Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1918 — FAVOR BASEBALL IN EUROPE [ARTICLE]

FAVOR BASEBALL IN EUROPE

Canadians Had 101 Teams In Series for Championship—French Show Interest In Game. - - T Some idea of the excellent work which the Canadian troops have done toward the spread of baseball in France and England may be gleaned from the fact that a series for the championship of the Canadian forces overseas was played in England this fall in which 101 teams took parts. A great many players who were members of minor leagues and semiprofessional clubs in the dominion are “over there,” and of the teams which took part in the championship series eeveral were really first-class aggregations. The French also are reported to be greatly interested in our national game, and in years to come, when the war is over, and the affairs of the world are in a normal state again, a real world series may be an annual feature and the great American game have, an international scope.