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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1913)
4i.JH:rUtlSliST .. '3)1 l3Wr . .tf, n .-HMIK.-HWH rtalyjiWWA8ii'CTW'n';.l..i,., . ..-, -. n .V If". v- iaf fc ? '& I f51 f r.. r r iv 1)-, t- i..c It w$ fKSF 14 Icfc W t 1 FANS Motto: May the best team By Hugh (Cuprrliilit,19U, hj "Wow J Wowll Great eye. Kddlo! Mako him put it across ! HuBt a fonco! You can do it! Wow! Wow!! Wowll! HOimrcil! All right. Tough luck, Eddie. Two and two. Make hor bo over. Home run, Eddie, old" scout. Break tho gate. Wow! Wow!! Wo ." Tho red-faced, apoplectic young man In tho front row mado a trumpot of hla handn and yollcd until ' tho veins In his neck turned purple. In tho mlddlo of tho final "Wow" ho col lapsed, looked disgusted and turning to me eald: "What do thoy keep that hunk of chceso for? Ho can't hit. Never could. Striking out In a pinch llko thnt!" The fan, howling encouragement or bawling abuso at tho ball players Is tho spirit of tho town, .lust how groat nn Influonco this spirit exerts upon tho playing strength of the team representing tho town or city Is Im possible of calculation, but It Is cer tain that It Is part of tho natlonnll gatno. Ho and his fellows oxort al most as much Influence upon the team, b does luck, and this spirit Is no In extricably mixed with tho clement of luck that It Is Impossible to deter mine cnuso and effect. There nro cities In which tho loyalty of tho fnns has waned and turned to gibes, nnd In thoBo cities no player does well. There arc crowds thnt rotnaln loynl In victory and In defeat. Thcso In splro tho players to glvo their best efforts to win. Ilall players will tell you that toama Invariably play bet ter with friendly -crowds applauding. Tho fan Invariably will respond that ho would bo loynl provldc'd tho club would win gamcB enough to Justify loyalty. Tho players accuse tho fans, tho fans nccuso tho players, and both are In a measure right. Tho major ity of patronB will "root" whon tho homo team Is winning. Any team will play better ball nnd win oftener if .tho patrons nro loynl. Tho fan, voic ing tho spirit of tho town, Is a pow er for victory or defeat. Conditions In different cities com prising tho circuits of tho major leagues assert a powerful Influence ovor their teams. Players will tell you thoy would rather play for tho Chicago White Sox or for tho New York Giants than for any othor teams. Thoy will assort that twenty Cobba could not win a pennant for Ctncla rati under conditions which tho man agement is now striving to chango. Tho fanatical loyalty of tho White Sox rooter and tho Giant patron, tho angry abuso of players by tho an nually disappointed Cincinnati pub lic, tllo sarcasm nnd rnlllery of Wash ington crowds, trained for yonrs to expect nothing but defeat) have an Immense effect upon tho players nnd teams. Thoy make or mar players, and wenk men win for ono typo whllo brilliant ones ( fall and loso for tho jther. ' The baseball fan Is an uniquo Amer ican species and tho most rabid of all enthusiasts. Compared with him tho golf fan, tho brldgo fan, oven tho bowling fan aro mild. Baseball is tho most serious pleasure over In vented. Probably tho moBt blindly loyal crowd In tho world Is that which fol lows the fortunes of tho Chicago American leaguo team, and to one who Is disinterested the Chicago sit uation -is acutely funny. The White Box park Is located on the south sldo or the city; the Cuba' on the west, and the city la dlvldod into two groat armed camps. In 1806 whon theso two teams, winners of the champion hips in their own leagues, met to contest for the world's championship, 4t waa the loyalty of tho south Bide crowd beyond doubt that won for tho team. That fall the Chicago Tribune's composing room was about equally divided between the followers of the two teams and so bitter was the feel ing that tho foreman was compelled to separate them and sond them to different bMob of tho building to main tain peace. It -was civil war all over Chicago, 4 It is a magnificent crowd, wondorful In ita spirit and in its Intense loyalty. Thoro aro few things that shako an opponent, like the Incessant: "Got a Wt," "Get a hit," which