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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-16
BELIZE ~ OIL PROSPECTS.

That former Collmbians concur in
the opinion Of many here that oil
exists in this section was evidenced
on Friday when the Tombigbce Oil
and Gas Co. received a cheek from
Mr.. Wickersham. formerly Of this
city and now ore Of the executive
heads n the company.
Tie opinion that oil exists in this
section has been prevalent for years,
and biologists are firm in the
opinion and believe that if sufficient
depth is reached oil win be reached.
The local company is meeting with
much encouragement and definite
PLUS have been made TO begin boring
just as soon as the machinery ar
rives.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-16
ICE WITHOUT FROST.

The weather man came back this
year with an unusual thing, ice be
fore frost, for this is what occurred
last Wednesday night. when the Their
mometer took tumble to the freez-
ing point. The cold wave had been
predicted and it arrived on time.
Last year we had ice on the lst Of
November before there was a frost
and the performance was repeated
this year Cloudy nights and stiff
winds prevented fros.s. several nights
preceding the freeze.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-16
NORTH MISSISSIPPI
CONFERENCE MEET
FIFTIETH SESSION CON-
Z VENES In ABERDEEN ON
TUESDAY WITH BISHOP
KILGO ESIDIN
COLUMBUS DISTRICT
Makes Gratifying Report Under
Leadership of Rev. w. l..
Duren, Presiding
Elder.

The fiftieth session of the North
Mississippi Conference of the Meth
odist church convenes m Aberdeen
next Tuesday and it will remain in
session through the following Mon
day, beginning on the 10Th and end
ing on the oath. 1t will be attended
by about two hundred delegates, one
hundred and fifty of whom are
breaches and the others being lay
delegates. The work of the past con-
ference year will be reviewed and
plans for the church's progress in the
future will be discussed.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-16
MILLS STOPPED.

TIE Tcmbi arms
Of mission last "
noon when one e. til
to their nam eth e1-.ae
Mr.. c. ". Shedd cn~'9 ~
et that t'mc natsl va- =
irred. Tie rill r-ay le OF
,ssi-7 for s~we ire as IS
rn $ 81 tn power for
lat
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-16

Mr.. Jerome Skidmore. Of the prai-
RE, was in the city Wednesday on
business.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-12-20

The taxpayers of St. Martin
vile will do we'll to consider seri-
ously the proposition submitted to
them at a special election to be
held on January 18th 1920, to vote
a bond issue of $4,000 payable in
20 years, and the repeal of the 5
mill improvement tax, to raise
$4,000 in 10 years. The bond
issue will be smaller tax, and will
run longer. If this election is
carried it means that another and
bigger engine will be installed in
the Light and Power Plant in a
very short time, if not. we will
have to drag as much as possible
with an already overloaded plant,
and the demand on the plant at
this time is greater than the plant
can stand.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-12-20
LOCAL NEWS.

Mrs. j. G.. Simino of Lafayette
was ON a visit here this week.
Mr.. James ID. Simon made a
trip to New Orleans this week.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Resweber
made trip to Lafayette Sunday.
Be sure to order your Holiday
Cakes in advance from l.. V. ST.
mon.
Mrs. Gabriel Bulliard of New
Orleans WAS here several days this
week.
MIR. Charles Gesser of Port Ar
thur, Texas, was visiting here this
week.
Mr.. Luke BONN made q bust
ness trip to New Orleans this
week.
Mr. Sadie Bertrand of DeRid-
der was here this week on short
visit to relatives.
MIR. Harry Liable who is now
employed in New Orleans, is here
spending a few days.
Mr. :. V. Robinson. of Lafay-
cite, The Delco-Light man, was on
business visit here this week.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-12-20

Don't delay in paying your poll
tax. 1t is important that this CT
vic duty be performed if you want
to qualify as a voter in the coming
primary and general election. In
addition to being registered you
must have your poll tax of 1918
and 1919 if you want to exercise
your franchise rights at the polls.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-12-20

List what you have for sale with
me, especially real estate. The de-
mands are good. Acknowledgement
real estate and fire insurance agent
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-12-20

The town authorities had gra.
ded a part of Main street. Wednes.
day and had everything ready to
commence to put down gravel
Friday morning, bat the rain that
fell Friday morning again delayed
the laying of the gravel.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-12-20

The Sheriff's office was a busy
place this week, the tax payers
rushing to pay their taxes before
the end Of the year.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-12-20

State Of Ohio. City of Toledo.
Lucas County. ~.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is seniur partner Of the firm of +. J.
Cheney & Co.. doing business in the City
of Toledo. County and State afOI esaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the uss of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENFY.
Sworn TO before me aud subscribed in
my presence. this 9TH day of December.
A. ID. 1856. A ". GLEASON.
(SraU Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Msdicine Is taken in
ternajiy aud acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces Of the System.
Send for testimonials, free.
FL. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. O..
Sold by all druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-07-04

nUBLIC NOTICE IL hereby given. that b
virtue Of an Order Of Sale To ne directe
bv the above named Honorable Court, IN n
above named matter, win, on
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-07-04
l|oljeo IN 41sxpsyeIs.

