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Profit In Raising Broilers
Depends on Feeding And Care
Successful Growers Give the
Rules Which They Follow in
Feedinq.
Black-Breasted Ren Games
Are An Attractive and Old
Breed.
•v Michael K. Boyer.
jwn’iry Editor of Th« Farm Journal
Copyright. 1914, by the Engene
McGurMn Co.
Broiler ratting haa developed Into
an extcnalve mouetry throughout the
country, but in the early day* many
loanee were attributed to branching
out Into thia work.
Scientific methoda and experience,
however, have eliminated much of
the haaard of early undertaklnga, and
today handeome profit* are reallaed
by poultry eattbhahmenta apeclallx-
Ing in thia induatry.
The following article explaine
methoda of care and feeding practiced
In the iargett broiler plant*.
Exhibition Black Breaeted Red
Garnet, one of the eariltat known
breed* of poultry, are ahown In the
illuatration.
The fphdint? nnd rare of cluck* In
tended for In dlera I* a moat impor
tant eUi! ul poultry t.io.iiß. No t>oo
tlon of the country has contributed
mor- to .lie development of tlita work
Umn HamiiHiiiton, \* .1 The writer
engaged in this Industry (wenty-aeven
years ago and has followed the work
up to the present day, although broiler
rafslni; now given way largely to
eg;: farming •
After cotislderabl emperlnu’nllng,
ii haa boon duttrirtMd that the Astui
lean breeds are best adapted for grow
ing a* rgular broiler*, and among
these It is conceded tha the Wyan
dotte family leads OT late years
sqti als broilers" have become popular,
for which the While leghorn fowl
Sb -admirable adapted. Squab broilers
must not exceed three- quart era of »
pound In weight, dressed, and for thljp
puri**se the „ oung iegliQp) cockerels
are used :t time number of them be
ing hutched annually on egg farm*
They *JI test in Janunry and Feb
ruary.
As to Broiler Weights.
The regular broiler iwhioli some
years ago In Pennsylvania was known
a* the barbecue) must pot weigh
more *lihii two pounds dressed Above
that weight the pass out of the
1-roller c u*s In March the demand
• all: for broiler* weighing one and a
quarter i ountlt each; April, one and
a hall pound-; May, one Slid a quar
ter to two pound* each. The height
of the broiler «ea*on is from March
to June.
Some of tho successful broiler
p!*nt* trig the cari-aase* ns they »cnd
them to market, tin this t«g I* given
the rume nnd nddreas of the farm
In till* way a reputation 1* secured,
nnd eusUimer* eventually call for
these particular goods, which moans
qulikci sale< and better price*.
An utraetivc broiler Is one that
possesses a full breast, tiroud tiaek
nnd plump body. Snperolr broiler*
must be quit'lt)' grown, when hfttch
ed In October. November and Decem
ber and properly grown, they should
come In for the high prices of Jan
u*ry, February and March.
In order, to grow good broilers It Is
Important that 'be breeding stock be
In proller condition. They should not
only be In the bent of health, and
must not be ovarfat, but also strong.
vlgop.ui* htids Thlp will give tlie
stamina the youngsters need, for
forcing will surely tell on stock that
is Inclined to be weak.
Another point that should he re
membered is that there is a shrinkage
of about a halT pound In a broiler
when dressed In picking out birds
to tie killed, allowance must be made
for this shrinkage Two round* live
weight will mean about one and n
half pounds when dressed
There arc as many method* of feed
Ing broilers n.ivocated ss there are for
large slock The old time method of
feeding every two hours I* not so
generally practiced now. and Ihe
chick* aeein to do lust as well.
M .she* should be fed two or three
times a dav. buj there should be «uf
ftrlcnt chick feed (small and cracked
grains, put up and sold bv poultry feed
dealers' scattered among litter to
make the chicks exercise
Feeding Broiler*.
