Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1923, Page 67

S?ORTS, STORIES, Boys’ and Girls’ HANDICRAFT, GAMES, THE SUNDAY STAR, 'WASHINGTON, D. ¢, APRIL 22 °1923—PART 3. PUZZLES, Base Ball for Boys B8y Ray Schalk Written Exclusively for This Page by the Great Catcher. Schalk, the “Cracker” Schalk was the first man who ever caught Ty Cobb stealing second twice In one game. So now Ty Cobb, the fastest base Tunner that has ever been known, is just a little more careful when he Knows S is behind the batter. catchers do not even try catch Ty Cobb “sleeping,” but Schalk “will do it. ~ When Schalk 1s catching, Cobb sticks Just a little closer to the base. Shortstop and Second Base. HERE must be as much team- work between and second baseman as be- \ tween pitcher and catcher. *fhat is why I'm taking them up in the same article. Type of Man for Each Job. Your good shortstop is a man who can cover lots of ground both right can field well and throws speedily from any position. A shortstop does not have time to get into a good throwing position after catcking a grounder. He must learn Ato throw quickly, especially it there is & chance for a double play. The second baseman can be of me-! dium built, but Just a “medium” ball player. the mainspring of the infield and miust cover a lot of ground. Watch- and gauging the speed of the pitched ball, the batted ball and the use runner must become second na- ure to the sccond sacker. His is the keystone” sack of the diamond. 1ust be better than inz Grounders a Big Factor. Both second and short must handle many grounders. Practice catching m on the right side, the left side and the center until there is no posi- tion in which you cannot handle them fm throw quickly. Much of the suc- ess of getting grounders is getting the ball on what is known as a “good hop.” It may be necessary to take a step backward or forward to do it.| Don't “charge” the ball. To run He is| | | | | | | the shortstop| a position from which you can throw as you catch the ball. Texas Leaguer Technique. The trick of running after and catching short outfield fifes is another bit of base ball which shortstops and second sackers must practice con- | tinually. batter will be the sign for the second baseman to take the throw: left- handed batter, shortstop. With base runners on first and third and an attempted steal of second, the second baseman takes the throw, while the shortstop ¢uts in ten feet in front of the bag to intercept the throw and ‘When vou see one of these|send it back to the catcher if the wildly toward it means you'll likely | flies, turn your back on home plate| runner on third attempts to steal muff it. Play steadily, without trying to be flashy, and keep cool. Perfect underhand throw to use when off Ralance, but make an effort to be in Games, Sports, Play, Stunts | and run to where you judge it is go- | Ing, watching the ball over your an | shoulder and turning at the proper| play. | time to get it. In handling steals, a right-handed ‘The Fun Maker home. At all times think in advance of th Figure out what vou are goin to do when the ball comes to you and when you get the ball do it. Real Fun for Every One Mount Your Trusty Stilts for the Tournament (Play experts from all over North Amerlca send in their newest ideas tc! The Fun Maker. Regular readers of Tho Fun Maker will learn about all sorts of games and stunts just as soon as they are invented.) >RINGTIME is stilt time. Of course when you've made & new pair of stilts and have learned to walk around on them so well that you've forgotten how it feels to fall off, you will want to show the other fellows just how much better you can handle stilts than they can. "That's where a stilt contest comes in. T. J. Smergalski, superintendent of recreation in West Chicago, has writ- ten The Fun Maker about a contest which a group of “stilt-fans” in his neighborhood put on. First, they had an obstacle race. Qn tho race course were three or ur rows of barrels, one barrel in cach row for each race, the rows being about fifteen feet apart. The boys | Jined up, and at the signal they mounted and started down the course. ‘When they came to the first row of ARRANGE THE FIVE WORDS hPICTURED HERE SO THAT-THEIR INITIAL LETTERS FORM THE ?;TR NAME OF A POPULAR MOVIE V barrels they dismounted and crawled through, dragging the stilts behind them. On the other side they mounted again and proceeded to the next ob- stacles, the object belng to see Who could get through first. There was Helpful. “What was that man giving the elephant to drink?” “Camphor.” “Why camphor?” “To keep the moths out trunk.” of his S Politeness Pa; “Is there anything you would like to do before I press the button?” said the warden at Sing Sing to the murderer in the electric