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Show k FANS. Motto: May the best team win; But ours is the best By Hugh S. Fullerton r ' j bp W U IWpau) "Wow! Wowll Great eye, Eddie! song of the Sox rooters when they MikeTilm paP it across! Bust a scent "victory. fence! "You can do 4t! WowLWowM OnefJhe most dramaflc displays Wow!! ROBBER! All right Tough of loyalty I ever saw was In 1907, luck, Eddie. Two and two. Make when the team, beaten and displaced her be over. Home run, Eddie, old from the championship, came home to scout Break the gate. Wow! Wow! I close the season. They had gone It Wo a,way In high hopes, and failed. ." The red faced, apoplectic young was Sunday, and as the defeated man In the front row made a trumpet team marched down the field 17,000 of his hands and yelled until the men and women stood silent and un veins In his neck turned purple, la covered for a moment, then broke the middle of the final Wow he col- Into applause that swept the stands lapsed, looked dlsgUBted and turning It Is small wonder that a team back' ed always by such loyalty to me sald; What do they keep that hunk of during years when It seemed-mu- ch cbeeseTforT ' He cant 'hit ""Never weaker than- - Its could." Striking out" In" aplneb-llk- e L ha.ye : heard opposing players declare that!" they would rather face anythin! In the or game than the grinding root Thefan, howling encouragement bawling abuse at the ball players Is Ing" of the Chicago south side fans, the spirit of the town. Just - how The only duplicate I, know Is the long Yale yell great an Influence this spirit exerts rasping, Not all players are frank enough to upon the playing strength of the team admit that the rooting has any effect representing the town or etty'ts Indeed It Is a common pose to precerIt Is but calculation, tain that It Is part of the"natlonat tend that they da not even hear.-B-ut game. He and his fellows exert al- they do. Even among themselves most as much Influence upon the team they pretend they do not care; but as does luck, aq this spirit Is so In- once In a. while they tell their Inner extricably mixed with the element of feelings. They know that half the luck that It is Impossible to deter- men who quit the .major leagues are mine cause and effect There are driven out by the voice of the fan. I cities In which the loyalty of the fans have seen pen break and go all to has waned and turned to gibes, and tn pleoes, rave and swear and abuse these cities no player does well everyone after suffering a cruel grillThere are crowds that remain loyal ing by a crowd. In victory and In defeat Theae InWalter Wllmot, one of Ansons faspire the players to give their best mous old Chicago players, came to a .efforts to win. Ball players will tell game on the old grounds fifteen years you that teams Invariably play bet- after retiring. He looked Somss toter with friendly crowds applauding ward the left field and said: The fan Invariably will respond that Theres some of them out there he, would be loyal provided the club now Id like to choke." would win games enough to Justify Yet the roar of the crowd does not loyalty. The players accuse the fans, break them ap quickly as does some the fans accuse the players, and both sharp thrust of sarcasm or biting wit are In a measure right The major- from an Individual Perhaps that ity of patrons will root" when the haft Is only the last straw, but when home team Is winning. Any team wll a player is In a nervous collapse he play better ball and win oftener If usually rages at some Individual who the patrons are loyal. The fan. voic- said something to him. Josh Reilly, ing the spirit of the town. Is a pow- one of the merriest, happiest players er for victory or defeat. I ever knew, "blew up" one day and Conditions In different cities com had to be restrained from assaulting prising the circuits of the major three or four thousand jnen In the leagues assert a powerful Influence bleachers. over their teams." Players will telf 'Bid you hear whs he said you they would rather play for the Reilly as the other players Chicago White Sox or for the New tried to restrain him. York Giants than for any other tgams. did hesajr?" Inquired someThey will assert that twenty Cobbs one could not win a ponant for Clncla-"He said: Reilly, you're a glsgrace natl under conditions which the man- - to the Irish'," and then be raged agement ls now striving to' change. again.