Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1911 — PLAYING BALL IN HONDURAS [ARTICLE]

PLAYING BALL IN HONDURAS

American National Game Fast Acquiring Strong Hold on People of Little Republic. The national game of America! is fast acquiring a strong hold Qn the people of Honduras, At the tyrst match game ever, played in that 'Republic, which was held at Tegucigalpa, on June 24, 1910, nearly all the prominent people, including many government officials, were present. The national band was also in attendance and helped to make the occasion a great success. The umpire, who is known ee juez del campo, 1 or field judge, had to give many difficult de cisions, as the game was very weir played and extremely close and excitinf. The game was introduced by the school authorities, who wished to give the youth of the town some sort of healthful outdoor sport, and the result has far surpassed their most sanguine expectations. Indeed, so popular has the game become that at any time of the day or even of the night boys can be seen in all the principal streets and in the outskirts throwing and batting balls to the danger of the passer-by. < The boys take to the game naturally and play it with the same amazing skill as do their brothers in Cuba, where baseball is a popular pastime. Doubtless in a short time a league will be formed, and the national game of America will bq the national game of Honduras also. - Baseball is a wonderful game, combining as it does the best qualities of the mind with those of the body, and its adoption by the people of Honduras can only result in their benefit.