Show enthusiasm IN PERU OVER BASEBALL GAME well o organized teams in the field at callao and urna lima large crowd witnesses contest conte st between betwee n te team m from battleship mar a and players picked from local clubs enthusiasm in peru over the amerlean american ican game of baseball which has for years been at a high pitch was a according to advices advises from callao by john J doyle president of the american sports publishing company fanned to a bright flame by the arri val at that port of the U S S marblehead recently while the primary object of those on the warship was to pay the respects of the american government to the peruvian nation for the action by the latter in breaking off diplomatic relations with germany an important feature of the visit was a game of baseball between the Marble heads team and a nine of players picked from several local clubs the same game was a pronounced success in the matter of attendance the crowd being the largest that ever a attended t a similar entertainment and while the sailor team won handily the good play by the contestants was wal heartily enjoyed callao has three well organized teams the callao B B 0 the club sportive 0 fry and the callao high school athletic association lima which Is only twenty minutes distant by electric road has one club named the Cl clenista elista lima and there has been an interchange of games the callao B B 0 which Is the strongest in peru has played a total of 16 games during the past season winning 12 of them the lima council in order to encourage the sport put up a fine championship cup and this was captured by the callao B D B 0 after a spirited competition pet the improvement in the work of the various teams in peru is shown by the close scores while previously the figures ran up as high as 16 15 and 20 runs per game the high status of baseball it in peru according to the report la Is due to the intelligent and untiring ag efforts of milton M longshore principal of tho the callao high school A 0 molino and oscar metellus Me dellus of the callao B D B a and 0 delaude pitcher and manager of the lima |