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Show IRISH DON'T LIKE BASEBALL First International Contest Did Not Take With Natives Game Played on Muddy Field. Irishmen in Ireland must differ from those in the United States, or the real sports l;ave all gone to war. A Dublin Dub-lin dispatch says that the first international inter-national game staged there several days ago between a team composed of American troops and a squad made up of Canadian soldiers did not seem to take very well with the Irish population. popula-tion. The weather, it is believed, is tho main reason for Dublin turning dovi n the game. It was played in puddles and the men taking part in 1 lie game were mud from head to foot, which evidently did not agree with the Irish sport idea. |