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The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-16

song OF the Sox rooters when they
scent victory.
One Of the most dramatic displays
Of loyalty ever saw was in 1907,
when the team, beaten and displaced
from the championship, came home to
close the season. They had gone
away In high hopes, and failed. II
was Sunday. and az the defeated
team marched down the field 10000
men and women stood silent and un.
covered for moment, then broke
into applause that swept the stands
II Is small wonder that team back.
ed always by such loyalty won even
during years when 1t seemed much
weaker than It's opponents.
have heard opposing players De.
clare they would rather face anything
in the game than the grinding root.
ing Of the Chicago south side fans.
The only duplicate I know Is the
rasping, nerve.racking. long Yale yell.
Not all players are frank enough to
admit that the roofing has any effect.
Indeed It Is a common pose to pre-.
tend that they do not even hear But
they do. Even among themselves
they pretend they do not care; but
once In while they tell their inner
feelings. They know that half the
men who quit the major leagues are
driven out by the voice Of the fan.
have seen men break and 60 all to
pieces, rave and swear and abuse
everyone after suffering a cruel grill
ing by a crowd.
Walter Wilmot. one OF Anson's IA.
nous old Chicago players. came to a
game on the old grounds fifteen years
after retiring. He looked across to.
ward the left field and said:
There's some Of them out there
now I'd like to choke"
Yet the roar Of the crowd does not
break them as quickly as does some
sharp thrust OF sarcasm or biting wit
/ from an individual. Perhaps that
shaft is only the last straw, but when
player Is In a nervous collapse he
usually RACES at some individual who
said something to him. Josh Reilly,
one OF the merriest. happiest players
! ever knew. blew up" one day and
! had to be restrained from assaulting
three or four thousand men in the
, bleachers.
Did you hear what he said?" de.
manded Reilly az the other players
tried to restrain him.
what did he say?" inquired some.
one.
HE said: Reilly. you're a disgrace
to the Irish'." and then he ragged
again.
One of the quickest things I ever
heard was q remark from a Wash.
ington fan which upset Frank Isbell
the veteran, completely. Isbell's head
Is as bald as q concrete pavement.
and usually he kept his cap plastered
tightly on his head to shield himself
from the gibes Of crowds. This time
he tried to steal second and made a
desperate. diving slide around and un-
der the baseman only to be called
out. He was so enraged that he ran
at the umpire. grasped his arm. ar.
gued and raved and finally in sheer
anger, jerked of his cap. hurled II
onto the ground and jumped upon It.
His bald head glistened in the sun.
light and the crowd roared. Then
above the roar came voice:
Put On that cap. They pinched
Mary Garden here for less than that. u
Possibly more trying than any con
certed roofing is the incessant nag
ging to which players on the Polo
grounds. New York. are subjected
The one great bit of rejoicing amone
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-16

Wow! Wow!i Great eye. Eddie!
Make him put It across! Bust a
fence! You can do It! Wow! Wow!!
Wow!!! ROBBER! All right Tough
luck, Eddie. Two and two. Make
her be over. Home run, Eddie, old
scout. Break the gate. Wow! Wow!!
Wo-."
The redfaced, apoplectic young
man in the front row made q trumpet
Of his hands and yelled until the
veins In his neck turned purple. In
the middle OF the final Wow he col.
lapsed, looked disgusted and turning
TO me said:
What do they keep that hunk Of
cheese for? He cant hit. Never
could. Striking out in a pinch like
that"
The fan. bowling encouragement or
bawling abuse at the ball players Is
the spirit Of the town. Just how
great an influence this spirit exerts
upon the playing strength OF the team
representing the town or city is i'm.
possible Of calculation, but It ia GER
tain that II Is part Of the national
game. He and his fellows exert al.
most as much influence upon the team
as does luck, and this spirit is 30 in.
extricably mixed with the element of
luck that II is impossible to deter
mine cause and effect. There are
cities In which the loyalty OF the fans
has waned and turned to glbes, and in
these cities no player does we'll
There arc crowds that remain loyal
In victory and In defeat. These in.
spire the players to give their best
efforts to win. Ball players will tell
you that teams Invariably play bet.
ter with friendly crowds applaudIng.
The fan invariably will respond that
he would be loyal provided the club
would win games enough to justify
loyalty. The players accuse the fans.
the fans accuse the players. and both
are In measure right. The major.
ity OF patrons will root" when the
home team is winning. Any team will
play better ball and win oftener II
the patrons are loyal. The fan, voic.
ing the spirit Of the town. is a pow.
er for victory or defeat.
Conditions In different cities com
prising the circuits of the major
leagues assert q powerful influence
over their teams. Players will tell
you they would rather play for the
Chicago White Sox or for the New
York Giants than for any other teams.
They will assert that twenty Cobbs
could not win q pennant for Cincil.
natl under conditions which the man.
agement is now striving to change.
The fanatical loyalty Of the White
Sox rooter and the Giant patron. the
angry abuse Of players by the an.
nually disappointed Cincinnati pub
lie, the sarcasm and raillery Of Wash.
ington crowds. trained for years to
expect nothing but defeat. have an
immense effect upon the players and
teams. They make or mar players,
and weak men win for ono type while
brilliant ones fail and lose for the
Cther.
The baseball fan Is an unique Amer
ican species and the most rabid OF all
enthusiasts. Compared with him the
golf fan. the bridge fan. even the
bowling fan are mild. Baseball ia
the most serious pleasure ever in.
vented.
Probably the most blindly loyal
crowd In the world IL that which fol.
lows the fortunes Of the Chicago
American league team. and to one
who is disinterested the Chicago sit.
uation 'is acutely funny. The White
Sox park 10 located on the south side
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-16

