Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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23 boxers tended to forget their ringcraft and resort to toe to toe slugging — often encouraged by the mass of spectators. Fortunately, we did not have to witness many of these bouts. The Critchley Cup was this year awarded to under 68 lbs. Jimmy Dresser for the most improved boxer, and there can be little doubt of his merit. Buddy Franklin who fought determinedly, though badly beaten by George Cook, was awarded the cup for the best loser. Mr. H. J. Tucker kindly distributed the prizes. RESULTS V. Minich (W) 60 lbs. defeated Stubbs (B) 59 lbs. W. Acton (B) 67 lbs. defeated J. Dresser (B) 67 lbs. M. Spurling (W) 73 lbs. defeated A. Gunner (W) 73 lbs. R. Lines (S) 77 lbs. defeated E. Ranee (W) 80 lbs. S. Cartwright (S) 87 lbs. defeated D. Ridgeway (B) 83 lbs. R. Davis (W) 90 lbs. J. Smith (S) 91 lbs. J. Ryall (B) 97 lbs. defeated Masters (S) 97 lbs. G. Cook (B) 105 lbs. defeated Franklin (W) 109 lbs. G. Pope (B) 118 lbs. defeated G. Young (S) 114 lbs. D. Thorne (S) defeated M. Smith (S) 126 lbs. V. Siddle (W) 131 lbs. defeated K. Hartas (S) 138 lbs. R. Leach (B) 150 lbs. defeated A. Tucker (B) 142 lbs. H. Dunkley (D) 200 lbs. — No opponent. HOUSE COMPETITION 1st Butterfield House. 2nd Saltus House 3rd Watlington House. 4th Darrell House. INTER-SCHOOL On the evening of March 7th, the schools gathered at Warwick Academy for their Boxing Finals. Saltus were in a comfortable position with 10 boys placed in the twelve com- petitive bouts and with the heavyweight ' ' crown already in our possession, since H. H. Dunkley had no opponent. The boxing witnessed was of a considerably higher standard than that of last year when some extremely bad

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22 m their ways both physically and mentally, and who are there- fore likely to be more receptive to skilled instruction of this kind. This may not be the most spectacular policy, but it is, I feel sure, the one which will achieve the best results over a period of three or four years. I should like to say how grateful we are to Mr. Bach for giving up his time in this way; while we are, of course, gratified to receive expressions of general bene- volence, from any external quarter, practical assistance of this nature is, perhaps, likely to prove slightly more beneficial in the long run, in raising the standard of cricket in the school. RESULTS Staff 81 for 5 declared. 1st XI 55 for 4. Drawn. H.A. E. Smith ' s 182 for 9 declared. 1st XI 164 for 4. Drawn. Bank of Butterfield 47. 1st XI 113 for 3. Won. Cable Wireless 116 for 3 declared. 1st XI 34 for 9. Drawn. Overseas League 107 for 7 declared. 1st XI 96 for 3. Drawn. 1st XI 71 for 6 declared. Warwick Academy 1st XI 57. Won. Headmaster ' s XI 90 for 7 declared. 1st XI 66. Lost. Old Boys 105. 1st XI 99. Lost. 1st XI 78 for 5 declared. Warwick Academy 1st XI 43. Won. 1st XI 65. Cable Wireless 73 for 6. Lost. M.S. Boxing SCHOOL FINALS After the difficulties of setting up the ring in its new location this year in the new Assembly Hall, it seemed as though we would be held up all the way through in our preparations for February 22nd. The flooring of the ring, however, came in finally by way of a window after it had been hoisted up a nearby cedar tree. This novel method of approach was the only solution to the problem and a removal expert had to be called in to execute the task. We now havie a brand new ring ready for next year ' s finals, however, and do not envisage similar trouble. The standard of boxing was quite high and certainly seemed to be well appreciated by our three hundred spectators, but on the whole I felt that the overall display of polish was, perhaps, not quite as good as the one last year. Some of the

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24 bouts were slugged out. Keenness on the part of the Saltus boys had been shown from the start, however, with boys turning out regularly each afternoon for training. Even their stand-in sparring partners came to these training sessions without fail, and when the final evening arrived we had a team that was difficult to beat. Many who witnessed both the school and the inter- school events were disappointed when tiny V. Minich was not on the card to represent us in the under 61 lbs. He had won his group in the school boxing but had not the required number of years for the inter-school tournament. Plucky J. Jones, however, took his place and, considering that he has never been a boxer, showed up extremely well. Our only other failure was when S. Cartwright was defeated by the fast and hard hitting D. Dunstan of Dellwood. There was little doubt of our superiority in the other weights when the remaining Saltus boys gave a good account cf themselves to win eight bouts. Nearly all the fights were well contested with the exception of the under 96 lb. contest when R. Davis stopped T. Moss in the second round. RESULTS E. Saints (Dellwood) 57 lbs. defeated J. Jones (Saltus 59 lbs. W. Acton (Saltus) 67 lbs. defeated A. Brewster (Warwick) 66 lbs. D. Davis (Warwick) 73 lbs. defeated R. Booth (St. George ' s) 74 lbs. R. Lines (Saltus) 79 lbs. defeated A. Perry (Dellwood) 77 lbs. D. Dunstan (Dellwood) 88 lbs. defeated S. Cartwright (Saltus) 88 lbs. R. Davis (Saltus) 93 lbs. defeated T. Moss (Warwick) 95 lbs. J. Smith (Saltus) 97 lbs. defeated W. Evans (Warwick) 103 lbs. G. Cook (Saltus) 104 lbs. defeated M. Gringley (St. George ' s) 109 lbs. G. Pope (Saltus) 117 lbs. defeated J. France (Dellwood) 116 lbs. D. Thorne (Saltus) 124 lbs. defeated J. Outerbridge (St. George ' s) 125 lbs.