Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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23 Senior Inter-House Relay— 1, Vatlington; 2, Butterfield; 3, Darrell. Senior Point Cup— D. S. R. Smith and D. A. Gosling— 16 points each. Junior Point Cup— K. T. C. Davis— 16 points. Senior Inter-House Competition— 1, Saltus; 2, Watlington; 3, Butterfield. Junior Inter-House Competition— 1, Butterfield; 2, Saltus; 3, Watlington. Boxing The thirteenth annual competition for the House Boxing Shield presented by Mr. J. W. Cox (O.S.) was held on Friday, February 27th, under the patronage of Brig. W. D. Robertson, D.S.O., O.C. Troops in Bermuda. The preliminary rounds of the competition had been held on the previous Monday and had produced a larger entry than ever before. This made it a very long day ' s w ork for the referee and the judges, who spent very nearly six hours actually watching fights and who certainly deserve a special vote of thanks for so arduous a performance. But it is, too, I think, a sign of a very healthy spirit in the School and an indication of an increasing interest on the part of the older boys in the training and encouragement of the younger members of their respective Houses. Here I should like to mention a criticism that I have heard from a fair number of parents, that it is all wrong to bring pressure to bear on boys who have had little or no training, so as to make them enter the Competition. It is, of course, difficult to provide as much training as one would wish during the Christmas Term and the early part of the Easter Term, while football is being played regularly after school, and I myself look forward to the day when the School can undertake more formal instruction in Boxing. But there is much more opportunity for a boy to learn the rudiments of the art than some of our critics assume. During the Easter Term the usual gym classes are devoted generally to that purpose, although it is, admittedly, not easy to teach Boxing to a class of any size. Then most of the Prefects know a little of what they should teach the younger boys and this year they seemed to be making a real effort to do what they could in that direction; and in the lighter weight groups the winners are, more often than not, those with only a little knowledge but plenty of enthusiasm. Mitchell, for example, cer- tainly weighing some ten pounds more than Woollard, but about two years younger, beat him because he kept up a vigorous attack most of the time. Yet he has had nothing like the experience in the

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22 GROUP B-!()0 yards-!, R. C. Bailey; 2, R. K. Frciscnbruch; 3, F. A. Kuhn.- l iiTic, 14.4 seconds. 220 yards- 1, R. K. Freisen- briich; 2, J. Atkinson; 3, G. D. Butterlicld.-Time, 34.4 seconds. Half-raile-1, R. C. Bailey; 2, T. J. Dickenson; 3, W. Hanlon.-Tinie, 3 minutes 6.7 seconds. Long jump— 1, R. G. Bailey; 2, F. W. Wake- man; 3, K. A. Jones.— Distance, 11 feet 5 inches. High jump— 1, P. VV. iVlacky; 2, A. Pimental; 3, F. A. Kuhn. Height, 3 feet, 11 in dies. GROUP G--1()0 yards-1, W. G. Ferguson; 2, D. Gibbons; 3, G. L. Young. Time, 13.1 seconds. 220 yards— 1, D. Gibbons: 2, J R. Ablctt; 3, H. }. Cassidy.-Time, 32.3 seconds. 440 yards-1, J. R. Ablett; 2, D. V Macky; 3, J. Garey.-l ime, 1 minute 11 sec- onds. Long jump— 1, H. T. Gassidy; 2, E. R. Stuedli; 3, D. W. Arclidaie.— Distance. 13 feet, 1 inch. High jump— 1, D. W. Macky; 2, D, W. Archdale; 3, R. J. M. Jack.-Heiglit, 4 feet 5 inches. Three- (iiiartcr mile road race— 1, J. R. Ablett; 2, D. Gibbons; 3, H. J. Gassidy. -Time, 4 minutes, 12.5 seconds. GROUP D-lOO yards-1, E. L. Minugh; 2, V. M. Ford; 3, H. N. Dimkle) .-Time, 12.7 seconds. 220 yards: 1, K. T. G. Davis; 2, E. L. Minugh; 3, R. M. Gonstable— Time, 29.4 seconds. 440 yards— 1, K. T. G. Davis; 2, E. L. Minugh; 3, A. D. Pearce.— Time, 67.9 seconds. H. Tlf-mile-1, K. T. G. Davis; 2, A. D. Pearce; 3, H. W. MitchelL- Time, 2 minutes 34.5 seconds. One mile road race— 1, K T. G. Davis; 2, A. D. Pearce; 3, H. N. Dunkley.