One of the queer things in that city
is the batting of George Mullin, the
veteran pitcher. Mullin 10 q jolly.
ouick.witted Joker and years ago he
began talking back to the bleachers.
He was warned that the bleacherites
would put him out Of the business.
but persisted. Every afternoon he
would walk down in front Of the
bleachers and engage in verbal
skirmish with the crowd. trying to
hold his own at rough repartee with
hundreds. He abused the crowd
laughed at them, accused them OF
quitting" and enjoyed 1t. II he had
taken 1t seriously the result might
have been different, but after a time
It became part OF the game and now
the spectators in the bleachers would
not be satisfied II Mullin forgot to
start skirmish. Last summer, go.
Ing out on car in Detroit, three
young fellows were talking.
"Oh. I've got peach OF get.back
at him today" said one. and. at the
urgent request Of the others he drew
out a card and read what he was 60.
ing to say to Mullin II he came near
their seats.
1t Is not the great crowds that at.
tend the crucial games that exert the
strongest influence over players. True
there Is natural nervousness among
all the players when a tremendous
throng gathers to see them, as in
worlds series games: but the ones
that help the home team. or damage
1t. are 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 II they
are doing a. much to help the team
to victory as n 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 like n
mob. Without a leader It is Just noise
and turmoil, but with one recognized
leader It can do much. A few years
ago number Of Chicago men at.
tempted to carry out theory that the
crowd needed leaders and the result
was one Of the most dangerous ex.
periments ever attempted. The White
Sox rooters organized. a band OF men
far above average intelligence. who
laid daily plans for melting crowds
and stirring up enthusiasm. The
Board OF Trade Rooters operated at
both Chicago parks. being organized
primarily to attack McGraw and the
Giants They wrote and circulated
songs. invented ingenious methods of
harassing a worthy foe. and to force
undeserved victory upon the home
teams. The idea spread rapidly.
"Rooters' clubs" were organized in
many cities and towns to. help the
home teams. For a few weeks II
looked as II the new movement would
seriously endanger the national game
The crowds grew more and more yio.
lent. Then. suddenly and without
warning almost. the wildcat efforts OF
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
Missives From Mistletoe

Millard Richardson and family
went to Elgin Saturday.
Sunday school at 1000 a. m.
sharp now. Everybody invited.
Four of Mr.. Scheetz's children
have measles, and we learn in a
very severe form.
Many of our early bird"
farmers are paying for their
folly by replanting cotton.
l.. M Dotson is putting the
finishing touches of plaster and
brick in his cistern this week.
Mrs. A. Sperling, son Gailen
and sister Mable, visited with
home-folks at NARROW Friday,
returning home Sunday.
Miss Bess Townley, from near
NARROW, was up in this beat"
Saturday. She reports crops
looking good in that vicinity.
Jim Lake sure likes to smoke;
for he went all the way to Elgin
with j. L. McAnaw Saturday to
get one of G. w. Temples cigars.
Mothers Day" was observed
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
For, district No. l3

