Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 164, 21 May 1921 — Page 16

FAGK FOUR' He Desired Popularity, But Waa Too Timid to Go After It. "I read in t be paper tonight," said Mr. Gibbons one evening several davs after Parker bad eccepted Melville's challenge, "that Parke: High is organizing an ice-skating t-am." "Yep, I guess that's right," said Leni, not looking up from his Algebra book. "I saw a notice on the bulletin board today - that" al the fellows who want a position on the team should come out tomorrow Afternoon for the try-outs." "Well, you'll be there, I suppose, ehr "Naw I guess I wouldn't have any chance they didn't, ask me anyhow. Naw I guess I won't" Lena closed his book and laid down bis pencil. "They didn't ask you? Why, for goodness sake, son, you don't exlect them to tender you an invitation on a silver plate, do you? You've got to go out and show 'em what you can do. As for having no chance I can't see why you haven't. You're not a bad skater are you?" Mr. Gibbon's tone was encouraging. Anl finally it developed" that when the Parker High School coach called his twenty-two iceskating candidates together, Lemuel Gibbons was one of the group. Lem stood on the edge of the crowd not feeling as though he should mix in (bashfulhess again). It had taken all his nerve to get this far and he had to take a strong hold on himself to keep from breaking away from the tryouts altogether. But he stuck it out, to use a common expression. And when the day was over and Lem had returned home from the tryouts down on the river, he announced that he had made the team. -"Good for you, Lem," praised his dad.. Which made Lemuel Gibbons feel Joyful and proud, and he almost forgot that he had ever hated Parker High School. The morning of the day after the tryouts, when the names of the successful candidates were posted on the bulletin board of the school, and Lemuel Gibbon's name was seen there, several students with whom Lem had conversed once or twice, and whom he considered his best friends in the school, approached him and gave bim their congratulations. There was Paul Service, for instance, and George Davidson and Horace Smith, who said they were pleased to see he had gained a position. And then Mable Koler, a member of Lem's English class, and a person whom Lem secretly admired very much, told him how happy she was to know he laJ made the team. To cap it all, "Sticky" White, cheer leader for Parker, in assembly late that day, called for yells for each of the men on the new team, and a thrill ran through Lent as his name was roared out by the whole school. He realized that at last he might have an opportunity

to live down his reputation as be ing the most bashful end awkward boy in school. When the cheers for each man on the ice-skating team had been given, Lem happened to glance in the direction of Mabel Koler who was sitting in the assembly hall directly across from him. Sh smiled to bim and Lem blushed deeply "Doggonit, just like me," he thought. After much daily practice on the ice, the day set for the race with Melville High School drew near. All through the days preceding that of the race, Lem had astonished the other members of the team and the coach himself with his wonder ful ability on the skates. He did so well, in fact, it was generally REMEMBER? HEM YOUR MOTHER. MADtl yoo CAWty a bouojbt op: fAY TOTO6 TEACHER.

