Show I Australians Are II Taking Up BaseBall BaseBall BaseI Base- Base I Ball in Earnest Scores of Games Indicate That They Are Shy on Pitchers NEW YORK Oct 11 Baseball H.-Baseball Baseball as she Is spoke across the Pacific Pacific while crude conveys to America the fact that the national national national na na- na- na game of th the United States Stales rapidly Is growing In popularity among the Australians I A copy of the Sydney Argus us received in New York today has half a a. column of 01 Its space devoted to baseball games the details details of oC several contests being Included If JC one Is to take the word of the Argus writer for Cor It H professional proCessional baseball In America and the amateur brand In Australia are widely separated The Hawthorne Collingswood-Hawthorne game was a s splendid fight for CI five Innings the theArgus theArgus Argus u reporter writes I and continues continues I u But Hawthorns Hawthorn's sixth brought five runs and they won by ten runs to six MarI Martin Martin Mar Mar- I tin the Hawthorns Hawthorn's pitcher struck out outI fourteen batters and did some good hit hit hit- I ting Speaking of another game he lie says Richmond turned the tables on South bouth Melbourne and won by 23 runs to 6 Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson the southern pitcher In sliding to third base struck his head against the base and the shaking affected nis pitch pitch- ing Brereton who had played a magnificent magnificent mag mag- oar ar game a at shortstop o took k up the attack but could not hold the Richmond batsmen who accounted for 23 base hits to which Eastman contributed four They have a league In Australia for forthe forthe forthe I the Argus writer speaks of oC It in recountIng recounting recount recount- Ing a game between the and the Y M. M C C. C A. A He compares compare this contest contest contest con con- test with a cricket match three Forty-three hits were made b by one of the teams 43 runs rung made and 36 bases stolen The opposing opposing op op- op- op posing tell team f c wi to tl pet et a runner past cond base ase something of a tribute to to the advance O ot ut tit tuu HI g gaille hit up six runs in their first inning the he Argus expert remarks of another contest The It M. M C. C C. C pitcher held the comparatively quiet thereafter as he struck out seven batsmen I 1 IThe The visit of the White Sox and Giants to the off far continent has had Its ef ef- ef Baseball is being given more attention attention attention atten atten- tion In Australia than In any foreign I er-I country and recently a letter was written written written writ writ- ten to Garry Her Herrmann mann president of the National baseball commission in the I United States asking Interpretation of or some of the rules Reports from Crom the I Antipodes say efforts are being made to organize a league of oC professional proCessional clubs I |