Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1917 — BETTER PLAYERS IN FUTURE [ARTICLE]

BETTER PLAYERS IN FUTURE

American Boys Will Learn Baseball Game Under Competent Instructors on the Playground?. . A prominent major league manager recently made the assertion that baseball of the future would be Immeasurably benefited if the playground system reaches the high plane of development to which it is destined to rise if good sportsmen will keep their shoulders to the wheel. This leader of ball players based his statement upon the fact that as baseball is one of the leading diversions of the youth who makes use of the playgrounds, they will learn America’s national game under the best possible conditions. They will have it drilled Into them in most cases by the competent instructors that are assigned to playground directing, and they will also gain their knowledge of the game under the proper disciplinary methods. The real success in any line of sport comes from its pursuit under competent direction and with the proper discipline exercised. This viewpoint is worthy of thought. If it holds good of baseball, it also follows that the same resist will be attained in tennis, track athletics and other sports, and that the next generation will be far superior* to the present in all athletics.