No matter what formula of feed t*
givon there no' a number of tWnn*
that mu*! not be omitted, and a num
ber of "don't* " that should be observ
ed. via :
Supply grit. which should be about
the al*t> of coarse aantl. This should
be constantly before them
Feed choreoal add a tcaspoonful
to n quart of mash daily
Feed preen food—Jattuce. onion
t*pa, lawn dippings -cut up Tine
Iwn t feed meat at-arp tn the inaab
nutli the chirks are a week or two
old
Don't feed hard boiled eggs nor wet
cornroeai.
Don't be Irregular Iu teedlu*.
Iton’t overfeed or underfeed
Don’t neglect the water supply.
When I aay don't feed hard boiled
egßb" I probably ought to qualify that.
At one time the opinion prevailed thot
hard boiled eggs were the beet fo#l
for the llret tew nieula, but too much
faith and reliance was placed on the
diet. The result was bowel tdoublea.
Th judicious owe «if hard-boiled at t>
Is all right. but 1 prefer saturating
bread crumbs with a fresh egg. A
fresh epc has a tendency to regulate
bow*! disorders, w hile a hard-bollci
one will create bowel disturbances.
One Hammonton man has less loss
among bis chicks when he feeds on
dry feed, but he likes a variety—aay
cracked coni cracked wheat, cracked
oats. But when tt come* to fattening,
he prefers scalded around feed
Another practical man gives the
chicks nothing but dry wheat bran to
pick at the first day The next day
be feeds rolled oats, and continues to
feed it until thi cl leka are ten days
old, keeping dry bran, eharcool and
fine oyater shell by them all the time
He feeds every two hour* just what
they will eat tip clean. After ten
dav» lie feeds a moist mash tn the
morning and evening, coniiosed of
corn meal middlings, bran and ground
oats, with meat scrap in proportion to
the age of it? chicks At noon he
Records, show that game fowls were
Aired In India centuries tiefore the
Ciiriatign era, and cock fights are of
ten referred to In Roman history.
Ttie original Black Breasted Red
(•nine was of the I’tt Game or fighting
type, known as the old English Black
Ited Game.
Hut the Exhibition (James, such a*
shown herewith, are tit# fruit of care
ful breeding by fanciers They i»o»
sesa the same fiery temper of the
feeds wheal or cracked corn, and
keeps green stuff by them, so the)
can eat all they want, until the last
awo weeks.
How a Pioneer Worked.
One of the pioneer broiler raisers <A
this country fed dry cornmeal for the
first three or four days. Then he
duni|M>ned a very little of It and add
ed some well-cooked poaatoea, chop
ped up fine After two or three
weeks he gave scalded feed—corn
meal (plenty of It), a little bran, sec
ond-grade flour or middlings, ond a
little ground meat Tlila pioneer had
considerable loss In cliicks dying
from leg weakness, the bodies being
made too heavy for tho muscular
strength of the legs. Broilers should
not be fed too much fattening food In
the start Bone and muscle must
first he grown ttnd then fat.
Another broiler raiser gives crack
ed wheat for the first week, and after
that a mixture of ground oats and
com, equal parts, about a fourth part
of middlings, an.' a handful of ground
meat The whole mixture in ecalded
sevral hours before feeding, and fed
slightly moist Chopped-up cabbage,
boiled or raw- putatoe* nnd other vegc
tables are fed either separate or
mixed with the mash Whole wheat
or cracked corn Is also fed between
meals The maah is given morning,
noon and ntKlit, and continued until
the broilers are ready for market
The supply of meat Is gradually in
creased ns the chicks grow Grit,
charcoal and ground oyster shell are
always within reach.
Feeding “Johnny" Cake.
