The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-28

giant among the greatest in the gam,
and the most powerful and effective
player the game has ave known. II
VIII he a long time before We will ever
look upon his like
one Of the meanest cracks pulled on
a ball player tOuchy about his age is
reported from San Francisco, with the
veteran Charley (Spider) Baum as the
victim.
\ waegish fan was talking with
Baum one day last season. II remem-
Der we'll he said, the first day |
eyer saw You pitch, because something
Impressed II on my mind. Our baby
had the collie and my wife drove me
out Of the house to get me out Of the
way. SO went to the bail game, and
YOU pitched
Interesting, iGdeed," answered
BAUM
And yes, do YOU know. Spider, what
that baby Of ours is doing nOw?" O
IluD ed the fan.
no, really, | DON'T said the unsus-
pecting Baum.
wen, WE'LL said the genial fan.
That little baby that had the collie
the day | first saw you pitch is a
captain on P%ershipg's staff over in
France now, You BET, and making good,
too. though he is still a youngster as
captains go
And Baum thinks they framed up on
him.
An interesting story comes from an
army cantonment in the East to the
erect that the athletic directors have
found much good material for their
games among the limited service men
men who are unable to pass the phvs-
lcal requirements to put them in active
service, but are called for special work.
The army authorities attribute the
sudden and remarkable physical i'm
ploNement in these limited service men
TO the setting up exercises they get
"heh they start training. All Of which
may be true, though now and then a
kindly doctor may have had something
to do with them being put in the
Limited" class.
A great Irish cock fighting tourna-
ment in which prize birds from the
counties OF Londonderry, Tyronne and
Donegal participated. was held on a re-
cent date in a remote mountainous dis
trlct of Donegal. There was a consid-
cradle attendance of the sporting fra
lernil}, quite a number arriving in
motors Eight mains were fought,
home county being declared the win
aers, me proceedings ended in a free
llEht tSays the 'People'D, a we'll known
magistrate who, having lost heavily, re-
fused, it is alleged, to pay his debts,
being severely handled,
Some - months ago II was announced
lhat Punch Wilson, an English boxer,
had been wounded and suffered ampu-
Lstion of both arms, and now this I'm
fortunate boxer has met his death BY
accident. He slipped on the stairs Of
hiS home, and being unable to ave
hi:nselt was hurt so severely in his
tail that he died in Mtddlesex hospital.
,Inlntn0 thn r u A In 1919 D--Al ~
son fought in France for nearly three
years, and just before he was wounded
won the heavy and middleweight COM
petitions open to his division.
The popularity Of baseball among the
allied nations abroad is spreading so
rapidly that there is already a demand
lor simple instructions and rules OF the
printed in foreign languages. To
meet these requirements several expert
baseball authorities are collaborating
m the preparation Of a baseball primer
Of Europe.
The pamphlet, which will be printed
IN French, Italian, English and Spanish,
VIII carry the rules of the game in the
simplest form, In addition, there will
be pages of explanations and answers
those who are playing their first con-
tests, These questions and answers
will be printed both in English and va
languages in parallel columns in
order that when American and foreign
llayers or spectators meet, without be-
ing able to speak the language OF their
opponents or %neighbors In the stands.
there may be a medium Of communica-
ton at hand, A glossary of technical
and baseball terms in all languages also
is to be appended.
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