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Baseball in World War I
During World War I, baseball was a useful tool to rally support for the war effort. Military displays became a normal occurrence at ballparks. Harry Von Tilzer, whose brother Albert composed the huge 1908 hit "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," created his "Batter Up -- Uncle Sam is at the Plate" for these entertainments. Billed as "the great baseball war song," it was frequently performed. |