The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, November 12, 1922, Image 7

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SEVENTY-SECOND EAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1922 PRICE: FIVE CENT3 TRUCKS AND TRAC tit" 3 MOTORCYCLES BICYCLES ACCESSORIES AUTOMOB TOES w 1 ,Z I: 1 ft if 1 J '4 V r V 7 Developer of Norman Ross; weismuuer, Hemier and Others CHICAGO, Not. ..J3y The Associated Press)- Not long ago the newspapers recorded the fact that Miss Sybil Bauer, 17-year-old Chicago girl, had "swam the 440 . yard backstroke in a meet In Ber muda ,ln 6:24,' breaking:, for the first time In Tecorded athletic his tory,: !. world's record held : by a man,; -The old mark of 4:2$ was heldjoy "Stubby" Krueger., , " y ' ff j I Great Developer.'- 'J7-,! , Behind that bare announcement is the story of a coach. who can't swim the 440, or probably half that distance, but who has brought out many of the most famous swimmers in recent years, includ ing Miss Bauer, Johnny Welsmuel ler, Norman Jlo&s, Perry JtfcGU liway, Mike McDermott and Harry "Hebnert""'v.-v.. a ' ' He Is William Bachrach, swim-H mlng Instructor jof the. Illinois ' Athletle - club. ' y - ' !- Wjuis Jjj PerseTjrancc. ; V. Once, n nls early days, "Bach" was a great "third place athlete," he -says.. Back in 1897 he made his only appearance in a national swimming .tournament,) entering the 100 yard swim i in a meet in Lincoln' Park, lagoon here. There were four entries and' Bachrach won his one :' and only swimming medal when he finished third after the fourth man iwam himself oat and quit at the end of fifty i-ti Frardai :: ft? ' " 7 y-a IK 1 :''ir:- '" --:.-.. i-i MhfetBh "'-'-.f:.---fc-v:K-:;:':-.!--.l Now, weignlnK'lrj-Is own ad mission, MfiT pounds less than ai battleship," he sits in a huge wick er armchair beside- the I. A. C. tank and trains promising young sters to break all the swimming records from the Bermudas to Honolulu.' Once a jnonth;OT so' when they fjflpthe iak" p to il feet for ihe water games, "Bach' i drops in with a'mighty' splash 'arid does a round or two, but that Is about the extent of his own .water work. : -" Tells Secret of Snccees. "Anybody can be a good swim mer if he has the will to work and work hard,", Bachrach says. "He may not be a champion,' tor It Just isn't born In some, people to be champions, but if he is willing tor ping along day In and day: out and stick to the deadly grind he will be a good .swimmer. - v , "The trouble- Is ' that lots .of j swimmers, and sometimes those 'with most natural talent, haren't ., enough of the wlJl tQ('Wln,to;kep .tit." y'f "What Is the secret of your;sae , cess as a coach?" he was asked. "Making them work day; In aid day out ; T- require my teams to swim a quarter of a mile a. day. I don't hold a stop watch on them, they can take their own time, but they must swi at least that quar- cm ITU AlKTRAf.lA' KFU ftocr I inv np rWF LA.NE - .M,r vu play around the tank If they want to as long as they wish. "If swimmer swims 300 quar ter miles in a year that's 75 miles. Nobody can swim 75 miles, a year without developing. They are bound to learn something. , Gets 'Em Going. "I, sit up here and watch them swim their 11 laps, and when th$y come out I talk things over and point out their mistakes and sug gest improvements. That' all theri is to it f principle Is to get them young. Sybil Bauer came to us four, years ago when she wasn't quite' 14 years old. We had an nounced through the newsnaners ;lhat we were going to organize a class for girls, and invited swim mers to apply; She was in the class. One day I saw her iiir the back stroke, and doing very well with it. We talked It over andshe decided she wanted to be the world's greatest back Btroke swimmer. Today she is." Great Swimmers Born. Bachrach passes over his own Inability to rank above the medi ocre swimmers with the explana tion that the best coaches dotft awlm much. "That applies Jn'ioth-: er sports too," he ays. Znppke down at IQInois ?ras f never much qf a football player but look what a .coach' he Is J When yoU work around bere all the time you don't hare the desire Tto swim ariuclu It's like being chef. Nobodv ever saw a chef eat much; unless he was out at somebody else's house." Really great Brimmers, "Bach" sa3rs, .are born, not made. MT.ou can't put a voice In anybody," he explains. ; "TheTe would be no use of my going to a singing teacher, to cultivate 'a voice I haven't got But while everybody can't be a great awimmer, he can be good swimmer, if he wants to' work for Trains WelsnraUer. ' Most of the famous swimmers developed under bis tutelage are products of the Chicago public beaches and T. M. C. A: poola. Back In October, 1920, a boy on one of his teams told Bachrach a friend who was swimming at the Oak street public beach had been begging to be brought down to see L A4 C.'