The Bermuda Recorder

              saturday may 26 1955 the bermuda recorder page nine old timers " pace ed sherlock i a s p 0 r t s ffl rainbow tea to exciting marathon derby win at the g u 0 of o f hall ed sherlock 24-year-old private in the bermuda militia artillery who hails from south shore southampton won the 10-niilc-plus 195c bermuda marathon derby from somer set to hamilton on thursday leading a field of 14 he was cheered by thousands as he broke thc tape at the finish line in court street in one hour and some sixteen runners en tered the competition but only 14 responded to the go signal given by constable alan lister at the starting line at loyalty inn three of the starters did not finish somerset dusting off the sports somers isles league meets somerset c c tomorrow tl^rsday may 31 1936 time 3 p.m fi p.m the race got off to an excit ing start with colin benbow a teacher at warwick academy taking the lead which he held for two and a half miles when benbow passed st james church none of the other run ners were in sight however sherlock who needs about two miles or more to get warmed-up soon caught up with the dashing teacher and passed him at the foot of white hill by stabilizer special attraction — closing the big road race from somerset to hamilton last thursday created more excitement than usual among a great many people in the colony thousands are interested in this race — from old to young — and they wait for it every year this year more interest in the tough long run was created because of the reappearance of some of the former winners kenneth castle was a favourite to win the run among some of the spectators but he got winded and dropped out of the event of popularity contest what may be one of the best matches of the season will be played at somerset tomorrow when the s.c.c a team will play a team representing the somers isles cricket league the game will start at 11 a.m sharp the league has selec ted a very strong team for this annual game and some bright and interesting ericket is ex the most dangerous fast attack in bermuda ericket today both can bowl for long periods at a time the lea rue players should give the s.c.c a thorough work-out paper dress parade 23 minutes plaiting the maypoli sherlock paced ui two minutes ahead of arthur ioo ii lambert the :">'_-*. ear-old veteran who won the derby last year in third place only a few yards be_iiid_lambert another vetera h couutry dancing the teams are siz'-'scription 5 somerset c.c : c swan a s bean w simmons w edwards s raynor j stovell mcd simmons c dolphin a hughes w proctor j dur rant reserves : l edwards c bean all children free vear old stanley burgess young ed sherlock was the hero this year the per formance was an improvement over last year when he finished third and he must be very proud of his feat of endurance and speed sherlock ran a good race all the way down from somerset where the runners received a warm send-off by onlookers they were cheered all the way down and some of them needed it unfortunately more excitement seems to be generated among the specta tors than among the runners because they were talking and getting in the way when they should not have been pected eugene woods are included in . the league eleven which will be led by monty mallory cap tain of the young men's social club calvin wade one of the colony's leading spin bowlers will be playing for the s.i.c.l cal symonds and sherlock held the lead for the balance of the hot gruel ling course this was his second attempt for the trophy and the 20 purse which goes with it last year he made a spectacular third and his friends complained that with better handling he might have made first his coach this year was archie tucker of south ampton s.i.c.l m mallorv capt y.m.s.o n roberts e woods a seott w.c ; r mallory k paul c norford p.h.s ; e lighthourne s.r c svmonds k may bury w.ss.c c wade db.c reserves e benjamin m sneqt umpires e gilbert and a bristol travel to st george's with the wade has taken a lot of wickets in bermuda ericket and against touring teams from time to time odti hows centenary progressive club the tough googip lambert faded into second place this year after coming first last may 24 quite a few people picked googip to win again this year but younger blood proved two minutes better than he was it is probably just as well that youngsters are doing something substan tial for a change many fans of sport have got themselves into the habit of calling for youth in this sport and that but after the younger ones get there they not only dis appoint their supporters but they are indifferent about it our young people today seem to lack the fighting qualities which made earlier people associated with sport a force to be reckoned with on the queen's birthday cruise the derby was organized by cecil minors and stanley hodgson of the royal cafe hamilton prizes were pre sented to all the participants on behalf of the organizers by mr w l tucker m.c.p in woods and scott tin league has what is probably thursday may 31st 1956 aboard the chauncey m depew bermuda general theatres games and amusement keen spectator interest was manifested in this years's race by the hundreds who followed the runners over the course and the large crowds who lined the roadsides all along the way court street where the race ended was packed with about 2.000 persons who cheered as the runners came in refreshments ox sale the north village junior band will parade from bernard park to steamer at 11:30 a.m take stanley burgess for instance this grand old man of long distance running should be an example to many younger men who today are regarded as the athletes of the future undoubtedly some of them are imbued with the qualities which makes for fine athletes but many of them won't get very far nor last as long at their own particular sport as stanley burgess has at his they are