Local High Swimmers Retain State Championship
WENDELL EKHOLM, Sports Editor
High Swimmers Win In
Trenton Title Tourney
Two First Second Places Give
Local “Mermen” Five-point
Lead for Cinching of Cham
pionship Crown
Thanks to the good work of the
Atlantic City High School swim
ming team at least one champion
ship pennant may still wave from
the flag staff of the local high
school building.
Doc Coil’s “Super Fish” re
tained the New Jersey Swimming
Championship at Trenton last
Saturday, and incidentally beat
out some good tough teams.
First on the list of winners
came the Blue and White, with a
total of 27 points. East Orange
came a close second with 22,
while Trenton was third with 11.
Kearney held fourth place with
10 and Bayonne fifth with 8.
Battin, of Elizabeth, was sixth
with 5, and Harrison came sev
enth with 2 points.
The Prep School Crown was
won by Lawrenceville with 29
points; Blair, second, with 22;
Princeton, third, with 14; Peddie,
fourth, with 13; Rutgers, fifth,
with 4, and Newark Academy,
sixth, with 2.
The summaries were:
Prep School, 40-yard Freestyle
—Won by Guthrie, Lawrence
ville; second, Turner, Blair; third,
Uldert, Rutgers Prep. Time, 20
seconds.
40-yard Backstroke—Won by
Gibson, Blair; second, Bryant,
Lawrenceville; third, Johnson,
Lawrenceville; fourth, Weston,
Peddie. Time, 26 seconds.
100-yard Breaststroke—Won
by Gibson, Blair; second, Byrant,
Lawrenceville; third, Johnson,
Lawrenceville; fourth, Weston,
Peddie. Time, 26 seconds.
100-yard Breaststroke—Won
by Spaeth, Princeton Prep sec
ond, Chew, Peddie; third,
Schwerin, Lawrenceville. Time,
1.17 3-5.
200-yard Freestyle—Won by
Turner, Blair; second, Geraghy,
Princeton Prep; third, Uldert,
Rutgers Prep.
Dive—Won by Brice, Prince
ton Prep; second, Fuller, Law
renceville; third, Dell, Newark
Prep; fourth, Sullivan, Lawrence
ville.
Relay—Won by Lawrenceville;
second, Blair; third, Peddie.
High Schools, 40-yard Free
style—Won by Bostock, Kearney;
second, Davis, East Orange;
third, Poinsett, Trenton. Time,
20 1-5.
100-yard Breaststroke—Won
by Phillips, Bayonne; second,
Buckley; Kearney; third, Koch,
East Orange. Time, 1.25 1-5.
200-yard Freestyle—Won by
Sunderland, Trenton; second,
Miller, Atlantic City; third,
Major, Atlantic City. Time, 2.40.
100-yard Freestyle—Won by
Davis, East Orange; second,
Phillips, Bayonne; third, Bostock,
Kearney. Time, 59 3-5 seconds.
40-yard Backstroke—Won by
Taplinger, Atlantic City; second,
Steelman, Atlantic City; third,
Koch, East Orange. Time, 23 1-6
seconds.
Dive—Won by Smith, Battin
High; second, Jordan, Atlantic
City; third, Weisserber, East
Orange. '
Relay—Won by Atlantic City;
second, East Orange; third, Tren
** ton; fourth, Harrison.
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Basketball Pointers
By THOMAS STAFFORD
(Physical Director, Toronto West
End Y. M. C. A.)
Should a team be playing rag,
it is unwise to rush your men
into action quickly. For the op
posing player will only sidestep,
so the best way is to advance
slowly in the five-man defense
formation, each taking a man,
thus covering every pass.
Be careful that each player
sticks to the man he has picked
until the break up of the play.