Is the war ffiSI i5f JPPfc i.C.T! -V v'wi V l- VJSK4, i,K' SSI l$m&&'A fAlV vva mmwH' ' KSfc.sCvA,.'vr h& V -Nrt. ..flip I v'Aroi'V "-". '-'--' vVAw ''i ' UflJviwV-v.v.y,iAWflsV fl. --:- win; But ours is the best S. Fullcrton W. U. Clinpinan) song of tho Sox rooters whon thoy scent victory. Ono of tho most dramatic display h of loyalty I ovor .saw was In 1907, when tho team, beaten nnd displaced from tho championship, camo homo to cIobo tho season. Thoy had gone nway In high hopes, and failed. It was Sunday, and as tho defeated team marched down the Held 17,000 men nnd women stood sllont and un covered for' a moment, then brokn Into applause that swept tho stands. It Is Btnall wonder that a team back ed always by such loyalty won evon during years when It seemed much wenker than Its opponents. I havo heard opposing players de clare they would rather face anything In tho game than the grinding "root ing" of tho Chicago south sldo fans. Tho only dupllcato I know Is tho rasping, ncrvo-racklng, long Yule yell. Not all players nro frank enough to ndrnlt (hat tho rooting has any effect Indeed It is a common poso to pre tend thnt they do not oven hear. Hut they do. Even among themselves they pretend thoy do not caro; but onco la a whllo thoy tell their Inner feelings. Thoy know that half tho men who quit tho major leagues are driven out by tho voice of tho fan. I Imvo seen men break and go all to pieces, rnvo and swear and abuso ovoryono after suffering n cruel grill ing by a prowd. Walter Wllmot, ono of Anson's fa mous old Chicago players, camo to a gamo on tho old grounds fifteen years after retiring. Ho looked ncross to ward tho left field and snld: "There's soma of them out there now I'd llko to choke." Yet tho roar of tho crowd doos not break them as quickly as docs some sharp thrust of sarcasm or biting wit from nn Individual. PorhapB that shaft Is -only the last straw, but when a player is in a nervous collapse ho usually rages at some individual who said something to him. Josh Rellly, ono of tho merriest, happiest players I ovor knew, "blew up" ono day and had to bo restrained from assaulting three or four thousand men In the bleachers. 'Did you hear what he said?" de manded Rellly as tho other players tried to restrain him. "What did he Bay?" Inquired some one. "Ho said: 'Rellly, you're a disgrace to tho IrlBh'," and then . he raged again. Ono of tho quickest things I ever hoard was a remark from a Wash ington fan which upset Frank Isbell, tho veteran, completely. Isbcll's head Is ns bald as a concrete pavement, and usually ho kept his cap plastered tightly on his head to shield hlmBelf from the glbcB of crowds. This time he tried to steal second and made a desperate, diving slide around and un der tho baseman only to be called out. Ho was so enraged that he ran at tho umpire, grasped his arm, ar gued and raved and finally in sheer anger, Jerked off his cap, hurled it onto tho ground and Jumped upon it His bald head glistened in tho sun light and tho crowd roared. Then, above tho roar came a volco: "Put on that cap. They pinched Mary Garden horo for less than thnt." Possibly moro trying than any con certed rooting Is tho Incessant nag ging to which players on tho Polo grounds, Now York, are subjected. The one great bit of rejoicing among &?$ ' f,i' s rrafcv r: J '.. 'kiAl ?--?' x- " V.." . .'., lv .-L (wXw J. . WttA-y .& &&$& . v-P&x&zA vy F" X m "Fans." tho National leaguo players last year whon they saw tho wonderful DruBh stadium was thnt the crowd could not mako itself heard on the field as It did In the old Btands. Tho Polo grounds crowd Is odd. Somehow fans who occupy box seats either are not as rabid as thoso in tho cheaper seatB or thoy aro on their good be havior, and a fringo of box BcatB Is an effectlvo shlold for players. Strangely enough tho crowds on tho Now York Amorlcan lenguo park, al though quito as noisy, am much fair er, than tho crowds at the Polo grounds. , One would think that visiting play ors would llko o play on grounds whore tho homo team Is unpopular through defeat or other causos, but thoy do not. They rather resent tho home crowd abusing the home men. In Cincinnati, Brooklyn nnd