Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 12, 1913, Image 7
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Motto: May the best team
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'Wow! Wow!! Great eye. Eddie!
Make him put It across! Bust a
fence! You can do It! Wow! Wow!!
Wow!!! ROBBER! All right. Tough
luck, Eddie. Two and two. Make
her be over. Homo run, Eddie, old
scout. Break the gate. Wow! Wow!!
The red-faced, apoplectic young
man In the front row made a trumpet
of his hands and yelled until the
veins In his neck turned purple. In
the middle of the final "Wow" he collapsed,
looked disgusted and turning
to me said:
"What do they keep that hunk of
cheese for? He can't hit. Never
could. Striking out In a pinch like
that!'"
The fan, howling encouragement or
bawling abuse at the ball players Is
the spirit of the 'town. Just howgreat
an Influence this spirit exerts
upon the playing strength of the team
representing the town or city Ms impossiblev
of calculation, but it Is certain
that It is part of the national
game. He and his fellows exert almost
as much Influence upon the team
as does luck, and this spirit is so Inextricably
mixed with the element of
luck that It is impossible to determine
cause and effect. There are
cities In which the loyalty of the fans
has waned and turned to gibes, and In
these cities no player does well
There nre crowds that remain loyal
In victory and in defeat. Theso Inspire
the players to give their best
efforts to win. Hall players will tell
you that teams invariably play bet- <
ter with friendly crowds applauding. 1
The fan Invariably will respond that
he would be loyal provided the club '
would win games enough to Justify
i ne piayers accuse ttie fans,
the fans accuse the players, and both
are In a measure right. The majority
of patrons will "root" wh?n the
home team is winning. An/ team will
play better ball and win oft oner If
the patrons are loyal. The fan. voicing
the spirit of the town. Is a power
for victory or defeat.
Conditions In different cities comprising
the circuits of the major
leagues assert a powerful Influence
over their teamn. Players will tell
you they would rather play for the
/ Chicago White Sox or for the New
' York Giants than for any other teams.
They will assert that twenty Cobbs
could not win a pennant for Cincinnati
under conditions which the management
is now striving to change.
The fanatical loyalty of the White
Sox rooter and the Giant patron, the
angry abuse of players by the annually
disappointed Cincinnati public.
the sarcasm and raillery of Washington
crowds, trained for yenrs to
expect nothing but defeat, have an :
Immense effect upon the players and j
teams. They make or mar players,
and weak men win for one tVDe while
brilliant ones fall and lose for the ?
other. (
The baseball fan l^an unique Amor- i
lean species and the most rabid of all >
enthusiasts. Compared with him the j
!golf fan. the bridge fan. even the <
bowling fan are mild. Ftaseball Is i 1
the most serious pleasuro ever In- 1
vented i
Probably tlio most blindly loyal
crowd In the world Is that which fol- I
lows the fortunes of the Chicago
American league team, k and to one c
who is disinterested the Chicago sit- f
nation is acutely funny. The White f
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and the city is divided Into two great \
armod camps. In 189fi whan these s
two teams, winners of the champion- r
ships in their own leagues, met to c
contest for the world's championship. ^
It was the loyalty of the south side f
crowd beyond doubt that won for the r
team. That fall the Chicago Tribune's f
} composing room was about equally I
divided between the followers of the a
1 two teams and so bitter was the feel- J
I -ing that the foreman was compelled
I to,separate them and send them to t
I different sides of the building to main- f
I tain peaco. It was civil war all over ?
I 1 Chicago.
I It is a magnificent crowd, wonderful f
B In its spirit and In its intense loyalty. \
B There are few things that shake an t
I opponent like the incessant: "Get a i t
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tong of the Sox rooters when they I c
jcent victory.
