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Show PLAYERS FROM COUNTRY. H Days from Small Towns Ilavs Be- HEE coins Oreat Daseball iLHK Artists. aBl "If It were not for the small coun- HB try towns baseball would soon be a thing of history,' said llradley Wat- Hl ters, of Sterling. Ill "The really grest Hl baseball ptsyers who were developed In big cities can be counted on the H fingers ot one hand, I believe It Is tiB the prairie pUyer of Ihe email town Hfl who stands at ths bead of the profm- sBH si on "The reason inr this Is easy to find. H The city Tioy lias so many restrictions H thrown around him by the police that HH he cannot acquire any great ability B The urchin Is not eten permitted to B play In Ihe streets or alleys. If h jBH does bo roust station a few boys, j I around to watch Hm 'copp'r.' The MpH boy In ths small town can play where J be likes Then outdoor exerette hu I mado his eye quicker and his arm H stronger, qdallttrs which sre In great H demand In bsseball J "Tho quick eye develops Judgment P In distances, another quality needed by Ihe baseball player I find mors H enjoyment In watching these pralrls ymmgtters play than In eeHng a BH I league game There Is ona thing H ' aliout these kids they ara dead In ' earnest and out for blood. They are J your true amateurs, even If they play H for a mask, a ball or even CO cents a H gains at times" |