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Jamaican athlete Jamaica by November 8. tant business to think about." and coach Herb McKenley, who "I haven't got the word from my doctor He said he always believed in working EGENDARYsuffered a massive heart attack as yet, but that is how I am thinking." hard because it is necessary, never thinking recently and then underwent And then with emotion-filled words, about any pay-back. double bypass heart surgery in Miami, barely audible, obviously holding back "When it comes in this fashion, it serve willL be returning to the hospital today to tears, he expressed gratitude to Jamaica for as a tremendous reward and boo t, and a have a simulator installed in his heart. the tremendous support that he received plea ant surprise." The 76-year old, who has been recuper­ since his ailment. He aid that he is vi ited almo t on a ating at hi daughter' home in Miami, told "My illness ha done a lot to Jet me know daily ba i by many people, particularly the Observer that his condition ha how Jamaican feel about me," the athlete who have come under his tutelage. improved immensely ince the operation, Olympian aid. The number of people who It give him trength. and he has been e ercising, including daily have called and recalled. Some that didn't 1 "They come by and cheer me up,·· he walks, a· well as being involved in a pe­ even know were thinking about me. It has . aid. cial regime of breathing to improve hi· car­ really given me a new window on which to Herb aid that he 1 pleased that I S has dio-vascular conditioning. look at life. A will to fight. The Prime min­ decided to merge both Boy and Girls The simulator, according to McKenley, i ter topped by to see me on his way to Champ .. saying. "It should have been done is a machine which will gulate his heartbeat. China recently, and that was an eye opener. a long time ago. but nothing happens b fore "It's not a major operation," McKenley It was incredible that he could find the time the time. They must make sure 1ha1 they said. " It should be over in under two hours. out to visit me when he has so many impor- ... t I should be in the hospital for a further have a programme \�hich suits every body . Jwo days." especially the athlcles and voluntary offi­ He said that he hopes to be back in MCKENLEY. .. should be home by November 8 cials."

