Show WHAT IS THE SCORE Another baseball season has opened ed All AU over the county the people aro I watching the ini initial lal games of ball ball- balland and catching anew tho the zest of ot interest which thrilled them as the finish grew warm last fall All over the country the boys bos In little towns and big are trying to duplicate te the he pitching of Lundgren an and the catching of Sullivan I and the batting of ot Cobb Cobb or or the tho older glories of Flint and JIggs Donahue bo- bo hind the bat and Clarkson or Matthewson Matthewson Mat Mat- in the box or Delehant in InI baiting Ung or big Bill Bm Lange Lango in the field I It Is a n great game mel Is la baseball It ItI I Is distinctly American It has lasted through the whole lives of men Aged fellows who now go to the games areas areas are aro aroas as Interested as they werE years ago when they screamed at the tho pitching of Spaulding ing and Corcoran or the hitting hit ting of ot Brouthers or the running of ot Suu Sunday a It must be bo a a. great game gamo to toso toso toso so fasten Itself on the human interest of three generations There is not in all tho the sport of ot the tho world another contest t so commanding the tIie exercise of all tho the faculties of body and brain so revealing the courage cour cour- ago age and the tIle stamina and the skill of players There is absolutely no gamo game known in which quickness of eye OC Unerring unerring un Un- erring judgment and tho the essential qualities of manhood make make- for so much or or so 50 certainly determine dominance Baseball typifies life lire The Tho batter is the individual in oYer every contest I Against him are nine men and they I I are all united in their purpose to render ren ren- der tier his effort abortive Opportunity comes his way with the ball baIl and he heIs heis is great or little depending on whether he fans the air or lines it out He is made or marred depending on whether he puts the sphere where the they can enn cannot not get It in to cut him oft off from safet safety He Is strong or weak depending depend ing on whether he makes the rounds or is caught between bases an and 1 Ignominiously touched out Because it appeals to heart and mind and body because it Involves all the qualities which for manhood manhood manhood man man- hood it is 15 a a. great and a noble game Another season has started and the nation is looking looking- on Some are fortunate fortunate for for- and can sit in the bleachers or tho the grand stand and watch the actual contest Others will read about It in Tho The Republican |