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By RON EVANS

Canadian Press Staff Writer .. TORONTO (CP Marlene Stewart, an amazing mite with an awesome nutter, is Canada's out- standing woman athlete of 1956. A year's career of triumph in eight golf tournameni " -red with capture of the United states Women's Amateur champiohshlp ..won her the recognition by the country's sports edlto and gportscasters in the 22nd ;annual Canadian Press year-end sports

oil. , P Asked to list the three top nomen of sports in order. they eagerly endorsed the 22-year-old wonder from Fonthul. Ont.

she earned 243 points. based on a scale of three points for a first choice. two for a second and one fur a third. MARILYN BELL SECOND

Marilyn Bell, tho indominable distance swimmer who in August added the is-mue Juan de Fuca Strait to her chain of conquests. plztccd second with 150 points.

Jackie McDonald, To r o n t 13': pretly Olympic shot and discus wleider, and skier Lucille Wheeler of St. Jovite. Que., first Canadian medal winner in the history of the

Olympic skiing, shared third with 38 points. it was a delayed honor for

lllarlene, who for the last two years trailed the b " H 1 Marilyn in the poll. Her links achievements had been overshad- owed by Marilyn's heart-clutching struggle: against Lake Ontario in lil.34 and the English Channel in ms. This year. however, the Font- lilll girl's mastery on courses throughout North America cap tiired public acclaim.

MARILYN BELL SECOND

22 when. her putter clicking with the precision of an electronic computer. she fought back to take the 1.1.8. title. Four down after It holes. she rsuied to defeat Joanna Gunderson, 17-year-old U.S. Junior champion. 2 and 1 in lndianapolis. HA5 MANY TITLE!

The victory added another I honor to her bumper collection of i

titles. including the British Wom- en's Open, the Canadian Open and close and the Ontario Ama- teur.

Marlene, born in Cereal. Alta., moved with her isrnuy to Font- a vulage near Weusnd. in

Marilyn Bell, maintaining a rec- ord of one heroic success each summer, stumbled out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Victoria Aug, 23 after 10 hours and 39 min-

utes in the tide-gripped channel. . Defeated in her first exhausting .

lttempt on the strait two weeks earlier, sha stroked across in

record -time to become the fifth j

swimmer and second woman to

master the strip between Van- .- couver Island and the mainland I

DIVER 1! F11"!!!

Another story of water - borne courage earned Irene MacDonald of Hamilton fifth place in the poll. The 23-year-old diver became the first Canadian ever to win an

Olympic tic , ti”--n when. with the pain of a muscle-torn shoulder, she placed third springboard diving at Melbourne The selectors named 17 athletes from the spheres of golf, tennis. swimming and diving, track and field, skiing and gymnastics. Others nominated: Olympic swimmers Vlr gtnia Grant, Toronto. Helen Stew-

LLI

It was swelled to a peak Sept.

art. Vancouver, Sara Barbelul

medal in women's aqua-

-; MARLENE

Bi-antford. Oni.. and Beth Whit- tall. Montreal; Olympic track, competitors Diane Mathcson, Moncton and Montreal Dorothy Kozak Calgary and Winnipeg and Eleanor Haslam Saskatoon; distance swimmers Shirley Camp

Marlene S-lewarl Narnecl Top Can. Athlete Of '56

. I I gr? STEWART bell, Fergus. Ont.;

and Toronto and Brenda Fisher Grimsby

England; golfer Rae Mllligaii Jasper Alta.; Olympic gymnasl Ernestine Russell Windsor 0nt.. and tennis star Mrs. Hanna Sla- deck Montreal.

AMATEUR APPROACH

By KEN METHEBAL Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON (CF) - Britain's best gports year since the Second ll'urItl War was topped by the line showing of its athletes at the

Olympic Games in Australia.

in keeping with the counlfY'l traditional amateur approach to sport, Britain's Olympic team went to Australia without,state aid. it surprised even the most ardent British sport fan by car iuring 21 medals-five gold. seven silver and nine bronze.

Not since 1924. when British athletes mounted the winners rostrum 10 times, had a British team turned me comparable Pei” iormance. Sandy Duncan. secre- tary oi the British Olympic Asso- elation. said that "without quel- tion this has been our finest Olympics ever."

CRICKET CHAMPION

The year also saw England ra- tsin the Ashes'. coveted symbol of cricket supremacy; Britain cap- tured a gold medal at the liqueu- trisn Olympics in Stockholm; and British footballers largely ro- gaincd their position as the worlds iorcmost exponents of soccer with s mics of International victories.

