Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1923-08-24

ave EHHEE I'd H4la e4afaA ftFa Ha@F
over the fact that there are - base
ball gaues 70 tgEn for them % Ell
JOY. They hemosn ire fact and Faasf
= chem apparently sincerely. TIE
national psstlme Isl 81 wu1lt appear
iost ar as far a. Putnan e concern
ed
s sre sruaasz Wy hasn't
pafnam ball tes~ y ore sort o.
another. playing either saturday o.
saneae baseball Whe i % blaraes
o. 4 =hs faulf eanst - lad a. the
door u 81 Individual Or q gFoup q
them+ what's re particular Thing
that IS sfanz7
There are nearly IS many answers
- these questions az there are base
ball fans II Putnam Everyone ras
RS private opinion and naturally.
each ere Is sure that he i rizht IN me
sEand ~ hzs taken. Il i therefore.
I hard for 3 reporter % put bis ear
close 70 the ground and sntanxie
everything that he hears and thereby
+ present what would appear a. q con-
census q opinion There are a few
red hot. almost sizzling, baseball fans
in Putnam including some who would
cut short a roast turkey dinner with
an TIE fxingE, II order 70 be IN his
+ favorfte seat on the first base bleach
Frs ahen the game starts. He u the
Kind who car be looked upon a. .
steady reliable thinker ard who
knows TIE iay@ and therefore can
give The dope straight
Why Has Putnam No Team?
Il Was one 81 these fans that The
Patriot reporter first sought on an
interview, the men concerned being
asked 20 give his opinion on the gaes-
tor Why hasn't Put~am a baseball
team playing snappy stuff on the
Man street grounds as . regular
weekly sttraetiony' -
One u these fans gave expression
- his convictions after the following
manner That q tough question %
answer il me space you have allotted
- ue. I could talk two hours on
that topic and then I'd just be get
ting my second Wind.
ssBut as I see one angle Of IL. Put
ram is not a baseball town any more.
That's q fact brother and you can
prove il by just turning back the
pares II i0eai baseball history and see
what's happened. We have Of years
in this town and during them We have
safHe fast teams. with big following.
But mott Of them date back - the
days When ms Pa played every posi-
tion IN the infield And right there
I thInk we have one big reason Why
semi pro ball does not make 20 81
& h Putnam nov
IN chose days automobiles were
"a
shay vas lot stuG II those times.
And on Saturdays and Sundays old
J8hbln nal a Weli-eaHned rest and "a
aaaid take ne and the other kids 20
tae game. while he got into MS re-
saiia and snapped wicked BAH across
.he diamond
Nearly Every body Flivvers
What have we toda.f, as COM
aa3.zaH4 Look up and down the
freet aH which you live. Isn't there
fivvef parked on the doorstep OF
every house along the road as far a.
tou can see, and an automobile IN
the back ward Of every house ~ be
tween Not quite as prosperous
looking as that2 Well. that picture
may be- bit overdrawn. but on the
level aran't there q kssaeh g: tiisffi
on the harizon2 And those benzine
buVgies aren't lacked up on Sunday
any more. Everybody hlghbails IL
Tor somewhere early every Sunday.
II Babe Ruth was advertised 10 play
en- the Neutrality-suspicious. grounds
thew wouldn't stay around to see him,
not that | blame them any Tor that
eithert II had a car I'd be on my
way at sunrise too. But the point l
am getting at il this The automophe
l. taking the baseball crowd OF Sestef-
year. away from Putnam on Sundays
and there are not enough left ~ the
eity 70 make the game paying pro.
position. ,g.,.-.
There is one opinion which IS shar
ed by many ball fans. on why thete
4 No regular semi-pro team IN Put
nam. And here's another.
+ Fan. Make Demands
"A good many of the fans IN Put
nam are funny guys. no foolin' they
want Ia see local boys IN action on
their local team. and II It turns out
that an honest -to-goodness home team
i.n't fast enough TO whale The day
lights out Of King Bader OF some
more Of his likes. then the team :
no good and the fans won't support
1t They viii stay away before theS
will show their interest and give en-
couragement by their attendance. me
team may have all the earmarks OF
winner. even II they stacked up
against faster company. but can't get
going. Can't swing into the Team
plaV that makes the New York Giants
But that makes no difference. The
fans cry over the 80 cent admission
charge and demand faster ball.
The home club team IS abandoned
and the manager gulps down a loss.
And another courageous guy comes
forward and puts on a fast crew OF
mostly out 81 town, semi-pros who
know the game and know how to play
They clean up everything IN sight
One Sunday the club has an OF day
and hitting the skids. practically goes
Ia pieces. Do the fans say That
an right, boys you had tough day
that's all. Well hit the old pace
NEXT Sunday" The fans say nothing
81 the kind. They howl about the
team that has won all season and
want 10 see even faster men. They
are paving 80 cents At the gate now
and the management Is just breaking
even. or scratching around 70 scare