Friday, October 15, 1937.
THE S A L E M I T E
Page Three.
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Volleyball — an
INTERESTING GAME
If you read the article last week
’1 the Salemite about badminton,
you know at least that it is a game
not another name for a street
•urchin. Now I hope in these next
paragraphs to remove any notion you
have that volley ball is a kind
ammunition, for it isn’t; but
sometimes you may think it is when
^ erack — or maybe cracked — op
ponent rams a swift return down
your throat. Oh no, now, it’s not a
lough game; mama’s,darling won’t
86t her curls out of place, but she
get her hands dirty!
Volley ball is an informal game
8nd may I)C played with any number
of players. However in a standard
Same, each side — there are 2 sides
consists of nine players. The of-
®wal dimensions of a volley ball
Court are sixty by twenty-five feet,
tiut of courst, here as in many
games, variations are permissible and
often necessary. Across the center
the court is a net much like those
lised in tennis. This net is raised so
that you can hardly touch your op
ponents hand when you both stretch
your arms about your heads. Well,
is fun isn’t it?
W'hen the net has been tightened,
players take their places, usually
rows. For obvious reasons, im-
®Sine this is a standard game so
t*'at there are nine players on either
of the net; then there will be
ftree rows with three players in each
row. The players in the right hand
corner of the* left row is the first
Server. No, she serves the ball, not
Cocktails; she does serve it with a
T"inch thougli. The ball is like a
basket ball except that it is smaller
^''d of a lighter material. After
®ath serve, each player moves to the
position of the next person on her
'oft so that every player has a chance
*0 serve and every plaj^er has a
*^hance to play net, and it can be
S^eat fun.
The object of the game is to bat
ball with the open palm or palms
for two hands really or better
one, in this game — and keep
ball volleying back and forth
*'^er the net, from one side of the
other. The ball, after it has been
Served, may be hit by as many as
^^fee people on one side of the net,
though no one person may hit it
t"’ip,e in succession. The player
®orving continues to serve until she
’^akes two faults in succession, or
her side fails to return the ball.
winning team must have 21
Joints. Of course there are a few
^ther rules and teehnicalities you^11
’'■ve to pick up, but once you get
^^6 knack, you’ll soon learn to place
yo«r returns to “weak-spots” and
'hill ’em” on the net. Oh yes,
'''hen you’re playing net, be sure you
opposite someone who has small
feet.
A SHORT ESSAY ON
BALANCE
having Nothing to do With
Scales
It came to me yesterday (so that
''O'w this “it” is no longer indefi
nite), as T was struggling to remain
one of Mr. Anderson’s horses,
*'oiv true is Miss At’s saying that all
''ports are more or less a matter of
^'*'ance. Balance — it belittles us
''■’hen we think liow we make such a
principle as hard as we do. In
*act,
T don’t believe many of us re-
that balance is the basic prin
ciple we want to exercise in our
’’Ports instead of simply being able
^0 play the game — whatever it may
® ■— with the surface appearance
a ohanipion. I saw twQ girls this
S'ltnnier playing a tennis match. One
"’Ss tall and lanky but of an un-
'^sually powerful bnild. She made
pleasing first impression with her
and stroke when I first watch-
her, yet, tliere was something
^rong, -w-hen she returned a ball, she
so with a mighty swing which
at first fooled me into believing
*^0 had had careful professional
‘‘■lining. Now, I believe she had
'Studied the strokes of professionals
was trying to imitate them,
ATH-A-LETIC SAL
Within the next two weeks, weath
er permitting, the quarter finals,
semi-finals and finals of the doubles
tennis tournament will be played.
These last games should be fairly
interesting in case someone would
like to go down and watch them. If
such be the case, ask the girls, whose
names are still on the chart, when
they are going to play. I’m sure
they’d be glad of an audience. The
freshman tournament also is nearing
the finals. It should be finished by
the end of this week — wonder who
will be the “baby” Salem tennis
champion.
Well, at last, and after much talk
and so forth, hockey practice has
started — but not with a bang! So
few people were down on the field
when I was there that it wasn’t even
interesting. What’s the matter up
perclassmen? Hockey’s still as good
a way to spend your time as an^
other. You know one can’t play very
well with out practice so let’s all
go. to every practice next week. Of
course, we realize that the freshman,
never having played any hockey,
don’t even know how to hold their
sticks, yet, but at that, lots and lots
of them have asked about practices
and some have even been down to
watch or to try dribbling a ball. Mey-
be, in the next week or so, the up-
ptarclassnien will play a p^’a;;tice
game in order to show the freshmen
how it’s done. If you upperclassmen
expcct to play in said game it seems
to me it would be advisable for you
to get limbered up at practice and
be ready to go. You don’t want to
make a bad showing in front of the
new girls?
Last week Anne Newborn took the
hiking lassies a walking. From all
we hear they had a fine time.