The late George W. Prossey, who,
with the assistance oT his two daugh
ters, about twenty-five years ago in
Mamtnonton marketed shout 5.000
broilers annually, fed n regular Jonn
ny cuke, made us follows:
Three quart* eornmeal, one quart
w-haet middlings and one quart ot
meat meal. This he mixed quite stiff
with water or skimmed milk, tn which
had been mixed four tablespoon tula of
vinegar and two teaspoonfuls of soda
After baking the cake, and when cold,
he crumt led it fine and fed for the
forts week or ten days all they could
eat. For the first ten days the chicks
were kept tn a warm room, but aftea
that they ware placed In a <>>id brood
or house with only a warm hover In
it For the first week they were also
fed once a day. Mashed potatoes and
plenty of drinking water and coarse
san 1 were always on hand
After the chicks placed In the
outdoor broofler, they were fed a mash
made of two parts corn, one part
wheat and one part oats, ground to
get her quite fine To each tea-quart
pallful of the mixture he added one
quart of wheat bran, half a cup of
pulverised honemeul, one pint mid
dlings, and one pint meat meal. This
was mixed rather dry. with hot wa
ter. and allowed to steam for two
hours before feeding which gave it a
chance to swell. Once a week with
this food lie added a half teaspoonful
of salt, and in cold water a quarter
teaspoonful of red pepper. Once or
twice a week he added a spoonful of
sulphur, and about as often mixed in
the drinking water for the day a
spoonful of Douglas Mixture for every
UK' chickens
Broilers for Market.
Broilers sent to market should be
fat and neatly dressed, the dry pick
ing being the best method. The kill
ing Is done by sticking In tre mouth,
the bird In the meantime being sus
pended by Its feet ao as to bleed well
The dressing Is done while the
bodies are warm, using rare not to
break the skin The head and feet
are alkiwed to remain.
After being dressed the carcass
must be washed In cold water, wiped
drv aim hung up by the feet i* a cool
place
In shipping to market, the carcasses
should be [lacked iu boxes or barrels,
between layers ot ice. Fold the neck
GAME FOWLS EARLIEST
EXHIBITION BLACK BREASTED RED GAMES.
Copyright, 1914, hy The Eugene McOuckin Company,
original games Their utility qualities
however, are limited. They are wide
ly brgi In England and America.
They are dinttnguthhed for their
width of shoulders full-tnusrled breast
long legs and neck, shorn tapering
tall and hard feathers The Blark
Red male Is richly colored on the
head, neck, back and top of wings,
the scheme being red . and glossy
green-black. Tlie female has soft
shades of brown in her feathering,
Another One of Ban Johnson's Bluffs
Called By Players who “Write”
Signed Articles for Papers
New York. —Another one of Han John
son m bluff* tm* been called, thin time
by the player* who •‘write’* lifß«d arti
cle* fur newspaper*.
iJMplte the fterco amV <«»rful Bound
lti|C ortlete issued by J Atm son ag-inst
Mu v h » *lunt, tl»e P%y*T* g*»d m **uy ot
the manager*. too, hive aontravteri with
different newspaper* Jsr newspaper syn
dicate* to “write" article* for them
during the coming L
Jn passing It may be %*tid that about
ninety-nine per cent of the ball pla>-
tm whose names appear In Hie pap***
above Analytical baseball itnlrles do not
write them. A newspaper man writes
them, after a brief diticiiH»lon with
the player* of the m*tt*r the article
contain* The player* get hi*? check for
lending the use of lit* name to these
articles.
11l Feeling.
For a number of year* past consider*
able 111-feeling among the players has
been engendered through these articles.
Home of the articles have criticized (
some other player, whereupon, the cri-j
the last world series opened and finally
ami murmured dire threats In the direc
tion of the “author." The "author”
pushed forth the alibi that be didn’t
write them; that a newspaper man
wrote them. Hut th * alibi stuff didn't
help matters. •
Things came to a bad pass Just before
„lre last world series opened and finally
the National Commission was forced to
take action on October 7th o(* last year
theVday of the opening combat. After
It had deliberated for a certain length
of time on the question. It summoned
the newspaper clan Into It* august pres
ence. and Han Johnson, acting as
spopkeman for the body said:
“That Is Final.”
“In the future no players will be al
lowed to write signed articles for news
papers or lend their names to suoh ar
tides. That h final We find that
some of the players who have been
wvitlng have contracts that will carry
them through this series, and wo will
permit them to live tip to those con
tract*. Hut they will not he allowed to
renew those contracts.*’
“That mean* that no player will he
allowed to write articles or lead his
name to newspaper article* neat season
U914I?” Johnson wits asked.
“That* It exactly. ’* replied Johnson.
under the wine, the bird resting on
the breast bone, with legs straight
out Pack snugly *o there may be no
moving.
