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Dancing Dribblers: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 2:54am.
Feb. 15, 1926. Washington, D.C. "Palace team, entry in the American basketball league, being taught Charleston by Vivian Marinelli. Left to right: Kearns, Manager Kennedy, Conway, woman playing piano, Miss Marinelli, Grody, and Saunders." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Agility Drills
Submitted by Jano on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 5:03pm.
Good coaches always mix the speed & agility drills: box, ladder, cone, Charleston, shuttle. I suppose the foxtrot might improve vertical jumps, too.
Ukneeda Basket?
Submitted by Mister Peabody on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 3:24pm.
What's with the guys all wearing kneepads? It looks like it would be difficult to run with those things on.
Musically Inclined
Submitted by Mal Fuller on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 11:50am.
That piano stool seems to have suffered an overload. Does it include a wayward snake?
Flapper heaven
Submitted by Frisco1522 on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 10:32am.
The guy on the left looks like Arthur Godfrey. The piano player has a different slant on life.
The Piano Player
Submitted by Mr Mel on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 10:11am.
Maybe Kennedy or Kearns can teach her how to go to her right.
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