-- "" The fanatical loyalty of the White .One of the quickest things I ever Sox rooter and the Giant patron, the heard was a remark from a Washangry abuse of players by the an- - ington fan which upset Prank Isbell , nually disappointed Cincinnati pub- the veteran, completely. Isbell's head lic. the sarcasm and raillery of Wash- Is as bald as a concrete pavement, ington crowds, trained for years to and usually he kept his cap plastered expect nothing but defeat, have an tightly on his head to shield himself Immense effect upon the players and from the gibes of crowds. This time teams.. They make or mar players, he tried to steal second and made a and weak men win for one type while desperate, diving slide around and un brilliant ones fail and lose for the der the baseman only to be called other. out He was so enraged that he ran The baseball fan Is an unique Amer- at the umpire, grasped his arm, arican species and the most rabid of all gued and raved and finally In sheer enthusiasta Compared with him the anger. Jerked off his cap, hurled It golf fan, the bridge fan. even the onto the ground and Jumped upon It bowling Jan are mild. - Baseball. Is His bald head glistened In the sunthe- - most serious pleasure ever In- light and the crowd roared. Then) vented above the roar- - urns a voice: Probably the most blindly loyal "Put on that cap. They pinched crowd in --the world Is that which Job Mary Garden here for less than that" Iowa the fortunes of the Chicago Possibly more trying than any conAmerican league team, and to one certed rooting Is the incessant nagwho Is disinterested the Chicago, sit- ging to which players on the Frio uation is acutely funny. The White grounds. New York, are subjec J. Sox park is located on the south side The one great bit of rejoicing among (Coprrlgbt, UUI, -- -- won-even opponents... . nerve-rackin- In Cincinnati, Brooklyn and Washing- the cheer masters fell flat in Cbt- ton, during most of the season, the cago at least The harder the leaders crowds art bitterly sarcastic toward of th$ rooters worked the more apathe boms teams, although the Brook- thetic the crowds became. - It was an lyn crowds are decent except on Sat- Interesting phenomenon and I set oat urdays. St Louis affords a queer to discover the reason. The first study of the crowds. When the blescherife I met solved the problem. "Dem guys aint on de square." he Browns are at home the crowds are said. "Usuns out In de bleachers tbs and vent their temper upon ugly players, yet half a dozen blocks away, dont want to rob nobody " on tbs rival park, there assembles a There was the solution. No matter crowd wilder and more frantically In how partisan a baseball fan may befavor of the home team and more un- come, or bow wild In bis desire to see reasoning tn partisanship than almost the home team win, deep down he any tn the Country. Just where this wests fair pity, and, after a time, he feeling arises Is hard to discover. The will Insist upon - The rooters clubs crowd Is violent tn temper when the died team "Is winning, worse when it Is losThere are few of the noted Ians ing Perhaps long years of bitter de- now, chiefly because the papers selfeat have caused It. dom mention them. Perhaps they exIn Boston and Philadelphia, on both ist In the old days almost every major leagne parks, the home players club had one or two such followers. end visitors are almost upon equal Probably the best known wan HI terms, and tbs spectators applaud HI." This was General Dlxwell, of good plays Irrespective of the players. Boston, who for many years followed They see baseball. under the best con- the fortunes of the famous old Boston ditions, with both teams encouraged club. He Is wealthy. Intellectual and and giving their best efforts to the a cultured gentleman who became He work. Pittsburgh Is bad because of completely absorbed in baseball the gambling that has become almost followed the team wherever It went part of the game in the Smoky City. and became a familiar figure all over The temper of the crowd is ugly and the country. He occupied a front the losing element Is In evidence no seat In the stands, kept a careful matter whether the home club wins score and studied- - the game with S erloaea."." Detroit la w Jeyalrsther (rlouBness that was appalllng. He violent crowd, tamed now because the maintained deep silence during aB fans have learned to endure victory most all the game, but when a really as well as defeat The crowds were great play was mads he emitted two mad with enthusiasm the first year De- sharp staccato barks: "Hi! H1!" and troit won and have slnee tamed down then dropped to silence again. His I DAHLIAS -- GAIN FAVOR Center of Floral Attraction a ; Agricultural Fair. Flower of Today Has Much More Grace Than Did Earlier Types Many Things In Culture to Urge to Its Success. Fashion moves in cycles, even m Flora's realm, and the flower over which people raved a generation ago Is again before us, the center of floral attractions at the agricultural fair. But the dahlia of today