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Interesting Base Ball Statistics.The amount of wood consumed ia one vea)’ in making bats is almost hi* credible, it. would make 131,497 hoe handles* 227,315 axe he! vea, or converted into tool hpicks, would supply every free-June!i fiend in Chicago, $lt;* Louis ami Cincinnati for years to come. The Joss to agricultural Interests and mechanical Industries by the employment of able-bodied men Sn base ball service is simply enormous, and, at the lowest calculation, may be put doivn at $23,470,345 per annum. The expenditure of muscular euergy in one hotJy contested game alone has been estimated to be sufficient to break two tons of stones, saw live cords ofwoo dor hoe seven acres of grounds! Tlie employmeat it directly or indi: rectly, gives to the trades and professions mu.bt not, however, be overlooked ; for, as. nine out of ten base bail players get broken noses, sustain severe injuries or lose their leeth, the surgical and dental professions wonld regretfully look upon its decline*— [Richmond Baton.
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Aurora Dearborn Independent
Aurora, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 25, 1885
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