The old Cubs fan had the best seat in the house on the primary night of the 2016 World Series.
A baseball party 71 years really taking shape, with sustenance and triviality and Carl Ander amidst everything, wearing his new Cubs shirt and his old Cubs top, a lifetime far from the shoddy seats at Wrigley Field, where he cheered as a kid.
His head is uncovered and his portable amplifiers are on, an old person who was a youthful person off to war when his group last played for the top prize in baseball.
"I've been a fan for a long time," says the resigned soybean businessperson. "My father was a fan, he kicked me off."
Carl was conceived in October 1917 - a losing season for the Cubs - the center offspring of a bookkeeper father and a housewife. An offspring of the Depression. A child who preferred baseball however didn't play it.
"Goodness, possibly in the city, however never on a group," he says before Tuesday's noteworthy diversion. "I was somewhat fat kid."
Carl snickers.
His blue eyes are sharp and clear.
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Deep rooted Cubs fan Carl Ander, 99, watches Game 1 of the World Series with companions and neighbors including Nancy Wolf (from left), Andrea Skaw, Cade Skaw and Linda Lenhoff.
KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star
The 99-year-old is the visitor of respect at his lawn neighbors' home for the arrangement opener. Bill and Pat Mahan's lounge chairs are loaded with Cubs changes over and a solitary combine of Cleveland fans, one of them merrily waving a red rally hail.
The greater part of the visitors are neighbors who, similar to Bill and Pat and their little girl Andrea Skaw, cherish Carl, and work to ensure the widower can remain in his home.
They cut his yard and scoop his snow, take him shopping for food, drive him to specialists' visits, fill his fridge with sustenance. Toss him birthday parties.
Cheer for his Cubs.
"Everybody who meets him, on the off chance that they weren't a Cubs fan, they are presently," Pat says.
Carl and his significant other, Jane, moved to Lincoln in 1972. It was the toward the end in a large group of employment exchanges for Carl, who spent his profession at Archer Daniels Midland.
The couple never had youngsters - "I got red fever in the war and that put me bankrupt," Carl says - however they were great neighbors and shared their affection for the place where they grew up group in this tranquil upper east Lincoln circular drive.
At the point when the Cubs beat the Dodgers to punch their ticket a week ago, Carl was watching at home.
"I cheered from my lift seat with a lap robe pulled over me."
However, the World Series? That merited a gathering for a fan with a history longer than the group's dry spell. A man who endured the Curse of the Billy Goat and the Bartman fiasco and every one of the lights-out-early seasons in the middle.
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Carl Ander (upper right) was only 9 when this photograph of him and his more seasoned sister Dorothea and more youthful sibling Melvin was taken.
KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star
It was presumably the mid-1920s when youthful Carl went to his first Cubs recreations with his dad, taking the streetcar from their Huron Street home toward the North Side baseball stadium.
Later, he'd set off over the city all alone, purchasing a ticket in the cheap seats for a nickel or a dime. Then again perhaps it was 75 pennies, says Carl. He can't recall for certain.
He remembers who possessed the group then: "The gum individuals." (Followed by the daily paper individuals and the representative and his kin.)
He recalls the years the Cubs won the flag: "'29, '32, '35, '38, '45."
What's more, he can reel off the beginning lineup of his unsurpassed most loved group like an evangelist presenting the books of the Bible: "Riggs Stephenson, Hack Wilson, Kiki Cuyler, Woody English, Charlie Grimm, Rogers Hornsby, Gabby Hartnett … "
The 1929 Cubs, says Carl, a high-scoring, tough bundle who lost to the Philadelphia Athletics in five amusements, setting off an avalanche of World Series misfortunes.
He listened to his Cubs on the radio in the prior days TV, back when there were three stations to browse. His top pick: WBBM and Pat Flanagan.
What's more, later, similar to every single reliable Cub fans, he tuned into hear Harry Caray. "You recall, the person who sang the melody?"
