Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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25 was the referee and Messrs. Paschal and Gascoigne the judges, while Messrs. Raymond and Ross Adderly took a corner each as seconds. There are also the boys who helped to fix the ring up beforehand and to remove it afterwards. They have less of the limelight but they are none the less useful and I am duly grateful to them. They are often those who have no part in the competition and their only reward is the consciousness of being useful to others. The result of the House Competition was as follows:— First: Watlingtcn House; second: Butterfield House; third: Saltus House. The individual winners were:— Microbe weight— T. J. Dickinson (D) beat W. R. Davis (W). Paper weight-V. R. Siddle (W) beat N. D. Anfossi (W). Mosquito weight— J. J. FitzPatrick (B) beat D. M. Williams (D). Flyweight-R. M. Constable (W) beat D. 1. R. Barnes (B). Bantamweight- W H. Adcock (B) beat J. M. Thorne (S). Featherweight-H. W. Mitchell (S) beat W. C. Woollard (D). Lightweight-E. L. Minugh (W) beat R. Cook (B). Welterweight-T. K. Shanks (W) beat A. Todd (W). Middleweight-E. J. Fall (W) beat D. P. Lines (S). Cruiserweight-J. D. Stubbs (B) beat C. T. M. Collis (S). Heavy weight-D. A. Gosling (S) beat D. S. R. Smith (S). After the fights D. A. Gosling was appointed Captain of Boxing. F. B. R. Swimming Once again the Annual Inter-House Swimming Competition was held at the B.A.A. Pool, Fort Langton, with the kind permis- sion of Mr. W. F. Hayward (O.S.). Mr. Brooks, who has coached swimming at the BA.A. Pool for many summers was unable to return last year but his place was taken by one of his apt punils, Bob Aaron, who did much to maintain the standard of swimming. Many of our boys took advantage of this coaching and the benefits were very evident. RESULTS OF INTER-HOUSE SWIMMING COMPETITION .GROUP A— 25 yards free-style— 1, Dickinson; 2, Wakeman; 3, Cassidy— Time, 18.8 seconds. GROUP B-25 yards freestyle-1, Archdale; 2, Macky; 3, Ham- ilton.— Time, 16.2 seconds. GROUP C-50 yards freestyle-1, Constable; 2, Adcock; 3, Gib- bons—Time, 33.8 seconds. 50 yards breast-stroke— 1, Smart; 2, Gib- bons; 3, Pearman— Time, 46.3 seconds. 25 yards backstroke— 1, Constable; 2, Thompson; 3, Adcock.— Time, 19 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

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26 GROUP D-50 yards lrccstylc-1, Shanks; 2, Bardgctt; 3, An- IV)ssi.— 1 inie, oO. i seconds. 50 yards brcasistrokc— 1, Shanks; 2, i ardgcU; 3, ( ookc— J inic, 36.5 seconds. 25 yards backstroke— 1, CoUis; 2, Anfossi; 3, Lines.— rime, 17.4 seconds. GROUP E-IOO yards freestyle-f, Smith; 2, DeSilva; 3, Mullin. Time, 64.8 seconds. 200 yards freestyle— 1, Mullin; 2, Smith 1; 3, Dunch 1.— Time, 2 minutes, 31.2 seconds. 100 yards breaststroke— I, Bray; 2, Gosling 1; 3, Little.— Time, 1 minute, 33 seconds. 50 yards backstroke— 1, Critchley; 2, Gosling 1; 3, Dunch 1.— Time, 38.5 seconds. Junior Relay— 1, Darrell; 2, Watlington; 3, Butter! ield.— Time, 67.7 seconds. Senior Relay— 1, Watlington; 2, Saltus; 3, Butterfield.— Time, 1 minute; 45.1 seconds. Junior House Competition — 1, Darrell; 2, Watlington; 3, Butterfield. Senior House Competition — 1, Watlington; 2, Saltus; 3, Butterfield. Tennis For the first time in the history of the annual competition the School Staff was defeated by the pupils. The matches were played on the courts of Mr. Edmund Gibbons who did everything possible to make the encounter a success. RESULTS Gosling 1 defeated Mr. Leseur, 6-3; Mr. Gascoigne defeated Smith 1, 6-3; Gosling and Smith defeated Mr. Gascoigne and Mr. Leseur, 6-3; Dunch 1 defeated Mr. Stephenson, 7-5; Mr. Kerry de- feated Stubbs 1, 6-2; CoUis defeated Mr. Applegate, 6-2; Collis and Shanks defeated Mr. Allen and Mr. Applegate, 6-2. Final result— Boys, 6 matches; Staff, 2. S.G.