Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1933, Page 76

THE SU NI)AY C;T\R \VASHINGTON, D. €, JANUARY 8§ 1933. —_—1 This week's puzzle column will deal for the most part with scientific subjects. Science is becoming more and moére a vital part of the day’s news, and mysteries once known to scientists alone are now becoming general pub- lic knowledge. Here are three word pictures of scientific words, to start with. Geology, the study of the structure of the earth, has revealed much of prehistoric life. Imbedded in old rocks are many fascinating secrets of ancient life. So we’ll try a word diamond built around ‘“geology.” The second line means to stitch with thread, the third is 1@ 8 place to buy things, the fifth is not right, and the sixth comes out of a chicken. Form the diamond. G E o GEOLOGY o G X SR Change SALT to MOSS in four moves. Change TUBE to RODS in four moves. — — CROSS-WORD PUZZLE. The definitions are: HORIZONTAL. . An anesthetic gas. . Vigor. . Behold! . The noise a cow makes. . Negative. . Prefix meaning “three.’” . Company (abbr.), . Done again. . Valid. . PFinishes. . One who rests. . Pronoun. . Help. . A point of the compass. . Meshed twine. . Either. . In place. . Parts of speech. VERTICAL. . Carriers of negative electricity. . Toward . Printer’s measure. . Mechanical repetition. . Within. . Persons who bother others. . Command. . A tiny bit of electricity. .‘Native metal. . To tin again. . North Division Infantry (abbr.). . United States of America (abbr.) Garden where Adam and Eve lived. Us. . Toward. Upon. —_—5 — Here's a hard one for you to try. Unjumble this acid: OOHHRRCCYDLI. Now, if you have it unjumbled, do you know the chemical formula for it? 1Its initials stand for the High Cost of Living 5 ANSWERS TO RIDD/ ¥S. 1. Because he raised Cain. 2. When U and I are one. 3. The alphabet. 4. The multipli- ci.tton t-b! - [ ©%eB OYS and GIRLS PAGE Winning of the Stlver Gloves Story of Boxing and a Boy’s Sacrifice “What's wrong, Sis?” BY JAMES B. CRANE. Johnny Maloney has always wanied to win the silver gloves emblematic of a New York State ama- teur boxing championship. For the last three years he has entered the elimination tournaments, but this is the first year he has won his way to the State finals at the Central Arena. Johnny, who Is 17, supports himself and his mother by delivering papers and working in a grocery store outside of school hours. His 21-year-old sister, Mabel, works as a stenographer, and with their two small salaries they have a hard time making ends meet. Johnny wins his way to the semi-finals of the Arena fights, much to the delight of Molly Corrigan. who is at the ringside. She knows how much the champion- ship means to him. In the semi-finals he is to meet Cozzi, the Albany champion in the 126-pound class. As the gong sounds Johnny gives a last smile to his mother and Molly and turns to meet Cozzi in the center of the ring. INSTALLMENT II S Johnny dropped into a half-crouch before the Italian, his nervousness vanished. The Albany boy boxed standing up, his left hand well ex- tended, in contrast to Johnny's crouch where he carried his arms close to his body about chest high, his powerful right a little lower than his left, which was half extended. Cozzi led first—a light jab that was short. He danced away and Johnny followed, whipping a hard left to the other’s body and taking a short left to the head in return. Cozzi was boxing calmly, and Johnny knew he had his work cut out for him. He saw it was hopeless to outpoint the Albany boy. Johnny took his time. Following Cozzi re- lentlessly, he backed him into a corner, sent two hard lefts to the body, and followed with a short right to the head which Cozzi rolled away from. Again in the center of the ring, they sparred carefully, feeling each other cut.” John- ny, coming in, ran into a hard jab and Cozzi crossed his right, shaking Johnny slightly. But the New York boy kept boring in, taking Cozzi's left jabs on his forehead. Once more he had the Albany boy in a corner. This time Johnny feinted a left to the head, crossed his right, but wags short, then switched a two-fisted, piston- like attack to Cozzi's body. Frantically Cozzi held Johnny's