Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1936, Page 61

[ Puzmes ||Coach’s Orders —_—1 Falloween coming, b you will be gathering Autumn leaves to decorate your house for lloween party. & crossword puzzle inside a leaf. AN AUTUMN LEAF. * The definitions: HORIZONTAL. 1. Place (abbr.). . Bind. . Before the Christian era (abbr.). . Body of troops in a fort. . Noise of cow. . The Fall of the year, . Thursday (abbr.). VERTICAL. . Mathematical quantity. . Thin, flat part of a plant. . Also. . Small branch of a tree. . Plural of focus. . Upon. . South American animal. ‘Thin meat soup. . Hotel. 13. To defeat and put to flight. 14. Result of addition. o Below are several different kinds of | trees with the letters all mixed up. Bee if you can straighten them out. . ROPPAL. . CREAD. . AAAICC. . LAMP. . MACYSEOR. — In the sentence below, two trees are hidden. Look sharp and you'll see them! The incorrect map led the colonel many miles out of his way. b B Fouzr Kinds of Zeaves a | soon reveals that All Hartley High School is delighted many of | when ‘Samson” Curtis is hired as foot ball coach, because he has made a sreat record as a college fullback. However, he is & “slav who demands absolute, unquestioning obe- So we give YOU| dience to all his orders, no matter what 'y North,' quarterback, has been brought up to think for himself, and he resents the coach’s attitude. Finally Coach Curtis benches him because he sus- gests a change in a new forward 88 play, and Ed Jasper, second-string quarter, starts the game against Mount Cairn. Coach Curtis illegally signals p! from the Mnch.h H.flfle{n“ g{;“}‘%fin}fir g asper is hurt in the final 3 .I'M:eln. and a few minutes later. the coach signals’ him to use the disputed forward lay. The ass is_interceoted, again. Larry th i1l Winters, o to Bi o 80 they are. Larr: igno: e coacl Tia orders by passing k. on the play ti to one of the ends. ‘The pas! louchdo!‘r_‘nlzur BH.',"]!I,IA-PYGY they me, 19-14. jut as e, s ure he is in for more trouble with Coach Curtis. INSTALLMENT IIT. N THE locker room a few minutes later. Larry was removing his togs when Coach Curtis approached him. The other players, who un- derstood at least a little of what had taken place that afternoon, paused in their jubilant chatter over the victory, and watched to see what was going to happen. There may have been & trace of deflance in Larry's attitade as he faced the coach. He felt that his disobedience of orders had been more than justified by the results. He had followed the coach's directions, and the game had been lost; he had fol- lowed his own judgment, and the game had been saved. In the face of those facts he did mot feel like “taking” anything from the coach. Coach Curtis halted his huge bulk in front of Larry, towering over him by many inches. For & second he re- garded the boy steadily. “Nice work, North,” he said then. “You pulled the game out of the fire in good shape.” Larry barely stified a gasp of sur- prise. The locker room was com- pletely silent for & moment, then burst into noisy confusion once more as Coach Curtis turned on his heel. Larry did not see the hard gleam in his eye as he moved away. “Welll” Larry murmured to himself. “I was expecting a bawling out, and instead I get & pat on the back! Looks like that puts me one up on the coach.” PIE RELATED the whole incident to his father that night. Con- | cluding, he said, “So 1 guess the coach | realizes that he was wrong and I was | right. He practically admitted it in front of the fellows after the gam Larry's voice, and shook his head doubtfully. tioned. “And whatever you do, don’t go getting a swelled head. Curtis hasn’t changed any. He's prob- | ably still as strong for iron discipline as ever, and the fact that you showed him up isn't going to make him feel any more kindly toward you. But he was in a spot. He knew he'd been violating the rules by coaching Ed Jasper on his choice of plays from | the bench. I suppose he doesn’t think that's a serious violation, because it's | done pretty often. Nevertheless, he | wasn't in any position to jump on | you, and he knew it.” “Sure, he knew it!” Larry cried. “And he won't jump on me any more, either.” During the following week, it looked as though Larry was right. He was back at quarterback on the first team Mr. North noted the jubilation in | “Don’t crow too soon, son.” he cau- | Coach | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO, The Story of a Boy Who Thought for Himself By Boyce Morgan The watchman was waving his lantern frantically. recent triumph, had one of those days ; that come occasionally to every ath- lete, when it seems impossible to do | anything wrong. He ran that team with a dash and confidence that were | contagious, and gave an individual | ball-carrying performance that was little short of brilliant. | In the