Show ROOTERS AND IND ROOTING what they root for how they root and the result of their rooting new york sun hooters roofers are now recognized decoen zed in la all sporting circle circles they arette lire the men who have strong feelings for one side or the other in a contest and encourage their favorites and promote their interests inte in various ways to bay say that a man is rooting is to aa say y that be he is doing his beet best for the success of on oa the baseball field for instance the rooter has his favorite club or bis his fa favorite player for which be he shouts or applauds or encourages or bets a or r helps along in any guy way oa on the race track there are all sorts of rooters from the stable boys or bouters to the occupants of private boxes they talk of their favorite before the race begins they reach the tile highest highes t pitch of excitement when the horses are on the home stretch they rush to the front with eager loo looks ye panting with excitement clapping their bands hands shouting shooting words of encouragement coura gement or muttering curious phrases such as come along my beauty there you are my pet mow now do 0 em 11 let her go are you with me 7 how now see us do itt it once more my love just a little oh where are you another go color for luck lack you are coming home and aundre hundreds a of others of similar import sometimes the rooting takes a disparaging pa raging form such as lies iles done up not ot this time ve we must wait until tomorrow to morrow he ile is slow he in waiting next time if you I 1 lease but the rooter is all unconscious ol 01 bis his surroundings and keeps u 0 a running fire of worda words and actions until the event is decided if it bis his horse wins the rooter is wild with joy and if be he loses the rooter finds lots iota of excuses the rooters at games of cards have a variety of methods sometimes they sit slit by a favorite player and root for him to get a good band hand they tell the player bow how to pick up his band hand bow how to hold bis his cards how to sit in bis his chair bow how to dispose of his deeton the rungs of other chairs what tunes to whistle and lots of other things which ma may y not appear to havethe slightest ion influence nee on the game but which to the active and enthusiastic thusia rooter are of the highest importance if the game is poker the rooter will root for flashes flushes or straights and even will sometimes have the temerity to root tor for a royal flush flash it if the game is cribbage the rooter roots for runs run or fifteen twos or bis his nob 11 if t the he game is euchre the rooter roots tor for trumps tramps and bower hower erp the rooter delights in all field sports t 9 and anti w works 0 harder thin the p players pla r yera he ile knows all the prominent winners lie ile is posted on hand handicaps lie ile remembers the best records lie bulges with information and tips he lie makes things lively on the field lie shouts hica himell telf hoarse lie is around at the banquets and considers himself a mascot it 1 bis his man wins wine there are many female rooters at all sorts of field sparta they I 1 illuminate the grand stands they frown on the OP opposite POSits party they utter delicate little shouts and rom some sometimes times timea break out in impatient exclamations they root and root and root there is a growing confidence in the value vala s of rooters it is a common thing for a player to say to a friend you must root for mi rn 11 or for the friend to say bay 1 I will root bard for you too or for the defeated detested party to say they could not have won it if it had not been for or their rooters the curious part of it is that there is not the slightest thing that a rooter can do to have I 1 lie remotest shadow of a shade of influence on the result of a contest to an outsider all this rooting appears to be intensely a absurd dolisi oo lisi unreasonable and silly and still the rooting goes on day by day it is surprising how many queer rooters there are among the women A san re reporter lot BW one the other day ath at the swi suburban r an the d day a y that super in frank clarke got bis his present of a gold watch from the jockey club the rooter was a thin spare old woman in a common black drees dress and an old fashioned bat hat she might have come out of a prayer meeting or a womans comans rights convention she knew all be the horses she followed every race she ha bought tickets of the messenger boys and put down her cold plunks without fear ear and then she got a front eat on th the 11 grand stand and rooted for her I 1 favorite rite boree horse with a vim and spunk and energy that was astonishing she followed the horses around the course and rattled off a string of horse talk like a jockey and at the end she cashed up some ticket tickets with the conviction that her rooting had done it all much might be written about the rooters in politic in busi burines bu iines nem and even in religion they have a wide and interesting variety of methods e they have ile the same earnestne earnestness ss and absorbing interests n their pet bob bier and present to the student of human nature the same interesting study as the of the t all field the race coarse course or the card tale talle T to be a rooter is a great privilege and enjoyment and anti to have rooters rooting 10 g for or you is regarded as a great good food fortune |