The home front. however, pro- duced a less-happy picture. The all-important aspect of specular support looked downright sombra with both soccer and cricket clubs rcpnrting a marked drop in attend- Incc. British hopes of producinl a world heavyweight boslnl champion appeared as remote as ever and foreign-bred horses gal- lnpcd off with the mslor turf lallrcls, including the French colt l.slliicvln's Derby victory-

But not setbacks on the home front could offset the spectacular -liowing at Melbourne. Chris Brasher. a 29-year-old ou com- pany execuilve. started the bsu rolling for Britain with a dramatic victory in the 1.000-metre steeple- chase. It was the first time in it years that an Ertllshmsn had won an lndlviduaLgo medal in I track event.

A day later Gillian Sheen, also 28 and a London dental surgeon. won the women's lndlvlliual fous crnwn to become the first Briton ever to win an 0 pic fencing gold medal. Then udy Grlnham. 17. lnumphed in the ill) - Imffl hsckstroltl final. the first women's swimming gold medallist

from Pllced

Britain in 32 years. FILLIP FOR BOXING

Finally, British boxing received a much-needed fullp when the country's seven-man boxing team won two gold, a suver and two bronze medals. Gold medsllists were southpaw Dick McTaggart, a 21-year-old Scottish lightweight, and flywelght Terry Splnks. iii. of London. They were the first Bril- lsh boxers to carry off Olympic titles since 1924.

On the cricket front, the big news was England's decisive vic- tory ovar Austrsua. It marked the and time England emerged victorious in the teat series first played in 1007. Austrsua has won 18 of the series and three have been driawn.

Surrey also made cricket his- tory taking the English county cricket championship for the fifth straight time.

Soccer yioducod some memor- able feats. Manchester City upset Birmingham City 3-1 to win the English Cup with Manchester's great goalie. Bert Trautmann, lin- lshlng the game despite suffering a broken neck late in the match. Manchester United pleted the Lsncashire sweep by winning the footbsu league championship and Trautmsnn. by a wide mar-

In, was voted football player of

e year.

Bosrts defeated Celtic 8-1 to win the Scottish cup white the league championship want to Rangers.

England elevans turned in a sparkling international raeord against foreign clubs. defeating Finland I - 1 and Germany 3 - 1 early in the year and at the start of the new season turned balk Yugoslavia M and Denmark 5-2. A fifth international against Swe- den ended in a scoreless tie. CANADIANS IN NEW!

Canadians hit the headlines in Britain consistently during 1956.

Gordon Wausce. s husky trucker from Creighton Mines, 0nt.. and Brantiord. 0nt.. cap- tured the Empire Light - Heavy- weight title with a victory over much-publicised Ron Barton of Britain.

At Bislcy. Canadian msrksmen failed to win the coveted Queen's Prise. but LAC Victor Lynch of Mount Unlacke. N.S., won the Daily Telegraph ri-ovhy and 0- R. Onaustte of Windsor. 0nt..

first in the Secretary

Hungarian Signs With llollle Team

ROME (CPD - The Roms II

Rome soccer announced Thursday it hll signed -loud Ctibnf. star loft vigor of the sell - exiled B Honvad tram despite flag from the

lntematlonal Soccer Federation.

A spokesman for Rome said Cxibor has been hired on a "rd- Vlie tract" basis Illtil it is PN- Iible to hire him "relIIIIl1!" without the approval of the inter national or the ifssaar-in soccc Federation.

liter Csibnr will have been Ihrosd two years.

lollll Services Wiihhw from

That will be is January. Ml. 1"

Awarded Trophy is Top Angler

FRIDERICTDN (CP)-William P. Mungsr of Far Hula. N. J., nun-gay was named wins: of s.

angler not the biggest salmoll la a New rm!-

Mr. I 's catch. taken from the ma on the Mlrsmichl ,....""”. ...H cm. Pro- uims it a dine at the New Inaswick an and Hunt Ontilttsrr Association hero Dec.

Brilish Macle Besl Olympic Showing Since I 924 Wins

State for War event. Both are premier Bisiey competitions. An- other winner was Lieui. E. L. Warner of Lennoxville, Que., in the Duke of Gloucester , 1- tion.

Jacques Amyot of Quebec City. 31-year-old father with three chu- dren, became the third Canadian and first Canadian male to con- quer the English Channel. His time was 13 hours. three minutes -93 minutes faster chalked up the year before by Marilyn Bell of Toronto.

Canadian golfers Stan Leonard of Vancouver and Al Balding of Toronto and Port Credit, 0nt., finished in second place in the Canada Cup golf competition, bow- lng before the United States team of Sam Snead and Ben Hogan on the final round after leading most of the way. '

YOUNG GOLFING STAR

Peter Thomson of Australia won the British Open golf crown for the third time and lil - year - old John Beharrell of Blrrnlngham be- came the youngest golfer ever to win the British Amateur Cham- plonship.

