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THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

HETHER you are an exhuberant schoolboy

anxious to explode a lot of extra energy, or a
tired businessman seeking to conserve what little
you haye left, there is an invigorating thrill in store
for you on curling ice #”you will take time out to
learn how to sweep rhythmically.

Ouces your get thythmerinto |e
your stroke, you will find that|>room handle; contributes the
sweeping requires only half the| downward pressure or power to
effort you would normally ex-

= pend. Strangely enough, your
sweeping will become more
effective and you will actually
: 2 get a feeling of physical well-
being after each game.
Fetch your broom and come
; along with me to the basement
or the garage for a little prac-
tice. We don’t need much
room; just enough for a broom
stroke and a step or two for-
ward. Now please mister!
Banish that reluctant look. We
know you won fourth prize in
the Kinsmen’s bonspiel last
year, but come on and give it a
try anyway. Of course, / your
wife won't be looking!
RIGHT GRIP
First, let's have a look at
that broom of yours to see how
you hold it. You have your
left hand down the shaft. Okay.
That means you sweep on the
left-hand side of the stone as
you go with it up the ice. Next,
take a look at the way your x
left hand holds the broom shait.|SPTing action of the straw. One
It the palm of the hand over or|imgenious individual here in
under the handle? Actually, it} Winnipeg has invented a broom
does not matter. Use which|With a spring built into the}
ever grip feels natural or com-|Sttaw to give added momentum
fortable. The most important|t0 the whipping motion of the
thing is to see that the grip is|lomg corn. This added wrinkle
pot too tight. The broom|Was no doubt designed to take
should be held firmly by some of the sweat out of
fingers only—to ensure fiexi-|SWeeping but the inventor must
bility of the left wrist during] be given full marks for diagnos-
the stroke. If you clutch the|ing and harnessing the potential
broom with a vice-like grip. In|emergy of those long broom
which the palm of the left hand|Straws that many sweepers fail
o is pressed tightly against. the|to make use of.
handle, your wrist will auto-| Now if you haye gathered the
Watically lock itself so that the| feeling of grasping the broom
entire left arm will be as-stiff_}with the fingers so that the
@8 @.ramroq. —The entire pur-|wrists are pliable, let's try the
pose of achieving rhythmic|sweeping stroke. Forget about
sweeping is defeated right at|your feet for the time being.
this point. So unlock that| They will get into the act later.|
wrist and grasp the shaft with|Put a pail, pot, or a box on the
the fingers. This will allow the| floor to represent the stone you
left hand to act as the whip in|are sweeping. Stand at the leit
leyering the broom forward and|side of the imaginary stone with
back during the stroke. oo/the left foot just alongside and
many curlers mistakenly try to|the toe pointing about 45 de-
make the left hand, or which-| grees diagonally to the left. The
ever hand is down the broom|right foot is placed in a natural
- shaft, provide the power needed | position beside the left and will
in the stroke. This notion, if| therefore he a foot or so behind
transmitted to the sweeping ac-|the stone. Now hold the broom
tion, tightens the lett hand grip|with the left hand down the
and immediately destroys the|shaft so that the straw toyches
flipping motion that is always|the floor just ahead of the
used by good sweepers. stone. The handle of the broom
The right hand, on top of the’ will slope from right to left at

the stroke. But once again the|
grip is in the fingers leaving the |
right wrist flexible and pliable
enough to use a slight rotary
motion to help the left hand im-
part the proper flip to the
broom straw. Actually the long
corn straw on a curling broom,
when bent by the forward mo-
tion of the broom pressed
against the ice, builds up a fair
amount of recoil energy ready
to spring the bent straw back
into place on the return stroke
of the broom. It is this pliability
and elasticity of the long straw
in a curling broom that makes
it maneuverability so much
greater than that of, its short-
stvawed cousin in the kitchen
cupboard.
LONG STRAW WoRKS

The secret is to let the long
straw do most of the work for
you by grasping the broom with
the fingers and leaving the
wrists free to accelerate the

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BY DOUG SMITH stopped short; alone _in_the
remember. when} entre of-the Huge ring I stood

“See me in the orderly room
at 1600 hours,” he bellowed,
and stomped away. st-1690
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you enlisted? When a corporal|@¥aking in my shoes. bored corporal*then told me to
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Striper sergeant King Kongldoing there?” he yelled, | Whole days I tried to see the
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burly S.P.’s grabbed me and put
me under arrest as being AWOL,

Lugged before the sergeant,
I protested that I had tried to
see him for two days.

“Silence!” he roared. “ But
sergeant...”

The sergeant blanched. In a
ten./Soft, deadly tone, he asked,
were $0 of us in our/“And what might your name
As we stood in the bull|be?” I told him,

a monstrous sergeant called
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blurted, “‘ But you did not, sir.”
Gad, how mad can a young re-

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