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Show lm Cincinnati, Brooklyn mad Washing tom, during most of the season, the .PICK UP BAUMGARDNER FANS Story of How HeTSot on as $1 Louis Pitcher. Motto: May the hest team win ; But Dim When Flnt Discovered Youngster Looked to Be Too Young and i Frail Striking Out Konetchy Twice Gave Him His 8tart The Browns bare captured a real phenomenon In George Baumgardner It has been years and years since a youngster has come from the minors to startle the populace at Sportsmans Park, but It appears that the old youth from Huntington, W Va , has come to stay In the big arena. Baumgardners discovery was a peculiar one, and is detailed by Sid C. Keener tn the St. Louis Times When the Browns departed for their southern training trip a year ago last March, no one paid much attention to George. He looked to be too young, somewhat too frail and entirely too green" to receive consideration from Manager Wallace. During the practice games Baum gardner was allowed to warm up, while the other youngsters did the hurling. Finally one morning Wallace was looking over his recruits and he caught sight of Baum hurling the ball to Krlchell with wonderful speed and a curve that broke like a streak of lightning. Then Wallace began to pay attention to this lad. Finally the spring series between the Browns and Cardinals was started, and it was in the fifth game that showed himself, but Baumgardner and after the merely as a try-ou- t, Cards were in front, 7 to 1. The feat that won Baumgardner fame was when he fanned Ed Koney twice, ma king the big fellow miss six consecutive times. Striking out Koney made Baumgardner Against the Detroit Tigers Baumgardner made hie second appearance of the season at Sportsman's Park, and he had the slugging stickers from Michigan at bis mercy. For nine rounds they tried to see what the youngster bad. but for nine rounds his speed and his curves fooled them completely, and not one run was scored oil him. In Baumgardners other appearance on the home lot be went to a i the Best By Hugh S. Fullerton (Cupyrlf bl, mu, by W bitterly sarcastic toward the home teams, although the Brook-lyerowds are decent except on 8at-8t- . Louis affords a queer the crowds. When the kre st home the crowds are ugly and vent their temper upon the playtiw, yt half a doxen blocks away, oSthe rlvul park, there assembles a wilder and more frantically in fvor of the home team and more no rknlng in partisanship than almost ay tn the country. Just where this f'lng arises la hard to discover. The crowd la violent in temper when the ts is winning, worse when it is losing Perhaps long years of hitter de-lhave caused it ' In Boston and Philadelphia, on both Jor league parks, the home players snd viiftora are almost upon equal nns, and the spectators applaud Plajs Irrespective of the players. Tney see baseball under the beet with both team encouraged snd giving their best effort to the work Pittsburgh la bad because of In gambling that has become almost Pnrt of the game in the Smoky City Ths temper of the crowd le ugly and the losing element Is in evidence no matter whether the home club wine or loses Detroit Is a loyal rather violent crowd, tamed now because the faas have learned to endure victory veil as defeat The crowds Were ad with enthusiasm the first year Detroit won and have since tamed down erd i 'Outputs) the cheer masters fell flat is Chi cago at least The harder the leaders of ths rooters worked ths mors apathetic the crowd became. It was aa Interesting phenomenon and I aet out to discover the reason. Ths first bleacher! t I met solved ths problem. "Dsm guys aint oh da square," hs aid. "Usuns out la de' blsachsrs .dont want to rob nobody. There was the solution. No matter how partisan a baseball fan may become, or how wild in hie deetrs to see the home team win, deep dowq h wants fair play, and. after a time, be will insist upon it The rooters clubs died. song of the Sox .rooters when they There are few of the noted fane cent victory. now, chiefly because the papers selOne of the most dramatic displays dom mention them. Perhaps they exof loyalty 1 ever saw was In 1907, ist In the old days almost every when the team, beaten and displaced club had one or two such followers. from the championship, came home to close the season. They had gone Probably ths best known was HI HI." This was General Dlxwell of away In high hopes, and tailed. It Boston, who for many years followed The red faced, apoplectic , young was Sunday, and as the defeated the fortunes of the famous old Boston man in the front row made a trumpet team marched down the field 17,000 club He le wealthy. Intellectual and of his hands and yelled until the men and women stood silent and