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canadianman29 · 09-22-2010, 01:49 PM

IN THE NEWS
(All-Star Break)

July 10
As the baseball world gathered for the All-Star Game, Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope reached Scarborough, a city just outside of Toronto. Terry Fox, Superstar. That's the feeling you get as Terry reaches the Toronto area. From a tearful speech at the Scarborough Convention Center, to his proud run down University Avenue, in Toronto, toward a large rally at city hall, Terry is greeted with cheers, and donations, from the biggest crowds he's ever encountered. But the mood is lightened considerably by a meeting and surprise from Terry's own hero: hockey legend Darryl Sittler.
Terry Fox was given the star treatment during his visit to the Toronto area. When he walked into an Oshawa mall, Terry's childhood friend and Marathon of Hope van driver Doug Alward said, "it was as if he was a rock star. People were crowding around wanting to touch him...Women and girls, teenagers especially, were starting to chase him."
At his speech in the Scarborough Civic Center, Terry Fox began by telling the crowd, "I think you've all heard my story..." and was interrupted by applause. But he went on to speak to the crowd about something that had been bothering him. "One thing hurts me. I keep hearing 'Terry Fox'. I'm not doing the run to become rich or famous...To me, being famous is not the idea of the run. The only important part is that cancer can be beaten." Terry also suggested he might not be able to finish his run, "I've said to people before that I'm going to do my very best to make it, and I'm not going to give up. And that's true," he said, "But I might not make it. And if I don't make it, the Marathon of Hope better continue. And we need these other people to continue the Marathon of Hope even if I don't make it. It's got to go on without me."
After being introduced to Terry Fox, hockey star Darryl Sittler ran with Terry and his family down University Avenue in Toronto. At Nathan Philip's Square, Sittler gave Terry his 1980 NHL All-Star jersey. (Terry normally looked at each of his gifts and passed them to a member of his entourage, but in this case the awestruck runner stopped to put the sweater on, despite the 30 degree heat.) "I've been around athletes a long time and I've never seen any with his courage and stamina, Sittler said of Fox. Darryl Sittler has played for the Toronto Maple Leafs since 1970. In 1972 he set a record by recording 10 points in a single NHL game.
At City Hall, Canadian Cancer Society honorary chairman Al Waxman called Terry the "toast of Toronto and the hero of all Canada." Terry told the applauding crowd, "Those claps, take them for yourself. If you've given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon of Hope. That ovation was for you, wherever you are in Canada." The Marathon of Hope raised an estimated $100,000 that day.

09-22-2010, 01:49 PM	#37
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	IN THE NEWS (All-Star Break) July 10 As the baseball world gathered for the All-Star Game, Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope reached Scarborough, a city just outside of Toronto. Terry Fox, Superstar. That's the feeling you get as Terry reaches the Toronto area. From a tearful speech at the Scarborough Convention Center, to his proud run down University Avenue, in Toronto, toward a large rally at city hall, Terry is greeted with cheers, and donations, from the biggest crowds he's ever encountered. But the mood is lightened considerably by a meeting and surprise from Terry's own hero: hockey legend Darryl Sittler. Terry Fox was given the star treatment during his visit to the Toronto area. When he walked into an Oshawa mall, Terry's childhood friend and Marathon of Hope van driver Doug Alward said, "it was as if he was a rock star. People were crowding around wanting to touch him...Women and girls, teenagers especially, were starting to chase him." At his speech in the Scarborough Civic Center, Terry Fox began by telling the crowd, "I think you've all heard my story..." and was interrupted by applause. But he went on to speak to the crowd about something that had been bothering him. "One thing hurts me. I keep hearing 'Terry Fox'. I'm not doing the run to become rich or famous...To me, being famous is not the idea of the run. The only important part is that cancer can be beaten." Terry also suggested he might not be able to finish his run, "I've said to people before that I'm going to do my very best to make it, and I'm not going to give up. And that's true," he said, "But I might not make it. And if I don't make it, the Marathon of Hope better continue. And we need these other people to continue the Marathon of Hope even if I don't make it. It's got to go on without me." After being introduced to Terry Fox, hockey star Darryl Sittler ran with Terry and his family down University Avenue in Toronto. At Nathan Philip's Square, Sittler gave Terry his 1980 NHL All-Star jersey. (Terry normally looked at each of his gifts and passed them to a member of his entourage, but in this case the awestruck runner stopped to put the sweater on, despite the 30 degree heat.) "I've been around athletes a long time and I've never seen any with his courage and stamina, Sittler said of Fox. Darryl Sittler has played for the Toronto Maple Leafs since 1970. In 1972 he set a record by recording 10 points in a single NHL game. At City Hall, Canadian Cancer Society honorary chairman Al Waxman called Terry the "toast of Toronto and the hero of all Canada." Terry told the applauding crowd, "Those claps, take them for yourself. If you've given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon of Hope. That ovation was for you, wherever you are in Canada." The Marathon of Hope raised an estimated $100,000 that day.