Washing! ton, during most of tho season, the! crowds nro bitterly sarcastic toward' tho homo teams, although tho I)rook- lyn crowds nro decent except on Sat-1 unlays. St. Louis nffords a queer i study of tho crowds. When tho Drowns nro at homo tho crowds arc ugly and vent their temper upon tho players, ret half a dozen blocks nway, on tho rlvnl park, there assembles a crowd wilder and moro frantically In favor of tho homo team and more un reasoning In partisanship than almost nny In tho country. Just where this feeling nrlses Is hard to discover. The crowd Is violent In temper when the team Is winning, worse when It Is Ion ing. Pcrhnps long years of bitter de feat havo caused It. In Boston and Philadelphia, on both major league parks, the homo players nnd visitors aro nlmoct upon equal terms, and the spectators applaud good plays Irrespective of tho players. They seo baseball undor tho best con ditions, with both teams encouraged and giving their best efforts to tho work. Pittsburgh Is bad becnuBC of tho gambling that has become almoBt part of tho gamo In tho Smoky City. Tho temper of tho crowd Is ugly and the losing eloment Is In evldenco no matter whether the home club wins or Iobcs. Detroit is a loyal, rather violent crowd, tamed now because tho fans havo learned to endure victory ns well as defeat. The crowds were mad with enthusiasm the first year De troit' won and have since tamed down LaflBtflflBflflflflflflflflflflflaflBLl Bfl&flflflflflflflK 4v VS I JflflaaflflflflflaV '"m flflflflRmvfe.-- A flflaBTTflWSI' vMfl? aflflflflflflflaflDV BiflaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBflal . ". lVE jcflBBBBflaaflJw' V BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBflBflaflBfla" B BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBflar BHaBaBBBiliaflll "They Pinched Mary Garten for Lest Than That." One of the queer things In that city Is the baiting of George Mullln, the veteran pitcher. Mullln Is a Jolly, quick-witted Joker and years ago he began talking back to the bleachers. He waa warned that the bleachorites would put him out c-1 the business, but persisted. Every afternoon he would walk down In front of tho bleachers and engage In a verbal skirmish with tho crowd, trying to hold his own at rough repartee with hundreds. He abuBed the crowd, laughed at -them, accused them of "quitting," nnd enjoyed it. If he had taken It seriously the result might havo been different, but after a time It became part of tho game and now tho spectators in the bleachers would not be satisfied if Mullln forgot to start n skirmish. Last summer, go ing out on n car in Detroit, three young fellows wero talking. "Oh, I've got a peach of a get-back at him today," said one, and. at tho urgent request of the others he drew out a card and rend what he was go ing to sajr to Mullln If he came near their seats. It Is not the great crowds that at tend tho crucial games that exert the strongest Influence over players. True thero is a natural nervousness nmong nil the players when a tremendous throng gathers to see them, as In world's series games; but tho ones that help the home team, or damage It, aro the crowd of from six to ten thousand, stirred up by the "regulars" who, day after day and season after season, Incite those around them There are thousands of these regulars, self-appointed claques or cheer mas ters, and some of them feel as If they aro 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 gath erings 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 nervous ness passes, they play their best. A baseball crowd is much llko a mob. Without a leader It Is Just noise and turmoil, but with ono recognized leader It can do much. A few years ago a number of Chicago men at tempted to carry ont a theory that tho crowd needed leaders and the result was ono of tho most dangerous ex periments ever attempted. Tho Whlto Sox rooters organized, a band of men far above average Intelllgonco. who laid dally plans for Inciting crowds and stirring up enthusiasm. Tho Roard of Trade Rooters operated at both Chicago parks, being organized primarily to nttack McOraw and tho Giants. Thoy wrote nnd circulated songs, Invented Ingenious methods