second quarter, he broke | loose near midfield and dashed for a | touchdown, Kicking the goal for the | extra point. Later he hade two other | sparkling runs, and it was only | through Central’s superior weight and her great supply of reserves that the | home team was able to squecze out & | 13-13 tie. Even so, Hartley cnnsid-; ered it a moral victory, and all the | members of the team were in high spirits after the game, JEPFERSON was only an hour’s ride from Hartley, and most of the | plavers had ceme in private cars. Larry had ridden over with two other | players in Bill Winters’ automobile, | | but while he was dressing, Johnny | Ashton, who lived almost next door | to Larry, came into the dressing room | and invited him to go back in his car. With his sister, Evelyn, and another | | girl, he had driven over to see the | game. “We're going to eat dinner here and go to a show, but we’ll get you back | in plenty of time Johnny promised. | Larry hesitated for a moment. Since | it was Saturday night, he felt sure the | coach would have no objection, as long as he was in bed by 11 o'clock. And, in the jubilant mood that the after- | noon’s events had inspired, the pros- | pect of going to a Show in the com- | pany of Johnny's good-looking sister | appealed to him strongly. “Okay, Johnny,” he said. “T'll tell | Bill Winters I'm not going back with him, and meet you as soon as I get | tive's whistle, dressed.” The dinner at a restaurant in Jef- enjoyed himself thoroughly. But the | show which the girls wished to see did ferson was a merry meal, and Larry in hand, begins to revolve it slowly at the foot of the hill, and Larry had \jusz remembered that a fast express | went through sometime after mid- night. “Take it easy, Johnny!" he said sharply. “There may be a train due around now.” ‘l “There is!” Johnny's voice Wwas strained. “The watchman's out—see that lantern waving? And I'm going | to have a tough time stopping!” i The two girls uttered little gasps. | Larry felt perspiration break out on the palms of his hands. Johnny, grip- | ping the wheel tightly, slowly applied | the brakes. The car slithered wildly | around, and he had to cut the wheels sharply to straighten it out. | “The crossing was only 50 yards away | now. The watchman was waving his lantern frantically, the warning bell was clanging, and suddenly they | heard the piercing shriek of a locomo- | cried Johnny between | “Hold tight!" ‘Il have to skid her | clenched teet! into the curb!” (To Be Continued Next Sunday.) This Game Will Mow ’Em Down Like Cornstalks DID you ever see a farmer cutting corn with his big corn knife? When the knife touches the stalks they go toppling over. This game is built on the same idea. One player is chosen to be “farmer” and is given & “corn knife,” which is & long bamboo or willow pole. A rope slightly weighted on one end may | be used instead of the pole. All the other players are stalks of corn and form a big circle about the farmer. The farmer, taking his pole about him while the stalks of corn | leap in the air as the pole approaches | not start until 8:30, and Was not over | their feet, to avoid being cut down | until almost 11. Larry got a shock as by the farmer. Any player who is CRAYXYTS JOKE Backward Party Makes Ideal Halloween Entertainment 'HERE are cerfain terms that are common to each trade and pro- fession, We have listed 10 such words in the left column and in the right are the trades and professions with which they are connected, but in a Jjumbled order. Can you connect each word with the type of man who uses it? 1. Joist 2. Hawser 3. Furrow 4. Galley 5. Deadline 6. Crown 7. Bank 8. Fever 9. Overhead 10. Appeal Farmer Newspaperman Physician Merchant Aviator Sailor Dentist Lawyer Carpenter Printer ANSWERS. Joist with carpenter, hawser with sailor, furrow with farmer, galley with printer, deadline with newspaperman, crown with dentist, bank with aviator, fever with physician, overhead with merchant and appeal with lawyer. Subs May .Gral;— Regular Jobs by Learning to Kick | LONG with passing, kicking is an essential of foot ball, but in many districts it does not receive the atten- tion it should. In the old days, many a substitute developed into a regular because, in his free time, he learned to be an excellent punter or drop- kicker. The need of good drop-kickers is sorely felt in the game today, and opens up many opptrtunities to other- wise unskilled backs. Any one who has the necessary patience should be able to develop the correct timing for drop or place-kicking. In punting, the important consider- ation, after the actual ability has been achieved, is the placement and use of the punt. Kicking for “coffin You can increase your value to your team by learning to kick well, corner” with accuracy saves wear and tear on the line, and prevents long | runs by