Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-09
SUNDAY GAMES

Inc city OF l ankton by the old
Muddy, it seems, is having our
state Sunday law brot home to its
special notice by Il suit against
some base ball PLAYERS for vioIat-
inc the law, provoked by an as
sau;t by n of the players ON an
innocent party. The following
comment thereon is made by the
st. Paul Pioneer-Press. and the
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader also
comments to the same effect:
Few people i'm South Dakota
realize that on the statute books of
the state there remains an ancient
hluc law nearly as rigorous as
those which kept the early New
Englanacrs i'm the straight and
narrow path. An action begun
Aug. list in Yankton will bring the
presence of the law forcibly to the
minds of sixteen young men, who
with several others whose names
could not be given by the COM
plainant offended by playing Il
game of base ball on Sunday.
sit seems u son of the obiecting
ncighbor strolled on to the field
while the game was i'm progress.
This was the signal for a stampede
i'm the direction of the representa-
tive of the law and gospel and
without more ado he was summar-
lily and somewhat forcibly elected
from the field. During the course
of the retreat which was made in
good order, one young defender of
the game, more demonstrative than
his fellows, handed the representa-
tive three lovely punches which
produced as many highly colored
protuberances on the young mans
Uranium, after which the game pro-
cecdcd without further interrupt
ton.
''Thc law provides that labor of
amy Kind. except that which is alb
soiuiely necessary, all public
sports, all public traffic, all sale or
offering for sale of merchandise,
all engaging in trades, manufactu-
ing or mercantile employments,
and several other minor acts, con-
stitute Sabbath breaking.
''No more Sunday base ball, and
with it ought to 90, to be consist
tent and uniformly enforce the an
cient law, all Sunday drives and
picnics, all pulling of weeds in the
back garden, all slipping down to
the store on Sunday morning to
sell q friend a bill of goods, no
more Sunday morning shaves and
shoe shines; not even shall the
Sunday paper be purchased unless
at the peril of infringement ON this
blue law of the state"
1t is unfortunate that there are
some people who look upon all
laws that are meant to protect the
sabbath from Dissertation as either
a relic of monarchy or designed to
interfere with their liberty.
The Press cannot see the subject
in that light. If there was no
Sunday law, there undoubtedly
would be factory owners and many
other employers of labor who
would exact seven days of labor
out Of every week from their EN-.
ployes.
The quotation above does not
make any distinction between
work and sports; and perhaps it is
true that the law don't either.
But suppose the law don't. We
would still be against Sunday
sports. and excursions, because
Saturday is the proper day to
have them on. The question with
The Press is, Shall it join in with
the demand for the repeal of the
law, for the sake of Sunday games,
or shall we work and agitate fol
the Saturday holidays
There is gradually being estab.
lished in the larger cities, especi.
ally in the printing business, a
Saturday half holiday. If this is
good, a little more, in all the
trades, would be better.
One Of our strongest reasons for
wanting the Saturday all-holiday
is that in this age of inventions
and improvements, there is an