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AMERICA'S NATIONAL GAME
through the boy into the man. The boys of the past generation are the spectators of this; the boys of this one will be the spectators of the next. So, like an endless chain, Base Ball will last and grow as long as these United States shall last and grow. Each generation will produce a little higher type of citizenship than that which went before it, and Base Ball and the principles which underlie it will help to bring this about."
The old Base Ball player, the successful business man, the candidate for Senator, stopped talking. I looked at him inquiringly.
He said:
"PLAY BALL."