The assessmeotD of the vsrious par
ishes. ttroaghout the 6tate Of louiel-
ana viii bs fsvsswed By the Board Of
etnto Affairs, st Baton Rouee, Louiot-
anes during the months Of June, July
aed August.
II any taxpayer hes any complaint
10 de concsralng the valuation o. he
property BY either the Assessor OF The
P11lco Jury, be 10 hereby notified -
lle snid complaists il WFitlng With TIE
B0nBd 0s Stste A6AirD- without do1ay
In ocder that Same may b duly con-
Godored whom the easements OF bic
paEl1G shall be yovteWod. This notice
= Given In general tevms and h sp.
pl(eabIe 70 evesyone alike.
An oomplainfs and protests mast
|bo d vfiktng, And should be support
odby s03daqit shouing the errors and
othce matters complained OF end
which tt 10 desired 70 have reviewed
b. ohis Hoard. Address all protests:
Board Of Stato ARairs,
Datoa Rougo, Loulstana.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-07-04

Notice h hereby given thst the Po-
nes Jury Of this parish vill meet on
~ Oh day Of July, 1919, for the
parpose Of rsosiving protssts and
boasing complaints On .va1nstion Of
properly 1o9 asseasmsnt purposes IL
~ pesish hxsd By TIE Board Of
Dtnts AGhirs. All Taxpayers DESIRING
70 protest- valuations nxsd By TIE
Doard q State AGsirs nust nle their
protsst With the Secretary Of ths RO7
lies Jury on or before the dsts ol
E.F. NEWELL,
Secretary q PolIes Jury.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-07-04

PUDIIc NOTICE. - prov1dsd ~ A. -
e ~, cf ~ eseeeai AsIe01ly g - solss
q Losl.!ena, + hecsoy e1vee ~, 9 -
?. Tong boce1e ~ puFcAa.er - o1yo41-
caeoo of the fo11Ow1lG 6oncEloo0 Ie0p9fVs
vh1oh was a1vegttaod eoe 80 - oas 49,
to-v1f:
DR oeUY 4 rT4zeH1ALD-An e1nel1.g
nsss g 81 s:ssssns - ~ - -
Il Sssss Il. q vsisS 6d16s0.
That . deed vss exssues1 - ~ 1H:Yozol
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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-07-04
C.R. uN0LB
". No. =
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nUBLIc NOTICE b hsssby givso TT ty
viFt1s Of : WIT a 6Gisafe "a 9sle. -
Ne directed BY tie ebgvo uaDeo Ueo4eepee
Court e the above styisd s1it. I hsse 9siss1
a1u0av 80 - 4 n6ugs. I 1 NM
offer for sale at tie Court uoase eoer a. ~
Town Of 9t. Joseph, - th1s porlrh. oet4oe4
the hsss' a,,;: e y S's'esS :; = ee.sr;y ns go s-
nunbersd nni sd. soi1it:
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sslfi Ar i.sssss q /. "a 70 9 Sssksy -. CO..
vided one kaIf interest A - 20 - 0so1ne
Green plantsfioa, coa11i91og - eegoe.
more az Les. II eitaeto4 = 4lwnshlgS =
and II, North, naege - 1aas fenses Ias-
ish. L.. and co!9oi.i1g = - e9grSfnee
&c a. s,.se Decessels: eosysys1 e Z; .;
naeFudes d. AsyA y 6eods dass9 49,
iveIy, N0seobG ~. ~, a11 Logeneer
and ". C. Dug0s % I'D Cbarlee =. 80.
anl B. DseAMs1 LAsb yanoesy =. ~: e1
sd 1eed being reeoe1e1 d he 1ccocoeg's
O0cs Of Teesas raElAs A,s = N15ce roess-
ss,'iSi,ss: sSs iiss sssss sse ~ .s,sss:s s. sss
Dafton.
rsrns of eals: casA.
JONI HUGHES, Ghssi9
81. JesspA, L.. July T. ~.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-07-04
Foa SALE.

