The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-10-19
ARusE OF RAsEaALL
why Prof ssional BAN Playing Is Harmful
TO the Cause of Physical Traininr.

why Prof. ssional Ball Playing Is Harmful
to the Cause of Physical Training.
Every true friend of athletics must
regret the use that is being made of.
this game in the professional field. Id
is, of course, a misnemer to apply the
term athletic exercise, in its ordinaryl
sense. 70 a professional baseball game.i
The men who manage these games,
and those who engage in them, do so
without any idea of the physical
benefits that may be derived from
them The benefits sought after ara
financial and not physical; the develops
ment of the pocAzet-book and not of the
muscle. The character and aims Cd
the professional ball clubs are verJ
much the same as that of the theatrical
troupes travelling around the country.i
1t is the gate-money in the one case
and the box-offlce receipts in the other
that constitutes the chief end of ex-
istence in the view of the management.
Both ente rprises are conducted on
purely mercenary basis. It is, there
fore. just as far short of the truth to
speak of a professional game of ball as
having any real connection with
physical training as it is to speak of a
professional theatrical performance
having any connection with the train
ing of mind and morals. Contests
where physical strength and skill are
the nnly elements set of against each
other, where the struggle is fair and
honest, with no particular end in view
except that of success. are very differ
ent from contests carried on by
salaried professionals in a professional
way and with only professional end
in view. Whatever good, In short,
may come from professional BALI
playing. it can hardly be in the way
of physical good. We doubt very
much whether any good of any kind
comes from it. The relation which
the professional game assumes to bear
TO real athletic sports is a false
relation, and it can not be
less than harmful to the
higher cause of physical education.
As a game like that of ball descends
more and more to the level of a batsf-
ness, it becomes less and less a means
Of recreation. We say as it de
scends,n for we regard the game of
ball in itself as noble, manly and
healthful sport, and to bring it to the
level OF the travelling circus and the
variety show is, in our opinion, de-
cided degradation. The parallel be-
tween the professional ball club and the
travelling circus might be carried
further than the mere business feat
ure. The surroundings and concomi-
tants- But we shall content ourselves
for the present with pointing out the
abuse which has been put upon the
National game by making it mere
cateh-penny show. This it has become
and nothing more.-M Y Observer.
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