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In Cross Bay, at the Base of One oi
(Prepared by the National Olographic
Society. Washington. D. C.)
Spitsbergen, which has figured
several times in Arctic expeditions,
is to he the takiug-ofT
point this summer for airplanes
in an attempt to reach the North pole.
This far northern island is one of
the few Arctic or Antarctic lands that
are being made to yield up miueruls
to the temperate zones.
The northern tip of Alaska, to which
a few government oliicials push each
summer, may seem all too close to the ,
North pole for the average dweller of ,
the warmer regions of the earth to ^
live in.unless he is pursuing scientific
investigations. In Spitsbergen, however.'which
is (>00 miles closer to the
top of the world, several hundred ordinary
men of Europe and America
are making their homes ttie year
round while they strip coal from be- j
neath the ice-covered mountains. It is ,
evcellent coal, too, and there is every
reason to believe that the mining op- |
erations will grow steadily.
The discovery early in the Twen- (
tieth century, that Spitsbergen's coa!
underlies large areas brought It sud- |
denly hack to the world's attention
and made sovereignty over it well
worth claiming after it had been aban- ,
tinned for generations as a sort of j
No-Man's land. Barents, a Dutchman,
discovered Spitsbergen In 1590. ac- |
cording to the usual records; but the
Norwegians claim that their seamen
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Henry Hudson, searching for a northern
passage to the Orient in 1007,
learned of tlie vast number of whales
near the islands, and as a result Spits- i
her gen's waters became for a time the I
world's greatest whale fishery. I
f Dutch First In Field. 1
I The Dutch were foremost in this de- ,
rrclopment. Rr the time of America's |
Revolutionary war. whalers from the ,
Netherlands had taken about $100,OtlO.OOO
\M> h of whale products from f
the region.
In the year 1620 whales frequented ,
the bays and immediate coast of j (
Spitsbergen in such numbers that the I .
fishers were embarrassed to transport | (
homeward the blubber aiid other prodtuts.
These conditions led to the j
summer colonization of Spitsbergen ^
(and .lan Ma.ven), where establish- (
nients for trying out1, cooperage, etc., j
were 'erected, as the most economical ,
method of pursuing the Industry, j
Tliey were occupied only in summer,
although the experiences of Pelham
and other English sailors, who involuntarily
wintered in Spitsbergen in
ItviO-lGol. led to an attempt to estab;
lish a Dutch colony. The party of
K>53-1C34 wintered successfully, hut
that of the following year perished,
and so ended the experiment.
The most remarkable of the summer
establishments was at Amsterdam Island.
where on a broad plain grew up
the astonishing village of Smeeren,._j
ill erg. Here, nearly within ten deI
. . m it..- x* it. i ? r -
agrees ui me isurm poie, u>r a score
of years, prevailed an amount of com- .
fort and prosperity that can scarcely j
he credited by the visitor of today.
Several hundred ships, with more
than 10,000 men, visited it annually.
These consisted not alone of the whalers
and the land laborers, but of the
camp followers who always frequent
centers of great and rapid productivity.
in the train of the whalers followed
merchant vessels, loadefl with wine,
brandy, tobacco and edibles unknown
In the plain fare of the hardy fishers.
Shops were opened, drinking booths
erected, wooden (and even brick) tilecovered-.
houses constructed for the laborers
ot visiting whalemen. Even
bakeries were constructed, and, as in
Holland, the sound of the baker's
horn, announcing hot, fresh bread,
. drew crowds of eager purchasers. If
report errs not, even the Dutch frau
of 1SM0 was sufficiently enterprising
to visit Smeerenberg.
Forced to Abandon Town.
The shore fisheries soon failed
(about 1040) and the Dutch being
driven to the remote and open seas,
Smeerenberg fell into decadence; Hie
furnaces were demolished, the cooper
caldrons removed, and the tools apd
utensils of the cobper and whaler disappeared
; only the polar betlr remained
to guard the ruins of the famous
Spitsbergen fair.
Spitsbergen and the adjacent islands
acquired a settled sovereignty
for the first time in 1919 as an Indirect
result, strangely enough, of the
World war, which was fought thousands
of miles, to the south, and during
which both claimants to the Island
group were neutrals. The supreme
Small Soviet Salaries
Soviet Russia pays smaller wages
to Its government officials and public
servants than any other country
In the world. Premier Rykoff and all
the other members of the Soviet cabinet
receive $28 a week, while less important
officials get as low as $5 a
week. Trotzky receives about $22 a
week, out of which he has to pay
party dues. Income tax and other expenses.
But his literary activities net
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ERGEN^
f Spitsbergen'* Greatest Glacier*.
council of the allied and associated
powers gave the complete ownership
of the group to! Norway, but provided
that the contracting parlies, including
the United States, should have mining
rights.