One of the most dramatic displays 11
if loyalty I ever saw was in 1907. '
vhen the team, beaten and displaced
rom the championship, came home to 11
:loso the season. They had gone n
iway In high hopes, and failed. It 1
ivas Sunday, and ns the defeated E
tenm inarched down the field 17,000 1
men and women stood silent nnd un- ^
lovered for a moment, then broke n
Into applause that swept the stands. v
It is small wonder that a team back- 4
^>d always by such loyalty won even I
during years when it seemed much ^
weaker than its opponents.
I have heard opposing players de- 1
:lare they would rather face anything c
in the game than the grinding "root- v
ing" of tlie Chicago south side fans. '
The only duplicate I know is the a
rasping, nerve-racking, long Yale yell 1
Not all players are frank enough to *
idmit tlint the rooting has any effect.
Indeed it is a common pose to pretend
that they do not even hear Hut
they do. Even among themselves
they pretend they do not care; but
snce in a while they tell their inner
feelings. They know that half the
men who quit the major leagues are
driven out by the voice of the fan. 1
have seen men break and go all to
[tieces, rave nnd swear and abuse
Bveryone after suffering a cruel grill- !
ng by a crowd.
Walter Wllmot, one of Anson's famous
old Chicago players, came to a
mime on the old grounds fifteen years
after retiring. Ho looked across toward
the left field and said:
"There's some of them out there
low I'd like to choke."
Yet the roar of the crowd does not
break them ns quickly as does some
sharp thrust of sarcasm or biting wit
from an Individual. Perhaps that
ihaft is only the last straw, hut when
a player Is in a nervous collapse he
jsually rages at some individual who
mid something to him. Josh Rellly,
me of the merriest, happiest players
[ ever knew, "blew up" one day and
aad to be restrained from assaulting
three or four thousand men In the
bleachers.
'I)ld you hear what he said?" de- '
manded Rellly as the other players 1
rled to restrain him.
"What did he say?" inquired some- 1
>ne. '
"He said: 'Rellly, you're a disgrace T
o the Irish'," and then he raged '
igain. x
One of the quickest things I ever
leard was a remark from a Wash- F
ngton fan which upset Frank Isbell. *
he veteran, completely. Isbell's head !
s as bald as a concrete pavement. J
ind usually he kept his cap plastered
ightly on his head to shield himself *
'rom the gibes of crowds. This time '
le tried to steal second and made a '
lesperate, diving slide around and un- 1
ler the baseman only to be called ] 1
nit. He was so enraged that he ran s
it the umpire, grasped his arm, ar- '
?ued and raved and finally in sheer y
inger, jerked off his cap, hurled it
into the ground and Jumped upon It. a
lis bald head glistened in the Bun- u
ight and the crowd roared. Then, o
ibove the roar came a voice: i
"Put on that cap. They pinched ! t
dar>^ Garden here for less than that."]
Possibly more trying than any con- j t
:erted rooting Is the incessant nag- | s
;ing to which players on the Polo t
grounds. New York, are subjected, a
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ho National league players last year 1 v
vhon they saw the wonderful Mrush p
tadium was that the crowd could not | a
nake itself heard on the field as it I f
lid In the old stands. The Polo h
pounds crowd Is odd. Somehow | a
ans who occupy box seats either are j I
lot as rabid as those in the cheaper , L
icats or they are on their good be- I p
lavlor. and a fringe of box seats is , C
m effective shield for players j s
Strangely enough the crowds on the h
Cow York American league park, al- u
hough quite as noisy, are much fair- ti
>r. than the crowds at the Polo "
[rounds. n
One would think that visiting play- h
>rs would like to play on grounds 1<
vhere the home team is unpopular s
hrough defeat or other causes, but T
hey do not. They rather resent the h
lome crowd abusing the home men. | w
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n Cincinnati. Brooklyn and Washlngon.
during most of the season, the
rowds are bitterly sarcastic toward
he home teams, although the Brooky*n
crowds are deceut except on Satirdavs.
St. I.ouls affords a queer
tudy of the crowds. When the
Irowns are at home the crowds are
gly and vent their temper upon the
layers, yet half a dozen blocks away.