una cultured gentleman who became veins in his neck turned purple. In covered for n moment, then broke He completely absorbed In baseball the middle of the final Wow" he col- into applause that swept the stands. followed' the team Wherever It went lapsed, looked disgusted and turning It is small wonder that a team hackand became a familiar figure all over ed always by such loyalty won even to me said tb country. He occupied a front What do they keep that hunk of during years when It teemed much seat in the stands, kept a careful cheese for? He cant hit Never weaker than lta opponents. score and studied the game with a I have heard opposing players decould Striking out in a pinch like seriousness that was appalling. He clare they would rather face anything that'" maintained a deep silence during alThe fan, howling encouragement or In the game than the grinding rootmost all the game, but when a really bawling abuse at the ball players is ing of the Chicago south side fans great play was made be emitted two the spirit of the town. Just how The only duplicate I know -- Is the Yale harp staccato barka: "Hit Hi! and an influence this spirit exerts rasping, yell long great then dropped to alienee again. Hie Not all players are frank enough to upon the playing strength of the team representing the town or city is lm admit that the rooting has any effect possible of calculation, but it is cer- Indeed it Is a common pose to pretain that it is part of the national tend that they do not even bear. But 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; hut as does luck, and 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 en men break and go all to has waned and turned to gibes, and in pieces, 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 These in Walter W 11 mot, 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 year toHe looked ac-s- as you that teams Invariably play bet- after retiring. with field ter and said: , friendly crowds applauding ward the left The fan Invariably will respond that Theres some of them out then 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 aoi loyalty The players accuse the fans, break them as quickly as does soml the fans accuse th6 players, and both sharp thrust of sarcasm or biting w are tn a measurp right The major- from an Individual Perhaps thtf ity of patrons will root" when the shaft la only the last straw, but whet home team is winning Any team will a player la In a nervous collapse hi play better ball and win oftener if usually rages at aome Individual whi the patrons are loyal. The fan. voic- said something to him. Josh Retllj, ing the spirit of the town, is a pow- one of the merriest, happiest playea er for victory or defeat I ever knew, blew up" one day ani Conditions tn different cities com- had to be restrained from assault! nj They Pinched Mary Garden for Lees Than That prising the circuits of the major three or four thousand men In - ikt One of the queer things In that city war cry gave him hla name. He quit " t la leagues assert a powerful influence bleachers. of Georg Mullln, the attending baseball games years ago, the baiting over their teams d whs 'Did said? he hear you Players win tell you they would rather play for the manded Reilly aa the other playea veteran pitcher. Mullin' la a jolly, but still continues his deep Interest In quick-wittejoker and years ago be ths sport, and In his spartmsnts hs Chicago White Sox or for the New tried to restrain him. back to tba bleachers. keeps n wonderful set of hooks showbegan talking seasTork Giants than for any other teams. did be say? Inquired What Ha waq warned that the bleacherttea ing ths averages and performance of Le They will assert that twenty Cobbs on!,, ,4. TSaSW could not win a pennant for Clncta-nat- i He said; 'Reilly, youre a ijlsplce would put him ourbfThmuW'wr Tva; . under conditions which the man- to the Irish', v and then he aged but persisted. Every afternoon he tiona. ' would walk down In front of the was another Well, Well Well agement is now striving to change. again. y e In a verbal character who wae named because of The fanatical loyalty of the White One of the quickest things I ever bleachera and engage Sox rooter and the Giant patron, the heard wae a remark from a Wash- akirmleh with the crowd, trying to hla cry, which followed just after a angry abuse of players by the, an- ington fan which upset Frank Isbell hold hla own at rough repartee with big outburst of applause on the part pub-linually disappointed Cincinnati the veteran, completely. Isbells head hundreds. He abueed the crowd, of ths crowd. Ths moment the apthe sarcasm and raillery of Wash- la aa bald aa a concrete paveaenL laughed at them, accused them of plause subsided his Well, well well ington crowds, trained for years to and usually he kept hie cap plastered "quitting, and enjoyed It If he had would boom over the field and never expect nothing but defeat, have an tightly on his head to shield hlaseif taken it seriously the result might failed to start the cheering again. The average crowd la cruel because have been different but after a time immense effect upon the players and from tbs gibes of crowds. 