The American Legion Weekly [Volume 1, No13 (September 26, 1919)] . 20 THE AMERICAN WEEKLY. Air Raid-Fere En Tardenois Painted by George Harding September 26, 1919 S • P EDITED BY The Baseball Field By John McGraw BASEBALL, as a profession, has mostof the advantages and few of thedisadvantages of other lines of en-deavor, and young men who are fitted bynature to earn their livelihood in the na-tional pastime will do well to give theirmost serious consideration to the game. There are, however, two phases to thecase of baseball in its status as a desirableprofession — phases peculiar to i
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 1, No13 (September 26, 1919)] . 20 THE AMERICAN WEEKLY. Air Raid-Fere En Tardenois Painted by George Harding September 26, 1919 S • P EDITED BY The Baseball Field By John McGraw BASEBALL, as a profession, has mostof the advantages and few of thedisadvantages of other lines of en-deavor, and young men who are fitted bynature to earn their livelihood in the na-tional pastime will do well to give theirmost serious consideration to the game. There are, however, two phases to thecase of baseball in its status as a desirableprofession — phases peculiar to it andwhich must be taken into account. Oneis that only a very few are fitted, physi-cally, and by reason of their training, toreach the major leagues. The other isthat there is room for only a couple ofhundred major leaguers at a time, so thatcompetition is strenuous, more strenuous,perhaps, than in any other profession orbusiness. A ball player, regardless of any indis-position, barring serious injury or illness,is expected to give his best at any and alltimes. For seven months in the yea
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