Mrs. Ion Clayton spent We'd
nesday with Mrs. Chas. Comp
ton.
Mrs. A. G.. McClain and Mrs.
Chas Compton were Lawton Wis
itors Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers, of Walt
ers, are here on a short visit
with their daughter, Mrs. J. NJ.
Morrow.
The pie supper was well at
tended. Every one seemed well
pleased with the program, and
all report a jolly, good time.
Miss Nina Young, who for the
past two months has been visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Sellars, left
Wednesday, to visit with her
sister at Muskogee.
Mrs. A. G.. McClain, of Cleve-
land, arrived ',erc Wednesday,
to visit with lie. sister-in-law,
Mrs. Chas. Compton, She re-
turned homo Sunday.
Among those visiting at the
Charles Coffin home Sunday
were, Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Coffin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Coffin and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Coffin of Apache.
Did you ever stop to think
that signing doesn't bring hap
piness. Work is the best pan
acea for our sorrows, aches and
misery. When you get the
blues" get busy; cheer up the
other fellow who has the blues
and has more reasons for having
them than you have. Be glad
you are out of debt or out of
prison, or able to get ovt. Think
how much sickness some people
have and how they get through
it al right. Don't sigh. or cry;
but straighten up and be glad
that you are on earth-in the
best country and in the best
State (Oklahoma) in the Union.
CAESARS GHOST
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
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Local News Items

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Mont Bennett was Lawton
visitor Tuesday.
r. c. Cohen went down to
Lawton Monday.
c. V. Nav was a Fl. Sill and
Lawton visitor Monday.
G.. B. Stackhouse made a busi-
ness trip to Cement Monday.
Mrs. D. e. McAnaw went up
to Oklahoma City Monday to
visit with home folks.
II. p. Wettengel, President Of
the Bank of Elgin, was a Law
ton visitor Monday afternoon
and Tuesday morning.
The Methodist church building
is a beauty since receiving its
new coats of paint. We under
stand that other improvements
are contemplated.
The good Methodist ladies will
serve ice cream and cake on the
church lawn Saturday night. A
very pleasant time is expected,
and everybody invited.
J. d. Davis, cashier of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank
at Sterling, has sold sixteen
silos. Two car load of them
were unloaded at Elgin Wednes-
day morning.
AS the editor was absent from
Thursday noon until Monday
evening, attending the annual
meeting of the Oklahoma Edi-
torial Association, the CHAMPION
is not up to its usual standard
this week.
Don't forget the ice cream So
cial to be held on the lawn of the
Methodist church Saturday even
ing. If you do, you will miss a
most enjoyable occasion. The
proceeds will be used in improv-
ing and beautifying the church
building.
Sam Montgomery and daugh-
ter, Miss Edna, went over to
Shawnee Monday afternoon, to
visit with relatives. Miss Edna
will remain about two months,
and Mr.. Montgomery will go
into the old Chickasaw country
before he returns.
L. c. Coffin is in Lawton today.
He will go to Chandler Monday
to attend the annual encampment
of the Oklahoma Grand Army
of the Republic, which meets at
that place this year. We are
pleased to learn that our fellow
townsman is a very popular can
didate for Department Com
mander. We hope that his hoste
of Grand Army friends will sue
ceed in bestowing this distin-
guished~ honor upon our worthy
citizen.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
P. S.---WE PAY CASH FOR CREAM

last Sunday at Mistletoe school
house. A talk on Mother, by A.
B. Sperling, was listened too
attentively by a good sized au-
dience.
Olive Bowman is very sick
with measles this week: but none
of the other members of his fam
lily have them so far.
How doth many busy humble
bees improve each shining min
ute? BY crawling up fellows
shirt and hiding there within it.
Lum Johnson and son Jesse
and family are back on Big
Beaver, following the humble
life of farmers, after their trip
to Colorado. We are glad to
have our good citizens with us
again.
Evidently the amiable editor
of the CHAMPION is not very
well acquainted with mule colts;
for in last weeks "Missives
From Mistletoe" he made this
scribe say: &C. A. Sperling was
the owner of a $4,000 four
inches-high mule colt, whereas
| said the colt was forty-two
and one-half inches high.
Ed Sanders is up and going
once more thanks to the inval-
liable and necessary DR.. Gamble.
When we get our anatomy dis
membered, our mortal frame dis
connected, and our bodily form
conglomerated till we have to
be picked up in a basket, we will
not give up hope if DR.. Gamble
is within forty miles of us; for,
if a man has not been dead over
thirty minutes, the Doctor can
save him.
SHORTY.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-22
Jake Aber Opponent Big Auditorium Bout Friday Enjoys
BROWN, BRITTON AND SAVAGE HAVE FUN TRAINING

