Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1930, Page 105

PUZZLES e ALLOWEEN! What a weird and exciting night it is. And the false face carrying our crossword puszzle will make it all the more territying BOO! ! Yhe definitions are: . . HORIZONTAL. 1. A specter. $. Falsehood. 6. To eat supper. 8. Word used with “either.” 10. Exist. 11. A night of ghosts and goblins. 15. In the year of our Lord (abr.). 16. Organ of hearing. 17. Concerning. 18. Artificial watercourse, 20. Disfigures. 22. Rip. 24. Old women abroad on Halloween. 26. Printer’s measure. 217. Recording secretary (abr.). 28. Fairies, 31. Procure. VERTICAL. _ 1. Female child. 2. Personal pronoun., 8. Steamship (abr.), 4. A hollow cylinder. .18. Violation of law. 19. Evil . 21. Reverential fear. 23. Stupid fellow. ‘WHE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 26, 1930. &%4e BOYS and | GIRLS PAGE Fullback Who Wouldn’t Fight. The Story of @ Boy Who Was Too Good-Natured. He lay. on the turf with white lips and agonized eyes. BY W. BOYCE MORGAN. INSTALLMENT L UT on the field the referee’s whistle shrilled, and the players untangled themselves. But one n';c‘\)xdr; lay gu“ire: upon the ground. Some! was On the sidelines, Coach Lovering of Haynesville High School leaped to his feet, took a few steps forward, and gazed out on the gridiron with anxious eyes. The officials and a couple of players lifted the injured boy to his feet. Now he was walking about, and Coach saw,that he was not a Haynesville , but one of the Patterson players. He also that he was not seriously hurt, and that was to be resumed. With a sigh of relief returned to the bench and turned to Prof. with a wry smile. # time a player is hurt I simply hold breath until I'm sure it isn't one of our * he said. “Never before did I go through like this! I'll be a nervous wreck when Here we are, with four of the best men in the country and not a single te that is worth a hoot. If one of the injured the team is wrecked.” . Hyde nodded sympathetically. “We've Iucky so far,” he said. “Let’s hope our holds until the end of the season.” Coach Lovering struck his open hand with his other fist, “If it does, professor,” he promised, “we’ll go through the year undefeated.” Then his face clouded. “And if it doesn’t,” he con- cluded darkly, “there’s no telling what Elm Park will do to us.” 2 ’l‘!l game was now on again, and the Haynes- 3 ville backs were giving their usual ex- hibition of how a good backfield should func- tion. Preddy Lambert, at quarterback, barked and erashed through tackle with perfect inter- ference from the two halfbacks and registered & gain of seven yards. They lined up again. Freddy Lambert dropped back for a pass. He took the ball from the center and paused while , right halfback, dashed past the de- fensive end and got clear. As the Patterson rushed in to break up the pass, Lom- e, , with only five minutes of the .last play, the blow that Haynesville season finally fell. Lomski, ve fullback, charged in to back a thrust through center. The and Lomski was on the bottom As the other players climbed off turf with white lips and agonizing shoulder,” he gasped as his teammates him. gheleitte ERRrelxt g2kps g FEW minutes later he was carried off the field, with Coach Lovering at his side. The game was finished with a substitute in Lomski's place, but litile attention was paid to those last few minutes by anybody in the Haynesville stand. Finally the result of toe doctor's examination became known. Lomski ¢ suffered a simple fracture of the left collar and while the injury was not dangerous Haynesville fullback was out of the the rest of the ceason. Lovering’s face was grim as he dress after the game. Finally Lambert, who was captain as > i il i well as quarterback, and led him to a secluded corner of the locker room. “Well, Freddy,” said the coach, “it’s finally happened.” Freddy nodded. “Yes, and it's the worst thing that could have happened. We could have got along better without any one of the rest of us, but there is nobody to’replace Tony.” “Well, I'd just as soon have Tony out as you,” replied the coach gloomily. “But we couldn’t be in a much worse hole than we are now. The best thing I can do is to shift Jones to full and put Riley in at left half. But Riley can't carry the ball, and that means that Jones and Fearing will have to do all the ball packing.” “Golly, I wish I was heavy enough to run the ball more,” exclaimed Freddy. “So do I, boy, but your brains and your passing and kicking are enough for any one man. However, that doesn’t get around the fact that we now have a two-man offense on running plays, no really good line plunger and a much weaker defense. I never had a player who could back up the line as Tony could, with all his weight.” “Well, even so, we ought to be able to pull through the rest of the season until the Elm Park game,” consoled Freddy. “Yes, but that’s the one game we want to win most of all. And they