fast, shifty safety men. Kick- ing from behind the goal line be- comes an art only when practiced enough in actual scrimmage so that the kicker retains the presence of mind to place the ball out of bounds away from the safety man, In mid- field, a high kick which gives the ends time to cover the safety man, is more HEN your friends receive an invitation like the one il- lustrated here, they may be | b \ a bit puzzled, but they're | certain to be interested. If they are | clever they will simply hold it before |'a mirror and read it as easily as an ordinary invitation. Or they might hold it so it faces a bright light and read it through the paper. However they figure out its meaning, you may be sure a very curious and excited | crowd of friends will ring your bell promptly at the appointed hour with | hats, coats, neckties and even dresses | on backward. | The invitations are quite as easy | for you to write as they are to read— | it you know how. Simply lay a piece | ;"( hard carbon paper (typewriter car- | bon is best because it isn't smeary) | | face upward on a table or desk. | Lay your note paper face downward | on the carbon, and over this lay a| sheet of tissue paper. Write with a hard, sharp pencil on the tissue, then remove the tissue and you have your invitation in “reverse English” on the note paper, ready for the mail. The other preparations are quite as | simple. Meet your guests at the front | door and send them around to come in the back entrance. Be sure they walk in backward, then have each guest sit at a table and “register” by writing his name in your autograph book without looking at his hand, | watching only his reflection in a hand mirror. | | By Margaretta Harmon. ¥ Rayng & Sorfert Dy climbinga Slepladdez Dackwazrd whole word spelled backward. For example, the syllables of the word “backward” would be turned around into “ward back.” then this would be spelled “kcabdraw.” | FAMOUS AMERICANS. | hsawgninot e.....(Washington) gnollefwol .. - (Longfellow) | dnilhgreb - --(Lindbergh) | etmuches - (Tecumseh) fubafolllib Buffalo Bill) oorestlev - (Roosevelt) raceneig [09) @) [&)) 4) 5) 6) () ®) 9) 10) - (Jefferson) | _(Pocahontas) | AMERICAN CITIES. ribgnimmah - (Birmingham) - (Montpelier) (Sacramento) Philadelphia) (Tallahassee) (Cincinnati) | --(Wichita) (Minneapolis) | (Wilmington) | 1) 3) ) (6) (()) (8) ) (10) liwgnimnot AT a given signal, let the phym} unfold their lists and fill in their answers in the space after each | jumbled name. As each finishes his | list he steps inside the circle of chairs. | After the last list is completed the | players learn that the boy and girl| who completed theirs first must pay forfeits later. | No end of fun can be had by requir- ing each guest in turn to pin the tail on the donkey’s picture by backing up to the wall and reaching over his lihpaledihpa latalsahees .. nicnicanit y requiring each guest to put on h uitcase full of old clothes backwar Those who take the longest time cr look the funniest should pay the for- feits. And try having everybody sing some of the old favorite songs back- ward. They may be played in the usual way, but the words of each linz can be sung in reverse order. THE forfeits should be paid off jur* before the refreshments. Be su everybody pays at least one. The fe listed here will suggest many others: Walk up the stairs backward. Thread a needle while looking only in a mirror. Recite “Mary Had a Little Lamb™ backward, beginning with “school.” Run a certain distance upside down: ie. on hands and feet, facing upward. Count backward from 100 by two's; ie. 98, 96, 94, etc. Write one’s name legibly, holding paper and pencil behind one’s back. Climb up a step-ladder backward. Eat something, such as ice cream or lad, using only the back of fork or spoon. Sing the words of “Yankee Doodle” backward. Read one page of a book from its reflection in a mirror. By this time your guests may begin {o think you are backward about serv- ing the refreshments. Just to prove they are right, let them eat from nape kins in their laps, seated in chairs backed up against the table. Serve the dessert first, perhaps ice cream of gelatin with cake. Then serve cracker sandwiches with jelly or cheese filling sa every night in practice. Moreover, he looked at his watch, walking out of touched by the pole is “cut” and must | and lemonade or cocoa. Behead a word for saturate with water and get a kind of tree. Behead a kind of tree and get a eountry road. — = Remove the middle letter -from something farmers raise, and get what they do when the crops are fine. Remove the middle letter from what farmers do to crops, and get what they do early in the morning. ANSWERS. . 1. Crossword puzzle solution. Eifefe] A7 T IMIN] 2. Poplar, cedar, acacia, palm and Sycamore. 3. Maple and elm. 4. Hemlock, bay, plane and beech. 