Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-05
PRESIDENT JOHN K. TENER
FAVORS DAYLIGHT SAVING;
BIG HELP TO BASEBALL

| by youth and adult is as lod as the
world. This was true in Greece and
later in Rome when the great empire
was in outward form n republic. In
our modern day the greatest sport
loving people in the universe are
those of the English-speaking race,
on which the sun never ceases to
shine and in whom the spirit of lib
erty is more strongly implanted than
in any other people since the dawn
of creation.
The American game of baseball
never has had an equal as an out
door sport and it is hardly conceiv-
able that IL ever will. 1t seems that
this game of our own invention in
cludes and embraces every essential
that stimulates the mind, re-creates
the exhausted faculty, amuses the
jaded sense, revives the sluggish
blood, makes strong the weak mus
Gle and impels a vigor and health to
the body that no other form of ex-
ercise combing the element OF sport
can accomplish.
Popular i'm n Day
1t became popular almost in a day,
was by common and universal con-
sent and indeed mandate. dedicated
as our national game. Not by acci-
dent is it so-called. nor is it mis-
ncmer. 1t has increased in popular
ity and gained in volume of compe-
tition and interest as the years have
rolled on until its future immensity
cannot be foretold.
Thousands of young Americans
engaged in the game of baseball
either as means of pleasurable eX-
ercise and recreation or as a means
of honorable livelihood. while mill
lions witness the playing of games,
both professional and amatuer.
All professional games are played
under what is known as organized
baseball. a system that represents
the consummation of fifty years
work by the most able and far-see-
ing men who have been identified
with the sport in that period of time.
This system has placed baseball up
on solid and enduring basis, Is in
tended to widen its scope to the
largest possible national extent and
to make 1t the typical and represent
atiVe sport of the American people.
System for Conservation
1t is in essence a vast system for
the conservation and protection of
investment, for the steady and lu-
crative employment of a small army
of athletic Americans and for the
maintenance of the absolute integ-
tory of the sport of any nation. Tear
and in all these respects it lives up
to its ideals and fulfills its purposes
to n degree uneXampled in the his
tory of the spora of any nation. Tear
down the fabric of organized base
ball and chaos reigns in your ma
tional game.
A vast part OF the worlds work
is accomplished by the aid of day
light This is natures provision to
assist us in our daily tasks. And
the same is true of our outdoor
sports. amusements and recreations.
Most of them are played and enjoy
ed while the sun is shining.
Any device or method that can
add to the sum of human happiness,
enjoyment, amusement and recrea-
ton in Gods free sunlight and pure
air should receive the aid and sup
port of the great mass of people, and
I take it that the proposition under
discussion will have the effect of Civ
ing us one hour more of daylight
during the summer months. when
the call of the open is irresistible,
and that millions may find more
time for the physical and mental en-
joymen derived from every form of
outdoor sport and amusement that
is permissible only during daylight
hours"