Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1918 — SUNDAY GAME ABROAD DRAWS 40,000 CROWD [ARTICLE]

SUNDAY GAME ABROAD DRAWS 40,000 CROWD

Baseball not only has “caught on” In England, but also Is being played there on Sundays. The Anglo-American Baseball club, which is operating at the Chelsea football grounds, Stamford Bridge, a suburb of London, has obtained permission to play Sunday games, with the result that huge crowds are turning out on the Sabbath. „ A recent game on the first day of the week attracted 40,000 spectators. The weekday games as a rule draw all the way from 10,000 to 20,000 persons. The teams are made up of American and Canadian soldiers, who are gradually teaching their English brothers how to play the game. The British government and, war charities are receiving a large share of the gate re-