Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-31
FIND WAY
TO WARWICK CASTLE
Natives Of Shakespeare's Town
Have Difficulty In Under
standing Baseball
WHATS IN A NAM ?"

"Attaboy," has reached the home OF
the la e William Shakespeare, who
once asked What's in a name?" Pea
nuts have found their way into the
sacred precincts of Warwick Castle
Both have made as big hit as any OF
the many strictly American instilu-
tions imported bodily for the Ameri-
can fighters by the Y. NJ c. A., the
National Catholic War Council, X OF
c.. the Jewish Welfare Board and the
Saliva ion Army-the overseas organi-
cations of the seven service agencies
merged in the United War Work Cam
paign for $170,500,000.
Which is TO say that about a hun
dred "Yanks," in training in England
enjoyed under Y. NJ c. A. auspices a
wonderful weekend at Stratford-on-
Avon and Warwick, and entertained
the townspeople with a baseball game.
Selfridge formrly of Chicago. now of
London, donatd 80 pounds of peanuts.
Baseball may not live in Stratford,
but "Attaboy" will. AS the punting
parties pass each other on the Avon
today, right now, they are saying,
"Attaboy." They are saying it at
the Red Lion Inn. also at the Golden
Horse. Even on the doorstep of the
home of the immortal Shakespeare
they are saying "Attaboy."
There's a reason. The natives of
Shakespeares town had about as much
trouble understanding baseball, as
baseball's votaries have in understand
ing Shakespeare. The populace want
ed to understand the game. The whole
town and countryside turned out, but
"Slide, Andy, slide" Caught stealing"
Dropped dinky pop" and the like
were a horrible tumble to English
ears.
All that saved the day was Alta
boy" 1t seemed euphonious, so easy
to grasp, so fine to repeat. 1t showed
that one knew at least something of
the game.
Baseball at Stratford-on-Avon could
not be looked upon except as the first
sep in the teaching of the game to
our English cousins but the coaching
that's different.
A little admixture of Charlie Chap
lin, Hughie Jennings and tumbling
acrobatics on the coaching line is a
pantomine that can be unders God in
any language. And it's all the more
interesting when one knows that the
soldier coach was New York mount
ed policeman, named Jack Singer, who
has forsaken the horse for the aero
plane
make a run and I'll kiss you," yell
ed the coach, and the crowd roared.
'As you like it''-"wait till you get
one as you like it," Knock one over
Ann Hathaway's cottage Attaboy'"
yelled the coach
Then later on when the score was
safely to 1, in favor of Singers side
he turned to the audience; You see,
much ado about nothing"
81 understand the game better now
said one young lady as the game pro-
crossed. Its just like our founders,
only they chew gum. Do they have
to chew gum to play? she asked.
1.-The game could be played without
chewing gum" she was told, "but il
never has been done"
Died on base?" asked another
What does that mean-do they have
casualities?"
They speak of stealing base
why do they encourage stealing? And
do they always call the ball the
pilr?"
The game was part of a two-day
trip, August 31st, and September LIST
of a group of American Air Service
soldiers to Stratford, Warwick Castle
Kenilworth Castle, bennington Spa
and Coventry with view to stimu-
lating British interest in recruiting
for the air service, and partly under
the auspices of the American Y. NJ. C.
A How many recruits they got no
one knows. But they got "Attaboy. .
Along with Shakespeare it will live at
Stratford