Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1914 — The Fan. [ARTICLE]

The Fan.

The baseball fan Is a product of America. As a native of the soil, he hi a success. It may safely be said that the national game goes farther in developing and maintaining American good nature than' any other agency operating among us. . . . Looking at it as an aH-around sport, baseball ia a great boon to all Americans, young and old, male and female. While women do not play, they enjoy it. As a tranquilizer, a civilizer, a stimulizer, let us encourage the fan habit. It Is one of our great natimsl assets.— Marion Chronicle, i