GREAT DAYS IN CANADIAN SPORT

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (vii) 222 pp. Pale blue boards lettered in orange on the spine. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a short tear and associated creasing on the lower right of the front panel; small scuffed patch on the upper right of the front panel; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. The Chapters are: The Sporting Spirit of '67; The Boy in Blue - The Story of Ned Hanlan; Canada's National Game - Toronto Lacrosse Club Tours England; They'll No Tak' Zorra - Zorra Wins World's Tug-o'-War Title; Hockey's Highest Honour - Ten Guineas Brought Enduring Fame to Lord Stanley; Three of a Kind - Lou Scholes Wins Diamond Sculls; Sherring Wins at Athens - The Fourth Modern Olympiad; Fighter to Preacher - Tommy Burns Wins World's Heavyweight Title; Pranks and Feats - The Story of Walter Knox; Tom the Great Indian - Tom Longboat Wins Boston Marathon; Canada versus the World - Three Great Olympic Hockey Teams; The Queen of the Fleet - The Story of the Schooner Bluenose; One in a Hundred - George Young Wins Catalina Swim; World's Fastest Human - Percy Williams Twice-Crowned Olympian; The Reign of the Conquering Grads - Dr James A. Naismith and Basketball; A Straight Shooter - Sandy Sommerville Wins at Five Farms; King of the Six-Day Cyclists - Victoria's Torchy Peden Wins Races to Nowhere; Storey's Sensational Splurge - Red Story; Barbara Ann Scott - Thrice Crowned Queen of the Blades; Little Miss Maple Leaf Wins British Open - Marlene Stewart Triumphs; A Modern Samson - Doug Hepburn World's Champion Lifter; Go V's Go - Penticton Club Wins World's Hockey Title; and This Is Our Lake - Marilyn Bell Swims Lake Ontario..