Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-12
THE NATIONAL GAME
 AS THE FRENCH SEE IT
Article Written By Paris Newspaper
 man Give Umpire His Due.

Baseball reporters who understand French appear to be badly needed in France these days and if ChriSty Mathewson goes over he might take a few along with him with profit. Below will be found an account of a game recently played somewhere in France between two teams of Yankee soldier boys.
 The article was written by M Adolphe Max, a distinguished war correspondent, and appeared in a re- cent issue of Le Mauvais Parisienne. The write-up follows:
 This game, Of which our beloved comrades in arms speak in terms grand, is of a puzzle to the uniniated and it is of this reason that l, who have come at once from one of the combats, should make all clear. Briefly, this game is performed with out the houses and a long instrument she is of wood and is jocularly domi- mated bat'-with which the players, of which there are IS, divided in half, make collision with the ball, there by escaping injuries seCous. Station ed where they cannot interfere with the viewpoint of the spectators are the players.
 NOW, my dear friends, that you clear comprehension of this game have gained, I shall proceed as the | sportsman writers American do and apportion the battle into nine phases: Inning No. 1-Alert! Nine of these players have the field traversed. Each of them have with caution protected ] their hands right and one has had the wisdom superb to safeguard his ana tomique with a cushion pneumatique. 1 Again, alert! a gentleman in uniform I-I. | tillery Gin the technique of the game it is announcing the batteries), a play ! CT takes a posture facing him and waves the bat
 Tt is possible he conspires to kill his Opponent No. 9-he of the cushion pneumatique who stands directly to the rear. An, yes! that it is-for see Opponent No. 1, with thought of magnificent quickness, hurls the ball madly at this would be Apache. Sacre! He has missed! But fast does he of the cushion pneumatique return the ball grenade to his savior. And the player with the great club?
 "Palerme! he is hardened and plays with his victim, saying, I'll get him out the next one.'
 Once more, my friend-alert! See the ball grenade is again the air in!
 What rapidity! What certainty of aim-ah, quake thou Apache rascal ot the club But no! How this is? The william degraded has cunningly hit the grenade with his club, the spectators by half are wildly indignant Shout ing 'toubaggere, toubaggere,' mean
 one of them informed me, revenge).
 Their clubber, his dark heart, it is
 no doubt to me. palpitating, takes tc
 his heels. He runs with splendid quickness direct at player who is
 standing on a mat. It is pax appar- ent this player is a confederate, fol
 the vile Apache converces with him
 amicably and stays there it is nc
 doubt to me, to form league for evi
 further"
 It is clear that here M. Max's atten- tion was diverted to something besides
 the Apache" and, incidentally, the game, becaues he closes Inning No { l" by saying, the player reversed
 their positions and sign significan , of zero was hung up to an accom- paniment of cheers"
 Discussing the spectators, Max noted
 their strained expressions and attribut ed them to the practice of drinking favored water carbonique from bot , tles." He states that he was surpris
 ed to find spectators throwing thes
 bottles at the gentleman in the uni
 form of blue,' and that he finally in quired about it. A very polite soldie , who had just hurled his bottle toll :. Max that the gentleman was suspect
 ed of being a boche.
 Concluding his account, the Frenc journalist assures his readers that tn Q hint about the gentleman being Q boche didn't get past him and that h Q had immediately placed the gentlema as suspect with the nearest offic 0 of the intelligence service.