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BIG LEAGUE BALLPLAYERS' JUDGING A FLY BALL Written fsprclally for the Hoys hmO Olrls Xenspaper by Harry B. Hooper fci&lit I'NltUr ff the ('lioaK' While So x. Quick and accurate judgment of a fly ball comes only after practice. Once it is acquired it becomes almost instinctive. Some players arc never good at it. To others it is a natural ability. It really is a rapid process of mental calculation, this judging of fly balls. It is a problem similar to that of an artillery man. He knows the speed of his projectile. He estimates the amount of resistance it will meet. Then he figures the angle of elevat ion, so that the force of gravity will land the projectile at the desired point. The fielder must do the same. When the ball is hit, he starts in the general direction it takes, close ly watching the ball. After it hac traveled twenty or thirty feet along its course he is able to estimate its speed and its angle of elevation. He has already noted the direction of the wind. All this gives him a fairly good idea of where the ball will land. He then figures the speed and direction he will have to take to intercept the ball when it nears the ground. If he has a fairly long run he corrects bis cour3e by an occasional glance at the ball. A ball hit directly at a fielder is the hardest for him to judge. Ha can't get its speed or angle of elevation. In this case the nearest outfielder can help him a lot by calling quickly to "get in" or "get out," as the casemay be. He has a side view and can tell you instantly whether the ball will carry over his teammate's head or fall short. One step in the wrong direction will put the fielder farther away from the point of intersection than he thinks. Most of the balls that are lost through misjudgment are lost by that one step in the wrong direction. conceded that in him, and him alone rested the power to win the race from Melville. He was the backbone of Parker's team. Saturday, the day of the race, dawned just right. It was cold and biting. There was little wind it was a dry cold. The sky was overcast with low hanging, gray snow clouds that shut out the sun. The preliminary races were run off in fine shape. There were five of these, and the points were so divided between the two schools that either, by winning the last race, the longest and hardest of the whole set, could be the winner of the entire contest. There were six participants in this. last race three from Parker High and three from Melville. Elmer Cohn, to whom the hopes of Melville were pinned, was reputed to be the speediest man in his locality, and some of the Melville students went so far as to say he was speedier than any man in all of Parker High or the town of Perkersville. We won't go into detail about that race. All we need say is that it was a thriller, and, just as you expected, was won by Lem Gibbons, giving Parker the day's victory. After the final lap of the race had been finished. Lem, as were the other racers, was all but exhausted. But he was happy. He heard his name shouted to the skies from tbe already hoars-s throats of the Parker rooters. Ho realized that at last he was one of the popular students, and without doubt he had lived down his reputation of being backward and awkward. Just what he had wanted to do! He was walking slowly back to town surrounded by a large group of chattering, admiring students from Parker. Suddenly, running up from the rear came Ernest Mekeel, president of Lem's class. "Good work you did today, Lem, old fellow." Mekeel grabbed Lem's hand and shook it hard. Lem's heart beat fast. This was one of the happiest moments of his life. Then, with Lem's hand still grasped tightly in his, Mekeel lowered his voice a little. "And, say, Lem," says be, "I want, you on the committee for arranging for 'the class supper two weeks from yes-terday-i-will you-" The End j Boys' and Girls' Newspaper. ,

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BROWNSVILLE BOYS WANT TO JOIN WAYNE PIG CLUBS Have you boys and irls who live on farms, any Ulen how much fun it is to bo in a farm club of som kind or another? Thousands of boys and girls ail over the United States are members in pig and corn clubs, canning baby beef or garden clubs and find it as interesting work as nnj thing they ever did before, and they make money in their work, too. Although club work has not been very much a part of the lives of Wayne county boys and girls, heretnfnro Cnnntv Arfnt T 1. Hnlnn i planning and working to Ime it! play a part this year. We are glad to publish below one letter received by Mr. Dolan concerning the pig club work Brownsville, Ind., May 11, 191. County Agent J. L. Dolan, Richmond, Indiana. Dear Sir My brother and I wish to join the Wayne county pig club. I am going on 13 years old and my brother will soon be 11 year old. We each want a Spotted Poland China gilt. Will you please enter our names and tell us where we are to go to receive our pigs and when. Also send us the terms or rules under which we get the pigs. Also please answer this, if one of us can't come to receive our pigs, can the other one or our father hand in our cards. Our names and addresses are: Bertie Wilson and Rollie Wilson. Brownsville, Ind., R. F. D. No. 10. Respectfully, Bertie Wilson. HIKER'S HOMEMADE COMPASS 'Say, Ned, I know how to make a compass from a cork and a needle about two inches long." "How do you do it, Tom?" "Magnetize the needle on a common horseshoe magnet. Push the needle straight through a goodsized cork so that it will balance and float upright when placed in water. Allow the needle to stick out on one side of the cork as on the other. "Then place the cork and needle in water to test the compass. The needle will swing around and point exactly north and south. It is a good idea to dab a little red or white paint on the north end so you can always tell which is which. Some compass, eh?" "You said it, Tom. We will havo to take one of those with us when we go hiking this summer."

