The reliable book of outdoor gamesContaining official rules for playing base ball, foot ball, cricket, lacrosse, tennis, croquet, etc . it should be borne in mind that base-ball first taught us Americans the value of phys-ical exercise as an important aid to perfectwork in cultivating the mind up to its highestpoint. It is to the introduction of baseball as anational pastime, in fact, that the growth ofathletic sports in general in popularity is largelydue ; and the game pointed out to the mercan-tile community of our large cities that all workand no play is the most costly policy they canpurs
The reliable book of outdoor gamesContaining official rules for playing base ball, foot ball, cricket, lacrosse, tennis, croquet, etc . it should be borne in mind that base-ball first taught us Americans the value of phys-ical exercise as an important aid to perfectwork in cultivating the mind up to its highestpoint. It is to the introduction of baseball as anational pastime, in fact, that the growth ofathletic sports in general in popularity is largelydue ; and the game pointed out to the mercan-tile community of our large cities that all workand no play is the most costly policy they canpursue, both in regard to the advantages totheir own health and in tho improvement in thework of their employes, the combination ofwork and play yielding results in better workand more satisfactory service than was possi-ble under the old rule. Thus the game hasacted like a lever in lifting into public favor allathletic sports. It is this game which has been made the fea-ture of this work, and it of course occupies morespace than that of all the other games of ballcontained in the book. THE RELIABLE BOOK OF OUT-DOOR GAMES. HOW TO LEARN THE GAME. In learning to play baseball there are twoquestions to be considered; first, as to yourdesire to play the game for recreative exerciseonly ; and, secondly, in regard to your having as-pirations to excel as a professional expert. Tolearn to play baseball solely for the enjoyableexercise the game affords, requires butlittlestudy or effort; as an hour or twos reading ofa standard Work on the game will instruct youin regard to its theory; while an afternoonsplay, with an amateur team will suffice to giveyou all the practical knowledge necessary. Butto learn the game with a view of eventually be-coming a trained professional exemplar of base-ball is altogether a different matter; as it notonly requires the attentive study of every ruleof play, and of those special*applications ofthe rules known as points in the game, to-gether with pe
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