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to conquer e the 800 metres fieldmo at the fourth Central ulding American and Caribbean (CAC) of a. championmates Tommy Greehan and William Toomey. Games in Panama City. Arthur ("Bunny") Wint, not yet But iri the 300 yards he burt a muscle taking a eighteen, tall, calm, dignified and comteous curve, an experience which left him with mixed already with part of the world at his feet, cut CU: feelings about running indoors, though it hard­ impressive, unforgettable figure as he moved ly changed his approach to curves. among the Calabar schoolboys in his smartly­ Outdoors, be was a winner, too. First, the tailored New Jamaican blazer. Impressionable Herb College 100, 220 and quarter became a believer. titles; then the junior AAU 400metres, in 47.7, lf beating Jeffrey Kirk of Penn Wint supplied some of the inspiration, it State and Charles Grohsberger of New was the chool's coach, Frank Laing, who York University. He was on· the crest of a wave. en ured much of the perspiration. You didn't He was almost really work up a sweat in those days, no matter submerged the next day. In his first AAU championshi what the old-timers say. Training was every p, held at New York other day; coaches were the day afterthe junior meet, he literally ran into ) careful they didn't a trap set for him by defending ·burn their boys out' and Laing in pruticular, a champion, Cliff devotee of American coach, , Bourland. Cliff instructed a teammate to set a hot early stressed correct style rather than a heavy work­ pace; Herb went after . The load. With this background flfteen-yeru·-old him wily Bourland, who had a habit of talking during a race, urged Herb on Herb made his debut in organised track and iri the friendliest tones. field on April 5, 1938. "Get , Herbie!" he called out to the The boys' high school track and field athlet­ him youngster. ics championships were then, as they are today, Herb, figuring suchkind counsel from one so the Alpha ru1d Omega of the sport in Jamaica. senior must necessarily be wise. went an out. Started in 1910 as a one-day event involving six Midway around the curve Cliff's rabbit stoppe� chools. the meet has now become a fierce running: by now his pursuer was out on \us three-day contest for individual and team hon­ own, and out of breath. Forty mcl.re from home ours among more than thirty schools. "Champs'', as everyone calls the meet, has now Turn to HERB on Page 6 come to stand for a time and a glory that the of and bent and grey talk of with nostalgia, either for 1948 1952; (jar rigl1t) (later Sir_ Herber ) what they did, or for � what they hope their sons MacDo11ald, president of Ore JamnrNr Olymprc will do. "Chrunps" is where the young bso.:iulhn1 and team ma,tr!fer 1948 to 1!'5� J:>maican athlete recei es his bapl.i m of _fire: am/ /956 to 1960. Ot/ler teo members: Lomg, success can mean a scholarship to a� Amencan A-/cKenley. . Rhodell; l-Vzfltafld Unjversity; failure may bring crushing finality . • to hopes and dreams of the b�g �e. In Jamaica, which he broke the record but wasn't credited neither the national champiOnships. nor even with it. The track was found to be two feet the Olympic als, are spok n of with the glint short. tt;i � . in the eye whrch accompanres fond memones The Boston College coach was Jack Ryder, a of "when 1 ran at Chan1ps". father fiaure who comn1ru1ded great respect I When Herb ran at "Champs", 1938 to 1941, especially for helping the F�s City, Nebras�a, 12 ·VITAMINS +12 MINERALS sprinter Lloyd Hahn develop mto an AAU mile he lost, literally nine times out of te�. The boy who whipped him four times out of (1926) and 800 metres (1928) champion. iron for blood Among the Eagles whose talons Ryder sharp­ B-cornplex to he1p six was Leroy ("Coco") Brown of Wolrner's . High School. ened from his nest on Chesmut Hill was the fly­ convert tooa to energy . . ing priest, Gilbert Dodds, America's best miler. Despite defeat and densron, as a schoolboy . he nevertheless showed his potential as an all­ Herb, an Anglican cloistered in a Catholic com­ munity, was somewhat out of step at first, but round sprinter. He did not do�ate his con­ by his first "White:' Chrisunas, 1942, less than temporaries, but in none of �s four years at . . three months after putting his foot on the track, "Champ " did he frul to firush m the first three he was making an imprint. in either the l00,220 or quruter. Tw ice he plac�d On Januruy 23, 1943, Herb competed for the in more than one event at the same meet; rn · first time on Uncle Sam's soil -Uncle Sam's 1940 he ran in all three. That year he won �s boards, to be precise. He won. He cl cked 5.2 only race, beating Brown in th� barga1�1. <;> over 45 yard� indoors in Boston, beatmg team- Significru1tly, it was the quarter; onunously, m

\� I Her wins first � j �ldb�cicyOO =rld nmhe who were not impressed by dering if he had come to the! right HERB from Page 5 maBoston, his casual approach to studies,o he place, done the right thing. But as the own, and out of breath. Forty metres wrote to Leo. The illinois coach story is known, and history records, from home Cliff whistled past Herb asked Chuck Carney, a Boston he did do the right thing. to win in 47.7, the same time Herb lawyer and 1920 All American foot- had done the day before. Herb, now ball star from illinois, to look Herb hardly able to lift a leg, waddled in over. Olympic highlights like pregnant duck for fifth place, He almost didn't meet Herb. When barely breaking 50 seconds. He the athlete went to the lawyer's office Onegold medal-1952 1600 relay laughed. But it wasn't funny. he was brushed off by the reception­ (World Record/New Olympic record) If his inexperience was patent, so ist. "Coloureds" weren't in the habit Three silver - 100 mtres 1952, was his potential. At this time he of walking into a lawyer's office in 400 metres 1948 and 1952. rated the 200 his best event but he those days. Herbwalked away angri­ Three individual medals, one relay was a slow starter, and competition ly. He stopped, turned back and told medal- a gold (N.B. also 4th place alone would not improve that,. no her slowly, firmly: "Tell him, Herb 200 metres 1948- making him the matter what Jordan may have said. McKenley is here, to see him." only man ever to reach the Olympic He needed pointers, power and prac­ The receptionist gave six-foot finals in the 100, 200 and 400 metres tice. Herb the look-over, all the way up events, also one of only two men - On June 30, 1945, in New York, and all the way down. Reluctantly, the first in 1896 at the 1st Garnes to Herb won his first major title, outch­ she delivered the message. In a flash win medals in the 100and 400 metres events, 2nd bestoverall record in esting Jim Herbert, a member of the her boss was out to greet the visitor. also the 400 metres in the history of the Grand Street Boys and 1938 After the interview Carney phoned Games. American indoor 600 champion, in Leo. the AAU 440. The time: a drowsy "If I'm to speak for lllinois," he Individual medals 48.4, not hot enough a pace to cut told Leo, "we want him and we need much ice with Elmore Harris, who him. He's on his way!" passed up the event to win the 220. 001948 200(4), 400 (2), 4X400 Rhoden, McKenley, Wint and LAing at the end of the 1600 relay Srace at the Late one September night in 1945, Meanwhile, Herb's relationship finalist. PAG 1951 100 (3), 200 (3). 1952 Helsinki games Herb McKenley of Jamaica and with Boston was cooling. Thecollege og 1952 100 (2), 4x400 (1). World Boston, arrived by train in had forbidden him to run in a meet, the invitation, received his expenses had come up to him and said: "Mister record 440 yds. 46 3 Berkley and spent the money\ He had to Johnson said to tell you hello." Champaign, lllinois. He could not California 28.6.47, 44Q yards.- 46.0, but Herb, in the best tradition of the ... / · believe his weary eyes: the town was true-blue amateur introduced to the run and he received a tongue-lashing Herb had never met this Mr Berkley, Cal 5.6.48. 400 metres 45.9 but he knew he was the 1it\lemote than a whi t1e-sto\). He felt ,aiwaukee 2. 7.48, 3:03.9 Helsinki greener pastures of North American for his disobedience. Johnson, lo t in a comfie\d. The twent)'-'jeat- 21.1.52. track and field, had already accepted However, at the meet an athlete lllinois coach. Cheesed off with