left, twisted to the right and was out. In the center once more, Cozzi’s left flicked away at Johnny's face. As Johnny came in, his opponent danced away, leaned back into the ropes, and came out suddenly to catch Johnny with a hard right flush to the jaw. It shook him to his heels. He slipped forward to one knee, but was up before the referee had time to start counting. GAIN Cozzi’s darting left was in his face. Johnny realized he’d have to get inside that left if he were going to win. He was still a little shaky from the right Cozzi had landed as he came off the ropes. Johnny took two short lefts to the head and landed a crushing left to Cozzi's body as the bell sounded. In his corner, Johnny sat up straight as Mike kneaded his leg muscles and wiped his face with the sponge. “Better go get him, Johnny,” he advised. “He’s way ahead of you on points. Get inside that left, and watch him on the ropes.” Johnny nodded. The whistle blew and Mike slipped through the ropes. Johnny leaned forward, poised. At the bell he sprang to the center of the ring, meeting Cozzi before he was fairly off his stool. He let go a left deep into Cozzi's body, ducked Cozzi's short right, and came up with a hard right over the heart. The Albany boy backed away. In a corner Johnny switched his at- tack from the body to the head. A left snapped Cozzi's head back and a right crashed against his ear, half knocking and half pushing him part way through the ropes. Johnny stepped back, dropping his hands, while his oppenent untangled himself. A burst of hand-clapping sprinkled the crowd's mad yells. Cozzi smiled and touched Johnny’s gloves. In the center of the ring, they sparred for a moment. then Johnny shot his left to Cozzi’s stomach. As Cozzi bhent forward slightly he inquired anxiously. Johnny crashed his right—a short, vicious blow that caught Cozzi on the point of the jaw. He sagged forward. Johnny stepped back as the Albany champion hit the floor, limp. OTIONING Johnny to a neutral corner, the referee began his count. At “seven” Cozzi rolled slightly, pushed himself up, but fell back. The referee came over and :aised Johnny's hand. The crowd was in an uproar. Johnny ran over and picked up Cozzi's shoulders to help him to his corner. Cozzi's handlers set him on his stool, and held smelling salts under his nose, Johnny stood by until he opened his eyes dazedly. He leaned over and grabbed the Albany boy's hand. “Nice fight,” he yelled above the roar of the crowd. “See you downstairs.” Cozzi nodded dully. As Mike slapped him on the back and threw his bathrobe across his shoulders, Johnny slipped through the ropes and jumped to the floor. He saw his mother and Moily jumping up and down. He smiled to them and waved. Molly’s eyes were shining. “See you outside,” he yelled, and hurried up the aisle. Halfway up he passed Oleson coming down. The defending champion smiled, patting Johnny on the shoulder as he passed. Friday night—this was Wednesday—Johnny would meet Oleson, for the champion was almost sure to win tonight. Downstaire, Johnny hurried through his sHower, stcpping only to talk with the smiling Cozzi, who did not seem to mind his defeat greatly. Outside he met Molly and his mother. They ran to him, grabbing his arms and talking happily both at once. “I knew you'd do it, Johnny!” exulted Molly. “Now all you've got to do is get Oleson!” He smiled down at her. “Why, look at your poor eye!” his mother broke in. “Why—it’s all swollen! Does it hurt?” “Aw, it's nothing, Ma,” he scoffed. “I didn't even feel it. It'll be O. K. tomorrow.” ITH his mother on one arm and Molly on the other, they walked to the subway. In front of Johnny’s house, he told his mother he was going to walk home with Molly. Later, as he approached his own house, he thought he heard sobbing on the porch. Run- ning quickly through the gate, e came upon Mabel, his sister, sitting on the steps crying. “What's wrong, Sis?” he inquired anxiously. The girl merely sobbed. “Come on, tell me— what is it?” “Oh, Johnny, I've done something awful!” she sobbed. “I don’t know what I'll do—I——" She broke into sobs again. “All right, Sis—it'll be all right,” he soothed. “What is it, now? Tell me.” Mabel controlled her tears with