Show MODERN BASEBALL IS FASTER nothing to be accomplished by wordy controversy on merits of old and young players there may be some good accomplished from a wordy controversy whether or not baseball la Is taster faster than it used to be but just exactly how tilts this Is to effect the cost of living Is not so BO perfectly apparent says tile the milwaukee sentinel the old fellows who have had their day and who are continually looking backward seem to think that they played faster aster and better in the olden time but the young men who are now engaged in making baseball history axe ajo dead sure duro the old timers were truck horses in comparison with them there Is no reason why the old timers could not hit a ball bait just aist exactly as aa hard run just as fast and field just its as accurately it may be that owing to tile the development of 0 pitching they would not have an opportunity to hit and tun run as often and inside baseball may be developed more than it was in the olden times but grant all this and vi hats the answer it pleases us its who ru remember member some borne of 0 the old timers to thlik they n aa good as the best but it may be that we w are at that I 1 Is 19 pretty hard bard to see what Is 1 going gibing to bo be accomplished by the disillusionment if the men of today are much better than they used to be let it go at that nothing can be accomplished by arguing this question any more than can be by indulging in a controversy tro versy over politics or reil religion glon |