Individual Defense
The type of game played today
makes it necessary that players
have a thorough knowledge of
the systems of defense and also
be themselves good defensive
players. Good individual de
fensive players make for a first
class team defensive and, of
course, the opposite would .re
sult if your players were poor
defensive men. One or two poor
defensive players on your team
will not help any; in fact, they
wrill have the tendency of wreck
ing the team defensive work,
j Therefore it would seem wise for
coaches to pay more attention to
the individual defense than to
the team system of play. There
is one sure thing—it would be
much easier to teach the team
svstem and it would be far
stronger when used.
Get Set—In every game where
it is necessary for the participant
to make quick moves in any
direction, the body should be
so placed as to accomplish such
movements with as little delay
as possible. In a game of base
ball the infielder never stands j
straight, but is always in a!
position to go after the ball in
any direction. If he was in any
other position he would only get
the balls hit directly at him.
The sprinter when he hears
“Get set!’’ is in perfect control
of his body; so also should be
the basketball player on the de
fensive.
In order to have this control;
of the body, which is so important:
and which will make the player
a much better defense man, what
is the “Get set position?” It is
with feet spread, body bent,
knees bent. The distance of
spread of feet, bend of body,
etc., for balance you can your
self determine.
Individual Defense
Attack Slowly—The individual
should never rush his attack on
the man with the ball. The slow
creep, with arms out at the
sides and the body in the “get I
set position” as mentioned in the ■
previous article, will be much
more effective. The good pivoter
or the player apt at feinting,
delights in the rusher, for he will
only need to make a pivot, feint
or sidestep and be away. But
he has much more respect for
the creeper and knows he has
to be on the alert every moment.
Use of Hands—As you ap
proach the man with the ball,
your object is to make him hurry
shot or pass, thereby making
him less accurate. You can do
this in many ways, either by
making feints or waving of arm
or arms overhead. I do not ask
you to jump up for ball, for if he
attempts a high loft shot for
basket and you are off your feet
he will feint such a shot and make
a dribble, leaving you high and
dry. So when attacking, use your
head and try to outwit him, by
so doing you may intercept the
ball and thereby get possession.
Stick Close—Many players are
of the opinion that when they
can get their check to make a
hurried pass, their responsibility
is over, so they depart to get into
play in some other section.
FOOTBALL CZAR
“BIG” BILL EDWARDS
Former Princeton football star is now
czar of the “Red” Grange, professional
league, which sought his services as a
guiding influence similar to that which
Landis exerts over baseball.
Backstroke Title Race
At Ambassador Saturday
Expect Large Entry in Aquatic
Meet in Hotel Pool This Sat
urday—Elizabeth Buzby
Favored to Win
The 50-yard Middle Atlantic
District Backstroke Championship
will be held for the first time in
the history of the district during
the meet next Saturday in the
Ambassador Hotel pool.
Elizabeth Buzby, of the Am
bassador Swimming Club, holder
of the 100-yard district title and
record, is looked upon as the
favorite to win this event. She
will seek to better the record
which she established in the Penn
Athletic Club pool last Monday
evening for the distance of 35
seconds.
Margaret Ravior, of the Turn
gemeinde, Philadelphia, is Mrs.
Buzby’s closest contestant, Miss
Ravior having been the champion
whom Mrs. Buzby defeated.
me Dig event on tne program
for Saturday is the 400-yard
junior national relay champion
ship for women, the only national
championship to be held in this
district this year. Other events
will be 50-yard freestyle race for
women, 100-yard breaststroke
handicap for women, and 50
yard closed race for women.
The prizes will consist of cham
pionship medals for championship
events and Ambassador die
medals for other events.
The Democrats are always try
ing to think up new names for
Mr. Coolidge but never another
ierm.—Norfolk “Virginia-Pilot.”
Try Ui Ones
MRS. EDWARDS
Medicated Foot Powder
To banish 7010* foot troubUs. Sold
by all drug and department storaa.
BO X I N 3 Six-Round Bouts
Northside A. C. 2 Eight-Round Bouts
WALTZ DREAM—OHIO AVE, NEAR ARCTIC
MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1926
SAM CAMAROTA (Promoter) JOE WENKE (Matchmaker)
YOUNG MANILLA
Philippines
First Bout
VS.
