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Show NEXT WORLD SERIES WILL BE IN FRANCE Organizer John T. Powers Is Sponsor for Bald Statement. Has Well-Dctalled Intention of Grid-Iponlng Grid-Iponlng That Fair Land With Leagues of Gradually Increasing Increas-ing Importance. Organized bnncbnll Is not killed; It merely Is transferred to ."somewhere In Franco" for tho duration of tho wnr. Such Is tho expressed opinion of John Thomas Powers, organizer nnd lirst president of tho Into Federal league, who Is going to France with tho wcll-detnlled Intention of grid-Ironing grid-Ironing that fair land with baseball leagues of gradually Increasing Importance, from tho sand lot teams which practice in No Mnn's Lund up to tho real big lenguo champions, which will ucttlo tho supremacy on dlnmonds In tho south of Franco next winter. "Tho next world's championship bnsebnll scries will bo decided 'somewhere 'some-where in France,'" snys Powers, and whllo he does not go so far as to predict pre-dict the cxnet leagues which will clash In this classic so fur from Its natlvo heath, ho concedes it mny lie between tho Y. M. C. A. league leader aud tho K. of C. lenguo toplincr. Inasmuch as ho has n long record of organizing bnsebnll leagues, from lutcrcliurch up to natlon-wldo organizations, Powers' prediction Is well worth considering, particularly ns ho adds convincing facts. "My scheme Is to hnvo n lenguo In every regiment," explained Powers. "Theso can bo organized by tho Y. M. C. A. physical director and by elimination elimina-tion produco their clinmplon teams. Tho regimental champions wilt hnvo contests for tho division championship and tho division champions will light for tho corps championship. Eventually Eventu-ally will como thu scries for tho championship cham-pionship of thu army, which will be tho snmo as thu world's championship if baseball Is shut down In this country. All thu best -young players nITcctcd by tho war department ruling will bo In tho nrmy. "With nil tho best talent tlicro nnd good new talent coming (i) the surfaco wo ought to have some' guinea. This carrying real baseball to tho soldiers isn't just u tlmc-klllcr, bur necessary luOiiauro to keep up tho morale c cur boys over there." |