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TUESDAY, JANUARY. 1, 1924, ITES Be s Year’ lew York in : at Peak of Winners _eerninan is crowding football off of the sport pages as the chief attraction. Within a week or so the cage game will be running full blast thruout the Northwest. The Star is offering one of the best bas- ketball features of the season, a series of stories and articles by Ernest Blood, coach is able to get infielder, the | ithe favorite in rival of the N shown in the ner-up or bet- strengthened nati from the Tom Sheehan, them, ving a disposition ry poor loser, He ith new surround. Star Coach Perfecting Trick Dive Diving Distance Added| by Gus Peterson's New Starting Stunt If any deals are y . FREDERICK the winter they BY A. H. fade with th IAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1—Height} e club, and it Sa § plus forcible speed will equal oa ore power as it world records. ‘This is the theory upon which cus| Peterson, local swimming coach and trainer of international note, has) perfected a new racing dive after months of study and experimenta- tion, . “pete” should know, for he has, trained or assisted in training many | swimmers from novitiate to cham- ip. among them being Frances | Cowles and Ludy Langer. “py actual experiments I have} found that my present pupils are) able to make Much quicker time on/| short distances when they use the | new dive,” says Pete. “If swimmers of tho champion | ass make a proportionate gain on | time—and there's no reason to be- { lieve they won't—you can expect to| see the 26 yards done in less than} 16 seconds, and other short-distance | records smashed.” } GAIN DIVING DISTANCE | Recers using Peterson's dive do not-hit the water as soon as do} crouch divers, Instead they gain. div ing distance, greater. gravity force, and an added momentum from an upward arm swing. First position of the new dive Se erect, with arms extended to the sides on a line running slightly downward from the shoulders, fists clenched. At the starter's and arms are brought farelbly back in a.ciroular. motion, scarcely rising | above. the shoulders at any polnt.j Abthe same time the elbows are bent | watt] the hands reach a point forward | of the shoulders and slightly above (helr level, ‘The arms and hands then continue upward without any break in the} the one, pitcher, thout any change, her runaway in the rate for a first oit is facing a ne- ical for a second it all possible, Tris some kind of a fy Cobb, but to put y will have to re- mm some depart. mding money fhe best players in ought to have a The arirval of been expected for is due this year, pay have better je Sox, but it can that the disap- the Sox last year Refficient manage- Gleason {s one of ness. expected {n the fore the next sea- is hard > will be success. reorganization he regime of “ready” the fists; a week's time. ince of the host interest, outlay of money fon railroad fares t of all, the ing players were the size of the pate these things the Profes- the head in correct diving position. | fjation decided These Babies Are Indian Cinches motion until they are extended above| Billy Lane and Brick Eldred are certain as anything is certain, Peterson bas calculated the time |tWO Of the orchard positions on the Indian club again. THE of the famous Passaic, New Jersey, high school team, that will be of great interest to sport fans, basketball players and coaches. The Passaic team is one of the greatest winners that the cage sport has ever known, and has a record of 119 consecutive vic- tories, In six years’ time the New Jersey 160, and have won 1 ship events. The team in those opponents, SEATTLE prep players have won 159 games out of than three times as many points as its During the past four years the five hasn't STAR PAGE 1s . Star Sport Pages Will Offer Fine Basketball Series .". been defeated, and its famous coach, Ernest Blood, has some interesting theories on basketball. He has no use-for the five-man defense, but on the contrary, believes that a smash- ing offense is the very best defense. The Passaic team depends almost entirely on nine formations in its play. Blood will diagram these nine plays and will also contribute three preliminary arti- cles for The Star, the first of which appears on this page today. Read it and watch for series! 