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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
(By Wagner)


The Bridgeport baseball club may
ting Pitcher Blum into line. He is
the twirler who was secured from
Lowell, Mass, in exchange for Pitcher
Johnny Barron. Blum jumped Low
ell last season and nobody appears
to know where he is now. Managers
who saw Blum in action last season
say he looks like a coming star.
The Springfield Union says Skipper
E1ey, the former Mechanic, will be
with Fort Wayne in the Central
league this year. He wanted to play
in this league but no team was anx-
ious to sign him.
Infielder Jake Boutles Boultes wrote
to the Bridgeport management today
to state that he will be on hand next
Monday. He says the water is rather
high about his home in st. Louis and
he may have difficulty in getting
railroad transportation. He has been
coaching a college team. Jake has
heard that the Mechanics will take a
trip. to Lowell, where he played last
year. ""We'll have to beat that
BUNCH declares the infielder.
is in Washington endeavoring to per-
pitcher and an infielder to Hartford.
Neal Ball of this city went in as a
pinch hitter for the Boston Red Sox
in the game against Pittsburgh at
Hot Springs yesterday. He got a base
on balls and scored on Yerkes' triple
which won the contest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

Attell 1t IS quite
different. Several
months ago Attell
was forced to give
up at ST. Louis
after Ollie Kirk
had given him Il
beating and Abe
took advantage of
the opportunity
q n d announced
that he had gone
to the ring once
too often.' After
thinking it over,
h o w e v e r, Able
changed his mind
and stated that he
was not in form
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

The inactivity of the men during
the past three days has not pleased
the Peerless Leader. He planned for
full games on Saturday and again
today, and had to call both contests
off. AS a result he Is leaving the
training camp without one of his
pitchers showing whether it is pos
sible for them to go the full route.
The other players have rounded into
the form expected by the Yankee
Leader
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
PERsoNAL MENTION.

Friends of Police Sergeant Thomas
H. Flood at his home last night gave
him a handsome upholstered easy
chair Attorney A. NJ. Con1ey did the
presentation and the recipient re-
sponded suitably. Refreshm ents were
served.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
TIE PRErrrEsr FACE

ana the most beautiful hands are OF.
ten disf1gured by an unsightiy wart.
1t can easily be removed in a few days
without pain by using Cyrus Wart
Remover, for sale only at The Cyrus
Pharmacy, 253 Fairfield avenue and
1S6 Cannon st.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

Can Abe and Joe come back all
right? It may be all right with Joe
Mandot coming back, but with Abe
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
AROUND THE CIRCUIT
Bridgeport Club May Have Difficulty
in Getting Pitcher Blum into Line

The Harvard football players were
out yesterday for the first time to
get spring practice. Capt. tStorer was
in charge of the squad and Leo
Leary directed the coaching
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

Cheap feed ls the most expensive
in the end.
1t is generally easier to prevent dis
ease than to cure it.
Do not give the baby chicks slop-
py, doughty mashes OF any kind
It is a good plan to use a mild
disinfectant when cleaning the water
basins
If chicken keeping does not pay, do
not be in too big a hurry to blame
the hens.
In mating the heavy bredS DO not
give the cock more than 10 hens il
you would insure fertility.
An egg is at it's best the minute it
is laid and commences to detoriate
Immediately thereafter.
If eggs should become soiIsd dur
ing the process of incubation, remove
the filth by washing them in warm
water.
Fifty hens with abundant room.
care and proper feeding will return
more profit than hundred that are
carelessly fed and crowded.
If eggs are being incubated under
hen be sure that she iS well content
ed and not more eggs placed under
her than she can properly cover
The brooder is more responsible for
poor results than is the incubator.
The brooder has not as yet reached
the stage of perfection that the tncu-
bator has.
Too. otter eggs are allowed to re-
main in the nests too long or are
not kept at the right temperature az
ter collection, or are kept too long
to hatch well after being laid.
It is a mistake to get so ambitious
on the hen question that you put toe
many hens in house. You don't get
as much money from them as If you
gave them sufficient room.
1t is surprising how soon the brood
er chicks get down to scratching, and
there rs no better medicine for them.
Their little bodies soon begin to feel
solid and firm when they are kept
busy
If the henhouse is crowded. now is
a, good time to get rid of some OF the
hene while the prices are good.
Crowding is one of the things that
weakens the vitality of the breeders
and makes them unhealthy.
It is hard enough to sit for three
weeks without having to be gnaWed
at ali the time by insect pests. Look
at your sitting hens once in a while
and be sure they are free from enc
mics of this kind.
Chicks always seem bewildered
when the first big drops OF rain be-
DIV, to fall and seldom go the right
way for shelter. Be on hand to
show them the way to the hroOdeF. If
the weather is threatening keep them
inside.
Fowls digest ground fed more read
ilx than whole grain. Rapidity Of a.
is necessary. Laying eggs
is a heavy drain on the system 50
it is necessary that an abundance OF
the proper nutrients for egg produc-
ton be supplied in an easily assinas
Hated form.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01