get lots Of fun out of the work, Of
course" continued the big fellow,
but it's work just the same. Just
let the average man of my size
start and run a mile or two in
the morning then come downtown
and do what I do in the gymna
SUM every afternoon, and then
climb into the ring and try to hit
Jack Britton and not be hit by him
for four or five rounds, and see
whether he calls it work or not. I
do"
'Aw, | don't know; I'd rather do
this than work" This from K 0.
, Brown, the Billiken kid.
"Shucks. work? Those fellows
are playing all the time" says Nor
gan. The only way I can get
Brown to work is to keep him from
eating until he does and then he
beats me sometimes. But, say, he
certainly is the greatest player you
ever saw. At that, Britton and
Savage are not far behind; but let
me tell you that there's only one
working man in the crowd. That's
me-trying to keep the rest of them
busy"
7 T wouldn't do to let the idea
creep in that Brown is not taking
the Abel bout seriously. He takes
everything in the world seriously.
and he isn't likely to make any ex-
ception in this case He knows
what an awful smuggling Abel gave
Mandot, even if Joe did get the de-
cision. He is not taking any chances
of serving as punching bag for
anybody
1t is not improbabl if Brown
comes through all right against
Abel, that he will get bout with
Joe Mandot in New Orleans. New
Orleans promoters gave him a lot
Of encouragement to believe that if
he could whip Russell the French
Market kid he would be next in
line for chance at that greater
product of the French Market Joe
Mandot.
AND Knockout Brown would
hammer his way through the Turk
ish army for one ten-round chance
at Mandot
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-22
By w. S. Farnsworth.
T I'M SAVAGE, boxing with the
| cleverness of a Corbett, defeat
y cd Al [,ti. L II, g., oo-lyi,,o to,,

T I'M SAVAGE, boxing with the
cleverness of a Corbett, defeat
- ed Al Kubiak in a corking ten
round bout at the Dixie A. c., and
thereby worked himself a notch
nearer a fight with Luther McCarty
for the white heavyweight cham
piOnship.
1t was the fastest scrap between
heavyweights ever staged in At
lanta and was full of rapid-fire &C
ton from start to finish. Savage
was clever, Kubiak had the wallop.
Whenever you get this kind of a
pair hooked up the doings are in
teresting
Time and again Kubiak would
just barely miss in one of his pow
erful and wicked looking wallops.
Every time he uncorked one the
fans would gasp, expecting to see
Savage go down for the count. But
Jim avoided all but one of these
tremendous offerings of the giant
Philadelphia.
Savage Wabbles in Fourth.
In the fourth round Savage led
with straight left. Kubiak man
aged to side-step in time and as he
did he shot terrible right hook to
the jaw that almost dropped Saw
age TO his knees. One more wallOp
and Savage would have surely been
knocked out
But Savage, cool as an iceberg,
shook his head, did some fancy
footwork, and managed to avoid
the storm. 1t was wonderful gem
eralship on his part That was the
only real blow that Kubiak landed
all evening
Savage Has Swell Left.
Savage's left hand work was i'm
mense. He has a lightning fast
straight left that carries a sting.
And he can hook the south paw TO
perfection. His right hand carries
powerful kick, although he was
unable to work it to any decided
advantage except high on Kubiak's
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-22
LOCAL MEN SIGNED TO
PLAY WITH MACON CLUB