For some time nearly half a *111100
dollurs' worth of furs, oil. and eiderdown
have been taken from Spitsbergen
annually. Itut the important potential
values are in mining. Kigbty- ,
five per cent of the mineral areas are
controlled by two British concerns.
The list of minerals known to exist in
Spitsbergen gives a surprising boost
to Arctic lands as possible providers
of supplies needed by the rest of t lie |
world. Coal heads the list?good coal
and millions of tons of it. Another ,
fuel source is oil shale, large areas (
af which have been located; and some ,
geologists who have worked in the is- |
lands feel confident that petroleum
will be discovered. In addition there (
ire beds of asbestos, gypsum, lead and j
copper ores, and a number of unusual ,
minerals. Recently a prospector for ,
ane of the British companies discovered
the largest deposit of colored
marble known to exist anywhere In
the world. There are Important beds
of Iron ore and, not far away, limestone.
Where good supplies of coal.
Iron ore, and limestone occur together
In other parts of the world, steel manufacture
has sprung up, and there are
nptlmists who believe that some day
great blast furnaces will be In operition
on these Arctic islands.
Delightful In Summer.
The Gulf strenm, which does so
much to ameliorate European climate,
lends a helping hand. too. to Spitslergen.
During the three months of
ontinua! darkness when the mercury
Irops farthest. It seldom is lower than
JO degrees below zero Fahrenheit. It
s actually warmer than in Winnipeg
tnd other Canadian cities. Half-way
tround the year, of course, there are
liree months of continual sunlight?
June. July and August. During these
Months Spitsbergen has one of the
nost delightful and exhilarating cllnates
on earth. One traveler has
otnpured it to May in the alps.
Tourist traltic was getting to be an
mportant factor in Spitsbergen just
tefore the World war, when shiploads '
>f sightseers were taken to the is- '
ands front Norway, Sweden and Oer- 1
ttany. Those who now live in Spits- I
tergen find it possible to make them- I
selves entirely comfortable. 1
Not the least interesting aspect of
Spitsbergen Is Its wild life. Wild
eindeer or caribou, polar bears,
ttarmigan, geese, ducks, and other
tirds were so plentiful that hunters
locked to the islands in the summer
tefore the World war and were threat;ning
the extermination of several
species. A party of tourists In one
summer killed more than one hundred
utrlbou, leaving the carcasses where 1
:hey fell and taking with them only '
t few of the finest heads and antlers. 1
This situation has been corrected
dnce Norway was recognized as havng
sovereignty over the Islands. I
One of the most daring schemes of 1
polar exploration ever attempted, that I
in a free balloon by S. A. Andre of
yu-n/lon woo mnilo frAtn Qr>U chortrnri
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A member of the Swedish international
polar expedition of 1882-1883 and
an areonant of some experience, Andre
succeeded in commanding for his
plan the active support of Oscar, king
of Sweden. M. Alfred Nobel, and'
Baron Oscar Dickson.
The balloon, named Ornen (The
Eagle), had its lond of about five tons
of food, ballast, freight, and men, and
from measurements of escaping gas
had a flotation life of about thirty
days. Accompanying Andre were M.
Strindberg and M. Kraenkel. On the
afternoon of July 11, 1897, the lines
were cut, and the balloon ascended
about GOO feet. Suddenly it descended
to the surface of the sea, possibly
owing to an entanglement of the guide
ropes, and then rose again as the ropes
were cut or broken and ballast
thrown out. The wind carried the
balloon across the mountainous island
of Vogelsang, making it necessary to
rise to some 1,500 feet, whence it
passed out of sight in an hour, below
the northeast horizon. As the balloon
had at its best a flotation life of 30
days, It Is obvious that the report Is
erroneous of its appearance in Siberia
6.1 days later.
Three message buoys were found later,
all dropped by Andre on July 11.
the date of his departure, which furnish
brief news of the course of the
daring aeronaut. Beyond these buoys
have been found no traces, despite repeated
search In Arctic regions.
him considerably more thnn this. College
professors In the employ of the'
state are pnid $10 a week, while ordinary
school tenchers receive as little
as $3.50 a week.
Byron Had Largest Brain
Lord Byron, the famous poet, had
the largest brain of those that science
has weighed and measured. His brain
weighed 2,238 grams. Cromwell comes
next with 2,233 grams. Napoleon's
weighed only 1,500 grams.
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PAUL GLEE WANER
"BIG HANDY MAN"
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One of Most Versatile Players
in Baseball.
Manager McKechnle of tlio, Pitts
burgh Pirates will have a handy man
In Paul (Jlee Waner. Should Mux
Oarey want to nurse his floating ribs
Paul will feel right at home in epn
ter, and should Hasten Cuyler want
to go fishing tiie Pacific coast star will
be no stranger In left field.
