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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-25

really unnecessary exposure and risk
to the animals he was dependent on to
mar his chance of reaching the desired
goal, as failure to get to the pole last
season would have meant also the ruin
Of all this seasons plans. He told me
that he was much more interested in
the work mapped out for this season
and considered 1t of greater geograph-
ical Importance than reaching the pole
when the last supporting party, led
by Lieutenant (now Commander) Ev-
ans left Captain Scott on Jan. A the
polar party were only 145 miles from
the goal of their hopes and in excellent
health and spirits and were travelling
at the rate of fifteen miles a day. All
being well, the pole should therefore
have been reached about Jan. 10 last.
Caches of food had been made every
sixty miles along the route. There was
lle for the explorers to enjoy full
l. ps on the whole return journey.
I'll arty were expected back at Hut
Poin, dfteen miles from Cape Evans,
where the Terra Nova was waiting for
them, about March 15, but on March
the sea was freezing so rapidly that
Lieutenant Pennell, then commanding
ehe ship, considered 1t unwise to re-
main longer, owing to the hourly in
creasing risk that the ship would be
frozen in. 1t is unfortunate that we
were unable to remain a week or ten
days longer as we should almost GER
talnly have brought back with us the
news that Captain Scott had reached
the pole about Jan. Is. He and his
companions probably returned to win
/ ter quarters before the end of March.
No further news can be received from
him until the Terra Nova again re-
turns from the far south, about the
end OF next March. The members who
accompanied Captain Scott to the pole
are DR.. Edward Wilson, Captain L. e.
G. Oates, Lieutenant Bowers and Petty
Officer Evans.
Captain Scott has tremendous stay
Ing power and any amount of energy
Of the right kind-the kind that sets a
. steady pace and keeps 1t up all day.
~ A1OFS kOf his work can pull him
through we shall hear next year that
ne has not failed to accomplish all to
which he has set his hand"
Captain scott's Life.
Cantain Rohart Falcon Scott r. NJ
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-25
Cabinet Set A-snssxlnn.

The London Express says that the
whole cabinet was set sneezing recent
ly by the simultaneous receipts by
each minister at the house Of commons
OF sufrragstts letters containing red
pepper
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-25
Not Engrossed In Polar Guest.

among the congratulations to Cap
tain Amundsen on his achievement
those of Captain Scott will be the
heartiest Of ALL More than any other
man can he appreciate what it means
to press such an enterprise to success.
Captain Scott himself would have well
coined Octobers hardships, for that
is a word l have never heard either
him or any member of the landing
party use, but he would not allow any
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-25
A Continent of Death.

The antarctic has long been known
as continent of death. 1t has neither
the fora nor the fauna Of the arctic.
An occasional penguin or a migratory
seal may be found near the ocean, but
the interior has always been whited
waste. Captain Scott and his men in
habited the continent longer probably
than any other human beings, and it
was as If one of the diabolical blizzards
which swirl across the high plateaus
had determined to exact from them
before they could escape the price paid
by all other life in its frozen area.
The circumstance is particularly trag-
ic from the fact that Roald Amundsen
only month before had come and
gone In weather 80 exceptionally balmy
that the Norwegian has been inclined
to discount the reports of earlier ex-
plorers of the blighting winds of the
plateau. That he was somewhat earlier
than Scott had something to do with
1t, but the choice of routes also contrib
nted to the ease Of Amundsen's journey.
Captain Scott selected the same route
he had taken in his first expedition,
19O2-4, and later by Shackleton, push
Ing up the mountains from McMurdo
sound and reaching high altitude early
In the march as we'll as exposing the
party to the billiards almost from first
to last.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-25
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION,
IN ESTATE OF
nALTT NV ID lHUnA nHnr

OAhJLl d, MLUAHGEI,
Late OF Sterling, deceased.
All persons indebted to said estate
are notified to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned; and those
having claims against said estate are
notified to present them, duly attest
ed, for settlement.
H. R. AEGARGEL, Admr.
Sterling, Pa, Jan. IA, 1913. 5w6
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-25

