Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1918 — INDOOR BASEBALL IN FAVOR [ARTICLE]

INDOOR BASEBALL IN FAVOR

English and French Soldiers Enter Into Game With Enthusiasm—easier io ueam. Baseball as played indoors during the winter In the United fftatea Is proving popular among allied soldiers In France. It Is played out of doors, but the large Indoor ball is used and the rules of indoor baseball adhered to. It seems an easier game as well for the British soldiers to learn than the more scientific and technical outdoor baseball.’ It Is quickly learned, and Its caliber is not too high to admit an amateur. The English soldiers sufficient qualifications to feel at home In a few innings. On athletic fields and aerodromes all over France, one may see scores of British. Canadian. Australian and American officers and men, plaving in-