chair. “Yes,” eaid the latter, “I would like to get up and give a lady my seat.” Got the Idea. Rustic Teacher—What was that vou said? “I ain't gwine thar.” That's no way to talk; listen, “I am not going there. You are not going there. They are not going there.” Get the idea? Student—Yep; I gets it. They ain't nobody gwine. —_— Cutting Remark. Barber—You say you have been here before? I don't remember your face? Victim—No; it's all healed up. —_— ‘Wonders of Nature. Algernon (city cousin)—What has that cow got the bell strapped ‘round her neck for? Bob—That's to call the calf when dinner’s ready. —_—— . Pusale. Answers: The four wprds. are: N tios, service, Precipice, police. The mame is great excitement when some of them got stuck and had to be pulled out. Put on Pass Ball Contest. For the next game the boys formed two teams. Each team formed a line of boys on stilts, the boys being ten feet apart. The boy at the head of each line started passing a basket ball down the line. Each boy was supposed to catch it without getting off his stilts and pass it on to the next player. Once a boy got off his stilts he was out of the game. The side keeping the most boys in won. In addition, there were some sin- gle contests. The boys walked chalk lines, skipped rope, stepped sideward, brought the upper ends of the stilts to touch, and walked backwards, without falling from the stilts. For a windup they formed two teams and had an exciting tug of war. = The boys in West Chicago intend to make their stilt contest an annual affalr. Why not hold a “First An- nual” in your own neighborhood? (Next week The Fun Maker will describe “Swat,” a favorite with Boy Scouts.) (Convricht. 1928} WHAT 4 WORDS ENOWG In ICE ARE THESE ? i+ RIDDLES, Bandit in the Barn. Wheos' speschos’ cold ;. o A ‘The stery of their find they told. Tll.l rafters of the old Willowby barn trembled as Ned swung high on the trapeze. With a laugh he jumped off, alighting beside Frank on the fragrant hay. “Wonder how much longer we can play here with- out being caught,” mused Frank. “Aw, nobody cares. The place is deserted. I've never seen a soul on the place all the time we've been coming here.” “Gee! Frank grabbed Ned by the “What's that? There comes someone now. Hide in the hay." The boys quickly dived into the hay as the old door opened and a young man entered. He was tulking to some one, but they were afrald to look to seo who It was. He stopped a minute near where the boys lay. “Then,” he mumbled, “I'll have the bandit beld ade their blood run S colonel locked in his closet. As soon as the silver Is stolen and Boob has kidnaped the little girl—" The boys lay so still they ached. Slowly the man crossed the barn and climbed into the loft Frank's hair stood on end. He grabbed Ned by the shoulder. “It's 2 bandit” he whis- pered, “and he's plotting with his helper. “And against Old Colonel Smith, too. He's the only colonel in town, Ned whispered excitedly. “We've got to save him. TYou stay here and I'll go for help. Before Frank could utter a word of protest Ned was off, running as fast 28 he could down the street. Frank lay there in the hay trembling. ‘What if the bandit should come down out of the loft before Ned returned? ‘What If he should discover him hid- ing there in the hay? But thé bandit seemed quite contented up in the loft. Frank could hear him talking away. | i | His helper did not have much to say. | He probably had to do just what he | was told. It seemed ages to Frank before Ned | finally came back. He had the big | young policeman with him. “Is he | still there?” he gasped. “Yes,” Frank said, crawling out of the hay and cautiously following the | others to the ladder leading to the | lott. | The three climbed up, the police- | man first. On the top rung he stopped short. “Jack,” he gasped, ‘what are you doing here?” The bandit Jumped up, grabbing the policeman’s outstretched hand. “Well, well.” he laughed, “what are you do- | ing here? I came here to get away from people, but it doesn't seem to have worked.” He looked at the two | boys staring wide-eyed over the po- | licoman’s shoulder. “You know I'm writing a book, Jim, and I can com- pose 0 much better aloud. So I came | | back to the old town and out here to ' ! father's old deserted barn where I wouldn’t disturb anyone.” | Picture Puzzle FORM A WORD-SQUARE FROM THE WORSS PICTURED HERS, J\\\\lfl_/, ¢ Q 3 Pussle Answer: The word.square is: Rin iron, Nora, gnat. —_— Yes, Where? *“What part of the body is the fray, teacher “‘Fray'? What about?” *This book says, ‘Ivanhoe was wound. ed in the fray.’ —_— ‘Today’s Grammar Lesson. “Do you know the difference be- tween a cat and a comma?”’ “No, what fs it?” “A cat has its claws at the end of his paws, and & comma has its pause at the end of its clause.” — The Idea! Hotel Guest—Has Mike Howe reg- {stered here. - Clerk—What do you think this is, a stable?” 9 Stiff Question. Miss Marsh—Name three things that contain starch. Gordon—Two cuffs and a collar. ere you talking Fortunate. Senior—My brother fell against the plano end hit his head. Junior—Hurt him much? Senior—No, he hit the soft pedal. Natural, “That's 2 flaming tie you have on." “Sure, 1 got it at a fire sale.” L) [Hazel Nt Leaves 1\ 1SS HAZEL NUT and her brothe the West. uncle, Mr. Wall Nut, of Pecan. SCIENCE, for Western Trip r, Phil, left today for a trip through Their journey will end with a visit at the home of their Miss Nut wore a charming traveling gown of lavender crepe paper, shirred around the neck and waist and beautifully scalloped around the bottom, revealing pantalettes of white. A tiny white ruffle pasted around the neck and armholes of her dress, completed her costume. Many friends were at the station to bid them farewell. was presented with a bouquet mad. roses of many colors, as a parting gi (This is the second of a series of | twelve nut dolls which you can make of nuts, millinery wire No. 7, and crepe paper. The features are put| on the nut faces with black and red | crayon. To make the body of the doll, cut | one plece of wire 7 inches long, an- | other 3 inches, and another 6 inches. | Bend cne‘end of the 7-inch and also | of the 3-inch wire into a loop about n inch long. Bend each end of the inch wire into a loop 3 inch long. Cut & long strip of crepe paper inch wide. Cover the wires by moistening one loop end with paspe, covering it, and then winding along the wire. Leave about % fnch un- wound at the stralght end of the T and yellow roses with green leaves, Miss Nut e of a tiny white ruffle filled with it from her admirers. inch piece. The end of this wire is to be forced into the end of the nut which forms the head. Fasten the 3-inch wire ahout two inches from the loop end of the 7-inch wire by twisting. Find the middle of the 6-inch wire and wind around the 7-inch piece close to the nut to form arms. Bend the bottom loops over so that they form feet. Fill out the body by winding a l-inch strip of crepe paper around many times, pasting in place. Hazel's head is an almond. Her hair is made of yellow crepe paper slashed and twisted around a small knitting needle to make curls. Use flesh-colored paper for winding the wires.) The Polar Bear of the Lonesome North RRR! Did you ever wonder on a winter day when the bitter winds sting your face and make you &hiver under your warmest coat how a polar bear can live in the ex-| treme cold and perpetual fce and | enow of the polar regions? The polar bear has one advantage, at least, in living in the barren ice wastes; he has very few enemies to bother him, | for he is one of a very few living things that can exist there. With| his creamy white coat of long thick fur and many layers of fat beneath his hide, he can slide about on the ice and burrow in the snow drifts withoyt a shiver. He looks very much like his cousins, the brown bear and the grizzly, but he is handsomer and more graceful. Unlike other bears, the goles of his feet are covered with thick, close-set hair, almost like vel vet. This protects him from slipping By the use of your pen and ink you can make & letter § into a frisky squirrel. Watch carefully the little pictures which explain how this is ‘Their Favorite Selections. Question—What are those girls doing who sit on the library step: Answer—Outside readings. on the ice and tumbling into the deep, jagged ravines. Bears usually live on a diet of plant food, but the polar bear can seldom find even a bit of nloSQ so he must find his food In the séa. He is a swift swimmer. When he hunts for ssal he dives and swims under water |until he comes very close to the seal | and then clutches it with his long claws and powerful jaws. He swims ashore with his catch, shakes himself, and proceeds with his dinner. It is lucky for the polar bear that his fur is too long and thick to become wet when he i3 in the water, for if it did it would quickly freeze into a 0lld mass of ice, Often when a polar bear is sitting at the edge of a hole in the ice wait- ing to grab a fish that may swim by, the ice floe breaks and he is car- ried out to sea. Not very many are lost this way, however, for the polar bear can swim for miles, diving and swimming under the ice floes. €ARTOON MAGIC—S Is for Squirrel done. Make many little strokes with your pen to give the effect of the bushy tail which curves up over the squirrel's back. The Reason. “Why do they call him ‘Flannel'?” “Because he shrinks from wash- W ADVENTURE, JOKES CARTOONS ] When Roman Ships Conquered OMAN vessels, both warships and | traders, were patterned after the