The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-15
INTERNATIONAL SET
OF GAMES PROPOSED
II Held, the Competitions Would Prob
ably Be Staged Near Paris-United
States Forces Abroad Con-
tain Much Material.

New York, june l5 - The success o
several minor track and field meets no
far from the battlelnes in France anC
Italy has led TO tentative plans for rea
international set of games to be helC
during the autumn. At present tn,
scheme has only been outlined in a gen
eral way, but the interest eyinced ndi
Gates that such series OF events can be
made unusually attractive in view of the
athletic talent available
The games, If staged, will probably b,
held in or near Paris and will include en-.
tries from the English, French, Italian
Canadian and United States army, navy
and air forces. Much will depend, OF
course, upon conditions prevailing at that
time, but it can be stated without fear
of contradiction that ii the opportunity
is favorable there will be remarkable
turnout of athletic talent.
The United States forces abroad in.
clude large number of college and club
athletes of prominence in their particu-
lar athletic specialties, and the same is
true of those of Canada and England.
France and Italy number among their
soldiers many men who have, after sew
eral years of service, developed remark.
able physical power and endurance, and
from these there could be selected per-
formers whose ability on track and field
would undoubtedly prove a surprise to
other competitors.
Under certain conditions, such a meet,
If it eventuates, might prove a war time
substitute for the Olympic games, which
were scheduled to be held in Berlin dur
ing the summer of 1916. The war nat
urally sidetracked all possibility of these
games, and there has not been a meeting
of the international Olympic games com
mittee for many months At the last
conference, there were tentative requests
for the privilege of holding the games in
1920, from Cuba, Belgium and Scandins
Wan countries.
Baseball is no longer the novelty to
that il was few years ago
but it was only recently that the natives
had an opportunity to witness the Amer
lean national game staged amid the prop
cr surroundings. Major league clubs have
toured England in the past and played
the game with all the skill for which the |
players are noted, but the final touch
was always lacking, for there were few
il any real American baseball fans TO
supply the natural background for the
sport.
With thousands of United States sol
Tiers and sailors now quartered in Eng |
and, this deficiency has been remedied,
md the Englshman has seen the fan as
we'll as the player. The result, as may
,e imagined, was somewhat of shock
o the staid Britisher, and the newspaper
eports elaborated upon the feature. In
the opening of the Anglo
American league, composed Of three Unit
d States army one navy club and four
anadian teams, Lloyd's Weekly News
the following:
1--WE saw a little of Americas riotous
for baseball at the arsenal
otoball ground yesterday, when after
bout three hours play, the United
tates army team beat the navy by sew.
n runs to six. From the moment when
admiral Sims, commander in chief of the
american navy in European waters, and
-eneral Biddle, the American G.. 0. c, :.
! England, started the game with a
riendly throw. there was scarcely a ;
reak in a Notwithstanding hubbub To Z
he philosophical Englishman, who takes !
ia sport calmly IL was all very Devil /;
ering, and he must have been thankful :
nat there were not more than about
900 people present. In this sense base
all is an acquired taste, and perhaps
hen we become more accustomed TO it {
e shall regard this enthusiasm as an
'sential quality. a
Yesterday it seemed as If these 1000 s
aople made more noise than we hear '
ON 100000 people on cup final day at 5
le Crystal palace. The crowd We're part {
the game. Every sailor in his pictur 0
que white hat, and every soldier in I
lati, regarded it as his right to shout {
S instructions to the men on the field. a
he players themselves kept up run G.
& comment, and there was also the loud
ice of the umpire proclaiming the :,
ais and the strikes y
"The play was good, and the finish :
ose and exciting, albeit we had to wait =,
r half an hour before a run was scored h
len the army went ahead with three 4,
their third inning and one in their n,
urth. But at the end of the eighth n
ming the score was level at five all, ~
hen the navy obtained the lead in what o
,uld ordinarily have been the final in S,
ng it appeared as if they were going E
snatch a win. but after very keen play Il
e army squared at six ALL S,
There is never draw at baseball, ex. 8,
. innings being played until winning
n is obtained by either side. So the
itch was continued, and at the elev- b
tn attempt the army won" a.
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