In Cincinnati, Brooklyn and Washing- the cheer masters fell flat—ln Chi- ton, during most of the season, the cago at least. The harder the leaders crowds are bitterly sarcastic toward of the rooters worked the more apa- INCREASING DEMAND FOR HEAVY HORSES the home teams, although the Brook- thetic the crowds became. It was an lyn crowds are decent except on Sat- Interesting phenomenon and I set out FANS urdays. St. Louis affords a queer to discover the reason. The first study of the crowds. W7 hen the bleacherite I met solved the problem. Motto: May the best team win; But ours is the best Browns are at home the crowds are “Dem guys ain’t on de square,” he ugly and vent their temper upon the said. "Usuns out in de bleachers players, yet half a dozen blocks away, don’t want to rob nobody.” on the rival park, there assembles a There was the solution. No matter By Hugh S. Fullerton crowd wilder and more frantically in how partisan a baseball fan may be- favor of the home team and more un- come, or how wrild in his desire to see reasoning in partisanship than almost the home team win, deep down he any in the country. Just where this wants fair play, and, after a time, he (Copyright, W. 1913, by Q. Chapman) feeling arises Is hard to discover. The will insist upon it. The rooters’ clubs crowd “Wow! Wow!! Great eye, Eddie! song of the Sox rooters when- they is violent in temper when the died. is winning, Make him put it across! Bust a scent victory. team worse when it is los- There are few of the noted fans ing. Perhaps years de- fence! You can do it! Wow! Wow!! One of the most dramatic displays long of bitter now, chiefly because the papers sel- feat have Wow!!! ROBBER! All right. Tough of loyalty I ever saw was in 1907, caused it. dom mention them. Perhaps they ex- luck, Eddie. Two and two. Make when the team, beaten and displaced In Boston and Philadelphia, on both ist. In the old days almost every her be over. Home run, Eddie, olcf from the championship, came home to major league parks, the home players club had one or two such followers. and visitors scout. Break the gate. Wow! Wow!! close the season. They had gone are almost upon equal Probably the best known was “Hi Wo away in high hopes, and failed. It terms, and the spectators applaud Hi.” This was General Dixwell, of good The red-faced, apoplectic young was Sunday, and as the defeated plays irrespective of the players. Boston, who for many years followed man in the front row made a trumpet team marched down the field 17,000 They see baseball under the best con- the fortunes of the famous old Boston of his hands and yelled until the men and women stood silent and un- ditions, with both teams encouraged club. He is wealthy, intellectual and veins in his neck turned purple. In covered for a moment, then broke and giving their best efforts to the a cultured gentleman who became the middle of the final “Wow” he col- into applause that swept the stands. work. Pittsburgh is bad because of completely absorbed in baseball. He the gambling lapsed, looked disgusted and turning It Is small wonder that a team back- that has become almost followed the team wherever it went to me said: ed always by loyalty won even part of the game in the Smoky City. and became a familiar figure all over such temper “What do they keep that hunk of during years •when it seemed much The of the crowd is ugly and the country. He occupied a front the losing kept cheese for? He can’t hit. Never weaker than its opponents. element is in evidence no seat In the Btands, a careful '*• matter whether studied VV?) could. Striking out in a pinch like I have heard opposing players de- the home club wins score and the game with a or loses. that!” clare they would rather face anything Detroit is a loyal, rather seriousness that was appalling. He violent tamed maintained a Two-Year-Old Percheron Stallion. The fan, howling encouragement or in the game than the grinding “root- crowd, now because the deep silence during al- fans have learned to endure victory most all the game, but when a really bawling abuse at the ball players is ing” of the Chicago south side fans. The breeding of heavy draft horses expense of operation. motor as well as defeat. The crowds were great play was made he emitted two The the spirit of the town. Just how The only duplicate I know is the Is one of the most profitable branches truck has its place the mad with enthusiasm the first year De- sharp staccato barks: “Hi! Hi!” and on farm. It great an influence this spirit exerts rasping, nerve-racking, long Yale yell. of live stock farming. Few farmers can be used for plowing and troit won and have since tamed down then dropped to silence again. His heavy upon the playing strength of the team Not all players are frank enough to realize the importance of size in a hauling, but can never replace the effect. representing the town or city is im- admit that the rooting has any draft horse when put on the market, draft horse. If the draft horse is a pre- in possible of calculation, but it is cer- Indeed it is a common pose to either public or private sale. A permanent part of agriculture, more tain that it is part of the national tend that they do not even hear. But horse that weighs less than 1,500 attention should be given to its pro- game. and his fellows exert al- they do. Even among themselves pounds is not considered a draft horse duction. any most as much influence upon the team they pretend they do not care; but in of the horse markets of the There is an increasing demand for as does luck, and this spirit is so in- once in a while they tell their inner country, yet the mares kept on the or- heavier horses on the farms. Deeper extricably mixed with the element of feelings. They know that half the dinary farms are usually lighter than and better tillage must be practiced in luck that it is impossible