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Herb McKenley a great in-spiration to Calabar

Noel White (coach): First and fore­ most, the staff of Calabar wish Herb McKenley a speedy recovery. He is a real motival rand a person wh w . baJly mi.s. Bur "" for rhe rrac:k mem­ J.'hre<' Franclll(.�rudenr) McKenzie wa.�. and sriU is, a real of bers, we sril/ have 10 go our !here wilh Fitzroy Johnson (manager lhe McKenley in the back our minds and coach and brilliant at his job. I hope track team): I am confu ed bccau e perform. The team is training, but he returns to us soon because a lot Brian Hay ( tudent): Our heart we have never been without him. with McKenley present, there would of the students in my class miss his go out to the great Olympian and let ever. I guess we have to try and be a lot more students taking part. presence. us hope he recovers speedily. manage on our own.

Lewin William (coach): We are deeply saddened by his illness. However, we are more resolute I than ever that his legacy will not Herb says thanks am deeply grateful to the government and people of Jamaica, be wasted due to his illness. We who showed such tremendous love and concern about my iU- from Physical Education depart­ l ness. ment along with the coaches will From all I have been told and can remember of the incident, my abil- continue to use his strategy in the ity to speak to you was made possible by the great strength and spirit and programme which he developed over the years. love, and more and more I feel and know that love between countries, We are in contact with him and between peoples and between families is perhaps the most important we have assured him that Calabar element in the world today. will be ready. I want to mention especially the initial work that was done on me by When he is here we kind of Drs Anthony Hall and Paul Hunt, who were present when I became ill. look toward him because he The attention that I hO;tve received here at the Miami Heart Institute always has something to share gives me cause to feel that these ladies and gentlemen are not doing just with us. In that regard, I think the a job, but a job of love. Wernett Wedderburn (member of athletics programme may suffer the coaching staff): We are still here I want to thank the Jamaican people again for their continued prayers, somewhat with him not being and longing to see the return of Herb and I hope very much that I will be able to return the same feelings that here. But nonetheless we have · McKenley. Even though he may not Dwayne Jarrett (student): I was I've known for them all these many years. added a new dimension, the fact be strong enough to take up the reins, disappointed when I heard about the I would also like to acknowledge the hundreds of calls that I have that we have introduced a new sitting around and �serving would be misfortune of Herb McKenley received from friends in the US and in other parts of the world. programme now "after school". a great help to us. recently. I hope he recuperates I want to give them my grateful thanks for remembering me in their We ·are trying to get the track Every day the staff members have quickly enough so that he will be prayers. & field students more rounded. · asking about his return. I can recall a able to take back his position at phone call where he was wo rrying I take great courage from the love and concern shown by my family In addition to that, we want Calabar. I know that the school about the track team and I gave him - my wife, my children, my brother and sister, and all my other rela- Herb McKenley to know we are misses him so much, especially the · the reassurance that everything is tives. not too idle while we wait for track team. He was really instru­ okay. That goes to show how great is him to come home. mental in that particular area. Thank you, and God bless Jamaica. the man. ESTER SPORTS . The Sports People Salute You "Herb" The Man, The Humanitarian, � "Herb" The 'hail Blazer... : ... ,...... � "!" '!"����·':!'!!!-::-:"""'_... __ ,� -- ':'!. � "! �'!:::� � 't����'!:y • --- _.,-.. �- ...-- ---·�--��--·------The early days

