Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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13 100 yds. Breaststroke, 1 Tucker I. Time, 1 min. 40 sees. 50 yds. Backstroke, 1 Spurling I, 2 Anderson. Time, 37 4-5 sees. Junior House Relay (100 yds. Freestyle), 1 Butterfield, 2 Darrell, 3 Watlington. Time, 63 4-5 sees. Senior House Relay (150 Medley), 1 Watlington, 2 Saltus, 3 Darreil. Time, 1 min. 50 3-5 sees. Boxing This year we tried an innovation in disposing of the prelimin- ary fights. In previous years it has been the custom to work them off after school for two or three weeks before the night of the finals, always a difficult and uncertain task, which interrupts the games and sports practice, and is interrupted by them; nor has it been easy to persuade competent judges to attend regularly over such a period. This latter difficulty has been more than doubled by the death during the year of Mr. Floyd, who has always taken the greatest interest in our boxing and given up hours of his time not merely to judging the fights, but to coaching the boxers also. So, to avoid this trouble and uncertainty, the various weight limits were published early in the term, but the preliminary fights did not take place until the Monday before the finals. On this day we disrupted school from nine o ' clock onwards and disposed of all the fights in one day, sending for competitors as they were required, and returning the battered remains afterwards. For the prehmin- aries the officials were as follows: the referee was Lieut. D. J. Wil- liams, B.V.R.C., O.S., and the judges Lieut. L. Smith of the Pic- tou Highlanders and P.c. M. HilHer. These gentlemen spent a very arduous day deciding something over forty fights and our heartiest thanks are most certainly due to them. This system, apart from being fairer, in that a boxer is weighed a few hours only before he has to fight, is also productive of better boxing. There is little enough opportunity at best to give any useful amount of tuition in the school, but, under the old system, if a boxer was beaten in his first fight early in the term, he probably fought only the once during the year; for there was no incentive to go on practising when once he was out of the competition. Now, on the other hand, there is ample opportunity for practice before the first fight takes place. The standard of boxing showed the effects of this, and one or two boys who had been persuaded to enter the competition only with the greatest difficulty did sur- prisingly well. There was still a tendency for those with little experience to enter the ring convinced beforehand that they were going to be beaten, and at least one fight was definitely lost for this

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12 competition was also close and excking, Butterfield House defeat- ing Watlington House, and Saltus House was in third place. There was much disappointment when it was announced that the B.S.S.A. were not going to hold their annual Inter-School competition. It is hoped that it will be revived again this year. H. J. H. Swimming Results GROUP A Diving, l(Pearman and Cooper V), 3(Trott and Trimingham.) 25 yds. Freestyle, 1 Gibbons III, 2 Peniston IV and Pearman II. Time, 20 1-5 sees. GROUP B Diving, 1 (Lancaster and Shanks), 3 (Gray and Pearman I.) 25 yds. Freestyle, 1 Lancaster, 2 Shanks, 3 Hutt 11. Time, 16 2-5 sees. GROUP C Diving, 1 Harrison, Smith 11 and Brewer. 50 yds. Freestyle, 1 Seymour, 2 Petty, 3 Harrison. Time 33 1-5 sees. (Record.) 50 yds. Breaststroke, 1 Brewer, 2 Petty, 3 Conyers II. Time, 44 1-5 sees. 25 yds. Backstroke, 1 Hutt I, 2 Seymour, 3 Adderley II Time, 18 4-5 sees GROUP D Diving, 1 King, 2 Spurling II, 3 Motyer II 50 yds. Freestyle, 1 King, 2 Spurling II, 3 Chiappa Time, 30 sees 50 yds. Breaststroke, 1 Chiappa, 2 Pantry I, 3 Motyer II. Ti e, 42 sees. 25 yds. Backstroke, 1 King, 2 Pantry I, 3 Spurling 11. Time, 16 3-5 sees. (Record.) GROUP E Diving, 1 Tucker I, 2 Anderson. 100 yds. Freestyle, 1 Spurling I, 2 Anderson, 3 Leseur I. Time, 62 2-5 sees. (Record.) 200 yds. Freestyle, 1 Spurling I, 2 Tucker I. Time, 158 2-5 sees.

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14 reason alone. Confidence is a very great asset, and it is wortli re- membering that Jimmy Wilde has said that he never entered the ring with any doubts about winning; the only question was, how long it would last. In several hundred fights he lost only four. The finals took place on the night of Friday, March 5th, when H.E. the Governor honoured us with his presence and gave the Cox Shield to P. N. Spurling, captain of Watlington House, the winners of the competition. His Excellency made a short speech and amused the spectators by suggesting that they were expecting him to announce a bout between himself and the Headmaster, who were in the ring together; he regretted having to disappoint them. Here again the standard of boxing was very creditable and it is an invidious task to pick out names for particular mention, but the fight between Skinner and Peniston was very close indeed with both boxers displaying praiseworthy skill and determination, while Adderley H deserves a pat on the back for the way in which he overcame the handicap of his build to beat an opponent much taller than himself. The referee for the finals was Major B. T. Johnson, R.A.O.C., the judges were Mr. Harry Williams and Mr. Frank Peniston and the timekeeper was Mr. W. F. Hayward. We thank them all for their interest and support, and Major Johnson in addition for the coloured lights at the corners of the ring to mdicate the winners. The competition was won very easily by Watlington House with Darrell House second and Butterfield House third. The results follow: — Mosquito weight: Shanks beat Hutt H. Moth weight: Hayward beat Curtis. Bee weight: Critchley beat Lan- caster. Flyweight: Harrison beat Wingate. Bantamweight: Adderley I beat Barnard. Featherweight: Skinner beat Peniston H. Lightweight :Terceira beat Tucker H. Welterweight: Adderley H beat Ingham. Middleweight: Tucker I beat Taylor. Cruiser- weight: Spurling II beat Anderson. Heavyweight: Spurling I beat Pantry 1. School Notes In last year ' s issue we announced the departure from the school of Mr. Gorton and Mr. Pruden. During the holidays came the additional and unexpected news that Mr. Frewen had also left the Staff and was doing war work in Canada. We were sorry to lose him and we wish him success in his new job. In their places we wer lucky to get Mr, Stanley Gascoigne and Mr. Hugh Masters, both Old Boys of the School. We ofier them a hearty, though belated, welcome and, after a year ' s as- sociation with them, we can add that the School, as a whole, is aware of its luck.