Never ship during warm, damp
weather Never market bony, skinny
stock Never ship birds half picked,
with flesh torn in places Never
ship in any old box that happens tp
be handy. Use clean, fresh boxes,
paying particular attention to pare
and neatness In packing Never pack
until all the animal heat Is out of the
carcasses Corefully Inspect each
shipment before closing the box. Al
ways notify the commission house be
fore or at the tune of shipment, giving
full data, so ; reparations can bo
made for handling the goods rapidly-
Next week J Harry Wolselffer,
poultry judge ~nd expert, will con
tribute an article on Brooding Chicks
and Their Care" The Illustration
will show "White China Geese."
FRENCH ARMY SIGNS A
MIDGET; IS CONDITIONED
Purl*.—The French army has admit
ted to Its ranks a youth named De
lta nee oho although of the military ajr<>.
20. weigh* only 42 pound* and I* only 2
feet three and one- quarter Inches tall.
The medical l*oar<| found him physically
fit In every way. It Is understood h*
will be assigned to dutte# which will not
ob’ige him to carry tse marching outfit
ol the hYench soldier. The outfit Is one
«t)d one-half Umes the inlUgwt » weight.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
with golden-ypllow neck, striped dork.
Her breast 1h salmon, blended with
brown. The back, thighs and body
are brown.
While they are very quarrelsome,
especially the males, they are read
ily confined, being poor fliers. They
are good table food and lay brown
eggs of excellent flavor. The chicks
are easily reared, barring bad weath
er Their raising appela to the mn
who breeds for results
“Any player who attempts to write such
articles after this Berles ia over, or who
lend* his name to such articles, will be
dealt with In a severe manner.**
To show In Just what reverence they
hold Johnson’s threats and the commis
sioner s ruling, the players continued to
•write” article* throughout the winter.
Ty Cobb, Eddie Collin*, George Mori
avlty, Ed Walsh, John McGraw and
other “contributed” almost daily arti
cles during the winter.
On Seaton'* Eva.
And now on the eve of the 1914 sea
son the same players and some others
us well as *om# managers, have con
tracted to furnish newspaper* with
“stories * throughout the summer. Frank
Chance, the Yankee's manager, has con
tracted to “write" a semi-weekly arti
cle throughout the summer, Hugh Jen
nings, of Detroit, Is another who is said
to have attached himself to a contract
to “write" the said “writings’* to add
about SI,OOO to his Income during the
season.
Johnson, up to the early part of Jan
nary, said ho was absolutely certain
that the players and managers would
obey his orders. But the players and
managers didn’t. They Just went along
“writing" as often as the syndicates
would take their stuff, and paying no
attention to the threats of Johnson.
Home few weeks ago a complaint over
the fact thut the players were not pay
ing any heed to the rulings of the com
m anion was carried to Garry Herrmann,
chaivman of that body.
“1 can do nothing,” said Garry.
Then Johnson was appealed to.
Johnson heaved his digits into the ait
and remarked:
“I am helpless, I have done all I can
to abolish this evil. I can do no more.”
And there you are.
It seems odd. doesn’t it, that th*
National Baseball Commission, the gov
erning body of a!l the leagues in the
country, the court of the last resort in
matters concerning Organized Baseball,
cannot enforce its own little rule as it
applies to about one dozen ball players
who aren't satisfied with drawing down
from 91-400 to 130,000 a year, but who
are out for the other SI,OOO or $1,500
that they get for permitting the use ot
their names to articles that usually are
written by a new simper man.
“No Cause For Alarm" in
Regard to Jap Volcano
Parts—Prof. Frank A Perret, the
American volcanologist, who recently
arrived from Italy to study volcanic
phennmonu in Japan, received an ur
gent request upon arrive! to examine
the volcano on Mt. Union, near Na
gaskl The residents of the district
had heard many rumblings and wer*
in great fear that the mountain was
about to erupt like Shkura-Jima.