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Grandpa Manning used to match young Herb lessons. It meant running about two-and-a-half against all comers to the McKenley home. The miles everytime. He even wanted to go to vio­ visitors received varying h really .tirrcd. mother, Zilpha, wanted her son to be a violinist. Founded by Baptist missionaries in 1910. the So Herb became a violinist, amateur class. Sent school had a compulsory sports programme off in 1934 to Mico Practising School in which was promoted, if not with the evangeli­ Start thinking about your future today and J(jngston, twelve-year-old Herb began taking cal fervour of the main me. sage. at least with open an account with Jamaica National violin lessons from George Neilson, who bad equal steadfastnes . Herb lapped it up. won his stripes amid the harsher sounds of the Then, in 1938, Jamaica's high school tr.1ck Building Society. It's the first step towards First World War. and field athletics champion of the previous He just lovC;?d the idea of going to violin year came to vi it his alma mater before . ailing owning your home. ·

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An open letter to Herb Dear Bon Herb, Mafia would have done, I and say to all the world 'this was a man'. It was with great pain that called in my markers' to Ride on, ride on, Honorable Herb. Ride on in your received the news of your I check on your condition. majesty, you are a king among men and we will never ever unfortunate mishap at a There was a lot of med­ forget what you have done for us as a people. We respect time when you were, once ical jargon, but suffice it you Herb and we love you. again, answering the call to is to say that your With great humility and respect. See you soon. serve your nation without chances of full recovery thought of reward in the were 90 per cent or better. lam sport of track and field, What a relief! Why? We Laurie Foster your life's greatest love. can't afford to lose you Numbed I was by disbe­ Herb. We need you PS: You can't leave us yet. lief that so great a man, as around, if for nothing else you undoubtedly are, had to but to get the better of defer to orne other place or you again, at Boys time, the opportunity to Champs, a situation that serve his country in the way is fast becoming a habit o/ that he knew best. for us at Jamaica College. After I had taken stock of We need your unyield­ The New Uptown Restaurant my elf, my brain worked ing spirit as an almost We prepare with care and scroe with pride overtime to come up with savage recruiter. We can some mean of telling you, well remember your 1 OA HAGLEY PARK PLAZA KINGSTON 10 PHONE: 92-68637 · 92.£7856 with the country as my wit­ sworn resolve to bring the ness, bow much we as a 11-year-old Oral Telphia people love and appreciate to Red Hills Road in 1990 you for all you have done and the lengths you went !ffiE4(!/.IL!V.fill for youth in Jamaica. to in order to ensure that For all the ttibutes paid to Herb (left) sharing information with fellow Olympic gold medalist, end but we, from our hal­ 'FPJiiJI/IIIII/11 you, whether official or unof­ Donald Quarrie. lowed ca tle on Old Hope ficial, and all the functions Road, 'won again'. held in your honour, this nation could never dream to repay you Honorable Herb, your work is not yet finished. You need The F\rst Sc\ent\i\ca\\ for all that you have done to make Jamaica a better place. to produce more Roy Baileys, more Dwight Thoma s. mo�e Many a time our path: have cro ed a. we both sought to Daniel Englands, more Birdmen and c en mor .. n \ w1\\ ""' �f,wnc.· uphold the tradition of our separate alma mater. We have omit the x-ratcd par\ ut w n 1.>ou H rband said in earl> Sl.t(./Jt:..,. and \.Ve :-;a CO Hlf>-- 1JII.an1., and the..• Vrillc.•nt . drawn swords in the swcllcrin cauldron f B . I : · rn••nagctl you now ··pJetr.�c .,tay, don't go ·. ' · · n ut trcr tll was