of harassing a worthy foo, and to forco undeserved victory upon tho homo teams. The idea spread rapidly. "Rootors' clubs" wero organized In mnny cities and towns to- holp tho homo teams. For a few weeks It looked as If tho now movement' would seriously endanger tho national gamo. The crowds grew more and moro vlo lent. Then, suddenly and without warning almost, the wildest efforts of Iho cheer masters fell l.iit In Chi cagoat lenBt. Tho harder tho leaders of tho rooters worked the moro apa thetic tho crowds becamo. It was nn Interesting phenomenon und I set out to discover tho reason. Tho Hrst blencherlto I met solved tho problem. "Dcm guys nln't on do square," ho said. "Usuns out In do blcachcra don't want to rob nobody." Thero was tho solution. No matter how partisan a baseball fan mny be come, or how wild in his dcslro to see tho homo team win, deep down ho wants fair play, and, after n time, ho will Insist upon It Tho rooters' clubs died. There nro few of tho noted fans now, chiefly because tho papers rel dom mention them. Perhaps they ex ist. In the old days almost every club had one or two such followers. Probably tho best known was "HI HI." This was General Dlxwell, of Hostou, who for many years followed the fortunes of tho famous old Boston club. Ho Is wealthy, Intellectual and n cultured gentleman who became completely absorbed In baseball He followed tho team wherover It went nnd becamo n familiar figure all over tho country. He occupied a front seat In the stands, kept a careful scoro nnd studied the game with n seriousness thnt was appalling. He maintained a deep silence during al most all the game, but when a really grent play .was mado ho emitted two sharp staccato barks! "HI! HI!" and then dropped to silence again. Hie war cry gave him his name. He quit attending baseball games years ago, but still continues his deep Interest In the sport, and In bis apartments he keeps a wonderful set of books show ing the averages and performances of players for many baseball genera tions. "Well, Well, Well," was- another character who was named because of his cry, which followed Just after a big outburst of applause oh the part of tho crowd. The moment the ap plause subsided his "Well, well, well," would boom over the field and never failed to-start the cheering again Tho averngo crowd Is cruel, because It Is thoughtless. Few of the fans who hurl abuso and criticism at the players stop to think that the men thoy aro addressing have tho capnclty to feel and to suffer Many a thought less, barbed Jest has wrecked tho ca reer of some ball player. It. took the players a long time to discover the fact that their popularity and their safety from abuso lies In presenting a good-natured appearance, no matter what happens, and In answering ques tions when possible. If you go through league after league, team by team, you will And that tho most popular player, in nine cases out of ten, is some outfielder. He probably Is not the best player, but ho has the most dovotcd follow ing, becauBO he keeps on friendly terms with the men and boB who sit ... 'X . -"'. v-s" m s v J y ,v , Ji .! Ths, Baieball Fan Is a Unique Amer ican Speclea. behind him. In fact, almoat every outfielder has his own regular pat rons, who attend games and seek scats as near to him as possible, and who defend him against all corners. To them ho Is tho best In tho world, a "Creator than Cobb," nor do they forget him; the player who Anally dis places an Idol has a hard time. I have known thom to follow a player around the field when he was shifted from one to another position and to battle- for him with the retainers of tho other fielder who dared crltlclso him. " Rlased, prejudiced and distorted In tbetr views as most of them aro, thoy aro very human nnd very lovable In their blind devotion to tho game, and In their unreasoning hatred. And a word of warning: Never try to ar gue with a real, dyod-ln-the-wool, thlrty-Bccond-dogree fan. In tho first place tho chances aro ho In right, but evon If be Is wrong there Isn't a chanoa to win the argument SMS -flflal J BBBBBBBaKVflBBk -' ''BBBBBflP mmeJflS .sbbbbbT W 1 LflflV r3f?sTi . sX; - -; florticuliordl HOW WEEDS ARE