| Show BRITIS HERS NOW FAVOR BASEBALL feature of recent contest was La thams umpiring priti are beginning to io take a berf perfectly ripping interest in the lolly jolly old game of baseball this ta Is the eighth consecutive year that the anglo american association has been in operation at the stamford amford bridge grounds near london and the season promises to be a record breaker according to information received in a letter from lonsdale green a chicagoan visiting in london green writes in particular concerning a game between the akron U B S A nine and the london americans which was won by the tha latter by a score of IS 18 to IT 17 A feature of the contest was the umpiring of artle arlie latham who played with the st loula louis browns and now new york giants many years ago latham must be close to seventy years but tie he bossed the contest with the autocratic authority of a brick owens despite the fact act that burler for the aarona Al crons struck out the first nine men to face him his bis team t eam lost this tala probably was due to the fact that his support was the aarons committing no less than ten errors A glance through the program reveals the fact that although baseball is i s being played in england the british lauve invented some entirely new tea fea tures that should hand the american fans some laughs tho the programs are numbered cumb ered and after the game came is start ed a drawing Is held and tho the lucky numbers pulled from a hat bat are shown on a billboard back of the outfield the holders of programs bearing these numbers cumbers win prizes furnished by tending leading london firms bring on one of 0 the program pages tg Is printed a diagram of tho diamond showing allowing the position of the players and the dimensions of the field below this Is an explanation of baseball terms a few ot of which were the following At Atta taboy boyll meaning ine aning the boy a general term of encouragement bonehead Boneh Bone bead eadA A stupid player razz T to 0 talk sarcastically to F n player pi ayer solid ivory what a fan thinks minks it ft cupid a players headd Is made of |
