Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1917 — MANY PLAY BALL IN FRANCE [ARTICLE]

MANY PLAY BALL IN FRANCE

Not Counting Canadians, Americans Find Lot of Nifty Players Among Australians. The American hoys in France are finding out that they are not the only men who can play hall. Not counting the Canadians, or “Americansthere are in the Australian part of the British empire’s army a lot of very nifty baseballers. A special campaign was made in Australia among the various baseball leagues for recruits early in the war, and as a result hundreds of the players enlisted and a large percentage of them finally found their way to France, though th,e bones of many now lie bleaching tn Gallipoli and in the sands of Asia.