NEW CENTER FOR COLORADO

A 6% pound son, "Junior", was born December 22 to Mr. and Mrs.
Earl "Dutch" Clark in Pueblo, Colo. The father is basketball coach at
the University of Colorado having recently assumed this duty after a
fine season in professional football where he was selected as the
All-pro quarterback.

SUCCESSFUL CLINIC AT KENTUCKY

More than 400 coaches and officials attended the annual basket-
ball clinic and rules discussion sponsored by Coach A.F.Rupp of the
University of Kentucky. A program of wide interest was presented.

Dave Kerr, coach of the New York Celtics showed motion pictures of his
famous crew. Other features were explanations and demonstration of
Taping and Training, Ball Handling, Pivot Play, Goal Shooting, Zone
and Man-to~man Defenses, and Relations Between Coaches and Officials.

 

COURT GAMES TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
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Handicapped by the intensive promotional campaigns of rival
indoor athletic activities the colleges of Greater New York City have
pooled their efforts to attract greater public attention by arranging
six double-header series to be Played in Madison Square Garden, Com-
bined in this program are City College, Fordham, New York U., St. John's,
Manhattan and Long Island U. In addition to games between these strong
rivals several other sectional leaders will be imported. Among the
visiting teams will be Purdue, Duquesne, Notre Dame, Kentucky, and
Westminister. In the event that the series fails to decide the champions
of the metropolitan area a late season game will be staged to settle the
title claims. With the publicity scources available to Ned Irish,

Garden Basketball Director, the coaches of the New York school anticipate
that the plans will result in the greatest season that the sport has
ever enjoyed.

SPONSOR BASKET SHOOTING TOURNAMENT
Under the direction of Nat Holman the 92nd Street Y.M.H.A. of

New York City dedicated its new roof gymnasium to Eastern basketball
players and fans by holding its First Annual Basket Shooting Contest
early last month. The entries were divided into three sections; high
School, college, and Jewish Community players with each organization
limited to three representatives. Fach contestant was allowed 25 t¥Ptals
from the freethrow line. Prizes were awarded the three best scorers in
each division. The novel contest attracted great newspaper interest and
filled the new gymnasium with coaches, players, and fans.