>n the rival park, there assembles a
rowd wilder and more frantically In
??v?i ?ji nit? nunie lenm anu more uneasoning
in partisanship than almost
ny in the country. Just where this
eeling arises is hard to discover. The
rowd is violent in temper when the
earn Is winning, worse when It Is losag.
Perhaps long years of bitter deeat
have caused It.
In Iloston and Philadelphia, on both
aa.ior league parks, the home players
nd visitors are almost upon equal
erms. and the spectators applaud
:ood plays irrespective of the players,
"hey see baseball under the best coalitions,
with both teams encouraged
.nd giving their best efforts to the
rork. Pittsburgh Is had because of
he gnmhling that has become almost
tart of the game In the Smoky City.
The temper of the crowd is ugly and
he losing element Is in evidence no
natter whether the home club wins
ir loses. Detroit is a loyal, rather
iolent crowd, tamed now because the
ans have learned to endure victory
is well as defeat. The crowds were
and with enthusiasm the first year Deroit
won and have since tamed down
"They Pinched Mary Gai
)ne of the queer things in that city
a the baiting of George Mullin, the
reteran pitcher. Mullin ia a jolly,
lulck-wltted joker and years ago he
>egan talking back to the bleachers.
was warned that the bleacherites
vould put him out of the business.
>ut persisted. Kvery afternoon he
vould walk down in front of the
deachers and engage in a verbal
ikirniish with the crowd, trying to
lold hta own at rough repartee with
undreds. Ho abused the crowd,
aughed at them, accused them of
quitting," and enjoyed it. If he had
aken it seriously the result might
lave been different, but after a time
t became part of the game and now
he spectators in the bleachers would
lot be satisfied if Mullin forgot to
itart a skirmish. Last summer, gong
out on a car in Detroit, three
oung fellows were talking.
"Oh, I've got a peach of a get-hack
it him today," said one. and. nt the
irgent request of the others he drew
lut a card and read what he was gong
to say to'Mullin if he came near
heir seats
It is not the great crowds that atend
the crucial games that exert the
trongest Influence over players. True
here is a natural nervousness nmong
ill the players when a tremendous
hrong gathers to see them, as in
vorld's series games; hut the ones
hat help the home team, or damage
t. are the crowd of from six to ten
housand, stirred up by tho "regulars"
vho, day after day and season after
eason. incite those around tliem
"here are thousands of these regulars,
elf-appointed claques or cheer mas
ers, and some of them feel as if they
re doing as much to help the team
o victory as if they were out there on
he mound pitching. The large crowds
isually are the fairest and most
portsmanllke. for In these great gathrings
the rabid and partisan fan Is
Dst and his utterances are smothered
'hese crowds police themselves and
he players feel safe and assured of
nir play. and. after the first nervousess
passes, they play their best.
A baseball crowd is much like a
nob. Without a leader it is just noise
nd turmoil, hut with one recognized
reader it can do much. A few years
go a number of Chicago men atempted
to carry out a theory that the
rowd needed leaders and the result
ias one of the most dangerous ex
erlments ever attempted The White
lox rooters organized a hand men
fir above average intelligence, who
aid daily plans for inciting crowds
nd stirring up enthusiasm. The
loard of Trade Rooters operated at
oth Chicago parks, being organized
rltnnrily to attack McfJraw ami the
Hants. They wrote and circulated
ongs. Invented Ingenious methods of
arassing a worthy foe. and to force
ndeserved victory upon the home
earns. The Idea spread rapidly
Rooters' clubs" were organized in
lany cities and towns to help the
ome teams. For a few weeks It
joked as if the new movement would
eriously endanger the national game
he crowds grew more and more vlo*nt.
Then, suddenly and without
arning almost, the wildest efforts of.
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the cheer masters Tell ttat?In Chi- .
cago at least. The harder the leaders
of the rooters worked the more apa- |
tlietic the crowds became. It Whs an
interesting phenomenon and I set out
to discover the reason. The first
bleacherlte I met solved the problem.
