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Show OFFICIAL BASEBALL GUIDE. Spalding's Annual, the Thirtieth One, Is Just Out. Spalding's Official Baseball Guide for tho reason of 10)6 Is published today. It mnrko the thirtieth year of Its publication under tho editorship of Henry Chndwlck. The Father Fath-er of Bus'.' Hall." and Is undoubtedly the largest larg-est and most complete annual of tho Kamo that has evnr bocn published. The contents Include a chapter on the rise and progress of professional huso ball, current comment by tho editor on the following topics; on changes In Iho rules, play vs. work, an optimistic vb. a pessimistic view of bado bait, thti professional season of 1003 and 113 government, contract obligations, ob-ligations, tho 111 treatment of umpires, seml-profvi-blonal base ball, azrcsslvo ba.o ball, two icrcat. fssxsnllnlg lp professional bao ball, tin IniluenOH of tlio'prcMH on sports, a square deal va. a 'love of fulr play, the laws of professional pro-fessional base ball. A chapter thfit will bo of Interest to overy follovfr of the gamo Is the reference Ktildo of professional base ball since Ith Institution, compiled com-piled by Editor Chadwlck und which 1 com-5 prises a record of thirty-odd' years, bt-Klnnlnc with tho teams of 1S7(, Including tho names of flayers, inoi7ibi-tf ofj tho rlubs'. of that year; Iho record of the first Professional Association, from 1S71 to 1575. .Inclunlvu; the. advent of Iha National League -wlUi tho record of each .club from lB7o tn dtito; tho records of tho ojd American Association and tha xhort-llved Un-Ipn Un-Ipn Association and Playors'- Leugue, nnd tho rr-cord of , the Amurlcan Lenfpjn since Its organization', or-ganization', the wholo forming a chapter that would ordinarily take month of research to compile. Another Impnrtnnt chapter Is the editor!, review re-view of tho world's championship scrlou of last full, which Is Illustrated with scenes at tho names and pictures of the club offlclale and P-adlnx playorn, to which Is added a record of tho world'H championship frames played since tho llrst one In 1RS1, and Including reference matter for the student of the, frame. |