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BOYHOOD STORIES OF. FAMOUS ME Giuseppe Garibaldi The old. fishing boat rocked in the high waves; water splashed over the sides, but the three boys on the boal were not afraid. Giuseppe, the "captain," was especially hilarious, for at last he had attained his youthtul ambition of j iieiiig h HtH rapiam. nil uiu tinning vessel, rigged up with a sail, was too great a temptation lor Giuseppe, so he and his wo companions had watched their chance, stolen the boat and sailed with it out into the Mediterranean. But their pleasure was short lived, for Giuseppe's lather learned of the secret voyage, took a faster boat and soon caught up with the runaway throe. Giuseppe Gerabaldi has been called the father of Italian liberty, for he was the leader of the Italian revolution. STARR VICTORIOUS IN FIRST GAME OF BASEBALL SEASON JStarr showed some very good team work Tuesday evening on the Starr play ground. Louis Wiley and Lawrence Daily took turns pitching, "Daily" pitching for the first inning. The visitors were game losers. The score was IS to 3 in Starr's favor. More children witnessed this game than ever before. The Starr players did extra well. The Sevastapol players extended a challenge for Starr's first team to play them later on their own play grounds, which was accepted. The two "stars" of the game seemed to be Fred Klotz and Lawrence Daily. Principal G. A. Steely umpired the game and a right good "ump" he was, too. Written up by Yell-Leader Geo. Harris and Scorekeeper Richard Oliver. Starr Platoon School. ANOTHER CHILD WONDER. Among the names on tbe somewhat lengthy list of boy wonders to be uncovered during the year just past, is that of John Hamilton, Berkeley, Cal., who, though not yet six, is a very good orator. He lectures at least twice each week to the grown-ups and children of the hotel in Berkeley, where he and his parents live. UKE To - I TVtoUQHT ttfcb TOOKEN

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GIOTTO, A SHEPHERD BOY, DREW HIS FIRST PICTURES ON ROCKS When ten years old, Giotto, a little Italian boy born in 1276 near Florence, was given a few sheep to watch. As he wandered here and there he would pick up the pointed stones to use as pencils, and draw pictures with them on the larger, smoother rocks. One day the painter, Cimabue, happened to see Giotto drawing a picture of one of his sheep on a rock. Cimabue was very much surprised and asked Giotto's father if he might take the boy to live with hint. The father said he might go and so Giotto went to Florence and began to take drawing and painting lessons of Cimabue. The boy became a great artist. One of his portraits that is well known is that of his, Giotto's friend, the great poet, Daute Alighierl, whose birthday we noticed particularly in the last edition of the Junior because it was on May 14.

How Scout Characteristics Look in Hungarian 1. A A 2. A A 3. A A 4. A A 5. A A kadet szorgalmas. scout is trustworthy, kadet jo dolgos. scout is loyal, kadet segitseg. scout is helpful, kadet baratsagos. scout Is friendly, kadet iledelmes. scout is coureous. kadet Jo szlvu. scout is kind, kadet szot fogad. scout is obedient, kadet oromos. scout is cheerful, kadet bejeges. scout is thrifty, kadet bator. scout Is brave, kadet tizta. scout is clean, kadet lelkez. scout is reverent. Mary Kovach, Whitewater School, Grade 6A. 6. A A A A A 8. A 9. A A 10. A A 11. A A 12. A A ANSWERS TO THIS WEEK'S PUZZLES 1. The missing words, in order, are "thrones," "hornets," and "shorten."' 2. 1, Arno; 2, Amsterdam; 3, Genoa. 3. Heroine. 4. Mar, ram, arm. By Ad Carter DP PER . . , - i rv d VIYVM wriSO DUKNttWW ABouT VT

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