5. S-oak. P lane. 6. Gr(a)in. Ra(se. KAY'’S CORNER By Katherine Houison. * PTHIS time I'm going to give you & ! few suggestions for a Halloween party, because I'm sure some of you will be giving one. No party would be complete with- out one apple game, and here’s one that “outlaughs” them all. Have your guests choose partners by matching black cats cut apart in irregular shapes. On a line strung across the room tie enough apples to give each couple one. Have the partners face each other, the apple between them. The trick is to see which couple can eat their apple first. As each bite is taken (without touching the apple with the hands) the contestant must step back and eat it. The contortions and faces as the apples bob around are ludicrous. A small prize can be given the winners, 5 Another clever stunt it to put abouf & dozen articles into thin white paper sacks, choosing things that have dis- tinctive outlines. Tie them to a wire hoop fastened around a lamp or light fixture and let the guests make & written list of what the bags contain from the shadows. Youll have to turn out the other lights, which will give an added Halloween Coach* Curtis modified the new for- ward pass play so that Larry could | | shoot the ball to any eligible man who was clear. | This, of course, was a tacit admis- | | sion that Larry had been right about | | that play all along, and the develop- ment was not lost on the other mem- | bers of the team. Very little was said, but on several occasions significant grins came Larry's way from various players. They knew their coach was a severe master, and it rather pleased them to know that one of their num- ber, at least, had defied him and “got away with it.” ON ‘THE following Saturday, Hart- ley traveled to the nearby city of Jefferson to play Central High School there. Central was reputed to have one of the strongest teams in the State, and Hartley hardly hoped for a victory. But Larry, riding the crest of his High Lights of History— the theater. And he got more of & get out of the circle until the game shock when, outside, he discovered starts anew. that it had turned suddenly colder and 5 After the farmer has brought his ;},I::r:”?:guly St RS SR R pole around once or twice, he stops g | ana calls, “Shift.” At this signal all | “Boy!” he exclaimed, as they hur- | the players still in the ring get down { ried to get their car from a parking 'on all fours and the farmer tries | lot. “I'm certainly breaking training | to cut them down from this position, i rules tonight. It will take us two hours | while they, in turn, try to jump as | to drive home in this weather. Well, it | the pole comes to them. A third can't be helped.” position, more difficult than the sec- ond, is assumed at the next command, | HE TRIED to keep his mind off the | “Shift.” In this third position the | late hour as Johnny piloted the ! players still in the circle stand on | car slowly back to Hartley. But the | the left foot and touch the ground sleet grew worsé, making it hard to see | With their right hand and try to jump through the windshield, and covering | from this position. the highway with a slippery coat. It| Increasing the speed with which the desirable than the low projectile, Speaking of the ends, it is the be- lief of many that this is the most difficult position on the team to play well. Many times during a game an end is confronted with three or four blockers leading a shifty ball carrier, and it is his duty to turn the play in toward the center of the fleld. His best method is to dump the interfer- ence by throwing himself at their knees, but at other times, he must play them off one by one in an effort to force the runner back or to the sidelines. With successful manipulation of the interferers, he can often make the tackle himself. At other times. usually was past 1 o'clock when Johnny | pole is revolved will do a lot to cut ] on the weak side of a play, he must started the car down the long hill down the number of players in the | that led to the business district of | circle, but the pole must never be Hartley. Halfway down the hill Larry, sit- ground as it reaches each player. | ting in the back seat, suddenly leaned | The last player cut down is the farm- ' forward. There was a grade crossing er for the next game. @URING THE 15™ CENTURY THE CONQUERING ARMIES OF THE OTTOMAN TURKS OVER-RAN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES OF THE BALKANSF HUNGARY s ROUMANIA P | more than eight inches from thel Skanderbeg—Part 1 | crash in directly behind the offensive | | line of scrimmage in an effort to catch the play from behind, still protecting | against a reverse play. On the strong | side plays, a crashing end destroys the off-tackle offense. —By J. | THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINEERS WERE EVER IN REVOLT THE ALBANIANS TO KEEP