to deter- men who quit the major leagues are that. This accounts for the small, the future, and this requires heavier mine cause and effect. There are driven out by the voice of the fan. I scrubby lot of horses that are con- machinery and more motive power. cities in which the loyalty of the fans have seen men break and go all to stantly being put on the market at a There are two ways of increasing this has waned and turned to gibes, and in pieces, rave and swear and abuse loss to the breeder. power. One is by increasing the num- these cities no player does well. everyone after suffering a cruel grill- This was well illustrated at a sale of ber of light horses. But the most eco- There are crowds that remain loyal ing by a crowd. grade horses recently held in the La- nomical way is to increase the weight In victory and in defeat. These in- Walter W’iimot, one of Anson’s fa- mer sale barns at Salina, says the of the horses. This will reduce the spire the players to give their best mous old Chicago players, came to a Kansas Industrialist. Here the horses farm labor force; will decrease the efforts to win. Ball players will tell game on the old grounds fifteen years of good size were readily bought at amount of equipment necessary in re- you that teams invariably play bet- after retiring. He looked across to- good prices, while some of the lighter quiring less stable room and less ter with friendly crowds applauding. ward the left field and said: ones could scarcely be sold at any harness, and the cost of feed will be The fan invariably will respond that “There's some of them out there price. There is an increasing demand lessened. he would be loyal provided the club now I’d like to choke." for heavy draft horses in the cities in All farmers and breeders who are would win games enough to justify Yet the roar of the crowd does not spite of the fact that many firms are breeding horses for commercial pur- loyalty. The players accuse the fans, break them as quickly as does some using the motor truck in their delivery poses should replace their small mare 3 the fans accuse the players, and both sharp thrust of sarcasm or biting wit work. The motor truck can be used with heavier ones. This must be done are in a measure right. The major- from an individual. Perhaps that profitably only on long, heavy hauls gradually by adding a few good draft ity of patrons will “root” when the shaft is only the last straw, but when where the roads are good and speed is mares to the herd every year and sell- home team is winning. Any team will a player is in a nervous collapse he essential. The motor requires good ing the poorer ones. Sometimes good roads play better ball and win oftener if usually rages at some individual who for its best operation and can colts may be reared from inferior the patrons are loyal. The fan, voic- said something to him. Josh Reilly, be used to advantage only in the mares by mating them to a good stal- ing the spirit of the town, is pow- one of the merriest, happiest players paved streets of the city or on good lion, but better ones always will be a SƒSFSF er for victory or defeat. I ever knew, “blew up” one day and country roads. These remarks were the result of the mating of better Conditions in different cities com- had to be restrained from assaulting “They Pinched Mary Garden for Less Than That.” made recently by the manager of a mares to the same stallion. There are prising the circuits of the malor three or four thousand men in the large express company at Chicago. plenty of good stallions throughout jof queer that city cry gave leagues assert a powerful influence , bleachers. One the things in war him his name. He quit The delivery manager of a big pack- the state, but the mares are lacking, the baiting Mullin, the attending ing company over t.he*r teams. Players will tell ! ‘Did you hear what he said?” de- is of George baseball games years ago, at Kansas City, says that and until the farmers come to realize but still you thej would rather play for the manded Reilly as the other players veteran pitcher. Mullin is a jolly, continues his deep interest in the motor truck cannot be used on the value of the right kind of mares quick-witted and years ago he the Chicago White Sox or for the New tried to restrain him. joker sport, and in his apartments he short delivery on account pf the heavy the profit in breeding will be low. “What did he say?” Inquired some- began talking back to the bleachers. keeps a wonderful set of books show- He was warned that the bleacherites ing the averages and performances of They will assert that twenty Cobb one. 3 put out business, players many genera- has been could not win a pennant for Cincl.i- “He said: ‘Reilly, you’re a disgrace would him of the for baseball Where this plan a failure but persisted. Every afternoon he tions. GROWN it was on account of nati under conditions which the man- to the Irish’,” and then he raged POTATOES wet, cold weather down in front oT the Well, early in the season agement is now striving to change. again. would walk “Well, Well,” was another which caused bleachers engage in a verbal character who was the potatoes to rot before The fanatical loyalty of the White One of the quickest things I ever and named because ol IN STRAW STACKS coming skirmish with the crowd, trying to his cry, which just up. We usually use clean but Sox rooter and the Giant patron, the heard was a remark from a Wash- followed after a straw, hold his own at rough repartee with big outburst of applause part half rotten would the purpose angry abuse of players by the an- ington fan which upset Frank Isbell, on the answer the crowd, of The Unless Ground Is Reasonably probably as well. This coat of straw nually disappointed Cincinnati pub- the veteran, completely. Isbell’s head hundreds. He abused the crowd. moment the ap- laughed at