has much more of grace than did the earlier types; and tn lta culture there are many things to urge to success. It pays to be neighborly with dahlias. A single root will soon multiply to a dozen; and if each of a half dozen neighbors purchase some choice variety, at the end of the first or second season the exchanges can be most profitable. i For those who like single varieties there is a bonanza In n seed packet - - -- t ! ! t h They Pinched Mary Gardtn for Less Than That." One of the queer things In that city war cry gave him his name. He quit Is the baiting of George Mnllln, the attending baseball games years ago, veteran pitcher. Mullln Is a jolly, but still continues his deep Interest la joker and years ago. he the sport, and In his apartments he began talking baok to the bleachers. keeps a wonderful set of books showHe was warned that the bleacherltes ing the averages and performances of would put him out of the business, players for many baseball genera" but persisted Every afternoon he tions. , would walk down Jn front of the Well, Well Well" was another bleachers and engage In a" verbal character who waa named because of skirmish wtth( the crowd, trying to his cry, which followed Just after a hojd his own at1 rough repartee with big outburst of applause on the part hundreds. He abused the crowd, of the "crowd. The moment the aplaughed at them, accused them of plause subsided his Well, well, well." "quitting," and enjoyed It It he had would boom over the field and never taken It seriously the result might failed to start the cheering again. have been different but after a time The average crowd Is cruel, because It became part of the game and now It la thoughtless. Few of the fans the spectators In the bleachers would who hurl abuse and criticism at tbs not be satisfied If Mullln forgot to players atop to think that the men start a skirmish. Last summer, go- they are addressing have the capacity ing out on a car in Detrott, three to feel and to suffer Many a thoughtyoung iellows were talking less. barbed Jest has wrecked the career of some ball player. It took the "Oh, Ive got a peach of a at him today," said one, and. at the players a long time to discover the urgent request of the others ho drew fact that their popularity and their out a card and read what he waa go- safety from abuse Ilea In presenting a appearance, no matter ing to say to. Mullln. If Jbe came near what happens, and Tn answering que their seats. lions when possible. It Is not the great crowds that If you go through league after the crucial games that exert the team by team, you will find Influence league, True overplayers. (,ongest there la a natural nervouaness among that the most popular player, in nine all the players when a tremendous cases out of ten, la some outfielder. throng gathers to see them, as In He probably Is not the best player. worlds series games; but the ones but he baa the most devoted follow-lnbecause be keeps on friendly that help the home team, or- damage It, are the crowd of from six to ten terms with the men and boys who sit thousand, stlrrcJ up by the "regulars" ho, daf after day and season after season. Incite those around them There are thousands of these regulars, claques or cheer masters, and some of them feel as If they are doing as much to help the team to victory as If they were out there on the mound pitching The large crowds usually are the fairest and most sportsmanlike, for In these great gathering the rabid and partisan fan Is lost and his utterances are smothered These crowds police themselves and the players feel safe and assured of fair play,and, after the first nervousness passes, they- play their best. A baseball crowd Is much like a mob. Without a leader it Is Just noise The Baseball Fan Is a Unique Amtn lean 8peciea. and turmoil, but with one recognised leader it can do muck A few years behind him. In fact, almost, every -- of Chicago-me- n outfielder bu his own regular patto carry out a theory that the rons, d and aeek crowd needed leaders and the .result seata aa near to himgames aa possible, and was one of the most dangerous ex- a ho defend him against all comers. periments ever attempted The White To them he la the beat in the world, Sox rooters organiied, s band of men a "Greater than Cobb." nor do they far above average intelligence, who forget him; the who finally player laid dally plans for Inciting crowds an idol has a hard time. I and stirring up enthusiasm. The have known them to follow a player Board of Trade Rooters operated at around the field when he was shifted both Chicago parks, being organised from one to another and to position prlmirily to attack McGraw and the battle for him with the retainers of Giants: They wrote