REPRODUCED in Quackgrasa, One Meana of Multl plication la by 8tems, Com monly Called "Roota." ry I,. II. PAMMEL.) Weeds ore spread by means of seeds, by vegotablo reproduction, or by both seeds and vcgctatlvo repro ductlon. Most weeds multiply by inonns of roots, stems, or both. In quack grass; one means of multiplica tion is by stems commonly called "roots," which aro divided Into ' o scries of Joints at which new shoots aro produced. In another type, like tho Canada thistle, morning glory, and horsenettle, a small part of the underground portion Is stem, tho rest being truo root On these rootB bud? aro produced which send up now shoots each year. Some plants, llko wild onion, pro duce bulblets. In others, as crab grass, tho stem abovo ground may strike root at tho nodes, or roots may mo produced at the points ai In purslane. These roots and vjrms capable of producing new plants bh widely scattered in fields by meann Root ayatem of milkweed, the roota 2 Inchea to 4 Inches below the surface. of tho cultivator and plow. They may be dispersed with undecomposed manure, packing materials, or im ported fruit trees. Mice and gophers may scatter roots to different parts- of the field. The root'SystemB of weeds vary greatly. The term root as ordinarily used by the farmer, may mean a root stock, as In the case of quack grass. A great many weeds, especially peren nials, have not only perennial roots but root stocks also. A root stock is simply a stem growing beneath tho surface of the ground. Many weeds have strong tap roots, this being especially truo of weeds like mullein, hemp, cockle-burr, wild carrot and lamb's quarter, or quack grass, wood sage, and peppermint, produce numerous horizontal root stocks that are found closo to the sur face of tho ground, 75 per cent, of the rootstocks being found within four Inches of the surface. From tho nodes there arUo numerous small fibrous roots. The roots of many perennial plants, like Canada thistle, morning glory, horsenettlo and milkweed spread very extensively through the ground. The root of a common milkweed has been traced for a distance of fourteen feet through the sofl. VALUABLE AS WINTER APPLES Baldwin and Rome Beauty Excellent for Home Use and Market Under Favorable Conditions. Two very valuable winter apples, either for homo uae or for market, are Baldwin and Rome Beauty, when con ditions are favorable. In the north Baldwin Is very profitable. It has vigor productiveness, good size, good appearance, quality and keeping. Grown south It Is far from satisfac tory. Below 40 degrees it la usually en tho ground at picking time and be ginning to decay. Rome Beauty, on the other hand, suits the south, If soil, cultivation, etc., are right If originated In the old Putman Nursery, near Marietta, Ohio. It was a sprout coming out be low the graft, and by a kind of acci dent was not cut off until the pur chaser of the tree, and Intelligent farmer named Glllett, was attracted by Its beautiful appearance. Finding on examination that there were roots enough for both graft and sprout, he cut them apart, and banding the sprout to his aon, directed him to plant It and aee what it would come to. When it came into bearing and Its value was seen, some thought of call ing It GUlett's Seedling, the addition of tho term, seedling to new varieties, being customary then. But at Mr, Glllett had not raised it from seed. Romo Beauty was finally agreed on; from Rome township In Lawrence county, Ohio, in which tho original tree was growing. In growth It does not start off as vigorously aa Baldwin, but It doea fine ly afterward, bearing early and well it it has tho right caro. In quality is not" quite up to the Baldwin and not near up with tho .Grimes Golden, Evening Party, Stuart Golden and one or two others; but Its fine slzo and ap pearance render It very popular In market. Nor must It bo forgotten tbnt Its early and profuao bearing ron dor good soil Indispensable. And spraying at the proper tlmo must not bo overlooked.' ,, fe- SUPPLEMENT TO A PASTURE Feeding Corn Slings In Alcst Economi cal Method of Supplying Feed to 'Help Cut Pasture. (tly It O. WKATHKIISTONK.) Green crops fed n3 n supplement to pasture may