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SPORTS, STORIES, GAMES,
ADVENTURE, HANDICRAFT
THE HERALD’S OWN BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ PAGE
NAVY FOOTBALL COACH TELLS BOYS
HOW TO USE GROUND GAINING PLAY
Bob Folwell, the jxipular coach
<»f the Navy football teams, ans
ers today, especially for this
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GROUND GAINER
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page. one of the question* boys
who are netting up a football team
always ask.
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What Is One Nucresful Ground
Gaining riay?
A trick play which boys can
easily learn to use and which Is
a sure ground gainer Is shown In
the Illustration. Please keep re
ferring to this picture while I tell
you about how It Is worked.
In the first place, the fullback
takes the ball from the center. He
ADVENTURES OF RADIO RAYMOND
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THE STAMMERING QUARTERIUCK
"Muggins" Murphy sat on (ho
bench on the sidelines and watch
ed the game. Ho always sat on
the bench when his school, Morton
High, was playing. Ho watched
every movement of their quarter
buck. “Oh, 1 wouldn't have done
that." he would say to htmself, or,
“Not quite quick enough. I'd
have—"
It wasn't empty boasting on his
part when he told himself he
would have done better than the
regular quarterback. The coach
himself admitted that this was
true, but
It wan the "but" that kept Mug
gins on the bench, for that "but”
was the terrible way he stammer
ed. He simply couldn’t call sig
nals without getting hopelessly
“hung up" on the numbers. He
shuddered when he remembered
one awful day when the coach had
seat him In near the end of the
game, when Morton High had the
game sewed up. and he had been
tba cause of gales of Jaaghter
from the bleachers, to his great
agony and the embarrassment of
his team-mates. He had nearly
wrecked what was left of the
game.
"Stammering la caused because
he thinks about it," sighed the
coach. "It he found he could talk
without stammering he'd be cured.
But he always thinks how lie's go
tng to stammer, and so he does."
"S-s-s-say." Muggins remarked
to the boy beside him, "It l-l-looks
b-b bad."
The other boy nodded briefly,
•voiding conversation with Mug
gins. It made him nervous. Mug
gins turned hit eyes again toward
Ibe field, where Morton High was
indeed In a bad way. It was near
the end of the game. The vialt
•*2 team had scored a touchdown,
tbe only score made during the
game, and it looked as though they
were marching toward another
one.
"Wow!” cried the boy next to
Muggins. "Who's that laid out?
It’s Davrbs. that's who it Is! Now
what'll they do for a quarterback,
■tnce Dewey Is still laid up with
that sprain? Of all tbe luck!"
They were carrying Dawes ott
the field. “Only a few minutes to
go,” he was groaning. “Only a
few minutes to go. And it's the
championship game."
The coach was motioning to
Muggins. Well, they’d lost the
game already. Might as well send
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then passes It to the outside half*
back, who makes a false start as
though going to the right. The
halfback, however, reverses, and
taking the ball follows the right
tackle and quarterback around the
weak side off-tackle.
Work Interference
The left tackle eliminates the
opponents’- right end, as soon as
this play starts, for the halfback
must be protected. The rear half
back takes the left end. The ends
take the opponents’ tackles. At
the same time the guards go after
the opponents’ guards und the cen
ter after the other center.
The play apparently starts to
the right and reverses, with the
Interference strength to the left,
thus combining strength with de
ception.
This is the strongest and most
reliable team play 1 know.
(Next week Johnnie Hetsinan,
veteran coach at. Washington and
Jefferson, and the new coach at
Ulce Institute, Texas, will answer
the football question.)
Heave of Absence
“Mandy, you didn’t call for out
wash for two weeks, yet you sent
me a hill for It Just the sumo.”
‘'Yas’m. Ah done took a two
weeks’ vacation wlf pay.”
Itesorved It
"My dear Kdith,” said a girl
to her chum, "why do you always
call your mother the mater?”
“Because,” answered Hose, "she
managed to find husbands for all
my seven sisters."
Muggins in and let them have a
little fun. lie was the only one
to send in, anyway.
Never had Muggins been so ex
cited. He didn't sec his team
mates; he didn't see the bleachers,
AH he saw was the field and those
teasing goal posts. He was think
ing just what he'd do. So absorb
ed was he that he forgot every
thing but the game—even forgot
htmself.
"Six-fourteen- seven-twenty,”
Muggins called, wihout a falter.
The ball was snapped Into play.
From then on things moved like
a whirlwind. Morton High was
desperate and Muggins seemed
everywhere at once. Just before
the whistle blew the ball went
soaring between the enemy's goal
posts, following a touchdown, and
as the other side had failed to
kick thetr goal, the game was won.
