Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-03-05 | Page 27 | Servicemen Want Baseball, Army Private Claims

Servicemen Want Baseball Army Private Claims J SPOKANE Wash M MarcH r J 5 UP Jp Do Do the ilie boys overseas want major major ma jor league baseball continued during during during dur dur- ing the war Private First Class Leverne Johnson address unava i f liable I 1 a b I 1 e says the world series last year was so important to troops arriving arriving arriving ar ar- ar- ar riving in Hawaii they didn't want to leave ship for tor the beautiful isle confronting them because somebody somebody somebody some some- body aboard ship had finally cornered cornered cornered cor cor- a radio and turned on a game His letter was the first to be received from a service man overseas overseas over over- se seas S in the Spokane athletic round roundtables roundtable's roundtables roundtable's tables table's survey to determine what people think about continuing major major major ma ma- jor league b baseball Round table officials said the survey still shows about 95 per cent in favor of ot continuing continuing continuing con con- baseball