LITTLE JEFF
Philadelphia
KID CHAPMAN
_Atlantic City
Second Bout
vs.
MICKEY DIAMOND
Philadelphia
JAMAICA KID
Atlantic City
Third Bout
vs.
BATTLING BUCK
California
WILLIE GRIFFITH
Wilmington
Semi-Wind-up
vs.
YOUNG ROXIE
Newark
WILLIE GREB
Scranton
Wind-up
vs.
JOE RENO
Trenton
Prices, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 (war tax extra)
PHONE MARINE 17ST-M FIRST BOUT, SSS P. M.
Trenton Wins State Title In Defeat
Of Local Five By Two-Point Margin
Whole School Feels Loss of Saturday’s Game—Both Teams Evenly
Matched and “Capitaleers” Won Out on Merit—Slane
Important Aid at Pivot Position
There was much “weeping and
gnashing of teeth” around the
Atlantic City gym on Saturday
night when the timekeepers’ pis
tol announced the end of the
game which was to decide the
Class A State Championship.
Trenton ahead by but two points:
—a single field goal, or a field
goal and a foul, to tie or win the
state crown! But there was the
gun. The battle was over. And
the best team had won.
There is no alibi to be offered
in the loss of the game. Atlantic
City, it is true, showed that they
were nervous. 1 ne iaci mat rney
must win the game to get the
title had been before them every
waking moment for the past two
weeks. And at night their dreams
were of tossing in the winning
points. And so when they came
on the floor last Saturday it was
apparent that they were worried.
Trenton too faced the same
predicament but their players
seemed to be less nervous. With
a good crowd of rooters cheering
them on they entered the con
test apparently free from care.
They played their best—and won.
Much of the credit for the win
ning of the game should go to
Captain Slane, of the State
I Capital five. Not only urging his
| men on to better work, giving
| them an encouraging bit of ad
! vice or a friendly pat on the back,
j but also proving himself a good
basketball player at center, he
got the jump on the local center
the majority of the time, sending
the ball directly into the play
signaled for. His field goal, soon
after the start of the game, was
the first scored.
Murray Fredericks was unable
to do all that was expected of
him in the first half. But in the i
second half, with Trenton ahead
on a 17-10 score it was two
double-deckers by Captain Fred
ericks that redeemed him, put the
locals back in the running, and
set the fans wild.
r
Shields and Solitaire, with the
score 21-19 and only a half
minute to play, both missed two
chances at fouls and killed the
last hopes of local rooters. Nerv
ousness was a justifiable excuse
for missing these baskets and
both boys showed that they were
“sicker” over the misfortune than
were the fans.
The game was well played and
interesting from start to finish.
Trenton won—and fairly. At
lantic City’s only balm will be in
waiting and hoping for a differ
ent story in 1927.
The score, lineup, etc., of Sat
urday’s game is as follows:
Trenton Pos. Atl. High
Lewallen.... forward.Polites
Ricotta.forward.Solitaire
Slane. center .Headley
Radice.guard ....Yockenbem
McNiff.guard.Fredericks
. Substitutions—Welch for Fred
ericks; Shields for Headley;
Cooperman for Solitaire; Grobin
son for Radice; Gordon for Rob
inson. Field Goals-—Polites, 2;
Solitaire; Headley, Fredericks, 2;
Lewallen, Ricotta, Slane, Radice,
McNiff, 3. Foul goals—Solitaire,
3 out of 8; Headley, 0 out of 1;
Yockenbem, Fredericks, 2 out of
3; Lewallen, 2 out of 4; Ricotta,
3 out of 6; Slane, 2 out of 6;
Radice, 0 out of 1.
Score at half time—Trenton,
12; Atlantic High, 10.
Final score—Trenton, 21; At
lantic High, 19.
Referee—Silverman. Umpire—
Wachenfeld. Time of quarters
—8 minutes.
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