IN XECUTOR'S NOTICE.
u Estate of
GEORGE HAYNES,
Late of Preston, deceased.
All persons indebted to said estate
are notified to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned; and those
having claims against said estate are
notified to present them, duly attest
ed, for settlement.
MARGARET HAYNES,
w. H. DAVIS,
Executors.
Lakewood, Pa, Jan. IA, 1918.
12W6.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-25
IN XECUTOR'S NOTICE,
~ Estate of
EDWARD STAPLES

Late of Township of Lehigh.
All persons indebted to said es-
tate are notified to make immediate
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against the said
estate are notified to present them
duly attested, for settlement.
ETNA B. STAPLES. Executrix.
Sterling, Pa, Feb. 3, 1913.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-25
Report of a Member.

Writing to the London Times on
Captain Scott's plans and purposes,
Herbert G. Pointing, a member Of the
original western party, who returned
some time ago, denied that Captain
Scott was ever In the race for the
south pole, but was leading a great
scientific expedition and confined his
attention to that object. This report
from one OF the explorers is interest
ing. 1t is as follows:
"Since my return to England from
the antarctic, having completed my
work of illustrating Captain Scott's
expedition, l have found that much
Misrepresentation exists in regard to
the objects of that enterprise. The
popular idea that there has been a
race to the south pole is an error. Cap
tain Scott has not been racing, nor has
he been engaged upon a mere dash to
the pole. He is leading a great scien-
tiflc expedition-perhaps the greatest
ever sent out from England-and the
reaching OF the south pole was but an
Incident In the extensive program of
work mapped out To race would have
been to Jeopardize the success o.. the
main objects of the expedidonS and
Captain Scott would not allow the
presence of a rival in the field to move
him from the course which he consid-
cred wisest and best
within four months Of our depar-
ture from New Zealand he had lost nine
ponies out OF nineteen. nearly half the
total transport on which he was chief
~ relying. II would be impossible to
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-25
Captain scott's Life.

Captain Robert Falcon Scott, r. N,
@. v. o., #. r. G. s., commander of
Englands most important antarctic
expedition, was born at Devonport.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-25

Jadwin Building. Honesdale, Pa.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-15
Atlanta Club Leads All in
Number of Its Graduates Now
Playing in the Major Leagues
By "Bud'' Fisher

Delehanty being with Detroit,
Becker with John McGraw's cham
piOnship combination at New York,
and the champion Boston Red SoX
had playing in its outfield the for
mer idol of Little Rock, and Incl
dentally he stands the same way
with the fans in the city of culture,
as iris Speaker is probably the
most popular member of Jake
Stahls team.
In glancing over the two leagues,
one can find but one representative
of Shreveport, and that in the per-
son of the hustling little third base
man of the Pittsburg Pirates, Bob
by Byrne
incidentally the Shreveport club
had on its roster a player who Gre
ated a sensation in the American
league last year. In 1908 Shreve-
port had playing first base for them
a player named Chic Arnold. The
following season he joined the Sac
ramento club on the coast, only his
name was changed to Chic Gandil.
.COmiskey secured him for his Chi
cago club, but after a season of
Indifferent success he was sent to
the Montreal club and improved so
much that Clark Griffith brought
him down to Washington and it
made Griffs team for him, as Gan
dill was just what he had needed,
and at the present time Gandil is
considered one of the best first
basemen in the American or Ma
tional leagues. On the same team
with Arnold or Gandil at Shreve-
port was Zach Wheat, and they
both hit about the same, Gandil
1863 and Wheat .26S, in about 100
games.
X-Leaguer seems to have over
looked Kent and kirkpatrick, for
mer Southern leaguers. but other
wise the list seems complete.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-15
Atlanta.
TECH MEETS DEFEAT IN
HOT GAME WITH AUBURN

