...they know and whose fascinations they remember. Putting aside for a moment its professional questions, base-ball is for every boy a good, wholesome sport....takes the stoop from his shoulders, and puts hard, houest muscle all over his frame. It rests his eyes, strengthens his lungs, and teaches him self-reliance...

...they know and whose fascinations they remember. Putting aside for a moment its professional questions, base-ball is for every boy a good, wholesome sport....mother ought to rejoice when her boy says he is on his school or college nine. And she would if she knew what he means when he says he is "in training."...

...characterization of the sport in Century Magazine in 1 889: Putting aside for a moment its professional questions, base-ball is for every boy a good, wholesome sport....lungs, and teaches him self-reliance and courage. Most Brahmins would have shied away from immigrant crowds, however. The assertive passions of the newcomers...