| Show BRITIS HERS NOW FAVOR BASEBALL feature of recent contest was ladhams La thams umpiring BrItIs hers are beginning to take a perfectly ripping interest in the tha jolly old game ume of baseball this Is the eighth consecutive year that the anglo american association has boa been in operation at the stanford stamford bridge grounds near london and the season promises to bo be a record b breaker eaker according to information received in a letter from Lons lonsdale dalO green a ChIca chicagoan goon visiting in london green writes in particular concerning a game between the akron U S A nine and the london americans america ne which was won by the latter b by y a score of 18 to 17 A feature of the contest was the umpiring of arlle arlie latham Ln thara who played with the st louis browns and new york giants many years ago latham must bo close to seventy years but ho he bossed the contest with the auto autocratic ruthc authority lof a drack owens despite the fact that kiracofe hurler for the aarons struck out the first nine men to face him his team lost this probably was due to the fact that lita his support was the aarons committing no less than ten errors A glance through the program reveals the fact that although baseball Is being played la in england li the have invented some entirely new features that should hand tho atio american fans fang some laughs the po programs grams are numbered and after the game Is started a drawing Is held and the lucky numbers pulled froma aliat liat are shown on a billboard back ot of the outfield the holders of programs hearing bearing these numbers win I furnished by leading london ams terms on one of the program pages Is printed it a diagram of the diamond showing the position of the players and tho the dimensions of the field below tills this Is an explanation of baseball terms a few of which were tho the following atta At taboy boy meaning the boy a general term of encouragement ent bonehead Hone head A stupid player Jt azz to talk sarcastically to 0 player 11 solid ivory what a fan thinks a stupid players bead Is made of |
