Clipping:Gambling will Destroy Baseball

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Date	Wednesday, August 21, 1867
Text	The next great abuse of the ball ground is gambling, and in this feature it is beginning to rival the race course. Thousands of dollars change hands every time a match is played between prominent clubs. The bets are openly made on the ground, and the money put up before the eyes of the judges and officers of the clubs. The same odium which gambling has brought on horse-racing and billiard playing will attach to base ball playing which will lose its popularity with the better class of our citizens. It is for those who have the best interests of the game in keeping to consider the advisability of checking those practices which are fast bringing our game into disrepute.
Source	Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Aug. 21, 1867, p. 2
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