Carl's mother adored baseball, as well. She was a normal at the stadium's week after week Ladies Days, when ladies went to evening amusements for nothing.
"The amusements didn't get over until 5 and after that she needed to take the streetcar home," Carl says. "Our dinner was generally late."
The visitors in the lounge room chuckle. There's Andrea, observing anxiously. Janet Martin in shimmering red sneakers. Nancy Ossenkop, who doesn't live adjacent, however drivers Carl, wearing his Cubs coat, around town.
"Individuals are continually ceasing to shake his hand."
There's Linda Lenhoff, applauding Cleveland. Nancy Wolf, cheering the Cubs discreetly.
What's more, Pat and Bill, who peeled back a bit of their terrace fence so they could all the more effectively visit their elderly neighbor, discreetly viewing over him now.
"At whatever point Carl's here, nobody else gets the chair," Pat says.
Carl is content.
He eats Pat's chocolate chip treats. He guarantees to bring home a bit of Janet's chocolate cake, kissing her farewell when she takes off.
He inclines into answer Nancy Ossenkop's question: "When was the last time you went to a Cubs diversion?" Answer: 1960. "They weren't any great then."
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Carl Ander, Cubs fan
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Deep rooted Chicago Cubs fan Carl Ander, 99, watches Game 1 of the World Series with companions and neighbors.
KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star
He postures for a photograph with Andrea, who has known him since she was a young lady growing up over the fence.
He rests in his seat.
He awakens so as to see the Cubs lose.
He eats another treat. It's one and only amusement, and Carl will be back home in his lift seat for Game 2 - fly the W! - and 3, and 4, and 5...
He's cheerful they made it in, Carl says. He supposes they can go the distance. He trusts they can, says the fan from a city where trust springs endless.
1908, he says. The most recent year the Cubs won the World Series.
He wasn't here then, however he's here now, a man nearing the century check.
An old Cubs fan, calmly holding up.
A baseball party 71 years really taking shape, with sustenance and triviality and Carl Ander amidst everything, wearing his new Cubs shirt and his old Cubs top, a lifetime far from the shoddy seats at Wrigley Field, where he cheered as a kid.
His head is uncovered and his portable amplifiers are on, an old person who was a youthful person off to war when his group last played for the top prize in baseball.
"I've been a fan for a long time," says the resigned soybean businessperson. "My father was a fan, he kicked me off."
Carl was conceived in October 1917 - a losing season for the Cubs - the center offspring of a bookkeeper father and a housewife. An offspring of the Depression. A child who preferred baseball however didn't play it.
"Goodness, possibly in the city, however never on a group," he says before Tuesday's noteworthy diversion. "I was somewhat fat kid."
Carl snickers.
His blue eyes are sharp and clear.
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Carl Ander, Cubs fan
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Deep rooted Cubs fan Carl Ander, 99, watches Game 1 of the World Series with companions and neighbors including Nancy Wolf (from left), Andrea Skaw, Cade Skaw and Linda Lenhoff.
KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star
The 99-year-old is the visitor of respect at his lawn neighbors' home for the arrangement opener. Bill and Pat Mahan's lounge chairs are loaded with Cubs changes over and a solitary combine of Cleveland fans, one of them merrily waving a red rally hail.
The greater part of the visitors are neighbors who, similar to Bill and Pat and their little girl Andrea Skaw, cherish Carl, and work to ensure the widower can remain in his home.
They cut his yard and scoop his snow, take him shopping for food, drive him to specialists' visits, fill his fridge with sustenance. Toss him birthday parties.
Cheer for his Cubs.
"Everybody who meets him, on the off chance that they weren't a Cubs fan, they are presently," Pat says.
Carl and his significant other, Jane, moved to Lincoln in 1972. It was the toward the end in a large group of employment exchanges for Carl, who spent his profession at Archer Daniels Midland.