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BY EARL BAILEY to have run in the final of the 100, 200 and and stare at newspapers over thick-rimmed 400 metres at the Olympics. And, with the lenses, McKenley still moves about the world HERE is a good reason why great specialisation in the sport these days, l!e may with the briskness of youth, touching lives and Tmen are addressed as 'Sir'. be the only person ever to do so- period. He injecting positive ideals. When president of the Jamaica Amateur is also the only man to have medalled in the "If you really, really want it, you can have say, pointing his fingers up your Athletics Association (JAAA) Adrian Wa llace three events at a major games, taking three it," he will · called Herb McKenley in Miami recently to bronze medals at the Pan American Games in nose - almost. enquire about the great man's well-being after Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1951. Attempting to count the amount of schol­ his triple-bypass heart surgery, McKenley him­ But that's only where it began. Where and arships that Herb has found or caused to be self had something to enquire about. when it will end nobody knows. The great available for Jamaican athletes would be an "Have the boys (at Calabar) started to man returned to Jamaica in the early 1960s act in futility. Many successful Jamaicans train as yet? Call Mr White (the assistant and noisily slipped into the role of moulding who are making friends and influencing coach), and tell him to begin right away," young champions ever since. He has been the people worldwide, were nudged forward by McKenley petitioned. guiding light at his alma mater, Calabar High his unseen hands after they opened the Even while he is undergoing daily therapy School, coaching his charges to countless doors. And the respect and e teem which Jamaicans are accorded abroad, particularly to restrengthen himself, Herb, as he is affec­ accolades on and off the track. He bellowed in Europe, were cemented by hi bravado in tionately called throughout the world, is orders across long distances from lungs made Helsinki and four year earlier. It' deeply preoccupied with his boys. Shouldn't resilient from many years of hard training. the battle fought by heroes like McKenley he focus on getting better? On staying alive? which have etched Jamaica in the imagina­ Yes he is, but the future of his boys, and very single Jamaican athlete has tion of people worldwide. Jamaica by extension, still weighs heavily been touched by his greatness, The honourable Herb McKenley. has been on hi mind- regardless. Yes Sir. whether ph sically or mentally. Just ju tly honoured on many occasion. by di - At 76 years old, the 1952 Olympic cham­ toE see him i an inspiration. His vivid, tinguished organi. ations. He has been pion i inarguably Jamaica's most renowned emotional tories, spanning a 60-year accorded Jamaica' fourth highest honour, sportsman, still hogging the headlines wher­ career, provide enough food for thought. the prestigious Order of Jamaica, and is one ever he goes- locally and internationally. Herb, a past president of the JAAA, has of Jamaica's few Amba sadors at Large. Unquestionably, he i also the most loved. put in more hour with Jamaica' athletes But it is time that the honour accorded our young :o rncthing e tra to aim for. Herb's exploits on the track are well docu­ than any single being, still holding the helm this giant of a man be upgraded to mat h his That we are looked upon a.· �n••nnnJu mented. He has had a long and illustrious at Calabar while being a national coach, and stature and contribution. p�ople i · directly related to hcrorcs reer. dating back to 1938. He beat the odds, national treasure. ln the corridors of power. there appears to hr ·. That people the world O\Cf ave and the competition, to reap gold for l mai Al a matter of fact, he was on his way to the be moves to upgrade him to the Order of years to afford the opportunity to get along with other greats, , George Commonwea\th Games in Kua\a Lumpur, Merit (the third hi�JJest honour) and at the Jamaica. even for a day. is directly attached Rhoden and Les Laing. in the mile relay at Malaysia, in the o[ficial capacity of national. �arne \\me to 'l_)e\\t\on the Queen to accord to his past and present actidtic.,. That he i hi.m a o,u\\c f\ the Helsinki . One of, if not coach, when he was tricken by a massive heart kni.ghthood. 1'hi.s wou\d be t ­ a \\v\ng wcn:k ,( art and a national treasure ting. lt would mean so much \o every beyond est\mati.ou annot be i.u uoub\. the greatest sprinters e er, he is the only man attack. At an age when normal men sit on sofas c Jamaican the world over. and it would give Let' call h1rn Sir Herb. 'ic. ir.

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