in charge of the squad and Leo
Leary directed the coaching.
The Philadelphia Athletics won from
the University of Pennsylvania ball
team yesterday by to O. Reggie
Brown, formerly with Waterbury,
worked four innings and gave the col
legians two hits
Outf1eIder Matty Mcintyre, the old
Detroit and Chicago White sox ia
vorite, has signed with Providence.
The new pitcher, recently announc-
ed by President Murphy as a star
player who would bring the Chicago
Nationals hurting staff up to an
equality with the best in the league,
is none other than OrvilIe overall.
Murphy abandoned secrecy, yesterday.
and said Overall is the man and that
he expected his signed contract with
in a few days.
Thirty candidates for the Princeton
football team answered Captain ''Ho-
bey'' Bakers first call for spring prac-
tice, yesterday, and were put through
more than an hour of stiff signal drill
on the freshman field. A good per-
centage of them were new material
from the freshman squad of last year.
Emmons Fred Trenkman and Doc
little were the only varsity: men to re-
port besides Baker. Practice will be
held four afternoons week from now
until the middle of May. It was de-
ctded to start fall practice on Sep
TENDER g.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

Outfielder Matty Mcintyre, the old
Detroit and Chicago White Sox ia
vorite has signed with Providence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

Fowls digest ground FED more read
ilv than whole grain. Rapidly OF aS-
sinafliation is necessary. Laying eggs
is a heavy drain on the system 50
it is necessary that an abundance OF
the proper nutrients for egg produc-
ton be supplied in an easily assinos
Hated form.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

The brooder is more responsible for
poor results than is the incubator.
The brooder has not as yet reached
the stage of perfection that the tncu~
bator has.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

It is a mistake to get so ambitious
on the hen question that you put toe
manv hens in a house. You don't get
as much money from them as If you
gave them sufficient room.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

If eggs are being incubated under. .
hen be sure that she 10 well content
ed and not more eggs placed under
her than she can properly cover
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

Too otter eggs are allowed to re-
main in the nests too long OF are
not kept at the right temperature az
ter collection, or are kept too long
to hatch well after being laid.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

Fifty hens with abundant room,
care and proper feeding will return
more profit than a hundred that are
carelessly fed and crowded.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

If eggs should become soiled dur
ing the process of incubation, remove
the filth by washing them in warm
water.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

1t is surprising how soon the brood
err chicks get down to scratching, and
there rs no better medicine for them
Their little bodies soon begin to feel
solid and firm when they are kept
busy
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

Chicks always seem bewildered
when the first big drops OF rain be-
gin to fall and seldom 80 the right
way for shelter. Be on hand to
show them the way to the broOdeF. If
the weather is threatening keep them
inside.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

Owner Clarkin of the Har tford clu
is in Washington endeavoring to pei
suade Manager Griffith to send
pitcher and an inf1e1der to Hartfort
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

An egg is at it's best the minute it
is laid and commences to detoriate
Immediately thereafter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

In mating the heavy breds DO not
give the cock more than 10 hens II
you would insure fertility.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

It is hard enough to sit for three
weeks without having to be snaWed
at ali the time by insect pests. Look
at your sitting hens once in while
and be sure they are free from enc
mics of this kind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

Hank Stanley, the Tiger infielder
is said to be onegof the fastest right
handlers in the league getting down tt
first.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

If the henhouse is crowded, now is
a good time to get rid of some OF the
hens while the prices are good
Crowding is one OF the things that
weakens the vitality of the breeders
and makes them unhealthy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

It is a good plan to use q mild
disinfectant when cleaning the water
basins.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01
POULTRY POINTERS.

