Between 1943-46

[Brutal]

Trinidad had.....

George Lewis 9.4
E.McDonald Bailey 9.5
Everad King 9.7
George Baker 9.6
Albert McClean 21.7

Where was that stud 4x1?

[Archivist]

Re: Between 1943-46

No international championships meets worthy of the name to run in. You remember WW-II, the one that was in all the papers?

[The King]

Re: Between 1943-46

>Trinidad had.....

George Lewis 9.4
E.McDonald Bailey 9.5
Everad King
>9.7
George Baker 9.6
Albert McClean 21.7

Where was that stud 4x1?

Well E.McDonald Bailey ran for Britain, so he's out of the picture. But I don't know what went on in the 1948 OG?

Also, the Pan-Am Games only started in 1951, so those bois you mentioned were long gone. I can't see why any of the guys you mentioned weren't together in somekind of 4x1 relay in either the '48 London or 52' Helsinki games...

[Brutal]

Re: Between 1943-46

Archivist

Cool the smartass mouth jerk......got it!

[willclunas]

Re: Between 1943-46

>Archivist

>Cool the smartass mouth jerk......got it!

Fight! Fight! Fight!

[Archivist]

Re: Between 1943-46

Brutal, you don't get out much, do you? I thought everybody on the planet was familiar with the throwaway line "it was in all the papers." Trying an advanced Google with "It was in all the papers" in the exact-phrase box and "WWII" in the all-the-words box.

[NoelRitchie]

Re: Between 1943-46

A Trinidad & Tobago team competed in the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1946. The line up of G. Lewis, N. Preddie, A.McLean and E. McD. Bailey finished third in 43.5 sec behind Panama and Cuba. The team had set a national record in the semi-final of 43.0.
'Mac' Bailey moved to the UK in 1944 to join the RAF. From 1945 he was competing there and was a charismatic figure on the British Athletics scene for many years as much for his textbook running style as his speed. Bailey ran for Britain in the 1948 Olympics while Lewis was Trinidad's sole sprint representative there.
The CAC standards in sprinting were clearly high at that time for in the same 1946 Games Lewis only finished fifth in the 100 behind Rafael Fortun, Herb McKenley, Bailey and Lloyd LaBeach

[Brutal]

Re: Between 1943-46

Archivist

Look over your head and you'll see that yes there was track....DUH!!!!...in that time period.I bet it was even in the papers stupid!

Now scram!

[slowcoach]

Re: Between 1943-46

>Archivist

Look over your head and you'll see that yes there was
>track....DUH!!!!...in that time period.I bet it was even in the papers stupid!
>

>Now scram!

No need for that. Archivist's point was that there was no majors for Trinidad, so they didn't have many chances to produce a "...stud 4x1".

Trinidad only became independent in 1962, so presumably their athletes would have represented the WI at global level.

[cullman]

Re: Between 1943-46

What about before WW II? Obviously Trinidad and Tobago sprinting didn't suddenly develop after 1939. Looking at the size of their 1948 team, they probably wouldn't have sent enough athletes to form a relay team even if the games were held during the war:

http://www.nalis.gov.tt/olympics/TTOlympics2.htm

cman

[tafnut]

Re: Between 1943-46

lit lesson of the day:

"The fault, dear Brutal, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves . . ."

"As ye row, so shall ye seep."

[Brutal]

Re: Between 1943-46

The lesson for today is that yes Trinidad did run in a couple championship events using three of the guys I mentioned on their 4x1 team.

So if we are going to quote Willie Shakespeare it should be.......

The Devil can site scripture for his purpose.

And how can we forget......

Some are born great,some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Then there's Brutal!

[Rufus Cookie]

Re: Between 1943-46

at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games, in Barranquilla, Colombia the T&T team came 3rd 43.5, not sure of the entire make up of this team but it had at least Mcdonald Bailey and Lewis in it. anyone knwo who the other members were?

at the 1948 olympic there wasnt a T&T relay squad and this was the first time T&T had ever sent a team to the olympics.
and in 1952 i dont think there was a single male track and field athlete. in 56 they had Michael Agostini, Jospeh Goddard, and Edmund Turton all running the 100m and 200m, but no relay team.

Mcdonald Bailey combeted for Great britian in 1948 and won bronze in 1952.but he competed for T&T in 1946 (captain) but didnt make the 1948 T&T olympci team so went to Great Britian.

[tafnut]

Re: Between 1943-46

>The Devil can site >scripture for his purpose.
>And how can we forget......
>Some are born>great,some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Then
>there's Brutal!

it's 'cite', dear, but there ain't no denyin' that last statement!
:-)

[jhc68]

Re: Between 1943-46

Once again (for about the umpteenth time) Brutal demonstrates that guys who talk toughest are the most thin-skinned.