Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1914 — BASEBALL GAINING IN FAVOR [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL GAINING IN FAVOR

Rasul* of Games Figure in All Sportlng Papes of the Leading Papers In Three States. Reports Aran Australia indicate that baseball is growing "steadily In popularity. The game was greatly helped by the visit of the American professionals last year. Whereas ten years ago bat two of the states of the commonwealth could boast teams, South Australia has joined New South Wales and Victoria is fostering the game. Baseball reports now figure In all the sporting pages of the leading newspapers In three states, and what Is of more moment schoolboy teams are playing, which is a most hopeful sign. The game is played Id Australia In the rainy season, and notwithstanding the air is often raw, the sky threatening and the diamond muddy, the contests scheduled among the clubs in the various divisions by means of which the players are ranked in skill, are carried out with enthusiasm. A feature, also, of the accounts of the gamfes in the newspapers is the employment, by the writers of American basebalKslang. But It is rather curious to noteJthat a shut-out Is called a “Chicago,” which is a word practically obsolete here. As indicating the hold 'that the American national pastime Is gaining upon the Australian sporting world there was an Interstate baseball carnival in Sydney from August 1 to 8, and New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia competed against each other in numerous games between boy nines and between adult nines throughout the week-