Cheap. feed is the most, expensive
in the end. t---
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-01

If chicken keeping does not pay, do
not be in too big hurry to blame
the hens.
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Officer, zrd Grew OF the Terra Wor~

Scott and party just We We're hoping
shortly 10 Welcome them HON" from
their great ana arduous undertaking
| heartily sNmpath.I" WIKI tho Royal
Geographical society IN their loss to
SC!"nCr ana discovery IN III" death a.:
these gallant explorers. Please send m"
any further particulars
Tn. society called u special meeting of
the council this evening The meeting
was crowded with women who for Ihc
'rst time H"r. to hav" been introduced
as Fellows rhiS junction was post
poned ana IN" meeting WAS confined 10
addresses on Scott and his undertaking
Vice. Pres! s!denl Free shti"id said
w. have now gathered merely 20 say
farewell To- that band of heroes whose
names will shine ss long as fame and
the "nduranC" Of horocs last"
The explorers aged mother. who liycs
at Henley on Thames. was told ~ tn.
death OF her son by Lady Ellison Me
Cartney. She bore the shock braVely.
She was proud she said. that her son
had died n his struggle To advance the
worlds knowledge.
No such tragic outcome of a polar
expedition has been recorded since Prof
Andr"e. the swedish explorer. left Dane =
Island, Spltzhergen. in the search for
the north pole and was never heard
from again
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Amundscn already knew of Scott. The
two mon picked their routes and iat'
cast the prize to the man who, keeping
far to the eastward Of Victoria Moun-
tans. struck good iC, ON the nigh pla-
tenu. and with only his few mon and
many dogs VOTED for tn" winter to
break to start ON his great journey.
Scott began Immediately establishing
his stations to the sOuthWard Amund-
sen planned one main station to the
south and one subsidiary station. To he
used when his plunge forward should he
under way Amundsen, when he went
into winter quarters. set up fifteen tents
for his men and his provisions; the
Scott party had their portabl" houses
and they even had telephone conmuni-
cation as far as fifteen miles between
station and station. During the winter
both parties carried southward supplies
to be IN readiness for the following sum
mer, which is ihc Northern winter.
Alnundsen is home and is telling OF
his great achievement. There are only
the occasional letters which were scnt
by Scott to piece out the narrative or
his journey with the tragic ending.
Scott sent out a message by the Terra
Nova, under dat. OF October 80. 1911,
that "vcry preparation had been com
pletcd for the real race. lie had planned
to start with sixteen men and TO drop
them hy fours at certain stages as he
went south until there should hc left
four for the final. lap. There seems to
have been five according to tho last
word, but very slowly tho other men
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not until he had put IN at cape
st Vincent and FunChal. Madeira, was
i known that he was II! !inS soutnW..fd
Or NHWSOn an Australian, with "A sflall
.xp.d!tlon was down there AT the time.
Lieut.. ri!Chner Of the German navy
Wa, there. Lieut. Shirasc, Japanese
Was also IN the ti-ld 1t was Il hNe s!oed
race" but only two We're in AZ N" mn
.sh and only the two held the pul'!ic
eye.
The two expeditions that started IN
1910 were not comparable SO far as
cuuipm,nt was concerned The Royal
Gcographical Society had given $780,
Ooo to Scott and the British Navy had
added another 100000 to the sum.
The Terra Nova. especially designed
and fitted. was his vessel.
The Terra NoNva, n Dundee whalcr
built for bucking the ice, rehtted, re-
braccd left London June !. 1910. Capt
Scott was not then aboard coming on
when the ship touched cardifI, but
there were at the time on board sixty
men. scientists. associates and crew.
When the Terra Nova sailed she had
aboard her complete equipment except
the dogs and ponies, Much Of Sir
Ernest ShaCklcton's equipment had been
copied and improved. There was much
, that was new to that kind of "Nplora-
ton. First the motor 5lcdges, also there
were balloons for air work. There were
ManChuran ponies, hardy doglike little
/ fellows, who We're wholly experimental,
and there We're dogs in abundance en-
gagged at tho proper place. There were
ample provisions for three years for the
men
just about that time, or little before,
Amundsen's expedition had started IN
the Fran, ostcnsibly for ue North
Scotts expedition was known and dc
sCribsd at great length, there was III
tie said Of Amundsen. II was known
that the King of Norway had aided IN
pie"ing ont the slender resources of the
explorer, but his ship, the Fran, came
from Nanscn, lie had no improve
mcnts, he depended upon few mcr
and about 100 dogs. Nansen had ad
vised the placing Of dogs above ponies
and motors.
The Terra Nova. proceeding slowly
reached the southernmost point Of New
Zealand in October. 1910, took on tn,
balance Of her equipment, secure in the
belief that Amundsen was on his way
north The start for the Antarctic circle
was made November 20, 1910, from Por
Chalmers, and the Terra Nova pushe,
her way due south, bringing mp at Nc
! Murdo Sound in January, 1911, in thu
fan OF the year Amundsen, who hat
vanished after leaving Funchal, wa
found In the Bay of Whales off I'm;
Edwards Land In February, 1871, Scot
had already established his winter quar-
tcrs across Ross Bay, or Sea, 400 miles Il
the westward, ON South Victoria Land
Scott then learned Of Amundsen. ant
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MRS. SCOTT TO GET NEWS
Wtrelesa Message Sent to Hsp
steamer. 1900 Miles Ont.

