Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1916 — Baseball In All Seasons. [ARTICLE]

Baseball In All Seasons.

A novel patented game, conducted somewhat after the manner of the fa* miliar cane ringing stands and affording a patron all the zest of sharing actively in a baseball game is described in Popular Mechanics Magazine. Special devices are used in connection with presenting a motion picture of a ball game. Upon what appears to ba a regular motion picture screen a projecting machine, about 25 feet distant, throws a picture of a batter stepping up to the plate in front of a catcher, both facing the spectator. When the batter arrives at the plate the picture becomes stationary until some patron steps up to the counter, set at the proper distance, and throws a ball to* ward the pictured batter. If the throw is accurate enough to be called a strike its Impact against the screen automatli tjr starts t projector xxivjxi the batter striking and running toward “first.”