bo fed In tho pasture or in the barn lot but ns a rulo aro fed most economically In tho barn. The cows remain Inside long enough at milking time to eut tholr portions. As a rulo tho most economical 'method of supplying feed to help out tho short pastures of midsummer nnd fall is to feed corn silage. Sllago will Keep in good condition for summer feeding with no loss except on the surface. If it is not needed during tho summer, it may bo covered with tho new ellogo and kept until wanted. Corn furnishes a larger yield of dry matter per aero than any crop that can be, ordinarily grown for summer feeding, and has tho further advan tage of being on hand as early as wanted. It is handled moro economically also than soiling crop3 since it is cut all nt onco nnd not every day as Is neces sary with soiling crops. rt should be remembered that It Is only posRlblo to feed a bunch of cows economically when they are fed as Individuals and not as a herd. A too common practice, oven in the otherwise well conducted herds, Is for all animals to be fed the same amount of grain, regardless of the timo they have been in milk or tho quantity of milk tho Individual cows aro produc ing. Such feeding always lacks econ omy, as tho high producing cow does not get enough, and whllo she may mlllc very well for a tlmo, she soon comes down to a lower level, while tho lighter producing cow usually gets too much feed and accumulates fat. MAKE-UP OF JERSEY CATTLE Breed Attracts Notice by "Dairy" Type of Their Bodily Conforma tion 8ome of Characteristics. (By R. M. GOW.) Tho characteristics which mark the present face of Jersey cattle are known to havo been notable and prom inent In tho breed nt least ono hun dred and fifty yenra ago, so that now they have become thoroughly "flxed," sure to bo Inherited by their progeny, thus affording tho breeder a sure foun dation for further development. Tho main external characteristics of the Jerseys are the beautiful softness of the varlouB tints of fawn and gray in their coats of hair; their gracefully formed deer-like limbs; their neat, In curving horns, large limped eyes, small heads and delicate noses; their bright, attractive and Intelligent faces; their soft yellow skin, long tails and Eurotas, 2454. Record for One Year, 778 Pounds of Butter. well-developed switches; their full, rounded-out uddeni, straight backs, and tho fine proportions of their gen eral conformation. Tho Jersey cow looks the high-bred lady of the cattle race. Well-developed male animals should weight from 1400 pounds to 1800 pounds, and females, from 750 to 1200 pounds. Above all else, Jerseys at tract notice by tho "dairy" typo ot theif bodily conformation, by their large and well-formed udders, and prominent mllk-velns. In color they are ot various shades of soft fawn, from red to silvery, with more or less white, broken color being unobjectlon able except from the standpoint of In dividual taste. Daipy Notps A silo will pay for itself in one year, Be sure that the calves are started right A farmer owning six cows should have a silo, Be sure that the temperature of the milk is right It is not possible to grow too muck forage on a dairy farm. A comfortable stable reduces the oost of maintenance and Increases the flow of milk. . Feed regularly, not too much at a time, and young calves at least four times a day. Nothing can be marketed on the farm so succesafully or so economic cally as butter. The dairyman who does not keep an Individual record ot his cows is not an upto-dato cTalryman. If tho mow Is nearly empty and the feed low In the bin, don't cut down the rations of the cows. The dairy farm that is stocked to ita full capacity without being overstock ed Is a pretty safe investment.- When an animal forms a habit either good or bad, that habit la a part of its life as long as it lives. Draining the butter well before salt ing is one of tho little things that makes for a better quality of product Experiments have proven the aver ago milk cow requires about an ounce ot salt per day, Heavy milkers should have more. Buccess does not lie. In the number of cows the dairyman keepe, but la the kind he keeps and the way he keeps them. X 4.1 r1ll .!
