All this is typical of our life.

We have had a measure of benefit from our athletics.

They are a spur toward physical development as long as they last.

But no sooner are school-days drawing to an end than we begin the mad rush--toward what?
To see how fast we can make money or name or position.

We take a final look backward at the last inning of these sports of ours, and then we rush out into the world of American hustle.