The Auburn basket ball five defeated
the Tech team in fast game last night
al the crystal Palace, SO to 81.
The game was much faster than the
one last Friday night and free from
roughness. The first half was close
and the score swayed back and forth
but In the last half the Jackets were
outplayed by the visitors.
Auburn's superior training and team
work told the tale. The passing of the
Alabama boys was fast and accurate
The shooting Of both fives was little
off. but Auburn again had the edge
here. The feeding Of the Auburn guards
also helped to run up the Alabama
score. The condition Of Donahue's lads
was telling i'm the last half. Auburn
played the entire game without a shift
while Coach Heisman found II necessa-
~ TO send in four new men in the sec
ond period
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-15
SWITCHES;
WILL VOTE FOR
SCHEDULE

NASHVILLE, TENN, Feb. Is
President w. G. Hirsig, Of
the Nashville baseball club.
can be counted on to vote for the
tentative schedule as adopted in
Chattanooga by the schedule com
mittee.
When interviewed last night the
local magnate declared that he was
unable to say positively what his
action would be, but that he was
not prepared to say that he would
side with Birmingham. Atlanta and
Montgomery in opposing the sched-
ule.
However, Mr.. Hirsig declared
that he would not oppose any
changes which would tend to even
up matters so long as Nashville
didn't suffer thereby.
ut is impossible for all clubs 70
be satisfied with the schedule" he
said, land there could be no ar
rangement by which one or more
wouldn't have some kick coming
Two years ago | think Nashville
got the worst deal of any club in
the league, but we had to put up
with it.
THE schedule committee is choS-
en- by the representative of the
league and does a lot Of hard work
for nothing. 1t is to be presumed
that they do their best to distrib-
ute the games fairly, | must adj
NIT, however, that several clubs
have a right to kick this year But
Nashville isn't one of them. | DO
not believe in trying to undo every
thing this committee has done and
can not say that 1 win side with
the dissatisfied clubs in protesting
against it's adoption.
Il would favor any changes that
might be made, however, when
would even up matters, just so
Nashville doesn't get worse dea'
than it has at present. But II Is
my business to look out for ouI
. club in this matter"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-15
D0UBLE-HEADER TONIGHT
ON ATHLETIC CLUB FLOOR

The Atlanta Athletic club will pre-
sent a double-h header of basket ball to-
night. The first team will play the
Mercer university quintet and the sec
ond team will clash with the Knights
of Columbus.
The first half Of the last named
game will begin promptly at o'clock,
and the second half will be played be-
tween the halves of the other game.
These games will be the next TO the
last on the Athletic club floor this sea-
son. The end will come with the game
against the Columbus Young Mems
Christian association team one week
from tonight.
The Mercer team is always an attrac-
ton here. Last season they defeated
the local team in a holly contested
game. The local club is out after re-
venge tonight.
Dick Jemison will referee both con-
tests.
Here is the lineup for the Mercer
game:
Mercer. Atlanta.
1IdcS, l. !. .'.'.... .....s' fOrDeS, !. J..
Westmortland, r. f. ........ Smith, +. f,
carson, c. ................D uBard, c..
Roddenberry, |. <. Weaver, |. g,
irwin, T. g. ..............C Carter, r. g.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-15
MANY CHANGES IN
GOLF BALL
STYLES
By Chick Evans.
western Amateur Golf Cham

piSItsI
r the year 1915 the Edinburgh
Burgess Golfing society receiv-
ed from the Corporation Of
Edinburgh silver golf club. To this
club each captain on retiring from
office affixed a silver gorr ball. and
by 1894 the club was covered with
these balls. Then the Edinburgh
council presented the society with
another club. Now, since the cap
tain's term of office has been short
ened the attached balls are rapidly
increasing.
Custom requires that the captain
select the most popular bali of his
time for representation on the sill
yer club. Therefore these little
spheres form an interesting con-
crete history of the golf ball for
the last ITO years Up to 1856 there
are representations of the feather
variety
Newer Styles Appeal
Keith Maitland in 1856 attached
the first example of the band ham
mersd gutta ball and in 1857 Will
liam Mann added a silver facsim-
lie Of the grooved gutta. Captain
Purvis furnished the last example
OF the gutta in 1900.
The first patterns of rubber
core, the Haskell, was attached by
Captain Chesser in 1903, and Cap
tain Andrews provided a pimple-
surface Kite" in 1905. 1t is we'll
worth the journey to Barnton to
see how far the makers of golf
balls have Travelled.
Although the first silver club was
given to the society in 1915. the
balls attached to it date back to
1875. 1t has been suggested in ex-
PLANTATION that all the captains liv-
ing at the time the club was re-
ceived attached balls to it; or there
had been another club to which
other balls had been attached.
Oldest Club in Scotland
The Edinburgh Burgess Golfins
society is said to be the oldest club
in Scotland, and it is only second
In age TO the Royal Blackheath club
OF England, Although the earliest
minute book does not go farther
back than 1873, 1875 is really
claimed as the date of the clubs be-
ginning.
When | was at St Andrews l
saw silver clubs with balls attach
ed, but | did not notice the earliest
dates. The Burgess society Is for
tunate in covering the whole pc
riod of golf ball making.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-15
BOXING CLUBS IN
FRANCE DESIRE
BIC BOUTS
BY Ed. w. Smith.
.ARIs really is serious in going

