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Show I A rookie from the bushes CUBS To sparkle In the bin league gnme. He hit the ball nil season through Fof something llk. .32. The fans of him n hero made, And act 1 1 1 his gioi .u.l not fads They gave him shoes and silk pajamfl II r.ich of hi hOm I run slams Each day the grandstand gates they'd storm To see this famous guy perform. 1 nt 11 the owners figured out They really could not do without This wlranl phenom of the oat BUI one fine day he left thrm flat; You see. he figured he was so Supremely good that h could go Out In the world upon his own And make those niggard owners groan I', luring all the fans awa. Aias. his project went astr.iv The funs kept coining as of . i The same old crowd and many more, hereat tho owners of the tenm Decided, though a star may glesm. The reason why the people came V BJ lust lo ser the grand old game. What is there In baaehall that makes H It audi an attractive spectacle? It H draws thousands and thousands to the H parka evrrv afternoon from April to aaaH aybe the stars of the g.uno are the H sttractton. The monev pld b) the H Yankees for Itulh Is said to have re-turned re-turned lo ihe own- rs i hu . - d fold I ib. f i .i , ., r i if Bambino's I pcirnnre in a New York umfoi m ( The Oetrolt Tigers har always been H i gri oa the ron.i Ty H ohb In the lineup Most evrrv team H has a player or two who attracts the H to the parks. aaaaV H However, the other ds the I'olo H founds were jSBgkSd with a record H crowd of 29.00S while the Yankees H Here playing there. And everybody 1 1 n w that Bahc Kuth would not np-! np-! pi ar. I So while Ruth has drawn s lot of fan Into the parks this season, he nd thf other stars aren't the only reason for big attendances. Players of certain eiubs do not fall ii one another s nv-ks when the ineet on the hall field thai Is. In the sense of "lln' up '" The rivalry between cities also I helps the attendance. Detroit fans ul-aays ul-aays turn out when Cleveland plays there because the rlvaly between the two cities l strong and unashamed I hlcago hates New York with a deep. i iv mg hatred, and this aiwas makes In bail game between the two cities , '.:iteresllng. www The erowds reallv become down-liiSht down-liiSht Interested In the September ds , v hen the pennant race Is close. The throngs ate t renir ndoi.-s when two pen-nant pen-nant contenders meet but even the i tens in a tty low down In the a'andlng !lurn out liberally to see their also-rma" also-rma" team play the possible flag winner. win-ner. Perhaps it la the game itself that i raws the crowds. Raaeball. however played, alwns ha and will alvas ,aitract the sport-loving Am-rkan. Hut this would not account for the big Sp- ii ruber crowds, the big crowds when i Itabe Ituth comes to town and the out- I'ourlng of the fans when two or three teams are In a mad dric for the pen-Innnt. pen-Innnt. ' ' I More'n likely It Is a combination of tail these reasons. Some come Just to see a ball game, others lo see some ipartlrulnr tars. a ndstlll others Juet I a r3v-rA Ing ion the ball field. |