Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-17

with man who has a head" sue
cess is possible.
IAcse two arc the cardinal principles.
Strength is necessary. and strength
comes by ass!duous application. SO
mat every bit OF athletics ever in
oulged N By any American has been a
preparation for the riX-up W" are now
n. GU! f.thers who we're athletes de-
'e!oDed courage and initiative and
strength. and transmitted them 10 US.
we who were athletes developed our
inherited forces IS best we could nd
now the time has come when the life
OF the nation depends on our streng tn
az compared with that Of the enem:.
Ameriea's Hidden Ace.
But America has an ace to play. in
addition TO courage and brain and
for long while. The word pep is
now stamped into tho language. Per-
haps. il is still considered slang by the
long haired race OF dictionary compil-
eEs. Bus IL long ago reached that
transitional zone between the realm o.
class. and the classified world OF leg!ti-
mate language.
Pep" means something tina, no other
word exactly fits. and. therefore. pep
is a word that is in the language 10
stay.
In this war IL means that the Ameri-
can army viii not night like IA college Of
scientists trying TO e1terminate human
vermin Uhough many feel that way
about iO. II means that the men who
go over the top unde- the Stars and
Stripes have tina, added extra leap in
their limbs that comes on the football!
heid. comes on the diamond when one
Is taking the winning run around tho
bases. that comes in the last furlong
or a mile run. o. four-mi!e rowing
race.
I; means rha, the American army
will not be caught mapping OF second:
that il viii not go TO sleep in the mid
die OF the court: ;hat I: will not lie
down and be walked over when the
enemy gets the ball inside The ten
yard line. |, means in word. that a
race OF sportsnen and fighters is going
TO prove TO nation OF snipers. rat
hunters and well-poisoners and butch
ers. that war is still very much OF a
fight and n game rather than an orgy
OF organized murder.
Coming back 20 this side Of the sub
marine aquarium preservation of the
noncombatant morale is the main good
70 be accomplished by big league base
bail this year. and with important func-
ton in It's charge. organized baseball
has the same chance as all other sports
10 Justify its existence in the country
that has nourished il.
Instead OF raising the admission
prices. the leagues should rather cut
them down. so 4. to offset the incrca sed
expense necessary in other lines Base
ball is not commodity that must be
conserved by advanced prices and the
advance is unjustified on such grounds.
Lowering the prices OF admission so
that the added war tax would make the
price paid az the gate just equal to last
years prices would undoubtedly cut a
slice out Of the magnate's profits, bu,
how better could magnate serve his
country? The advanced price Is going
- keep people away: that is certainly
not TO be disputed. and II baseball is
TO be an aid to the nation at war. it
should seek TO attract the fans.
Every other sport has jumped into
the situation and done something. for
instance. the American Billiard PLAY
ers Ambulance Fund. Baseball. through
individuals. notably Clarke Griffith and
Caarlc comiskey. has accomplished
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