(7 quotes found)
“Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.”
Al Spalding
“Baseball is a man maker.”
“Two hours is about as long as any American can wait for the close of a baseball game, or anything else for that matter.”
“The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game.”
“Baseball is the exponent of American Courage, Confidence, Combativeness, American Dash, Discipline, Determination, American Energy, Eagerness, Enthusiasm, American Pluck, Persistency, Performance, American Spirit, Sagacity, Success, American Vim, Vigor, Virility.”
“Professional baseball is on the wane. Salaries must come down or the interest of the public must be increased in some way.”
“I was not able to understand how it could be right to pay an actor, or a singer, or an instrumentalist for entertaining the public and wrong to pay a ball player for doing exactly the same thing.”