them, accused them of plause his well, well,” which may be turned under the next lic. the sarcasm and raillery of Wash- is as bald as a concrete pavement, subsided “Well, Fertile One Should Not Ex- “quitting,” and enjoyed it. If he had would boom over the field year, enriches the ground for subse- ington crowds, trained for years to and usually he kept his cap plastered and never taken it might failed to start pect Satisfactory Results. quent crops whether potatoes or expect nothing but defeat, have an tightly on his head to shield himself seriously the result the cheering again of have been different, but after a time The average grain. immense effect upon the players and from the gibes of crowds. This time crowd is cruel, because it became part of the game and now it is thoughtless. Few of fans Years and years ago potatoes were teams. They make or mar players, he tried to steal second and made a the spectators abuse in and weak men win for one type while desperate, diving slide around and un- the in the bleachers would who hurl and criticism at the grotvn old straw stacks, and this not be satisfied if Mullin forgot to players stop to think that suggested out straw to brilliant ones fail and lose for the der the baseman only to be called the men hauling cover start skirmish. Last summer, go- the ground SOME PLANTS ARE other. out. He was so enraged that he ran a they are addressing have the capacity no matter where the pota- out on a car three to feel and to suffer toes were I have heard a The baseball fan is an unique Amer- at the umpire, grasped his arm, ar- ing in Detroit, Many a thought- planted. young jest many praise BIG LABOR SAVERS ican species and the most rabid of all gued and raved and finally in sheer fellows were talking. less, barbed has wrecked the ca great this plan, while enthusiasts. Compared with him the anger, jerked off his cap, hurled it “Oh, I’ve got a peach of a get-back reer of some ball player. It took the others give it as a flat failure. I have golf fan, the bridge fan, even the onto the ground and jumped upon it. at him today,” said one, and, at the players a long time to discover the tried it with success, and in some Require No Greenhouse, Hotbed fact that their and their cases have failed, but in that failure bowling fan are mild. Baseball is His bald head glistened in the sun- urgent request of the others he drew popularity or Window Garden—They the most serious pleasure ever in- light and the crowd roared. Then, out a card and read what he was go- safety from abuse lies in presenting a learned the cause thereof. vented. above the roar came a voice: ing to say to Mullin if he came near good-natured appearance, no matter One cannot control the season, and Are Hardy. happens, Probably the most blindly loyal “Put on that cap. They pinched their seats. what and in answering ques- for this reason, early potatoes in crowd in the world is that which fol- Mary Garden here for less than that.’* It is not the great crowds that at- tions when possible. straw have been an indifferent suc- (By JOSEPHINE DE MARR.) lows the fortunes of the Chicago Possibly more trying than any con- tend the crucial games that exert the If you go through league after cess, while those planted later are It is not too late in the season to American league team, and to one certed rooting is the incessant nag- strongest influence over players. True league, team by team, you will find almost always better than when given urge busy housemothers who love who is disinterested the Chicago sit- ging to which players on the Polo there is a natural nervousness among that the most popular player, in nine cultivation and the straw no. used. flowers, but who have little time to uation is acutely funny. The White grounds, New York, are subjected. all the players when a tremendous cases out of ten, is some outfielder. If we have a cold, wet spring, potatoes give them, to grow herbaceous plantß. Sox park is located on the south side The one great bit of rejoicing among throng gathers to see them, as in He probably is not the best player, planted in a deep furrow under straw, These plants are labor-savers; for, world’s series games; but \he ones but he has the most devoted follow are not likely to do well, while if they once established in good, deep soil, that help the home team, or damage ing, because he keeps on friendly are planted a little later, when the they require little care or attention; it, are the crowd of from six to ten terms with the men and boys who sit sun is warm, they will not lack for they bloom profusely, and if a good thousand, stirred up by the “regulars” moisture, and the potato must have selection is made, abundant blooms who, day after day and season after sufficient moisture. may be had from early in spring season, Incite those around them. I prepare the ground and lay off when the moss-pink (phlox subulata) There are thousands of these regulars, rows with a single shovel just as if covers itself with flowers, to late fall, self-appointed claques or cheer mas- I were going to plant in the regular when the hardy chrysanthemums ters, and some of them feel as if they way except that the rows may be withstand the early frosts. / - are doing as much to help the team some closer together. The potatoes These plants require no greenhouse, to victory as if they were out there on are then dropped in the row, and bare- hotbed, or window garden, for they the mound pitching. The large crowds ly covered, so that in some cases one are really hardy. However, it is well is often : v usually are the fairest and most side of the piece shows. It to protect the young plants their first :v . as not to cover with dirt at all, winter. sportsmanlike, for in these great gath- well erings the rabid and partisan fan is but it is safer in case of dry weather Herbaceous plants are propagated