5 out of 16 champion- years has scored more the rest of the | NEW DIVE MAY ENABLE SWIMMERS TO BREAK MORE WORLD MARKS | VINCINTINI MAY BE DEVELOPED INTO OPPONENT FOR LEON ARD Billy Lane, left, and Brick Eldred, right | Mrs. There may be some doubt concerning some of the positions on the Seattle | : \ball club for this year, but not when it comes to two of the outfield berths. | to hold dowr thelr plan of ction qu movements so/ . and golfers hesitation in the motion, slightly} to the sec bends or relaxes the knees as his Not i reside. The arms appréach full extension, and lon will be the pdives forward coincidentally withipiupenog AIRES, ties, so that the the word “go,” but without waiting | voked by a ste pionship proper for it, This retains the full force | nature Ceo Sain e than 100. added thru the upward arm motion. The diver enters water at a} distance of some seven to nine feet from the starting spot and can, in faces where desirable, sta for a distance of approxim: feet, the momentum of the dive plying most of the power for distance. Also, declares Peterson, a little | practice will give perfection in regu- | *" lating the depth or shallowness of the dive Local swimmers are Pete's experiments with seeing in them a probabilit ering not only short-distance records, but also materially bettering the time! intelay events. t I wan « jing in a newspaper npion sald ake it pos- off in two ary, and it will never be a ithe South Amer der | | would fho is successful qualifying round that t'Ke w n be Atlant was almost k times by his 4 “Dempe related in @ the ‘fight in watching interest, y of low. prep champion, condition was need tl few hours later HARRY WILLS a GETS MADDEN |* olored hea Madden ha here in a on Jan lequirir D court, before aid Mr, and Mrs. . inged in Ju’ fed to } ith elton y that American Jewelry Co. 821 SECOND AVE. Established 1889 alleged alad very quick to pick uch boxers as Ch sight- Shogrue, j k “PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY VICT aa SEATTLE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2 $20 P. M. Sharp ADMISSION 75 {1 train at Waso fact, a $1.10, $1.50 Reserved Seats Arena Office on Sale at the 1216 Fifth Ave Phone MAI n-2193 Ainateur Hockey Kyery f Friday Night—7:30- 6:20 ments shat —#:30 to 10:30 p. m ry under t Dem the United I y neers to for eekn before the fi Luis Fir po as HAE? necessary for these ns that it coincides with the Slapsed | W cnt oo | wea cores 8 Fr po Declares He Was Young Bob Fitzsimmons Star’s Telegram ras by going in Shape for Jack 1.—Pro- the physicians represent Jan. ssion here, in biow. Demps mpi ather surpr by the « conducte is in such p he cam. ne of admirers, w ont precious was | gnature: c warding with Dempsey it ia jon that neit store th sme Dee 3 c “= Few Stick in Majors t," Fi atatem: mared Jazed me Bob Fitzsim he could not| 1 frequent!) 0 Spalla Rival: jother climate ma certain t talian he: ago, oF payre t of the game mar to make | him One of the time, so that only 11 have ae champion of Bu-|} b¢ Pins th some real Ag leod fe ; m| time it is that ha até ba be 2 t hich proves that this one man of the trade faya ia One that might coloquially|f, starting must be some physi lescribed ns pe Hissecent| Puce ese ar ‘ pry ol 5 This ry manag : hak t of Detroit. H ed 1. Tt ry Col i W Adam: ba iat | SEE 1S MILLER |e tozn years in tno mas ¢ of FOR THIS YEAR} 300 coins, sack @ CLICK! « 72 Seasons os KELLEHER GLAD Norway to Get Molla for Tennis Famous Woman Net Star| Many Cage Methods May Chilean Is Be Used to Build Five| Still far BY EARNEST A. BLOOD | wrists and hands, but the force be From Title Under Whose Direction the rot lal hind it should come from the body. pL es Passale High School Basketball | Therefore a springy motion is e& Newcomer Needs Lots of Will Represent Native Team Has Established Its | fective in generating power. Work With T: lH | Remarkable Record The overhand shot ts the most Ore, With 2 rind FlOrees Country in Olympiad BY HENRY L. FARRELL lh HERE are three essential prin-| eptective to my mind. ciples in sucecessfully playing} | sal |shooting has proven most success. EW YORK, Jan. 1.—Barred from} 1—Get tho ball. ful on our team in turning attempts L a pla n the American team —Keep the ball, from the foul liny into points, as , a2 by a technical rule of the internation-} 3—put the ball in the basket. well as from the fivor. \ and if he is handled properly he may jal Olympic committees, Mrs. Molla cut quite a figure in the class. Before Meeting Champ Overhand JIS VICENTINI, the © lightweight, is a promising boxer, lean 80 much for offense A team gets | Mallory, #even times American ten: possession of the} Nefense is a nogligibie factor in| He will never make as much | nis catel0) ean degided to age’ ball at tho tip-! my team, t according > spec-|money in a short time as his fellow | Norway in tho off at center, tators. We do not seem to have South American, Firpo, but he will | summer, the jump or | Mrs. Mallory plans to # inte bY | one, ; earn enough to satisfy him. epting the However, I hi 1 on June : Vicentini is being rushed just as will start always contended iatbiogssavine ibe Norwegian team pert: yeh by viol-/that the strongest defense is a Firpo was and the same thing will ‘The American tennis star is bar | fon by an oP! smashing offense. The team with | happen to him am happened to Firpo, red from the American team by the Mcpeee » it the Dall