'This Urns Few of tbs fens teams. They make or mar players, he tried to steal second and made a it became part of the game and now it Is thoughtless and weak men win for one type while desperate, diving slide around and un- the spectator in the bleachers would who burl abuse and criticism at lbs brilliant ones fail and lose for the tier the baseman only to be called not be satisfied if Mullln forgot to players stop to think that ths men other out He was so enraged that fas ran tort a skirmish Last summer, go- they are addressing have ths capacity The baseball fan is an unique Amer- at the umpire, grasped hla arm. ar- ing out on a car in Detroit, three to feel and to suffer Many a thoughtless, barbed jest baa wrecked the caican species and the most rabid of ail gued and raved and finally In sheer young- - fellows were talking. of some ball player. It took tbs reer enthusiasts. back a of a Compared with him the anger, jerked off bis cap, hurled It I've get peach Oh, got golf fan, the bridge fan. even the onto the ground and Jumped upon IL at him today, said one,' and. at the playera a long time to discover the bowling fan are mild. Baseball is Hie bald head glistened In the sun- urgent request of the other he drew fact that their popularity and their the 'most serious pleasure ever in- light and the crowd roared. Then, out a card and read what he wae go- safety from abuee lies In presenting a d vented appearance, no matter above the roar came a voice: ing to aay to Mullln if ha came near what happens, and In answering quesProbably the most blindly loyal "Put on that cap. They pinched their seata tions when possible crowd In the world is that which fol- Mary Garden here for leas than that It is not tba great crowds that If you go through league after lows the fortunes - of the Chicago Possibly more trying than any concrucial games that exert the ths team by team, you will And American league team, and to one certed rooting Is the incessant nagleague, over True playera. tongest influence who Is disinterested the Chicago sit- ging to which players on the FYlo there Is a natural nervousness among that the most popular player,. In nine uation Is acutely funny. The White grounds. New Yofk, are subject $. all tha cases out of ten, la some outfielder. players when s tremendous Sox park Triocated on the south side The one great bit of rejoicing among H probably ia not the beat player, ms In throng tethers to see them, worlds series games; but- - the ones but be has tba most devoted followthat help the home team, or damage ing, because he keep on friendly it, ars ths crovd of from six to ten terms with the fifen and boys who alt thousand, stirred up by ths regulars who, day 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 ae if they are doing as much to help the team to victory ae it they were out there on ths mound pitching The large crowds usually are the fairest and most x sportsmanlike, for In these great gatherings tha rabid and partisan fan is lost and his utterances are smothered These crowds police themselves and ths players feej safe and assured of v , AfcX fair play, and, after the first nervous4 ! - J V ness passes, they play their best A baseball crowd la much like a J Ths Baseball Fan Is a Unique Amir 1 tnob. Without a leader it le Just noise lean Speel!- sod turmoil but with one recognized leader It can do much. A few year behlnd him. In fact, almost every ago. jl. number of Chicago. men at- outfielder has bis own regular patFane. tempted to carry out a theory that the rons, who attend games' and seek, crowd needed leaders end the result eats as near to him as possible, and of the city; the Cubs on the west the National league players last year was one of ths most dangerous ex- who defend him against all corner! and the city la divided into two great when they saw the wonderful Brush ever attempted The White To them be la the best tn the world, periments armed camps. In 1896 when these stadium was that the crowd could not Sox nor do they two teams, winners of the champion- make itself heard on ths field as It tar rooters organized, a band of men a Greater than Cobb, who who forget him; the player above finally disaverage intelligence, ships in their own leagues, met to did In tbs old stands. Ths Polo laid I Idol haa n hard