One brown mare, ysass old, 16k
hands high, sound and beAlthy.
One buggy and harnsss, both prsc-
tIcaIy new. having besn bought In
the spring Of ls1e, and In perfect
condition.
Marc, buggy and harness offered
for sals ct . bargain.
For futhsr Information, sss-
H. siGTrHA, st. Jossph. II.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-07-04

saIuooN ~ I'd Il Il MA L 1919.
offer for sale at the Court House door. In the
Town OF et. Joseph. in this parish, between
the hours of II O'Clock 4: y. and Ao'caock
p. NJ. to the last and highest bidder. the
following described property. situated In
this parish, and belonging to above minors:
The Bsrnee House and Lot in the town Of
st. Joseph. Parish OF Tensas. State Of Loutsi-
ana, bounded ON the North by the Plank
Road; East BY Elm strest; South ~ Asn
Street and West by Beaumont and Solomon
Lots: The former nov the property Ct I; l.
Misses Maggie and Florence Hughes.
Terms OF sale to be - follows, to.wit:
For not less than Four Th0usand Dollars:
of which sum, not less than Five Hundred
Dollars II to be paid in cash. and the balance
on terms Of Credit as follows. to-wit S75o.eo
ON January nrst: is1o. Ike san On !sn99ssy g 9s!y I
uary. In each Of the succeeding yeern. untli
the entire purchase price is paid: the DE. de.
ferred payments TO draw interest at . per cent
per annnm and to be secured by vendors
mortgnge on aaid property.
DANIEL r. ASHFORD,
Natural Tutor Of the Minors, nnr1e Loease
Edith, and Margaret Moore Ashford.
et. Joseph, La. June -, ms.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-07-04
JUDICIAL ADvHRr1sEMENr.


State of Louisiana. Parish Of Tensas, Tenth
District Court.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29
s = Q F 7 S
Maui May Have A
Winter Ball League

Tentative plans for the establish
ment OF a winter baseball league on
Maui, are now afoot and athletes all
over the island are working to make
the league a reality. AT the present
time it is planned to have four teams,
an All Portuguese, All Hawaiian, All
Oriental and Puunene. The athletic
committee of the Maui Racing Asso-
citation will act as an executive com
mittee, but the managers of various
teams will be held responsible for
gate receipts and whatever deficits
might arise. The racing committee
will draw no percentage from any of
the games, but will merely act in the
capacity of arbiter of disputes.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29
N o C E
Hawaiian Birth Certificates

The Secretary of Hawaii, or his APP
pointee, will arrive on the Island of
Maui on or about the 9th of Septem-
Der, 1919, for the purpose of holding
hearings on only such applications for
certificates of Hawaiian birth as are
on file in his Office in the Executive
Building, Honolulu, on or before hat
date.
No applications will be received by
the Secretary, or his appointee. for
filing or hearing while on the Island
of Maui.
Due notice will be served all appli-
cants of the times and places at which
hearings will be held.
CURTIS p. IAUKEA.
Secretary of Hawaii.
(Honolulu, August 26, 1879
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29

ure, the second is the length OF the
contest-one hour and five minutes,
which is gong some.
Balls error, in the 9th inning the
only one made by the All-Stars, lost
the game @ that nine. Kaneichi
singled and on Kido'H hit took 3b.
Choye, next up showed one in front of
the plate which Billy Cummings SCOOP
ed md shot down to first. In throw
ing home to get Kaneichi, Bal heaved
the ball over Do Rego's head the run
ner scoring. KIDD was pat out at
third and Teijiro popped to Wells
Cummings.
The boXscore shows that it was II
great fielding game. Billy Cummings
as short for Waikiki played sensa-
a miscue and some mighty hard ones
at that. Iku of the Asahi got 7 as
sists and a putout, fielding average
10000. His rival AL Refs accounted
for 5 assists and a putout.
Though beaten Wells Cummings
twirled great ball, allowing 4 hits.
The Asahis erred thrice and the ALL
Stars but once, still the fates were
with the Nipponese and victory
perched on their banner.
Owing to the fact that many of the
All-Star players went off a Hilo
junket last Wednesday, next Sundays
game has been postponed another
week.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29
THE TRUTHFUL HUNTER

