Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-21
Scientist is Making Study
of Throwing of Boomerang

the hand of Mr., ClarVoo came soaring
back, whring with vicious velocity.
Looks like 1t was hunting a mani
"lt Is, and yorc the mani" cried
ClaWoc, loaping back into safety with
the others. Look out!'
The man had barely time to drop 10
the grass before the boomerang, head
ing for him Ike mad hornet for
small hoy swept dpinnlnE through
the space occupied but moment be-
fore by him and his camera and drop
ped with "a botmd % few feet beyond
As he collected himself ana his ca-
mcra he cast bleak eye upon Cool
idge "What did YOU tell that cop
about these things not being danger
Gus he growlcd
And indeed there is no doubt about
Ia boomerang being "a dangerous thing
to get in the way of About this MrI
.ClarNoc tells the following
some time ago Bluckldgc and !
were ont for an afternoons boone
rang casting. He had grown tired and
was standing around thinking about
something else pretty dangerous
paslime when hoomcrangg are flung
through the air--Whcu one of mine
got mp good swift rotary motion
sncakod In behind Blacklidge and,
with a fun arm swing as YOU might
say, gave him q crack on the back oil
head that laid him up for week
"It was month before he could get
"n ms nat l"u must ho'p YOU ''el
on 'hr n"oneH'hF II You don want
l" u' hclp'u nome 10y ANXIOUS friends =
WI 'I"IN'r n'S SEVERN sizes oi
no"u,'TahgS' nut 'ne one that gives
tnv peS' r'HulIS Is 'puul lWenlN-nNoI
lnC,'C,fS W 'nIui over an h,nt IN the
ll'u"Io IN 'lrNlhS angie winch Is "A
"In' WIu'r IMAM u rlEhl angie. PROD
nnN Ihr nearest approach TO II IN ma
~ 's "''" arm Nhoh nc Us saying,
Il'ro l" YOU,
~ IN "p"ul ~ lhon's wac ana
'''y" WI Que 'I Ul' sues, 'n' olnof
u!nt p''Ioc'.E nat ) ls poIlShed 10
S"'n'IlE Sihoot'n'Ss us greatest thlck-
ness lS 9pout ihf'e-elehts oI an men
~ naNlnS lue weapon ihe wood mas
10 po SrIeCt'u win great care ana pre-
p'r'u WIN greater II Is seasoned for
n",,lnS ~ proper temperature then
S"'N'u IN on polI'd' naked, roasted
Nhu cooked IN every con'elNahle man
u'' N"' ,nuI 'nen Us " deemed worthy
i" m I'Snlon'u mo po"merahg'
me 'nIhg Hu"u, WnIIn huVe 10
.' 'h"SI har'l'ul'r' shlu Mr. ClarNoe
VI HtS'rIplnR ln' construction rs 10
G'' 'n' o"l' "l Tue wv" arms AT eNa'iN
~ I.p't "nEi'' NN can mean
"" S'' 'n, nat sues ol Tue TWO
"rIlS are not IN the same place They
UN'Ip' inou' VW" Taeren' "A uli-
,'T'h'e hafuN perceptlole 10 the eve
pul most ,ltai 10 'h' success ol the
""p'n'IahS nlEhl VI You VIII take
carpenter y Et1lllR. n0Iu III 50 tI1Ht Won
'an range your eve along noth arms
"' IT, hhu th'n lNIS, one oi tue arms
80 MS 10 rhroW II uttle out OF plumb
You VIII ger falr ldea OF me cant. or
Wlst IN the TWO arms OF perfect
pooherahs'
nave never seen any explanation
W ne movements OF the boomerang
tlut We're entlreN SATISFACTORY con
tlnueu MT CIarVoe nor nave one toI
ourr hNs'Il am or the opinion now
ever thut tno nam secret lles IN the
tl.'t ''uN or tWIN'' OF lhe Two arms
ou ooSerN' ll"t ~ clsilne the
U'lSSue you grasp ], at the emo or one
dlW WnI'h " helu perpendlcularlN'
Whl' me olner arm prolects out IN
roht INK" the arm OF railway sema-
phure, Jus, rs II leaves you hahd you
lnlDnrt rotary molten to IT.
Ihe Two rapidly rotating arms ow-
ue 10 the tWlSt' now act ON the alr
IKE tnr arms or propeller. This|
I"I'es lne boomerang upward INTO the|
ar AT tne same ume sWervlng 1t back
toward ihe point OF departure.
MS SENDS II rom you revolving
on ltS angie or elnoW' as II might he
scrned, III nerpchulcula plane. NOW
y inc nat side ct hoth arms were IN
the same pane the hoomerang would
continue To move forward revolving
IN tnat p'rPehulculaf plane untll us
Whoie lorce was expended when
"ouIu urop 10 lne ground but the
cant OF tWlsN pressing against the
ayr, FORCES one arm over uhtll about
10" ise' from the polnt OF casting the
hlsSl'e Is turned on lts slde ana the
Iot"'loh cnangeS from perpendicular
INTO horlzohtal pane
nave ouserN"u tflat the rotary
u"t'oh seems 10 increase raplny as
me no3nerang returns; Whetner II
reaIly uoeS so or .n1o.tt not ! cannot say
II ~ the rotary moton' however that
"iaN'S tne pooi1cIdns Su'h lorHlu'
aple weapon Wheh uSed IN hunting or
warfare as 10y the Austrauan natives
a oloW lnUi'ieu ny raplulN wnlrN
,hg S'l'h WeIsnluE neaIiN pound may
pc serious lhIhS S-hlachlIdse mere
can pear Wlthess
Vne "l tn' great auVantases inc
claimed he could do with his myth |