are good—and have been getting better all season. But there's no help for it. If we haven't the men to replace our backs we just don’t have them. We’ll start in Monday and do the best we can to build up an offense with what we've got.” Freddy went home in a very sober mood, puzzling over the problem that Tony’s injury had presented. That night he went to see Tony and tried to console the big fullback, who was heartbroken over the fact that he was out of the game for the rest of the season. N Monday morning Freddy was walking slowly toward the school when from a side street a strange boy turned into the sidewalk ahead of him. Freddy uttered a low whistle. “Golly, look at that boy's shoulders!” he muttered. Then as he studied the figure before him more closely his admiration was mixed with amusement. Freddy had never seen any- thing quite like this boy before. He had a magnificent build, but he walked as though were plunging through a dense forest. His for him and his big hands ends of his sleeves. His cutting badly and stuck out ‘Thirty miles from Haynesville was a section of ocountry almost isolated from the rest of Its inhabitants kept much to ves and shunned modern institutions of all kinds. To the people of Haynesville and nearby towns these people were known Preddy followed the big boy on down the street, looking him over with idle interest and wondering where he was going. Then suddenly Freddy’s interest quickened. The big boy had not turned the corner as he reached the high school, but had strode straight up to the door with his lumbering gait and was now inside. Freddy hastened after him. Could this boy be a new student at Haynesville High? And if 80, could he play foot ball? To Be Continued Next Sunday. Extra Punishment, The following notice has been posted at am electric station: “Beware! ‘To touch these wires is instant death. Any one found doing so will be prose- cuted.” Jungle Knowledge. Teacher (holding up picture of a zebra): “And what animal is this?” Pupil: “A horse in his bathing suit.” | CRAFTS JOKES: PUZZLES 3 Playing Better Foot Ball. N order to be a consisterit winner against strong opponents a foot ball team needs a complete and well rounded attack. This in- cludes seven different types of plays, as follows: (1) line smashes, quick and delayed; (2) inside and outside tackle drives, angle runs and slants; (3) end runs, wide sweeps, cutbacks, reverses; (4) punts, regular and quick; (5) forward passes, long and short, made from direct and indirect passes from center; (6) goal kicks, place and drop, and™(7) trick plays combining the above methods. It is also very important that a team take advantage of any known weaknesses of its opponents. Often during a game the smart team will be able to discover just where the opposing team is weakest, so it can direct its plays at those points. The system of signals used on offense should be simple. Elaborate and complicated signals cause more trouble than they are worth, for they confuse the players, causing delays smd mistakes. No system of signals needs to be so obscure that the opponents cannot solve it, because such efforts are not worth the troutde. A defensive team will do far better to get its hints of coming plays from the give-away signs of offensive players. A good system of signals can be formed by numbering all plays, and having either the first, second or third number in the series called stand for the play to be used. In calling sig- AVOID COMPLICATED nals the quarterback should be careful not to give away the play number by the tone of his voice. A team often must change its style of offense when playing on a wet, soggy field. Under such conditions, with the ball soggy and hard to handle it i1s best tc use straight-ahead running plays involving the least risks of fumbles, com- bined with free and frequent kicks. Kicking on the third down is advisable unless you are close to your opponents’ goal. Play safe, allow the other team to take the chances and wait for the breaks. Sure Sign. A small boy was scrubbing the front pervh as a visitor arrived. “Is your mother at home?” ingquired 'the visitor. “Do you suppose I'd be scrubbing this porch if she wasn’t?” replied the boy. The Old Sneak. Dorothy, aged 5, had her photograph. taken recently and when the proof was sent home her mother said she looked too solemn and asked why she didn’t smile. i “I did smile, mamma,” replied Dorothy, “but the man forgot to put it down.” Balanced Diet. ., Irate Neighbor—Boy! Your dog is digging in my garden. ! Small Boy—VYes, sir. I think he is digging up a bone. Neighbor—But he is digging up my vege- tables. Boy—Yes, sir. Probably he’s planning en having a stew. ANSWERS. 1. Cross word puzzle solution. REEEA ERNLE e 2{>10[2 O] mn mags [p[m|m[o] [D[>{m]Z] (2 [0[p]x] uEl pREE QE=EER = m|<I>I0) HEIREA UELLEE nne (-] & The dinmond is S, sps, swims, spisits, amity, sty, B. 3. he words in the square are logs, ewal, ™ ~ ganks and sled.