"Dem guys ain't on do square." he
said. "I'suns out In de bleachers
dor/t want to rob nobody."
There was the solution. No matter
how partisan a baseball fan may be|
come, or lipw wild in his desire to. see |
the home team win, deep down he
wants fair play. and. after a time, he
will insist upon it. The rooters' clubs
i died
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i uere are lew or tiie noreu rans
j now, chiefly because the papers selI
dom mention them. Perhaps they exist.
In the old days almost every
I club had one or two such followers.
Probably the best known was "Hi
HI." This was General Dlxwell. of
! Hoston. who for many years followed
the fortunes of the famous old Hoston
club. He is wealthy, intellectual and
a cultured gentleman who became
completely absorbed in baseball He
followed the team wherever it went
and became a familiar figure all over
tin' country. He occupied a front
seat in the stands, kept a careful
score and studied the game with a
seriousness that was appalling. He
maintained a deep silence during almost
all the game, but when a really
great play was made he emitted two
sharp staccato barks: "Hi! Hi!" and
| then dropped to silence again. His
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attending baseball games years ago.
but still continues bis deep Interest in |
I the sport, and in bis apartments he
keeps a wonderful set of books showing
the averages and performances of
players for many baseball generations.
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"Well. Well. Well." was another
character who was named because of
his cry. which followed Just after a
big outburst of applause on the part
of the crowd. The moment the applause
subsided his "Well, well, well."
would boom over the field and never
failed to start the cheering again
The average crowd is cruel, because
it is thoughtless Few of the fans
who hurl abuse and criticism at the
players stop to think that the men
they are addressing have the capacity
to feel and to suffer Many a thoughtless.
barbed jest has wrecked the career
of some ball player. It took the
players a long time to discover the
ran mat ineir popularity and their (
safety from abuse lies tti presenting n i
good-natured appearance, no matter i
what happens, and in answering quea- v
} tlons when possible. t
If you go through league after i
league, team by team, you will tlnd
that the most popular player, in nine
cases out of ten. is some outfielder.
He probably is not the best player,
but he has the most devoted following.
becaus* he keeps on friendly
terms with the men and hoys who sit
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The Baseball Fan Is a Unique Amer- j
lean Species. ^
behind him. In fact, almost every '
outfielder has his own regular pat- '
rons, who attend games and seek t
seats as near to him as possible, and <
who defend him against all comers I
To them he Is the best In the world, ?
a "(Ireater than Cobb," nor do they *
forget him; the player who finally dis- '
places an idol has a hard time. I '
have known them to follow a player '
around the field when he was shifted 8
from one to another position and to
I battle for him with the retainers of
! the other fielder who dared criticise
him '
Itiased, prejudiced and distorted In f
their views as most of them are. they *
are very human and very lovable In H
their blind devotion to the game, and '
in their unreasoning hatred. And a 8
word of warning: Never try to nr '
gue with a real, dyed ln-the-wool, 8
thirty-second-degree fan. In the first r
place the chances are he is right, but '
even If he is wrong there Isn't a
chance to win the argument. ' 8
TOOLS FOR A GARDEN s
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Implements Are Demanded for
Proper Cultivation.
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Old-Fashioned Hoe and Rake Will Not 'n
Supply All the Needs of the Up-to
Date Gardener?Some Good m
Ones Are Illustrated.
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(Ry C. S. MILLER.) th
The growing of vegetables and fruit
has become so important that lmproved
tools aro now demanded for fr>
proper cultivation. In order to get
the very beat results cultivation must ^
bo carried to tho limit and the old- ^
fnshioned hoe and rako will not sup- ^
ply all the needs of the upto-date
gardener.
Those shown In tho accompanying
picture aro all extremely useful, and
as they cost but a trltlo nobody who
expects to do the best work in a garden
can afTord to be without them. ^
No. 1 is the hoe, and is remarkable
for tho great number of uses to which
it can bo put in both field and garden.
