San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23

of the basic principles Of shot put
ting, but / have developed my own
style. Some insist in telling me that
the secret of shot putting style is foot
work, but ] believe in the driving
finish, that the greatest power comes
from the shoulder and back muscles.
Footwork is essential, but I'm follow
| ing my own ideas about the import
ance of the final drive with shoulder
and back.
With regard to his training meth
DDS Wanzer says:
Il put in al, ut two hours a week
indoors in cold weather, which is
| about enough to keep me in good
trim. When the outdoor season starts
I'll get down to heavy work. No
athlete is at his best until warm
weather makes his muscles supple. My
ambitio this spring is to develop
coordination, and / don't want TO
guess just now what distance / will
re h at Paris. i expect to improve
that's ALL"
You can see BY this that Orville
Wanzer uses rather unusual English.
He is something of student, and
takes keen interest in studying out
details. That may account for a
large part of his sudden advance in
| athletics. He went at shot putting
on a scientific basis, studying out a
reason for every tensing of a muscle
or turn of a wrist.
Il don't think we are going to be
weak at the Uympics, be said.
WHAT we may lose in middle and
long distance runs we'll make up IN
| Cnrinto ra1o A.
worlds best jumpers. ] can't see how
| Ralph Hills of Princeton, intercolleg-
late champion, and | can get worse
than second and third in the Shot,
and we have fine chance to catch
Vile Porhola, the big Finn who won
at Antwerp with 4S feet IA inchea.
Likely the Finn won't improve much,
and Ralph and / are getting better
all the time. II the Finn doesn't
beat us nobody else on the other
side will-but some of the o.icr boys
on this side may spring a few sur
prises at Paris in any of the field
events. Pat Mcdonald may, for one.
Pat changes his mind every day. He
thought while ago he wouldn't COM
pete again, but the other day he told
me he would soon begin training and
| thdb ht CADtCls u VIII Tile OlNUlDlcS.
Pat weighs three hundred and thirty
pounds-but that is not too much
for him. He's usually the biggest
man on the team"
A Life Saving Incident.
A line on Wanzer, showing the
| qualities of determination, quick &C.
ton, courage apd strength that make
| him one of Americas best athletes,
may be had from an incident on the
police department. records.
February 6, 1916, while patrolling
his beat, he heard a cry for help
from the East River, two blocks
away. Running to the pier he saw
a dark object in the water in the
midst of an ice foe. Throwing off
his oyercoat Wanzer jumped from
the pier and swan out against the
swift current-which is dangerous to
strong swimmers even in midsummer.
lie found his man clinging TO the
churning ice, and exhausted. Holding
him I'd with one hand he turned to-
ward the shore and after a terrific
battle came close enough to a wharf
to catch a line thrown out by Mike
hickey, a street cleaning department
employe, and with Hickey's help drag
ged the unconscious man ashore. He
had rescued Captain Rudy, a barge
man, who had fallen overheard and
was being carried down the river
when Wanzer heard his yell for help.
The two were rushed to a hospital.
where Wanzer recovered quickly and
went back on post, his only comment
being that the salt water had ruined
his new uniform. Later he received
the police department medal for un-
usual bravery. Asked about it the
other day Wafer said he had done
! nothing but what any able-bodied man