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Show Base Ball.- lhe Ulcveiaud Rural I gets (iff the following iu an article on i.iase ball : - Two clubs, one of printers and an other of merchants' clerks, one of oung men from college and anothrr of young men from the hayfield, no longer play a friendly match for their own ri't-ieaiion and the amusement of their friends " But professional players bat and p'uch and catch for money n here athletic youth formerly pla ed for amusement a: d health and life-ttiving life-ttiving vigor. Base b II h-is become a business, and not a recreation Bets are staked upon the results of matches between famous '"nines," and the pl iy is often dishonest that money may be won at the expense of honor, l'oung ni' n desert their business iu the city' to witness a match b 'tween the Tied Stockings and the Athletics or Allan tics, mid Come away imbruted by drink or even .more imbruted by gambling. |
