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Show BASEBALL MAKING GAINS. With the opening of the baseball se ason, it is interesting to re-call that baseball is being played in many countries in the world. Notable is the progress that the game has made in Japan, where crowds of GO. 000 are not uncommon. Soviet Russia has found a place for baseball on its athletic program and the game is well developed in Africa, north and south. A league of eight trams operated in Johannesburg last Kii?r,mor and other teams have made tours through the Transvaal. Incidentally, Inci-dentally, it is said that the standard of play is very high. In South America, Venezuela h. a,sts teams in several cities and in) r-r-ciiy rivalry has beon established establish-ed among the enthusiastic fans. The game i.s also played to a limited limit-ed extent, it is said, in Fraivce, Italy, Spain. Portugal and RouifianVa. Something Some-thing like 05,000 speeta UVirs were re-pe.rteel re-pe.rteel present at a gfmie in Bar-celona Bar-celona in T.)"0, where a picket! French lf.,m won from the best 'Spanish nine. Moreover, in Mexico, Cuba ,und the ' Philippines there are many devotees of the national pastime in the United Unit-ed States. |