Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1917 — PLAY BASEBALL IN EUROPE [ARTICLE]

PLAY BASEBALL IN EUROPE

Manager Callahan of Pirates Thinks American Game Will Be Introduced After War Ends. Manager Jimmy Callahan of the Pirates believes that after the war is over and the various countries have had a chance to straighten themselves out and commence living again, international baseball will be a possibility. Says Jimmy: “When we played our games in London with the round-the-world teams a few years ago, the Britishers did not care much for the sport. Ground balls, and the fielding of thetn, did not interest them much, not nearly so much as fly balls which were caught. It didn’t matter if it was a foul ball. They woul d applaud these and the fielding that went with them. Balls of that sort had cricket features, I suppose. Running bases and sliding to or back to a base were things they were inclined to laugh at and treat as a joke. I think that after the war if we take two teams over things will be different, and that there will be a grand opportunity to put in some licks for International baseball. Why not? It is far ahead of every other game that’s played.”