A sportsman of great imaginative
gift, says the Boston Transcript, was
telling how at one shot he had bagged
two cartridges and a rabbit. His eX-
PLANTATION was that tho he had hit only
one partridge, the bird in falling had
clutched at another partridge and
brought that to earth entangled in its
claws.
but how about the rabbit" he was
asked.
"Oh," was the calm reply, my
gun kicked and knocked me back
wards and | fell on the rabbit as it
ran past"
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29

the spectators had all the thrills they
wanted, not forgetting laughs enough
to hold them for several months. 1t
probably was the first time hat a
baseball player was known to play
a game smoking a cigar, or at least
giving the appearance of so doing.
However, Ed. Walsh knocked all pre-
cedent in the head and went through
the game with his ever-trusty cigar
tightly gripped between his teeth, and
the harder he pitched and the faster
he ran, the tighter vas the cigar
gripped.
Walsh also proved that he aimed
to be accommodating. When Dave
Wadsworth up at bat seemed to have
difficulty in hitting the ball, Ed
obligingly rolled it for him, receiving
the thanks of the grateful Waddy for
it. He was cruel later on, however,
because he hit Charlie Lufkin and put
him out of the game. Well Charlie
was dangerous as a fielder anyway,
and probably if he'd stayed in Kahu-
luis score would have been worse
than it was.
DIGNITY SAT WELL
Glen Crowell was especially digni'
fed in his catcher's suit. We never
did realize how much dignity our
sheriff carried around with him until
we saw him in that catcher's suit.
Not so Deputy Sheriff George Cum
mings. His silk hose gave him an
awful lot of trouble. Evidently he
had forgotten his Boston carriers in
his haste to be on time, and conse
quently half his time was spent try
ing to keep up the sporty g%ray-brown
silk apparel which clad his neither
extremities.
But the hero of Wailuku's team
was David Wadsworth. He batted
the ball all over the lot, mostly in
the direction of left field where Clail
Campbell was kept busy chasing it
1t had a tendency to hide behind the
fir trees, and while Clair was search
ing or it, Waikiki romped a few runs
around the diamond.
Anyhow it was a fine game, and we
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29

only 100000 have been sent over
the military police were asked to
seize all baseballs found in the hands
of the French urchins. The next day
fifteen baseballs were turned in by
the police.
Every military policeman reported
that he had found the French bows
Kicking the ~baseballs around like foot
balls!
In the parks of France little bows
and girls rarely throw their toy balls
INTO the air. They kick them instead.
The idea of using their hands in
throwing or catching does not seem
10 occur to them. Throwing. ii would
seem, is distinctly an American
achievement.
Throw Girl Fashion
a sporting expert tried to introduce
baseball among the French soldiers.
1t was not a success. They did both
their throwing and their catching
girl fashion," which not only is con
sidered by experts a very poor fash
ion indeed, but also results in numer-
broken fingers and other injuries
not conducive to create any particr.
lar enthusiasm for the game. Saws
Mr.. shepherd:
Inc bray. poilus, with stiff and out
stretch d fingers, would extend their
hands 10 The hottest liners without a
Walm. It was like presenting a hand.
III of clothes-pins to the kick of a
mule. They seemed unable to learn
how to present the side of their hands
10 the oncoming ball in American
fashion. In the phraseology of the
American boy, they caught the ball
girl fashion," They all CLEANED
from their experience that baseball
was one of the toughest and mutilat-
INCEST games they had V e seen, and
they gained a tremendous respect for
the Americans who played it without
breaking their hands.
When a big, soft indoor baseball
was substituted for the hard baseball
the Frenchmen took a new interest in
The game, and they shortly became
decidedly proficient.
The Frenchmen who have tried
baseball find themselves absolutely
unable to throw with the snap of the
arm which c~haracterizes American
throwing. They call it throwing
with the broken arm" thus referring
to the bend of the elbow which gives
the American throw its snap. Again,
the American boy would fall back on
the term girl fashion in trying to
describe the F%renchman's throwing.
There is more uf a trick in this snap
of the elbow than the average Ameri-
can, who learned baseball as a child.
fully realizes, and many of our dough
boys in France basked with delight
in the admiration of the French on
lockers for this art of throwing which
they had acquired so unwittingly as
kids.
1t is hard to teach an old dog new
tricks, and the chances are that a
Frenchman of twenty years or over
would learn how to throw. Base
ball is a combination of running and
exact throwing. There must be a
certain proportion of running speed
to throwing speed in order to make
the game interesting. With fast
French running and slow French
throwing, not to mention excessive
batting due to the good French "eye"
and slow pitching, it has been abso-
lutely impossible for the Americans
to show to the young men of France
the beauties and the niceties of base
| lol1 &c Wa I-onu ~
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29