Tile most pressing problem fac- ing British sport officials is that of halting the steady decline in fan support for regular league en- gsgements.

in 10”. British fans turned out in near-record numhcrs for inter- national soccer matches and the test series against Australia. But almost all members of the foot- bau league reported a drop in at- fendanca at regular league games. Cricket officials set up a special committee to inquire into the fu- lure of first-class cricket after clubs reported total attendance at county championship games drop- ped to a post-war low of 1.174.- 070-about 466.000 below the 1955 figure.

Vince Martinez In Toronto Boul

TORONTO (CPI - " tchmake Descon Allen announced Thurs day that Pedro Jiminu. Spanish middleweight boxing champion.

of will meet Vince Martinez in a 10-

found featuro born of Maple Leaf Gardens hers Jan. 7. Both fight- ers have agreed to an appraisi- mate no-pound weight limit.

than that.

Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Sign For '57

NEW voak (AP) - Two New York Yankee stars. catcher Yogi Berra and pitcher Whitey Ford came to terms today on their 1957 contracts at a meeting with George Weiss, general manager.

Although the club did not an- nounce the terms. each was un- derstood to have received a boost in salary.

Berra. who blasted three home runs and hit .360 as the Yankees defeated Brooklyn Dodgers in the Wofld Series. is believed to have signed for 58,000.

Ford. Zfiycar-old southpaw. was reported to have signed for about 335,000. His 19-6 pitching record and 2.47 earned run average was the best in the American League last season.

Take Option To Buy Hornets Of l.H.L.

HUNTINGTON. W.Va. (AP) .. A Eroup of local buslncsslilen. hendfd bi Sports promoter Dick Duetsch. has taken an option to buy Huntington Hornets of the International Hockey League, 1: was announc i Thursday.

The price was not dlscIose'.

The current owner is Ernest Borg of Fort Wayne. Ind.

The league franchise was trans- ferred here this year from Grand Rapids. Mich. The Hornets are fifth in the six-team league.

Nai Turoslty Dies In Hospital

TORONTO lCPl -- Nat Turnt- sky. for years a familiar camera- toting figure beside rink. grid- iron. baseball diamond and race track, died in hospital Thursday.

The G1-year-old photographer, whose specialty was sport. did not recover after an operation Wed- nesday following a collapse. his second In two months. He suffered from a form of arteriosclerosis.

Last month Mr. Turofslw had to be taken to hospital from Maple Leaf Gardens where he was photo- graphing a hockey game. After two weeks he was released. ap- parently in good health.

During his career. Nat. who with his brother Lou ran a studio here, was seen at most major sports events including Grey Cup games. Queen's Plate races, Stanley Cup

playoffs and world series games.

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Record Your For Royal Bank

A-Ten i-nu uia biuloa inun- D9IOIIl-I of 331. billion at record IOVGI-Droils increase 14.! per eAeIt-S6 million added to Rest

MOI. innitsl Fund as -lino-. ' "' T

New l'800rds in the field of Can- ldll" hlllklllk are revealed in the annual statement of the Royal Bulk of Canada just issued. Cov- ering tviclve months ending Nov- ember 30th.. the statement shows d'905lLS'l18h'2.tfllmbed to well over 3358 billion with assets at the im- prcsslve total of s3,571,29g,3zo. .. IIICIQISE of S287 million over the Pl'9V'0US Yearis iigure. A substan- tial increase in the volume ,1 loans is also noted.

Profits for the year increased 14.8 per cent as compared with last year. After provision for tgxeg and depreciation, net profits am. ounted to 312,467,263, equjyalem to 3I2I.70 per share, on the average s ares outstanding, - ed with 52.58 in 1953. as wmpar

Government of Canada securi- ties, held by the bank. have been reduced from SB65.l99.422 to 5633, 086,295, a reflection of the bank's

CV9? expanding Credit needs of the country. in accordance with the central bank's suggestion mm. months ago that secondary re- serves should be at Icasl 7 per cent of Canadian deposit liahil. lties. the bank's reserves in day. today loans and Government of Canada treasury bills have been increased from 558 million to 8244 milIion- Commercial loans total- ling Sl.295.09.'i.l.l2b' shim an in. crease of 3126 million Call an it short loans to brokers and invest. merit dealers haic risen from 369.888.1130 to Sl21i.l89.376. Loans on residential morlagcs have also increased substantially and my. reached a total of some 3135 mil. lion as compared Wllh the 1955 figure of slighlly under 3101 mil. lion. The Royal Banks ti-adiiiim. 'ally strong liquid position is in- dicated by total quick assets of 51.958.263.058. equal to 57.8 per cent of the bank's liabilities to the public.

