The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-11
BASEBALL MADE
HIT IN ENGLAND
Harry c. Pulliam, National
League President, Tells Of
Season There.
AMERICAN BOYS COACHES
Rhodes Scholarship Students at
Oxford Have Taught the Sport
10 Their Iellows.

~e.fr 1888
Z. CLAY puIf.n. fE. president OF tne
Rstf,-.f - p.., ,..,. INA
-'''".-i League "i b"-rnat 1tHna' loha-
e. yesterday fraan tac steamer New YORK,
aft,r "A dcleltial trlp in Europe. which
had tessn shortly after fra termination
~DN
Sltlta laet iA- Ae Nas nupnllnk over
o"i ana ltert-Ne-
L. .s. f- .1 a..son I'M E.rg-
4tn9 tlis last s%ll'nrr
: r.er oa l.-5re Iae Amercaa boys.
WHO woa t- Rhodes a.holarslirs. ana
ere stua. ir- 40 o1l ell Base been sni,n-
CO fff1 "t'fa on n-.ri .-l ~ l't
ocean. They 10 nor itat tnens" Ives. hut
they Aafc been ie4tuiyet u o. ans tlr
ih-.s Du oW % i-ay DaSeal aitef
our ideas.
There ie an American On London. SIR
10" Cook. VINO nails from Conhee
frur .sH Ne F.. .t home on our eide ~
IN A'anN. F.r "a long time bee has
tlt.4 tI introduce hIs. na. into .r-lal
atulrUr- witch varying success. To tc4l
a.. truth. nufI tIr year. with worry Nfle
SUCCESS Nnt taat there aas been no de-
s.irrt very Ntf'c c-ueauragtueut. for tho
HHn Nt t.r amateurs $50 NOT know
lo- a. play fHr game. and Che profess
Flolals W very slow a. become inter
esfed lr it After the American boys
who ar. r1w ln England became accli-
mated AND f1wrnl1t m homo. they hc-
pan o.. ta.r about baseball. and BE- diI
nj rlo worry long for u-ir enthusiasm
otE4 r...r nwn national na-tme Goo carry
1%urther than t..r might have imasined
reslail- On London. among them Mr.
Coos lD'- lD tar idea % forming an
lna.sn baseball. l-a-le and t1e year
s. n.Ut through "a fll season with SIX
clubs. --- A D. may appear strange.
mad. . ltte money. That ls the first
tue. e' Gag as I know. tn.t baseball ever
gar rro-r t1 that extent outside OF
&. inIia Ht.i
le DC possible lor baselaN ever 20 be-
c s-H-tf alpft ln Etelanl-
Football Elavore Tf1~- TO Baseball
2" u. ~ N4-l LHt pay
~rNtN VIZ t-e hhs
ave I..-oAI payers
49, fl.. g~
sttAMs 4~A t.rs .-.t u.--I ~
s. aa athletic wa, ard they have been
a. r,.v th@ AmeneaH game. ospeeiaiiy
Vrhrr tley have such aid a. coaching by
American cp4l-Ec boys. VINO are now COM
flftN titr e-lcat4'N on tne ctner r4le
a. tUr oo tu Ile managers or thH pro-
1ce-l'rn fpothaul fleFers are quite as
tntHlr elc over p4eA-ug lp b-sepaA Tor
9 SUNNI game as are the players since
they believe t--t tn-A men are ln better
condition t' play football On ire cold
months Hter t1cv have lad nfld exer-
ESQ a- --la- ~ those e'1ne,eed
if'l" ol3"et S1ptllH WIZ i'vt'@4i
VIII whom hAu opportunity ~ con
ne tnt. theF tnolknt 1A-
thtsfiae-on 2 Iaseo@u as proles.lona-
tne BEST moves winch hac been mace
H. L-Flf atNi. te Wotll
's'i Any nope @r al" amateur
SPORT
am not 80 sure lAat mas at pres
eA- ! ntd AH means or asceriatnlus
Ii-.A iHtorl---en W reference 70 tnH-
- Jay as j could sec the English anna
tour sfoIt most nearly correspondlng 20
hasep-l ls cricket Ihat Is the came
brought 1p with tfe hoys. as is baseball
j. our country on tAe otler mana. think
irottsst'nH- to'tnt- ls more Ike league
baseball il the United states. 80 Tar as
IL ana the enthusiasm at
tacaed Oh it are concerned II struck me
taot association io9tnal ln England is
almost the national game. as compared
viii what we OBSTINATE the national game
s. the United States. that Is. The game
~ baseball that SIS purely an eXhitition.'
"ls there any neid In England for
American professional baseball play ers
Not Ready for American PiaverS
I'm ~, Ilpe loI
elt .AlNs @" uta- Al-r me LHslaA arc
'-- va ne zane iot
""l 10Y DecaNss icy oesiIe
I'd 500 OtAlN.e come aNlh1E the ocean TO