Professor perret found "no cause for
alarm.” hut the emission of hot gases
Indicated that a revival of volcanic
acttvlty in some part of the peninsu
la was always a possibility. He
found the hot spring district in a
normal condition, with little or no
h> droelilorlc acid, the presence of
which would indicate greater activity,
Kxperiments with an electric micro
scope for hearing * subterranean
sounds showed normal conditions and
Internal rum Ming than at the
well-known "Solfatara” near Naples.
GO DO IT.
Sister <who wants to be left siene for
a moment with her suttorV— Frits! It's
so cold tn the house: go in the next room
and close the window.
KHtxi ttnl it 1* closed.
Slater—Weil, then, open it—Kliegende
Bla otter.
Officials Will Be Startled When
Revelations of Cruelty Inflicted
in Russian Prisons Come Up
Barlfei. —official Hi. Petersburg prob
ably will be atsriled by the revelation*
m.ole her* by llr. Jacob l»re»l do tluan,
a famous Hutch lawyer and poet, who
hn* been studying conditions in IlussUui
prisons. •
Dr. de llnan say*:
• Hesiusl cruelty i* Inflicted even upon
political primmer*. For a man of In
tellect to be deprived of his liberty f< t
proclaiming views which ere distasteful
to the ruling clpsse* Is in Itself suffic
iently repulsive to uti Idea* of modern
civilisation and Justice; but when sys
tematic torture Is added on the scnl*
practiced In the prison* of the t’zar's
dominions, It Is high time for lover* of
humanity throughout the world to bund
together anil say these thlnß* shall not
ho Confined In the prison of Kret
Which. In the refinements of cruelty
practiced by the Jailers rivals of old
Star Chamber of the Hpanlsti Inquisi
tion, was a political Katorgist, (one
sentenced to penal servitude to be fol
lowed automatically by exile to Siberia)
named Ivan H.iedlg. On arreat In the
Xaltlc providence* he had been In
humanly treated and the marks if
that treatment were repellently visible
upon hi* body when I kaw him. Through
n thoroughly trustworthy source, he told
me In detail of methods of violence
that had been Inflicted on him. a atorv
that aent a shudder of horror and In
dignation through me. I heard the Teat
of his story months later. It was aa
follows: Soedlg ultimately could en
dure the tortue no longer, and one even
ing he said to the other occupants of his
dungeon, ‘Friends, allow me to hang
rnyaelf. I am exhausted with suffering.’
Soedlß'a body was taken next morning
from the noose which he had made out
of his clothes and had tied to the wall;
his comrades who had permitted him
to leave the hell of Orel were treated
mercilessly.
Watch the Phillies, Disrupted By the
“Feds,” and the Naps, Also Broken By
the Same Agency, Go Hurtling
Towards the Cellar
New York.-r-Did you ever stand
by an elevator shaft and watch the
balancing weight go up when the car
came down? The higher one went the
lower the other got. A see-saw is
the same sort of a proposition. One
end goes up when the other conies
down. •
Now, turn your attention to the
pennant races that begin Tuesday in
the National and American Leagues
Do you see any situation there that
j tie likened to the elevator and the see
saw" We think we do. Watch the
Phillies, disrupted by the Federal
League assaults, and the Naps, brok
en hy a combination of the same
agency plus injuries, go hurtling to
ward the bottomless pit, and at the
same time notice the Dodgers and
Yankees go ballooning toward the
pinnacle. It is largely a blind guess
as to how high and how low this sec
action will carry, hut it is absolutely
sure that It will occur to some extent.
Fare the Same.
From this direction it looks as if all
the clubs in the two leagues, with the
exceptiorf of those mentioned, will fare
about the same in the coming cam
paign as they did in the last one.
Thus, the other six clubs in the Na
tional League would be arranged as
follows: New York, Chicago, Pitts
burgh, Boston, Cincinnati and St.
Louis. The other six In the American
League would shape up in this way:
Philadelphia, Washington, Boston,
Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis. Nearly
every doper of the National League
situation figures Pittsburg ahead of
the Cubs and some of them feel that
the Braves also will head O'Day’s
band, but we feel that the unpopular
ity of the latter’s club Is keeping It
from getting a strictly fair deal in
the prophecies, and we are willing to
stand on the order already guessed
at.
