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Show ASSISTS PEOPLE TO FORGET In Times of Gloom and Depression Populace Crave Diversion to Break Monotony. Someone has opened a discussion, as to what effect actual war would have upon baseball interest in the U. S. A., says New York Tribune. The affirmative and the negative here each have good arguments. War news and war interest would, of course, far out-shadow out-shadow any sporting news or sporting interest, and in that way have a depressing de-pressing effect. On the other side of thft hill, the populace in times of gloom and depression always has seemed to crave some diversion to break the monotony mo-notony of constant anxiety. As proof of this last statement, Toronto 'and Montreal last season in the International Interna-tional league had very good seasons despite the fact that Canada has been head high into this war since the start. Sport in time of war is nothing like as important a matter as it is in time of peace. But it still has its uses as a diversion as a section of the program that is cast in lighter vein. For that reason sport will not be shelved by any means. No nation, even, in war times, is going into sackcloth and ashes unless un-less it is being crushed or pressed to the limit. Those not actually engaged will stick to old habits of diversion, just as one in time of trouble craves tobacco more than at any other period of his life. |