"Some game, wasn't It!" shout
ed Muggins joyously as they came
off the field. Then he suddenly
looked startled. "Why, I’m not
stammering." He was utterly be
wlldered. Then he grinned. "You
know, 1 don't think ! will again."
he said, and ho didn't.
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EVERYTHING GOOD TO READ
AIR PRESSURE AND HOW YOUR BAROMETER WORKS
(This Is the fourth of a series
of science stories which tell all
sorts of queer and Interesting
facts about the every day world.)
Docs air have weight? Surely!
Not much, perhaps, hut enough so
that It can bn weighed. A firmly
blown-up football, for Instance, Is
heavier than one which contains
no air. The air of the atmosphere,
covering the entire earth with a
blanket several miles In thickness,
weighs so much that It presses
down on us and on the earth with
a pressure equal to nearly fifteen
pounds for every square Inch of
surface.
Such a pressure may easily be
shown by means of the apparatus
In Figure 1, which represents a
thin sheet of rubber stretched
tightly over the mouth of a thistle
tube, H, to which a piece of rub
ber tubing, C, Is attached. As long
as the glass thistle-tubo contains
air; that Is, as long as the opening
at C is allowed to remain as a
door to the free entrance of air,
the rubber membrane will remain
undisturbed. For, in such a case,
the air pressure on the outside of
the rubber membrane will be
equal to that on the Inner side.
However, If the air be sucked out
by means of the tube, the rubber
membrane will Hag. It may break
It It bo thin enough.
Air Presses on Water
The apparatus in Figure 2 may
also show the effects of air pres
sure, lu this ease on the surface
of a body of water. A small glass
tube, tapered at one end, Is Insert
'd through a cork fitting tightly
in the neck of the Inverted bottle,
as shown. If the air bo removed
from this flask and the open end
of the tube then inserted In the
basin of water, water will be forc
ed into the bottle, and will fill it
in the manner of a fountain until
the amount of water in the flask
is equal to the amount of nir
drawn out. Tills Is known as the
Fountain In Vacuum,
If a tube or pipe about 35 feet,
long and closed at one end have
its air removed and the other end
then placed in a barrel of water, 1
the air pressure will force the
liquid up through the tube to a 1
Building A Model Airplane ““
By Terence Vincent
Director, Miniature Aircraft Fliers
(This Is the fourth of a series
of st\ articles which tell bow any
boy or girl can make a model
airplane that really tiles.)
Straight - grained halsawood
basswood, white ptne or poplar
may bo used for the propeller on
the l.ahann No. 1 Miniature Mon
oplnhe.
For this particular monoplane
you shall try to carve a propeller
t! inches long, from n block of
wood inch by 3-4 Inch by 3*4
inches.
The process Is as follows:
1. Carve the propeller block
exactly hi two triangles .V, inch
by 3>» Inches..
2. An Inch from the sharp end
of the triangle, on the long side
of the right angle, imbed the
curved head of the pin which is
to he the propeller shaft, so that
at least lucli of the pin re
mntna out of the wood and at
right angles to the face of the
34 lucli by 3Vt Inch triangle.
3. For 2 inches along the \/„
Inch side at the point of the tri
angle, on the long edge of the
right angle, apply glue or air
plane cement liberally.
4. Stick together the ends of
the I,', Inch side of the right
angle with the pin exactly In the
middle of what Is then a 6 Inch
block with the 34 inch by 14
Inch at each end.
5 Wind a dozen rounds of silk
thread over this Joint; lay It llal
to dry for a half hour
Hold one end of the glued
hldck In your left hand with the
right angle facing right and the
3,4 Inch edge parallel to the floor.
<>. Curve a shaving from the
edge on the far side of the pin,
starting an inch away from the pin
on the hypotenuse of the right
triangle.
. 7. Turn the block end for end.
and carve a similar shaving from
the long end of the other tri
angle of wood In the same man
ner.
H. You have now marked the
flat or concave side of your pro
peller.
9. On each end linch by3 t
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height of about 33 feet. Such a
contrivance is known as a baro
meter. However, because of its
size it cannot be very conveniently
Inch, Immediately under the carv
ed edge, run a straight lino from
that corner to the diagonal corn
er.
10. With your pencil held as
a guuge, the point 3-8 Inch away
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from your thumb nail, turn the
block over so the pin is pointing
toward the flexor, then make a
pencil mark parallel to the carv
ed edge from the end to the bub.
That 3-8 inch strip on each blade
of the propeller will never be
carved, for it is the THICK or
LEADING edge
11. Where this line comes out
on the 34 Inch end, draw a con-
THE ANIMAL NEWSPAPER
used, and for this reason a small
er tube is adopted and mercury
Is substituted for the w f ater.
