Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-25
1t Requires Brain to Play Ball.
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Why does baseball appeal so strongly
10 the American people2 For the reason
that II is a thoroughly clean game, full
OF snap and life, Is played In quick
time, which the people OF this hustllng
country demand, and more than all af-
fords contest.
The requrments OF the sport demand,
TOO, OF those who play It athletic ability
of the highest quality and head work Of
the brainiest kind. No empty think
tanks will do In baseball. A player, to
be successful, must have plenty OF the
good old gray matter, ana It cannot be
scrambled. II must be clear and able
60 stand the test. There Is no game
played that calls for more all-round
mental and physical activity
There Is less strain on ball players
than on athletes who follow many
other lines OF sport, simply for the rea-
Ron that they condition themselves
gradually. They have six months OF
work before them when they begin
training in the spring
They are not required to do the Sc
we're preliminary work that is demand
ed OF an athlete who takes part In an
event that is decided IN few hours.
Consequently bah player is az near
physical perfection when he IL I'm the
middle of a season as can be attained.
The game demands perfect athlete.
From head TO foot he Ii a model Of
what conscientious training should de-
velop.
There ls not a muscle OF the body
that Is not brought into action The
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combination OF all that goes TO make
athletic perfection,
And that means that the head II
brought into play. And brain work
means resourcefulness, the ability to
take advantage OF opportunities and
the mind TO create unexpected Condi-
lions and situations to before the other
fellows The bail players with tho
good heads, an other conditions being
equal. invariably prove the best-the
winners. IL II 20 today and has been
so since the game was FIRST played.
It Is the brainy fellows too, that are
remembered, Players like Mike Kelly,
"Buck' Ewing, Tim Kcefe, Charley
Radbourn, John Ward and others who
use their heads In direct combination
with the physical attributes they We're
80 fortunate TO be blessed with occupy
inches IN the baseball Hall OF Fame
that the dumb players could never
hope 10 reach. The numbskuls are
"deadheads' forgotten.
Baseball while not so strenuous as
football-not as dangerous To It's partIci-
pants perhaps-affords that element Of
combat that Is So tasteful TO the Ameri-
can lovers Of the outdoor sports
A baseball player 20 be successful
and consequently popular, must have
the fighting instincts ameness. There
are many close situations slight places
where player must grit his teeth and
do things. No rafting brains, no quaky
limbs, no streak OF yellow can have a
place in his makeup. Many "a close and
exciting contest has been lost az the
crucial moment by an ecru faint
Baseball has followed the flag 10 has
well earned Us title--the national game.
II Is played now I'm the Philippines
Sandwich islands, Cuba. Porto Rico and
Alaska, whore they play at midnight
Wherever the game has been intro
duoed by the soldiers and sailors OF The
United States II has taken a firm hold
II is so easy to grasp that all nationals