No. 2 is especially useful for covering
seeds and for heavy weeding.
No. 3 is a combined hoe and rake ^
and enables tho operator to do either
hoeing or raking without laying aside J
one tool and tnklng up tho other.
No. 4 Is a hand weeder to scratch ^
weeds out of flower beds and pots.
No. 5 is one of tho most useful tools ^
that can be used. It Is extremely .
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Improved Garden Tools. kn
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useful, not only in spading, but In <jri
cutting out weeds close to large plants ^
and trimming walks and beds. 8U|
No. 6 is a handy litttle tool about (j,,
Lite flower bed. You can transplant,
pulverize and mix earth nrenarntnrv
to planting, loosen the earth about (jll
plants and do numerous other things of
with It.
LESS WORK FOR HOUSEWIFE cu
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Introduction of Modern Engine brl
Thresher Takes Many Burdens th<
From Shoulders of Women.
Tho work of the farm housowifo
lias been greatly lessened by the use
if engine threshers. Formerly when
Farmers went about from one farm to
mother, helping each other to thresh
lie grain, the farm-wife wus compelled
to cook for gangs of men, often
'or days at a time, and with Beldom '
iufflcient help, her lot was Indeed a
tard one. Now, tho owner of an en?ino
thresher rides about the country Eu
luring the summer days making his
threshing contracts. In the fall he organizes
his force and starts on his we
ounds?he provides ull tho men n<?c- rtn
;ssary. takes along a tent, employs a an'
;ook and relieves the farmer and his eri
'ainily of all work in connection with 'oc
hresbing. A counting machine regis- nu
era the number of bushels turned sh<
>ut, and when his work is ended ho pot
eceivos the farmer's check for his pot
lervices, hooks up his teams to the tra
traction engines and goes on to tho th<
text Held. lur
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Clover Bloat. ar<
Bloat In cattle generally comes as ^r?
the result of pasturing clover, though w'>
It Is a fact that in somo cases ordl- al)'
lary grass pasture will produce the di\
mine results if It Is rtuik when cattle
hat have not been used to it are turn- T"
d In. The importance of getting cat- _[
tie used to clover while It is dry can- ~
lot bo overemphasized. L_
it may bo necessary In some indances
to turn thorn in for an hour j
>r two only during the middle of the '
lay, and continue this for two or rig
liroo days, ho that the ravenous edge j
or the new clover iH taken off their ha'
ippetltes. Under no circumstances 1
should they he turned from a dry lot mi
vhon they are hungry Into a clover 1
leld. for
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Looking to the Pedigree. cot
Look at the pedigree of the Htalllon
-'ou patronize, arid if it is not issued '
>y one of the recognized registry as- t'n
inflations don't use that horse. Many
armors will contend that a grade 4
torse that is a good looker is just as far
;ood for a sire as a pure-bred, and ra^
xpense Is much lighter.
Some of the handsomest, soundest *nd
md most perfect horses aro grades, an
md, while they are splendid anintnls 1
or use, they are unsuitable to breed fee
o. Every grade has a yellow streak the
n him. and this is just as likely to '1
ihow as his good qualities. full
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Good Bedding for Horses. ^
A good way to keep a horse clean oitl
n the stable Is to clean out all dirt, I,a'
tc., and then cover the floor about T
hroo or four inches thick with dry ing
awdust, as far back in stall as the ma
lorHO usually stands, then cover the I
awdust with straw, or bedding that age
rou may use. The sawdust will ab- of i
orb the moisture, and therefore hat
nake the other bedding last longer 5
n case it is scarce. The sawdust ol
ihould be replaced by fresh occasion- the
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UPPLEMENT TO A PASTURE
ceding Corn 8llage la Moat EconomW
cai Method of Supplying Feed to
Help Out Paature.
(By TL a. WEATHER8TONB.)