Should (here be no chance to
squeer." the high-priced Paul into the
outfield ne might find a berth at first
base, provided George Grantham or
John Mclnnes would be in need of
rest. Paul's usefulness , isn't at an
end, even there, for be it known he is
a former pitcher. It was as a hurlerhe
made his mark In the Kast Central college
at Ada, Okla., and it was as a
pitcher that he reported to the San
Francisco team in 1923.
Paul had no professional expert
ence when he became a fuii-neugea
Seal, and he thought that he wanted
to keep on being a pitcher. Manager
Jack Miller of the Seals didn't
know what to do with him, but he
soon found out. He discovered that
as a pitcher he was a great hitter,
and a hitter he became, setting a
record on the Pacific coast with an
all-around average of .378 for the seasons
of 1023, 1924 and 1925. Of course
be didn't do quite so well the first
season as he did In his last when he
hit for a percentage of .401 In 174
games.
Waner is one of those useful sluggers
who specialize In Intermediate
hits. He is sparing with his swings
bui leans on the ball hard enough to
make the fielders hustle In order to
head him oft going to third base. That
is why he had only 11 borne runs last
season and 75 two-baggers. That was
quite a few more than the next highest.
Seven times he stretched his hits
Into triples.
At one period during the past season
he batted safely in 37 consecutive
games which should be notice to Nallonal
league hurlers that Paul la no
lash In the pan.
Stars for the Pirates
Tin- photograph shows Ilnzcn
'uyler, I'irate outfielder and slugger,
.vim Is one of the high-class type of
ithleten. Intelligent, ambitious anil demoting
all the effort of tnind and body
:o the game. He Is In tiptop shape
this spring and should have an excellent
season.
JportingSQulfol
Klssiminee, I-'la., will soon boast a
swimming pool 1,000 by 1,200 feet.
*
Kansas City of the American association
purchased Frank I'hilhin. third
baseman, from the Little Itoek club
of the Southern league.
Jim (Deacon) White, famous third
baseman of tiie National league, was
Ihe first big league batsman to register
the .400 mark in batting.
*
The Women's Western golf championship
tournament will be played
over the links of the Olympln Fields
Country club, Chicago, starting August
23.
* *
A pitcher such as Walter Johnson
sends the ball from the pitcher's box
to tlie plate in less than half a second.
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Capt, Frank Frisch of the Giants,
who hnd been kicking on his contract,
signed up, but some of his friends
doubt if he got the raise wanted.
*
Frank Ellerbe, purchased by Atlanta
some time ago, from the Kansas
City club of the American association,
is not so sure he wants to continue In
baseball.
If it is true that' Helen Wills conld
play better tennis if she wore a
shorter skirt, she would have no
difficulty borrowing one from some at
her fellow-countrywomen.
William Muldoon, who has been reappointed
to the New York state athletic
commission, began his career as
a policeman and later gained renown
as a professional wrestler.
Miller Hugging, manager of the New
York Yankees, 1ms announced that he
has disposed of all his real estate
holdings In order that h? may give
his complete time to baseball.
Connie Mack has been manager of
the Philadelphia Athletics since they
entered the American league a quarter
of a century ago.
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Rochester of the International
league has purchased Outfielder
Douglas Thomas, from the Chambersburg
club of the Blue Ridge league.
Reb Russell, veteran outfielder, will
hit home runs for the Atlanta team of
the Southern league, this year. He
was sold to the Crackers by the ColumViui
Huh of the American association.
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LK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON^
Potential World's
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Framed In the background of
France's sensational though losing
fight to topple America from the International
tennis pinnacle, Rene Lacoste
stands forth as a potential
world's champion, if not already within
the realm of consideration for the
honor held so long by William T.
Til den.
Critics are of the opinion that Lacoste's
straight-set victories over
Tllden and Vincent Richards may be
accepted as indicating that the twentytwo-year-old
Wimbledon champion has
earned a place as outstanding contender
for international No. 1 ranking.
Victories
Amazing.
Lacoste's victories over the No. 1
and No. 3 players were amazing In
the ease and decisiveness with which
he won, particularly in view of tlfe
fact that he never had played on the
courts. It was believed that the
strangeness of playing on the boards,
together with the peculiar lighting
conditions, would bother him.
Cobb Will Equal Another
Record in 1926 Season
One of the fewjoutstandlng records
of major-league baseball which are
not in the tronhv room of Tvrus Ray
rnond Cobb Is almost within his grasp
?ttie greatest number of years In.
baseball. The 22-year record of the
late Adrian C. ("Pop") Anson will be
equaled when the Georgia Peach steps
jut on the diamond this season. Anson
was virtually benched after his
22 years In - major-league baseball.
