Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1916 — BASEBALL IS POPULAR GAME [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL IS POPULAR GAME

With Recent Abolition of Bull Fighting Mexicans Take Up Great American Pastime. Baseball is rapidly becoming the, most popular sport in northern Mex-: ico. Hundreds of nines have been organized in the various cities in the last year, and it is frequently predicted that, with the recent abolition of bull fighting, baseball may become the national sport of the jjountry. In Juarez, Chihuahua, Jiminez and Parral, each Sunday afternoon sees many corner-lot games in Americans living in the republic have Introduced the game and taught the natives the fundamental rules. In Juarez and Chihuahua there are semiprofessional. uniformed nines, playing In leagues with regular schedules. In cities more distant from the border the players frequently appear on the diamonds in tattered uniforms, discarded by soldiers of the various factions whose strife has torn Mexico for five years.