Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-06
THE NATIONAL GAME.

And now comes our friend the
esteemed Tracy City News, and
condemns base ball as the follow
ing from its columns would seem
to indicate
Fright now before it develops
further, the parents should stop
that football practice. 1t is bru-
tai sport aud ought to be suppress.
ed, Base ball is bad enough and
sometimes is little short of nuis-
ance, but football is worse"
We opine that the esteemed
brother has never felt the joy that
comes from taking in" the cloud
reaching fly" the screaming "lin>
err" or the agile "grounder." 1t is
not like that which flows from the
Pieran spring, but it is JOY meyer
theless, and the delight is keen.
If he has not tasted of these pleas
ures, whether as the riotously en-
thusiastic spectator or the STEEL
nerved player, then he has missed
the opportunity of his life. He has
resisted the mighty impulse which
noble sport and distinctiyely ma.
tional game gives to every nerve
and fiber of its devotees. and they
are legion. He sits in a retired
nook, and "views the battle from
affair"
In baseball experience OF years
synchronOus with the famous Ca
sey at the Bat" we have seen moth
ing in baseball that could offend
the most fastidious. 1t is not a
gambling game, and it is not one
that depends on the turn of for
tune. 1t is game that demands
sharpness of vision, strength of
muscle, steadiness of nerve, and
indominitable purpose All these
qualities it develops. They are
prime requisites.
We would ten thousand times
rather see the young men of a
place congregated on the diamond
playing match game Of ball than
see them lettering around the stores
nuisance to themselves and every
one else, When they are play
ing that game which is chad
enough" we know that they are in.
dulging in good healthy exercise
which will make them more ener
ergeuc, drive away sloth, build
up their bodies, and sharpen theil
understandings, When not sac
counted for" on the diamond they
are only too apt to fall into lazy
INDECENT habits, and habits o
worse degree that sap the founda
lion of the state.
The brightest days of the en-
pires Of old wer9 when the most at
tention was paid to athletics, anC
a perusal of history's page shows
that arts and letters hourishel
simultaneously. The trend o! tn,
day in this great country of oun
is towards alh etiCs, and the intel
ligent citizen and the athlete ar
becoming synonymous,
In regard to football we have lit
tie to say. We admit that it i
brutal as now PLAYED, but at IL,
time do we think that any compar
ison between the two can be made
and we think our friend errs il
this respect, and believe that OF
mature reflection he will see tn
point de resistance. We do no
claim perfection tor baseOalllsl
any more ,han any one else, 10
saints and sinners, fools and wis
men yet have in charge the affair
eff this mundane sphere 1t is pan
of lie, the same as constitutes tn
Man with the Hoe But if hi
shot is directed at his home tear
we again fail to see the reason {
such an attack, for we conside
the Tracy City team, ball player
and gentlemen.
The best thing for our friend t
do ii he lacks the temerity to stan
and take in "hut throws Is To st
cure "A Lille time lease con tn
bleachers,' where he can crack HI
heels together, tune his voice il