| Show PLAYERS FROM COUNTRY boys boya from small towns have B comit come great baseball artists I 1 it if it v ere not for the small country towns baseball mould soon boon be b a thing of history said eald bradley wal tera of sterling ill the really great baseball players who viere here developed in big billea ell lea can bo be counted on tho the fingers of one hand I 1 believe it la Is tha prairie player of the antall town who ft ho stands standa at the head of the profession the reason aar this Is 1 easy to end the city boy has so BO many restrictions thrown around him by the police that ho he cannot acquire any great ability the urchin la Is not even evea permitted to play in the boree or alloys alley if he ha does he must station a few boys boyn around to watch atra copper the hoy boy in the small town tolan can play where lie he likes liken then outdoor exercise has haa made his hl eye quicker and hla his arm stronger qu alitta which are la in great demand in ba baseball iseball the quirk quick eye develops judgment in distances another quality needed by the tha baseball ba Heball player I 1 end more mora enjoyment in watching these prairie youngsters pra play than in seeing a league leaa ue game there 1 Is one thing about those kids they are dead in earnest and out for blood they are your tru true amateurs ama teura even it if they play for a mask a ball or even 60 cents a game at times |
