Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1918 — 144,000 Bats for France. [ARTICLE]

144,000 Bats for France.

Shipment of 144,000 baseball bats, the largest in baseball history, has been started from Lbblsville, Ky., for the Lorraine sector of the western fighting front in Europe, according to officials of the Young Men’s Christian association.