THE PEACE, THE OTTOMANS SEIZED THE FOUR SMALL SONS OF THE PRINCE OF MIRDITIA AND CARRIED THEM PROVED AN EXCEEDINGLY HARD HANDSOME, COURAGEOUS, SKILLED N MANLY ARTS AND SPORTS, GEORGE WON GREAT FAVOR WITH 4 L e D %) AND DISTINGU! A ISHED HIMSELE 8Y HIS RESOURCEFULNESS AND VALOR. | JOLLY ice-breaker (if any “ice” has survived this hilarious intro- duction) is “On the Spot,” a back= | ward version of the old favorite, “Marching to Jerusalem.” Arrange three or four small rugs on the floor in such positions that the players, when marching in a large circle in time to music, must walk over them. When the radio is suddenly turned | off or the piano stops playing, those | caught standing on a rug must drop out. The last boy and girl “on the | spot” learn after the game is over | that they must pay a forfeit at the | end of the party. | Next seat the guests In a circle with | their backs to the center, for a back- ward version of the popular “jumbled letters” game. Hand each player a pencil and a folded copy of the fol- lowing list of 20 scrambled names (without the answers.) Explain that the syllables of each name have been arranged in reverse order, then the Carroll Mansfield **~HOPING TO FORCE | tail closest to the donkey's eye. shoulder while watching his move- ments in a mirror be holds in his| hand. Forfeits might be charged good-by at the back door with & against the boy and girl who pin the hearty “Hello!” every one is sure to | agree it's lots of fun to be backward If time permits, vary a suitcase race ' about coming to a party! When you finally bid your guests Blowing Toy Balloon Over Table Produces Mirth-Provoking Game Playezs keep balloon in &1z by blowing 1t back and 3orth over center Iire foy Balloor Zazrge rable doors. It is an adaptation of | ping pong, but the points are | scored by blowing a toy balloon over a center line on a large table. The teams, two players on each side, stand at the ends of the table and blow the balloon back and forth over the center line until the balloon falls to the floor. When this happens, \ 5 points are scored against the side | failing to keep the balloon in the air. | Lots of fun may be had with this | game, and plenty of hard blowing | by the two teams will be required to | keep the balloon from falling on their | side of the line. { Another good stunt with a balloon | is to use it as a hand punching bag. | The bag is made by tying a short | length of rubber band to a toy bauoon,‘j then tying the other end of the rub- | ber to the middle finger of your right | hand. From then on you will have a | lively contest “fighting a balloon.” You slap the balloon away from you, | the rubber band stretches, and pulls | the balloon back toward you. The idea is to keep the balloon going back and forth as if it were a real punch- ing bag. You may use both hands for hitting and count the game over— and won by the balloon—if it dodges HIS is a good game to play in- | through your guard and smacks you in the face! But even if it does, it won’t hurt you, and the exercise will teach you how to use your hands when sparring with your chum. I Riddles | ARE you fans all ready for Hal- loween? The Riddle Man isn't. He's invited to a masquerade party and he hasn't yet got a costume to wear. Maybe he’ll just paint a ques- tion mark on his forehead and go as a riddle! 1. How do we know Adam made sugar?—Louise Shirling. 2. If you were standing beside a donkey, what fruit would it be?— Donald L. Green. 3. What suit is it that never wears out?—Carolyn Cordray. 4. If a woman had 10 children and eight apples, how could she give each child the same amount?>—Barbara P. Stoddard. 5. What eats and eats and never gets full>—Della Lee McCann. ANSWERS. 1. Because he raised Cain. 2. A pear. 3. Your birthday suit. 4. By making apple sauce. 5. A meat grinder. FUN DEFINED F arithmetic. AR UN is anything that gives people pleasure, and the thing that gives the most pleasure to the greatest number of people is the most fun. That's pretty obvious, isn't it? Just simple But examine that definition again. Can any- thing really be fun if it causes some people pain or trouble, rather than pleasure? You may think you enjoy doing something, and feel that doing it pro- vides you with a lot of fun. But if you're the right Kkind of boy or girl, if you're a good sport, you'll no longer feel happy if you learn that what seemed fun to you had actually injured somebody else. That's & good thought to remember around Halloween, that tra- ditional night of tricks and pranks. Have your fun, and have all of it that you possibly can. But always remember that if things you do cause others to suffer annoyance or unhappiness or 1oss, it isn’t really fun at all. Don't be thoughtless enough to injure other people or damage thelr property in the mistaken idea that you are having a lot of fun.