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Show FREAK BASEBALL BILL IN MISSOURI All Legislatures do some mighty queer things sometimes, but-the Missouri aggregation ag-gregation haa surpassed all records In Its action over a bill to prevent Sunday ball. Blair of Caldwell county Introduced a bill forbidding Sunday bkseball entirely, but the managers and upholders of both the American and National league teams In St. Louis made such an uproar that the bill was withdrawn for amendment The amendment which was tacked on It is a beauty. It provides that cities of over 100.000 inhabitants may have Sunday base-balL base-balL The cltlxens . of cities under that stxe are not considered at all and the country towns will be unable to see the village youth get out In the back lot and swat the spheroid on the Sabbath day. The St Louis rooters can go out and shout themselves hoarse, however. If such' an arrangement Is not flagrant injustice in-justice somebody dimmed the scales. |