Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1918 — OLD BASEBALLS ARE USEFUL [ARTICLE]

OLD BASEBALLS ARE USEFUL

Yarn In Wornout Pills Good for Knitting Sweaters for Soldier Boys Now In France. A new use has been found for used baseballs, the discovery being made by President Barney Dreyfuss of the Pittsburgh Pirates when he recently received a letter from a patriotic young woman reading as follows: “The young women of our association are knitting sweaters, helmets, socks and other articles the boys of the American expeditionary force in France. As a special favor we are ■going to ask you if you would kindly donate to us all the wornout baseballs that may come Into the possession of the Pittsburgh club this year. “We have experimented with, the yarn inside of the professional balls used by teams of the, National league and find that it cannot be excelled for knitting work. “If you can see your way clear to grant this request we feel that you will not only be doing us a great favor, but as well rendering a patriotic service for the American soldiers ‘over there.’ ”