rising before dawn to reclaim hoop glory - anti aging device

47-year-old MAREK fuchsaprill, 15-year-old bob SPEISMAN, who sold diamonds within a week, woke up at dawn on Sunday, calling it "anti-Diamond"aging device.
His dedication led him on a recent Caribbean vacation.
Speisman flew home Saturday with his wife and children, although he had to return to the Caribbean on a business trip on Monday morning.
"They think I'm crazy . "
Spiesman said with a smile. Mr.
Speisman is one of more than 30 men aged 35 and over who have lined up outside Irvington High School since 6 in the morning. m.
They play basketball every week.
By 6: 30, the Olympic Games are in full swing.
Then, after two hours of competition and friendship, the men returned home to their wives and children, many of whom were still sleeping.
The only downside to the early start is, sir.
Speisman said, "I need two games to warm up so I can't shoot. . .
Then by the last two games in the morning I was tired and had no legs so I couldn't shoot.
"So there is actually only a small window for 9 minutes and I have to get the ball.
The competition began in late 1980s at an outdoor venue after Irvington Middle School.
At first, there were six people who started the game at 9. m.
As the game becomes more popular, the start time is delayed.
"It was 8: 30 at the time, then 7: 30," said Gary Manus, one of the "original creators", 49, and still one of the best players in the game.
In the end, the game began at 6: 30.
"People who live near the court understand very well," said Mr.
Mancus said with a smile.
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The old point guard, who waved the 35-year-old request as "the law of theory", said that since he started playing at the age of 27, he had a hard time explaining the time to start the game.
"They look at you like you have two heads," he said . ".
In fact, it is good to advertise so early.
For fathers facing a day of errands and picking up their kids to football training, stealing in the morning is the only way to squeeze out their own fixed time.
In fact, high school and college-
Older players also don't think it's attractive at dawn.
After all, many of these people have played basketball for decades and have found that young players are less self-disciplined and cannot distinguish between pick and Playstation.
For example, in a week
Speisman, who plays in the league with young players, says they have a much lower level of basketball. Q.
He said: "I have to tell them that I got 10,000 points before you were born.
"But getting up early every Sunday requires doing something. Mr.
Speisman said with a smile that whenever his wife proposes to watch a movie that starts at 9 in the evening,m.
On Saturday, he immediately said that he heard that the film was not good to watch. For Mr.
Pfeffer, always "worst sleep" on Saturday night because he is nervous about sleeping through an alarm clock.
Nicholas barvaro, 34, is a plastic surgeon who has "terrible time" during the week and cannot rely on an alarm clock to get him up.
His backup is his wife.
"She kicked me out of bed," he said, knowing he would be "unhappy" if he missed the game ".
A few years after the start of the game, the players reached a consensus that they wanted to move to the gym so they could play all winter.
They are licensed to use the Irvington High School gym, but to do so, the game has to be officially run by the entertainment department.
This means a fee must be charged.
$160 per player per year (October to May).
For the rest of the year, they will return to the outdoor stadium.
Since the game was played under the auspices of the entertainment department, the fact that the people in the department had to be accompanied there made the participants full.
Allen Reichman, 40, called him "our nanny" and he laughed at him for legal reasons, or as Mr.
Speisman said, "so it's not a lawsuit if I twist my ankle on my feet.
"As long as the doorman is there to open the gym, these people will come no matter the weather.
During a snowstorm, the men stopped from high school to a church down the hill.
Then, those have S. U. V.
Before we go back to get the rest, we have already put a bunch of people up the hill.
"But after the game started," said Mr.
The police are here, Pfeffer said.
The ceremony of the church is about to begin, and none of the faculty members can park.
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The population is a growing problem.
The more people come, the longer the player waits for the game.
Dan Koriloff, a head and neck surgeon who has a very accurate jumper on dribble, said that since Irvington became more and more popular, the numbers they get in the game are "a big problem ".
Mr. advertising.
Pfeffer agreed.
Anxiety levels are increasing every week and are not that interesting, he said.
"People started yelling at their teammates.
12 baskets each.
5% of the game.
In one of my games today, someone threw a bad ball, we lost the game 8-7, I sat from 7: 30 to 8: 15.
The first 20 people arrived were given small red stickers.
This is the magic ticket that guarantees them a place in the first two games (
Run two games at the same time).
People arriving on the 21st to 35 must wait for their turn.
The game goes to 8 "straight", which means that a player does not need to win two points, sometimes the rules of a basketball game.
With the end of each game, the winner will continue the game, and the loser will be replaced by the team who will be next to their game.
The time spent on the sidelines is an annoyance, but not a complete waste, because it is full of casual conversations between men, which is rare in busy life.
On a recent Sunday, a man told another man: "I saw on TV that Buddy Hackett was once a policeman.
Can you imagine being picked up by Buddy harcutra?
"The other man shook his head no, and since then they have continued to talk about the Knicks game the night before.
Next Sunday, a side-by-side conversation on hot local topics.
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Police officer Hudson and one of the top players walked into the gym on Sunday morning and took a seat on the sidelines, causing a slight sensation. Mr.
In the local newspaper enterprise, Gentile was identified as an official who recently pursued and captured a bank robber.
When five people were waiting for the next game, they cross-examined his details.
On the court, the quality of the game from excellent to uneven.
Some players are in good health-
Conditional athletes and others have stomachs hanging on shorts like sandbags.
But play the world
Basketball class is not a goal despite the back of time.
"Do you want to go back to ninth grade? '' asked Mr.
Reichman marked the room under the basket with his strong body. ''This is it.
I'm not here to make a decision, I'm just using brute force.
"It may be the only place in Westchester, and at dawn you can see a school teacher and an oral surgeon shouting at each other for a controversial foul, or a lawsuit lawyer and fireman
Give each other after a good effortand-go.
All week, "These guys are looking forward to going out to play and re-creating their youth," he said. Mancus said. And do they? Mr.
Mancus can only smile. ''Occasionally.
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A version of the article appears in print in April 15, 2001, on page WC14 of the national edition, with the title: rise before dawn and regain the ring glory.