Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1919 — BASEBALL IN LONDON [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL IN LONDON

was a good deal of baseball played In London hist summer, and the doughboys often took English girls to see the games,” said Earl Dunmore at a Washington reception. “I heard of a doughboy who said to a girl as they entered the ball grounds together: “‘lf there is anything you want explained, tell me. I guess a lot of things seem meaningless to you.’ “ ‘Everything seems meaningless,’ said the girl, ‘and' some things seem idiotic.* ‘What seems idiotic?’ asked the doughboy. “‘Well,’ said the girl, ‘why do you call the seats the stands?’”