The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-20
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1914.
BAS BALL.

-" ~J HNS - LoLlD VI L uA
so and Moorhead will hear the two
most thrilling words in the English
language-play ball! For several years
the dual cities have had to get along
without league ball and the fans are
hungry for a chance to sec the ma
tional pastime, played by profession
ais. From present indications there
will be plenty Of enthusiasm to I'M
cork when the opening day of the
Northern league season rolls around.
All loyal citizens of the two cities
are hoping that Fargo oorhead will
be represented by a live, snappy. cap
able bunch Of players. Everyone is
pulling for a winning team. And right
now is q good time to remember that
it is largely cup to- the fans them
selves,
The Forum sincerely believes that
the final results of the season-the
standing Of the Fargo oorhead team
in the percentage table after tho last
game has been ~played-will depend
almost as much on the attitude Of the
fans as ON the players themselves.
II the home fans in Fargo and Moor
head will take an interest in the team
as a team n in the players as in
dividuals. and show them from the
start that they can expect loyal sup
port-always and under all circum-
Stances-they will be represented by
q team that will become noted for it's
1nIyu1fN and ~ mill Ia ~ ,R-,,SA Aao~,
On the other hand, if the players
when they come here find a tendency
to criticise, find that their efforts are
not appreciated, they will become sui
len and dispirited and such a team
cannot be expected to play winning
ball.
Fargo-Moorhead, like all other cities
in the Northern league, will be repre-
sented largely by young players.
Every one of them will be anxious to
make a good showing and if they get
the right kim of encouragement from
the home people they will be willing
to play their heads off" in the effort
to make good. Every fan in the W
cities ought to make a resolve to cut
out all knocking" and to be a boost
er for the team. Let each player
know that the town Is interested in
his success as an individual, and Far
go-Moorhead will become famous
throughout the league and good play
ers will be clamoring to get a place
In the local lineup.
Some of the finest ball players in
the world have been ruined because
the home fans started 'knocking
them" There have been instances in
TACT where whole teams have gone to
pieces under this foolish habit on the
part OF the fans. Cincinnati is a
glazing example OF the folly of the
knocking" habit as every fan who
follows the game Knows. On the other
hand there never was a more loyal
bunch Of fans than those who back
the New York Giants. The a
player joins the giants he is a hero
In the eyes of the New York ~populace.
The result is a championship team.
or course there are some players
WAN CoC No CIlLlCiSuIs But why not
remember this, Bob Unglaub who will
De the pIayer-manager of the Fargo
sMoorhead team has spent his life
playing ball. He played for years in
the big leagues and there surely is
no fan in Fargo or Moorhead, no mat
ter how well he knows the game, who
ts presumptious enough to assert that
ne knows more about it than Mr.. ING
laub. Furthermore, no fan can have
as great an interest in making the
STRAIGHTFORWARD team a winner. as
will Mr.. Unglaub. He will spot a
sfairker or an incompetent far quicker
and more certainly than any man in
the bleacher OF grand stand, and de-
pend upon it, he will weed that sort
out in short order.
The Cantillon Bros, who own the
FaTgo-Moorhead team are strong for
winners. They won three straight
remnants for Minneapolis in the Am.
erican association and lost the fourth
by a nose. If the fans Of Fargo and
Moorhead show the proper spirit. the
tCantillons and Mr.. Unglaud will do
their share. Let's boost.