Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1918 — FRENCH ARMY ADOPTS BASEBALL FOR TRAINING WITH EVERS AS INSTRUCTOR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FRENCH ARMY ADOPTS BASEBALL FOR TRAINING WITH EVERS AS INSTRUCTOR

Baseball playing is to become a regular part of the physical training of the French army as a result of reports made by French officers oh what they bad seen of the effects of baseball on the American army. The reports led the ministry of war to issue an order recommending the adoption of baseball in the French army. General Vidal sent Capt. G. Forbes, an American officer attached to his staff, to the headquarters of the Knights of Columbus with a request that John Evers, the former American baseball star, be sent to his corps to instruct the soldiers in the American national game. The request was granted and Evers will go to the French camps with two assistants and equipment provided by the Knights of Columbus. , He will remain a fbrtnlght, after which his assistants will continue the instruction.

WATCHING A GAME IN FRANCE—EVERS IN INSERT.