. coach. The swimmer asked permission to bring his friend in order to put a stop to his pleas.. He brought, him and his name was Johnny Welsmuller. Between October, 192Q, and August of last Til - " v'w V; - ) mm m for Ui Dill ''Don't -Forgets" That Will! Save Money and Make Driving a Pleasure line lines to eliminate water and pediment. Prain and, flush out transmis sion and rear axle and refill with lubricant euitable to temperature range of your locality. Keep storage battery fully! recharged. Add distilled water to battery twice a month. Change oil every 500 mile3 of driving. Newspapers Forbidden to , Publish Crime in Japan MtlS and Rim Parts for all 9 aw Free) Expert Adviea IRA JORGEXSEN .110 South High street DAVIDSON Motorcycle, at a real bar gain. This machine Is a vary late model-has been com pletely rebuilt and repainted the same as 1923 model ful electric eu!pmentj'fine tires, new battery. . We guarantee ; you . the ' best of sefvlce from this ma chine. '-.i';-''' ; I tCan be Terms.' bought on Easy 170.00 first payment! Benjamin Jerome, chief engin eer of the Oakland Motor Car company gives the following "don't forgets" to the motorist 'or winter .driving: -; Anti-freezing solution, prefer ably half water and half denatur ed alcohol, with a small amount of .glycerine to prevent alcohol evaporation. Keep this anti-treeze solution constant hy adding more alcohol than water. Have carbureter cleaned and adjusted for winter driving. Blow out heating chamber and passages frequently to eliminate carbon. . Clean out carbon and grind valves. ' Blow out carbureor and gaso- Turkey is now reported as very defiant. Wait till Turkey hears the whistle blow for Thanksgiv ing or Christmas. Then we'N see who gets it In the neck.' Ex TOK10, Oct. 24. Japan'3 po lice, in investigating crime, be lieve that the puhlicaiiaa uf farts may assist the criminal to cscare Several casec have occurred re cently where the newspapers have published the facts about biurders only to be told after it had r.U been old in print that no further EarthqijaXe K'OliTfJwd" v:; Kenaers Numoer nwiiiw-. BUKXOS A5RES, Nov. 11. (By The Associated lres) Bcv entylve persons wore killed and thousands are homeless as re- Ruit of the destruction of Coquln- bo and several towns jaortb t Aa- tofagasu, Chile, in .today's 1 earm- juaka. fj ' "' ,:. ; Great damage Is tearad in An- crlme. Newspapers which In mch circuTnstances are closely watched have come out with blank col unins, the police having at the last moment ordered news of the event to he suppressed. 1 I w "V V"- . " reference should be mado to thoaotagasta Itself, according to prl- 1 I ...V I . . m fv vate advices from Valpariso, giv ing a summary of the reports re ceived there. ?-;. '.:;- rW Read the Classified Ad:. This is Lady Bridges, wife ot LieuLKJen. Sir George Tom Bridges, newly appointed 'Governor of South .Australia. year Bachracb trained Weismuller. Fourten months ago he entered his first big meet. Up to the pres ent he has broken thirty-seven world's records. ' The New Ycrrk .Giants have pur chased Jack Bentley, the pitcher, for $50,000. Ain't the Mergn- tbalers prodigal with their ciphers? GRUNERT AUTO TOPS 256 State St. m m Ford Prices Greatly R NOW LOWEST IN HISTORY Read the Salem Prices -Then Act Chassis Complete :...$420.32 Touring Comp. ,....$49?.72 Roadster Complete $462.56 Coupe, comp. .... ,:.v. .....$635.20 Truck Chassis, comp. ......,.$471.52 Sedan, copp. ..1: . Sims Tractor .... $84.60 Each Model With All the Latest toprovemerU jiilil'iyiiJiililm lliiiiiiitiiiiiitui COLUMBIA DAYTON BICYCLES Ride a Bike and Save Shoe Leather If it is a Columbia or Dayton you will get real Bicvcle Satisfaction. 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" f ' 'II ' 'K I F. G. Delano of our firm has just returned from the Chevrolet factory it 't Oakland, Calif., and was able to procure only nineteen of these cars for No- i vcmber delivery. ' ; . ' We have a number of Orders on file-to be deliTered out of this lot of nine- teen and orders will, of course, have to be filled in rotation. If you want a car before December 1st, place your order now. Price $663 at Salem SALEM AUTOMOBILE CO. 1. i F. G. DELANO Salem Dal! as A. L E0FF 1 P ; . Harry W. Scott O o it f v VICK BROS. HigH Street at Trade ; "The Cycle Mau1 147 S. Commercial St. JTL. it it - i- : :