The couple never had youngsters - "I got red fever in the war and that put me bankrupt," Carl says - however they were great neighbors and shared their affection for the place where they grew up group in this tranquil upper east Lincoln circular drive.
At the point when the Cubs beat the Dodgers to punch their ticket a week ago, Carl was watching at home.
"I cheered from my lift seat with a lap robe pulled over me."
However, the World Series? That merited a gathering for a fan with a history longer than the group's dry spell. A man who endured the Curse of the Billy Goat and the Bartman fiasco and every one of the lights-out-early seasons in the middle.
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Carl Ander
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Carl Ander (upper right) was only 9 when this photograph of him and his more seasoned sister Dorothea and more youthful sibling Melvin was taken.
KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star
It was presumably the mid-1920s when youthful Carl went to his first Cubs recreations with his dad, taking the streetcar from their Huron Street home toward the North Side baseball stadium.
Later, he'd set off over the city all alone, purchasing a ticket in the cheap seats for a nickel or a dime. Then again perhaps it was 75 pennies, says Carl. He can't recall for certain.
He remembers who possessed the group then: "The gum individuals." (Followed by the daily paper individuals and the representative and his kin.)
He recalls the years the Cubs won the flag: "'29, '32, '35, '38, '45."
What's more, he can reel off the beginning lineup of his unsurpassed most loved group like an evangelist presenting the books of the Bible: "Riggs Stephenson, Hack Wilson, Kiki Cuyler, Woody English, Charlie Grimm, Rogers Hornsby, Gabby Hartnett … "
The 1929 Cubs, says Carl, a high-scoring, tough bundle who lost to the Philadelphia Athletics in five amusements, setting off an avalanche of World Series misfortunes.
He listened to his Cubs on the radio in the prior days TV, back when there were three stations to browse. His top pick: WBBM and Pat Flanagan.
What's more, later, similar to every single reliable Cub fans, he tuned into hear Harry Caray. "You recall, the person who sang the melody?"
Carl's mother adored baseball, as well. She was a normal at the stadium's week after week Ladies Days, when ladies went to evening amusements for nothing.
"The amusements didn't get over until 5 and after that she needed to take the streetcar home," Carl says. "Our dinner was generally late."
The visitors in the lounge room chuckle. There's Andrea, observing anxiously. Janet Martin in shimmering red sneakers. Nancy Ossenkop, who doesn't live adjacent, however drivers Carl, wearing his Cubs coat, around town.
"Individuals are continually ceasing to shake his hand."
There's Linda Lenhoff, applauding Cleveland. Nancy Wolf, cheering the Cubs discreetly.
What's more, Pat and Bill, who peeled back a bit of their terrace fence so they could all the more effectively visit their elderly neighbor, discreetly viewing over him now.
"At whatever point Carl's here, nobody else gets the chair," Pat says.
Carl is content.
He eats Pat's chocolate chip treats. He guarantees to bring home a bit of Janet's chocolate cake, kissing her farewell when she takes off.
He inclines into answer Nancy Ossenkop's question: "When was the last time you went to a Cubs diversion?" Answer: 1960. "They weren't any great then."
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Carl Ander, Cubs fan
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Deep rooted Chicago Cubs fan Carl Ander, 99, watches Game 1 of the World Series with companions and neighbors.
KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star
He postures for a photograph with Andrea, who has known him since she was a young lady growing up over the fence.
He rests in his seat.
He awakens so as to see the Cubs lose.
He eats another treat. It's one and only amusement, and Carl will be back home in his lift seat for Game 2 - fly the W! - and 3, and 4, and 5...
He's cheerful they made it in, Carl says. He supposes they can go the distance. He trusts they can, says the fan from a city where trust springs endless.
1908, he says. The most recent year the Cubs won the World Series.
He wasn't here then, however he's here now, a man nearing the century check.
An old Cubs fan, calmly holding up.
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