time. an for crowd Inciting dally plans places contest for the world's championship. grounds crowd Is odd. Somehow end Tbs have known them to follow a player stirring up enthusiasm. It was ..the loyalty of the south side fans who occupy box seats' either are Board of Trade Rooters operated st around the field when he was shifted crowd beyond doubt that won for the not as rabid as those in tbs both Chicago parka, being organized from on to another position and to cheeper team That fall the Chicago Tribune's eats or they ar on their goOd.be-havlor- , to attack McGrawandtbe battle for him with the retainer of composing room was about equally and a fringe of box seats Is Primarily Glantu wrote and circulated tha other fielder who dared eritlctso They divided between the follower of the an effective shield for players. onga. Invented Ingenious methods of him. two teams and so bitter was ths feel- Strangely enough ths crowds on the a harassing foe, and to force Biased, prejudiced and distorted tn worthy was foreman ths compelled New Tork American league park, al- undeserved ing that views aa moat of them are, they home the their upon victory to separate them and send them to though quit as noisy, ars much fair team! The idea spread rapidly. are very human and very lovable In different sides of the building to main- eL.tbantbs crowds . at ths pole "Rooters' dubs wars organized to their blind devotion to the game, and tain peace. It was civil war all over grounds. , cities and towns to help the In their unreasoning hatred. And a , " One would think that visiting play- many Chicago. boms It Is a magnificent crowd, wonderful ers would like t0..play on .. grounds, looked team! For a few weeks It word of warning: Never try to ar as If the ae w movement would gu with a real in Its spirit end In Its intense loyalty. whers the home team la unpopular fa! In ths first There are few thlngs that Shake aa tfarontfrdefeator other causes, but seriously endanger the national game. crowds grew'&ors and 'more vlo-en- place ths chaacee are he la right., hot Inceseant: like a Get the do opponent not They rather resent the they Then, suddenly and without even if hs Is wrong there Isnt a hit," "Get a hit," which le the war home crowd abusing ths horns men. earning almost, the wildest efforts of chance to win ths argument "Wow' Wow!' Great eye, Eddie Make him put it across! Bust a fence' You can do it! Wow! Wow!! Wow'" ROBBER' All right Tough Make luck, Eddie Two and two her be over. Home run, Eddie, old scout Break the gate Wow! Wow!! con-aittoa- s, u nerve-rackin- d ' George Baumgardner battle with the White Sox with Jimmy Scott on the other end. So in twenty-fou- r innings the opposition failed to gather a single run off the Browns s sensation at home. Then he went after the White Sox and beat them on their own diamond, with about 30,000 Chicago tans watching him. The best part about Baumgardners success is that he is Just starting and as he ages he is certain to improve. He knows how to use his speed and curves, but, of course, not quite in the finished manner that he will after he has been in the American league at least a complete season. Veteran Lou Criger believes George will be a sensation. "George wants to groove em too often, and when he learns the weaknesses of the opposing batters and learns to work the corners oftener than right in the middle of the plate he will equal any of the great pitchers, is the way Criger comments on Baumgardner. Baumgardner was picked up by Boout Doyle. He was touring the southern leagues and one day happened to stop off at Huhtington, W, Va. He saw the lad pitch and immediately wired Colonel Hedges to put in a draft for Kim. With Huntington Baumgardner won twenty-fou- r games and lost nine, and won the pennant for his club. He pitched 277 innings and fanned 292, which is an average of more than one strike-ou- t per found and better than nine per game, which proves that George1 had the batters missing the third one quite often. fifteen-innin- s g Poor Old Crippiaal sport writer says that Hans Wagner, like Christy Mathew-nohas seen his best days. "All that ths poor, old Pirate cripple can do is to 'make three safe swats and play the whole game,1 he said. A New York n, Falkenberg Is Optimises. Cy FUkenberg plcksthe Naps to -wlnthe bunt!ng thle aflason. ?Why shouldnt wsr asked Cy. "Havent asp la we got as good a ball dub, fibs Amsrloaa leagnsf good-nature- at-te- w;N x- . I 1 -- - ps ""' L MINES AND MINING In May East Butte produced 1,400.-00pounds of .copper, with net earn tngs of 100, OW.- - . - The present market price of $ gives Mason Valleys outstanding. 