difficulty. “Oh—you know the money mother saved to pay off the financing company—the hundred dollars? Well, she gave it to me to pay today, and I lost it. I can’t find it anywhere—I've looked and looked.” She commenced crying again. “Oh, what'll I do?” “You're sure you've looked everywhere?” Mabel sobbed and nodded her head. “Well, don't worry,” Johnny comforted. “We'll get it back, or I'll get another hundred— don't worry. Come on, let’s go in.” He helped her to her feet, and together they entered the house. In bed, Johnny tossed restlessly. could he get a hundred dollars? (To be continued next Sunday.) Where Let T'rain Do 1t “Si, I hear they're gonna run that new rail- road right through your barn.” “Well, they're crazy if they think I'm gonna open and close those barn doors every time a train comes alcng!” YCRAFTS Jje KES 3 PUZZLES 3 RIDDLES Put on your thinking cap and get to work on these four riddles, all contributed by Mera- line Walker. Here they are: 1. How do we know that Adam used sugar? 2. When will there be but 25 leiters in the alphabet? 3. What was the ‘best bet ever made? 4. What is the oldest piece of furniture in the world? Money Makers BY HORACE MITCHELL. 3 BILL SEYDEL says, “Your articles on a pet business for boys are okay but my dad doesn’t think a boy can have any sort of real business. He told me the other night that men and women won't buy from boys—at least, noth- ing outside of papers and magazines. ‘Anyhow,’ he says, ‘these fcllows you read about are lucky or their folks help them.” What do you think about this, Mr. Mitchell?” Well, Bill, your father's right in a good many cases but I can show him positive evi- dence of fellows who have built up their own businesses with all sorts of pets. They sell to men and women and have a bunch of fine customers. They're lucky—sure. But they are lucky because they make their own luck. And lots of them started work with father and mother sort of half laughing at the idea. You've seen a raft of boys and some girls who think they have to leave school just to help the family earn a living. That isn’t so in many cases. Leaving school for a job just means for some fellows that they are too lazy to stay and fit themselves for a much better job later. There are any number of things you can do at home and make money with them. Just for a minute we’ll get off the subject of pets and call off some oif the gang that are doing things for profit at home. Amy Locke makes jam and sells it to the neighbors. It's good jam, too. She sent me a jar of it. Jack Welch has bought up all the paper routes in his town and runs them himself. Bill Cunningham raises canaries. Jim Aldrich used to hatch game bird eggs and sell the young stock during vacation. Ed Chase had a garden last Summer that paid him well. He made it pay because he sold nothing but first-class vegetables at rea- sonable prices and made deliveries on the same day the stuff was picked. Naturally his sweet corn tasted better than that which was pur- chased at the store. His peas were better. And he has a nice wad of money now for buying the things he’s wanted for some time. 2 yo Pawnbroker’s Sign HE three gilded balls which are often used as the indication of a pawnbroker’s shop may be traced to the city of Florence many hundreds of years ago. The business of lending money fcr profit is very old, and the estab- lishment of such a business was an important part of the enterprises carried on by the power- ful Medici family during the Middle Ages. This family rose to wealth and influence by successful commercial ventures, and continued to combine the career of merchants and bank- ers with the exercise of political power. It was in all probability the importance of tha Medici in money matters that led the money- lenders to adopt the Medici coat-of-arms, on which there were three gilt balls. Some au- thorities say that the three balls represent three pills, in a punning allusion to the pro- fession of medicine by the Medici family. ANSWERS TO PUZZLES. 1. Eclipse, Chemistry and Zoology. 2. The diamond is G, Sew, Store, Geology, Wrong, Egg, and Y. 3. SALT—malt—molt—most—MOSS. TUBE—Trube—robe—rode—RODS. 4. Cross-word puzzle solution. 5. Hydrochloric; HCI.