Clipping:'cranks' used collectively for spectators

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Date Tuesday, October 19, 1886
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[St. Louis vs. Chicago 10/18/1886] ...a Chicago audience is about as tough an aggregation of ball cranks as ever sat in a grand stand anywhere. From the very start of the game to the finish the crowd never once stopped yelling, hissing and hooting at Latham, notwithstanding the fact that there teeth were chattering with cold and their lips blue from the strong wind, directly in their faces the game through. St.

Source St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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