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Show U. S. Sport Phrases Are Given Peculiar Twist Latin America has coined its own expression pertaining to baseball, and the peculiar twists given to Yankee sports phrases are echoed In all lands where Spanish is the predominant language. Baseball Is termed "belabor and when a swarthy batter swats out a long one and reaches home on It the terra Is "Jonron" or home run. The pitcher Is the "plcher" and the catcher Is the "rather." Of course, there are Spanish appellations for bats "polos," gloves or "quantes" and the nlavers "Jugndores." In other lines of sports there are similar copying of American names and phrases made adaptable to the Spanish by changes In spelling, often weird For Instance, football Is "futbol." Ef forts to change the word tennis,' however, how-ever, have been u successful. |