Newt Ethridge, president of the Ma
con club, mas signed a slather of At
lantans for try-outs with his club this
spring.
Osborn, local first baseman, will be
signed by the Crackers and then turned
over to Macon, as the local club wants
to keep a string on him.
Zellers, the famous Mercer pitcher
is another who has been signed, but he
will be tried out in the outfield, where
President Ethridge believes he will
star
Sears, d pitcher, and Swami, catch
er, have also been secured. All four
men make their homes in Atlanta
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-22
Jim Savage, With Cleverness
Of a Corbett, Easily Wins Nod
OF Referee In Go With Kubiak

head. AL fights with a high Ieft
shoulder guard and drops his head
so that it is almost impossible to
get him on the jaw with a right
hand punch.
Savage's infighting was pretty
too. Every time the men went into
close quarters it looked as though
the giant ,Kubiak would tear the
New Workers. body to pieces, but
Jim had a. perfect defense and the
infighting amounted to naught.
1t was very entertaining scrap
and Kubiak deserves another
chance. Although defeated all the
way. excepting the fourth round
Kubiak never stopped forcing the
fight and he gave the fans the best
he had.
Kid Young Wins Again.
Kid Young, the newsboy cham.
pion, stopped Red Nelson in one
round in the semi windup Young
carried too much of a kick for the
red-topped boy and finally sent him
to the canvas for the count.
Soldier Brown, from Fort Nc
Pherson, gave Jack Clark such a
Walloping in two rounds that the
latter refused to bulge from his
corner when the bell rang for the
opening of the third spasm
Kid Mitchell and Christie VIII
liams, negroes, fought eight fast
rounds, in which Mitchell won by a
good margin
Referee Mike Saul gave perfect
satisfaction.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-22
AUDITORIUM SEATS :
AT POPULAR PRICES; :
CARD is BEST EVER :

The complete card for Friday .
nights bout at the Atlanta Audi .
forum Armory has been arranged .
as follows .
Arthur Worthy and Young Sam .
Langford, four rounds. .
Joe Bernstein and Frank Car .
roll, six rounds. .
Meyer Prizes and Kid Young, .
eight rounds. .
Knockout Brown and Jake Abel .
. ten rounds .
A scale Of prices which will .
prove a feature in itself has been .
. decided upon. 1t is: Ringside. 81; .
rows back Of ringsde, $3.50; rest .
Of the auditorium and all box .
seats, 81; the entire gallery, 80 .
cents.
Never before in the South has .
such a card been offered at such .
prices, and only the vast size of .
the Auditorium Almory makes it .
possible. .
The ring will be pitched in the .
center of the hall and every seat .
in the building will command a .
good view of the proceedings. .
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-22
BY Left Hook.
TRAINING for any sort of att

TRAlNING for any sort of ath-
letic event is harder than
working in coal mine. Foot
ball players live more abstemiously
than monk on a fast day. Frank
Gotch gave up his lucrative wres-
Ting practice because It was such
hard work to train. It cost thou
sands on thousands Of dollars to
get Jim Jeffries out of retirement,
because he knew well the horrors of
getting in condition. And many
say that Joe Cans actually trained
himself to death, that the continued
grind Of it wore him down into
consumption, which finally galloped
away with him.
The exception is Knockout Brown,
the New York aspirant for the
lightweight championship. who
meets Jake Abel Friday night at
the Atlanta Auditorium Armory.
Brown just wallows In training.
Sure, says Brown, 81 like to
train. It's easier than shoveling
coal"
And there you have II.
Brown was brought up by folks
who work, work with their hands
and earn their bread by the sweat
OF their brows-and plenty of it.
If he had not made a success as a
Scrapper, Brown would have had to
resort to manual labor. for he isn't
one of your agile minded guys who
can go out and sell life insurance or
mining stock.
In fact, the three boxers in Dan
Morgan's stable train on fun. Dan
says so himself, and his veracity
isn't questioned. According to
Colonel Morgan, he's the only
worker on his staff. Brown, Britton
and Savage train as though it were
fun, and enjoy it better than an
afternoon at Coney Island.
y ROWN'S idea Of q little recrea-
ton is to take a flve-mile run,
punch the bag a while, hook up
with a couple of husky sparring
partners and go to bed If he can
find three sparring partners, so
much the better. 1t improves his
appetite-not that it needs It.
Browns gluttonous desire to stow
away work has been one of the
causes of success He is never out
of condition. In fact, his only dan
ger is from over training.
The same condition is true of the
other scrappers in the Morgan sta
ble-Savage and Britton. They all
train on fun" according to Dan
Morgan. And this is the opinion
Of all who have watched the three
in their training quarters or, In
fact, any place else where they
were together for any length of
time.
This opinion, too, is shared by
Dan Morgan. though the boys
themselves vary in their points OF
view on the matter.
"An I do is box" is the way