The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-19
BASEBALL POPULAR
LONDON TAKES KINDLY TO THE
AMERICAN GAME.
Many Clubs Recently Formed and
Promoters Are Busy Among
Football Players TO Adopt
the Game.

london. over here they are trying
to make baseball popular. The move
ment ls being pushed by two English
men. who hive been 10 America sew
eral times anG have seen the game
played Their names are Cook and
Mesweensy. They are very enthusi-
astie aud IL looks rs II their metsoa
OF procedure 10 make the game fopu-
lar II bound 10 meet with success.
The persons who tried 10 intr@duee
the game before Always b. g1Rht pro
fessfonal players over frois America
This Was a mistake. as the pros were
too fast and played too Intricate
game for the conservative Ehghsh'
men. who could not follow It's details.
The present scheme. however. Is Tar
different and is already taking good
hold on the English fancy.
An association has been organized
under the name OF the British base
ball association This has member
shin Of ten clubs and II Ia calculated
that this will get the EDgilshmen In
terested Ia playing the game them
selves Besides. there are many
Americans here Who would be only 100
eager 10 get 10 a game OF baseball,
and these nen are all available Tor
the English clubs With The assist
ance Of a few American players, the
English will probably feel more CON
ndent
The first big game was played re-
Gently al piumEtead The match was
between the oxford Rhodes scholars
and d team representing London.
Needless to say the oxford boys won
rather easily. all having played the
| game before and besides that. they
we're players Of no mean ability. W.
G. j. Kelly. an American, played az
ehortstop for the London nine. ana
surprised his teammates by his agili-
ty He was all over the infield, and
sometimes ran far Into the outheld
| 10 get ny. something unusual TO the
| Britlshers Mr. Kelly Ia manager OF
| James r. Suiiyan's London Office.
The English were not at all slow
They got onto "slide. Kelly. slidei
without any diffieulty, One time afte{
reaching frst. Kelly stole three bases
sliding into every one TO the accom-
panlment OF the slogan By his teamt
mates.
There were about 800 people pres
ent and nearly all seemed to enjoy
| the game They liked the coaching
done by one of the Yanks. but they
thought he did not do enough OF II
All sorts OF remarks we're passec
about this game We'll. I'd rather
see golf" said one Britisher, Yes
heastly dull" agreed his neighbor
20. isn't that fellow funny. sliding
that way on the ground?" But there
we're plenty that praised H. and few
| eranks are soon forgotten,
Each Of the spectators was handed
pamphlet. entitled. baseball iE
Brief" explaining the more intricate
features. The score card published
for thia game was the first baseball!
score card ever gotten up In England
aud II certainly created surprise
among the English.
An effort Is being made TO get the
football men to take up baseball. The
former game la played In tho winter
here. and the promoters OF baseball
figure that II they can get the foot
ball players TO take up the diamond
game IN the summer that that would
make II success, The people are
relied upon 10 10 to watch their
f.,vorite football favorites play any
game. and once they see baseball and
gct to know X. they cannot fail IA
aa. x..aetfu