SPORTS A PAGE FOR A vizis BOYS Axe GIRLS G poe ei ans | [SETI B "*Y: Answers Boys' Baseball Questions TA A Have You Ever Been Seriously Hurt in a Ball Game? i i Sh : {sy By Eddie Collins (Written Exclusively for This Page.) / u i | 5 A, LX V4 For. a period now of over 17 years, during which time I have seen the curtain rung down on 18 American League seasons, I have experienced but one serious injury on the ball field. That one only kept me out of uniform for sixteen days, and during that season I played in 132 of the 154 scheduled ames. That injury took place on uly 1, 1911, in Washington and - occurred as follows: Walter John- = son hit a fly in short right figld, in- pm the pursuit of which Murphy and collided. As a result my left arm ln a --- = ZZ ~ { was dislocated at the elbow and I WELL! HERE 1 AM 2 : SETTING Up' was forced to take a rest. With . » p > : ; tps won an von sis | | ALL MIXED UP SOME £ N EXERCISES! IM ; d [inow fda tnt Son | JONES BEEN KNEADING _PULLEDONA 4 an all LL da, eg couple of days, I have been able to ME A LONG WHILE H Fr HOOK on Am a ; The angel peony hair slumbers, oti. CR average about 150 games every year since I became a regular in \ 1909, exclusive of the years 1918 i y ! GA SE 7p 4 : eee shied was ol the 1 he ! FE ellen I'M SHAPED UP LIKE REE ea sot go oiocky' any me | M2 sg===e THIS. THAT GAS-HEATER BESIDE ME 15 A WARM top om, fe Grad Si She wets Tanemted to py sos sot mesons dav. hewn: | ML FRIEND! JT KEEPS ME PLIABLE. SOON. | he ed. en otro th Bave been ail right ever ace me 0: K. much to my owa rete, and 1 | 8 a = J STAND ON A SHEET OF RED | 4 smoked, the P{ How Did You Come to Pla Second Base? a Pi 2 ~ ss . fan wars Ly pe OF IT DORSET 3 STRIPES 7 on df came to the Athletics I was first tried out at - "48 - 7 ' Should olde of the rene &ap on He i n" "o { 3 7 three tribes must extend the Peace ier | [HOORAY whara : Ess WT (EIR k h ic, een for the patience of ny Connie Mack, I don't know where I might have been now. He retained oleae «Ff 27 "a CA a : The oak tree, since that day, has me for a full season on the bench entirely, but I practiced and learned S T- R E T- C H f - been the national tree of the three i splay 4 Eh Tot lr onl esl astm |) YOU WONT KNOW j fy, To Or | am bh ie gag hut hu han pein 517 end mes | | ME PRETTY SOONEAG : L222 : Poof [hundred years ago. Te Moeieen erat ust in any other position since. y wll PEE Th] A j THE MUFFIN-MAKING ARTIST : a SH enyihing but be the family cookl" 7s I™M NOW IN A NUMBER OF STICKS ABOUT rss i oe dbl ue) | (77 Gif. HOW NICE TO BE COOL AGAIN, EVEN THO abbas r | CSUS. MAKE ME MORE: SET It) MY "WAY ! Fock the on ape th, Bul x AT LAST IM COOL AND HARD, BUT a to wash the muffin pans. : : TOO TJALL FRIEND KNIFE KINDLY Muffins with raisins!" exclaimed: Al x . . { | him. "And hot "ber dent" Reel ~~ CRACKS ME APART SO ALLOF = \ to fill his pipe and light it. When shill h llont!" He drank h pow Telish, "And who is : YOu ENJOY ME it that is such a fine cook?" dil 5 zx r= rer, { i {WN Sms --, *o a Sax "My daughter Beth," smiled Mrs. | E E rs ee pp ropap ILL TET rrr \& Parker. 5 iE Ea EEE I A ATT 2 OT gz 22) "Then will she not come in and | Cr " . - rl ' - i hl TY receive my compliments?" . ! 5 ' . Beth was $0 surprised to be called ' "Mother," cried Ruth, breaking] in before the company that she in the door, "Mr. Millet, who has forgotito take off her apron. But j a studio up on the avenue, saw one the artist seemed to be onl more of my sketches when he visited delighted than ever. The sincerity a school today. He believes I have (of his praise was roved by the way iain, . ® Bhs ny y talent and wants to See more of he allowed his plate to be replen- : I see walking in parentheses my work. I askéd him to come ished with muffins and jam. Ruth "Ni y here, Rastus, over at five this afternoon to look fingered her portfolio "nefvously, Sond or Fie Po = ice mule YOU have ¢ ere, hy bea eal celebrity" ox. | PE