What do the good athletes do with zinkoff to amuse themselves on the teacher in-service day

By Monday much of the snow is gone. It’s an in-service day, meaning the teachers stay inside while the kids play games outside. Some boys, Tuttle and Bonce, make fun of Zinkoff by throwing footballs hard at him. Zinkoff never catches them, the balls hit him in the chest. Janski tells the others boys that he heard Zinkoff was out searching for the lost little girl for seven hours after everyone else had given up.