctic air moved southward over British Columbia yesterday ar.fi snow has been reportea durin? '.he night in the Kootcnajrs. In al other sections of the province ikies are clear. Temperatures dropped well b'R-low freezing in the northern and central rejlons of the interior with Prince George reporting a temperature of 22 degree" at 5:30 this morning. 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