~ ARTS really is serious in going
ahead with the proposed
match there in June between
Jack Johnson and All Palzer The
battle is set for The night OF the
running of the Grand PriN, the
great French turf event
Johnson believes he will hc an
clear of his troubles In Chicago long
before then and hopes to be on his
way to Paris in plenty Of time To
fit himself well Tor the battle.
ON this side Of the Atlantic the
match would not be seriously CON
sidered because of the defeat of
Palzer by Luther MCCarty I'm Los
Angeles in December, but the Par
isians do not know so much about
that. They remember Palzer only
as the man who knocked out Bonn
bardisr Wells IN crushing style in
New York last June, and that is
good enough as a recommendation
Still ldolize Wells.
They know Wells to be great
fighter and the man who trimmed
hir, aac,s,raIy e. eroa,ar sim il,
their eyes.
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-15
Memphis Ball Club Has Good
Manager, But He Can NotWin
Pennant Without Some Help

right and left fields. respectively.
Jack McCrone, who played with
Jersey City and Baltimore in the
International league last season,
has been secured for the center field
position He is about 26 years old,
hit over 300 in the fast Glass AA
league last season and stole IS
bases Pitcher Green. with Roanoke
of the Virginia league may also be
used in the outfield on account
of his fine batting qualities.
IT seems probable that Bernhard
intends to stand pat on his
pitching staff, as contracts have
been sent to Ferguson, Kissinger.
Parsons, Newton and Merritt, the
five men who handled the slabbing
guns last season. Incidentally, only
two of the foresaid-Parsons and
Merritt--Won more games than they
lost last season. Neither of the
others came close to the 500 level.
The new pitchers are Waymack,
last year with Asheville of the An,
palachian league Needles, last year
with Paducah of the kitty"
league; Freeman, last year with ST.
Joseph OF the Western league:
Green, last year with Roanoke of
the Virginia league, and Schneiberg
and Merritt, left handlers, who
played semi-pro ball in 1912
Schneiberg and Freeman are well
up In years as age is measured in
baseball. but the others are In the
kid classification.
Doc Seabough is the only catch
er lined up at present. Bernhard
has Glass IA Lacquer in view, a
man who formerly caught for Little
Rock, and hopes to close the deal
within the next week or ten days.
A MAN needs an imagination as
vivid as a flashlight flare to
see pennant winner manufactured
out of that lot Of players Admit
teddy miracles have happened. But
they come about once in ten years
in Southern league baseball-and
this isn't the year for one.
Maybe, by the use Of McGilH-
cudian cunning, Bill Bernhard may
persuade his bunch to finish in the
first division. Judged by the other
teams in the league, however, he
can hardly hope to do it,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-15
By X-Leaguer.

