The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-11
What a Sunday Times
Man Found to Admire
and Interest.
Boys We're Training Last
Week for Their Ath-
letic Meet.
Went Through Perform
anceS for Sunday Times
Readers.

the end receives It and makes a run
ming throw 10 the basket. saccessfuI
try counting certain number Of points.
AT the same time the players Of sne
other line are going through the same
performance. Tile time for the game
Is limited, and when the score is close
the excitement becomes intense. 1t re-
quires coOl-headed player 10 take up
enough Of the rapidly diminishing time
toward the end to measure his throw
and make It count This game is called
'BaIl-hustle- -
''Soak-em' is another most thrilling
game. 1t is played like baseball except
that basketbaIls are used and a few
minor changes of the rules are allowed.
The batter makes passes at the pitched
ball with his clinched fist and arm. 1t
is not enough to pass the ball to the
baseman and touch the player out; you
must strike him while running with
the large soft ball Hence the origin
or the name.
The Human Race"
The human race Is quite as amusing
10 the spectators as It is interesting to
the players A selected number OF con-
testants toe the mark. each bearing on
his shoulders -sder in the person
Of a second boy about his own size.
run is made for the point given.
where a fun stop is made, and the rider
becomes the ridden The first couple to
arrive back to the starting point is
the winner.
1t Is obvious that there are sure to be
a good many spills in the course Of the
running. Some make the mistake OF
starting off with boy on their should
ers who is lighter in weight than the
runner. This enables them TO beat out
TO the second line. but I'm coming back
the overburdened runner is almost GER
tain to stumble and fall
At one of the grounds there are eight
cen swings. a flying dutchman, several
see-saWs, punching bag five fvfnz
rings. a giants stride. a walking ladder.
a sliding board. or chute. two sand box
es, parallel and horizontal bars. a Gin
der running track, volleyban, basket
ball aud baseball grounds.
This constitutes an embarras de rich
esse quite bewildering 10 "A yOungsteP
the first time he visits the grounds. His
IEst scheme Is 70 Try them an, one after
the other, but this intention IS soon dis
sipated when he-stril1es some one sport
that strikes his particular fancy.
Boy characteristics.
On the Fairgrounds one Is constantly
NAAtAAAAS al A0on a peculiar Phase or
Characteristic OF boyish life There IS
one little chap who bears on the back OF
his hand and wrist a number of deep
acid burns. When asked regarding these
wounds, he explained that he had been
troubled with warts and It seems that
Inquiries on his part had discovered to
him the fact that By touching these each
day with drop of nitric acid. the warts
would be burned away
II got a bottle of acid" he explained,
''an' went or TO fix them warts by my
self I didn't want TO keen putin acid
on every day for a month. an / didn't
have anything els TO do that morning.
so I jes' kept putin the acid on top
till the wart was all burnt up. an then
poured some in the holes to Kill tn
roots"
But didn't it hurt you pretty badly7"
was asked
Yep" he responded briefly. "but tn
warts is all =onet
IL boy of that caiiber to be deferred
from lofty tumbling by the thought OF
a mere fall?
Baseball There is the sport that above
all others is a never failing source OF
delight. The enthusiasm that IS dis
played recalls the halycon days when
Washington had q team that could play
ball IL is sight for the gods TO see
some youthful Rusie twisted into com
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