The New York herald., 1922-10-06
MountbattenS See
Ball Game; Call
1t Greatest Sport
Pop Box Explains Contest to
Titled Visitors, Who Later
Attend Play.

Lord and Lady Louis Mountbatten
had two new experiences in America
yesterday when they saw the second
game of the world series at the Polo
Grounds. attended another musical play
and supIed and danced at one of Broad
ways popular cabarets. Lord Louis,
cousin of King George. but just an
ordinary fellow for all o. that, and HE
best girl-Lady Mountbatten--saw the
Giants play draw with the Yankees,
ate six ice cream cones and two bags
of peanuts, drank four bottles OF soda
pop and rooted until hoarse for Babe
Ruth and the Yankees
Lady Mountbatten, who besides be-
ing one of Europe's richest young
women. Is one of her prettiest. sat with
her lord in a box behind first base.
She was gowned In a brown draped
creation. hat and pumps to match; wore
two strands of pearls, and she watched
most of the game through a tortoise
shell lorgnette.
The Mountbattens gossiped about the
game with crowd of young folks in
an adjoining box and called in a soda
pop boy to explain the game to them.
They stopped the first ice cream cone
vendor that came their way and pur-
chased and averaged one cone and a
bottle of pop every three innings there
after
AS Ruth walked down to first Lady
Mountbatten laughed:
Alta boy, Babe -
When the umpire called a strike on
Pipp once she cried, Take i'm out"
The soda pop boy they called in for
got all about his ware in looking at
Lady Mountbatten. Under his tutelage
Lady Mountbatten and his Lordship-
Who were just miss and mister to him
learned all the high points of the game.
They soon came to know every one OF
the players as they strode to the plate
and In their positions afeld.
Lady Mountbatten observed the great
stops made by frankie Frisch and
thought them marvellous, but she didn't
like them as much because they pre-
vented her favorltes from scoring. Lord
Louis declared it was the greatest sport
he'd ever seen. Both of them said the
game thrilled them more than any sport
they'd ever witnessed.
II wish," said Lady Mountbatten after
the game. I'VE could stay for the other
Games. But we're honeymooning. you
know, and we're going inland bit
When we come back East we're going
to see some of the big football games
A nope tneN It as BDVu 10 pdocbell'
Tho soda pop boy, after the Mount
battens had gone. said Gosh, they 81
she's one o. the richest women in {
world. She sure looks like million
dollars. eh?"
The introduction OF the titled visitor
and his bride TO that part of Broadway
where the lights are the highest and
music the jazziest was at The Planta.
t.on. where they and the members oil
their party had supper and rubbed ell
bows and shoulders on the dancing
g,oor. TO start the evening they had
the pleasure of being host and hostess
at n dinner In the Ritz-Carlton at which
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford
were among their guests. The others
an their party were Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome
Kern, who initiated them into New
Yorks playgoing life. Jules Glaenzer
Count and Countess Zichy and Mess
more Kendall. who had them Tor sup
rer last Tuesday night after their first
night, at the thcater In the interim
between dinner and two supper hours al
the broadway cabaret the party saw
George Whites Scandals" at the Globe
To-day Lord and Lady Mountpatten
wifi be guests OF Mr.. Felix VI. Warours
"a his country place and will devote an
afternoon to riding and lawn tennis
i.ady Monntbatten Is a proficient horse
woman and frequently rides TO houhus
A, England