— Time, 5 minutes, 52 seconds. Long jump-1, E. L. Minugh; 2, V. M. Ford; 3, L. D. Todd. —Distance 14 feet 10 inches. High jump- 1, R. S. L. Pearman; 2, N. Murray; 3, R. R. Thompson and G. G. ParnelL— Height, 4 feet 4| inches. 120 yards hurdles— 1, R. R. Thompson; 2, R. M Gonstable; 3, N. Murray.— Time, 24.1 seconds. GROUP E-lOO yards-1, G. T. M. Gollis; 2, F. E. B. Oatham; 3, D. A. Gosling.— Time, 11.4 seconds. 220 yards— 1, D. A. Gosling; 2, G. T. M. Gollis; 3, }. D. Stubbs.-Time, 27.8 seconds. 440 yards- I. D. A. Gosling; 2, C. T. M. Gollis; 3, T. W. Dunch.-Time, 61.3 seconds. Half-mile-1, A. L. Mullin; 2, T. W. Dunch; 3, P. W. Lyon.— Time, 2 minutes 24 seconds. Two-mile road race— 1, P. W. Lyon; 2, J. T. Michielson; 3, N. E. Dias.-Time, 12 minutes, 32.5 seconds. 120 yards hurdles-1, D. A. Gosling; 2, J. D. Stubbs; 3, G. T. M. Gollis.— Time, 18.8 seconds (new school record). Long jump-1, D. S. R. Smith; 2, D. A. Gosling; 3, G. T. M. Gollis.- Distance, 18 feet, 6 inches. High jump— 1, D. S. R. Smith; 2, R. B. Ste})hens; 3, D. B. Gray.— Height 5 feet 4 inches (equals school record). Putting the shot-1, D. S. R. Smith; 2, E. J. Fall; 3, D. P. Lines.— Distance 34 feet, 5| inches. [unior Inter-House Relay— 1, Butterfield; 2, Saltus; 3, Watling- ton.— J ime, 2 minutes, 12 seconds.

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24 ring thai Woollard has had. In ihc heavier groups ihc School docs less in the way oi luilion and the skill of the contestants has more inihience on the result of a fight. But Mr. D. [. Williams conduf ts a class in the B.A.A. Clubhouse and, as far as I know, any boy who IS interested is welcome to attend it. Tlius, to a great extent, I think it is unfair to accuse us of urging anyone to offer himself as a sacrificial lamb for the slaughter. To return to this year ' s competition, the preliminaries produced some very close fights. In the lightweight division Minugh won a very close decision over Cook, close enough to arouse a certain amotmt of discussion afterwards. The other finalist should have been David Gibbons, but he drove something through his hand at home and was unable to take part. Consequently Cook and Minugh had a return match in the finals. This, too, was a very close fight, but Minugh was unmistakably the winner. Shanks has developed into a hard hitter and won the welterweight division with a T.K.O. to his credit in both the semi-finals and the finals. In the paper- weight David Anfossi surprised us by displaying a style which showed real promise, if only he could learn to hit harder. He reached the finals, where he was narrowly beaten by Siddle, who certainly knows something about the game and was awarded the Critchley Cup for the best boxer under 100 lbs. Churm reached the semi-finals and then had to drop out of the competition because of a sprained thumb. This type of injury is quite common and is the result of bad hitting. Those who think that the A.B.A. rules should be revised to allow bandaging of the hands may well be reminded that James J. Jeffries used to have trouble with his hands, that when he beat Fitzsimmons he wore only very light bandages, and in his subsequent fights no bandages at all, and that he had no more trouble with his hands. Jeffries weighed well over two hundred pounds and was using much lighter gloves than the eight-ounce gloves in use in the amateur ring today. John Stubbs won the cruiser weight division without too much difficulty; he has learned a great deal recently and has the makings nf a STOod boxer, not least because he is not easily flustered. For a time it looked as though we were not going to find a heavyweight to set against Duncan Gosling. Gosling is now a very good boxer and has a punch like the kick of a mule. In addition, he is a south- paw , and consequently a formidable opponent for anyone his age. Finally Struan Smith went into the ring with him and gave him a chance to show his paces. Now I should like to thank all those without whose aid the show could not go on. For the preliminaries Mr. Harold Evans refereed and Messrs. D. J. Williams, S. M. Paschal and Stanley Gas- coigne shared the judging. On the night of the finals Mr. Williams