The steady rise in deposits noted

1956. At the bank's year-end. total deposits had reached 53,278,375,

Paiino Interests In Quebec Mining

TORONTO lCPi-The palino in- terests of Boliva-whose fortune is founded on tin-have entered into Quebec's Chibougalnau m i n i n g area with a commitment of 516,- 500,000, it was announced Wednes- day ln a joint statement from Cop- per liand Chibougamau Mines Ltd. Chibougamau Qeulet Mines Ltd. and Patino of Canada Ltd.

The agreement, the statement said, is designed to provide the per Band and Jaculet into "prof- iinancing necessary to bring Cop fitable production." and is subject -Io approval by shareholders of icoppcr Rand of an increase in the company's authorized capital from 5,000,000 to 6,300,000 shares.

Under the agreement Patino would purchase 300.0(1) treasury shares of Copper Band at 35 a share and also purchase. as funds are required, 315,000,000 of six per cent bonds and 1,000,000 shares of capital stock-the bonds and cap- ital stock for a total of 315.000.- 000

Patino woiil :1 also provide a loan at six per cent Interest any furthcr funds which may be re- quircd to bring Copper Rand and Jaculct into production.

ANCIENT ISLAND .. The Swedish island of Gotlsnd in the Baltic has many relics of the: Bronze Age, as early as 1500 B. .

CIIDMORPS DRY CLEANERS

llblasl It Phenols!

action in supplying funds for the ,

in recent years continued through

lion for the year and s new Mu: mark in the history of the bank. included in this figure are Can- adkn personal savings, amount-, ing to 81.303.50.479. an increase1 of I91 million for the year.

The bank's statement shows that regular dividendns of 88,299,783 were paid to shareholders, plus an. extra distribution of 25 cents per? share amounting to 81,30,000. Provision for income taxes this. year amounts to 313,410,000 as; compared with Sl1.2l5,lHJ last; year, leaving 52,907,485 undividl-d, profits, which with 3918.133 car- ried forward from the previousi year and 33,000,000 trsusferredl from inner reserves, resulted in I,

j 0

Profits. afler income taxes . .. ..

income taxes 1956 - 313,410,000 1065 - 11,215,000

Other cash 5; bank balances Iintl. lr Day to day loans

Other securities . Call and short loans

Other loansi .. . . Mortgages insured . Bank premises .

Letters of Credit .. Other assets

Deposits . Letters of credit Other liabilities Capi'al

i Rest . I undivided profits . . . . . . . .

435, an increase of some 5216 mil-l

Dividends, including extra

From inner reserves after tnculne lanes Previous balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

To Best --

ASSETS Notes and deposits- Bank of Canada

Government of Canada. treasury. bills. . . Other Gov't, of Canada and provincial government securities

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count the bank transferred td.lU.l 000 to the Rest Account. leaving undivided profits of 8665.613, This is the seventh consecutive yea r the Royal Bank has transferred to Rest Account a portion of the cur- rent year's earnings. Capital and Rest Account now stand at B38393 and si:i5,737.l22 respect-I' ively. These totals. toghelher with undivided profits, bring the cap- ital funds of the bank to 3186.701, 633,

The Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the bank will be held at the Head Office as Thursday. January 10th.. at 11 a.m.

Salient features from this year's

statement. with the 1955 figures onl m 5 1 N g m. H 3 sum of 36,825,618. From this ac-lg comparative basis, follow. W n u. 0v e W" upped

Year ended Nov. 30. 1956

Year ended Nov. 30. D55

..... ..S 12.467268 3 9.559.733

10,858,411 7.444.422

Friday. Dec. 2111956

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Takes Month To Shovel Way Out

MANlSTlQUE. Mich. (AP) .. Snowbound for nearly a month in Michigan's north woods. a 65- year-old hunter abovelled his way out and was reported safe today.

Herman A. Sinsonds of Gregory Mich. was in good condition. state police said. although he lost 5 pounds during the ordeal.

Simonds went into the upper

next day by s four-foot snowiau. His family reported him ' ' Dec. 9 when the hunting season ended and he failed to return, home. State police had been: searching for him with a plane. Simonds. a retired railroad en-

Got: Year In Jail For Abusing Horse

BUDBURY. Ont. ICP - Allie?! Viueneuvc. 14 - year - old lumber camp worker, Monday was an tenced to one year in jail at hard labor for wufully killing a horse.

He was convicted Dec. 7 and remanded for sentence.

gineer, said he was "lust caught" by the heavy snow but " shoveling a path" for his pickup truck and finally worked his way out Sunday. For shelter he had I sleeping cabin mounted on the back of the truck.

All he had to eat. he said were eggs. bread and dried sardines with melted snow for drink!!! water.

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