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Show View of a Soldier Show Baseball Value to Men at the Front A Toronto paper prints a letter which shown the value of base hall to aoidlera. Here It la: .sv I, aa a returned wounded soldier, say for God's sake keep on plsylng ball tne alarmists are nuts. About the only thing that keeps the boys at the front from going craxy and running amuck among themselves Is the news tlvey get of the ball games being played back home, and many a hard day baa been made shorter by our fanning hees right In the front line. If these people who think bee hall Is a had thing in war time could see th way the boys In France devour the scores of the major leagues when they get the aportlng pagea they would change their vle-va. Kverysody wants to help ua, of course, and ws give thanka to everybody for good intentlone, but If you ask a soldier sol-dier boy he will tell you that the great-eat great-eat bleealnga of all are the aportlng pagea and th baseball equipment that has been sent ua Pleaae pay credit to the Canadian Canad-ian V. M. C. A. for what It haa done along this line and Is going to da The T. M. C. A. has found that the soldier will look after his own religion and it la also learning that baseball teachea more of what 1 light than all the churches ever built. Always a iiooster for baseball, and now more than ever. I am |