lost and his utterances are smothered. to cover a little. in several ways—by seeds, division, These crowds police themselves and Then with a wogan haul out oat or cuttings of tops of roots. Cutting of the the players feel safe and assured of wheat straw and cover ground the roots, although not usually prac- fair play, and, after the first nervous- solidly to a depth of six inches or a ticed, is easy and successful, and ness passes, they play their best. foot. Never fear, for the potatoes, should be better understood. through the straw, and A baseball crowd is much like a they will come If you will carefully dig up a plant, The Baseball Fan Is a Unique Amer- which are akin to the mob. Without a leader it is just noise so will nettles say, a one-year-old golden glow, you ican Species. vine in this respect, but other and turmoil, but with one recognized potato will find on the main roots little will be smothered, and the patch leader it can do much. A few years behind him. In fact, almost every weeds shoots close together. These are fu- clean except for ago a number of Chicago men at- outfielder has his own regular pat- will be perfectly ture plants. All one has to do is to rows of green potato vines. It “Fans.” tempted to carry out a theory that the rons, who attend games and seek the cut the root in small pieces, being not be necessary to cultivate with crowd needed leaders and the result seats as near to him as possible, and will sure to allow one shoot or eye to the either plow or hoe, and If a few bull of the city; the Cubs’ on the west, the National league players last year was one of the most dangerous ex- who defend him against all comers piece, and plant them in the ground. should be may and the city is divided into two great w'hen they saw the wonderful Brush periments ever attempted. The White To them he is the best in the world, nettles found they If one has too many plants, it is be cut off with a blade. The potatoes armed camps. In 1896 when these stadium was that the crowd could not Sox rooters organized, a band of men a “Greater than Cobb,” nor do they easy to exchange with one's neighbor, form right at top of the two teams, winners of the champion- make Itself heard on the field as it far above average intelligence, who forget him; the player who finally dis- will the and thus acquire a new plant and in the lower layer of ships in their own leagues, met to did in the old stands. The Polo laid daily plans for inciting crowds an idol has a hard time. I ground places There will be elements contest for the world’s championship, grounds crowd is odd. Somehow and stirring up enthusiasm. The have known them to follow a player straw. some but White Geranium. it was the loyalty of the south side fans who occupy box seats either are Board of Trade Rooters the field when he was shifted fcf feritllty in the rotting straw, operated at around fertile A good white geranium is a jewel crowd beyond doubt that won for the not as rabid as those in the cheaper Chicago unless the ground is reasonably both parks, being organized from one to another position and to which, when found, should be kept. team. That fall the Chicago Tribune’s seats or they are on their good be- to attack retainers of one should not expect any better re- primarily McGraw and the battle for him with the Select one or two zonales for ornamen- composing room was about equally havior, and a fringe of box seats is Giants. They dared criticise sults from this plan than by cultivat- wrote and circulated the other fielder who tal foliage, and keep them bright by divided between the followers of the an effective shield for players. ing. songs, invented Ingenious methods of him. giving the plant as much sunshine as two teams and so bitter was the feel- Strangely enough harassing At digging time begin on one side, the crowds on the a worthy foe, and to force Biased, prejudiced and distorted in possible and ing that the foreman was compelled New York American fork the straw over and pick up the a dose of ammonia once league park, al- undeserved victory upon the home their views as most of them are, they a week —a teaspoonful in quart ol separate quite potatoes, then take the next row fork- a to them and send them to though as noisy, are much fair- teams. The idea spread rapidly. are very human and very lovable in sides of the to main- er, than the ing the straw from it over on the row water. different building crowds at the Polo “Rooters’ clubs” were organized their blind devotion to the game, and tain peace. It was civil all in that has just been dug or rather war over grounds. many cities and towns to help the in their unreasoning hatred. And a Chicago. One would picked. The potatoes will be white Intolerable Nuisance. think that visiting play- home teams. For a few weeks it ¦word of warning: Never try to ar It is a magnificent crowd, wonderful ers would like to play and clean, and you will get all of them, Moles in a garden prove an intoler- on grounds looked as if the new movement wr ould gue with a real, dyed-in-the-wool In its spirit and in its intense loyalty. where the home team whereas by the old method of culti- able nuisance. While they may be is unpopular seriously endanger the national game. thirty-second-degree fan. In the firs) are few things that shake an through vation and digging among the weeds trapped, the only sure way is to in- There defeat or other causes, but The crowds grew more and more vio- place the chances are he is right, but opponent like the incessant: “Get a they do not. They as high your head you get maybe not ject bisulphate of carbon into their rather resent the lent. Then, suddenly and without even if he is wrong there isn’t a “Get a hit," which is the war home crowd more than half. runs. hit,” abusing the home men. warning almost, the wildest efforts of chance to win the argument