Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1904 — Baseball “Fan" Goes Insane. [ARTICLE]

Baseball “Fan" Goes Insane.

Pittsburg. Sept. 21.—Tony Laird, Z. aged 19. a baseball enthusiast, has been taken to the insane department of the Mercer county almshouse. He became insane over the Pittsburg club’s failure to win the pennant. He imagines himself a great pitcher and wants to show the attendants how.