decided not to mention her work ill "John talks in his steep." "My face is my fortune." "No salut that there meld he da be € 8 3 real celebrity!" ex-| until he called for it. Finally, when | x ow's that?" "You'll "never have to pay an in-|frequentt kicks the place wha' 1 Mrs. Parker. "If we treat|the last muffin was gone, the man | " : : » 3 Hit cordially and he approves of sat back in his chats rad forme He recited in class today. come tax, recently was. . s your may take you as a|serious. » "You have a talented daughter, All Sorts of Things for' y ; I" Now don't think Mrs. Parker," he began. 4 i { rank Solar + nice. if on To hin We av elt that Ruth had dy : e100l-Craft Boys and Men to Make By F, L 2 eat?" Ruth looked at her considerable ability," rejoined the mother. V, 4 \ ; : o Mrs, Parker agreed.| "Ruth? Ah, yes, the one who is J .. How to Make a Shorty and Slim Jumping-Jack . run out to the kitchen and fring to show me her portfolio." In making this toy which a small] Next out the cross arms A,|construction will cause you no con. some muffins. You'll bare- | He reached for the drawings, Fave. i child will find most amusing, use/the bl B and the two uprights. cern. time before Mr, Millet} Quickly through the lot. "I was a al |S | any kind of thin wood. The di part of the hese pieces d I think he'd like some | king, when Jpoke, of i e drawing show thelis difficult but because th. cl tt you make so|who vided the refreshments. r thickness to be used, but if you have{you must be do your best, dear. This | Now these drawings show promise wood of a slightly different thick-|them, The B, has a-narrow > Jreat occasion for your clever (and I'think I might take Ruth as a : ness, use that instead. slot in it into which the thinner up-| Thin wire may " « |pupil. They are fairly good Cut out the men you see in ther ht piece is to be Sitened with (small washers are available, 3 t's always the way," thought sketches, but--" his eye feil on the ; y drawing, or invent two of your own, glue or a small brad. thickness|could be used to advantage in Beth as she washed the raising, "I {crumbs on %e muffin plate, and he 4 if you have a clever idea for some of the apright is given as an eighth|construction. The joints have to wait on talented Ruth. Ev- pounded h air arm in emphasis, 2 + Fi clownish characters. Law out your fof an inch which means that the slot men should have great i er because she|"Those were the best muffin I ever patterns very carefully, then eut to)must be just the h t bit smaller, ; h can draw. It's too bad I can't do ate!" shape with a coping saw. Your If, work may be if IN SNOPPYQUOP LAND "imi | \ y.. andoaper, "to . slightly. 'Alice Tough the Looks Glass," you ask; "or "The Cat § = A. (Snoppyguops' Pet Caner Abs Molly a ag Th af the ? Of y . \ » ho A yor a 80 yo Molly didn't have any pet, so one day she | ks Yi 0 : bird and up grew this fine nappy SAnary, Molly wears |' ben Waist to make a home for Hope. She calls it her The Ivory-billed, twenty inches in| The Three. dering Birdie's nosey before 83ing out to |length, is the largest Woodpecker. | right, below, revolutionary ancestor, Molly Pitcher, she at the top right. Black with a (and one behind' h se while Mopey has a powder puff white white seni os of the is i ' . er no e "§ - has Harned to talk like a parrot and Sikes erack- wing when it flies its bright'spot is i . = 3 . fresh and made a wise crack st Molly. "Talk |the Fed crest oe lt fon The fe- ha i be 53 22 you're the funniest sight I've seen in [male 1 just e male oodpecker, which =} @ except that her crest is bi: Both |doésn't really live in the Aretic, but have long ivory-white beaks. Solis found in the spruce and balsam shy is this bird that when man ap- i ld on ef, proaches, it disappeacs. low, is only six inches long. Hoh of the. Harp Woredormanoh edition oO! e al . 1s the most valuable wood- Beckers, for he destroys great His What is ~ "