Horse-backing is really under way
now. Monday there was a ride and
there will be another Thursday aft
ernoon at 3:15 o’clock. Hereafter,
horseback rides will not be an
nounced on the regular riding days,
which are, Mondays at 2:00 and
Thursday' at 3:15. All girls who are
riding will be expected to be ready
to go on the said days and at said
times. However, if the rule will not
be, or if any change has been made
in the schedule, it will be announced.
Also, announcement will be made,
should there be any early morning
rides (on mornings when there is no
chapel), or any rides on Saturday
afternoon, or any extra rides for
that matter.
I hear it rumored that our coach.
Miss Atkinson, has entered the golf-
turnanient out at the Country Club.
She won the championship two years
ago, but did not play last year. Of
course, we expect her to “bring
home the bacon” again.
little knowing that she had skipped
over the fundamental and essential
principle — balance. Time after
time, her powerfully driven balls
shot out side the court; time after
time, her terrific serve bulleted into
the net. In the other court, her op
ponent, short, slightly built, covered
her court much less spectacularly, but
returned most of her balls and sel
dom lost her own serve. She was
keeping her balance and then strok
ing.
This same balance principal goes,
as I’ve said, for the other sports
too. I saw a girl this summer mount
ed on a good horse, and riding along
mountain roads. She could stick, but
oh! how awkward she looked. In
trying to find the most comfortable
position for cantering, she had com
pletely forgotten balance and had the
horse stopped suddenly, she would
have gone right over his head. I saw
a bov swimming, yet he looked more
like an alligator thrashing the water.
He did not know that balance —
yea even in water — would have in
creased his speed and lengthened the
distance he could swim. Then I saw
a little boy playing baseball, stnd-
ing with both feet together as he
swung hard at the ball, missed, lost
his footing and tumbled te the
ground; his successor, legs spread
well apart, smacked the ball for a
two bagger on their minature dia
mond. One knew the principle of
ABC’S OF SPORT
A is for Athlete whom we all
hope to be.
B is for baseball which we ’11
like to see.
C is for catcher who catches
the ball.
D is for dizzy which follows the
fall.
E is for effort it takes to be
good
F is for football we’d play if we
could.
G is for golf our coach plays
right well.
H is for liockey how onlookers
yell.
t is for inners who streak down
the field.
J is for jumping for the ball we
won’t yield.
K is for killing over the net.
Ij is for luck that we’d like to
get.
M is for matches played all the
year.
N is for newcomers we’re glod
they are here.
O is for out we don’t mean to
make.
P is for ping-pong, have you got
what it takes?
Q is for quick, so make your
feet fly.
R is for race just get out there
and try.
S is for soccer which isn’t
played here.
T is for tennis which by some is
held dear.
IT is for umpire who watches the
games.
V is for victory which is one of
our aims.
W is for walking which some
do for fun.
X is for unknown we hope you
are not one.
Y is for yelling your throat dry
and hoarse.
Z is for something zest maybe,
of course.
Well, now it’s all over, there is
no more, we’re certainly glad to
give you the floor.
balance, though he may not have
been conscious that he did; the other
had it yet to learn.
So we, in tennis, in riding, in hock
ey, in golf, and later, in basketball,
in volley ball, and in badminton, will
have opportunities to learn to bal
ance ourselves, and then, polish up
the finer surface of these sports.
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FRESHMEN
’Twill be on the night of Tuesday,
October 19, 1937 at 6:15, that strange
and mysterious looking freshmen in
old skirts and sweaters will gather
round the old fire-place on the hill.
There is a rumor, that this fire place
is haunted on October 19 in odd years
of the calendar, so beware, there may
be ghosts there; also they may be
food and members of the Salem Ath
letic Association. Please don’t get
these girls mixed up with the ghosts
because they are your hostesses. Yes,
to be sure several of them are thin,
long and pale and easily to be mis
taken, and some of them do have
long flowing hair, and rattling bones,
but nevertheless, I warn you, be dis
creet when you refuse to bob for
apples with a stranger.
THE CO-ED’S DICTIONARY
F. (for football)
1. Delayed Buck — One lent to
a friend.
2. Backward pass — A “D” av
erage.
3. Goal — color of blond hair
(via H202,).
4. Quarterback — Minor refund.
5. Halfback — IJejected Psych,
paper.
G. Touchdown — Bend over.
7. Wide sweep — Big broom.
8. Single Wingback — Deformed
Buzzard.
DRAMA ON THE FOOTBALL
FIELD
Johnny is standing ready to go
The players are running to and fro.
SETS NEW RECORD
\ ^ V
Joe McCluskey of the New York
Athletic club winning the four-mile
run at a recent meet at Travers
island. He set a new American rec
ord of 19 minutes. 45.6 seconds. He
cut 17 seconds off the previous rec
ord.
Three quarters of the game are his
tory.
Why he doesn’t go in is a mystery,
Send him in! Send him in!
lie’ll be a second Gungha Din!
Time is called; there goes a shout!
There goes Johnny; he’s going out.
From the players come cries of joy,
For Johnny is the water boy.
—^Blackburn Ross.
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