Summary-home runs, Frank Burns
Jim Corell, David Wadsworth; three
base hits, Charles Bento; two-base
hits, Clair Campbell, Fred Rosecrans,
Caleb Burns; hit by pitcher, Charles
by Jack Walsh; double plays, Jack
Walsh to Jim Corell to VIM Walsh
bases on balls, off Jack Walsh /; off
Caleb Burns l; struck out, by Jack
Walsh 5; by Caleb Burns 2; passed
balls, Glen. Crowell 2; umpire, Pat.
Collins and Frank Baldwin; time of
game, l hour 10 minutes; scorer Wild
Alfonso.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29

are awfully glad they played. 1t gave
the wives a chance to get in the laugh
at their husbands which they've been
saving for a good many years, and
the husbands to realize that they
still can hit and run.
We almost forgot to say that as a
star twirler Caleb Burns shone, aud
there is a possibility he will be ask
ed to play on the regular team.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29
Wailuku Triumphs
In HULA Ball Game
e>BenediCtS Show Kahului Married Men
How To Play The Game-Exciting
Moments And Many Laughs

Well it was a great game Sunday
when the Waikiki Benedicts matched
~ benedicts of the rest of the island
with the Waikiki Benedicts triumph
ant with a score of s to 4. With
home runs two-baggers, exciting
chases of an errant ball by the right
fielder and unexpected turn in batting
averages by the Waikiki contingent,
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29
Basket Ball Series
Drawing To Close

The first series OF the basketball
games is drawing to a close tonights
games being among the last. At last
weeks games Lahaina won from the
Rubes at Lahaina with a score of %
to 10, and the Athletics lost to Laha-
ina at Waikiki by II to Z.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29
JAPANESE FORM A UNION
(By The Associated Press)

IBy Tie AsSOcldItu PTtSsJ
HONOLULU, Aug. 25.-Japanese
carpenters, painters and masons, met
Sunday and formed an organization.
They decided that after October LIST,
they will only work eight hours a day
and demand time and a half for over
time and Sundays.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29
Trenches Throw
Girl Fashion
DOughboyS AStOnished At Poor Pitch
ing Arms Of Frog EaterS-POiluS
Think American Baseball FerOCiOuS


The French are amazed at Ameri-
can baseball, says the Literary Digest
and they have certainly seen a lot of
it since the advent of the dough-boys
in their country. Among other things
the Frenchmen cant understand the
deadly seriousness with which the
Americans play a mere game, or the
ferocity with which they take sides.
Also they consider our national game
a dangerous pastime. involving much
peril to life and limb, and the fear
less manner in which the brave Am
orleans stand up to it awakens their
unbounded admiration. "One of your
baseball games is exactly like a bat
tie" said a Frenchman to William G..
Shepherd, who tells the story in the
New York Evening Post. "Your men
never smile while they are playing it
and the onlookers shout and roar like
Roman mobs." Mr.. Shepherd relates
that when a ~dough-boy was hit by an
automobile in the street, a Frenchman
pushing his way through the crowd,
looked with pity on the unconscious,
bleeding victim, and then turned to
the nearest dough-boy and inquired
"Baseball?" Another man, a major,
ran a splinter under his fingernail
and when he paid his weekly visit to
his manicurist, the latter, observing
the injured member bound up in a
compress, asked sympathetically,
BASEBALL" Mr.. Shepherd goes on;
Just out of sheer curiosity as |
have moved about France | have look
ed into the question of whether the
French are likely to adopt baseball
as a popular game. l have expert
evidence from both the American and
the French sides and, after adding
to this the results of my observations
| feel safe in saying that if baseball
ever does gain a foothold in France,
its popularity will not be apparent in
this generation.
There is no doubt that the French
man has what we call IAN eye" With
his quick nervousness he is able to
make his muscles respond instan-
taneously to his brain. This is one
of the first requisites of baseball. As
batters and base-runners it is con
ceivable that the Frenchmen might
shine at baseball.
No Pitching Arm
But between the neck and the waist
the average Frenchman is not a base
ballplayer and never will be, unless
a special baseball brand Of French.
man is developed. Frenchmen run to
legs, strange as it may seem. In the
hundreds of rings in which French
men have appeared with American
boxers in France it is noted that the
Frenchman below the waist is usual
speed. Fighter for fighter, the French
man is almost invariably quicker and
shiftier on his feet than the Ameri
can. Above the waist the American
is always stronger and better-shouldel
ed. This tendency of the FrenchmaI
to rely on his legs instead of bring
ing into play his shoulders and hi.
arms is shown in the old game O.
boxing with the feet and in his su
premacy at football.
A French boy kicks as naturally a!
a fish swims. During a baseball game
near Barbecue not long ago, nine
baseballs were picked up by little
French boys who were hanging abou
the outskirts of the crowd awaiting
such opportunities.
AS baseballs are scarce in France