The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-02-16
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made towards becoming a popular sports spectacle serves to remind one of wonder court team of 20 odd years ago-the Original Gel tics.
 Only one of the absolutely" orig inal five remains in active compe- tition. He is Pete Barry. Together with Joe Lapchick, Dutch Dehn- ert and Dave Benks, veterans of the days when the Celtics were proud worlds champions, Barry plies his basketball trade from town to town.
 A couple of youngsters complete the troupe, but in the main it is the veterans with their glamor- ous pasts whom the fans pay to see in action.
 The reports have 1t that the Celtics are profiting from the boom basketball is enjoying generally, netting something in the neigh borhood of $6,000 apiece for the lC0 games they play season. Not the princely sum they made in their hey-day, perhaps, but quite enough considering the fun they get from the sport.
 Not only do they offer samples of their ball-handling wizardry, but often slow down, when safely in the lead, and amuse the custom CTS with a bit of well-developed comedy.
 Davey Banks, the official clown of the team, gets the laughs by bouncing the ball between the op- .ponents' legs or caroming passes off his guards head or chest. Banks was for many years, recognized as one of the worlds greatest basket ball shots. For that matter he still can pop them in.
 Another neat stunt used by the Celtics to gain favor is their bas- ketball clinic. For an hour or so cefore the game they conduct their classes" Plays and systems are explained and demonstrated to arn- ateur players and coaches. Ger tainly the Celtics are qualified to teach the court game if any one is.
 The real marvel of the team, of course, is Pete Barry. He has been playing professional basket ball for g years and roughly esti- mates that he has taken part in 2,500 games Scoring an average of 10 points a game-and he certain ly has done at least that-his point total borders on 25,000.
 Pete is on the shady side of 40 and slightly fat. Yet he can move around the court as fast as the next fellow. Off the court Bar " wears glasses.
 A Pioneer Pivoter
 Dutch Dehnert is credited with originating the pivot play, the ma- neuver which has stirred up so much controversy among basket ball followers. It happened one evening when the Celtics were en- toying safe lead and had decid- ed to give the fans laugh or two. Dehnert implanted himself on the "spot" and began feeding the ball out in all directions with all sorts of queer passes. It oc- cured to Dutch that the play had possibilities and he set about developing it. It's wide usage today proves the merit of his discovery. Joe Lapchick serves as coach and manager of the team. He was once recognized as the highest paid basketball star, drawing $l0,000 per season More than likely his income still tops, although he rare ly plays more than half a game at each stand.
 The Celtics are about the only really successful team of basketball transformers. Anywhere they un- fold their court magic they do so before plenty of cash customers.
 All in all, imagine that the Celtics have fairly good time Of it, and give worthwhile perform ance wherever they show. At least they leave 'em laughing"