Green crops fed aa a supplement to
isture may be fed In the paature or
the barn lot but as a rule are fed
ost economically in the barn. The
>ws remain Inside long enough at
liking time to eat their portions.
As a rule the most economical
etbod of supplying feed to help out
e short pastures of midsummer and
11 Is to feed corn silage. Silage will
ep in good condition for summer
edlng with no loss except on the
rface. If it Is not needed during
e summer, It may be-covered with
o new silage and kept until wanted.
>rn furnishes a larger yield of dry
atter per acre than any crop that
n be ordinarily grown for summer
edlng. and haB the further advange
of being on hand as early as
inted.
It Is handled more economically also
an soiling crops since it is cut all
once and not every day as is necesry
with soiling crops.
It should be remembered that it is
ly possible to feed a bunch of cows
onomically when they are fed as
dlvlduals and not as a herd. A
0 common practice, even In the
herwise well conducted herds, is for
1 animals to be fed the same amount
grain, regardless of the time they
vo been in milk or the quantity of
lk the individual cows are produc?.
Such feeding always lacks econly,
as the high producing cow does
t get enough, and while she may
,1k very well for a time, she soon
mes down to a lower level, while
a lighter producing cow usually
tB too much feed and accumulates
AKE-UP OF JERSEY CATTLE
eed Attracts Notice by "Dairy"
Type of Their Bodily Conformation?Some
of Characteristics.
(Ry R. M. GOW.)
The characteristics which mark the
esent race of Jersey cattle are
own to have been notable and promHit
in the breed at least one huned
and fifty years ago, so that now
?y have become thoroughly "fixed,"
re to be inherited by their progeny,
us affording the breeder a sure fountion
for further development. ,
The main external characteristics of
5 Jerseys are the beautiful softness
the various tints of fawn and gray
their coats of hair; their gracefully
ined deer-Ilke limbs; their neat, Inrvlng
horns, large limped eyes,
lull heads nnd delicate noses; their
ight, attractive and intelligent faces;
eir soft yellow skin, long tails and
rotas, 2454. Record for One Year,
778 Pounds of Butter.
Il-developed switches; their full,
inded-out udders, straight backs,
d the One proportions of their genii
conformation. The Jersey cow
iks the high-bred lady of the cattle
:e. Well-developed male animals
mid weight from 1400 pounds to 1800
unds, and females, from 750 to 1200
unds. Above all else, Jerseys atict
notice by the "dairy" type of
dr bodily conformation, by their
go'and well-formed udders, and
eminent milk veins. In color they
j of-various shades of soft fawn,
mi red to Bilvery, with more or less
lite, broken color being unobjectionle
except from the standpoint of Inddual
taste.
}.AII?Y NOTE'S
\ silb Will pay for Itself in one year,
le sure that tho calves are started
ht.
V farmer owning six cows should
ve a silo.
$e sure that the temperature of the
Ik is right.
t is not possible to grow too much
age on a dairy furm.
V comfortable stablo reduces the
it n f fo n I n t orio nnn onH
- V Vk tiiit*itbv>*iuiiv? UUU IIIV/ICOOOD U1Q
iv of milk.
'eed regularly, not too much at a
le, and young calves at least foux
ies a day.
Nothing can be marketed on th?
m so Huccessfully or so economlly
as butter.
riie dairyman who does not keep an
livldual record of his cows Is not
up-to-date dairyman. 1
f the mow Is nearly .ompty and the
d low In the bin, don't cut down
i rations of the cows.
Pho dairy farm that Is stocked to its
I capacity without being overstockIs
a pretty safe Investment.
>Vhen an animal forms a habit,
tier g6od or bad, that habit Is a
t of Its life aB long as It lives,
training the butter well before : altijH
one of tho little things
ken for a better quality of product.
Ixperlrnent* have proven the aver
i jnilk cow requires about an ounce
?alt per day. Heavy milkers shoulJ
Success does not lie In the number
coWs the dairyman keeps, but la
kind he keeps and the way 1m