The evening times., 1896-10-09
FANS OF VARIOUS SPORTS
Baseball Cranks Compared
With Foo ball FiendS.
THERE'S AvAST DIFFERENCE
The Former Watches the Play Close
", Eats Peanuts and Keeps His Seat
Except TO Get UpaDdS dStrctch, Whiie
the Long Haired Individual Is Never
Quiet and Is Always Moving About.

The football crank, as species and as
au indi vidual, is the whole thing at iii's
time of year He is the same wherever he
is found-aiways identical in color AZe'
length of hair, and capacity OF lung. lie
is well worthy of study aud CLASSIFICATION,
and he can justly claim first rank as tbe
oddcst animal of the autumn seasoh-
The football aud baseball crank are OF
two separate races, aud the distinctions DC
tween them are enough 10 make up u ioiio
volume. The personnel OF the two bfecus
is different to begin with. The iootpaii
crank is a collegian, cx-cclleglan, OF pros
pective collegiau. The baseball crank Is
anytbing-am amercbant, an actor, n mecnahic.
Tie football fiend is always in motion
He revolves from end to end of the fitld,
following the plays, and rushes back ana
forth with the surcing lines. The pase-
bali crank is stationary. he has n seatand
he has to stay there. He can get mp and
stretch at the end OF the inning, but lie
cart run down 10 third and look over
to see if the basemau really touched tie
runner.
The baseball fan watches the play closely,
eats peanuts drinks pop, and gives vent 10
brief yelps at each hit or fancy eaten, Whiie
a special feat of glory brings loud ciapplhg
of the hands. The foothall crank, from
the nature of his motions, cannot eat ana
cannot clap his hands.
CAN'TPOUNDHIsFE ToNTHEFLOoR
A man can only applaud with the hands
when he is sitting down. The io"tbaii
crank has 10 make up in volume of noise
by the strength OF his lungs. He can't
pound his feet on the floor, either, for the
only liour beneath him is the sod. So he
yelIs and wells some more.
There is rs distinct and radical difference
in The yelling for faus and football liends
as there is i'll any other particular. The
baseball crank is never mclodious, never
gives tongue is chorus. aud his remarks are
brici. punsent aud personal. The footoallist
seldom directs his remarks At any individual.
ami most of his wells are the united vocal
efforts of his class DIR gang. Once III a whil''.
of course. some player VIII receive special
attention from the cranks.
There was youth playing on local team
last fall who had a head Of red hair that
looked like a cayenned chrysanthcmun, and
the gang used To cheer him on by yelling:
"Rah! rah! Tah. redhead!" at the top Of its
lungs Half Of the football cranks' re-
marks, however, are announcements, III
chorus. To the effect that his team stic real
thing. and that the other side is already i'll
the soup, while the response of the mob
across the field is a practical dcclaration
that the first speakers are liars.
How utterly absurd and sickeniy childish
it would seem TO the baseball fan TO hear
the crowd on the right field bieaclcrs simi;
outin chorus, say AT a game between Wash
ington and Cincinnati: Go 1t, Senator'S 90,
go, 20! Rah, rah, whoop! Cincinnatiin the
sOup,'' and to hear the left field bieachcrs
spond: who, who, who are you? We are
the Cincinnati crew, We viii do you, you,
you, you, yOu!"
ONLY A TEMPORARY CRANK.
Again the football crank is temporary
and he lays his football aside when the
season ends. He doesn't sit around all sum
mer and talk football to everybody WHO
cnmeS into the office and he has no tables
Of averages to spring on the suffering pub
lie for comparisons. The baseball fan is
perpetual. Winter or summer he never
ceases to dream and prate about the game
and he always has statistics and caicuia
tions ready.
Each game has its tine and place. No
body wants to see football in >ummer-base
ball cannot be played in winter Each
| game furnishes about N equal quantity OF
! excitement. To the man who has no per
sonal interests involved baseball is the
! game-he ran sit as an impartial judge and
| guy or cheer as he desires.
| II is different with the football crank
! He has some friend on the eleven ana the
glory of his college hangs In the balance.
No wonder he wells aud jabbcrs and ruIis
up and down and nearly gees insane.
There is II world OF Joyous pleasure III
seeing great homc-run drive go whizzing
over the fielders' heads with the bases fui.
and three needed to tie and four to win.
There is a frantic glec in seeing IL fielder
/ spring high iu the air and pull down Il ball
when miss would mean victory for the
| other side, Yet there is as much thrilling
| pleasure when a burly fellow, with the
! colors Of your college sho wing family IL.
| his muddy stockings, bursting headlon..
| through the other line-seven fellows cling
| ing to him, but still writhinG on, and the
whitciinc just three feet away.