Phillies and Naps.
Now for the tobogganers, the Phil
lies and the Naps; how far will they
slide? The Phillies, which finished
second Inst year, have lost half of
their pitching staff In the defection
of Tom Seaton and Ad Brennan. They
are also practically without an infield,
for the strongest part of It—Otto
Knahe at second and Mike Doolln at
shortstop,—-Is wiped out by the Feds.
This turns the team (mediately from: a
pennant contender to what seems to
be no better than a sixth place team.
If the Killlfer case, on appeal, should
he decided finally against Jhe Phil
lies and they should have to do with
out their first catcher they would look
Brooding Chicks and Their Coro
v
The real battle in poultry growing is met when it
conies to raising the chicks after they are hatched.
There is where success or failure really lies.
This is particularly so of artificially hatched
chicks, which require more care.
The kind of food to select is always important.
Generally speaking, readymade foods are best. They
are economical in the long ran. When and how to
feed, the temperature of the hover and a hundred other
problems come up. Next week’s article will help the
lieginner or small poultry raiser immensely in these
matters.
Look fo r it next Sunday, appearing exclusively in
The Herald.
Trested for Pnsumonla.
"Prisoners sometimes go to the doctor
with mutilated faces, or that official I*
called by the warders to Inspect a torn
tympanum or broken Jaw. HI hers who
go to trim spitting blood a* a result of
111-treatment of which the marks are
Visible all over their bodies, are treated
for pneumonia.
It la In the dreaded black cells, where
there Is no light, and beyond the
noisome walls of which no shriek of vic
tim can penetrate, that prisoners are
abandoned so all Ihe exquisite savagery
In which the Russian prison official
specialises. When they .lie from their
Injuries, their fellow prsoners only know
that cell No Is vacant again, end
the official report give* "pneumonia'' a*
the causa of death.
Health Not Considered.
"While the control of prisoner* Is ap
parently provided in part to enable the
Wordens to see how near la-ute beasts
they ch n approach, at the same time the
state extracts all the profit It can out
of the labor of prisoners. Their health
la not considered. Thus, the deadly task
of cotton fleecing In a small closed space
claims a large number of victims
through consumption, phthisis or pneu
monia. It Is a singular fact that those
prisons which are m<-st profitable aro
Identical with those where the greatest
cruelties are practiced, namely, Jaro
slav, Orel and Pskoy.
An International protest Is In course
of preparation, and It la hoped that this
will be an effective Instrument In con
vincing the Russian Autocracy that the
time for reform can no longer he de
layed. It is scarcely credible that the
present shameless violation of the ele
mentary rights of humanity has the
sanction of the Czar, and it Is to h!s au
gust clemency that Russian democracy
now turns."
to be about on even terms with the
Cardinals in the battle for last place.
The Naps are struck almost as bad
ly as the Phillies. The pitching of
Cy Falkenberg and Vean Gregg was
the main factor in the success of the
Clevelanders in reaching third place
last year. Falkenberg being the more
Important of the two. With him gone,
the Naps have only one capable pitch
er, Gregg for Kahler. Blanding and
the rest figure barely good enough to
be in the big leagues at all. Now
horny handed fate has smitten the
Naps again in the breaking of short
stop Ray Chapman's leg, thereby
wrecking the capable infield that Bir
mingham had built up, with Chapman
as the most important cog since I>a
joie slowed up at second and Turner
at third, Doc Johnson being only a
fair man at first, and Olson, the sub
infielder, being of mediocre ability.
Thus the Naps are hit In the same
spots as the Phillies —the pitching
staff and the infield. We pick them
to drop from third to sixth.
Heaviest Hitter.
