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[[advertisement]] The SPORTS GOOD CENTRE OF JAMAICA WISHES ALL SPORTSMEN A Prosperous New Year ANDREW H. B. AGUILAR 93 HARBOUR STREET. [[/advertisement]] [[advertisement]] Time to change to TEXACO MOTOR OIL A truly fine motor oil [[image - drawing of hand holding tin of motor oil]] • Get extra protection, extra miles ... let us make your next oil change with long-lasting Texaco Motor Oil. It's fur-fur-al refined to remove harmful impurities that cause waste and wear. Come in and see us for this fine motor oil today. THE TEXAS CO. (Caribbean) LTD. Kingston, Jamaica. [[image - drawing of Texaco sign]] [[/advertisement]] SPORT HOME IS THE HERO Saturday afternoon, Dec. 18, at Sabina Park, sports fans flocked around world-famous native son Herbert McKenley; some just to peep at him, others to hail a hello. His personal pals gave him warm handshakes and backpats and let him feel how mighty proud the whole country is of him. "Herb" took a plane from U.S.A. that day to spend the Yule and New Year with friends and relatives. He was later taken to a football match at Sabina. A New York training centre has offered to pay him big money for teaching physical education. He holds five world records. But he wants to finish dentistry at Illinois University; so he turned the offer down. He will be graduated next May. At the Olympic games in August, he was top choice for the 400-m., but he was nosed out by his countryman Arthur Wint. Said Herb: "I was a little disappointed ... but that was compensated for by the fact that Arthur Wint ... won". Herb wants to see more done about sports in Jamaica. He feels the material is available, only to be trained and licked into shape: "Man for man, there is as much material in Jamaica as in any other country in the world", he said. Was Jamaica planning to give him the hero's welcome that Panama gave Lloyd LaBeach last month? The probable answer was no. THE YEAR'S BEST In a year that saw the glory of local amateur sports revived, one man stood head and shoulders among the crowd of players, organizers and general do-gooders: Arthur McKenzie, football coach and player, batsmen and wicket-keeper. His coaching of the All-Jamaica team made them invincible to a Cuben X1 in June, masters of a Haitian XI in October, restored the prestige lost when a Trinidad side won a three-game rubber in February 1947 with a Chilling six-nil score in the last game. His cricketing during the MCC-West Indies series in January-March easily earned him a place on the W.I. side currently touring India. Batting in the first MCC-Jamaica match he scored 51 in a little over 2 hours, helped Ken Rickard (112 n.o.) to add 147 to the score after Jamaica was down 5 for 179. Best Behind Wicket. His performance behind the wicket won him the rating as the best wicket-keeper in the W.I. For India, the selectors past him up for Clyde Walcott of Barbados, a colourful batsmen in addition to being a wizard behind the wicket. Reason: age – Mac's 39 against Walcott's 24. Undismayed by the pass-over, Mac went on to finish first in the batting averages of his club (Wembley) with 56.12, second in both the senior batting averages and aggregates (449 runs). 42 SPOTLIGHT, DECEMBER, 1948.
