Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1917 — DAMON AND PYTHIAS JEERED [ARTICLE]

DAMON AND PYTHIAS JEERED

Does Nbt Make Hit When Pulled in Baseball Games—Class D Clubs Offer Many Thrills. Competition may or may not be the life of trade, .but it Is certainly the life of basebail. A game between a couple of pugnacious, hard-fighting Class D league clubs offers more thrills and real enjoyment than a pink tea affair between big league outfits. The Damon and Pythias business doesn’t make a hit with thejtpns. The fate of the universe may not depend upon the outcome of a baH gaute, but the bugs like to see the players apt as if it did. Baseball without the fighting spirit and the “pep” is only, as the English say, “glorified rounders.”