Shifting attention to the Brooklyns,
we find the heaviest hitting club in
the National League way down in
sixth place in the 1913 race. Tremen
dous changes have come over it,
though, since the close of that disas
trous campaign. It is strengthened
at shortstop by Dick Egan from Cin
cinnati. Short was the only weak spot
in the Dodger infield last year and
many a game was tossed away by poor
work on the part of Fisher and Kirk
patrick. Egan, now playing a first
rate game, substiutes strengthfor
weakness, and as a result, the Brook
lyn infield is one of the best in the
league with Daubert, Cutshaw and
Smith in the other posts. Riggert
and Dalton have been added to an al
ready capable outfield corps. More
over, the pitching staff is strength
ened by the addition of Elmer Brown
and Raleigh Atchison and Nap Rucker
is trying again, therefore being figured
due for one of the best of his many
sensational years. But the biggest
factor of all is the spirit and method
instilled by the new manager, Wilbert
Robinson, who has been proved an |
efficient field general hy his work as |
McGraw's assistant with the Giants. :
The Dodgers, with soni any changes I
in their ranks have a wide range of |
possibilities as looked at now. They ,
may not get any higher than fourth -
place or they may land as high as I
second or third. To play safe, we
gues fourth, which places the team in '
SUNDAY. APRIL 12.
the first division for the first Urn*
since 1902, . .
Yankees.
The range of the Yankees In the
American League race is even wider.
H wilt be recalled that, although
Frank Chance, after half a season of
building, had hta men playing at a
f,OO clip In the last two montha of tho
1913 race, they landed only seventh,
barely one game out of last place. Hut
the team that finished the season was
an almost entirely different one from
the team that began It. And Chance
haa made even more rhanges In mid
winter and during the spring training.
Aa hla outfit now shapes up, he pre
sented stars in three Infield position*
Harry Williams at first, Rngr>
Pecklnpaugh ut short, and Fritz Mm*
zel at third. Judging from the play
of these men in the ante-season ex
hibition games, they rank as high,
for the three positions taken together,
as the eqtilvali iif trio on any otic,
team In the league with the exception
of the Athletics. Jimmy Walsh, the
former Mackman, looms up as al
most a second TrU Speaker In the
outfield. The rest of the positions aro
filled hy fairly reliable men. Tho
tremendous Improvement In Ed Swee
ney behind the hat as a result of the
Chance style of discipline lor monkey
ing with the Federals, Insures the
peerless leader much better work in
that department a New York Ameri
can dub has had since Sweeney’s spec
tacular season In 1910. King Cole
promises to be an Improvement. It Is
a certainty that the Yanks Will say
farewell to seventh place. As to their
possibilities, It seems within reason
that the club may get as high as third
place, Just behind Washington, or as
low as sixth. Probably a fair rating
would he fourth, also putting the
Yanks hack into the first division for
tho first time since 1910.
A recapitulation of the foregoing
presents these guesses as to. thue ul
timate order in the two league*,
NATIONAL LEAGUE—New Tor*.
Chicago, Pittsburg, Brooklyn, Boston,
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Louis.
AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadel
phia, Washington, Boston, New York,
Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louie.
New Island Off Japan is
Composed of Lava Mass
Japan.—The new island which re
cently sprung up near the Bonin
group off Japan has been visited by
a party from the steamer Chefoo, who
describe it as a mass of lava covered
with pumice and white ash. The
Che Too locates the island at latitude
north 24 17’ and longitude 141 29’.
When the steamer approached, the
island appeared pure white with
blackish cliffs rising about 200 feet.
For a radius of three miles the sea
was filled with floating pumice. The
island is exceedingly dangerous to
row near the cliffs as they were con
stantly breaking away and falling into
the sea to join the already great mass
of pumice. Also, on account of the
very soft nature of the surface no at
tempt fas made to journey inland.
PICK PROBABLE PLAYERS
FOR INTERNATIONAL POLO
London, —Although it is a bit early
for speculation Regarding the make up
of the polo team for the international
matches, a probable combination has al
ready been picked from among the Eng
lishmen now at practice in Madrid. This
team is composed of Capt. H. A. Tom
kinson as No. 1, Major F. W. Barret* at
No. 2, Captain Vivian Lockett as No.
3 and Capt. C. F. Hunet as back.
According to present plans the play
ers will return to England about the
first of May, when a half doxen matches
will be played with a team captained by
Walter S. Buokmaster. This team will
probably consist of R. N. Grenfell, Cap
tain Freake and Lord Wodehouse.
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