Wtre1esa Message Sent to Hep
steamer. 1900 Miles Out.
SAN Francisco. Feb. lO-Marconls
regular wireless budget Of news at md-
night tonight will be sent to the Union
LinS steamer Aorangi, which is about
900 miles OF this coast II will contain
details of the loss of Capt Scott and
probably will be the first news that his
widow will receive of his fate.
Mrs. Scott sailed from here on tns
Aorangi last Wednesday. Mayor Ropi,
bade her good-by. She said Just before
the steamer sailed:
Capt. Scott, il is figured. will not reach
civilization for at least two months. Con-
sequently expect TO reach the Antipodes
in ample time to greet him and hear his
story of his three years experiences in
the south pole regions. Our meeting
probably will take place az one of the
south New Zealand ports.
"Of course you all know as much about
my husbands doings during his absence
in the South as do. but am confident
that while Capt Amundsen beat his
expedition to the pole it was no fau' NJ
Capt. Scott. Naturally my sympathy is
with my husband and as his wife under
! stand better than any one else how great
must have been his disappointment when
he learned Of Capt Amundsen's success
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crevasses. 1t was firm walking for
Amundsen. This message told o, tho
sacrifice Of some of the ponies ci'.c-
because Of exhaustion or because they
were needed as food for the dogs The
mon were in excellent condition and 'he
party now was reduced to twelve mon
Another four turned back on Dcrem-
bcr Il in latitude So degrees and min.
utes south. Amundsen had then been =,
the pole and was on his way back The
plateau. still ascending. then had ~.
tanned an altitude of $500 fec'. Mount
Darwin was thirty miles to tho west
ward The journey had been attended
with hardships and misfortuncs
Tho great plateau. really tho noun
tain chain. was pierced at intervals vita
deep valleys in which were crcvaSses
and glaciers dangerous to life and limb
Tho glaciers had been covered with soft
, snow. into winch men sank up tu Their
! knees as they walked. and tho ponies
| struggled pitiahly.
! The party here was reduced 10 Scott
Lieut. Evans, Dr. Wilson, Lieut.. Row.
| crs. capt. oates. LashieN, Petty officer
| Evans and Cream. The other men wee
! working their way back to the basA
! resting as they went AT the station.
| which had been established at every dc
gree and stocked with food. Capt, Scott
here spok. of one perplcNity confronting
him There were eight men rema inns
and each man of the eight was deter
| mined to go forward t. the end II would
| he hard. very hard To choose. Evidently
| the insistence of some one man broke lp
| the plans at the next date. the last 10
come out of the south. This was Jsnu-
ary 3. 1912. when south latitude S1.3.
| had been reached. less than $50 miie,
from the pole and the last lap ~ The
, race.
1t was all down To the dogs now and
with the establishing Of the last station
provisions remained for but thirty dai :
for the party to go forward.
Il am going forward with party u
five men now" scott wrote. The ad-
vance party goes forward with a
months provisions and the prospects
of success seem good providns the
weather holds and no unforeseen OH
staclcs arise. 1t has been veiy dit' t'.j'
t. choos" the advance party. as "v,.r
one was tit and abb. to go forward
Those who return ar. naturally much
disappointed.
THE weather on the plateau ou the
whole has been good Tn" sur h,>
never deserted us. but the temperatures
ar" low now. about 20 degrees WiNus.
and the wind pretty constant How
ever. We are eXCcllcntly equipped ami
the wind undoubtedly improves tho -uI-
face. So all arrangements have worked
