The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-07
NEWS FROM
OlO LONDON
(3Y ASSOCIATED PRESS. J

| LONDON, June 1.-fiascbati Is In
vading France: the English people arc
dissatisfied with cricket and are begin
ming 10 look to the American game as
Il substitute; Germany is awakening
10 a deep interest in outdoor sports
with the holding OF the next Olympiad
at Berlin: baseball has won Cuba. and
is making rapid strides in Central
America. and il has been introduced
with marked success among the say.
ages OF Northern l.uZon as a vent for
| their energies that in the past have
been expended in head hunting and
I loOting. IN England The question is
! becoming daily more interesting and
the situation here today gives rise to
the question whether baseball is not
to become world game instead of an
American past!me, with the logical
| outcome OF International contests al
the end OF the season.
!:ngland's national game. cricket. "a
facing a crisis. The people are com.
planning that II is TOO slow, and It is
being compared, greatly to its dis
advantage. to the snap, speed aud sus.
tanned interest of baseball. Gate re.
ceip,s for the county Championship
matches have fallen so fast that crlck.
J et fans" are worried over the future
of the game. Cricket followers want
exactly what the baseball public occa.
sionally clamors, for, more hard Mt.
ting. The great complaint IS that the
players of the present day are given
TOO much 10 safe play, instead of tlik.
InG chances by hitting the ball hard.
"A game whia@f requires two days and
seldom furnishes any exciting finishes
seems at best very SLOW to Americans.
but one of the complaints against
cricket today is that the players loaf
al thor work They stroll onto the
| field; take long rests for tea. and zen.
orally waste time. Some newspa pers
, are discussing changes in the rules
and among other suggestions are hard.
err grounds and Il liver" hall TO make
play Swifter
Baseball Growing.
But "a more. radical note is being
heard with considerable lnsis,ence.
Cricket not meeting the need of the
day in England. baseball is being serl.
ousfy considered as national substi.
tu'e. and the question whether the
great American game win NOT become
The summer paStime OF the British
Isles is by no means idle goss!p. Pro.
| posals have been made seriously nv
Il number OF English sporting writers
that the American game be given 4
trial. These men are disguised with
the state OF cricket. and declare any
hope OF reforming that game is ex,
ceedinely remote. with the present an,
thorittes in control.
Baseball has already reached some
degree of popularity in ireland, and a
number of teams are playing ball in
1.-THE MidlandS. Several teams are plan.
ming TO play this summer in London,
Among these is nine composed ex.
c!"s'sely Of the employees of Lon.
don branch OF an American firm, and
the Columbia Park Boys Club o. Sap
Francisco. now visiting England, vii,
endeavcr to introduce the game among
the school hoys here.
At Auctions.
| or the many auctions Of art treas.
ures and personal mementoes which
are frequent features OF London life.
TO recent sale has created so much
interest as the forthcoming lisnosal
OF the treasures left By Sir Lawrence
Alma Tadema.
lauefha was not only a painter, he
also designed furniture and decorated
houses. His cwn house in ST. Johns
Wood was one of the most remark
able in London, not alone for its sire
CT valuable are objects. ancient and
modern. but for the personal souvenirs
from bro her artists which enrich n
The forty-five panels in the hall, all
done by eminent artists as gifts. are
world famous. These panels, together
with all the other art works, are be.
ing sold by the artists daughter. sar.
gents "Javanese Dancer" Leighton's
Bath OF Psyche" and valuable works
by Whistler, Sir Alfred East, Sir Ill.
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