Show Explains Baseball to London Readers A A. London weekly prints the following follow ing st story ri intended d to to explain baseball to its r readers adors Just as association football attracts attracta thousands and thou thousands of spectators ovary every S Saturday duri during the sea season on Inthis in inthis I this country so docs does baseball draw its ita armies of enthusiasts enthusiast in tOO tho United States of America This American national game Is 11 a mixture of cricket and r and although a first glance glanco at t the tho accompanying accompanying pany-ing pany plan pIan of a baseball field ma may I make mue you think it complicated this thill is 1 really the tho case nae as you yon will sea BOO by reading this thu article The game is ill won by tho the si sido do ido that makes the most moat runs rune and tho runs run are arc made as S in That is to sar 59 say J Jand must the II basel basei a n man touch three and an get back to the home I plate before before be be- fore for a I. run arun run it is scored seared A glan glance D. D at the tho plan a diagram of a diamond is given will show bOw you y-ou the bases basos 1 2 3 an anthe and the homo home plate which is 18 tho diamond be between two en A A. A A A is ic called caned the tho batsman's bo box and opposite him at B stands the pi pitcher her who corresponds to the tho bowler in crick erick et ct Behind the batsman bauman at 0 stands tho the ca catcher har who stands for our wicket wicketkeeper koeper keeper and behind both the pitcher B 13 and tho catcher 0 O. respectively thero thera stands stands' an umpire U U. U There are no wickets wickets but the pitcher must mut make each ball baU pan pass over the home homo plate between A A not higher than the tb batman's bahman s shoulder bouler r and not below the tho knee If It he can send down three balls DaHs in this manner which tho the batsman falls fails to hit bit tb tho man is out N Now Now- W look look at the tho two foul lines Unes that run out at angles from where the batsman bats bate man stands The ball must not bo be hit bit over these the so 10 that there thore I is no cutting or placing to le leg as in cricket Any placing ing lag of ot th the ball by y the batsman must mast be bo beIn bein boin in the nature of a drive a-drive or slog When hitting he must have a clear olear idea therefore therefore there there- fore tore as a. t to tho positions of ot the different fieldsmen Another look at atthe the plan will vIll tell ten you yon how bow these are placed There are aro nine mon men on a sido side nt at baseball base bue ball and we have haTe already accounted for whip a a. quint into shape to successfully battle battlo for the state championship now now- held beld b by B. B YU ru I two in tho the lI fielding ed eide namely the pitcher and the eatch catcher r. r Th The other fielders shown in the plan are M as follows fol fol- follow I lows low Beyond first base baS at t B E stands the I first baseman Farther on at F F. F stands the second bal baseman On the other side aide of ot the second base at O G G. G is short shortstop op while near third thir 1 base bue at I H H. H is Is Ithe the third baseman bueman Then we have what we should call the tho deo deep fieldsmen namely I I J Jand Jand Jand and K Of these I r is called the rl right ht fielder J 3 is the tho left fielder and l K the center renter fielder folder There are now only two positions unexplained in the picture the two to oblongs D B D B which are Bre known as the boxes The coacher Isa is isa a a. player belonging to the tho batting side who may stand stand- at ut D D B in order to dimet direct di dl met the batsmen batemen at the different bases by tolling them when to run on to the next base basc and when to stand still A peculiar point about baseball is that tho the fielding eldin side eide does not have hav to get out all their opponents before betor going in into into into to bat An Inning at baseball is complete corn com pleto ns M soon as three throe batsmen aro are dis missed A match consists of nine innings in In- ninga for each side it lasts on an aera average between two and three hours hour's and a. a as already stated the side sido which has bee made mado the most runs rune Win wins At baseball a 11 club chub Is used instead of ot ofa a ft bat and the catcher who has baa to stand tand up tip up to all sorts BOrte of ot fierce throwing from the the- pitcher r wears a mask over his face rather like that used by fencers H Haho Ho Honbo aTso aho hn hM has a stout glove on his left hand after the tho style stylo of K It small boxing glove and he be endeavors to let tho the ball ban strike this glove first immediately immedi after alter which claps ho-claps his hs right hAndover hand handover over it The catcher and the pitcher have baTe baTea a secret code ode of ot signals i al between them but it is it the Catcher who si signals signals- what sort port of a ball should be sent down for tor the following deli delivery en |