Clipping:Players who won't play on Sunday

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Date Wednesday, April 6, 1887
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...Paul Radford has been exempted from playing ball on Sunday. He is not the only player who refuses to go on the diamond field on the Sabbath. Will White, who was Cincinnati's star pitcher for so many years, never would enter the box the first day of the week, and George W. Bradley, now with the Nashvilles, ever since he experienced a change of heart at a revival here, has been a conscientious Christian and believes that playing ball is not the proper way of keeping the commandment – ”Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy.

Source The Sporting Life
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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