155,550 share! with Us $938,000 of bonds addedra totsl valuation of $1, 871,300. According to William C. Ralston. there ia United States lying in tbs San Francisco the sum of $77.760 80, of which r, ry $47,115,380 is in gold. During the week ending June 5 tbe Mason Valley Minea company shipped a total of 2,151 tons of ore to its own smelter at Thompson, the Nevada Doiigl&s Copper company shipping 1.424 tons. Giroux has mined and shipped 250,000 and 300,000 tons of porHill phyry ore from Its Mtorris-RunkHH1 i deposit This Morris-Bunke- r the best ore so far discovered in the Giroux property. Only two of the five big emelters in Mexico of the American Smelting A Refining company are operating at capacity. The sis-- furnaces at and tbe three furnaces at are running full blasL It le learned from Eureka that If the plans of the Knight Interests are realized, the experimental mill uoar. being constructed at that point will be in readiness within sixty days at the latest Much of the machinery ia now at the millslte. Excellent progress is reported from the long tunnel the Montana-BlngbaIs driving through Sta property with the ultimate object Of opening up tho Blngham Amalgamated, Starless and other adjoining properties. The tunnel is now in about 1,630 feet ( The Halifax Tonopah management last week reached a depth of lO1 feet in the shaft, and a aump of thirty feet ia now being driven so that tho level can he station at the 1,700-foo- t cut and put In readiness for drifting and cross-cuttinat that deptn. During the week ending June 7 the mines of the Tonopah district produced 10,937 tons of ore, tho estimate od gross value of which was $241,21L This compares with 12,257 tons during the previous week, the grass, value of the ore being $264,970 It is reported that the Bingham Mines company' la increasing Its forces at Bingham, whers it is working the Brooklyn, Yosemite and Commercial, Sines the first of the year ths company baa been earning about $8,000 a month from Its shipment! while a year ago the earnings were from $12,000 to $14,000 a month. Shareholders of the Tonopah North Star company will be gratified to learn that mine conditions are tmprov- Chi-huah- ua 11 II in -- ment at ths present time is in tho most ideal position in its charge of this property for making a record which seems certain to lead sp to dividends within the near future Tbe May copper production of the was 25,600,000 Anaconda smelters pound! which Is a substantial Increase over any month of the present year. During the first five months of thiayear, however, tbe total production measures 114,498,000 pound! at compared with 130,900,000 pounds during the corresponding months of 131- 2F. E. Scboppe, Jr., some time ago' took a bond and lease on the Salisbury group of claims In the Silver Island district, twelve miles northeast from tVeudover, 125 miles west oi Salt Lake. He has made some One consignment of ore Is reported to have carried .56 per cent copper, 23 per cent lead and 131 ounces silver. Governor Hunt of Arizona has signed a drastic bill which gives the state a new basis of taxing producing mining properties. Under tbe provisions of this law the basis or taxation will be at four times tbe aet proflv of the gross producplus tion plus the value of Improvements. It la expected that this new law will increase the taxation value of producing mines form $45,000,000 to $125, 000.000 In 1913, as compared with ship-jnen- ts one-eVgb- 1912. Copper exports during the month of 38 251 tons, exclusive of southern and Pacific ports, which, with one exception, was tbe most generous month for shipments in recent years. These exports compare with 33,024 tons In April and 41,702 tons ia March of this year. The interesting Information is obtained from the east that the town of Miami, Arison! Is to be graced with a smelting plant, although those In a position to talk authoritatively upon tne subject have failed so far to take the public Into their confidence in regard to this Important matter s J. H. , Miller,' one of the .principal owners of tbe famous Lucky Hoy property near Hawthorne, Nev, has arrived In Goldfield and states that oa this property has been driven 2.200 feet and, according to tho plans of the company, will be driven a total distance 4ft 6.000 feet. - Construction work on ths big mill of tha BuckhonuMlnes company is n.a- kIng good progress, according to F. J. Slebert, consulting engineer for th Bc thorn company and other1 Wingfield Interest! and It la expected that tbe plant will be In operation In tba month of October, of Practically a ton and one-habullion was shipped June 2 by the Tonopah Extension to the Selby smelter. The exact weight of the shipment ss given out as 2,822 pound! 'The coa- lars-an-d algnment consisted of twenty-twhaa an estimated Value of $31 00(L May measured the-tunn- lf 1 o |
