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Show Bad Eyesight Cause of Many Diamond Failures Baseball to retain Its high standard of proficiency must take steps to conserve con-serve capable athletes. Under modern conditions, with the best care and training, with expert Instructions as to keeping In shape, the average players hist about live years In the big show, and men who have served twelve or more seasons are unusual The biggest loss of players Is due, not to weak arms or bad legs, In wpite f what some say, but to eyes. More players lire lost because their eyes weaken than through any other cause, and more good youngsters are burred from the pro ranks because of some eye defect than from all other causes. The manager who can Invent classes that will not break and can be used without danger of serious accident to a player will have nt least .'0 per cent advantage over rival teams. For there Is no doubt that one-fourth of all veteran players would see better If they used gtusses while playing. |