and circulated the other-fieldwho dared criticise songs. Invented Ingenious methods of him. harassing a worthy-foand to force Biased, prejudiced and distorted I9 undeserved victory upon the home their views as moat of them are. they teams. The Idea spread rapidly are human very 'Rooters clubs were organized In their blind devotionand very lovable in to the game, and many cities and towns to help the In their hatred. And a unreasoning home teams For few - weeks it word of warning: Never try to ar looked as If the new movement would gue with a real dyed-Iseriously endanger the national fan. In the first The crowds grew more and moregame via place the, chanceearehOa-HghtTblent Then, suddenly and without even If he le there Isnt a earning almost, the wildest efforts of chance to win wrong the argument. quick-witte- d get-bac- k good-nature- d at-ir'- fi - 4go-a-num- ber ed a Chicago. It Is a magnificent crowd,, wonderful tn Ita spirit and In its Intense loyalty. There ere few things that shake an opponent like the lneesaant: "Get a till." "Get e hit," which ie the war That who-atten- die-plac- er e. the-woo- l, n thlrty-eecond-degr- ut HOUSE Convenient Place Should Bo Provided for Chickens Small Stand la Beat rib d the National league players last year when they saw the wonderful Brush stadium was that the crowd could not make Itself heal'd on the field as It did In the old etande. The Polo grounds crowd ! odd. Somehow fans who occupy box seats either are cot as babld as those In the cheaper seats or they are on their good behavior. and a fringe of box seats is an effective shield for players Strangely enough the crowds on the New York American league park, although quite as noisy, are much fair er, than. the crowds at the , Polo grounds. One would think that players would like to play visiting on grounds where the home team la unpopular through defeat or other causes but do not They rather resent the Uey home crowd abusing tht home men. an-aiy- Important g, of the city; the Cubs on the west and the city Is divided Into two great armed camps. In 1S96 a ben these two teams, winners of the championships in their own leagues, met to contest for the world's championship, it was the loyalty of the south. side crowd beyond doubt that won for the teamThatfall the Chicago Tribute's '.Composing room" w iS'about" equally divided between the followers of the two teams and so bitter was the feeling that the foreman to separate them and send them to different side of the building to maintain peace. It was civil war all over It Is a curious fallacy that the brown egg la better than the white. The difference la color la merely the lndication of the strain of the bird I and nothing else, says a leading authority. ( It is a fact that, generally speaking, brown eggs are preferred over white ones, and dealers have learned to cater to supply this demand at small cost If their customers want brown eggs, they supply them as long as they have them in stock, and then color the white ones to fill out-- ' It la a very easy matter staining a white egg a beautiful delicate brown by dipping It In weak coffee or dye. Eggs colored hi this way sell Just as readily and please the customers as well as though they had bought genuine brown eggs. There Is quite a difference, however, In the lucrative value of very light colored yolks and those which have a rich reddish yellow color. The pale yolk indicates poor feeding and bad conditions, but the reddish, yellow yolk Indicates that the hens . have- - been .fedenth pt radons, and are therefore better food. Iron In the food gives color to the yolk of the egg, 'and anaemic persons whose diet embraces eggs should always select those ef the rich reddish color, because they contain more iron than the pale ones. Judging the value of the egg as food, therefore, do not take the color of the shell as an Index of its food value, but Its contents. WATER FOR POULTRY - Fans." Color of Sholl Should Not Be Taken Into Consideration In Determining Worth of Contents. right-kind- jf x JUDGING THE VALUE OF EGGS I (By J. HALPIN.) A convenient place should be provided In every poultry house for water. It ia best to construct a small stand about one foot above the floor and place the water dish on this. The Types of Dahlias. stand can be constructed in the partiBorne beautiful colors will be Included. tion so that the hens In two pens can drink from one dish. It Is, however, 8ow the seeds In the window early. better to give each pen a sepusually The plants germinate quickly, and may be shifted into pots as they be- arate drinking dish. Thewater stand come larger. Transplant to rich gar should be placed where It la light, den soil as soon as danger from frost and also