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Show BISHOP IN FAVOR OF SUNDAY BASEBALL SCRANTON. Pa., Feb. 6. In a sermon cn "Child Labor" at St. Peter's cath"aral the Right Rev. Hoban, bishop of Scranton, came out unequivocally tor permitting per-mitting working boys to play athletic games on Sunday. Aftr picturing the hardships many of the boys of this community are put to In the mines and mills, day and nlgtft, six days a week, he criticised those vho protest against them enjoying Sunday In harmless recreations, and ndded: "Let them play baseball or football, or any other kind of ball, to tneir hearts' content. The good Lord will be pleased to see them do it, I aver, providing ihey are good boys." |