out most satisfactorily. 1t is more than
probable that no further news viii %
received from us this year, as our return
must necessarily be late. am !. main.
ing in the Antarctic for another season
in order To complete my work
This was all that came out TO III.
world when the Terra Nova returned
10 New Zealand with some of the men,
bers Of the party on March 81 Of last
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south--the goal Of his ambition, the
south pu,.. It was Summer in that
latitude" u summer with - cold vrd sun.
with .or,aslunai SuowSturmS. hIiZ2ards,
summer with - truprra' II" of minus
twenty degrees C,Utlcrad". and tn"
words w.," delivered N lh'' great rock
pierced plateau of ice ana eternal snow
when girts TIA" pole.
I Lieut.. r.. l.. -. K. ENau. hti,rward
"A commander of the British Navy. with
/ ,rcwIn"n l.ashl,y and cream. We're To
start back toward South Victoria Land
and tn, HON. base that afternoon The
way lay over 1850 miles ~ plateau. Yer
IA" great ice barrier across trcachcrnus
il" and NOR" tr"achcrous inurains. But
they had the knowlcdg" also that at
every degree on tn" TRIP north there
would bc found a hut and a supply Of
provisions up To about y degrees lati-
tudc south. the main base where the
Terra Nova would come for them
capt Scott Dr !. y Wilson. 2ooln-
g!st and artist, I.i"ut. II T. towers ~
the ROYAL Indian Marines, Capt l.. T.. -
Gates II IN" innisiNii"n Dragons ana
Petty piiicer Evans of the navy, faithful
friend and attendant of capt. Scott,
turned their faces Suuthward for NJ
teen DAYS dash To cover that fdt"ful $50
miles remaining. Con" We're their
ponies. their motor slcdceS and most of
their dogs There wrr" provisions on
the r"ma ming Slede"s for only thirty
days Their. was food where they were
and 10 this they must return within III"
time specified.
Had Capt Scott known !, AT tha,
moment of January 2. 1872 lust In,
Il.
exact spot upon which his lifcs am
bitlon was centred, there stood a small
hut. little more than a cairn. and upor
he top OF 1t noat"d the flag Of Norway
Just twenty days before January 3
December ~. Road Amundsen. havinl
the form and the will Of his own Nikinl
ancestors, had ended a tfty-five dan
dash from Kay of Whales, Prince Ed
ward VII, Land, by arrival a, the srea
goal. tn" bottom of IN" world, lie ha'
won race in which five countries made
ready to start. lie had gone to thu
region for nothing els" but TO react
the pole Scott, sent in part hy th'
Royal Geographical Society. stopped fo
scientific observation or Investigation
Amundsen with his skis. his dogs an,
his provisions cut to the minimum fo
| four men, always plunged forward. I
climbing of ice barriers was called fo
! he climbed: If walking was feasible h,
> walked. If skiing could lee done h,
skilled. but walking. running, climhnl
or crawling, he kept his face steadily
s"uthward. Tfc won.
New Rival Was In Region,
Scott knew that Amundscn was some
where out on that plateau. Whether N
was before him or behind him he had NJ
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Enslishinen can endure hardship. help
one another and meet death with az
great fortitudc as ever in the past. We
took risks We know We took them
Things have come out against us and
therefore ". have no cause for com
plant. but bow to III" will Of PROV dence,
determined still 'o 1t" our best to the
last.
"But II We have been willing tu give
oar lives To this enterprise. which = for
The honor uf our country, | appeal 10
our ,ouutrNm"n 20 So" that those vino
depend upon us are properly cared for
Had We lived ! should have had a tale
to toll Of the hardihoud. endurance and
courage of my companions which would
have stirred tn. hearts uf all English