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Show CRUSADE AGAINST BASEBALL SLANG Chicago; Aug. J. A protest against the use of slang in accounts of base bill games has been headed by a Chicago newspaper, which will let ts readers decide b a vote the future style of these writings. In their plea for the use of correct English some followers of the game assert they are unable to tollow the plays because of the slangy phraseology of the stories. President B B Johnson of tllo American league said today he would be glad to have the question of prof erenco for styles for reporting base ball games decided "I have often wondered which stie readers as n rule prefer, ' he said. ' I am not ready to commit myself." President Thomas Chlvinglon of the American association prefers intelll gent descriptions of games "without so much slang as many writers affect." af-fect." I think that slangy writing has gone to seed " asserted Mr Chiving-ton. Chiving-ton. "In the smaller cities especially It seems that every baseball writer Is under tbe impression that he mufi be funny In describing the game. Some of their stories ate exceedingly hard to Interpret Each writer should study his own ability." |