The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
FRENCH ADOPT
NATIONALGAME
Baseball Goes Big. But Ma
tives Have Trouble with
Slang Terms.

New York. July The introduc-
ton Of baseball, the American
game" as II is called by the French
soldiers and civilians. by the Ameri-
can soldiers Of our overseas forces
into France has been effectively ac-
complished. Already the French have
taken up with baseball language, in
some cases 1t was necessary to
manufacture new words. have
adopted II whole heartedly and are
becoming quite as efficient in base
ball slang as the American fans
The following are some Of. the
terms used: First base. premier sac;
second base. deuxieme sac; third
base. treisieme sac; home plate.
foyer; foul. poulet; umpire, arbitre;
ny. ,mouche; to steal a base, voler
le sac: to slide home. glisser au
foyer.
The newspapermen In France found
q great deal of difficulty in handling
ball games at first, and some Of
their accounts Of games caused some
merriment when they were first re-
eeived in America.
In an issue of the lie Mauvais
Parisienne We ind the following ac-
count Of a game played between two
teams of the American Expeditionary
Forces in France. The article was
written by NJ. Adolphe Max, a
famous war correspondent.
This game of which our beloved
comrades in arms speak in grand
terms is a puzzle to the inexperienced
and IL Is for this reason that who
have Just come from one of the COM
bats should make it all clear Briefly,
the game Is performed without the
houses Of a long instrument-she is
OF wood and Is jocularly denominated
bat which the players, of which
there are eighteen. divided in half.
make collision with the ball, thereby
escaping injuries serious. Stationed
where they cannot interfere with the
viewpoint OF the spectators are the
players
Now. my dear friends. that YOU
nave gained a clear comprehension
OF the game, l shall proceed as the
American sporting writers do and
apportion the battle into nine d.
visions.
Inning l. Alert. Nine OF these play
erS have the field traversed, Each of
Win caution protected
their hands right, and one of them
has the wisdom superb to safeguard
mis- antomique with a cushion pneu-
matique. Again. alert, a gentleman in
uniform blue speaks with feeling of
the artillery-in the technique of the
game il is announcing the batteries
player takes the posture facing him
and waves the bat
1t is possible he conspires tn kin
MS opponent No. he of the cushion
pncumatique who stands directly 10
the rear All. yes: that is it, for So
opponent No. l. with thought of ma
nincant quickness. hurls the ball mai
~ at the would be Apache. Scare, He
mas missed! But fast does he OF tha
cushion pneumatique return the bah
grenade to his savior. And the play-
er with the great club?
Psrlerme, he is hardened and plays
with his victim. saying, IN get him
on the next one
once more my friend alert. See
the ball grenade is again in the air
What rapidity! What certainty of
ain1-ah. quake thou Apache rascal of
the club! But no. How is this? The
william degraded has cunningIy hit
the grenade with his club, the spec
tators, half Of them are wildly in
disnant-shoutfng toubaggere, tou-
oasSere, meaning one Of them inform
ed me, revenge
Their clubber, his dark heart q q.
no doubt to me palpitating, takes to
his heels. He runs with snIendi6
quickness directly at a PLAYER who is
standing on a mat. 1t is apparsnT
That this player is a confederate FOR
the vile Apache converses with him
smieaoly and stays there, it is no
douot to me to form a league for
further evil. i0i
AT the end Of inning one." saws
MAX. the players reversed their no.
siuons and a sign significant of zero
cheers" u