In Figure 3, we have a glass
vex line to the corner of the end
where It will meet the other
line drawn in No. 9. I,et the
maximum thickness between these
lines be h-4 inch..
12. Turn the propeller over In
the original position (as In No.
5), and carve from an Inch front
the pin along the edge already
carved, until the entire blade
seems to be flat or slightly con
vex- from tip to hub. Do not carve
Into either the lower right or the
upper left edges, but carve right
down to them.
13. When this process Is com
pleted carefully, turn the propeller
over with the pin pointing to the
floor.
14. Now carve the convex side
of the propeller blades In th*e same
manner that you carved the flat
or concave side in No. 6 and No.
12, using the curved line on the
end as guide, and the 3-8 Inch
strip at the left and the trailing
edge at the right as boundaries.
15. He sure the propeller blades
are the same curvature from the
hub to each end.
16. Now' carve off thin shavings
from each side of the propeller
until it is about 3-16 Inch thick,
and of course 34 inch at the point
of the shaft.
17. Sandpaper off the edges, until
the hub blends into each blade
with nice looking curves.
18. Now wind a silk thread a
round the hub and cement all a
round it with a band perhaps 3-8
Inch wide of cei®ent over the
thread.
19. Let the cement dry, then
carve the tips of the propeller
into a half circle, with the curve
extending nearer the hub on the
leading edge.
20. Shave the blunt edge down
until the end at the flat or con
cave side is almost a knife edge
in thinness.
21. To make the propeller shine,
apply six coats of banana oil
with 10 minutes between each
applteation and sandpapering gent
ly after each application.
22. Bend the pin's sharp point
ed end Into a 1-4 inch open loop,
then put on the bead or thin
washer.
tube about 36 inches long and
about 1-4 Inch in diameter. Mer
cury is introduced into the tube
after the air has been taken out
and the other end of the tube Is
then set in a small basin of mer
cury. The height of the mercury
column will then drop to some
level slightly lower than the top
of the tube and depending on the
air pressure acting on the surface
of the mercury in the cup below.
At sea level, the mercury is gen
erally at a height of about 30
inches.
IN SNOPPYQUOP LAND
This is the opening of the Snoppyquop football season, and the
annual game with Susquoppyhanna is in progress. The Susquoppy
quarterback has just given the signals for their one and only trick
play—if that fails, then the game is lost. Being a Snoppyquarter,
he writes the signals on a slate with his nose, then adds them up
and if the total Is an even number it's a forward pass,'while if it is
an odd number they try the famous “one- man plaee-kick-formation”
shown In the background. The Snoppy's head is the ball, which is
held by his arms and body while his trusty feet do the kicking. It
usually works, unless the goal posts decide to walk off the field at
the wrong time.
The ambitious quarterback had just finished hts little sum—
(you'll admit he has sorrte none* when all of a sudden the football
broke like an egg shell, and a most peculiar bird jumped out. “Ha,
ha,” he chirped, “now we know your signals!”
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How the Chinese Make
The Tiles for Mah Jongg
Mah Jongg, the Intricate game
that has proven so popular with
in the last year, has been played
by the Chinese mandarins for
centuries. The Mah Jongg out
fits came from the Orient, where
China is the exclusive manufact
urer.
There the sudden demand for
an enormous output of Mah Jongg
sets made the industry one of
China’s most profitable. The
atient Chinese laborer, who works
for a very small lee, makes each
piece, or “tile”, r by hand, using
simple tools. He selects bone of a
firm texture that will take a fine,
even finish, and saws it into the
size and shape required, which
closely resembles a domino in
form. He then backs it with
banboo.
Characters are Engraved
In the ordinary set the charact
ers are engraved on the bone,
and then the proper colors are ap
pled. Here considerable skill is
required, as each color has a defi
nite purpose in the game, and
must be very even and easily rec
ognized. The various designs,
the Circles, Bamboos, Characters,
Dragons, Seasons, Flowers, are all
arranged numerically into com
plete seta and are boxed with dice
and counters for shipping.
The more expensive outfits sug
gest a great deal of variety. The
tiles for these are often made
of jade, Ivory and other valuable
materials. Skilled artists en
grave and color them in attrac
tive designs. They are usually
put up in handsome cabinets, with
separate trays for each group of
tiles.
Since the height of the barome
ter column measures air pressure,
any cause that affects this pres
sure shows Itself in changes of
barometric readings. A long per
iod of study of the relations be
tween such air pressures and wea
ther changes has enabled weather
prophets to use the barometer as
a means of detecting weather
changes. They make use of the
following facts: 1, a rising baro
meter precedes fair weather; 2,
a falling barometer precedes foul
weather; 3, a sudden fall pre
cedes a storm; 4, an unchanging
high barometer indicates fair
weather.