where it is convenient to is over, and they will bloom nearly empty the dish and refill it Aa a rule the water dish will keep cleaner If as soon as those started from tubers. Some may not develop aufficient root growth to keep through the winter; some wilL Even if they do not you will' have the pleasure enough durlgg the one " season to repay the small cost .Try one variegated variety, thus getting a whole bouquet with no two alike from the same plant Do not try to make too many roots by subdividing. It is better to have one strong than two weak plants. Plant deep, staka, and feed weU. Dahlias require a sunny location In a liberally manured, aandy loam. Their position should be such as to receive plenty of air, and spreading spacer and the aun for the beat part of the day. The soli should be kept loose or stirred by liberal cultivation, especially after a rain. Under no consideration allow the soli to become baked. If the soil has a tendency to be stiff or contains clay deposits It U well to Incorporate well Into the soil where the dahllaa are to be planted Clean Water Insured. some coarse material such as sand, wood or coal ashes, or la fact any- near the south side of the building, aa thing that will glvs the soil perfect the hens scratch the litter toward th drainage. north much more iu toward the front of the house. . A hen facet th GERMAN TESTS WITH SILAGE light usually when digging in the straw for her feed and the result is that the litter worts back. Green Alfalfa Loses S3 14 Per Cent Care should be taken not to ns In Weight Corn Stover Doterlo- watering devices of any kind which rates Slightly. have parts that cannot be readily German experimenters found that cleaned. A dirty drinking vessel ie green alfalfa put Into an unwalled pit frequently a source of disease among In July and taken out In March had the fowls and should never be per decreased in weight by practically mltted In any poultry house. 33 14 per cent. The outer layers were more or less moldly, and in some places the silage was partially charred. Beet leaves and tope siloed In the stock on the ground In October contained 6.558 kilogram of dry matter, and about 5,222 kilograms at the end Parched meal la good for chicks to of January. Corn atover silage made pick when two or three days old. In an Iron concrete silo suffered Chopped-uonion tops make good only a slight loss In nutriment aa shown by chick medicine at this time of year. Duck raisers claim that a hawk experiments, and this loss was offset by Increased palatabllity, something will never attempt to steal a duckling whlqh always counts for much. Eleven dozen eggs per year la a fair average for hens and pullets kept la Should tighten Stave Silo Hoops. large flocks. Unlees owners of stave silos Little things In tighten afs the hoops as 'the warnfapHng weather like piece of lead;poultry keeping'more they weigh progresses the silos may be than you think they win. or completely ruined, is the partially Better keep the hens In the house warning issued by Prof. C. A. Ocock of the on cold, rainy daya, or they will get college agricnltnrsL of the Univer- soaked and take rheumatism sity of Wisconsin. Trap nests and numbered leg bands Loose hoops not only allow the constitute the only sure means of findstaves to warp, thus making tho walls ing out which hens ars doing the work. no longer but the whole silo Do give the later summer hatched may be weakened to such an extent chicks a chance to eat their meals that a high wind will cause It to without being run over by the other A stave silo once down or birds. twisted out of shape can scarcely ever During breeding season use two be successfully restored. cocks, keeping one penned np three days while the other is running ,wtth Making Horses Comfortable. the hens. horse that la compelled to light If you are looking for bird-tlnx Clea constantly cannot get in a fun prove the egg laying qualities of your or at least If It does there flock, patronise tke breeder day's work, that are Is less stamina, which eventually breeding for eggs. tells pn the life work of the antm Turkey Neither can It do ita best with an Bh Incubator eggs may be hatched In the' very but unleee you fitting harness. The horse that la aave a number nicely, of hens It la bard to comfortable and in good spirits la the get enough fresh eggs to- - fill a maone which makes the record. - chine. " ; The vices of feather puElng and egg.' " Cutting Asparagus for Market. eating" areAlways more common In When cutting asparagus for market overcrowded eelect those stalks which are abost whers there Isflocks, than in quarters pleo.r cf space tot It Inches long. fowls to exercise. - 1 . PouitryNotes J p alr-tlgh- t. col-lape- e. o - - -- x. J |