Evening star., 1916-05-07
BY TOM ANDREWS.

| HAVANA. May 6-Base ball is
| played in Cuba the year round. in win
| ter by the professionals, and in summer
! by the amateurs. There are several
| leagues. Base ball is played all over
| the island, also in the Isle of Pines
! Right now all our professional players
go north, and while they are gone the
| Amateur League" plays till october
There are four clubs in the league. and
they play only Sundays, double-heade,
each Sunday. and the best society peo-
pie attend. as the teams belong to the
leading clubs in Havana. such as the
Nedada Tennis Club, Cuba Athletic
Club. Progreso Club and the other team
belongs to the Havana university.
Then there is the Infantile League. of
boys under fifteen years, They have
four clubs also. Then. there is the
"Intercollege League" with six clubs
one from each college in town. such as
Gambler College. Havana Institute,
Casado College. De La Sale. etc.
There is another Summer Lea que,
the Banking League" They also play
Sundays. There are four teams, each
one representing a local bank, such as
Canada. Trust Company of Cuba and
Banco Espanol. This last one boasts of
having Pitcher Paul Palmero, a wonder
among the amateurs of Havana, and a
brother to Emilio Palmero, the Cuban
left -hander with the New York Giants.
The cigarmakers had their own
league, too. 1t operated three or four
times each year. Each factory had a
team. and their games were well liked.
The clubs were Romeo Julieta,''
"Partagas." "Hoyo de Monterey" and
,'Parajon. But the European war has
hit them so hard that there are many
cigarmakers out of work, as the Ger
mans and English, as well as the
French. are too busy at Verdun and do
not take time 70. smoke our good clear
havanas as they used to do in days
of peace and prosperity.
Many Leagues Operate.
All these leagues operate here in
Havana. Then there are smaller
leagues all over the island BY Oc-
tober, they are all ready, and quit
Then all our boys" come back from
the states and the local clubs get to-
gether. Then the American clubs
come down for series during October
Uatter part OF the month";, November r
and first part of December Then the
local pennant fight starts on December
%. and ends March TO- BY that time
the boys are ready to go back to Uncle
sam territory.
Last year there were more than
sixty. besides the twenty that play
scattered in different leagues, big and
small, there were four" whole Cuban
clubs. The Havana Reds, the Long
Branch Cubans of Long Branch N. J.
tboth white) and the Cuban Stars and
Almendares (colored).
The Havana Reds played the Phillies
and the Cubs in Florida, and they beat
the Phillies. az: also got beat 3-2, AZ,
Il. 10 and Ga. all good games. They
also played such clubs at Atlanta.
Birmingham. Jacksonville. Savannah.
Nashville and all semi-pro clubs
around New York, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and sachusetts.
Acosta Some Twirler.
The Long Branch Cuban played at
Long Branch, n. j.. also at Atlantic
City, and they had exhibition games
every Sunday with big leaguers.
Pitcher Acosta, now with Vancouver
fSorthwestern League), pitching that
club to victory over the Giants, Yam
KEGS. St. Louis Browns with a hit).
Cincinnati and other teams. He Is