GREAT DAYS IN CANADIAN SPORT by Roxborough, Henry - 1957

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1957. (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.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo. Book.