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Show oo WILL PLAY BALL '.! ' IN ARMY CAMPS Amusement for Soldiers Will Be Offered by National ' , Association. ' LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 12. Scrv- i j " Ices of tho national and -local officers of the National Amateur Baseball as- , i sociatlon in promoting the recrea- I ! I, tlonal activities of the soldiers and ! i sailors In cantonment cities were of- I fered today in a telegram sent by , , 1 James H. Lowry of Indianapolis, president pres-ident of tho association, to tho com- i ii . mission on training camp activities. The association will provide games Ml in tho cantonments for tho amuse- , ment of tho men in training whenever I ' it Is requested and will also provide opposition for tho service team. Tho I!' . cities in the association near canton- I i ments aro Loflisvllle, Houston, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Indianapolis. I i Reports from all cities in tho organ - I Ization showed that amateur baseball Ifa had beon heavily hit through loss of I J playors who had entered tho army. Cities represented at tho meeting I I today. Including Pittsburg, Indianap- I 1 oils, Springfield, Mass.; Houston, I j, 1 Tex.; SL Paul and Minneapolis, Mom- . phis, Tenn.; Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., I ( wero represented by proxy. I ' Tho association refused an invlta- I lion from tho American Baseball fed- I ', oration to send a committee to the I 1 annual mooting of tho latter body at I Clovoland, February 23, to tako up the y , proposition of consolidating tho two I .; organizations. , A counterproposal for tho appoint- t ment of a committee by both bodies I i , to consider tho consolidation, question. ' at any tlmo and placo the federation i might suggost was then approved and H j will bo submitted at tho federation I meeting. H At tho election of officers at tho conclusion of the afternoon session today, to-day, James H. Lowry of Indianapolis w?s re-elected president; F. C. Berry, Minneapolis, was chosen first vice president; Roy C. Schooley, Pittsburgh, Pitts-burgh, second vice president; William Blozles, Omaha, third vice president; George Buechel, Louisville, and C. C. Callahan, Indianapolis, wero re-elected i treasurer and secretary, respectively.! |