not only guilty of not taking care of themselves physically but young people don't display the same interest in the struggle for it is a struggle to remain a good athlete and a proud performer a lot of the blame must be placed at the door of clubs because they don't seem to care what happens until they have to n the household name in entertainment tickets adults 10 -; children 57 island theatre today following is the finishing order ed sherlock — 1 arthur lambert — 2 stanley burgess — 3 al lewis — 4 colin benbow — 5 george lambert — fi bob brown — 7 wesley ming — 8 henry fubler — 9 alfred richardson — 10 and oscar smith — 11 those who did not finish were w williams kenny castle and f derosa continuous from 2.30 hello folks joel mccrea and vera miles there welcome will be back at dance wichita in cinemaseope and technicolor unity patio on monday may 28th 2.30 4.15 6.00 7.45 9.40 a great deal of credit must go to the organizers of the annual may 24th marathon it must be a lot of work get ting this event going and cecil minors and stanley hodgson and their assistants should feel pretty good over the result of their efforts to bring this particular event back to its former standing among the sporting pastimes of bermuda we look forward to a bigger and better race music bv norman smith and his band monday tuesday wednesday playing all the cha cha and rock n roll dancing from '.) p.m to 1:30 a.m louis s armstrong touring africa jack webb as pete kelly * pete kelly's blues so let's welcome the pond hill stars who have just returned from the ericket tour in jamaica in cinemaseope and warnercolor starring — janet leigh and edmond o'brien next year admission 7 6 lour host the pond hill stars continued from page 2 and director of the institute of jazz studies accompanied the band ou the sixty-three-con cert tour of ten cities and said the reaction in greece and else where was that mr gillespie's proup tell us more about the american way of life than all the words we've heard west victory by 27 runs letters to the editor thursciay friday saturday jack hawkins and joan collins hamilton may 25th 1956 land of the pharaohs it's outdoor the west team of the somers isles cricket league beat the east in the representative match played at the sports arena the match though poorly attended turned out to be good with some fine bat ting and bowling by members of both teams the editor bermuda recorder in cinemaseope robert schnitzer general manager of the a.n.t.a ex change program which admin isters the state department tours of concert artists said the tour cost the government f!)2,000 dear sir new opera house today barbecue time on behalf of the royal cafe sponsor of the 1956 marathon derby on may 24 we would like to thank each and everyone who contributed financially or otherwise to make it p success without such help it would be impossible for the marathon to take place 1.15 and 7.45 elroy hirsch barbara hale chester morris barbecue grills jazz in zagreb mr stearns said that in zagreb where they had never heard any jazz before the faculty of the music conserva tory tried to explain their re action to the music and said jazz speaks directly and sin cerely about realities mr gillespie said i only spoke two words in each language thank you and then we played that's all the west scored 150 all out unchained steak lroilers not a very big score at first glance but good enough for he east who were all out for 123 thanks to a wagging tail the tenth wicket of ralph mallory and c foggo of st david's added a much needed 45 runs before foggo was caught out mallory was not out 41 which included some big hits also 2.40 & 9.10 special thanks to the cor poration of hamilton members of the bermuda police mr gene autry and his wonder horse basket broilers w l tucker m.c.p for dis tributing the prizes and mr j thomas an ex-runner for helping with the traffic apache country cookin tools monday tuesday wednesday jeff chandler jane russell dan duryea hamburger turners amount subscribed by sports lovers for prizes : 62 5 7 paid out in prizes 69 col lected to make up balance 4 14 5 prizes includes 20 to lst place 15 to second 10 to third 5 to fourth 2 to each of seven who finished and 1 to those who did not finish picnic jugs he said every one seemed familiar with the case of miss autherine lucy and when he appeared as the negro leader of a band that included white musicians they couldn't understand what they'd been hearing they ask questions and i say look at us here we are just look » fox fire ice buckets neville roberts who played for the west opened the in nings and scored a very nice 71 fort the east k paul got 4 wickets for 54 runs glad ston bassett 3 for 49 eugene woods and aaron scott fast bowlers took wickets fast scott got 5 wickets for 32 runs and woods 3 for 46 also jose ferrer and june allyson picnic bags paper plates * the shrike yours truly drinking cups cecil minors stanley hodgson thursday keith larsen friday saturday charcoal he said indians were very perturbed that the band was unable to play any dates in their country and two planes were chartered at bombay to take jazz fans to karachi to hear him and in peggie castle son of belle starr obtainable from the also sandys secondary school and patricia medina houshold de t tel 4001 the tour began ou march 13 and the band played two con certs daily during the two month tour paul henred3 4 june frolic pirates of tripoli masters ltd thursday june 14 1956 mr gille.sp '■* and his band will play toni t at the annual dinner of the white house cor respondents at which president eisenhower will be guest of honor he will return for a week of concerts at birdland beginning at 4:00 p.m the films control of exhibition act 1955 section 10 schedule it is an offence for any person under the age of 17 ! to be present at the snowing of this film i reid st at the . amerset cricket club field