Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1918 — BALL GAME GAINS FOOTHOLD [ARTICLE]

BALL GAME GAINS FOOTHOLD

Five Leagues Now Operating in France —5,000 Americans Playing Behind Firing Lines. Baseball in the American army In France gradually is becoming organized. Five leagues or sections have been formed. The six teams of each section will play a short season, with the winners of the sections meeting later in the year. Besides these organized teams, there are hundreds of others that are not organized. It is estimated that, all told, nearly 5,000 American fighting men are playing the national game behind the battle lines.