Roman architecture. So it happened | that the ships of that day weze lined | with hand-carved, life-size wooden | figures. Even the oars were scrolled | and painted in an elaborate manner. On the bow of the corr-traders, as the ships of commerce were called, was a glgantic goose head, whose neck was perhaps 30 or 40 feet in height, and_carved to make it appear as part of the ship's body. In the stern would be a mammoth wooden eagle, seemingly supporting the whole | stern-deck. Along the sides ran rows of figures representing gods | that were needed to insure the ship's | safe journey. The whole was painted a brilliant color, even at times gilded. This, | together with the great, swooping | Iines of the ships themselves, and | the flame-colored sails, made the| Roman ship a glorious sight | i Ships Were Strong. But the Romans, because they de- manded that their ships be beautiful, did not sacrifice strength for beaut They made their vessels more sea- worthy than those of any other na {tion. Only the best wood was used, and over the entire bottom shects of bronze or lead were tacked. Where the water would not touch they cov- “I won't go,” said Mary, “unless 'm sure | can have a new dress! Said her mother, “Don’t cry. ‘Although dresses are high, H | We'll manage to get one, | guess.” (13 JUST have to have one, that's all there is about it”” Mary looked deflantly at her mother and brother, stamping her foot. “If you think I'm going to the big spring party in my old dress, you're badly mistaken. All the girls are get- ting new dresses. I'm tired of being dowdy.” Mrs. Grahamn and Robert looked at each other perplexed. This was surely not like Mary. But when she burst into tears and ran from the room, slamming the door, they were more astonished than ever. “Gee,” Robert gasped, "1 never saw Sis act like that before.” “Poor child,” sighed her mother; “she’s tired and worried and when she discovered she couldn’t have a new dress it was just the last stra; “She can have all the money I'v been saving from mowing lawns, offered her brother. Mrs. Graham put her arm around the sturdy shoulders of her so wish Mary realized what a lucky girl she is to have a brother like vou, she said. “But you mustn't do that, Bobby.” Just then the door opened and a penitent and ashamed Mary came in. “Oh, Mother,” she sobbed, an you ever forgive me? I don't know what made me act like that. But when Beth told me all about her | new crepe de chine, and I heard Martha telling about her new em- broidered organdie, I—I—" f “I know, dear,” Mrs. Graham com- forted, tears in her eyes. “I'll man- age somehow. You'll just have to have one. I have it; I'll sell the quilt.” Not Grandmother's old quilt!” Mary | gasped. “I should say not! You needn’t think I'd be that selfish.” But the next day when Mary came | home from school, spread out on her | bed was the loveliest georgette dress she had ever seen. She rushed into | her mother’s room. 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In those dim days the boarding plank was new. The Romans invented it because they wished to save tho time of tying the ships together with grappling hooks. When two ships came together in battle, the Romans surprised their enemies by simply swinging a plank in place, and com- ing on thelr ship. Romans. Great Traders. Unlike the other pioucer nations on the ocean, the Romans for many years used the sea only as a means to enrich their country. They did not turn to naval warfare until their ships as traders had become famous. Corn, oil, wood and gold were some of the cargoes they amrried between Rome and the forelgn countries of the world. 5 Records show that great companies were organized to handle the ship- ping, as is done in America. In fact, the only great difference between ships of this day and those of the ancient Romans was the fact that their £hips were wood, metal covered, while ours are all metal. Mary’s Twin Dress “I can’t keep it, and it's so beautiful it will just kill me to have to take it back.” But Mary did take it back and returned the quilt to her mother. ! “I just couldn’t keep it,” she was tel ing her mother when Bobby came in with a big box under his arm. ‘Here's your new dress,” he grinned. “It isn't all paid for, but they let me have it, any way. I've got three more lawns to mow tomorrow after school, and then I'll have enough to pay for it.” Mary opened up the box In a trance It was the same dress. In His Own Language. A judge entered a street car. “How are you this morning, judge " “Fine, fine; and how are you?" * answéred the man in uni- ————— No Wonder! Everett—If that old principal doesn't take back what he safd to me I'm going to leave school! Jack—Why, what did he say? 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