has the advantage. Our if ho ts hurried into a fight with game rule which forced Hennes Koh- | & tee pe» Ji guards don't walt to guard—they Benny Leonard. nru individual | cet the ball before the opponents) He ought to have at least another nd win the Mara- | Antwerp meet for | lemainen to run in the ability in. dmb year of experience with the trial horses and then he might have de- veloped enough to give Leonard a thus leaving them h their objective, arding up to thon race Finland, bling, — pivoting and dodging und| pp, Tho rule provides that once an fiveman defenue {s effective, athlete has competed for one nation, | in team play bY! Hut not good basketball, Tt weakens | S00d fight. ; he cannot compete later for anoth the Passi | your offense and interfercs with], ay feo: oe ieega eu to natio en if he should have be sumo with {ts | team growth. eget i peat Leonard until Time has begun come @ citizen of that nation ny va Long practice | pave ever encot A to take a sock at the present cham- lory Pl in passing brings about that me-| 4, : : pion, but as far as giving Leonard a Mrs, Mallory pk | defense with its ; ca} precistor 18.86 fight is concerned, Vicentini could werian tennis team in 1912 ¢ | al precision that is s effec-| witch could not be penetmted. pinged yen ny Gontendae br 3 tho she has become an American at ore in basketball The association! my. five-man de ap Pike i e |gen when she married Frank L, Mal-|of players and constant practice | games and spoils | ld tor septal Bie jlory, New ¥ the Interna: | helps to perfect the teamwork that! tng crowds, I am Leonard {5 just as secure in the possession of his title as Dempsey is ing. |in the heavyweight class, play the ee ant tarbbitioe would not suspend | is tial, They don't even have to look where they pass the | tional committee j the rules: Summing all methods the most effective is to | efforts were made by | ball Sall aid tine thve ‘cone: ty teint offic to, ¢t fhe}; Tenn, shoald. knew bow. fo “te ere: tna) elitatel? “' ODD DEAL MADE ue . Dol he short nd he long pt | teen yo mmitte Ope of 1 my” estimation,! put y sare t was an odd sort of a swap—Dod that Mrs, Mall . Pub Wear ee Paskert for Geo McQuillan, by game. ONLY BYRON Is TO BE MISSIN When the news went out that yiliam H. MeCarthy fad released all the 1923 staff of Const league | nited State for the t voted to Columbus and Nashville. were good ones in the National league together, they dropped to the j minors and still are good old wagons, and now traded for each other. These two accompan, t lo Mrs, Mallory y in the Olympic will play with the American team in {the British championships diedon ai ill be a member | hort pass 1 wld be shot and should be n effective toss from he also any position. lof the American women's team that umpires, Harry Willlams, as the {s to defend Tew Wightman |, The Ideal shot. is to cage the ball TOP teteus president, was’ swamped A trophy kes Belgian from close up, but a shot any! wun applications, Among the bid- Fine Record Some concern was felt here that) “Here withit the’ Z5-foot miaius of) gers for jobs were Bil Burnstdes,|| JN speaking of undefeated foot- | allory’s status as an Ameri be basket is a Bill Guthrie, Harry Johnson, Ger- ball machines, don’t overlook blo | The game should be p ald Hayes, Lou Fyfe, George Ma-|| Kansas university. The Jayhawk. team, |the close-up shot is por goon, Spike Shannon, Ira Da’ ers trotted thru the sesaon with- n proved she would be eligib nt my Pl Roy Brashear and others of less || out tasting the bitter pill. More- mainen was an Americ realize is that powe renown. Williams killed their |] over, their goal line wasn't crossed. tion of the feet nation. Only accu riven the hall by the n| Koh t hopes when he announced he would [retain all the 1923 staff except Bill Byron, en he ran Three field goals made up the opposition’s scoring. direction fp ates Lawn | — ; . while regretting could not play with expressed the g to join and Olymph her rig Ramos, SU €or ya (=) 7 4 x ~ Koy 3 BERNSTEIN TO BOX MANDELL ©) x a 2 ary (© OZ NEW YORK, Jan, 1—Jack stein, former § lightweig! isd] A cham une am Mande Rockford, have been mat to meet ina nd bout in Madison Square Garde ¥e 11 «Ma {Jono, St. Paul middleweight has ‘been -matehed et Roland Todd British ¢ |GIANTS TAKE ON | COLLEGE STAR amp ‘BRAVES TO HAVE LOTS OF COLOR on his team next SHOE SALE At the end of the season it is customary for us to place on sale our entire stock of FLORSHEIM SHOES at a greatly re- duced price. Each and every pair the same fine quality shoe that sells readily at a higher price. Now, for the close of the season — $ 885 Florsheim Shoe Stores 903 Second Avi 300 Pike St. At Marion St At Third Ave. xp re OE», Se VF hout nothing O'Neil, Tlerney JO BE INDIAN tampise er him. ‘ JOE COULDN’T “SEE” nyoherie Floyd Johnson Is i in New York PIGWwce _ ee Ta ee ee ai