(Next week there’ll be an artly
cle about the siphon.)
WHERE NOTHING
SEEMS QUEER
THE FUN BOX
Peter Puzzle Says—
Behead a prison and leave a,
pain. |
Make a word (square of the fol- I
lowing: an assumed character; the'
shape of an egg; a young girl; %
girl’s name. j
Behead a cereal and leave some
thing wet. |
Doing Well
"Say, that’s quite a good-looking
car you have there. What’s tho
most you ever get out of it?”
“Six times in one mile.”
Served Him Right
First Cannibal: "The chief ha 9
hay fever.”
Second Cannibal: "Serves him
right. I told him not to eat that:
grass widow.”
Answers to Word Puzzles:
J-ail.
Hole, oval, lass, Elsa.
G-rain. K
A GOOD SHOW 1
She: “Are they putting that
poor man out for laughing?”
He: .FNo. The manager sent for
him to find out what he was laugh*
ing at.”.
OUGHT TO HELP
A nursemaid rushed into thft.
presence of her mistress and
shrieked: "Oh, my goodness,
ma’am, the twins have fallens
down the well! What shall I do?”-
The mother announced calmly*
“Go to the library and bring mo
the last number of "Modern Moth- |
erhood”. There’s an article on |
‘How to bring up children’
FACTS ABOUT RADIUM
Radium Is so new an element
in the scientific world, having
been discovered by M. and Mine
Curie In 1902, that it Is still more
or less in the process of experi
mentation.
Its power is so great that
people, in the past, have been se
verely burned while working witl*
it. Now when radium Is handled in
laboratories,, a lead block protects
the operator from Its rays.
Has Three Rays
This marvelous substance haft
three distinct rays. The alpha
rays have the lowest penetrating
power. They can be stopped by
a sheet of paper. They form'
ninety per cent, of the rays.
The beta rays are more power
having a velocity of from 35.000I 1
to 180,000 miles per second. They
make up nine per cent and can
be stopped by one centimeter of
lead.
The gamma rays, having a mys
terious vibration, make up only
one per cent., and are so power
ful that they require four centi
meters of lead to deflect their
rays. These rays are used in photo
graphy a great deal.
Has Strange Powers
One of the most remarkable
qualities of radium is that of re--
mainlng at a higher temperatur®
than its surroundings.
Its are as yet not air
known, although it is thought that
most of it is found in pitchblende,
a form of a mineral called uranite.
One of the greatest uses for
radium has been in the treatment
of formerly incurable diseases.
In an almost superhuman manner,
radium can remove growths and'
treat cancers. Unfortunately, a
bout only one per cent, of the
tremendous energy radium gives
off is used by the surgeon. The
gamma rays alone are used, as
the alpha and beta rays can cause
dangerous burns.
"Big Injun” Goe9 Hunting
“Heap big Injun chief!” howled ,
Bobby. He was decorated up most
fiercely in war paint and had an
old hatchet for a tomahawk. The
shocks of corn in his father's field
made fine tepees for his warriors.
He was not entirely happy in
his game, for down in his heart
was a sneaky feeling that all
wouldn’t be so well when his
mother discovered that her feather
duster had been robbed for his
war bonnet, as he had not found 1
enough chicken feathers at th®
time to suit him.
The corn field grew tiresome af
ter a while and he decided to go
on the warpath against another
tribe. So he left his tepees and
went off to the woods across tha
creek, part of his father’s farm.
He crept along cautiously, preten
ding he was tracked.
Suddenly he thought he heard
voices in the woods. He stepped
behind a tree. A shot whizzed
past him, touching the tip of the
feathers in his cap, which showed
beyond the tree. Bobby gave a
yell and Jumped out from behind
his tree, almost scared to death.
Two astonished, overgrown
boys, nearly as scared as he,
stared at him. Bobby recovered
himself quickly. "Don't you
know you can't hunt here?” be
demanded. “There’s signs all
over.”
“But—but—’’ one of them
stammered.
“I know who you are." declared
Bobby, though he didn’t at all,
but felt he must make some sort
of bluff, since they were bigger
than he. “I've seen you In town.
I think I'll have you arrested for
trying to shoot me.”
"But—but we thought you were
a bird."
“That doesn't make any differ
ence. You shot at me.”
"Say." beggqd one of the fel
ilows, “if you promise not to tell
lon as well give you one of these
Iguns."
So the Indian went back to hla
1 tepee with a shiny gun for hia
spoils of war.