Last year Cobb caught up with Honus
Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who
completed 21 years In busebnll before
retiring. Cobb ' Is npw thirty-nine
years old, but the lack of speed which
brought about the retirement of Wagner
andi Anson is not Indicated In
Cobb's 1925 mark of 97 tallies for his
team.
In batting Cobb's record excels that
of Anson. In 21 years Cobb has gathered
3,823 hits In 10,353 times at bat,
while Anson made 3,581 hits In 9,084
times nt but, Cobb's lifetime average
being .369 to Anson's .339.
Uncle Robby in Need of
Some Batting Support
Are the old boys there? See what
Uncle Itobby did and read your answer.
In 1892 he made nine hits one
June afternoon and the Baltimore
Sun said:
"Robinson surpassed all previous
records In hatting this season. In the
first game he came seven times to bat
and made seven base hits, with a total
of eight bases. In the second game
he said his 'lamps' were a little tired
and he made two hits out of Bve times
up."
"How come?" Uncle Robby wai
asked the .other day. "You were on
nine times land scored only twice."
"Didn't hjave anybody to bat me In,"
came the^^answer.
Remarkable Record
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I nouias Pi in ton, captain of the
University of Kansas IUfle team, fired
a score of 398 out of a possible 400
in the college match with the University
of Missouri team. He fired
100 prone, 100 sitting, 100 kneeling,
and 98 standing. His feat gives him
the new Indoor Intercollegiate rlfleflriog
record.
Returns as Outfielder
Among the rookies that have been
added to the Chicago Cubs' roster
for 1926, one of the most promising
Is Frank "Lefty" O'Doul, acquired
from the Salt lake club. O'Doul had
his first big league experience with
the New York Yankees, where he
tried to break In as a pitcher. Falling
as a hurler, he returned to the
minors, made himself an outfielder,
and developed Into a powerful batter.
He gathered a batting average |
of Jt7f> at Salt Lake last year.
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j Tennis Champion
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it) Congratu latino Lacoata. I
__Lacoate haa gone back tojthe teanta I
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of 15 and 20 years ago to uunu a
foundation for his game. Although
he has adopted the fast, American
twist ball and although he makes occasional
sallies to the forecourt, he
has conquered mainly from the baseline,
where such modern stars as Watson
Washburn and Nathaniel W.
Nlles faltered within reach of national
qrowns.
The French star's offensive, the
antithesis of that of his compatriot,
Borotra, 'Is almost colorless In its
precision of stroke. Tllden with his
curved ball service, Richards with his
volleys, Johnston with his great forehand
drive, Williams, Murray and McLoughlin
with violent net assaults,
swept all before them by the sheer
power of their brilliant attacks.
Lacoste has sounded a note of defiance
to the modern tennis trend.
And in his cool, deliberate, almost
effortless way, he has succeeded where
success seemed almost beyond attainment
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Baseball in the House
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The pnotograph shows Representative
Thomas S. McMillan, Democrat,
of South Carolina, who is organizing
a baseball team among Democratic
members of the house, and has issued
a challenge to Republicans to organize
a team to do combat Representative
McMillan was formerly a ball player
in the South Atlantic league.
Jport}foies\
r Chicago with 131 golf clubs In Its
district leads the country.
Frankie Fuller, veteran second
baseman, has been sold by Houston of
the Texas league to the Birmingham
Southern League club.
1
Bill Klem has been an umpire in the
National league for twenty years. His
proud boast has always been that he
waa an ujuyue aiiu uuuuug ciac.
* *
Suzanne Lenglen's apparent dread
of the day when she will be defeated
by some younger rival Is shared by
most champions In the rigorous game
of life.
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Seattle of the Pacific Coast league,
has traded Catcher Tom Daley to the
Jersey City club of the International
league, for Pitcher Clifford Best, a
southpaw.
Denver of the Western league has
signed Sparky Weatherington, a righthanded
pitcher from Florida, for a
tryout. He was recommended to Manager
Joe Berger by Bucky Harris, It Is
said.
Among, naval people it is regarded
as particularly fitting that the Naval
academy should excel in aquatic
sports, and victories in rowing, swimming
and water polo are regarded
with particular pleasure.
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Frank Moffett has been signed as
manager, of the Kn^xville team of the
South Atlantic league President Tom
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wkikius ueciuru uu mm wnen ne was
unable to get Lena Blackburne from
the Little Rock club of the Southern
league.
c, Joe Belwin of Amboy, 111., an outfielder,
has signed for a tryout with
the DanTille team of- the Three-I
league.
Dubuque of the Mississippi Valley
league has signed Estel Crabtree,
twenty-two-year old outfielder, from
Nelsonvllle, Ohio.
* * *
Having uncovered a pile of hickory
timbers laid away 55 years ago In a
barn near Pittsburgh, Pa., Joe Harris,
| Washington slugger, Is having, fouy
i mw bats made of the sturdy stuff.
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111., a practicing physician for 47
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