~ UT OF the Al former Southern
n league players who pastimed
in the two major organiza-
lions last year the Atlanta club fur
nished the largest number, as seven
former Cracker players were in the
big show last season, and Incl
dentally there were quite a few
stars among the seven.
The New York Americans had
that stellar battery, Ford and
Sweeney. The Chicago Nationals
had plenty of confidence when Jim
my Archer was behind the bat for
them, and with Charlie Smith pitch
ing to him it would be a familiar
looking battery to Atlanta fans.
Another Cracker will join Evers'
Cubs the coming summer as Bos-
ton has traded Al Bridwell to Chi
cago Nap Rucker continues to win
games for Brooklyn, and Dode Pas
kert is one of the stars on Charlie
Dooins Phillies.
New Orleans and Memphis were
resentation in major leagues, with
six each. Former Memphis players
were George Jackson and Walter
Dickson, at Boston; Jake Daubert,
at Brooklyn; Guy linn, with the
New York Highlanders; Rube Pc
tiers, twirling for Comiskey's White
SoX, and George Suggs, who had
very successful year at Cincinnati.
New Orleans had half of their six
graduates on one team, as Joe Jack
son, Butcher and Doc johnson were
all at one time on the Cleveland pay
roll.
Pratt Stars With ST. Louis.
The Boston Nationals had two
former Pelicans on their team in
Hess and Jay Kirke. Pittsburg
possessed the other Pei in Catch
er Mike Simon. Montgomery has
sent some mighty good ball players
to the big show, namely, Rube Old
ring, to the Athletics, Neal Ball, who
is now with the champion Red
Sox; Derrill Pratt, who was a SEN
sation with the St. Louis Ameri-
cans last season, which was his first
in that league. Montgomery also
sent Stengel and Daley TO Brook
Ign, and Stengel showed a flash of
form there last fall that will proba-
bly, result in his becoming one of
the regular outfielders.
Birmingham was next in line. be-
ing represented by four former dem
liens of the Stag pile. Cincinnati
had Art Phelan and Almeida, while
Philadelphia claimed title to tom
Downey and the human corkscrew.
Slim Sallee, twirled exceptionally
good ball for Mrs. Helen Britton's
Cardinals. Chattanooga had the
same number of players last year in
the big show as did Birmingham
Baskette, with the Clevelands. and
Steve Yerlles, with the Boston
champions, being in the American
league, while Hub Northern, with
Brooklyn. and RUDE Benton, with
Cincinnati, were in the National
ACdS - II III &c VI AlODllt = RTdQ-
yates were playing with National
league clubs-Zach Wheat. Frank
Allen and Otto Miller all being
members OF Bill Dahlen's Trolley
Dodgers.
There were less men playing ball
in the big leagues who had worn
Nashville uniforms than any Of the
present members Of the Southern
league, as only two former Nash
vile players were there last year,
though several new ones advanced
last fall. Red Smith performed
creditably at bird for Brooklyn.
while Hub Perdue was the most
successful pitcher on the tail-end
Boston Nationals.
Little Rock Also Represented.
There were three players playing
in the big show who graduated into
the majors from Little Rock. Jim
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-15
FOOTBALL RULE MAKERS
STILL TINKER WITH CODE

NEW YORK. Feb. I5.-The makers
OF football rules met again today TO-
complete the revision of the football
manual begun last night az the Hotel
Martinique
one Of the most important changes
thus far enacted provides for the elm
ination Of restrictions OIL the kick from
PACK OF the line, the new rule being
that the kick may be made from any
where back Of the scrmmage line. IN
stead Of five yards back AS for
mpTly
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-15
PIRATE CLUBS WILL NOT
GIVE IN TO HOLD-OUTS

PITTSBURG, Feb. 15.-That no eff
fort to coax Bobby Byrne, Max Carey
and Claude Hendrix the Pirate hold
outs, into line will be made was the
plan decided upon today by the Pirate
club officials.
The club has offered these men the
best terms il will offer, and they must
sign or remain unsigned" declared
President DreYfus.
The local magnate received letter
from Manager Fred Clarke advising
him TO stand pat
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-15
M'CARTY SIDESTEPS AND
SMITH GETS WELL BOUT

NEW YORK. Feb. 15.-Gunboat
Smith, the California heavyweight, will
meet Bombardier Wells, the English
man, at Madison Square Garden on
March I or II.
The club officials. in announcing the
match, said they We're tired of trying
to match Luther McCarty with the Eng
lishman