New Britain herald., 1927-10-08
BASEBALL CROWD
 SAMPLE 0F RACE
Cross Section of Humanity
 Watches Returns Of Games

CFo"u or baseball fans 1T
 front Of playograph. the HeraIc
 flayograph, 10 be exact, presents ar
 interesting study for the observer
 who IS interested in types and reac-
 tions.
 The crown is made ID of people
 from all walks of life. There arc
 the transiontS who merely steal a
 few minutes from their lahcrs to
 take q peek at the board and then
 dash back 10 inform interested ! fellow workers of the progress of the game. These fans are the "high nreSSur" men who can be seen bob
 hing in through the crowd several times each afternoon. They are usu- i ally coatleSs and nervous and they i fret if plays are delayed. ! Then thcer are the hardened old 1 timers who arrive even before the 1 operators of the board have re- [ turned from lunch. They take mp i their stand in convenient dool ways, prefera bly, in the sun. gazing stolid- ly at the board from the time they
 arrive until the game starts. X run makes no impression upon them appa rently and never once does the
 expression on their faces change.
 Expression" because all those old
 timers wear masks which never be-
 tray their feelings. no matter how
 tho game is going. They offer no predictions. nor do they get excited
 or angered. All they ask is chance 10 watch the progress of the battle. They stay until the last ball is fired, too
 Another type is the street corner gentleman of leisure who merely changes his lounging place to the space in front of the Herald office. A man changing a tire in the mid dle of the road, or 8. cop bawling out ar autom oblist or fire or any other occasion for bit of free ex- element would bring members of that fraternity 10 the scene. of course. they are interested in the games, more or less, but few of them have q financial interest in the question of who will win. But it gets so tiresome hanging around and jobs are so hard to gct-standing on | the street corner.
 Then comes the follow who bursts |, in with a great show of excite ! mcnt, anXiously inquiring how the [ teams stand. He is the bird who , steps all over everybody and who razzes every play for some reason , or other. directing his remarks 10 ! those standing around him. He is T lso something of wit and he re- [ gales the crowd with many pert re- marks about baseball in general. This gentleman could always do bet ..r than the baseball players and .r's always into everything. Finally some big fellow tells him to shut Jp," or to Pipe down." and ono. again comparative quiet reigns.
 But the most hard boiled fans of III arc the kids" They are sever" .ritiCs and they want service and plenty Of it from the playograph. They cheer Babe Ruth to the echo md they also deal out the "raz2" They know every player " his first name and. nine chances out Of ten, they know what should ,o done and what should not be lone. The operator of the playo- craph has a hard job pleasing the oungsters, If, by mistake, the ic Criy credit | it or a run. an instant din from oung America appraiscs him of he fact.
 If the plays are too slow in com 1g through, cries of Play hall.' ,sue from young throats. They sup ly the cheers and the excitement f the afternoon. The policeman -ho is stationed in front of the Her Id office to keep the crowd order and 10 keep interested fans from citing run over by passing trolleys nd automobiles. has his hands full lost of the time.
 Bean shooters caused considerable vehement this season. but the ef- ,rts of the would-be sharpshooters ere squelched during the first lmc. The score board is an entlclng Irget, but the operators of the bard cant spend all their time lcking the little pellets.
 The youngsters stage many mlnla- Ire riots in front of the board hen some emphatic boy makes lown his opinion of another be- use he dares to say that so-and-so
 the Pirates is a poor player. loving, pushing and pummelmg art the affair which is finished omptly by the policeman.
 Women have taken considerable terest in the series this year. and nile most of them stop only for mute to watch the board. as they ss to or from Main street, several yc been noticed who stood during e entire game, apparently getting
 much enjoyment out of the game