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Show UU BASEBALL FAN IS SENT TO PBISON San Francisco, July 25. Six months' hard labor and a dishonorable dishonor-able discharge from the arniv will be the probable cost to Frederick Baker, Bak-er, private in the Sixty-first Coast artillery ar-tillery of watching a baseball game. Baker was detailed today to guard a military prisoner who was slightly I demented and awhile the two wero 'sunning themselves on the Presidio, two post ball teams passed on their waj to a game. The appeal of the diamond proved irresistable to Baker and he marched his prisoner along. While the gallery was wildly rooting root-ing a slide for second, the prisoner made a dash for freedom. Teams and rooters promptly gave chase and he was soon captured, but Baker was taken to the guardhouse and probably will pay the penalty In the regulations. regula-tions. oo |